Leonard's Losers - Help Needed

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Thanks for any help or even discussion on this.

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I think it broadcast out of GA so that might be a place to start

They also had a weekly magazine so you may be able to find old hard copies somewhere.

Remember Leonard well, he was an UGA guy

Check out the Georgia Radio Broadcast Hall of Fame, probably your best bet fora starting place

Good luck

I know the Huntsville Times would print them in Saturday's papers at least some of the times. It was on the stats page. If you can't find the audio, maybe you can find them in print.

In 1958, Postero taped his first Leonard's Losers radio show at WRFC-AM in Athens. The show described college football matchups and then predicted which team would lose. Postero taped his show using a pseudonym of "Leonard Postosties" and was introduced by his sidekick "Percy Peabody" (also voiced by Postero). The show's "schtick" was a rural delivery style (à la Jerry Clower) and comedic scripts using alternate team nicknames related to the school mascot or the school itself. Some of these references included "riflemen" for the University of Tennessee Volunteers, "red clay hounds" for the University of Georgia Bulldogs, "giant water lizards" for the University of Florida Gators, "pachyderms" for the University of Alabama (because of their elephant mascot), and "the Pope's pupils" for the University of Notre Dame (for its status as a Catholic university). Leonard claimed that he possessed a "little smart pill machine" to come up with his prognostications and always closed his broadcast with a plea to his sidekick to "get me outta here, Percy." A game might be described as follows:

"Phillip Fulmer leads his Rifleman into the Athens Kennel for a shooting match with Jim Donnan's Pack of Drool Dogs. The Volunteer Army has owned the K-9s of late, while the Red Clay Hounds think it's about time to sink their teeth into the Big Orange Rifle Brigade. The Knoxville Army is angry after last week, but the Athens Dawgs will get the job done. Leonard's Loser? Tennessee"

At the height of its popularity, Leonard's Losers was carried on over 1400 radio stations, including Armed Forces Radio. Postero also published a weekly newsletter called Leonard's Losers.[1]

Postero retired in 1999 and a group of Athens businessmen purchased the show.[1] As part of the transition, the new voice of Leonard Postosties was introduced as Leonard's nephew though there was no relation between the two.

After the 2005 season, a message appeared on the website saying that due to personal reasons Leonard was unable to make his predictions and hoped to return. This message remained on the website until 2007 when the website closed.

Leonard Postero was inducted into the Georgia Radio Hall of Fame on Saturday, October 19, 2013 as a legacy inductee for his show Leonard's Losers.[2]

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DingLeeBerry

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Some of my favorite nicknames from my memory...

Florida - Giant Swamp Lizards
TCU - Desert Lizards

Edit....forgot about the Pope's Pupils for Notre Dame. Good stuff for those who remember listening to games on the radio. His show came on our local radio show prior to the Bama pregame show.


Thanks for the info




Get me outta here Percy

I used to love listening as a kid on the way to Starkville. It was always a treat when he didn’t pick us those 2-3 shows per year...Arky State, Tulane etc.

It was a popular show, but the man really deserved awards for his marketing shtick that provided no insight whatsoever. The example posted above was perfect; he would toss around his hokey nicknames and pick a loser with zero analysis. The show got redundant quickly, but everyone kept listening.

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DawgsLife

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I think most of those clips are from someone trying to be Leonard Postero. I will go thought them to make sure though.

The 9 minute clip is the real leonard however.

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I used to love those shows!

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He used to make me mad when he would pick Bama.(remember he picked losers), and then I would get furious at him when he turned out to be right.