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The Mikey Show - FM 94.9 - 08/22/11

Monday, August 22, 2011

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Mikey, Woodsy, Lauren O'Brien, and Jay mixed major news with unusually vivid comedy, from Trevor Hoffman's emotional number retirement and the West Memphis Three's disputed release to an El Cajon police siege. Dale McDaniel's fish-and-chainsaw neighborhood terror, Lauren's secretly recorded commercial jingles, and Scott successfully asking Candace out on air supplied the show's strongest character-driven bits. Jay and Mikey seriously argued over whether legal marijuana would reduce cartel violence and raise tax revenue or instead increase access, impairment, and deaths, while Woodsy defended choosing Michael Irvin over Jerry Rice on game day. The strangest stories involved 697 hoarded cats, a disputed penile amputation, and a foul ball that sent a bloody eyeglass lens into a beer cup.

What happened, in order

  1. El Cajon siege

    Mikey reported that a gunman shot an El Cajon police officer in the neck, set the house on fire, and left police unsure whether he died inside or escaped.

  2. Hoffman's number 51

    Trevor Hoffman tearfully watched the Padres retire number 51 and told former teammates that lasting success came from caring about the clubhouse and taking no shortcuts.

  3. West Memphis Three freed

    Damien Echols, Jason Baldwin, and Jesse Miskelley left prison after 18 years under a plea that freed them while requiring an admission of guilt, which Baldwin called a failure of justice.

  4. Neighbor with a fish

    Florida neighbor Dale McDaniel, arrested more than 30 times, frightened residents with drunken threats, a chainsaw, and an assault in which he slapped a man with a fish.

  5. Lauren's secret jingles

    Jay secretly recorded Lauren O'Brien compulsively singing radio-ad jingles during every commercial break, especially the O'Reilly Auto Parts tune.

  6. Morning Quarterback

    Lauren beat Jay in a football quiz after he guessed that Philip Rivers wore number 51 and that John Madden coached the Patriots.

  7. On-Air Ask Out

    In the show's first On-Air Ask Out, Scott confidently invited his longtime UC Davis acquaintance Candace to dinner and she accepted a clearly one-on-one date.

  8. Legal marijuana debate

    Jay argued that legalizing, taxing, and regulating marijuana would weaken cartels and raise revenue, while Mikey warned that wider access would create more impaired users and preventable deaths.

  9. Irvin over Rice

    Woodsy chose Michael Irvin over Jerry Rice as the receiver he would want on game day, valuing Irvin's intensity and toughness even while admitting Rice was probably the greatest ever.

  10. 697-cat house

    Steve and Penny Lefkowitz were found with 697 cats and one rooster, prompting 47 felony animal-cruelty counts and disbelief over how the hoard grew so large.

  11. Unauthorized amputation

    A Kentucky doctor faced trial after removing a patient's penis during a circumcision, claiming he found cancer while the patient insisted he had never authorized the amputation.

  12. Lens in the beer

    At a Padres game, a Jason Bartlett foul ball smashed a spectator's eye, ricocheted into Woodsy's shoulder, and knocked the man's bloody glasses lens into a woman's beer.

People mentioned

MikeyWoodsyLauren O'BrienJayTrevor HoffmanTony GwynnDave WinfieldRandy JonesSteve GarveyDamien EcholsJason BaldwinJesse MiskelleyEddie VedderJohnny Depp