The Dudley & Bob Show

The Dudley and Bob with Matt Morning Show

Genre	Talk, comedy, entertainment, rock
Running time	3.5 hours, 6 A.M.-9:31 A.M. CST
Country	United States
Home station	KLBJ-FM Austin, Texas
Starring	Dale Dudley Bob Fonseca Matt Bearden
Producer(s)	Daniel Gallo, Carissa McAtee
Air dates	since 1993
Opening theme	"Intro" by Bob Fonseca
Website	http://www.klbjfm.com/dudleyandbob
Podcast	http://www.klbjfm.com/podcast

The Dudley & Bob with Matt Show is a weekday-morning comedic radio talk show airing on 93.7 KLBJ-FM,^[1] from 6:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. CT in Austin, Texas that consistently ranks among the city's top-rated drive-time shows.^[2]

Anchor host Dale Dudley, originally heard on KFMX/Lubbock, Texas, was recruited to Austin, Texas's KLBJ-FM to work alongside Clark Ryan as the morning drive time show partner, which lasted for five years. When Clark left, sales director Bob Fonseca was selected to be co-host and partner. The show has had various co-hosts and producers.

Currently the show features an open format where Dale Dudley, Bob Fonseca, and comedian Matt Bearden discuss various current-event topics while sharing stories from their personal lives. The show has been on the air for 17 years and was nominated for a NAB Marconi Radio Award in 2007 for Medium Market Personality of the Year by the National Association of Broadcasters.^[3] Dudley and Bob were inducted into the Texas Radio Hall of Fame in 2009.^[4] The show is currently sponsored by Adam's Pleated Jeans Company due to Dale's unusual and all consuming love of pleated jeans.

Comedy has a major role on the show, with local and touring comedians routinely stopping in. It has also created three spin-off shows, Bob's Drive Home,^[5] a mostly defunct daily webisode which often recaps and provides video clips of events from within the studio, The Charlie Hodge Halftime Show with Host Charlie Hodge, and co-host Matt "Chicken-wing" Sadler,^[6] which no longer airs on KLBJ-FM from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. CT, and the Taint and Teabag Show, a live one-hour podcast that is distributed via a number of digital audio and video formats.

On March 15th, 2013, at 7:45am, Dale Dudley announced live from Dublin, Ireland that starting April 1 the regular aired show hours would be reduced by one hour to 6am to 9am. The 9am to 10am hour would become available by subscription fee and available via mobile app or Internet browser. The new segment will be called the Sideshow. Initially it will not be available live. The subscription will allow access to the aired show the same day, otherwise these podcasts will be available to non-subscribers the next day. The Sideshow will become part of an online presence called Dudley and Bob Land and will include programming from show cast-members and content from fans and entertainers related to the show.

Staff

Hosts

• Dale Dudley Born August 15, 1961, in Odessa Texas, Dudley uses his experiences growing up in East Texas as a recurring topic in the show. A 2010 Lone Star Awards finalist, he has "spent 23 years exploring his psyche for the local classic rock crowd" in Austin, TX.^[7] He is the frontman of the KLBJ-FM morning drive show. Dudley and Bob, who have been together for almost 17 years. An actor and member of the Screen Actors Guild, Dudley can be seen in bit part roles in the movies Spy Kids 2, and Bernie, starring Jack Black. He played Eddie Gossling's sidekick in the motion picture "Brothers, Dogs and God." An author and an internet radio personality, Dudley acknowledged the roles of the rest of the cast, bragging that they "try to make each other laugh" every day.^[8] Dale has won every improv competition he has ever entered.^[9] Dale was a child actor best known for his starring role in the 1970s sitcom "Our Little House." He played the character Timmy Tam, whose catchphrase was "Hey, my pants are down!" ^[10]

• Bob Fonseca, AKA "The BobFather", former Promotion Director at KLBJ, was selected to replace former drive time partner Clark, where he has been Dudley's side-kick for over 20 years.^[11] Well known as a rock music expert, Bob's favorites include the Ramones, Bruce Springsteen and Karen Carpenter(mostly for her anorexia).

• Matt Bearden, AKA "Fat Bearden" is the recipient of the 2002 Funniest Person in Austin contest hosted by Cap City Comedy Club. Bearden has appeared not only on stage but also TV and film.^[12] On September 19, 2012, Matt stirred up a major controversy with his negative comments about the Parakeet Ranch industry. His words led to calls for a boycott by all Parakeet lovers. After hours of protests Matt resolved the situation by offering an on air apology and by donating five dollars to Wilford Brimley's charity "Beat Diabetes with Paraketees".

Staff

• Daniel Gallo, AKA "Literal Man", began his relationship with the show as a kid who liked to prank call Dale Dudley. Gallo interned with the show for several years before being hired on as an associate producer. In 2011, he accepted the role of producer.

• Carissa Jaded, AKA "Dead-Air Bear", started at the show in 2011. Dale immediately recognized she had issues and was capable of being a great personality. Carissa famously let the station go to static twice in a week during Christmas break.

• CJ Morgan, AKA "Captian of the High-Keys", is the show's digital content producer and evening radioman. I

• Chuy, AKA "Chuy de-la Tea Leoni", is often heard during the Sideshow podcast and works for a competing morning show.

Awards

• Houston Press Club 2010 Lone Star Awards finalists^[13]
• Austin360 A-List 2009-2010, Best Morning Radio Show, Austin Statesman^[14]
• Billboard Magazine: Program of the year for Dudley and Bob-1996
• Dudley and Bob - Personality of the Year
• Austin Chronicle: Best Morning Show (Dudley and Bob)- 1993-2001
• Austin Chronicle: Dale Dudley - Best DJ - 2001
• Austin Chronicle: Best Rush Hour Program (Dudley and Bob)- 1996
• Best Morning Jock Herder: Angela Davis, KLBJ-FM (Critics Picks, Media, 2007)^[15]
• Best Spy Kids Deejays: Dudley & Bob, KLBJ 93.7FM (Critics Picks, Media, 2003) ^[16]
• Best Morning Deejay (or Team): Dudley & Bob with Debra Cole/KLBJ 93.7 FM (Readers Poll, Media, 1998)^[17]
• Best Morning Deejay (or Team): Dudley & Bob, KLBJ (Readers Poll, Media, 1994)^[18]

Controversy

• January 23rd - On January 23, 2012 - The Dudley and Bob show podcast was edited without Dale's foreknowledge to remove the name of Andy Langer from a joke about Kristen potentially dating musician Bob Schneider. Transcript of the edited text available here: http://dudleyandbob.wikidot.com/langer-controversy

Podcast

In 2011 Dale Dudley and Bob Fonseca started their own podcast series under the nom de guerre of Taint and Teabag Show.^[19] The nickname was given to the pair by Bobcat Goldthwaite after a guest appearance on KLBJ-FM. The podcast is to be featured on the Kevin Smith inspired Smodcast Internet Radio (SIR) and is currently offered via free download. The podcast is released on an annual schedule. Regular guests include Daniel Gallo and Matt Bearden.

The radio show is also available in Podcast form on iTunes and the station's Web site.

Decline in Popularity

The decline in popularity started for D&B+M show on January 23,2015, when management told them that they had an expiration date, after an incredible 2014.^[20]

Discography

The Dudley & Bob Show produced four albums in the 1990s featuring various calls, bits, and sketches released during the Dudley and Bob with Debra years of the show.

During the 2000s the show produced the "Damn It's Early" albums which featuring live on-air performances from various local and touring national musicians.

Year	Title	Label
1995	Public Enema #1	KLBJ
1996	We're Back and We're Highly Pissed	KLBJ
1997	Eugene! Don't Hit 'Em in the Head	KLBJ
1998	Prince Albert...Your Refrigerator Is Running	KLBJ
2001	Damn It's Early	KLBJ
2003	Damn It's 2 Early	KLBJ

See also

• List of U.S. radio programs

References

External links

• Show
  • Official website
  • Official show Facebook Page
  • Official show Twitter
  • The Dudley & Bob with Matt Show on Myspace
  • YouTube channel
  • The Dudley and Bob Wiki