Cactus Pryor  | | | | There's this radio personality here in Austin. I'm going to copy what is writen in Wikipedia. Richard "Cactus" Pryor is considered a legend in Texas broadcasting. A native Austinite, Pryor has been a fixture in Texas broadcasting and entertainment since 1944. He received his nickname after the old Cactus Theater on Congress Avenue in Austin, Texas, which was run by his father, Skinny Pryor. Pryor has also appeared in several movies including The Green Berets with John Wayne. He is the author of a 1995 collection of some 40 essays entitled "Playback". He currently regales audiences on Austin radio with a daily 2-minute trip down memory lane, reminiscing about places and people from his past. Many of those of whom he speaks are long-gone. He is a confessed liberal, and has acknowledged that his (adult) children are conservative. Pryor also claims to be one of the first people to have heard of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, having been at the ranch of then-vice president Lyndon Baines Johnson at the time. Pryor has for several years been a radio spokesman for the Austin-based Tex-Mex restaurant chain Serrano's. In these ads, he is often called "Nopalito", which loosely means little cactus, after the Spanish word nopal. Nopal is Spanish for prickly pear cactus. Nopales, used in many Mexican dishes, are commonly available throughout the American Southwest at most grocery stores and markets. His broadcasting sign-off consists of a series of nonsense words, "thermostrocka mortimer". The spelling and meaning of such are up to speculation. Cactus has stated, "The phrase is in the Bible; if you don't find it, keep reading."He's quite a character. | | Cactus Pryor | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1. trinidadvelasco (9574)
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5 years ago
| | By the way you talk about this guy, I can say that you are quite a fan of Cactus Pryor. I may not be familiar with the guy considering where I live. Nonetheless, I should say that he is a remarkable man and he is worth admiring. | | | | | | | ElicBxn (24688)
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5 years ago
| | I love hearing him talk about how Austin was when he was a young person. My dad was stationed in Hondo Texas during WWII & would come to Austin because there was less competition on leave than in San Antonio. He was here, reporting on the Tower shooting that I posted about earlier, he did man on the street type interviews during WWII in Austin. Yes, he's a local guy, I think its a shame that other towns can't hear him, tho he's of pretty much local interest. | | | | | | | Cactus & Succulent Plants Huge selection of beautiful plants, low prices. Gifts & dish gardens! www.cactuslimon.com | add comment | | | |
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| 3. gberlin (3165)
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5 years ago
| | Never heard of him but he sounds like an interesting character! | | | | | | | ElicBxn (24688)
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5 years ago
| | He is a character. I don't always agree with him, but I do find him mostly amusing! He was actually on TV back in the old days when Lady Bird Johnson owned both the TV station & the radio station that became KLBJ. | | | | | | | Cheap Flights From $39 Don't Believe in Extra Discounts. Compare Cheap Flights From $39. www.TripMama.com/Flights | add comment | | | |
| | | ElicBxn (24688)
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5 years ago
| | Oh Bandera's such a beautiful area! If you get to Austin, tune into KLBJ AM in the morning drive time, sometime close to the hour he does these little recorded segments. KLBJ is at 590 on the dial. | | | | | | | Cactus Looking For Cactus? Find It Nearby With Local.com! Local.com | add comment | | | |
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