On the Record and Off the Wall, a http://www.joltradio.org interview show with Buzz Fleischman, presents Comic legend Woody Woodbury. USAF fighter pilot in WWII and wing-man in the Korean conflict for baseball great Ted Williams. And he made the fighter pilots laugh too! Woody has more show business history than anyone!

With eight decades in show business Woody has produced 10 successful comedy albums (first two went gold) appeared in movies, hosted network television and personal appearances with a series of long running live comedy shows and a career in the military training jet pilots and making them laugh too! Go to: http://www.joltradio.org at 10AM Monday Dec. 21st

Here’s an opportunity to hear stories from the nascent days of Television.

 One night, retired movie special effects producer Fletcher Smith saw Woody perform at the Bahama, and expressed interest in recording the act. Smith’s “StereOddities” label released Woody Woodbury Looks at Love and Life in 1958. The liner notes described the record as “Fun, foolosophy and frantic piano for frisky adults only” and “The party record with a built-in blush.” The record eventually reached the top 10 on Billboard’s LP charts and was awarded a gold record, as was the follow up album, Woody Woodbury’s Laughing Room. Woody would eventually release ten albums, all of which met with great success.

On a break from South Florida in June 1962, while appearing at Mister Kelly’s in Chicago, an advertising executive saw him and suggested to television producer Don Fedderson that Woody might be the ideal candidate to take over as host of the ABC game show Who Do You Trust? The previous host had been a young man named Johnny Carson, who was leaving to succeed Jack Paar as host of The Tonight Show, a job for which Woody had also been considered. In 1967, Woody began worked with producer Ralph Edwards on The Woody Woodbury Show, a syndicated daily 90-minute talk/variety show which was taped in Hollywood. Woody hosted some of the biggest names in entertainment.

Woody’s success as a television personality and comedian led to him being cast in the 1964 United Artists beach party film For Those Who Think Young. The entertainment scene in Fort Lauderdale was ready to blow up. Woody’s first engagement would propel him to local stardom: the Chart Room at the Bahama Hotel. He started there in November 1956. Some of the biggest names in show business dropped in to see Woody’s act, making the Chart Room one of the hottest night spots in South Florida.

Go to: http://www.joltradio.org at 10AM Monday Dec. 21st for the fun