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In [[ | In [[Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories]], VCPR features a variety of radio programs that satirize American culture, such as ''Bait 'n switch'', in which features vietnam war veteran rednecks, and ''New World Order'', which satirizes bellicose racists, ''Time Ranger'', which shows typical American hypocrisy, and ''Gordon Moorehead Rides Again'', satirizes American hypocrisy during the cold war. Just like [[LCFR]] in [[Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories]] - VCPR would move on to feature just one show by 1986, ''Pressing Issues''. Like 1986, the chatter and pledge drives are still run by Freeloader and Montanius, after many major missions [[VNN]] news will interupt any radio show to play the news. | ||
===Pressing Issues=== | |||
Pressing Issues is a public affairs radio show hosted by [[Maurice Chavez]]. Fans of the original ''Vice City'' will recognize the show for its irreverent satire on American celebrities and culture, as well as the climax that usually heralds the end of each episode. | |||
*'''[[Maurice Chavez]]''' (Philip Anthony-Rodriguez) – The host of the show and someone constantly frustrated with the selection of his panel. He frequently has grandiose dreams of success after his show was moved from an overnight slot, which came to partial fruition with his show's domination of the VCPR channel 2 years later. | |||
*'''Martin Graves''' – A technologist and stereotypical nerd that has absurdly futuristic dreams, many with a high concentration of robots, as well as a variety of strange sexual fetishes. Abhors mainstream religion as obsolete and derides [[wp:creationism|creationism]] in classrooms. It's also implied that he's a transvestite. | |||
*'''Bryony Craddock''' (Shelagh Ratner) – A fanatically patriotic ''"white trash"'' mother who has had ''fifteen'' children and is already pregnant with her next one, and ends up going into labor as of the show is taping. She believes that large numbers of American children are the best way to preserve American culture and heritage. She also believes in [[wp:matriarchy|matriarchy]]. She may also be a stereotype of a "soccer mom," as she attends numerous PTA meetings, is quite religious, and is quick to try and silence anyone who says something she finds offensive (she joined a successful petition to pull [[Bernard Gordon|Crow]]'s then latest album off the radio, stating that she believes no one should be allowed to hear it.) | |||
*'''Forbes Waverly III''' (Melinda Wade) – An uncaring and ruthless industrialist from Connecticut whose name and behavior are very masculine, implying that she is asexual, if not also a militant feminist much like [[Michaela Carapadis]] from [[K-CHAT]]. She is obsessed with the economy and possession. Her acerbic behavior is attributed to her being neglected by her father as a child. | |||
It is implied throughout the breaks in between shows on VCPR and later revealed in ''Pressing Issues'' that Maurice Chavez had an affair with fellow reporter Michelle Montanius and impregnated her. She keeps begging Maurice for money to get an abortion. This clearly reveals why she called him an asshole in ''Vice City''. | |||
===New World Order=== | |||
A conservative foreign affairs show hosted by Dwayne Thorn. Each of the show's "reports" is a reflection on each of the negative socio-economic aspects of American influence on the rest of the world during the Cold War. The show also takes in calls from different individuals that predictably shock or puzzle Dwayne based on its subject material. While the show would seem natural under the Republican years of Ronald Reagan, NWO might also be a satire of the right-wing opinion shows that have proliferated in the American media in recent years. | |||
*'''Dwayne Thorn''' – The [[wp:bellicose|bellicose]] host of the show, frequently proclaiming American superiority over the rest of the world. He is also a member of the [[Epsilon Program]] cult, as revealed when he says its mantra "Kifflom" when describing his religion. | |||
====Reporters==== | |||
*'''Bryce Parker''' – A reporter with a British accent, reporting on the prostitution – and his [[wp:sex tourism|personal enjoyment]] – of children and prepubescents in Thailand. Dwayne is apparently far more interested in the latter. | |||
*'''Chuck Summers''' – Reports on the stereotypical and abject poverty of India prior to its 21st century economic boom before suddenly coming down with a very violent case of diarrhea. | |||
*'''John Sickerman''' – Another reporter with a British accent, John interviews an Ecuadorian drug lord named Pedro on how American money has "transformed" South American society. Parodies American corporate influence in Central and South America as well as the funding of [[wp:Contras|Contras]] and other violent individuals and groups in those regions during the closing stages of the Cold War. | |||
*'''Heinrich Havelock''' – A reporter with a German accent, interviewing a tribal chieftain from a formerly-forested town in Venezuela that Dwayne cannot pronounce (Dwayne also cannot correctly pronounce Heinrich's name). This interview parodies the cultural assimilation of indigenous peoples due to Western influence. | |||
====Callers==== | |||
*A xenophobic customs and immigrations officer who believes that the phrase "[[wp:Annuit Cœptis|Annuit Cœptis]]" on the [[wp:United States one-dollar bill#Reverse of current .241 bill|reverse of the $1 bill]] is part of a conspiracy to get every American to speak Latin. Reflects on the alleged racism and prejudice by American immigrations officials on peoples with suspicious national origins, as well as their nations' influence on American culture. | |||
*'''Thorton,''' a hillbilly who, inspired by Buddha], tries to achieve "enlightenment" through supposedly easy self-help cookbooks and other material, and threatens Dwayne when he disagrees. This caller parodies the attempts by travel-ignorant Americans to become engaged in foreign culture through overly-commercialized and popular media. | |||
*'''Michelle,''' a caller from Midwestern United States who is sexually obsessed with Dwayne, possibly as a result from isolation against anything and everything foreign. | |||
===Bait and Switch with Larry Joe and Bobby Ray=== | |||
A fishing show with two stereotypical rednecks and Vietnam War veterans as hosts, taped at the Vice City Boat and Sports Show. They have a feature called You and Your Boat, and include guest Kenny Crane. | |||
*'''Larry Joe''' (Lloyd Floyd) – A typical redneck who enjoys beer, hunting and fishing. He's relatively dedicated to his sport, although his methods of catching prey are clearly in violation of generally-accepted hunting regulations. His reactions to his co-host's ramblings differ from concern to frustration depending on the content. He gets mad when his co-host calls some prostitutes "sluts" and Larry Joe's wife (Marie Sue) a whore. He yells at Bobby Ray to "stop actin' funny, and I don't mean ha-ha funny!" | |||
*'''Bobby Ray''' (Jim Florentine) – lacks a "redneck" accent. Bobbie Ray is actually ''more'' violent than his co-host thanks to serious [[wp:PTSD|PTSD]] issues from 'Nam. He readily admits to having killed numerous obese people at a water park while drunk, mistaking them for manatees. It's even implied from his descriptions that he had and continues to frequently engage in homoerotic activities, sometimes with himself if not his co-host or others. | |||
*'''Kenny Crane''' (Christopher Murney) – A very stereotypical redneck that the hosts bring onto the show. He presents a form of baiting that involves the use of deer urine, something that Larry Joe is not impressed with. | |||
Lloyd Floyd voiced [[DJ Hans Oberlander]] of [[SF-UR]] from the ''[[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas]]'' soundtrack. He has also done voicework for two Rockstar Games titles, [[Bully]] and [[wp:The Warriors|The Warriors]]. | |||
===Gordon Moorehead Rides Again=== | |||
Episode of a fictional radio detective series originally broadcast in the late 40s. This particular episode is entitled "Gordon Moorhead and the Exploding Breasts", for reasons not made clear at all until the end. | |||
*'''Gordon Moorehead''' (Lloyd Floyd) – The main character, a very macho and misogynistic private eye. Moorehead's first and last names are often mispronounced by the announcer during the opening monologue. | |||
*'''Molly Malmstein''' (Jen Cohn) – The "delectable yet slightly portly" female lead. Also depicted as the frail damsel-in-distress. Moorehead has the tendency to slap her frequently, often out of the blue. | |||
*'''Pablo''' (Lloyd Floyd) – A Mexican stereotype who also appears to be Gordon and Molly's mutual friend. The three meet while looking for the fisherman in the swamp (dubbed "attractive wetland countryside right on your doorstep should you decide to move to our beautiful part of the world") near what would later become part of Vice City, and Pablo offers advice in a very stereotypically Mexican fashion as to how to deal with the mystery, such as offering tortilla chips and tequila. | |||
*'''Pete Banbury aka the Fisherman''' (Jeff Steitzer) – The mystery for this show involves this fisherman mysteriously disappearing and begins with his daughter Lily suddenly gunned down. Molly find him later, claiming, among other things, that Banbury is a communist who's trying to ruin Vice City. At the suggestion of Pablo, Moorehead kills him a "Friendly Napalm" strike. | |||
*'''Chief''' (Jeff Steitzer) – The clichéd police chief who is initially reluctant to let the protagonist take the lead in the case but relents, providing him with "Friendly Napalm," a branded product (and respective advertising monologue) that is indicative of the direct sponsorship of many radio shows during that time. | |||
*'''Announcer''' (J.R. Horne) – The narrator and announcer for the show. Makes a sales pitch for a Moorehead fan club affiliated with the show's sponsor, ''Friendly Napalm''. (Napalm itself was still in its infancy during the show's purported broadcast year and was certainly not available as a consumer product.) During this promotion he mispronounces the protagonist's name, calling him Mooreland, George Moorecock, and Jeremy Moorehead. | |||
===The Time Ranger=== | |||
Re-run of a fictional radio hero that originally aired in 1938 (as mentioned on the show). The show was canceled quickly for obvious reasons. | |||
*'''Time Ranger aka Ernest Keigel''' (Bill Lobley) – The stereotypically snarky and fast-talking Time Ranger whose penis is a time machine. When he masturbates he travels through time, ending up in a randomly chosen time and location. He cannot normally be seen by adults and it is joked that he is a eunuch because of his "time machine's" minuscule composure. | |||
*'''Richard''' (Chris Ferrante) – The Time Ranger meets this boisterous child first in the episode, when he travels back to the year 1175. The child, presumably a son of a noblewoman from medieval England, explains that in his time period, "dragons roam the land, and we are also infested with clichés." He also listens as the Time Ranger embarks on a monologue describing the future. | |||
*'''Mother''' (Kate Greer) – Richard's uptight mother, and presumably a noblewoman. She seems to be very sexually engaged with the king. She states that the "[[wp:Black Death|plague]]" has already happened, though the actual Black Death would not happen for another 200 years (Although this could be a prod at the cliché of the plague). Despite apparently living in medieval England, both Richard and his mother have poorly-concealed American accents. | |||
*'''Mademoiselle''' (Jen Cohn) – A shrill aristocratic woman that the Time Ranger meets when he ends up in a stable after travelling to France during its [[wp:French Revolution|revolutionary period]]. Her obsession with the phrase "[[wp:beheading|off with your head]]" implies that she could be a caricature of [[wp:Marie Antoinette|Marie Antoinette]]. The episode ends on a suspenseful note, with the Time Ranger engaging in [[wp:mammary intercourse|mammary intercourse]] with the Mademoiselle as the rebelling peasants try to charge the door of the stable. | |||
*'''Announcer''' (Anthony Cumia) – Sounds a little bit like the Time Ranger, and narrates the opening, closing and interludes. | |||
==Radio Shows brodcasted on VCPR== | ==Radio Shows brodcasted on VCPR== | ||