Talk:Doug Tracht

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It seems inconsistent to me that Greaseman's show content has been deleted. Many other pages feature descirptions of entertainer's content, for example, Jay Leno or Liberace. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Smelldog (talk • contribs) 17:30, 1 August 2008 (UTC)

Greaseman's comment regarding Lauryn Hill and the tuck incident actually went something like this (I was listening when he said it): Hill actually had said that if she knew so many white peopke were going to buy her album, she never would have made it. Greaseman found her comment so stupid that he said in retort, "No wonder they drag these people behind trucks."

The article says he did the following: He had been playing a sound bite of Lauryn Hill in which she states that her music is only for black people and that she is ashamed when white fans tell her they like her music. Snopes claims that she's never said this.Virgil61 09:24, 4 February 2006 (UTC)

This article is very lacking on informaiton about his career. It doesn't even mention his syndication at Infinity, for instance. (Though mysteriously mentions him returning to syndication.) I'm going to try to fill the section out a little more. (And, if I have time, expand his radio gimmick section as well.) Dormammu 19:12, 8 February 2006 (UTC)

Greaseman should also be credited with creating the pop culture meme "Who's your Daddy?".


 * RE: "Who's your Daddy?": Check out this reference: A slang term meaning "I control you", which is often used in prison and by members of the underworld. The expression, which can be traced back to the mid 1800's, has two sets of connotations: "I am looking after you" or "you are defenseless". The former usage may be derived from the term "sugar daddy," and often has sexually suggestive undertones; the latter usage may allude to parental dominance and authority.

Today, the expression "who's your daddy" is commonly used as an assertion of domination or sexual control in return for payment or protection. It is also sometimes used literally, as an insult questioning a person's parentage.

--Vituperex 12:42, 3 August 2006 (UTC)

"igniting a firestorm of protest from black and white listeners alike"

Just black and white? No other race or ethnicity?

Exclusive Foxhall road area?
Greaseman also used to do this bit about his theoretically pompous neighbors in the upscale Foxhall road area. I doubt he really lived on Foxhall road (or in DC at all), but there was a guy that regularly called in with a fake british accent claiming to be his neighbor. The neighbor invariably complained that G'mans dog had soiled his lawn. At one of G'mans live public shows at the Bayou, he said an anonymous listener called in and started doing this bit. It caught on and was a one of the few bits that was not a monologue. Anyone remember that bit or know who the mystery listener was? Madhu 00:23, 20 December 2006 (UTC)
 * I used to see Grease at the Sutton Place Gourmet near Foxhall. Perhaps he did live there. Sfahey 16:23, 5 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Those were the "RJ calls" listed in the article page. I'm glad someone else remembers; the mystery listener was a Dundalk/Baltimore native, just a regular guy with no entertainment background. He's my dad. 23:14, 02 March 2007

I actually met Mr. Tracht today. If he ever did live in the Foxhall Road area of Northwest Washington, D.C. (which is possible, as I believe that his radio contracts when he worked there were quite lucrative) I can report that he no longer does. He told me where he lives, but I won't post it here, the man has a right to his privacy. CrashRiley (talk) 21:53, 18 January 2008 (UTC)

In 1988 I worked for Banner Glass (Rockville Glass). We were sent to fix a window near Foxhall and I was very excited to find out it was the home of the Greaseman when we got there! Yeah buddy! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.160.12.158 (talk) 06:07, 3 October 2008 (UTC)

Sound effect
Hey Sfahey, that is not a sawing wood sound, that is a squeaking bedspring sound. You are hearing it wrong. Sawing wood wouldn't make any sense there, anyway. 128.244.110.203 11:47, 11 September 2007 (UTC)

Tuna Fish
I thought the music from "Tuna Fish" comes from Mozart's Piano Sonata No. 11 in A major, K. 331 Piano Sonata No. 11, the third movement, "Alla Turca", aka the "Turkish Rondo"

Listen to this: http://www.marypages.com/RondoallaTurca.mid

N'est-ce pas?

Dave David M. Hennessey (talk) 20:46, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

Death?
It isn't immediately clear yet whether reports of Doug Tracht's death are real or some kind of radio stunt. Some kind of mainstream confirmation or refutation is needed. EvWill (talk) 21:57, 23 September 2008 (UTC)

I agree. Why is his death on here. This would be a news story. Washington Post should have something.Vingold (talk) 22:25, 23 September 2008 (UTC)

I've searched. The whole lead for this is a DC101 video found on http://dc101.com/pages/rochedc101.html - with a supposed "Tribute/Memorial" video. I'm taking the date of death off until something pops up on a citeable source. Vingold (talk) 22:35, 23 September 2008 (UTC)

Dude, a tribute video on the website of the company he works/worked for IS A CITEABLE SOURCE!!! Don't be a Wikidouche. Remember, truth doesn't matter on Wikipedia, only citeability. Based on the lack of local news coverage, I'm inclined to think it's a stunt, but based on Wikipedia guidelines, he's dead.

Your use of "supposed" constitutes Original Research.

Also, you might want to learn to spell "citeable". —Preceding unsigned comment added by 151.200.32.170 (talk) 05:09, 24 September 2008 (UTC)


 * I have checked WRC, WTTG, WJLA, WUSA, and WTOP....and even though it is 1:30am here, they would have something.....and there is nothin'. If I see something on the 5am news, I will update the page, but as of now, there is nothing to cite. -  NeutralHomer  •  Talk  05:32, 24 September 2008 (UTC)

Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence. The citation has been provided. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 151.200.32.170 (talk) 05:37, 24 September 2008 (UTC)
 * A YouTube video and something a DJ said on DC101 ain't good enough. There has been nothing from DC's Channels 4, 5, 7, and 9...nothing from radio stations WTOP or WMAL...nothing from the Washington Post, Times, or Examiner.  Until you can bring a reference from one of those sources, your edits will be reverted. -  NeutralHomer  •  Talk  05:58, 24 September 2008 (UTC)


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DC101's Elliot announced on-air this morning that Greaseman is alive, not dead. It seems the company Greaseman works for wasn't so credible in its original report after all. EvWill (talk) 13:16, 24 September 2008 (UTC)
 * EvWill is right, Grease did a spot on Elliot in the Morning this morning (confirmed by DCRTV.com and my ears) and Grease was on his boat and spent most of the night calling people letting them know he wasn't dead. So, DC101 and YouTube ain't credible references. -  NeutralHomer  •  Talk  18:29, 24 September 2008 (UTC)

Wikipediatube doesn't require that references be credible. Haven't you read the guidelines? Two pops for yes! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 151.200.32.170 (talk) 03:07, 11 October 2008 (UTC)
 * If you bring this up again, not only will I make sure you are blocked, I will report this to your ISP (Verizon), and to Clear Channel Communications (who is actively trying to find out who started the rumor). Since you appear to try to keep it going, I am guessing you are the one who started it.  Stop now, this is your final warning. -  NeutralHomer  •  Talk  • October 11, 2008 @ 03:30


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Personal opinion or vandalism?
I just reverted edits by User:Starbucksinstant, who seems determined to remove any negative information about the Greaseman. He blathers on about "this isn't true", but provides no sources that support his claims, while the passages he deletes are well sourced. If this continues, we may need more protection for this article. Mgrē@sŏn 02:37, 24 August 2011 (UTC)

More personal opinion
I just reverted edits by User:109.176.233.46, who removed information from a Washington Post article in which he stated, "rm. inaccurate description. 5 to 50kW stations aren't that 'weak'." I created his talk page and left an explanation. Mgrē@sŏn 13:50, 17 February 2012 (UTC)
 * I think if the quote is to be left, there should be some explanation of how it explains that it "was emphasizing the difference between the former and current radio stations carrying his show", as this is not obvious. The quote is:
 * "six years of broadcasting his morning show on tiny, unknown AM stations with signals so weak they dissolve under the static created by a car's ignition switch."
 * However 5kw and 50kW are clearly high powered, in fact isn't 50kW the highest power allowed in the USA? Hence the quote is factually inaccurate and misleading. 109.176.233.46 (talk) 15:19, 17 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Okay, how about we drop the second part of the quote: "with signals so weak they dissolve under the static created by a car's ignition switch"? Mgrē@sŏn  08:51, 18 February 2012 (UTC)

Wash Workers Loved Greaseman
The working stiffs, you know, not gov workers but people who actually sweat and made wash dc happen: loved greaseman.

He was a excellent joker. Telling as many jokes as he did and to get people talking: you can bet some were a little on the outrageous side. He has NOTHING to apologize for for being funny. Infact he was stalked, still, by competitors and communist types...

"The Washington Post noted that he was the highest paid DJ in D.C. during 1987, making $400,000 a year.[6] Syndication. His show was syndicated by Infinity Broadcasting Corporation"

Yes. The Washington Post is well known to be communist sympathizers, very liberal, sometimes run by foreigners, with business interests aligned to defame and stalk any media or politics not affiliated with them.

It's not Greaseman who had a bad show. He was in a bad area: the washington area of hostile takeovers and backroom deals.

Just a small example. There were car salvation donations in the area run by Salvation Army. Radio and news blasted them for be illegal donation scam, but they weren't! Not long after "wash dc" forced them out of business... guess what? Now a New Jersey company is doing the exact same thing. Difference? Financial affiliation.

Listen to the Greaseman. Washington isn't run by americans is mostly run by foreigners with foreign affiliations.

Greaseman. no apology please. wash is too dirty to ask you for an apology. far dirtyier than a few dirty jokes people laughed hard at!

signed: an anonymous fan ! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.209.222.174 (talk) 22:44, 13 September 2013 (UTC)

WrestleMania
Would someone be interested in adding content about how Grease attempted body slam Big John Studd at the first Wrestlemania? That might have been his largest national media exposure, but I don't see it mentioned here. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.174.135.224 (talk) 03:44, 21 February 2015 (UTC)

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Mark The Droner (talk) 18:52, 21 May 2017 (UTC)== 14TH Street bridge plane crash in Washington DC. ==

The 14th street bridge plane crash was not mentioned in the article. A plane crashed into the 14th Street bridge. A few days later Greasman made a comment- "how much for a plane ticket to the 14th street bridge". — Preceding unsigned comment added by Patl (talk • contribs) 20:05, 5 May 2017 (UTC)

The above comment is incorrect. This is a Howard Stern story. The morning after the Air Florida Flight 90 crash into the Potomac (which hit part of the 14th St bridge as it went down), Howard Stern who was working for DC 101, called the Air Florida ticket counter while on the air and asked the question (paraphrasing): How much is a plane ticket from National Airport to the 14th Street bridge?"   Mark The Droner (talk) 18:52, 21 May 2017 (UTC)Mark The Droner. I checked the Howard Stern wiki page & it talks about Stern making the comment on Jan.14. One day after the crash. I stand corrected. Patl (talk) 13:56, 22 May 2017 (UTC)

Dates are suspect
Something may be wrong with the WWDC hiring dates re the wiki pages of either Tracht or Stern or both. We know for a fact both of them worked for WWDC (DC 101), but I don't recall their employment at WWDC overlapping. According to this page, Tracht was hired by WWDC in 1982, and according to the Stern wiki page, Stern worked for WWDC from 1981 to 1985. Mark The Droner (talk) 11:59, 22 May 2017 (UTC)Mark The Droner