Dick Valentine was a radio call-in show host played by actor and comic Richard Belzer on segments of the National Lampoon Radio Hour aired on some 600 U.S. radio stations between 1973 and 1975. His callers, played by other Radio Hour regulars including Bill Murray, were subject to Valentine's tart-tongued responses to their predictably obtuse opinions. In one classic exchange, Murray's call-in character expresses irritation that inmates of a New York State maximum security hotel, recently the scene of the Attica Prison riot, are being given connubial visiting privileges which he disagrees with. Belzer's character inquires if the caller knows what the phrase "boned up the a**" means. When Murray admits that he does not, Belzer pithily suggests that he has no idea what he is complaining about. In another exchange, a man with a clipped British upper-crust accent tells Valentine that he has wrongfully accused a hired servant of stealing some personal property and is there some way he can contact him to apologize. The caller describes the wronged individual as "a colored man" to which Valentine pointedly asks "What color is he?" There is no doubt who is in control of the conversation! Richard Belzer Richard Belzer (born August 4, 1944) is an American stand up comedian, writer and actor. ... The National Lampoon began in 1970 as an offshoot of the Harvard Lampoon humor magazine. ... William James Murray (born September 21, 1950) is an American comedian, producer, film director and actor. ...

Several of these radio bits were released on National Lampoon records in the mid and late 1970s including "The White Album." The National Lampoon began in 1970 as an offshoot of the Harvard Lampoon humor magazine. ...