Rick Dees
publication date: Wednesday, June 27, 2012 (part of Summer 2012)
category: 
Radio
clue: Listeners still go nuts for his weekly Top 40 countdown, more than they did for his late-night TV show in 1991.
explanation: Dees was a successful radio countdown-show host, but his TV show was canceled after a single season. The phrase "go nuts" was a play on his last name. more…
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, LaVonne Lemler, Samir Mehta, Chris Lemler, Richard Slominsky, Justin Woods, Matthew Preston, Denise Sawicki, Joanna Woods, Mike Rothstein, Steve Dunn, Mike Eberhart, Aaron Shurtleff, and Ryan Dunn
trivia: Scott was teased for not mentioning Dees's hit novelty song "Disco Duck."
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