Stevens & Grdnic
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Stevens & Grdnic are American
comedian
s having worked as market radio
morning hosts, and written for network TV
comedies. They released two Grammy-nominated comedy album
s, Somewhere over the Radio and Retail Comedy at Wholesale Prices, the latter album featured a sketch, "Fast Food", about a frustrating encounter at a fast-food drive-thru; first broadcast on radio on 4 July 1982, but written and performed earlier.
Stevens & Grdnic's work is syndicated on more than 450 radio stations by All Star Radio Networks, and some of their recordings have been featured on Dr. Demento
's radio show.
Their recording "Commercials on 45", inspired by Stars on 45
medleys, consisted of parodies of commercials set to music.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
comedian
Comedian
A comedian or comic is a person who seeks to entertain an audience, primarily by making them laugh. This might be through jokes or amusing situations, or acting a fool, as in slapstick, or employing prop comedy...
s having worked as market radio
Radio
Radio is the transmission of signals through free space by modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of visible light. Electromagnetic radiation travels by means of oscillating electromagnetic fields that pass through the air and the vacuum of space...
morning hosts, and written for network TV
Television network
A television network is a telecommunications network for distribution of television program content, whereby a central operation provides programming to many television stations or pay TV providers. Until the mid-1980s, television programming in most countries of the world was dominated by a small...
comedies. They released two Grammy-nominated comedy album
Album
An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...
s, Somewhere over the Radio and Retail Comedy at Wholesale Prices, the latter album featured a sketch, "Fast Food", about a frustrating encounter at a fast-food drive-thru; first broadcast on radio on 4 July 1982, but written and performed earlier.
Stevens & Grdnic's work is syndicated on more than 450 radio stations by All Star Radio Networks, and some of their recordings have been featured on Dr. Demento
Dr. Demento
Barret Eugene Hansen , better known as Dr. Demento, is a radio broadcaster and record collector specializing in novelty songs, comedy, and strange or unusual recordings dating from the early days of phonograph records to the present....
's radio show.
Their recording "Commercials on 45", inspired by Stars on 45
Stars on 45
Stars on 45 was a Dutch novelty pop act that was briefly very popular in the United Kingdom, throughout Europe, the United States and Australia in the early 1980s. The group later shortened its name to Stars On in the U.S., while in the U.K. and Ireland it was known as Starsound...
medleys, consisted of parodies of commercials set to music.