Fez Whatley

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Fez Marie Whatley (real name Todd Hillier) is a talk radio host and comedian who co-hosts The Ron and Fez Show. Fez originally became well known after becoming a producer and contributor for The Ron and Ron Show in Florida. After the show disbanded, Fez teamed up with Ron and Ron host Ron Bennington to create The Ron and Fez Show, then entitled Ron and Fez Dot Com.

Fez, who grew up in Pinellas Park, Florida, is a big Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Tampa Bay Lightning fan and enjoys watching professional wrestling. He is a particularly big fan of Ric Flair, and his stage name may be an allusion to Pez Whatley.

As a little boy Fez was notoriously mocked by other children. He was given the nickname, "Fatty Pneumonia", due to being overweight and chronically ill. At the age of eight he was accosted by "the cane pole gang", two shirtless youths, riding his bike on the way back from a 7-Eleven. They struck him in the head, which caused him to drop his Slurpee and spill it onto the ground. The gang then threw his pinkish-purple girl's bike, a hand me down from his sister, into a ditch bending the handle bars. "Fatty Pneumonia" was sent limping home battered, crying, and thirsty.

Fez is also known as an accomplished actor in the Tampa Bay - St.Petersburg area. Fez played Ens. Frank Thurlowe Pulver in a Pensacola Community Theater production of Mr Roberts. He reportedly received rave reviews from the Pensacola News Journal. In high school Fez played Mr. Bumble in a production of Oliver. He has used his vocal skills on air, singing "It Makes Me Fez," "Harper Valley PTA," and "Facts of Life."

Fez is extremely neurotic; he has a fear of everything ranging from falling out of the Roosevelt Island Tram or being crushed in a collapsing subway tunnel during his regular commute to "violent" dog breeds. He is also freakishly tidy, and lives alone with little to no contact with others outside of his job. During an infamous "bit" that stretched out for nearly a year, Fez refused to shave his head as per a wager he made with Ron and Fez Show caller Elfish over the results of a football game, though eventually he relented and allowed his head to be shaved. Fez's bits often stretch out for an unusually long amount of time, for example his claiming of having a wife in Canada that was mentioned off and on for nearly five years, much to the chagrin of co-host Ron Bennington. Another bit of Fez's that floundered was his claiming of adopting a kitten he named "Fuzz Whatley". The feline was only mentioned when there were advertisements run of an animal shelter on Ron and Fez's station, and, after a few months when the promos stopped airing, Fez ceased mentioning it. Ron often chastises Fez for a number of things including: His bits not being funny or continuing for an improperly long amount of time, his social isolation, and his lack of skill in perfoming impersonations. Though Ron has a decidedly critical attitude towards Fez on-air, he has a deep friendship with him. Once during an on-air tirade against a program director who claimed Fez wasn't working hard enough he aggressively fired "Everywhere I've ever worked nobody gives more than Fez Whatley."

He regularly wears Hawaiian shirts on "casual" Friday, despite working a job that has no dress code.

Fez later went on to work at a car lot.

Fez's favorite president is Theodore Roosevelt.

Fez is an expert on Three's Company trivia.

Fez was hosed off, while naked, on his driveway by his father as a young child.

Fez once wore the same outfit for three weeks in a row to see if anyone payed enough attention to realize he was doing it.

On November 9, 2005, Fez suffered a mild heart attack. Unbeknownst to him, he went on to host The Ron and Fez Show the next day before consulting a doctor where he was informed he had suffered a heart attack and was also diagnosed with diabetes. An angioplasty was performed and Fez returned to the show on November 28, 2005.

Recently, Fez has been insisting that he has been involved in a secret romantic relationship with Dawn Cumia, Anthony's (co-host of the Opie and Anthony show) sister. Although not "officially confirmed", numerous comments by both Ron and Fez concerning the validity of the "relationship", combined with the tone of the original announcement and subsequent discussions, have made it clear that this was a comedy bit.

Fez's Characters/Aliases
The Nature Boy
Jan Brady
Tappy
Egyptian Tea Bagger (the friendly Arab)
Dirty Sanchez (the Mexican bandit)
Harry Elvis (the comic that only jokes about pants)
Camel-toe Curtis (the wrestler)
Pool Pump
Fartly
Bowl of Gravy