Art was a great entertainer and a real talent on the radio. It was almost "appointment radio" back in the day. The bills and sabres were both good and you wanted to hear him air his grievance of the day in his "don't get me started" monologue. I can recite his entire show theme song.
He was alone on the air, but carried the show so well and was entertaining, playing a character of himself. All of his little sayings, biases, banning the mentioning of Eric lindros, flipping out when a caller opened with "what's up?", describing himself as a 6' Robert Redford look-alike, playing an angry character... it was gold. Caller after caller would push his buttons and it was a top performance every day.
Im bummed he passed away. I thought of him just the other day and couldn't believe he was still kicking. Just another piece of my younger life gone forever.
OttawaOttawaOttawa, smilin Jerry meehan, tagliabooboo, waitaminute waitaminute waitaminute waitaminute,