Hard Harry, Pump Up the Volume
The most beloved pirate radio film in history, Pump Up the Volume features Christian Slater's career best performance, and it captured teen angst better than Freaks & Geeks and everything Joss Whedon's ever done, combined. Plus, Concrete Blonde's cover of Leonard Cohen's "Everybody Knows" still holds up as one of the best soundtrack tunes of all time.

Handsome Dan, Wayne's World 2
He has the screaming voice of Ted McGinley, the face of Harry Shearer, and the enviable ability to turn on voluntary deafness when his on-air guests are boring him with their festival information. Or calling him "sphincter boy" or "freak with a microphone," sure, but it's all the same to Handsome Dan, really.

K-Billy DJ, Reservoir Dogs
Steven Wright's monotone enthusiasm for the hits of the '70s makes for great cop-maiming dance parties, doesn't it? You wouldn't think it would, but just goes to show you the infinite things Mr. Blonde knows that the rest of us don't.

Mister Señor Love Daddy, Do the Right Thing
The quality of that name alone warrants an inclusion on the list, no questions asked, but Mister Señor Love Daddy is also voiced by Samuel L. Jackson, and he can name-check both Sam Cooke and Keith Sweat with equal weight in the same three-minute long thank you riff to popular African-American musicians -- and still sound like he's keeping a straight face. He's also just about the most bad ass narrator you can get, regardless of the story he's telling. Imagine how much better terrible movies would be if Mister Señor Love Daddy popped in every few minutes to say something awesome and play a Public Enemy song? It would probably even be enough to get me to re-endure The Time Traveler's Wife again.

Barry Champlain, Talk Radio
Is Barry Champlain likeable? Hell no. But would we listen to his show every day, what with his self-loathing, misery, self-proclaimed hypocrisy, controversy-baiting and unrelenting, fearless barrage of insults for his own listeners? Hell yes. This one is cheating a little bit, as the character is loosely based on someone who actually existed (and suffered the same gruesome fate), but he's just too awesome to leave out.

Grant Mazzy, Pontypool
Grizzled, and from the magical land of Canada, Grant Mazzy is a cowboy-hatted DJ who has made a habit of pissing his bosses off, and as such gets stuck in the basement station of an Ontario town called Pontypool. Then the zombies come! And as it becomes apparent that the virus that turns humans into said brain-feeders is distributed through certain words in the English language, Mazzy's got a whole crapload of problems to deal with, and a lot of difficulty communicating with anyone. It sounds contrived and ridiculous, but it's actually really great, as Mr. Mazzy is played by Hollis Mason himself, Stephen McHattie.

Ian, Airheads
Airheads is a very funny movie, and that's a credit to the entire awesome cast, but Joe Mantegna suffering metal fools with toy guns as Stockholm syndrome and the uniting hatred of the easy listening format settle in is an integral part of the comedy. "You call yourselves the Lone Rangers? There's three of you; you're not exactly lone," is also some excellent music biz advice to boot.

Jack Lucas, The Fisher King
On paper the movie seems to be brimming with clichés -- a douchebag shock jock says something awful on the air and inadvertently catapults a tragedy; is then saved by his unlikely friendship with a mentally ill homeless man who teaches him how to be a worthwhile human being -- but Jeff Bridges is so good, and so funny in the role we don't mind the familiar tropes. Terry Gilliam's touches of hallucinatory weirdness elevate the film above the cheesy as well, but it's been scientifically proven that The Dude can do no wrong in any role.

Adrian Cronauer, Good Morning, Vietnam
Starring the most famous (and loudest) radio DJ in the history of film, Good Morning, Vietnam showcased Robin Williams doing his zany improv thing back when it was still kind of funny and before everybody grew to hate it, and he got to do a bit of his signature serious actor face as well. This one's also cheating because Adrian Cronauer was, of course, a real person, but it just seemed too weird to exclude him so I got a little crazy.

Honorable Mentions:
Abby, The Truth About Cats and Dogs: For the line "Oh, is your name 'dumb bitch' too?"

Shirlee Kenyon, Straight Talk: For Dolly's wigs and the fabulous theme song.

Howard Stern, Private Parts: Great movie, but based on a real person, played by the real person it's based on? Too real for the list!

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