Profile of The Greaseman on Famous Like Me

Doug "The Greaseman" Tracht (born August 1, 1950 in The Bronx, New York) is a radio personality who was probably most famous during his time (8/2/1982-1/22/1993) on WWDC-FM in the Washington, D.C. area, where he took over the morning drive time slot from Howard Stern. He was also in two television movies -- "Jack Reed: A Search For Justice" (1994) and "Jack Reed: Death And Vengeance" (1996).

At WWDC, Tracht was once suspended for an alleged racist joke made on the air, and some years later he was fired for a joke which refered to the death of Martin Luther King Jr.. The joke was made on Martin Luther King Jr. Day and he said "If we kill four more of them then we'll get the whole week off." He would eventually resurface on DC radio at WJFK-FM, where he would have a syndicated radio show which was heard during evenings at the station. He would also host the morning show at WARW, where he was again fired for an allegedly racist comment. This was the comment about James Byrd. He had been playing a sound bite of Lauryn Hill in which she states that her music is only for black people and that she is ashamed when white fans tell her they like her music. Tracht then stated "And they wonder why we drag them behind trucks."

The Greaseman is also known for making absurd and often garbled noises while talking, most notably "Waddle-addle oo-dum." Also included was "Slinging Lead-a" "Hobble-do-gee"and "O and A Party Rock!"

The Greaseman returned to syndication, mainly on low-wattage radio stations, in 2002, broadcasting from WDMV, an AM station in Walkersville, Maryland. In October, he was signed to do the morning commute program on a larger station, WMET, Washington, D.C.'s Fox Radio affiliate.

In his prime the Greaseman was known for putting together elaborate audio sketches involving a series of fictional characters. Both in these stories and in his conversations with call-in listeners, Greaseman would describe incredibly explicit and vulgar behaviors, but always using a specific set of codewords for various bodily parts, functions, and acts. Once listeners figured out the codewords, they had themselves an X-rated experience on over-the-air radio.

External Links

• Greaseman.org fan site
• The Greaseman Store
• DC Radio 700
• news:alt.fan.greaseman
• IMDb entry

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