CJAD tribute to Ernie Butler CORRECTION

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on August 30th, 2007

Ernie’s CJAD Comedy Show, which was regularly scheduled for tonight at 11 PM, was instead a tribute to the late comedy impresario.

In studio were Heidi Foss, Joey Elias and Scott Faulconbridge. Joining the wake by phone were DJ McCarthey, John Rogers, Freddy James, Phil Schuchat, Basile, Jeff Rothpan and many others. All shared their favorite stories about Ernie and there was a lot of laughter and more than a few touching moments.

It was the next best thing to actually attending. We know all those comics from our many trips north to work for Ernie. We listened via stream through CJAD.com and it was like being in the greenroom at Winnie’s.

We recorded it. (Most of it anyway– there was a 5-minute gap when the stream choked for some reason.) If CJAD doesn’t offer it, maybe we’ll shrink it to an mp3 file and offer it via YouTube.

Editors note: Heidi Foss was mistakenly identified as “Heidi Fleiss,” which is no doubt something Ernie would have found hysterical. And something, we hope, Heidi would find hysterical as well. We’ve known Heidi for over a decade… we were tired and upset. That’s our excuse!

And Freddie James was misidentified as “Freddie Charles.”

We apologize for both errors.

Mp3 file of the Tribute here (It’s 50 MB, and there’s about three minutes missing from the last segment– our stream kicked out briefly– but it’s great to listen to.)

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