Casey Kasem Loses It Over A Death Dedication

[@raygordonteacheschess5501]

Casey hated this leaked tape at first, but found it humanized him to his fans so he embraced it later on. Everyone's had an experience like that at work.

[@stever7157]

I can get where he’s coming from. I’m a mild mannered man for the most part, but after dealing with a lack of lack of empathy, efficiency and respect, I have lost my temper a few times. People take me more seriously than the person who blows their stack every other day.

[@joshuadowdle9691]

This reminded me of the Bill O'reilly outburst. I wouldn't call that one humanizing though.

[@rayjr62]

@@joshuadowdle9691 Agreed, but outburst aside Casey was a decent person who was well respected by his peers. Bill O'Reilly is not.

[@byHexted]

Probably 30 years later once he had no choice but to come to terms with it lmao

[@djmmcee]

@@rayjr62 Poor comparison. O'Reilly is political, which always split.

[@CommissarKane]

Even angry his voice is pure chocolate.

[@BrutusMcCrunch]

Total classic...I first heard this on a bootleg back in the 90's and it still cracks me up...RIP Casey, thanks for the memories(and Shaggy)

[@dukecraig2402]

I heard it before any of the bootlegs were out there, because the guy that got them out there that was in the studio when this happened is a guy I grew up with, the weekend after this happened he showed up back in the neighborhood with it on tape and played it for us, we were literally the first people outside of the studio to hear it, man we were all pissing ourselves laughing when he played it for us. It's a shame that the internet didn't exist at the time, he could have made a fortune with it but back in those days all he could do was make some copies and give them out to people. About a year after he played it for us it started showing up on morning radio stations being incorporated into their morning shows like you see Rick Dees doing at the end of this. Fun fact, Rick Dees and is the guy who wrote and released the infamous parody song Disco Duck back in the 70's.

[@briansmith48]

Casey was Robin from the Super Friends and Bumble Bee from the Transformers too. 👍

[@DaveRucci]

First heard this on the HOWARD STERN show. Casey brightened everyone’s childhood if you grew up in the 70s-80s! That’s why it’s so funny to hear him lose his shit!!! 😂♥️

[@catholicdad]

"Ponderous. Fuckin' Ponderous." I'm gonna start using that. I've pondered it.

[@zirconarmadillo]

This made it into my standard comment rotation immediately upon hearing it the first time 10 years ago.

[@jamiedangelo5242]

I use it all the time because of this .

[@LStarFish65]

R.I.P. Casey...I was a dedicated fan over the years...All your listeners will miss you forever...

[@SilasMortimer]

Why are people calling him a jerk? I don't blame him at all for this freak out. His complaint made a lot of sense: He was trying to be very somber for the death dedication and coming from an uptempo number like that kind of takes away from it. He's upset because the thoughtlessness and insensitivity made it difficult to do right.

[@cyprixx]

Sorry, but I'm not buying it; it's only a fucking dog man and if he were as professional as he was supposed to be, then he could have come out of an uptempo fucking record!

[@SilasMortimer]

***** So, your reasoning for him being a jerk is that you're a jerk who doesn't care about dogs or if the station programmer is doing a shitty job? I'm not buying it.

[@MoonerFury]

***** Only a fucking dog? If anyone is a jerk here, it's you.

[@Dolphieness]

***** He was talking about going into death dedication after an upbeat song. That is not a lot to request. Play a lower keyed song THEN do the death dedication. It does not matter whether it is a human or a dog. His point was the death dedication. As far as being a professional - he is performing as a DJ - not an actor. Even actors must have time to change between emotional displays.

[@JeffGR4]

***** You see, Casey Kasem was a good guy who was disgusted about having to talk about a sad event ---- in this case the death of a dog ---- right after playing an upbeat, happy song. You should be like Casey.

[@audiotango]

For context, this is from the September 14th, 1985 show. The "up-tempo number" he was coming out of was "Dare Me" by the Pointer Sisters (at #13 that week). The song he was dedicating was "Shannon" by Henry Gross.

[@Musicradio77Network]

Yes! I found this one where he was coming out of the record was this one. kzbin.info/www/bejne/aYfCnYqaarWBpKM And this song he played as a “Long Distance Dedication”. kzbin.info/www/bejne/iGa6oaFpmaule9U

[@jeffreymagnum4484]

I always wondered what record he was talking about. Thanks!

[@stephengurr8365]

Man thanks for that info. “Shannon” is the perfect choice for the dedication. That song was written about the death of a dog. 🪦 🐶

[@DrummerAar0n]

As a former radio D.J., i can relate. Casey's segues and delivery were great, announcing is difficult enough as it is without jumping from one extreme of a hard rocking, or uptempo dance tune, into a somber affair of death or loss. Personally, i think it's great to hear some RAW and unedited clips like this, it let's you know he was human like the rest of us and possibly just having a bad day. AT40 was obviously edited and processed, if you think he was perfect and "edited" OFF-AIR, then you're only fooling yourself.....who is anymore, this isn't the 1920's...

[@donaldpaluga]

WE'LL DO IT LIVE, RICK! WE'LL DO IT LIVE!- Bill O'Reilly

[@lysamarie2150]

Exscuse him for being a "HUMAN BEING"!

[@djonesey5]

I too completely get Mr. Kasem's agitation. It was a point where stupidity met insensitivity: an upbeat song followed by a death of an animal dedication, and Casey thought it not only disrespectful, but born of producer stupidity.

[@Bojack727]

Lol, he reverts to his Cliff Jumper voice when he's cursing!

[@Makron5]

I agree with him, that job can get hectic and doing a happy song and going into "That was Walking on Sunshine by the Katrina and the Waves, and it was dedicated to Cuddles the lovely innocent puppy who sacrificed himself today by pushing a kid out of the way of a woodchipper and fell into it causing bits of bone and gore to fly all over the place like a rainbow of death."

[@ViewerMovies3002]

no it was Shannon by henry gross.

[@LogoMan7777]

The uptempo record was "Dare Me" by The Pointer Sisters.

[@dsprocks]

Oh my goodness man that is one of the funniest morbid jokes I have ever read, "bits of bone and gore flying all over the place like a rainbow of death" ROFL, absolutely phenomenal juxtaposition there.

[@lenwennerberg1631]

@@LogoMan7777 It was actually an "uptempo God Damn number".

[@ThomasVanHoesenDeadpooliscool]

Now just imagine him saying this as Shaggy.

[@EddieMillerStudios]

Oh, that would be a laugh riot!

[@donaldpaluga]

ZOINKS!

[@sce2aux464]

"Ruh-Roh? Raggy?"

[@ryanhowell4492]

What if him saying this as Alexander Cabot from Josie and the pussycats

[@bobhess8702]

Ponderous, zoinks man, ponderous

[@benravensfan02]

RIP Casey. You knew how to tell them like it is.

[@grapefruitm00n]

Long after he's gone...the world will be asking themselves again and again. What happened to the pictures he was supposed to see? We may never know

[@hirdy6]

It's ponderous man.

[@grapefruitm00n]

hirdy6 all he wanted was for someone to use his fucking brain

[@JBofBrisbane]

@@hirdy6 f___ing ponderous!

[@mitchyoung8791]

Still trying to get Don on the phone.

[@scottburton9701]

This weekend,some stations will be airing the countdown from 9/14/85 where the "Dead Dog Dedication" was first heard.

[@dw8840]

Damn hard to imagine Casey cussing like this

[@leeannefeit5078]

I for one will miss him, I used to listen when I was a teen he got me through some good times and bad he always knew what to say and what song would make me feel better. Im sorry for his family's loss no matter what private days lay ahead for them the sprint lives on .

[@geraldfriend256]

So sad he married that evil evil Jean. She made his later life hell and estranged him from his familyAbsolute monster. That dj voice was silk

[@DaveRucci]

Fukkin ponderous man....

[@serendipicity]

Man! Now THOSE were the days! Has radio of any kind been this awesome since?!

[@DekkarJr]

Incredible clip.

[@raygordonteacheschess5501]

Don is Don Bastante, the producer, and the pictures were of the musical acts so that Casey could see who he was talking about.

[@mileslong7572]

This pure gold even when he rants

[@jeffreysargent]

Damn! Who knew Casey was in the Navy! If Sirius XM was around back then he would have blown Howard Stern away. I loved listening to AT40 back in the 80's.

[@jonathanbeatrice8317]

I remember hearing this on Howard Stern, and he defended Kasem because he was saying he went through the same thing with getting lousy copy to read, and having to read it on air to try to make it flow and sound natural. It's the reason why he started the trend of doing live impromptu sponsorships with no copy (I mean, Stern started that trend as far as I know, unless there's someone I'm too young to remember that he stole it from)

[@Msoulantzos]

So this is where South Park got the idea for the other kids who wanted to be the school's morning announcer. "My friends always tell me 'Dear Casey, your voice is like butter too my ears'"

[@bundinyi]

He should have done it coming out of "Disco Duck".

[@lilahhart7630]

This is my first time hearing this. It's really strange hearing him talk like that with that mellifluous voice of his. LOL! RIP Casey!

[@PHOENIX2001]

What is interesting is that I got this look up after listening to a segment in a podcasting show. As a example on needing to always be ready for anything that happens in a recording

[@landofthesilverpath5823]

Ponderous man

[@yuanchen2927]

I have been missing him ! I grew up listening to him !!!! To me he was a representative of the America's Pop culture. He made everything so classy !!!!!

[@ishirotanaka]

Sounds like Cliffjumper has blown one of his circuits.

[@dirtguy8092]

R.I.P no one can do his shaggy voice the way he did

[@yolandaponkers1581]

For anyone interested, the song in question was “Dare Me” by the Pointer Sisters. Just FYI.

[@checkerchamp8030]

G-d rest your soul, Mr. Kasem. After you went to Heaven, you were given a raw deal. I hope that you are resting well, just as you deserve to be. R.I.P.

[@cherimustin1452]

how about that. the man was a regular human being like most of the rest of us. may god bless him and ease his transition.

[@raygordonteacheschess5501]

From his show into his goddamn death.

[@TicklerDude]

Bob and Tom did a great version of this

[@LongLost42]

The Mr. Obvious "Too Hot for TV" clip. I was just listening to the B&T Playlist of Mr. O an hour ago, and I thought of this. Was pretty amazing.

[@zugabdu1]

This wasn't him being a bratty diva, this was actually a reasonable complaint born of compassion.

[@Dangeresque300]

Casey slipped into George Carlin territory there.

[@jeffreymagnum4484]

I still think about this like once a week

[@DaleColeman]

Goodnight, sweet prince.

[@alexriesenbeck]

This is incredible. Incredible

[@Radioman7600]

First heard this on "Imus in the Morning" Even though it was censored I laughed till my insides hurt. Bless them both.

[@Shamboy_Hamburger]

This is the best work the man did in his career. Jah bless.

[@wheelzwheela]

Ponderous man… ponderous. Hahaha I’m going to have to start saying that.

[@sherigentry4955]

Sounds like Shaggy cursing up a storm 😂

[@ARC5]

he was never really the same after he lost scooby...

[@farrellmcnulty909]

@@ARC5 Another dead dog?

[@MovingBlanketStudio]

There's just something about the gradual ramping up of negative emotions that is something to behold.

[@mzsandy735797]

I don't see why it was necessary to post this, but since they did I can very well see his point,and it makes a lot of sense.

[@Tornado1994]

On Saturday Night September 14,1985, Kasem was hosting a AT40 Death Dedication,when while Reading a Letter about the death of a Dog named Snuggles, he's given a '45 of The Pointer Sister's new single "Dare Me" and is forced and ordered to play it. The Record that the listener had ordered was the 1976 Ballad "Shannon" by Henry Gross(Which is about a DOG) but instead, Kasem is told to play Dare Me which doesn't match the context of the situation. Its an Up Tempo song, not a sad ballad. Kasem is rightfully pissed off here.

[@pip12111]

Yeah, that's fuckin bullshit right there. I'd be pissed off too

[@jasonlove5366]

@Jeg Hunckel Was he upset about playing a song for a dog?

[@jasonlove5366]

@Jeg Hunckel I thought that's why he was mad.

[@sniktat]

Actually, Tornado1994 has it wrong. They didn't play the wrong song, and he wasn't pissed about playing a song for a dog. Casey was upset because he had to come out of the Pointer Sisters Song, Dare Me, which was up-tempo, and go into the Long distance Dedication. He had trouble transitioning into the Long Distance Dedication because it was a Death dedication and he couldn't get a somber sad tone going and kept having to do retakes because of coming out of the fast Dare Me track. The LDD was still Shannon by Henry Gross. On the actual aired show they edited it like nothing happened.

[@raygordonteacheschess5501]

I heard this tape on Stern in the summer of 1985 so....

[@rockinyouallnight]

Ponderous! Casey Kasem for the win!

[@dunebasher1971]

My 2c as a former top 40 radio producer: a good producer would have tried to schedule the dedication after a lower-tempo song, but as the dedication itself was a slow song, they wouldn't have wanted to put a slow song after a slow song, especially not if the song after *that* (which I presume would have been the song above the Pointer Sisters in the top 40) was also slow. It's a balancing act, and you can't always get it exactly how you'd like it. Additionally, although I don't know exactly how the production of the show worked, it does seem like Casey could have prepped a bit better. It sounds like he didn't go through the dedications in advance and he only realised the situation when he was actually reading it during the show recording. I'd say there was a certain onus on him to have done his pre-show prep a little more diligently.

[@farrellmcnulty909]

I agree it's a bit odd playing an up-tempo record right before you do a death dedication, but I just don't get all the stress. RELAX, dude, it's all right.

[@gregthompson5759]

‘And keep reaching for the stars ‘ ...., miss you old friend

[@SMAXZO]

You know, I can't help but notice that Casey Kasem's voice while angry sounds a lot like Cliffjumper from Transformers.

[@centipede167]

SMAXZO That's because HE WAS the voice of Cliffjumper.

[@SMAXZO]

Centipede I know that...I mean 100% like Cliffjumper's voice...modulation and all.

[@unknownvhr]

I loved Casey so much 😩😂😂

[@dph22013]

Brilliant at the end. 😂😂😂

[@tygersflowerz]

Okay Rick Dees is funny...haha.. Casey was out of line, but people get tired, and it happened out of combination of mood and genuinely caring about quality. I respect that. It's easy to lose your cool like that when you're giving over 100% and your co-workers are only ever giving 89% on their best days. I've been there too many times myself.

[@sukrbait660]

LOL..Howard Stern played this years ago and it still cracks me up lol....fucking ponderous! Funny for man who wouldn't say the word "sex" on the radio.

[@The-E-Dude]

I can relate. I’m typically ‘Mr nice guy’ but with everything going on lately it’s very easy to reach your breaking point or ‘come out of the record’.

[@summer20105707]

Casey lost it because he was a sincere guy who treid to be sincer for his listeners. Casey I salute you man.

[@JukeboxJoeB]

This sounds like me at work every day!

[@chriskenny6117]

Eff’in ponderous, man.

[@jonathanwashington6083]

Scooby: "Rut the ruck, Rhaggy?" 😁

[@briantoomey2090]

Is Don on the phone?

[@raygordonteacheschess5501]

That's Don Bastante, the producer. The pictures were of the musical acts so he could see who he was talking about.

[@endbfududb]

I've learned and forgot this guy was the voice of Shaggy about 3 times in my life.

[@VanSile]

No excuse for tone and language. That's not a one time thing. He was an impatient jerk.

[@benjaminpavsner6626]

RIP Shaggy/// :(

[@thomastarwater6035]

Casey Kasem should have been glad that nobody requested the novelty song "Dead Puppies Are No Fun".

[@EddieMillerStudios]

HE WOULD'VE HAD AN UNHOLY FIT!

[@farrellmcnulty909]

@@EddieMillerStudios and Negativland would've had a great follow up single to U2.

[@VaughnJogVlog]

Zoinks!

[@Slavatoremondo]

SNUGGLES 🥰

[@mustlovepretzels]

Chris DeBello: thanks for posting. Casey passed away on this day(June 15) in 2014. 🥨

[@robkrasinski6217]

You can hear his old countdowns from 1970-1988 on iheart radio 24/7, you have to look for the Classic American Top 40 channel. I listened to his show sometimes in the 80's. I think the music from the first Kasem era was better than the crap today. I love 70's and 80's music. Music started to sound crappy after Big Willie became US president.

[@helenaopal]

This is gold

[@BestMusicExpert]

The dedication was for the song Shannon by Henry Gross. Came after a Pointer Sisters upbeat record. The actual dedication did air but not this...

[@jscottrockford]

Was it "I'm so excited?" lol

[@williamzoom]

No it was Dare Me.

[@Tornado1994]

It was Dated September 14,1985. It was "Dare Me".

[@gl6996]

Shaggy went straight *OFF*

[@ryanhowell4492]

Not even Scooby snack can clam him down

[@gl6996]

@@ryanhowell4492 Lol 🤣😂😃😅

[@Andrea1542]

I swear, I forget every single time that Casey was the voice of Shaggy. Even with me taking a moment to comment this, one day I will hear something else about Casey Kasum and be reminded he was shaggy, again. I will probably post this exact post, again. Why this doesn't jive in my brain is beyond me.

[@GrantKanigan]

I mean, he kind of has a point lol

[@squidb8]

well he has a point. Producers are suppose to be handling that stuff.

[@silverstar4289]

When your name is on a production, and you have several people who don’t seem to give a crap, you will eventually lay down the law. No one cares one fourth as much about your success as you do. Even when you write their paychecks

[@cherish9493]

We need more real talk these days 👍💜 good hearted people have a lot of patience but wen other people who keep pushing things too far too long,. Something is gonna pop off. Some peeps need to be told what's up sometimes in order for shit to get done right. There seems to be a lot of peeps that need to hear real talk these days.

[@pedrotinaco1]

I found this after hearing the song Shannon being dedicated, on his show on iheart podcast, then looking at the song in Wikipedia, then seeing the "Casey Kasem Incident."

[@beermanmccool1226]

Someone needs to animate Shaggy verbally ripping a radio producer a new a**hole.

[@markrickerbyadventurestories]

Kinda makes you wonder if Shaggy ever talked to Scoob like that.

[@bgva82]

I get Casey's frustration. Years ago I co-produced an early morning newscast. The last story of my show was some quirky incident that led into the next hour of news and the top story...which happened to be a murder. I immediately had to scrap that quirky story because going from a water-skiing squirrel or whatever to 3 people killed overnight is one hell of a transition.

[@chrishelbling3879]

Hero.

[@Frankcastlepunisher74]

C'mon Casey you had Scooby-Doo!

[@michaelmichael9940]

Love that guy

[@nickrustyson8124]

I want to thank Gilbert Gottfried for showing me this, and may I hope for his funeral they play this follow by Shannon by Michael Gross

[@waynebrady7163]

I never heard him get so angry ever.

[@Bastard471]

god damn death dedication casey caseuim

[@farrellmcnulty909]

and a fucking dog dying!

[@rustinaginger9502]

Nice, Casey. It's like Mr. Rogers suddenly blew up.

[@farrellmcnulty909]

Don't think he didn't.

[@BozAwesome]

I am here in my Night Pants

[@sweetpepino1907]

He got so mad you can hear Shaggy coming out of him

[@theBaron0530]

Thank you, Howard Stern, for making us more aware of this!

[@reverandleroy]

Casey was having one of those Jack Rebney days.

[@goongoos5589]

Ponderous. I'll just leave it at that.

[@m0therfan]

That's the letter 2 and the numeral U

[@farrellmcnulty909]

🤣🤣 These guys are from England and WHO GIVES A SHIT! A bunch of names that don't mean DIDDLY-SHIT!

[@AndyHoward]

Don & Mike used to play this a lot on their show back in the day

[@jbratt]

Well, it makes sense.