Kors: You have to forgive me for being so stupid, but it was a few weeks of listening to your radio show before I realized that every guest you had on, every listener who called to complain, they were all you — you cutting yourself off, telling yourself never to call again.
Shearer: It’s fun, isn’t it?
Kors: It is. You said once that that format was inspired by another radio host who did multiple voices on his show.
Shearer: Yes, Phil Hendrie. I’ve been a fan of his for years. He’s been doing a live radio show for decades now. He’ll pretend to be fake callers, play fake experts saying the most outrageous things, then take calls from real people who are enraged by the experts’ comments. It’s amazing stuff.
Here’s the whole thing:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/joshua-kors/voice-of-the-simpsons-spe_b_706899.html