It blew me away, and that actually sold me on [the business of] radio.”, Johnson’s schtick—a white man performing a “black” voice on the radio—has a long history. 'Walton and Johnson,' which has been on the air in the South for over 35 years, features stereotypical gay and black characters voiced by one of the white hosts. “I actually like the black character because he does say truthful shit.” Cuttin maintains, however, that Mr. Eaux and Mr. Kenneth’s mildly progressive remarks are actually the punchlines to jokes made for the benefit of Walton and Johnson’s conservative audience. toidruzy Mr. Kenneth, Billy Ed, will have to get back to you if I can think who did Mr Eaux. Don't see a... Walton and Johnson | Facebook re: John Walton (Walton & Johnson) has passed Posted by Loungefly85 on 6/4/19 at 10:13 am to Ace Midnight quote: Bigger problem is that clearly that is the toughest, physically, of the three main voices Steve does. A little late I guess, but Steve Johnson does the gay dude, Mr. Eoux, and Billy Ed...John Walton just does John Walton I guess and he does Obama impressions and just plain stupid people impressions lol...that show keeps me going everyday has been for the last 4 years Together since 1983... No show has a more unique mix of “stream of consciousness”, opinionated and compelling talk, guests, musical elements, fictional characters, famous impersonations, Great skit writing and production coupled with powerful audience interaction. Whenever Walton or Johnson couldn’t wrap their mediocre heads around a gay rights issue, Mr. Kenneth was there to help explain. But in my 20 years with John and Steve, I can’t remember even one time… I’ve never had any complaints about a white guy doing a black guy.”, Nathan Ales, who’s sold ads and done other work with Walton and Johnson for 30-plus years, and who considers Johnson his “best friend,” told me, “It’s satire. Walton served as straight man to the comedy of Johnson, who voices the stereotypical characters Mr. Kenneth, Mr. Eaux and Billy Ed. “I listened through the Bush presidency, but I stopped when Obama took office,” he said. In 1983, they landed their first real radio gig in New Orleans (where blackface is still sometimes regarded as acceptable under very particular circumstances). Anybody can make jokes, they’re just jokes. “I think some people in the South have this half-baked form of Stockholm syndrome, where they’re already so used to it they don’t care to change it,” argued Ahrens-Bryant, who says he also avoids the Zulu Mardi Gras parade due to the krewe’s blackface tradition. ', Plan for $1.9T COVID aid package passes Senate, Tucci reveals 'odd' connection between his 2 wives, Democrats double down on student debt cancellation, 'Start wearing a mask': Sen. Rand Paul chastised, No regrets for Chiefs OL who opted out of season, Tom Cruise's adopted son posts rare photo, Former WWE wrestler comes out as transgender. They are dog whistlers to the utmost.”, I could not find any gay Walton and Johnson fans to speak with, perhaps because Mr. Kenneth is even more of a caricature than Mr. Eaux. They split up for a while in the 90's, and his show Walton & Rumble (with some new guy) was atrocious. The show’s comedy definitely had a conservative bent, but while I disagreed with most of the politics on display, my daughter and I listened on, finding the wacky, energetic show fascinating. I suspect that some of the audience of this conservative radio show would fall into this group.”. These guys are pushing 60 and read the Drudge report as gospel. “But politics became more volatile as the Democrats got angrier and angrier.”. “The black guy usually just says shit [black people] say regarding racism, disparity, etc.,” Cuttin explained, “but though speaking truth, Mr. Eaux is usually saying it after stuff that doesn't call for it, and that’s the rub.” The unspoken running gag of Steve Johnson’s Mr. Eaux character (who “met W&J while selling them a set of walnut handled steak knives from the trunk of his El Dorado,” the show’s website says) is that black issues are merely a cudgel that African Americans use to gain pity or free “Obama phones.”, As such, Cuttin is one of many Southerners who feel the show started off funny, then became unfunny, then poisonous. On the drive out to my young daughter’s Montessori school in the New Orleans suburb of Chalmette each morning, she became fixated on some funny voices emanating from my radio. 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