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Once Upon A Time

He's not Adams and he's not Roebuck. In March 1972 one young guy (Joe Adams) headed in to KPFK in Los Angeles after wrapping up his swing shift warehouse shipping clerk job, to help answer phones for their on-air fundraiser. When he walked into the phone room there were a bunch of people answering phones and another almost-as-young guy (Gregg Roebuck) was already there and answering phones.  It was Monday night. The on air-talent named Rick Bralver, one of the DJs in the after-midnight slot dubbed "NightAngels," ran into the phone room to ask if anyone wanted to come up to the control room and go live on the air with him. The two guys did. It wasn't anything spectacular. They chatted, passed a joint, and cracked wise. Like y'do. The two realized they were both fans of Bob & Ray, Firesign Theater (who had started on KPFK), Lenny Bruce (who had not), and other contemporary subversive comedians of the day. The next night, another member of the Nigh