That's a toughie, but I think my favorite episode would be "Mike Fright," where Johnny tells his listeners to dump their garbage on the steps of City Hall. This episode has everything: verbal wit, physical comedy, loud humor, quiet humor, farce and pathos. Just about every moment there's another great routine, some of them completely out-of-left field like Venus's conversation with himself ("How 'bout a drink, Venus? No, man. How come? I'm high on life. That's stupid, chump."). And, of course, there's the wonderful moment where Johnny, encouraged by Bailey to talk into the mike as if he's just talking to her, says, on the air: "I sure would like to take you home and kiss you all over in the dark."
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