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The Mikey Show - FM 94.9 - 01/17/12

Tuesday, January 17, 2012

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Betty White's 90th birthdayCosta Concordia disasterjuvenile violenceCraigslist safetyfamily recordingsfast food dietsSOPA and internet censorshippractical jokesdance injuriesconstruction accidentsradiocomedy

Mikey, Woods, Lauren O'Brien, and Jay mixed serious stories with long comic confessions, moving from Betty White's 90th birthday and the Costa Concordia disaster to a child stabbing and a dog rescuing a beaten UC Berkeley student. Lauren supplied the biggest personal stories: her father's secret Paul Young recording, a dangerously naive Craigslist headshot session, a fake-number prank on Woods, and a solo dance injury. Woods admitted waiting outside Wendy's for a cheat-day burger, while the group and callers fought over whether SOPA protected creators or handed government and Hollywood a censorship tool. The show closed with graphic caller accounts of nail-gun wounds and an eye injury caused by flying wood.

What happened, in order

  1. Betty White at 90

    The hosts marked Betty White's 90th birthday with Barack Obama's birth-certificate gag, Amy Poehler's age jokes, and a debate about whether life at 90 can still be worth living.

  2. Childhood Fight Turns Fatal

    The show discussed the fatal stabbing involving 10- and 12-year-old friends in East County and wondered how the juvenile justice system handles a child who kills.

  3. Cowardly Cruise Captain

    Mikey and the crew condemned the Costa Concordia captain for leaving the wreck before his passengers and mocked the reported shoreline salute that may have led the ship off course.

  4. Dog Finds Beaten Student

    A neighbor's dog found an 18-year-old UC Berkeley student after he was robbed and beaten from behind in San Diego, likely saving his life.

  5. Dad's Secret Car Concert

    Lauren recalled finding her father's business recorder and discovering that he had secretly taped himself belting out Paul Young's 'Every Time You Go Away' during his commute.

  6. Craigslist Headshot Lair

    Lauren admitted that she answered a Craigslist ad for free acting headshots, changed clothes in a stranger's apartment, posed on her knees, and then rode with the increasingly agitated photographer to the beach.

  7. First in Line at Wendy's

    Woods confessed that he waited 15 minutes outside a closed Wendy's to become its first customer of the day despite claiming to be on a diet.

  8. Wikipedia Goes Dark

    The hosts and callers argued over Wikipedia's SOPA blackout, with Mikey demanding a concrete harm while others warned that copyright enforcement could enable censorship and punish ordinary online sharing.

  9. Mystery Texter Prank

    Lauren used a Google phone number to send Woods a flirtatious mystery text, sending him into a reverse-lookup panic before she revealed the prank.

  10. Solo Limbo Injury

    Lauren hurt her neck and back while practicing a solo limbo-and-hair-whip routine for a planned Pussycat Dolls performance at the House of Blues.

  11. Nail-Gun Horror Stories

    A carpenter and several callers described nails through fingers and hands, while Hillary topped them with the story of her husband needing stitches after a wood splinter pierced the white of his eye.

People mentioned

MikeyWoodsLauren O'BrienJayBetty WhiteBarack ObamaAmy PoehlerPaul YoungMattDeniseHillary