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The Mikey Show - FM 94.9 - 03/28/11

Monday, March 28, 2011

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Daily Audio 2011FM 94.9KBZT

college basketball upsetdangerous exotic petssailing disasterthoughtful relationshipsparenting mishapsocial media and childrendating etiquette911 hoaxemergency preparednessvcucobrasailing

Woods celebrated VCU and Shaka Smart's improbable Final Four run, while Mikey supplied the day's wildest stories: an illegal cobra owner's destroyed thumb and Jeremy wrecking a borrowed sailboat during a date with Heather. Animal rescuer Tim Harrison argued that dangerously lax exotic-pet rules put the public and the animals at risk, and Sienna covered both Facebook's effect on lonely children and a fake 911 confession that sent SWAT to an innocent home. The most personal bits centered on care and attention: Todd remembered exactly how Sienna seasons black beans, while Rebecca endured a filthy-bathroom fiasco with Luke and later built a serious emergency kit for her family. The crew also turned ordinary relationship questions and a can of bathroom spray into extended arguments about commitment, embarrassment, and dating deal-breakers.

What happened, in order

  1. VCU's impossible Final Four run

    Woods recapped 11-seed VCU's upset of Kansas, while the crew marveled at coach Shaka Smart motivating the Rams with clips of analysts insisting they could not win.

  2. The cobra bite and the spatulas

    Mikey told how an illegal cobra owner refused the hospital, bit through spatulas from the pain, and finally lost his thumb after the venom destroyed the bone.

  3. Jeremy's shipwrecked date

    Jeremy pretended he knew how to sail to impress Heather, packed an elaborate picnic, crashed the borrowed boat into the Coronado Bridge, and had to be rescued by the Coast Guard.

  4. Todd noticed the black beans

    Sienna was touched when Todd served her black beans with cayenne and hot sauce exactly as she likes them, proving he had quietly paid attention.

  5. Deadly pets sold to anyone

    Animal rescuer Tim Harrison described capturing loose cobras and warned that lax rules let amateurs buy deadly snakes, including a Gaboon viper that two small boys innocently wore around their necks.

  6. Rebecca's birthday-party ordeal

    Rebecca arrived at a children's party desperate for a bathroom, found two unusably filthy toilets, fled outside with Luke, chased him with her pants down, and returned to the party as if nothing had happened.

  7. Facebook depression

    Sienna explained a pediatrician's warning that rejected friend requests and visible popularity online can make lonely children feel even worse than sitting alone in a cafeteria.

  8. When does dating become official?

    Woods and the crew debated how to define a relationship after four dates, rejecting a magic number and offering several awkward ways to ask whether someone is now a girlfriend.

  9. The Glade deal-breaker

    The crew argued over whether a can of Glade on a woman's toilet was a legitimate dating deal-breaker or merely an ordinary attempt to keep a bathroom smelling pleasant.

  10. The fake 911 confession

    Sienna played a hoax call in which a man calling himself Christopher claimed to have killed Jennifer, triggering a three-hour SWAT response at an innocent couple's real address.

  11. Rebecca builds a disaster kit

    Rebecca explained that Japan's crisis pushed her to assemble water, food, first aid, tools, blankets, and other supplies for Mikey and their three children in case local services fail.

People mentioned

MikeyWoodsShaka SmartJeremyHeatherSiennaToddTim HarrisonRebeccaLukeChristopherJennifer