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The Mikey Show - FM 94.9 - 01/05/11

Wednesday, January 5, 2011

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Ted Williams comebackparenting and autismvaccines and medical fraudCraigslist email scandallistener criticismcigarette litteringtelevision culturestrange addictionsSnooki's novelradio show comedyradiocomedy

The show followed Ted Williams's overnight leap from homelessness to national voiceover offers, while Todd supplied the day's wildest comedy with an explicit email apparently weaponized by an estranged wife. Mikey and the crew argued seriously about the fraudulent Andrew Wakefield study, lingering vaccine fears, and the difficulty parents face when evidence and anxiety collide. Mikey then shared a breakthrough conversation with his autistic son Jake, only to receive a vicious listener complaint that tested his Be Different pledge. Ryan's severe cigarette-littering penalty produced a long argument over personal responsibility and proportional punishment, and a motorcyclist's story ultimately persuaded Woods to stop throwing butts from his car. Lighter bits included the Argentine dance-show controversy, Lindsay's Snooki jingle, bizarre television addictions, and the revelation that Woods compulsively eats paper and plastic.

What happened, in order

  1. Golden Voice comeback

    The hosts celebrated formerly homeless announcer Ted Williams landing voiceover work, housing, and a flood of offers after his remarkable voice went viral.

  2. Argentina's shocking dance show

    Sienna shared an Argentine television dance clip that sparked a debate over sexualized prime-time entertainment, cultural norms, and what children should be able to watch.

  3. Todd's disastrous forwarded email

    Todd received explicit Craigslist messages from an estranged high-school friend, and the crew concluded that the man's angry wife had exposed his attempted hookups to unfamiliar contacts in his address book.

  4. Snooki wrote a book

    The crew performed mock-serious excerpts from Snooki's novel and became obsessed with listener Lindsay's deliberately awkward homemade jingle promoting it.

  5. Vaccine fear after Wakefield

    Mikey, Jay, Sienna, Woods, and callers wrestled with parental fear after discussing evidence that Andrew Wakefield falsified his MMR-autism study and accepted money from lawyers.

  6. A breakthrough with Jake

    Mikey tearfully described an unusually sustained conversation in which his autistic son Jake answered why he loved automatic toilets and why he loved his father.

  7. Be Different under pressure

    After a listener attacked Mikey's personal stories and demanded more music, he and Jay used the show's Be Different pact to resist answering cruelty with cruelty.

  8. The $1,500 cigarette butt

    Ryan revealed that flicking a cigarette butt and retaining an out-of-state license brought a $1,500 penalty and community service, prompting a fierce argument about littering, fire risk, and proportionate punishment.

  9. My Strange Addiction

    Lauren and Sienna recapped people addicted to extreme tanning, sleeping beside a running blow dryer, eating toilet paper, consuming cleaner, and speaking through a ventriloquist dummy.

  10. Woods eats everything

    A discussion of compulsive eating turned into a studio revelation that Woods chews and sometimes swallows paper, Styrofoam, pen parts, wrappers, and even pieces of a plastic bat.

People mentioned

MikeyWoodsSiennaToddJayLaurenTed WilliamsJakeRebeccaAndrew WakefieldJenny McCarthyLindsayRyanSnooki