Mikeython - 2010 - Part 26
Thursday, December 16, 2010
Thursday December 16 & Friday December 17, 2010
THE MIKEYTHON takes the airwaves for twenty-eight straight hours! No recap is available as the entire epic event can be downloaded from various sources, mainly at www.mikeyshow.com. This concludes the weekly recap for the Mikey Show for 2010 since day one back in February. Every show, every day they were on the air live!
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The Mikey Morning Show pushed through the final hours of a 28-hour fundraiser for Rady Children's Hospital, mixing sleep-deprived comedy, gifts and celebrity debates with stories from the hosts' lives. Rebecca described the early signs that led to Jake's autism diagnosis and argued that early behavioral intervention produced extraordinary progress without erasing his autism. Mikey connected Jake's diagnosis and his mother's Alzheimer's disease to his faith, saying the family's hardship created an opportunity that helped the show raise $75,000 for autism care and research. Lighter stretches included a humiliating two-car record attempt, Justin Timberlake gossip and the crew's candid first-kiss stories.
What happened, in order
Baby Connor's gift
During the 28-hour Mikeython, Mikey tears up when the crew gives him a puppy onesie and rattle for baby Connor, then the hosts trade more Christmas gifts and jokes.
Jake's teacher calls
Jake's teacher calls Mikey to say that she thinks about Jake every day, loves him, and appreciates what the family is doing before ending with a short song.
The 24-hour crash
With three hours left in the marathon, the hosts roast Woods for drinking a five-hour energy too early and crashing after staying awake for 24 hours.
Celebrity spouse draft
The crew argues over which celebrities would make better long-term partners, weighing beauty, humor, fidelity, money, and personality in matchups including Angelina Jolie versus Fiona Apple and George Clooney versus Will
Justin Timberlake loses his swagger
After Justin Timberlake tops a hottest-men list, Lauren recalls awkwardly confronting him with UNC trivia and the crew says his tearful Punk'd appearance permanently spoiled his image.
Two-car world record
A caller and the hosts mock their failed attempt to draw 187 cars for a record-setting event when only two showed up, with a possible third merely delivering pizza.
How Rebecca spotted autism
Rebecca explains that Jake avoided eye contact and play, fixated on spinning fans and hinges, and barely vocalized, while her early concern led to an at-risk diagnosis at 14 months and rapid intervention.
Why this happened
Mikey describes receiving Jake's autism diagnosis and his mother's Alzheimer's diagnosis on consecutive days, then argues that hardship became an opportunity to raise $75,000 for Rady Children's Hospital rather than a re
First-kiss confessions
The hosts compare childhood first kisses, including Mikey's spin-the-bottle kiss with Krista Long, his sixth-grade kiss with Jill Taylor, and Lauren kissing a sleeping preschool classmate who then avoided her.
People mentioned
Mikey EsparzaRebeccaJakeWoodsLaurenConnorKrista LongJill TaylorJustin TimberlakeAshton KutcherAngelina JolieFiona AppleGeorge ClooneyWill Ferrell
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Open it, open it, open it, open it, open it, open it, open it, open it, open it. I have to ID. Is that my chair? Yes. I think it was, my friend. It's okay. You're, he leans back all the time. I'm a little portly. No, you lean back all the time. Could have happened to a beast, Mike. I, uh. KBCT San Diego. You're listening to the Mikey Thon for Rady Children's Hospital on FM 94.9. The following takes place between 7 a.m. and 8 a.m. Go ahead, Woods. I was hoping to get the kid. My gosh. It's the cutest thing I've ever seen. He's going to cry. I think he might cry. I think he might cry. Oh, wow. He's tearing up. He just pulled out some baby things. It's a little onesie with puppies on it and a little puppy rattle for baby Connor. Oh, my gosh. Wow. That is pretty awesome. We haven't said that on the air, have we? No. It's okay. It's okay. It's okay. It's okay. It's been a long day. It's been a long day. My wife just wrecked her car. Oh, no. It's all right. It's all right. And then, because you can't forget about the other babies, bacon, egg, and cheese, gourmet dog biscuits. They are going to love me. Senior Beans is going to be so happy. Senior Beans. And this, I'll have a gifts receipt if you don't like. No, I love it. It's so.
California, dude. Oh, that's rad. Who's that going to fit? I thought I'd give it to Matt if it didn't fit you. I brought the receipt with me because I wasn't sure. Yeah, I'll need to probably go up a size. I wasn't sure. Yes, you were. You just didn't want to embarrass me. I didn't have the heart. I love it. Because that's a large, but it's kind of a small large, but I have no judge of character. You know what I'll do? I'll just wear it over another shirt. Yeah. No, because then when you hug, you might be like, ugh. I love it. You could wear it as a half shirt. That guy in a little coat. This almost killed me. The baby stuff. Oh, it's so cute, man. So cute. Get ready, dude. You're about to get a ton of it. Okay, I'm opening now. Merry Christmas. This is from my friend Miguel. That's right. For Sienna. And he picked it out all on his own, he said. That's right. Did you wrap it? Not. Oh, my gosh. It's a giant shake-a-weight. I think that they're like shoes or something. Patsy. Are we excited now? If you don't like, you can take that. Oh. Talking about the boots. Do you like them? Yes!
I thought they looked like Sienna. Look at the boots she has on. I live in boots. I know, and we were talking about boots. Rebecca, have you seen these? She was with me. Wow. Thank you. That's insane. That's so cool. What's that other stuff over there? I don't know. I don't know what it is. Those are mine. One is from Chris for me, and then the other thing is from Garrett. Is Will here? Yeah, we got to give that to Will. That's for Will. Oh, thank you. Did we forget? I'm going to open it. What? Honey, can you run that to Will? Okay, I'm going to play this too because this is on ABC. Channel 10. 6.48, and right now, the Mikey Morning Show over on 94.9 is in its 25th straight hour of a broadcast marathon, all to raise money for Trady Children's Hospital. Mikey and the crew broadcasting commercial-free from FM 94.9. Host Mikey Esparza started this whole marathon idea eight years ago. Woods says, do you ever just look like a corpse? Yeah, just freeze that. Looks like a dead guy.
Look at Jay's face right there. They cut me out of this. My son, Jay, is four years old. He was diagnosed with autism. And Children's was just so instrumental in helping him out. And we want to be able to give back to the community by raising money. And this is the way that we do it. The marathon fundraiser started yesterday morning. It will run through 10 this morning. So far, Mikey and the gang have raised $7,000 for ratings. You can help by going to 10news.com and clicking on the red TV button. That's fantastic. Oh, wow. That is not going to fit you, Sienna. Oh, my gosh. I'd like to see you put it on there. Oh, my gosh. Rebecca got a little tutu for Sage. And there's like little rose petals in it. And it's turquoise with a little headband. It's so cute. I have a question. Why is girl stuff so cute? Now, under what circumstance will a little girl wear a tutu? Anytime she wants. Any special day she wants to have. So it's for a special day. Or like a Wednesday. I think her first birthday party. It's a little bit bigger now. Are you going to do that? Of course I'm doing.
We've had that conversation on the air before. She is going to remember that the rest of her life. She'll want to see the pictures of herself as a little baby. She totally will. Whatever. It's more for the parents. I don't care. But I'm doing it and it's going to be fun. I can't wait. We can't wait. You're not invited. Aren't I? I better be. Much as I love that kid. M1 Jake's teacher is on the line. Hi. Hey, Mike. How are you doing? Good. How are you? Thank you so much. I just wanted to say that I really appreciated what you guys are doing. And there's not a day that I don't go to work where Jake is the first thing on my mind. I just love him. He makes my day so much better. Thank you. And your family means so much to me. And I just really appreciate what you're doing. Thanks. You mean a lot to us, too. You know that. Well, thank you. I appreciate it. You do. Can I end my little statement with... A song. A real short snippet. Wow. Very, very nice. Oh, wow. Wow. That was very well done. Yeah, last night we saw Dirty Dancing for the first time. You liked it. Yeah, I did. I'm so shocked. It was awful. I didn't think it was awful. Oh, boy. On a scale of awful to...
Waterworld. Oh, okay. Oh, yeah. Well, it's like Mike's bit. If I say I'm a good guy in comparison to Hitler, I'm a great guy. Yeah, it was... Waterworld, absolutely one of the worst films ever. Why did I say, oh, I think I like that movie. All four of you were like, it's pretty good. It was awful. It was torturous. It was real bad. 570-1949 is our number if you want to give us a call. We have... Three hours left. And then we're, you know, we're done with the 28-hour broadcast. I told Woods last night. No, I didn't tell him last night. I've told him all along. I said, Woodsy, don't drink your caffeine before midnight. It'll be, you know. And, but the kid don't like to be told what to do. And so at about 10 p.m., he drank half of a five-hour energy drink. No, no, no, no, no, no. It was way before I left. And I left a little after 10. I had a sip. So what happens when you drink those is that they boost you. They give you a boost. And he did. He had a boost. But then... The fall. The fall. Here's the deal. A sip of that? It's a tiny, tiny little bottle. Yeah, I had a tiny sip. You would drink the whole thing as a sip. Like a sipple. A sipple.
You know what else makes somebody tired? Hmm. Staying up for 24 hours straight makes somebody really tired. I had a sip as well. Didn't kill me. Yeah. Somebody that doesn't stay up or, yeah, for 24 hours straight makes them tired. Mm-hmm. Yeah. So, uh, e-mars. E-mars? Yeah, where's my e-mars? Um. Do you still have that pile on? I think we threw those away a long time ago. Yeah, I have it. You do? You do. What do you need, boo? I need the email about the dad that doesn't want his kids playing video games. Oh, boring. Did somebody print this out? I don't see it. Let me look here. I'll tell you. If you don't have that one, I get another one. How about this one? We had another email. My new...
Boyfriend's ex. You got that? Not my nude boyfriend's ex. My new... Now, I personally printed that out, but there was some shuffling of the pile happening this morning, so I don't know where that's at. All right. Just give him your pile and have him go through that, I think. All right. Oh, this is good. Who would make a better significant other? Angelina Jolie or Fiona Apple? Fiona Apple. Why? Angelina Jolie's not. Fiona Apple? Oh, my gosh. She's a freak. I think Fiona Apple. Would be a better spouse. Yeah, well, I think that Angelina is a bad character. Yep. Everybody makes mistakes. Yeah. Glass houses and whatnot. But, yeah, I would just be afraid she'd do it to me.
No, she wouldn't do it to you. Why? She stole somebody else's husband. She stole somebody's husband. Oh, wow. What? That's weird. People make mistakes. I know. Why would I want to put myself in those crosshairs? Why would you want to be with that depressive... I love Fiona Apple. Love her music. But she'd be like, leave me alone. I'm in... creating and writing and painting right now. And I'm playing with spiders. You're like, what the hell are you doing? I'm doing blood drawings on canvas in my loft in Soho. I think it would be... I think she's cute and I think it would be fascinating conversations. And I don't see... I see her really being very needy and so she wouldn't cheat on me. Needy? I was thinking limber. If you were asleep and you woke up in the middle of the night and it was dark and you opened your eyes and Angelina Jolie was next to you looking at you, how terrified would you be? You'd be terrified. She's wearing my blood. Yeah, she's got... The Angelina Jolie face is great. It's great. It's great. Did we ever get a picture of it? No.
Why does she do that? I don't know. She can. Scowly McScalerton. Who would make a better significant other? Lindsay Lohan or Oprah? Oh, come on. Well, think about it. I'm gonna. Oprah would be like, Oprah. It's Oprah. That's a mogul. Yeah, whatever you want. Lindsay Lohan is a train wreck. I would pick Lindsay Lohan not because she's better looking. I know you don't believe it. I know you don't believe it, but Oprah's like, you know, I don't like, I do not subscribe to the Oprah philosophies on life and her Eckhart Tolle's and all that stuff. I'm not even kind of lesbian. Okay, fine. I'm just telling you, no way. Okay. I'm not lesbian. I know. I'm not saying you are. I'm even kind of lesbian. I didn't say that you were. No, she said she was kind of. No, you didn't. She said that you were. Oprah, what did you say? I'm even kind of lesbian. You are. Just a little. Jay messed with it. It wasn't me, it was Jasper. Jasper did it. Yeah, Lindsay. Yeah, I guess Lindsay. And you too, right, Jay?
I don't know. Oprah's got a lot of money. Oh, she's got a lot of dough. So is Lindsay. Lindsay ain't broke. I could have Lindsay over on the weekends. You guys like food and stuff, though. Imagine going out with Oprah and she'd be like, oh, let's get the waffles. Lindsay'd be like, I'll take a piece of wheat toast. And some cocaine. And some cocaine. Megan Fox or Chelsea Handler? Come on. Well, what we're talking here is beauty versus funny. Chelsea Handler is vulgar. And we're not talking about a one night. We're talking about a significant other. SIG other. SIG other. I don't think it matters when you're up against Megan Fox. Chelsea Handler is the trashiest. You'd walk in a restaurant and she'd be like... And you'd be like, what? She's like, what? You FNC? Leave me alone. You're like, oh my gosh. I don't even like Megan Fox. She just spits in front of you. She takes my snuff. I can't find it. She's dipping it. Megan Fox. Yes. Have to. Hottest woman. I don't even like Megan. Who could you even put in the running against Megan Fox? Like, who's really sweet? Scarlett Johansson. Oh. Single now. Was it Rachel McAdams? The guy started clapping. Natalie Portman. There's so many people you could put up. Natalie Portman's so loud. I know. She would just criticize everyone. Oh, everything. She's beautiful. She is beautiful. She'd be like, did you just fart?
What is wrong with you? I'm reading a script. She's really, really smart. She'd giggle and we'd skinny dip. For the girls, Clooney or Will Ferrell? Clooney would cheat. Yes, he would. You creeps. Why do you think he would cheat? Because he doesn't ever want to get married. Have you ever even heard of a story of Clooney cheating? He's said himself that he wants to remain a playboy. Will Ferrell. Will Ferrell. All day. Oh, God. I know. I'm sorry, man. We would laugh and cuddle and have a montage of dates. You know, he would be fun. He would be so fun. He has this body. Put your shirt down, Woods. Clooney. He's Clooney. Yeah, Clooney will make you insecure. You know what? Yeah. I will ruin your relationship. with Will Ferrell just so that I can get Clooney to be with you guys because you've made a mistake. Girls are different. Guys see it as like, I got the best trophy out there. So feast these. Girls are like, okay, I'm going to be with a guy that's better looking than me. No thanks. I don't think so. Uh-uh. You ever just abbreviate Cuss all morning? Me and you? Maybe. Maybe don't abbreviate Cuss. Uh.
Imagine, like, every stupid Christmas party you have to go to with your family. If you're with George Clooney, you're so bored. Yeah, but you're with Will Ferrell. With Will Ferrell, you're like, he makes it fun. Yeah, he's always trying to be all I'm doing this. No, I heard he is... so nice. Who? Yeah. Will Ferrell. Oh, yeah. For multiple people. You know what I've heard? I've heard Clooney's a funny dude. Same thing, man. No. Dude, they said when they were doing Ocean's Eleven, they said he used to stay down and gamble and hang out with the car dealers. Yeah, because he was trying to hook up with the girls down there. He's going to be on to the next pretty young thing. Yeah. So true. You're just going to be a flash in the pan. You ready? I'm over, George Clooney. Me too. Denzel or Obama? L-O-B. She's like, win-win. I would not pick Obama. Denzel, Denzel. I heard Denzel's a D. I know, that's why. I did, I did, I did, I did. What did you hear? They.com? Yes, Mike. They.com. I'll change him. Brad Pitt or Adam Sandler? Adam Sandler. Brad Pitt. I can't say no to that. I'm sorry.
Adam Sandler? Adam... I almost abbreviated it again. Adam Sandler. It's so fun. He would be so fun and sweet and smart. He'd put me in his mood. I think he could be maybe a D if we were in a fight. Who, Sandler? Let's adopt children. You're going to cry away out of it. Oh, cry it out. Are you just going to cry? Cry it up, clown. What's your deal with Brad Pitt? I'm over Brad Pitt. He still, I think, is... Nah, he's not the best looking guy. I'm getting over him, too. He's the pesto of actors. He was wearing leather. And I was like, dude, you're like 50 now. I want to be an architect. There's so many up and coming deliciousness that it's like... Like what? Josh Duhamel? Josh Duhamel. Josh Duhamel. Bradley Cooper. Ryan Gosling. I like Paul Pierce. I like Gerard Butler. Paul Pierce. James Franco. Bradley Cooper. I like Gerard Depardel. Jake Gyllenhaal. Oh, dear. Is that the dude with the... Boy, that guy really flamed out, didn't he? Yeah. All right. So here's more for...
You chicks. Okay. These were the, these were votes, because we're coming up on the end of the year. These were voted the hottest men of the decade. Number five, Bradley Cooper. Should be number one. Decade, by the way. In the hangover with the black, all black, and the hair slicked back. I was like, real sharp. I would do anything for you. Number four. He's gorgeous. Congratulations, Todd. Yeah. Number four. Love you, babe. David Beckham. Overhead. The guy's so overheading. I look at that guy, I'm like, you son of a... I'm like, God, he's good looking, dude. With your British accent and your perfect hair. Right. No, he does weird things with his hair and shaves the side of it and thinks he's 15. He cares way too much. He cares way too much. Way too much. Sharp dude. You ever a chick? Yeah, he is. Big time. Number three, Johnny Depp. Yes. Oh, what? Maybe take a shower, Johnny Depp. Yesterday's news. Yeah. Greatest actor in the last 20 years. In 1993, yeah, I wanted to slay you, but we've moved on. You know what? When you guys are talking about hot girls and Lauren and I are like, ew, no, you don't understand where we're coming from. Now you guys are doing the same thing. How do you not like Johnny Depp? Number two, Usher. Oh, God, come on. What do you want from me? Don't shoot the messenger. Absolutely not. Not even in contention for the top 50.
500. Now, I'm going to say the number one. And before you guys start flipping out saying it's the stupidest thing, I remember when this dude was the deal, he was the deal. I'm leaving. He was the bomb.com. If you're setting it up, we probably will agree with it. Justin Timberlake. Hey, I'm telling you, man. Oh, no. Chicks were in on that cat, man. When he was doing Cry Me a River. Maybe I know that his birthday is January 31st. Okay, see what I mean? And that he loves UNC Tar Heels. Do you understand? And he's from Tennessee. No, I don't. I've never got. When he was in NSYNC, right? Yeah. He had that curly hair. That curly, greasy. Yeah, but it was all about. And it was like, yo, what's up, girl? It was all about his swagger and his dance moves and stuff. I met him in LA at his club. Yeah, girl, I remember. And I. I was disappointed. Why? I was disappointed, too. I know. I mean, why wouldn't you be? But, yeah, it was the night that UNC won the NCAA Basketball Championships. I remember. And I had my T-shirt with me because I came from a sports bar to a club in L.A. I took it out of my purse and I was swinging it around. I was like, yeah, JT, we won tonight. He's like, hi, do I know you?
Really big time. You like UNC. I like UNC. You were born in Memphis. I was born in Memphis. You were born in January. I was born in December. You did all that? Yeah. He was one of those guys. I was really disappointed because I was like, man, if I just ran into him in a bar, not into it. Really? Yeah. Man, I remember he was Justin Timberlake about three years ago. I lost all interest when he cried on punk show. Oh, yeah. man. You do not understand. I gotta call my mom, man. They freaking taking my guitars, man. They taking my guitars, man. Dude, the freaking IRS stuff's out of my house, man. I sit on YouTube like, I want to play it. That's what got me too. I was like, you're a little queen. You're a little queen. Oh, he's the worst. What happened? They punked him and they had these fake IRS agents come in and take his stuff and they're taking it out.
It was the best one they ever did on Punk. He was like, and he was being, he cried. And he was being a jerk. Like a jerk, jerk. What did he do when they finally said, dog, are you kidding me, dog? I can't believe you got me, dog. Oh, come on. He went all back. He went from little wannabe gangster to Mr. like prim and proper. Please, leave me alone. Please leave me alone. Yo, dog, I can't believe you got me, dog. I was looking at him. I guarantee he begged Ashton Kutcher. Don't put that in the air. Don't put that in the air. I'll give you whatever you want. Wouldn't he have to sign a release to say you, you know what I mean? Yeah, they make you. I like that he puts, like that Ashton Kutcher used to put, because there was one with Zach Braff where he looked like a real big jerk. Punk. There is blow through topics. I want to find it. I'm looking for it because it will kill you. It's so good. What happened to all the other ones? Hey, thanks to the M1s that just gutted it out. All night. All night long. M1site.com was out there in force, man. And they just gutted it out all night long. Let's see.
We got M1 Dogbait from IB on the line. What's up? Yeah, what's up, Mikey Show? What's going on? You guys are doing awesome, man. Thank you. Hey, sorry. I just barely missed the talent show by like five minutes last night. Wow. He showed me a little bit of his shtick. Yeah. That guy is good. He can juggle and he makes lights disappear in his ears. Whoa. It was weird. Too bad. Sorry I missed you. Yeah, man. I'll have to get in there one of these Fridays, hopefully. Show you guys up close and personal. Well, Dog Bay, we missed you at the parade. And we missed you at the record-setting Jingle Bell. And we missed everybody else in San Diego County. Is it San Diego County? I was bummed out since I missed the talent show, man. That's all right, dude. It was really a tough competition, but the better man won out. The only man won out. Well, yes, there was only one man. And we came a little short on setting the world record. Yeah. How many cars did we... Let's see. Let me count one. There was two. The record was... 187. Yeah. We had two. About two. We had two. So we were... There may have been a third or it could have just been a car pulling through the lot. Yeah. We thought it could have been the pizza delivery guy. Yeah. I think it was the Domino's guy. But, you know, we were right there. Yeah. Better luck next time to us.
You know? So close. But, yeah, really, really, really, really super far. They're still picking up crepe paper and shoe polish stuff from the streets from the parade today. Ticker tape stuff. Yesterday. Yeah. That's because of the rain really cut back on that. Yeah. Float stuff. Yeah, floats. Paper mache characters of us. It was insane. Big, giant, inflatable Snoopies. It was amazing. That was my favorite. It's really cool. All right, so I'm going to talk to my wife because my wife is going to tell people about our son Jake's story. And one of the things that's really important that I like Rebecca to share is what it is that parents can look for as early warning signs that something may be going on with their kid. Our son Jake is autistic. Well, you know, every kid is a little bit different. And autism, as most people know, is a spectrum disorder. So, you know, the severity can definitely range. But there are some general kind of red flag warning signs that parents can look for. Lack of eye contact is one that's pretty common.
Kind of just a lack of interest in other children. Maybe a lack of interest in playing with toys, things like that. With our son, we had Jake showing a really kind of significant interest in mechanical objects. Fans. Yeah, fans. Just over and over, he would just, you know, look at door hinges and gate latches. And I think, you know, having two typical boys now, I think, you know, kids in general are just interested to see how things work. But this was clearly different. You know, he... As soon as he would get over to my folks' house, he would focus on going to each room to see the ceiling fans. He just wanted to stare at those things spinning. And that's all he wanted. That's all he wanted to do. He didn't want to play with toys. He didn't want anything to do with us. He didn't want anything to do with Nana and Papa. He didn't want anything to do with anything but just looking at those. And same thing with toys. Now we see it with our boys that they want to play with those toys. If it's a car, they want to make the car move across the floor and play with it that way. And all Jake was interested in is spinning stuff. He just wanted to see it move and spin.
And that was always his thing. And I remember telling Rebecca, you know, it's just a thing, you know, let him grow out of it. He'll be fine. And Rebecca knew, you know, she knew that it was different. And I don't know how she knew. She's a mom, you know, she's a mom. She knew. And the most important thing that they will tell you is early. Yeah. I started suspecting that something was going on with Jake at six months old. He was tiny. And, you know, we didn't have any other kids, but we were part of a play group that I took him to every week. And we would sit, you know, either at a coffee shop or at a park on blankets. And there'd be maybe eight or ten other babies around because they were all about the same age as Jake. And I just... I started noticing kind of week after week that he just acted different, you know? And it was slight differences that nobody else would have picked up on. But it was significant enough for me to see that something was different. And I think a lot of it is just intuition, too. You know, you just...
I didn't know what it was. I didn't know how serious it was, but I knew something was up and I knew that it wasn't just like a personality difference. You know, he also wouldn't vocalize other than crying. Right. Like, you know, Jake talks. I laugh about it because, you know, we when we first found out that, you know, that Jake was at risk for autism. At the time, you know, he wasn't talking at all and he should have been. He should have been talking and using words. And I remember just praying and praying and praying for the words to come. And I laugh sometimes because now sometimes I'm like, but I'm grateful for every, every moment of it. But yeah, you know, it wasn't until Jake started. talking and using words, which was very late, that he really vocalized it all. The only time we really heard his voice was when he cried until he started talking. And now with Luke and Ryan, you know, they're just constantly babbling and musing their voices. And listen, it would have been a lot easier to figure out had Luke and Ryan come first. You know what I mean?
Because now looking back, I mean, I knew something was up, but now I would have known something was up. But early, early is the key. You know, Jake was only 14 months when he was diagnosed at risk, which is really, really young. And we, because he was diagnosed so young, I feel that he has made just astonishing. progress in the last couple of years and um you know it wouldn't have happened if we wouldn't have gotten the diagnosis and gotten and started the treatment i have a question yeah um when i was getting my hair done the other day the girl that was doing my hair she maybe sits for two kids that have autism yeah and she said that one of them is nine now and he's kind of like in the early stages of puberty and it's almost like he's outgrown it And I don't know if that's something that's normal or if that happens. But when she was telling me that, she was like, you should tell Mike. Well, it's so interesting. It's amazing the difference between like, I mean, overnight. Well, here's the thing. What will happen is right now, Jake meets the criteria for autism. If you talk to Jenny McCarthy, she will say that her son is no longer autistic.
Well, the deal is, is that he just doesn't meet the criteria for autism anymore. And it's because of some pretty amazing stuff that she had him involved in. But, and this is something I learned from Rebecca. You know, it doesn't mean that he isn't autistic. Once you're autistic, you're autistic. There is no cure for autism. There's just not, you know. When we talk about autism treatment, we don't talk about going in and changing what caused the autism in the first place, particularly because nobody really knows for sure what it is. What they do is the treatment at this point, because they don't know what causes it, can only focus on the behaviors and basically what it produces in a child. So if you are having issues with socialization or eye contact,
we can work with the kids in a behavioral sense to try to kind of teach them the things that other kids pick up on naturally and they don't need to be taught. And so what happens is that if you start early enough and you work long enough, some of those behaviors start to change in the child. And so what used to kind of be a symptom of the autism... isn't necessarily an issue anymore yeah that's exactly and so yeah and so i would never say in that case like if that happens for jake one day and i pray that it does that he doesn't meet the criteria for autism the diagnostic criteria um i pray that that will happen for him but um if it does i would never consider him to not be autistic what i would consider jake is somebody who has autism but who's kind of symptoms have recovered to the point where he doesn't require the diagnosis anymore. Because, you know, I love my son and he's extraordinary. He's always going to have issues. I mean, even if we resolve some of the behaviors that are, you know, concerning, he's always going to have challenges. But is puberty, I mean, have you ever heard that? Like, can that change it? Well, see, here's the thing. I, and I think Rebecca agrees with this.
I think that there are people around us right now that are on the spectrum. And had they back in the 70s or whatever, they would have been diagnosed on the spectrum. But they never were. But that doesn't mean that they're not all around us because they are. They used to call it something different. Like at one point, they'd see somebody that had autism and they might have thought that they... They would misdiagnose it or misdiagnose it. They would think it was something that it wasn't. It's just, you know, it's really complicated. And it's because it's such, you know.
It's a spectrum disorder. And a lot of things often go hand in hand with autism. You know, some form of mental retardation often comes along with autism. It doesn't always, but sometimes it does. And so in the more severe cases where mental retardation plays a role, then absolutely that could be misdiagnosed as not autism at all. But, you know, something other than that. And are genetics a factor too? You know, they don't really know. A lot of people have, and I'm talking about scientists, they have a lot of different theories at this point. The general consensus is that there is a genetic predisposition that is most likely triggered by some sort of environmental factor, but they don't know. So meaning you have to be genetically predisposed, but then the environmental factor has to come in and then kind of ignite. Whatever it is. Yeah. But it's all just kind of we're not sure. And the thing that I was saying is that there are plenty of people that are in their 30s, 40s, 50s that don't know that they're autistic. Because their parents never, you know. And what we see in them is just somebody that's kind of socially weird. Just kind of odd. You know, they just say.
they don't relate in the same way or they don't, you know, they lack, they severely lack certain social skills or they don't pick up on certain social cues that people would. And, you know, they were never diagnosed with autism. I would say, yeah, that's the more higher functioning, you know, or Asperger's is another kind of derivative of autism. There's a debate whether or not it's high-functioning autism or something completely separate. But generally, they go hand-in-hand. Steven Spielberg was just diagnosed with Asperger's. Yeah, I know of a grown man who has kids and stuff, and he went his whole life and didn't know he was autistic. His parents did and never told him, which can be looked upon as like, that's good they didn't tell him, or that's bad, depending on how you look at it. But he just found out. Yeah, one of my, this author that I like, I don't know if it's Augustin Burroughs or Augustin Burroughs. Augustin Burroughs. His brother had Asperger's and just wrote a book about how he didn't know. Wow. His brother wrote a book? Yeah, his brother wrote a book. Oh, wow. And his brother didn't know that he had Asperger's. And there's, you know, there's plenty of people who are on the spectrum and that, you know, kind of.
you know, that end of the spectrum, basically. But then there are plenty of people who are not, you know, there are people who are affected by not being able to speak. There are people on the spectrum that are, you know, not able to relate to people at all. And, you know, I was thinking about this. You know, one in 110 children is horrible. as a mom, this is, it's hard. I fight for that kid every day. And I have put everything that I have into him, trying to ensure that he has the best opportunity and that he can be self-sufficient one day. And I know that, I mean, there are probably 110 babies being born in San Diego today. And it breaks my heart to think that
one of those moms is going to get the news that I got. Because it's devastating. It is. And it's something that for as long as I live, until the day I die, I will be fighting for Jake. And I know that in some way, shape, or form, as much hope as I have for him, and as well as I know he's going to do in life, he will need my support. And he will need extra help his whole life. I know it. Just the same way that I knew. that something was wrong when he was six months old. And I just want them to figure out what it is because we need to figure it out. We need to figure it out. There's so many kids. There's so many kids and there's so many families. And, you know, if we can't figure out what causes it, then, I mean, just...
The sheer number of people who are going to be affected by this, it's going to be overwhelming. You know, I talked about this earlier, but it was so early. It was way before 6 o'clock when people were waking up. If you're just tuning in, you're listening to our 28-hour broadcast. You mean cry fast? Yeah, just pass around for you next. Oh, my gosh. That's all right. You're such a good mom. She's the best mom I've ever witnessed. It's amazing. But what I wanted to say is that, and I said this earlier, but I want to make it a point to say it again. You know, earlier, like about 3.30 in the morning, I was talking about some of the barriers that happen for some people believing in God. And one of the barriers is that when bad things happen,
They say, well, if there is a God, then how can these kinds of things happen? And I said that on a Wednesday, Jake was diagnosed with autism. And the next day was Thursday. And my mom was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. It was a tough week. And at that time, I was very on fire for God. And there were there could be some people that would be in that situation and they would blame God and they would say, hey, I'm trying to fight for the angels. I'm trying to do do good work for you. I'm trying to represent. So why would why would you let this happen? And I did not. I don't feel that. And I didn't feel that.
And the reason that I didn't is because I believe that the life that we have here on earth is just a grain of sand on a beach. It's so small and tiny. And I'm so grateful that God allowed Jake to have autism. I'm so grateful to him for that. And I love him so much for that because. We have raised, in the last 24 hours, we've raised over $10,000. And we, in the past, have raised over $65,000, which means that we've raised $75,000 to date for Rady Children's Hospital and their Autism Discovery Institute that would not have been raised if my son... Had not been born with autism. And I'm so grateful that God picked me. And allowed me and Rebecca to be the parents of Jake. And I just love him so much for allowing us to be that couple. And to have that kid. Love that kid. And I want to just take that opportunity to let people know. Don't.
Don't ever think that it's a bad thing. It's an opportunity. It's not about why this. It's about what next. And what's next is beautiful and awesome. And, boy, I'll tell you what. If you go to MikeyShow.com, M-I-K-E-Y-S-H-O-W.com, you can be a part of why things happen. the way that they happen. And if you do, you're going to see a picture of Jake. And man, is he a cute kid. He's the sweetest little kid. So handsome. He's really cute. Really smart. So sweet. So sweet. It's not a dry eye. No, it's a mess. So please give. If you're a person that has the means, please give. You go to MikeyShow.com.
And you click on that Donate Now. And you can have a part in something really big. You can take ownership of something really big. You can be a part of something really, really big. There's auction items. The guys from Switchfoot were really cool. And they gave some stuff. And you could bid on that. We got a dinner at our house where I'm sure you'll meet Jake. Yeah. Maybe he'll sing you a song. Maybe he'll sing you a song. Guaranteed we'll sing you a song. And all of us on the show will be there. Can I just say a little bit about the ADI? Yeah. Because I just want to explain what they're doing over there. You know, we have been connected with Rady Children's Autism Discovery Institute for a few years now.
And, you know, they're just doing really amazing things over there. You know, one thing that they're doing is research. You know, they're trying to figure out the most important thing, which is what's causing this and how can we try to change it. But in addition to that, they have an amazing... program of evaluation and diagnosis, basically. So, you know, if it weren't for someplace like that, when I was struggling with something's wrong, I'm not sure what's wrong, you know, but I know something's wrong. They have a very comprehensive developmental evaluation clinic where you can take your child. They spend all day with you and they observe the child and they talk they ask you more questions then you're like oh my gosh um but it's it's good because you know they're not just blindly handing out diagnosis you know and um
Once you get a diagnosis like that, then it's like, now what do I do? And they help you through that process. This is who you contact. These are the next steps. And then they have programs there, but then they can give you access to programs all over the county that literally, literally change lives. They change lives. They've changed Jake's life. And as a result, they've changed our lives. time that we're here yeah uh again if there's somebody listening right now and they have the uh the wherewithal to give uh a lot and i and i'm asking boldly i'm asking boldly for you uh if you're capable to give thousands of dollars if you can to go to mikeyshow.com and click on donate now and it'll take you to a page where you see my son and uh There's a space there that you can donate. You could also do it by text messaging Jake at M-O-G-I-V dot com. And in the space where you would type a message, you could just put an amount. You could put five and it'll be five dollars. You could put a hundred. You don't have to put a decimal point. You just put the amount. If you put.
Five and three zeros, it's $5,000. And I hope there's someone listening that has that ability to be able to do that. I've said this before. This radio show for me is much more than the fun part of it. It is that. I mean, it is that. And I'm blessed to be able to have a job that I love so much and work with people. that I love, that I genuinely love, that's a blessing to me. But what I really want is to have an eternal impact on people. That's what Be Different's about. That's what things like this are about. And it's about helping people. And all I can tell you is, it's not me. It's not who I am.
It was a change that happened in me because of God. And I, you know, I just can't tell you how blessed I am. Please go to MikeyShow.com and click on that. And we have to play some kind of a best of thing. Why? Sorry to bring the room down. It's so the just. These two? It's touching and it's poignant and it's such a good example. You know, just such a good example. Love our M1s. Love our M1s so much. I just, I cannot tell you how much it means to me to have the listeners that we have. Incredible, incredible listeners. Thank you. KBCT San Diego. You're listening to the Mikey Thon for Rady Children's Hospital on FM 94.9. The following takes place between 8 a.m. Some of the text messages that we're getting at 949mikey at gmail.com. That's how you text us. 949mikey at gmail.com. And here are some of the texts that we're getting. Mikey, what's the name of that favorite restaurant that you talk about? Thanks. Glad you're back. M1 Rich. Pamplemousse. Delicious. So good. My favorite restaurant. So good. It's not just my favorite restaurant in San Diego. It's my favorite restaurant. Love it. Food's real good.
Jeffrey Strauss is the owner and the dude was from New York City. Used to win a bunch of, you know, awards for his restaurants that he had in New York City. Came out here to vacation, loved the place, and bought a restaurant here. Opened it up and he basically takes normal food like hamburgers and french fries in some cases and just makes it the best tasting burger and fries you've ever had in your life. It's incredible. But then he also does like great steaks and, you know. That kind of stuff. And it's just, the food is, it's unreal. It's phenomenal. It was really good. You have to get the dessert. The dessert. So good. Desserts are real good. Mikey, please tell Lauren that she owes me a new laptop. Mine is currently splattered with cereal thanks to her PC load letter. She got somebody yesterday, too, with your Sarah Palin. Snuck up on. Yeah, and we got a spit monster out all over the window. If it makes you feel any better, I'm spilling stuff all the time. Please no. That's right. This computer cost me like five grand. Please no. I know it. It's M1 Dozer. Mikey, how did you guys not know about the free Grand Slams? Every other Super Bowl commercial was for Denny's Free Tuesday. That's M1 Elroy.
I had no idea. Dude. And all of us watched, too. I don't remember seeing it one time. Me neither. The commercials weren't spectacular. Yeah. I wasn't paying attention. Maybe that was it, because I don't remember it at all. First Kiss. I remember First Kiss. First Kiss was nine years old. It was Krista Long, and it was in... Her shed shed is shed. Oh, wow. You remember those kind that you put together that your dad put together that was like made of tin? You know, those tin sheds that you put like a master lock on them? Yeah, of course. And that's where you kept your rakes and a lawnmower. You know, and your dad. Yeah, everything. All that stuff. And we played spin the bottle in there. I was like, wait, was it just the two of you like in the shed at nine? But you know what? I don't remember. I don't remember who the other people were. It was probably four of us. Yeah. But I don't remember who the other people were. She was the only one that mattered. She was the only one that mattered. It was Krista. And we spun the bottle, landed on her. She was my first kiss. You guys remember your first kiss? Of course. Same situation. Spin the bottle, see ya? Of course. Fifth grade. It was at one of my friend's birthday parties. Yeah? So I was nine, you were ten when you were... Yeah. Are these like pet kisses or like French kisses? Yeah, I'm starting to feel like a creep over here. Mine was not a French kiss.
Mine was a kiss. I remember my first French kiss. You do? Yeah. Jill Taylor. You were Frenching. Yeah, we were Frenching. That's so gross. And I think what happened, I remember I was in sixth grade and one of her friends, one of her friends said, well, she was having a party. You remember the sixth grade party? And she said, Jill wants to French you tonight. Gross. And I said, I'm in. I'm all the way in. Jill, I'm on my way in. I'm not just in. I'm all the way in. I'm in. So gross. She was the principal's daughter. Are you serious? Of course she was. Of course she was. I'm marking that down. How old are you? I was in sixth grade. Really? Yeah. Frenched her real good. All right. That's gross. You must have been 11. 12, maybe. 11, 12. Ew. Lauren said she feels like the dirty one. I do. This is really creepy. How old were you? This is going to sound so creepy. How old were you? Either four or five. Oh, God. Weirdo. Wait, wait, this wasn't Frenching, right? No, no, no. Oh, okay, then that would be really creepy. But it gets creepier. Why? Because I kissed the boy while he was sleeping at nap time. And then he was afraid of me the whole rest of the year. Of course he was. He was sleeping at nap time? He was sleeping at nap time, yeah. And what grade were you in? I was in preschool. Do you remember this or did your parents tell you? No, they weren't there. I specifically remember it.
Boy crazy from a very early age. Really? Apparently. He's talking about that now? And so while he slept, did it wake him up? No, somebody else that was napping told him and he turned beet red and then avoided me the whole rest of the year. Do you remember his name? Yes. I went to all through high school with him. You did? And I'm friends with him on Facebook now. Did you ever kiss him again? I couldn't be listening live. Did you ever kiss him again? No, I never did. That's too bad. Your friends. Oh, by the way, I haven't seen it, but apparently Facebook. I'm fired up. All different. So weird. I sent in a complaint. You did? Yes. Amazing. So. Why do they have to change it? I don't know. It's not. It was perfect. And there wasn't any warning. Well, remember, they had changed it like a year ago. They changed it. Not irritated people. Yeah. Now they change Facebook again. If you haven't been to Facebook today, they changed it. It's so confusing.
You have to be a treasure hunter to get through the Facebook. You know when someone would send you a message or something and have like the number in a little red box on the bottom right corner? Now the red box is in the top left corner and it's just all different. There's a globe out there and you're like, what is this globe? Yeah, it's whacked. Does anybody understand the thought process of why they think it'll be better? No. You haven't even got that far with it, huh? The internet's all about ease of use. So, I mean, there's definitely calculated things behind it. Maybe they're trying to weed out us like the older people. Maybe they're trying to get it back to a younger thing. Because if I can't figure that out, my mom is sure not figuring that out. Mine either. We hate you. Stop changing Facebook all the time. Please. Sick of it. 5701949 is the number. Your first kiss. is the topic. We got somebody that sent us a text message. She doesn't even want to say her name. She says, I was in preschool. I had two boyfriends who were twins, Kevin and Keith. Nice. Not the only one.
She says we were playing Aladdin and Kevin and I. First of all, what is playing Aladdin? What does that mean? I mean, she's like 17 right now. Playing Aladdin is like your one's Jasmine. The other one's Prince Ali. And you're like running around, running from the bad guys. And I think Lauren's right. I think she's probably. She has to be. Right? No, I was little and I loved Aladdin. And I probably played Aladdin. You weren't in preschool. Yeah. When Aladdin came out, you were in preschool? Dude, we're old. Let's find out. I know, it makes me feel old. That made me, the whole Aladdin thing made me feel old. I don't know. Maybe they were like riding on a magic carpet when they were. That's what she says. She says that they were playing Aladdin and Kevin and I had our first French kiss. Oh, French? French. She says he was slobbering all over me. She says I squinted and told myself to just get through it. She says we were on a slide and thank goodness someone pushed us down the slide and it was over. I'll never forget it. Then we want to give her name. Aladdin came out in 92. So I was seven. Oh, my God. I was a junior in high school. Think of what Todd's saying in his head right now. He's like, I was a college student. Todd was in college. Yeah, that's right. His future wife was seven. I'm like, I was watching Aladdin. Let's get married. Todd's going to keggers.
Sienna's fiancé is how many years older? He's 13 and a half. Wow, my goodness. It's the way it should be. It's better.