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Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "Earl Pitts is a fictional character performed by Gary Burbank, a radio personality from Cincinnati, Ohio.Pitts, who is almost always referred to as \"Earl Pitts, Uhmerikun\" (as in \"American\") is a stereotype of a redneck from the Southern United States. As such, Pitts presents a daily \"editorial,\" which always begins with a bugle call of \"Assembly\", and the words, \"Ya' know what makes me sick?\" followed by another line like, \"You know what makes me so angry, ah just want to soak mah butt in a bucket of toxic waste?\" Pitts then goes off on a rant, either about some cultural topic of the day as seen from a redneck point of view, or an anecdote about his home life or his job at the local tavern. His family and friends—wife Pearl, son Earl Junior, daughter Sandra Dee, and good friend Dub Meeker, among others—figure prominently in many routines. His signature ending lines are \"Wake Up, Uhmerika!\" and \"Ah'm Earl Pitts, Uhmerikun. Pitts off!\" while The Washington Post march plays in the background.Burbank, whose radio career has taken him from his native Memphis to his 20-year-plus gig working afternoon drive time at WLW-AM in Cincinnati (and briefly in national syndication), began the Pitts character shortly after arriving at WLW. The daily routines became an instant hit, and a few years later Pitts' commentaries were syndicated nationally. Earl Pitts now is heard on about 200 stations and via XM Satellite Radio's WLW simulcast.Burbank says that Pitts is the second-longest running syndicated comedy program ever. This is probably true, although he mistakenly lists News and Comment to be in first place (News and Comment, the program originally hosted by Paul Harvey, is neither a comedy program nor syndicated; it was a network program heard on ABC Radio Networks for its entire 58-year run); the real longest syndicated comedy program, in years and hours on air, is Dr. Demento, which syndicated weekly from 1974 to 2010. In number of episodes, the Pitts monologues are likely in first place.Earl's Web site features items for sale including purchase rights to previous monologues. Ostensibly, hearing the program online requires a subscription to the Pitts Web site. However, many stations stream the program at a regular time, and in addition, WFLA in Tampa, Florida offers a daily podcast of the show.Despite Burbank's retirement as a host of WLW, the daily Pitts commentaries continue, and have recently expanded into television. Burbank taped several 90-second \"commentaries\" as Pitts to be seen on WGN America and possibly other stations owned by Tribune Company. The spots were done at the behest of Burbank's old boss at WLW, and were taped at a pub in Fort Thomas, Kentucky."@en }

• Earl_Pitts_(character) abstract "Earl Pitts is a fictional character performed by Gary Burbank, a radio personality from Cincinnati, Ohio.Pitts, who is almost always referred to as \"Earl Pitts, Uhmerikun\" (as in \"American\") is a stereotype of a redneck from the Southern United States. As such, Pitts presents a daily \"editorial,\" which always begins with a bugle call of \"Assembly\", and the words, \"Ya' know what makes me sick?\" followed by another line like, \"You know what makes me so angry, ah just want to soak mah butt in a bucket of toxic waste?\" Pitts then goes off on a rant, either about some cultural topic of the day as seen from a redneck point of view, or an anecdote about his home life or his job at the local tavern. His family and friends—wife Pearl, son Earl Junior, daughter Sandra Dee, and good friend Dub Meeker, among others—figure prominently in many routines. His signature ending lines are \"Wake Up, Uhmerika!\" and \"Ah'm Earl Pitts, Uhmerikun. Pitts off!\" while The Washington Post march plays in the background.Burbank, whose radio career has taken him from his native Memphis to his 20-year-plus gig working afternoon drive time at WLW-AM in Cincinnati (and briefly in national syndication), began the Pitts character shortly after arriving at WLW. The daily routines became an instant hit, and a few years later Pitts' commentaries were syndicated nationally. Earl Pitts now is heard on about 200 stations and via XM Satellite Radio's WLW simulcast.Burbank says that Pitts is the second-longest running syndicated comedy program ever. This is probably true, although he mistakenly lists News and Comment to be in first place (News and Comment, the program originally hosted by Paul Harvey, is neither a comedy program nor syndicated; it was a network program heard on ABC Radio Networks for its entire 58-year run); the real longest syndicated comedy program, in years and hours on air, is Dr. Demento, which syndicated weekly from 1974 to 2010. In number of episodes, the Pitts monologues are likely in first place.Earl's Web site features items for sale including purchase rights to previous monologues. Ostensibly, hearing the program online requires a subscription to the Pitts Web site. However, many stations stream the program at a regular time, and in addition, WFLA in Tampa, Florida offers a daily podcast of the show.Despite Burbank's retirement as a host of WLW, the daily Pitts commentaries continue, and have recently expanded into television. Burbank taped several 90-second \"commentaries\" as Pitts to be seen on WGN America and possibly other stations owned by Tribune Company. The spots were done at the behest of Burbank's old boss at WLW, and were taped at a pub in Fort Thomas, Kentucky.".