Art Bell’s new radio show

, then Phil would invite unsuspecting listeners to call in and talk to them. Regular listeners were in on the joke – that Phil actually played both himself and his outrageous guests by alternating between his studio microphone and a telephone handset. Phil was brilliant, but gave up his stressful high-wire comedy act a few years ago to pursue straight talk radio. His comedy lives-on in his many CDs and in the private recordings made by his dedicated fans – many of whom to this day still …