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Whitfield as his Co-Host. Brandon Joseph (formerly of Q100) was hired as the shows producer while John
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Yogi and Panda. Von
Haessler's Mad Pundit Radio program, which was broadcast Saturday afternoons on WGST, was also dropped. The suit claimed that Wachs recorded Yogi and Panda, without their knowledge, while having a discussion in separate bathroom stalls. That recording was part of a bit that was
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commercial. That interview was intended to be played backwards, dodging FCC censorship, in a bit called "backwards smut," when the show returned from that commercial break. The intent was to mock the
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