REMEMBERING BOONE & ERICKSON

Charlie Boone (1927-2015)

Roger Erickson (1928-2017)
Minneapolis Tribune - March 8, 1981
WCCO RADIO / BOONE & ERICKSON VIDEOS (CLICK HERE)
CHARLIE BOONE LINKS
ROGER ERICKSON LINKS
WCCO Radio Article on Roger's Passing
Star Tribune Article on Roger's Passing
This page features historic aircheck recordings of Boone and Erickson, a long-running morning radio show on WCCO running for 37 years from the early 1960s to the late 1990s. The duo, composed of Charlie Boone and Roger Erickson, were known for their comedic skits including the popular "Minnesota Hospital," interviews with celebrities and major newsmakers, and school closing announcements during winter storms.
All airchecks/recordings from WCCO-AM (830) unless noted.
Boone & Erickson Show Theme Music ("Swing That Music")
Boone & Erickson Skits and More - From the 1960s, 1970s, 1980s and 1990s
- Britons reflecting on Americans
- Buckingham Palace Hotel
- Caesar and the Coliseum
- Dragnet
- Father Francis Mulcahy
- Gunsmoke
- Halsey & Herb at the Symphony
- Hello Dilly
- John Houseman gives Boone & Erickson interview coaching
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The Iron Ranger skit (The Iron Ranger was a parody on Minnesota Governor Rudy Perpich)(provided by Mark Durenberger)
- Martha Stewartville
- Never on a Sunday
- Ode to Spring Training
- President Reagan
- Political Kids Stories: Lyndon Johnson/Barry Goldwater election
- Presidential Showdown: Johnson/Goldwater election
- Postal Dog Fighter
- Pothole Man
- Oldtimers
- Send in the Plows
- "Sid the Musical" performed before a live audience
- The Cigar Shop
- The "Jimmy" Carter Family
- The Queen and the Intruder
- World Wide News
- Worst Jokes
- Worst Jokes (The music used in the Worst Jokes is called "Word Dance II" from A Thurber Carnival)
MINNESOTA HOSPITAL EPISODES
- 1988 - 4 MB
- Late 1980s - MN State Fair - (Herb Carneal, John Gordon, Paul Flatley) - 9 MB
- 1990 - WCCO Radio Marketing Department - 7 MB
- 8-17-1991 - 3 MB
- 8-23-1991 - MN State Fair - 9 MB
- 8-30-1991 - MN State Fair - 5 MB
- 11-22-1991 - Broadcast from Willmar - 5 MB
- 1-8-1993 - 4 MB
- 1994 - Broadcast from Winthrop, MN - 6 MB
- 4-1-1994 - 5 MB
- 1995 - 4 MB
- 3-19-1995 - John Gordon - 4 MB
- 9-1-1995 - MN State Fair William Christopher - 5 MB
- 10-27-1995 - 4 MB
- 11-24-1995 - 4 MB
- Sept. 1996 - 4 MB
- 3-14-1997 - Live audience - 6 MB
- 7-12-1997 - Broadcast from New Ulm, MN - 9 MB
Undated
How the Vikings Came to Minnesota by Charlie Boone & Roger Erickson - 3 MB