Phil Hendrie announced yesterday that he’d be retiring from radio on June 23rd. If you’re not familiar with Phil Hendrie, check out his wikipedia entry. The man is a comedic genius and this is a tough blow.

Here’s what he does: live on air Phil talks to a variety of outlandish “guests,” who are actually Phil in character. Phil has a phone in one hand and a microphone in front of him and will go back and forth, having a conversation with himself. He’ll spend a bit of time explaining the story, interrupting himself and employing a variety of tricks to make it sound entirely believable that the guest is real. People who aren’t in on the joke will then call in, and get into some serious arguing with the guests. Phil as host will interject intermittently, and the craziness of the call will keep increasing until Phil normally ends up hanging up in disgust on the “guest.”

Here are some of my favorite recent bits:

Chris Norton-Deep Knee Bends

Jay Santos-Weedhead Son

Justin McAlroy-One Nation Under Albus Dumbledore

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