UPDATE: Former Ring Radio/WSB Radio host Ludlow Porch has died
Courtesy of the Georgia Radio Hall of Fame
Folksy talk-show host Ludlow Porch died early Friday, according to his website funseekers.net.
God is laughing today. Ludlow Porch passed from this mortal plane at 6:06 AM.
Memorial service will be held at Big Canoe Chapel next Saturday February 19, 2011 at 2 p.m. A reception will follow in the Broyles Community Center.
Porch, whose real name was Bobby C. Hanson, was living in Dawsonville. According to his official obituary, sent by Bearden Funeral Home, “in lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation, 121 S. Saint Asaph St., Alexandria, VA 22314, or to the Georgia Radio Hall of Fame, P. O. Box 5313, St. Mary’s, Georgia 31558.”
Porch had suffered strokes recently, according to Denny Ainsworth, his long-time producer and sidekick who took over his radio network last year.
Porch, 76, spent many years on 680/WRNG-AM Ring Radio, where Neal Boortz also got his start. He also worked for WSB-AM in the 1980ss and early 1990s. He also owned several restaurants fora time, including multiple Blue Ribbon Grills. He was also known as a trivia expert. His stepbrother, the late AJC columnist Lewis Grizzard, would often reference him in columns.
His famous exit line when ending a show: “”Whatever else you do today, you find somebody to be nice to”
A fuller obituary is available here.
He is survived by his wife Nancy and children, Barbara Davison, Philip Hanson, Charles McGarvey, and Kyle Harvey. He also had six grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
You can read more about him on the Georgia Radio Hall of Fame website. He was inducted into the hall of fame in 2007.
You can listen to Denny’s tribute to him live here from 9:07 a.m. to noon and it will be repeated after that.
Here’s a recent YouTube video of Porch spinning one of his stories:
Denny sent this email to friends on Tuesday night:
I regret to tell you that Ludlow’s health has worsened after suffering a second stroke Tuesday night (2/8/11).
The prognosis is not good. Say a prayer for Ludlow, Nancy, and his family.
I’ll update you whenever I get news about any changes.
Cards or letters can be sent to PO Box 643, Dawsonville, GA 30534.
Reply to this email is not necessary. I know your support is with Lud.
Denny
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Charles
February 17th, 2011
12:33 pm
We always enjoyed Ludlows’ humor, will really miss him.
David Granger
February 17th, 2011
11:32 pm
Funniest thing I ever heard on the radio was Ludlow Porch, and it happened when he wasn’t even trying to be funny.
He asked one of his famous “trivia questions” about director John Ford’s Cavalry Trilogy:
“Not long after WWII had ended, director John Ford made a series of three movies that are now referred to as his ‘Cavalry Trilogy’. They all starred John Wayne as a cavalry officer, and they all had Ward Bond and John Agar and Victor McLaglen, and they were all set in Monument Valley. The first one was ‘Fort Apache’, the second was ‘She Wore a Yellow Ribbon’, and the question I’m asking is…what’s the name of the third one?”
Well…right about that time, on late-night TV, one of those telemarketing firms was pushing a three-movie video set of “All Time Bests of the Duke”…featuring three John Wayne movies. The three were “Fort Apache”, “She Wore a Yellow Ribbon”, and “Flying Leathernecks”.
And everybody who called in tried to tell Ludlow that “Flying Leathernecks” was that third movie. Ludlow would patiently explain that…no, “Flying Leathernecks” is a movie in which John Wayne plays a fighter pilot in the Marine Corps. And the question is what’s the third movie in the “Cavalry Trilogy” in which John Wayne plays a cavalry officer in the old west. Ludlow would admit there was a three-video set being sold on TV right then, and yes…the third movie in that set WAS “Flying Leathernecks”. But that’s not the answer he’s looking for, even though the first two movies just happen to be the same.
And then the caller would admit that, yeah, maybe you’re right, Ludlow. Guess I just didn’t listen closely enough to the question.
And then…just as soon as Ludlow would take another caller, the guy would jump in with “I believe you’re WRONG there, Ludlow. That last fellow was right. That commercial was just on TV, and that third movie IS “Flying Leathernecks!”
…and then Ludlow would patiently explain again.
I was in a small diner eating breakfast when I heard this, and Ludlow had seven callers in a row trying to tell him that “Flying Leathernecks” was the name of that third movie…and never once did Ludlow lose his patience or refuse to explain why it was NOT the right answer.