This should be one helluva celebration!
“And this time I’m being honest wit’ you” as one of Gary Burbank’s many famous alter-egos, The Big Fat Balding Guy with A Stubby Cigar In His Mouth, would say.
Burbank — the funniest guy in Cincinnati radio who died Aug. 28 at age 84 — will be celebrated with his radio bits, stories and his music at Covington’s Madison Theater 5-10 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026.
Daughter Tracy Songer and the organizers plan to “celebrate Gary’s most beloved characters and stories from his radio career.” Burbank started as the morning host on WLW-AM in 1981, but spent most of his time here in afternoon drive time until retiring in December 2007 at age 66…