240 Minutes with Fish & Caleb

FISH

Fish (he/him) has been a Springfield-area resident his whole life and a staple in weekend radio for over two decades.

He is definitely NOT running a covert ring of opossum spies in his spare time, and if he were he definitely would NOT refer to them as Possum Squad.

I was born and raised in West Philly. I spent most of my time on the playground, just hanging out, relaxing, and playing basketball. One day, a few guys came up and started causing trouble, getting me involved. I decided to problem solve, and ended up in a fight. Just one, tiny fight, but my mom got all worried, so she sent me away to live with my aunt and uncle. They lived in a really nice part of Los Angeles. I tried my hardest to talk her out of it, but she was so determined, she packed up my stuff herself! She gave me a kiss goodbye, handed me my ticket, and sent me on my way. There was nothing I could do, so I put my walkman on, and said, “I guess I’m out of here.”

The cab I got from the airport had a vanity plate that just said, “Fresh” and even had fuzzy dice hanging from the mirror.I took that as a good sign and told him where to take me. We got to the house in the evening, and as a joke (but not really, because it really smelled bad) I said, “Smell ya later!” I looked around, and realized I could really have a great life here. And that is how I became a royal member of Bel-Air.