We always loved hearing from the viewers. In fact, we regularly read viewer mail on the air, good or bad. Now we’re inviting you to be a part of Cookin’ Cheap all over again. Sign-in, sign-up, and speak up. Let’s start some cheap dialog.

How Larry Bly, a radio jock, became a comic cook and, with Laban Johnson, formed the long-running tandem on public TV’s Cookin’ Cheap — long before the Food Network made celebrities out of chefs. Not that Larry or Laban ever pretended to be chefs.

Everyone remembers the kitchen witch, who flew in from overhead (on a fishing line) when the “boys” needed to read a letter about that day’s shows. While all letters read (good and bad) were REAL, the Kitchen Witch letter was always contrived for the purpose of getting a few laughs while introducing the day’s recipes to be prepared.