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{{Short description|American radio personality}}
'''Leonard Anthony Postero, Sr.''' (December 11, 1922 – July 20, 2001) was a native of [[Athens, Georgia]], USA, known for his syndicated radio show, ''Leonard's Losers''. He was a 1943 graduate of the [[University of Georgia]] and
== ''Leonard's Losers'' ==
In 1958, Postero taped his first ''Leonard's Losers'' radio show at WRFC-AM in Athens. The show described college football matchups and then predicted which team would lose. Postero taped his show using a pseudonym of "Leonard Postoasties" and was introduced by his sidekick "Percy Peabody" (also voiced by Postero). The show's "schtick" was a rural delivery style (à la [[Jerry Clower]]) and comedic scripts using alternate team nicknames related to the school mascot or the school itself. Some of these references included "riflemen" for the [[University of Tennessee]] Volunteers, "red clay hounds" for the [[University of Georgia]] [[Georgia Bulldogs football|Bulldogs]], "Pickens pussycats" for the [[Clemson University]] Tigers, "giant water lizards" for the [[University of Florida]] Gators, "pachyderms" for the [[University of Alabama]] (because of their elephant mascot), and "the Pope's pupils" for the [[University of Notre Dame]] (for its status as a Catholic university). Leonard claimed that he possessed a "little smart pill machine" to come up with his prognostications and always closed his broadcast with a plea to his sidekick to "get me outta here, Percy." A game might be described as follows:▼
▲In 1958, Postero taped his first ''Leonard's Losers'' radio show at WRFC-AM in Athens. The show described college football matchups and then predicted which team would lose. Postero taped his show using a pseudonym of "Leonard Postoasties" and was introduced by his sidekick "Percy Peabody" (also voiced by Postero). The show's "schtick" was a rural delivery style (à la [[Jerry Clower]]) and comedic scripts using alternate team nicknames related to the school mascot or the school itself. Some of these references included "riflemen" for the [[University of Tennessee]] Volunteers, "red clay hounds" for the [[University of Georgia]] [[Georgia Bulldogs football|Bulldogs]], "giant water lizards" for the [[University of Florida]] Gators, "pachyderms" for the [[University of Alabama]] (because of their elephant mascot), and "the Pope's pupils" for the [[University of Notre Dame]] (for its status as a Catholic university). Leonard claimed that he possessed a "little smart pill machine" to come up with his prognostications and always closed his broadcast with a plea to his sidekick to "get me outta here, Percy." A game might be described as follows:
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Postero retired in 1999 and a group of Athens businessmen purchased the show.<ref name="Sporting_Obituary" /> As part of the transition, the new voice of Leonard Postosties was introduced as Leonard's nephew though there was no relation between the two.
After the 2005 season, a message appeared on the website saying that
Leonard Postero was inducted into the Georgia Radio Hall of Fame on Saturday, October 19, 2013 as a legacy inductee for his show ''Leonard's Losers''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.grhof.com/2013LEGACYPOSTERO.htm|title=Leonard "Postoasties" Postero|website=The Georgia Radio Hall Of Fame|access-date=2016-06-28}}</ref>
==References ==
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[[Category:2001 deaths]]
[[Category:People from Athens, Georgia]]
[[Category:United States Navy personnel of World War II]]
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