Top 10 Wally George Band Interviews From The Hot Seat

For years, this-OC dwelling firebrand was the coffin-dodging gift that kept on giving–a jaw-grinding right-wing caricature who became the prototype for douche bags like Bill O'Reilly, Sean Hannity and even talk show hosts like Jerry Springer, though they don't have half the balls to act as crazy as he did. Anyone who remembers stumbling home at 2 a.m. to watch re-runs of his show knows exactly why guys like our boss Gustavo Arellano had a field day writing about him when George's melting wax figure physique still roamed the earth. Commanding his studio audience of young conservative minions (we can still hear them: “SICK! SICK!SICK!”), his specialty was interviewing bands he thought were morally reprehensible, some of which were locals that turned out to be rather huge names. Looking back at one of the most unintentionally funny people in OC history, here is a list of Wally's top 10 band interviews from the Hot Seat.

For fans of OC punk circa 1985, the Hags will always be remembered as one of our county's most outrageous bands–violent, oversexed believers in the occult. They were  also one of the few to bare the distinguished title of “Scum of the Earth” by Wally during a couple choice interviews on the Hot Seat. Frontman Mark Dead, self-proclaimed leader of the BONES Society (Better Organization of Negative Energy), hits all the right notes during his interview: his tolerance of satanism, his philosophies on the need for mass murder, his admiration for Charles Manson and his desire to look like a gothic, Egyptian pharaoh. Like any good interview, it ends with him getting booted off of the show for taking the Lord's name in vain, which never failed to make Wally turn red with rage (not exactly a hard thing to do).

Best Wally One-liner: “You are a vile, horrifying creature, I think you are sickening, I want you to go to jail! YOU'RE OUTTA HERE!”

We know it's going to come as a shock to you all, but Wally was not crazy about hip-hop. During one episode of the Hot Seat, he did his damnedest to reinforce the fears of every suburban soccer mom in America by doing a segment on the “Rap Rage.” It was here where the host showed some real genius by digging up with the most inept, sweaty buffoon he could find to represent the genre. Not only did so-called MC Larry Rice  lack the ability to spit a quality verse, his flaccid defense of rappers as the voice of the streets was about as lame as Wally holding up a ludicrous article from NewsWeek Magazine about rap music as if it were some kind of authority on the culture. The best is when he pretends to read notes from the article when really, we all know he was just quoting himself.

Best Wally One-liner: I'm gonna tell you why much of this country is enraged with rap, because much of it promotes drugs, murder, bestiality and I say this kind of thing MUST STOP!

Though he's not technically a musical artist, when it came to rock'n'roll-style filthiness, radio personality Rick Dees was a one-man band (Wally's pet name for him: “Rick Dees the King of Sleaze”). Dees and the Hot Seat host had quite a beef going on back in the day–a war of words that, as you'll see here, escalates into one of the funniest, fake fights ever witnessed on public access. You can tell from the minute Dees enters with a crown on his head and a bottle of booze in his hand that things are going to get ugly. Then Wally rolls some footage of a supposed scuffle between him and Dees backstage during one of the radio jock's shows at the Gibson Amphitheater. A couple other highlights: Wally accuses Dees of harassing his new, hot wife  and Dees' former bikini-clad KIIS co-host Liz Fulton pops out from back stage out to give Wally a hug…and a probably a boner.

Best Wally One-liner:  Hey why are you wearing that crown? You're no king, YOU”RE A QUEEN!

7. Last Round-Up

Whittier punk band Last Round-Up had a few choice words for Wally when they came on his show to talk about their stance on cop-killing and violence in the streets. Band members “Elwood” and “Psycho” don't exactly come off as a couple of scholars, but they do get some classic insults in the midst of Wally's endless windbaggery. They even came prepared with their own photo of the Hot Seat host to rip to shreds in front of the throngs of  frothing, mullet-sporting hillbillies in the audience.

Best Wally One-liner: “Don't get smart with me or I'll throw your ass OUTTA HERE!”

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6. Mentors

Every time  Wally thought he'd seen it all, he always seemed to surprise himself with a new level of degenerate he was able coax onto the Hot Seat. But he really outdid himself when he asked Eldon Hoke (aka “El Duce”) and his band Mentors to swing by for a brief chat. A heavy metal band distinguishing themselves as the creators of “rape rock,” there's no doubt that these guys (especially Hoke, who died in 1997) were a bunch of sick fucks. Wearing their trademark black hoods, the L.A. band didn't stay long before they were booted off the stage, but not before Hoke uttered one of the creepiest, pirate-sounding quotes we've ever heard after a woman went up to the podium to ask a question: “What makes you think women want to be raped, peaceful or otherwise?”

Hoke: “Because I can tell by the look in their eyes!”

Best Wally One-liner: “I have had a lot of sick people on my program, but this is probably the sickest…whudda ya think?!”

5. The Offspring

Back before the Offspring smashed their way onto KROQ radio, the Huntington Beach punk band were getting their records smashed by Wally on the Hot Seat, though as you can tell from the clip, his frail hands had a little trouble crushing one of their vinyls. Had he been alive today, we wonder what he would've thought about “Cruising California (Bumpin' in My Truck).”

Best Wally One-Liner: “I think you are TOTALLY disgraceful!”

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4. Radio Werewolf

Considering the volume of freakish musicians Wally had on his show week after week, it might as well have been Halloween all year round on his set. One band that epitomized that notion were L.A. goth rockers Radio Werewolf featuring lead singer Eddie Munster, er, Nikolas Schreck. He and Wally get into a classic round of verbal fisticuffs (start watching around the 6-minute mark). In addition to playing the anti-christ, Schreck espoused his love for Charles Manson and his world-wide youth cult movement.  Oh, and he's also really good at yelling “SILENCE!” But the best part is when Wally gets caught choking on his own sensationalism when he asks if Schreck likes having sex with corpses. The singer's response is priceless: “It's a topic you should know a lot about since your seven ex-wives probably had to go through the same thing with you.”

Best Wally One-liner: “These vermin are the most vile group I've ever seen…ever!” (Really? Again?)

3. Rev. Bud Green of Just Say Yes

Some of Wally's best guests were reoccurring faces on the show. Few of those faces looked as majestic as Jesus look-a-like Rev. Bud Green from the band Just Say Yes, who frequently came on to talk about his crusade to spread the gospel of THC. This time around, he came by to talk about his creatively-titled Venice Beach-based movement, “The Religion of Drugs,” which found no favor with Wally or his old co-host David Kennedy ( who was also a reliable well of one-liners). Held up as the sandal-wearing antithesis of the Hot Seat host, Rev. Green is deftly versed in stoner rhetoric that definitely gives us the giggles..and we haven't even smoked anything yet.

Best Wally One-liner: Give me a close up of this guy's eyes. Now everybody across America can see that this guy is STONED OUT OF HIS MIND!”

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2. GWAR

Here's one band that never failed to test Wally's mettle as an interviewer. It's one thing to deal with freaks and burn-outs from the planet earth, but the duo of Oderus Urungus and Sleazy P. Martini probably secretly had him soiling his Depends. But to his credit, he held his ground against Urungus and his fake, monstrous alien wang to deliver a finger-wagging rant of galactic proportions.

Best Wally-One-liner: “AWWWW C'MON!”

1. Rebel Rebel

Pound for pound, Wally's interview with L.A. shock rock band Rebel Rebel has the most quotable one-liners in the history of the Hot Seat. Watching the kabuki-inspired KISS wannabes of RR talk up their irresistible studliness is comedy for the ages. Nothing puts the icing on a good punchline like a good “Woo!” from lead singer Jet the Patriarch. Known for performing sex acts and showing footage of abortions on stage, you couldn't ask for a better band to set Wally off. This clip will have you hitting the repeat button at least twice–hilarious! Not only that, but it perfectly embodies the potent mix of comical sensationalism and rage that basically defined the this show from the beginning. It almost makes us wish Wally was still around to keep doing his thing. On second thought…nah!

Best Wally One-Liner: “Speaking of abortions, I'm gonna perform an abortion right now, YOU'RE OUTTA HERE!.”

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