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[[File:ChatterboxFM- | [[File:ChatterboxFM-GTAIII-logo.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Chatterbox FM logo in [[Grand Theft Auto III]].]] | ||
'''Chatterbox FM''' is a talk radio show prominently featured in [[Grand Theft Auto III]] and [[Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories]]. | '''Chatterbox FM''' is a talk radio show prominently featured in [[Grand Theft Auto III]] and [[Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories]]. | ||
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Hosted and produced by [[Lazlow]] (who also co-wrote the script along with [[Dan Houser]]), Chatterbox FM is the only radio station GTA III which does not feature music; like talk radio stations in the real world, Chatterbox features a format in which listeners call in with opinions, concerns, and complaints, and the host responds with their take on the situation. The station is reported in a June 1, 2001 article on the Liberty Tree teaser site to have been brought on air in July 2001 under the ownership of [[Donald Love]]'s [[Love Media]]. | Hosted and produced by [[Lazlow]] (who also co-wrote the script along with [[Dan Houser]]), Chatterbox FM is the only radio station GTA III which does not feature music; like talk radio stations in the real world, Chatterbox features a format in which listeners call in with opinions, concerns, and complaints, and the host responds with their take on the situation. The station is reported in a June 1, 2001 article on the Liberty Tree teaser site to have been brought on air in July 2001 under the ownership of [[Donald Love]]'s [[Love Media]]. | ||
Lazlow off-handedly mentions that he is only hosting Chatterbox because he "got kicked off the rock station"; he is heard hosting [[V-Rock]] in GTA Vice City and [[Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories]] (with [[Cousin Ed]]). When he first takes the Chatterbox job in [[1998]], he is referred to as the host "run out of both [[Vice City in GTA III Era|Vice City]] and [[ | Lazlow off-handedly mentions that he is only hosting Chatterbox because he "got kicked off the rock station"; he is heard hosting [[V-Rock]] in GTA Vice City and [[Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories]] (with [[Cousin Ed]]). When he first takes the Chatterbox job in [[1998]], he is referred to as the host "run out of both [[Vice City in GTA III Era|Vice City]] and [[San Andreas in GTA III Era|San Andreas]]." | ||
Callers and guests on the station were voiced by: Lucien Jones, Karin Bykowski, Hank Stewart, Abbi Davis, Mellowvision.com, Paul Maloney, bernieS, Frank Fava, Kit Halsted, Joe Casalino, Dan Houser, Jay Crutcher, Frank Chavez, DJ Rush, A.M. Watson, Laura Bykowski, Navid Khonsari, Sherry Wohglmuth, Porkchop, Renaud Sebbane, Kyle Maclachlan, Sabby, Kim Schaefer, Debi Mazar, Nick Mandelos, David Connell, Reed Tucker, Jennifer Kolbe, Ami Plasse, Keith Broadus, Cameo Carlson, JD Leeds and Michael Madsen. | Callers and guests on the station were voiced by: Lucien Jones, Karin Bykowski, Hank Stewart, Abbi Davis, Mellowvision.com, Paul Maloney, bernieS, Frank Fava, Kit Halsted, Joe Casalino, Dan Houser, Jay Crutcher, Frank Chavez, DJ Rush, A.M. Watson, Laura Bykowski, Navid Khonsari, Sherry Wohglmuth, Porkchop, Renaud Sebbane, Kyle Maclachlan, Sabby, Kim Schaefer, Debi Mazar, Nick Mandelos, David Connell, Reed Tucker, Jennifer Kolbe, Ami Plasse, Keith Broadus, Cameo Carlson, JD Leeds and Michael Madsen. | ||
Chatterbox FM is the [[ | Chatterbox FM is the [[Portland Triads|Triads]]' favorite radio station. | ||
==== Callers ==== | ==== Callers ==== | ||
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* A Yorkshire resident of Liberty City calling to tell Lazlow that he needs a nanny to spank him (a call so popular it would spawn a similar call about witches in [[Grand Theft Auto: Vice City]], and even its own commercial in [[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas]]). | * A Yorkshire resident of Liberty City calling to tell Lazlow that he needs a nanny to spank him (a call so popular it would spawn a similar call about witches in [[Grand Theft Auto: Vice City]], and even its own commercial in [[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas]]). | ||
* [[Barry Stark|A caller who hates clothes]] ("Does a lion wear clothes? And the lion is the king of the jungle!"). | * [[Barry Stark|A caller who hates clothes]] ("Does a lion wear clothes? And the lion is the king of the jungle!"). | ||
* One caller who talks about turnips, with Lazlow responding, "This isn't 'Gardening with Maurice'". "Gardening with Maurice" would later be heard on [[WCTR]] in GTA San Andreas, a game set nine years before GTA III. | * One caller who talks about turnips, with Lazlow responding, "This isn't 'Gardening with Maurice'". "Gardening with Maurice" would later be heard on [[West Coast Talk Radio|WCTR]] in GTA San Andreas, a game set nine years before GTA III. | ||
* One of the calls is from a [[SPANK]] addict; he refers to Lazlow as a pansy, and rants about conspiracies and government brainwashing involving toothpaste. | * One of the calls is from a [[SPANK]] addict; he refers to Lazlow as a pansy, and rants about conspiracies and government brainwashing involving toothpaste. | ||
* A caller who warns of killer bees, saying that they will "take over"; another caller to Chatterbox said the same thing in GTA Liberty City Stories, a game set three years before GTA III. The caller in GTA Liberty City Stories says that honey is "bee shit", and that killer bees will come. | * A caller who warns of killer bees, saying that they will "take over"; another caller to Chatterbox said the same thing in GTA Liberty City Stories, a game set three years before GTA III. The caller in GTA Liberty City Stories says that honey is "bee shit", and that killer bees will come. | ||
* After the Reed Tucker interview, a caller yells "free Kevin!" at the end of the call, reference to infamous computer hacker Kevin Mitnick. | * After the Reed Tucker interview, a caller yells "free Kevin!" at the end of the call, reference to infamous computer hacker Kevin Mitnick. | ||
* A Colonel in the [[United States]] [[military]], who talks about the [[Australian-American War]]. It is unknown whether the war was actually fought, because neither Lazlow nor anyone else in the games seem to think it happened. It's likely that the war was entirely made up in the caller's head. | * A Colonel in the [[United States of America|United States]] [[military]], who talks about the [[Australian-American War]]. It is unknown whether the war was actually fought, because neither Lazlow nor anyone else in the games seem to think it happened. It's likely that the war was entirely made up in the caller's head. | ||
* [[Toni Cipriani]] calling with an embarrassing story about his mother. | * [[Toni Cipriani]] calling with an embarrassing story about his mother. | ||
* [[Maria Latore]] calling regarding relationship troubles with her boyfriend, [[Claude]] (the mute protagonist of GTA III; Maria complains that "he don't talk much"). | * [[Maria Latore]] calling regarding relationship troubles with her boyfriend, [[Claude]] (the mute protagonist of GTA III; Maria complains that "he don't talk much"). | ||