Am I just a total Live! from Las Vegas nut, or is every dedicated fan like me? Below, I've compiled some very interesting (and often funny) quotes by the DJs of Live! from Las Vegas. Note: Quotes added more recently are at the bottom.
"Oh, my, my, my! It's another hour of oldies power from the Stratosphere Tower!"---The Oldies Insomniac
"I'm glad you're all listening. Otherwise, I'd be talking to myself!"---The Oldies Insomniac
"What's this about a special guest host? My producers are having a little fun with me tonight."---The Oldies Insomniac
"Are my eyes deceiving me? There goes my baby, with the Drifters!"---song introduction by the Oldies Insomniac
"It's better to be a little left of center field than straight down the middle all the time."---The Oldies Insomniac
"Whatever you do, do it with a smile on your face so everyone will wonder what you're up to."---The Oldies Insomniac
"Keep on rockin', 'cause you only rock once!"---The Knox That Rocks
"You play it and I'll say it! No, wait a minute: It's 'You say it and I'll play it,' isn't it?"---The Oldies Insomniac
"That was Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, singing 'Walk Like a Man' and (raises voice to a falsetto): sing like a girl!"---Marty "With the Party"
"If you're wondering why I sounded a little funny at the beginning of the broadcast, it's because Snoopy and the Red Baron were flying right over our satellite!"---The Oldies Insomniac, explaining the cause of a faulty broadcast
"That was 'I Can See Clearly Now.' And I can see clearly that it's time for me to go!"---Marty "With the Party" at the end of his show
"You practically have to eat that over a trash can!"---The Oldies Insomniac and The Knox That Rocks, discussing a certain kind of burger that drops cheese everywhere
"Thank the Lord for the nighttime, because without nighttime, there wouldn't be any third-shift, and if there wasn't any third-shift, there wouldn't be any jobs, and if there weren't any jobs, there wouldn't be any money to buy food, and then we'd all starve!!"---The Knox That Rocks
"That was the Shadows of Knight---you really gotta dig rock singers who call spell!---in 'G-L-O-R-I-A'! (afterthought:) Or disc jockeys who can spell, too!"---Marty "With the Party"
"And with a check of the local time: It's time to rock-and-roll!"---The Knox That Rocks
"If I'm on your radio, then you know it's late!"---The Knox That Rocks
"You don't have to drop the dime, just pick up the hammer!"---The Knox That Rocks, referring to the toll-free Request Party
"Hi! Live from Las Vegas! Pardon me, I'm chewing on an M&M."---Marty "With the Party"
"Call me on the Oldies Hotline and I'll stick your favorite oldie back in your ear!"---The Knox That Rocks
"You have to walk up and down the steps and all over the Stratosphere until you find Jerry!"
"Up and down the steps. Up and down the steps. All over the Stratosphere. 108 floors. Well, here I go! 'Bye!"---The Knox That Rocks and Marty "With the Party," discussing someone who was supposed to be on the show
"One of my headphones is broke and it's hanging. Everyone's staring at me like I'm an idiot!"---The Knox That Rocks
"Can I speak into this microphone here?"
"No, you cannot speak into this microphone here. (to audience:) My producer brought his son up to the studio."---The producer's son and the Oldies Insomniac
(The DJ tries to play a song by the Mamas and the Papas, but the intro for the new hour cuts in:) "The Mamas and the Papas tried to sneak in there."---The Oldies Insomniac
"Anytime you've got a question about anything, from the great oldies we play to why the sky is blue, just call us on the Oldies Hotline!"---The Knox That Rocks
"Oh my gosh! Who's that walking down the street? Oh my gosh, it's Cathy's Clown!"---song introduction by The Knox That Rocks
"It's been scientifically proven that oldies help your work day go by!"---Marty "With the Party"
"That was the Beach Boys in 'When I Grow Up to Be a Man,' a day I hope will never come. I'm still a little boy at heart."---Marty "With the Party"
"It snowed up in the mountains today! I'm going to go play in the snow tomorrow!"---Marty "With the Party"
"If you're wondering why I have a black eye, it's because on Monday I sang this song to my girlfriend!"---The Knox That Rocks, doing a song introduction for Jimmy Soul's "If You Wanna Be Happy"
"You, me, and the oldies make three!"---Marty "With the Party"
"What a wonderful world it is, with twenty-four hour stores!"---song introduction on early Christmas Eve by the Oldies Insomniac
"I'd like to walk to New Orleans before Mardi Gras ends, but with the way I walk, I wouldn't get there till the year 2003!"---The Knox That Rocks
"When I'd be playing Badfinger songs on the radio, people would call me and say, 'Hey, Jay Michaels, that's not Badfinger. That's the Beatles!'"---The Oldies Insomniac
"Someone called and asked me if it's true that the Lovin' Spoonful was originally the Heapin' Forkful. No, there's no truth to that."---The Oldies Insomniac
(The DJ has played the Beach Boys' "Little Surfer Girl" twice for a contest he'll be holding ["So nice, we have to play it twice"], and the computer tries to play it a third time:) "Oh no you don't! We're not going to play it a third time!"---The Oldies Insomniac
"There's two ways to contact me with requests . . . well, actually, three ways . . . You could just come up to the Stratosphere and tell me, but for listeners on the East Coast, that'd be a problem, baby."---The Knox That Rocks
"It's rubber duckie time!"---Song intro for Bobby Darin's "Splish Splash" by Marty "With the Party"
"The Oldies Insomniac has been on a fake oldies tour. If you ever go to a Blood, Sweat, and Tears concert, you'll have to make sure it's really them and not Jay Michaels singing lead!"---Marty "With the Party"
"That was Antoine Fats Domino in 'Blueberry Hill' . . . Hmm . . . I think I need some pancakes!"---Marty "With the Party"
"That was Elvis in the ultimate super-glue song, 'Stuck on You'!"---Marty "With the Party"
"I've always wanted to say this: Elvis has left the building!"---Marty "With the Party," after a professional Elvis impersonator was on the show
"Marty 'With the Party' is in Florida in search of the ultimate orange."---"Dangerous" Dan Allen
"That was Gene MacDaniels, in 'Tower of Strength.' We're broadcasting from the tower of Stratosphere."---"Dangerous" Dan Allen
"Don't forget: Set your clock ahead before you go to bed tonight, or else . . . tomorrow, everything will be wrong."---"Dangerous" Dan Allen on Daylights Savings Time
"Don't forget to set your clocks ahead before you go to bed tonight. Every clock in the house . . . And then you have to undo it all in the fall. It takes hours! I think I'll just leave mine alone."---"Dangerous" Dan Allen, again on Daylights Savings Time
"That's Gary US Bonds, in---is that Daylights Savings Time, or Standard Time? I get confused!---'Quarter to Three'!"---Marty "With the Party"
"Wherever you go this weekend, be sure to take the oldies with you. They're portable, after all."---Marty "With the Party"
When someone asks if they can hear "Bridge Over Troubled Waters": "With all these taxes to do, that's a very appropriate song right now! HELP ME!!"
"Well, maybe the song'll do that for ya."---Marty "With the Party," and the person who requested the song
"I want to thank the Clay County fire department for putting out the oldies hotline, because it was simply on fire!"---The Knox That Rocks
"Here's Jackie Wilson . . . Take me 'Higher, Higher' . . . No, wait a minute! We're already at the top of the Stratosphere Tower, baby!"---The Knox That Rocks
The Knox That Rocks: "Our producer, David, is here. David, what do you think of the view up here?"
David: "It's great. I love it. And there's all these people passing by, smiling at us like we're in a fish bowl!"
The Knox That Rocks: "Yeah. Now they're starting to make guppy faces at us!"
"Time to look through the black and white fuzz and see what's on TV!"---Marty "With the Party," doing an intro for a Rick Nelson song
"They (referring to a couple of listeners) wanted to hear some huggy-face, kissy-bear stuff. Hmm . . . I think I said that wrong . . ."---Marty "With the Party"
"Make my telephone ring!"---Marty "With the Party"
"We're playing the hits faster than John Lennon can count to 5!"---Marty "With the Party," doing an intro for "I Saw Her Standing There"
Marty "With the Party": "Live from Las Vegas . . ."
Commercial (interrupting): "Transportation for artists visiting the Live from Las Vegas studios . . ."
Marty "With the Party": "Hey! What're you sayin'??"
Commercial: ". . . is provided by Las Vegas Limousine, because you deserve only the best!"
Marty "With the Party": "Yes, we do. . . ."
"That was the Mamas and the Papas, in 'Monday Monday.' I'm Marty Marty, and I'll see you on Monday Monday!"---Marty "With the Party," at the close of a Friday show
"I ate so much I couldn't even see straight!"---The Knox That Rocks on Thanksgiving
"Time to dance around the turkey carcass!"---Marty "With the Party" at Thanksgiving
Pre-recorded announcement: "And now, here's the Knox That Rocks, Stan Knox!"
Marty "With the Party" (high-pitched voice): "I'm not Stanley!"
An hour later . . .
Pre-recorded announcement: "And now, here's the Knox That Rocks, Stan Knox!"
Marty "With the Party": "Negative! I'm Marty With the Party!"
". . . Overlooking the bunderful Las Vegas . . . Oooops, I meant to say 'beautiful and wonderful,' but I got them mixed together."---The Knox That Rocks
The Knox That Rocks: "And that was Ray Hildebrand and Jill Jackson . . ."
"Dangerous" Dan Allen: "Who?"
The Knox That Rocks: "Ray Hildebrand and Jill Jackson. Better known as Paul & Paula."
"Dangerous" Dan Allen (like Gomer Pyle): "Golleee . . ."
"That was Dion; you can call him 'The Wanderer'! You can call me your Request Machine!"---Marty "With the Party"
Listener: "Hi. Can I hear 'Devil with a Blue Dress On'?"
Marty "With the Party": And 'Good Golly Miss Molly,' sure liked to bowl!"
"The problem with amnesia is that you never know if you have it or not!"---Marty "With the Party"
"It's better if your disc jockey says 'Uh oh' than if your surgeon says it!"---Marty "With the Party"
"Oh Bobby! Where are you? Helloooo?"---Marty "With the Party," when a Bobby Lewis wouldn't play