1980’s clip of Huey Meaux on Austin’s KUT

I wonder if Huey Meaux is out of prison and back on the air in Austin, Texas. If not, perhaps he should procure the services of Thomas Mesereau Jr. If so, I wonder if, as Mr. Stout samples Austin area radio (perhaps while trying to get to sleep), he will happen upon the Crazy Cajun. Regardless, here is a clip from the WFMU Aircheck archives of Huey Meaux circa the 1980’s:

Huey Meaux on KUT (RealAudio format)

It is three in the morning, he is in quite a mood, and is desperate to have the people of Austin call into his show. I have never heard anyone so desperate spend so long begging listeners to call. I am not really sure why he wants people to call. He doesn’t talk to them, put them on their air, or take their requests. Perhaps he simply did want to prove, to himself or the station’s manager, that people were still listening after broadcast hours. Wasn’t Arbitron around back then? Did Huey expected to get paid for the overtime? Was there really still a person there answering the phones? Did the person answering the phones expect to get paid for the overtime? What was the manager doing at the station at 3:00am on a Sunday morning? Was this overtime sponsored?