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The Mikey Show - FM 94.9 - 01/13/11

Thursday, January 13, 2011

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Daily Audio 2011FM 94.9KBZT

addiction and sudden fameTucson shooting rhetoricMount Soledad crossparenting and mannersinternet misinformationrelationship boundariesworkplace parodymasculinityimprovised comedyradiocomedyaddiction

Mikey, Woods, Sienna, Lauren O'Brien, and Jay moved between Ted Williams's relapse, the Tucson shooting, and arguments about political blame, unreliable online research, and the Mount Soledad cross. Their biggest comedy bits were Jay and Woods's groin-ball game, Mikey's mock teenage serenade to Waverly, and the Mikey Grylls corporate-meeting parody. Sienna defended confronting a mother who took a train from baby Sage and debated whether Todd should get a Las Vegas weekend, while the group also clashed over keeping photographs of former partners. They closed with a serious argument about masculinity and an improvisational game inventing dramatic and comic movie scenes for a song.

What happened, in order

  1. Golden Voice in Rehab

    Mikey and the cast reacted to Ted Williams entering rehab after his sudden fame, arguing that money and housing could not cure the addiction that had helped leave him homeless.

  2. The Groin-Ball Game

    Jay explained how video of him and Woods bouncing a heavy ball at each other's groins made his wife question his claim that he had endured a hard day at work.

  3. Save the Soledad Cross

    The hosts called a Union-Tribune poll and urged listeners to preserve the Mount Soledad cross because they viewed it as both a beautiful landmark and a war memorial.

  4. The Tucson Motive Debate

    Zach Osler said Jared Loughner ignored partisan media and was influenced by Zeitgeist, undercutting claims that talk radio or party politics drove the Tucson shooting.

  5. The Stolen Train

    Sienna confronted a mother who took a toy train from baby Sage, sparking an argument over sharing, parental manners, and whether asking first would have resolved everything.

  6. Google Is Not Research

    Mikey argued that searching the internet often produces contradictory claims rather than reliable research, using vaccines and confused reports about the Tucson shooter as examples.

  7. Grounded at Seventeen

    Mikey impersonated a teenage version of Woods awkwardly visiting 15-year-old Waverly and serenading her with an improvised song called Grounded while the real Woods hid in embarrassment.

  8. What to Do With Ex Photos

    Sienna's advice for getting over an ex became a long debate in which Mikey favored discarding old romantic photos while Woods, Jay, and others defended some as personal history.

  9. Urban Meeting Survival

    The mock documentary Mikey Grylls treated a hot, tedious all-staff meeting, a stiff catered sandwich, and repeated stories about Detroit, Philadelphia, and Seattle as a survival ordeal.

  10. Todd's Vegas Permission Slip

    Sienna described Todd nervously asking to attend Super Bowl weekend in Las Vegas, then weighed his need to see friends against leaving her home with their infant.

  11. What Makes a Man

    A joke about Mad Men masculinity turned serious as Mikey defined manhood through devotion to his wife and sons while he and Woods argued that modern culture and political correctness had softened men.

  12. Scenes for a Song

    Sienna, Mikey, Lauren, and the others improvised increasingly tragic and absurd movie scenes to fit a song, from an underwater car wreck to a zebra riding a mechanical bull.

People mentioned

MikeyWoodsSiennaLauren O'BrienJayTed WilliamsDr. PhilZach OslerJared LoughnerSarah PalinWaverlySageToddJamie