This morning started like it normally does. I prep the DJs
for various segments, I answer the phones, and I find and edit audio. The
change in the status quo of today was that we all got to meet ‘ Espirito Gato’
….yeah, that’s a real thing. I guess Fridays are ‘Free Fortune Fridays’ here at
Fun 107. At first, I figured that that meant fortune in terms of money, like
you could win a lot of money for free…How wrong I was. Free Fortune Friday
refers to free on-air fortune telling, by an actual fortune teller. I didn’t
know these types of people still existed. The only other fortune teller I can
recall is the creepy Chinese lady from Freaky Friday who switches the minds of
Lindsey Lohan and Jamie lee Curtis. With
that impression of these types of people, I made the decision to keep a close
eye on Espirito Gato, or Mr. Gato I guess…first name Espirito?
Anyways,
the setup of the segment is pretty simple. Callers call in (obviously), and
Espirito Gato tells them their fortune or reads the stars or somethine. He brought
with him rocks, cards and other various mystical whosywhatsits (toys), and the
man used these to guide his readings. There were four callers total and each
one was extremely unfortunate in its own way.
He would start introductions then go right into his ‘act’. “Ok listen I
am starting to sense something about you dear…”, Mr. Gato would say in his
Mexican accent. He proceeded to warn the caller about something and then ask if
his predictions were anywhere close or relevant to the caller’s life. The answer
was consistently no. “I’m here to tell you to keep your family close okay, is
there any family drama happening or two sides of the family split from one
another?”, and the caller would say “….eh no not really at all…no” Whether it
was career related, family, or relationship related, Espirito Gato was
completely off and entirely live, unfortunately for him. I guess that’s just part of the game of
radio; there isn’t much opportunity to fix things so you just go on air with
what material you have.
Later,
Espirito asked JR, Michael Rock, Larry, and I if we knew a Don in the
afterlife. I didn’t know a Don but said I did and confirmed all of Mr. Gato’s
predictions about Don and his relation to me. I felt bad for the guy and knew
its kind of uncomfortable to be on radio for the first time. but yeah I’ve
never met a Don in my life, Espirito Gato has to be the worst fortune teller in
the world.
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