Tonight an RC Collins extravaganza as RC tells Phil and his listeners he and other cadets from Bradley Military Academy are trying to get kids to stay away from "The Twilight Saga." Yes, in addition to studying and training for West Point and eventual airborne school, RC is trying to keep kids from "bending to the will of the Master." The Master RC also lets drop some interesting facts about his growing up. His mother, he says, was a "broken-down alcoholic" who would play the harpsichord late into the night and then enter his room "with her blouse open." RC's whole idea that he is "psycho" and wants to "eat my own guts" in his mind means he is willing to die for his country, turn kids away from the "way of the death cult" and "maybe catch a cigarette break...if you don't mind."

Your Name: Joe SingletonSubject: HAPPY 20th B-DAY PHS! Message: Phil: I heard you say that the show is having its 20th anniversary in August today. Man we are getting old (I think I came along around year 6 or 7). Anyway--I heard you tell Bud that you didn't know what to do for that big 20th anniversary show--here's my pitch for it: Bud MC's a 3-hour 20th Anniversary Extravaganza in "This Is Your Life" fashion, where he brings all your guests in for calls congratulating you (you get to congratulate yourself for three hours--ha, ha) on the milestone. If you have 40-minutes X 3 hours, my math tells me that you can have 24 guests in 3 hours. And if you started drinking tequila around the middle of hour two--the last part of hour 3 could be all-time-classic. Phil—this would be your most amazing radio feat ever (an all-time classic). My candidates for the 24 guest would be: - Bobbie and Craig - Margaret and Frank (Margaret would have to sing) - Steve Bosell (with April, Steve Jr. and April Jr.) - Ted and Marcie Bell (drinking Ted’s from their hotub at “Bell-House”) - Jay Santos and Major Elvis Newton - Art Griego - Art Bell, Gen. Jameson and Igor - Bob Green - Chris Norton (live from the Rusty Pelican) - David Hall - Dean Wheeler - Ron Tarner - Doug Danger - Jim Sadler - Father Mcquarter - Harvey Wireman - Herb Sewell and Walter Bellhaven - Larry Grover - Lloyd Bonafide - RC Collins - Raj Fahneen (and his brat son) - Roland Schwinn (eating B-Day cake while talking) - Vernon Dozier - Dan Mixa

An interview with the man many call the greatest radio personality of the last 50 years.... PHSWS: People dont generally know the difference between these various formats and methods of recording. All they know is "What's taking so long for them to get these different archives up on the site. PH: I'm not sure I know what all the nuances are. I do know that once upon a time you could not download certain material and now you can. So the material put on the site in an old format has to be reformatted. Now do you do that or do you get 2001 up there. And what about keywording everything for a search engine and, oh yeah, how about some show logs for people to know what's in each hour. We do more than one thing at once but it's not eveything all the time. It'll all get done though. PHSWS: Who in Jesus is Paul Dintino? PH: Paul is like the Christ from the desert who decided he would listen to shows and log them. He's just a listener, a guy that took it upon himself to help square shit away. What can I say? God love him. PHSWS: You know the book "Misery?" About the superfan who thought a writer had ruined some of his characters and it in turn pissed her off. You ever worry about that? PH: About being tied down and beaten? PHSWS: No, about the audience rebelling against a decision you make concerning characters... PH: Yeah and I know how they feel. If my instinct is off I'll change the character back. One character change that people were split down the middle on was RC Collins. he finally grew up, was taken in by his father, enrolled in military school and is now officially "psycho." PHSWS: Whereas he used to be Goth and was missing a kidney? PH: Well he was just a sick, arrogant, neglected Valley boy with, yeah, a kidney condition and a drunk for a mother. He still has the kidney thing but it's not that serious. But now I feel like RC is growing beyond my grasp. He's not a character I can keep young forever. I don't know. PHSWS: You characters Vernon, Herb and now RC..they have mother issues... PH: Yeah they do and I don't want to get into a discussion of my mother and how it relates. The saying is "if it's not one thing it's your mother." Ted Bell on the other hand has father issues, competitive father issues and his dad has been dead for over 25 years. What's that about? PHSWS: I don't know. What is that about? PH: Ted is an alpha dog. So was his dad. His father engendered in Ted some fundamental hatred. Maybe he humilated him which is likely because Ted is a charming sadist. So Ted will never stop reminding the world he won where his father lost. It's like he will forever be pissing on his own fathers grave. PHSWS: Okay so.... PH: So..what? PHSWS: Your father? How do you feel about him? PH: I always go back to his war service because it's the only thing he did that was worthy of praise. He was unfaithful to my mother, rageful, disloyal, dishonest, selfish as shit and childish. But he was funny as fuck, playful...such a sweet man when he wasn't bi-polared out. All and all though he was a failure. Both my parenst I believe now were dealing with severe mental issues...so I can feel sorry for them but I have to also say they had responsibilities so fuck them. PHSWS: Will people rememeber Phil Hendrie as a really funny guy and so forgive him his failings? Or the other way around? PH: Good question. I have time now to master two things I never did. Humility and patience. Those are two areas of my life I never got a handle on and it hurt me. So today until the day I die I will always be fighting to achieve humility and patience. PHSWS: well said PH: Now get the fuck out of here....