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The Mikey Show - FM 94.9 - 09/12/11

Monday, September 12, 2011

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Chargers football9/11 remembranceSan Diego blackoutMikey thon autism fundraiserparenting pranksmedical marijuanaworkplace etiquetteYosemite campingDisneyland comedychargersfootball9/11

Mikey and Woods opened by debating whether the Chargers' special-teams disaster was a fluke, while celebrating Mike Scifres' emergency kicking and the team's comeback. The tenth anniversary of 9/11 moved Mikey deeply, and the show highlighted both the Ground Zero ceremony and stories from Mike O'Reilly and Peter Negron about rebuilding and loss. San Diego's blackout produced two comic threads: Lauren sent oblivious fun facts from the road while friends sweated at home, and the hosts later turned the suspected utility worker into 'Blackout Bob' while blaming the system's fragility. Elsewhere, Mikey announced the autism-focused Mikey-thon, Lauren nearly misused bear spray, and the group argued over a cruel race prank, Woods' plan to treat insomnia with medical marijuana, Sarah's toilet-seat feud and Mikey's disruptive Jungle Cruise laughter.

What happened, in order

  1. Scifres saves the opener

    Mikey and Woods argued over whether Percy Harvin's 103-yard opening return exposed the Chargers' special-teams problems, then praised punter Mike Scifres for taking over after Nate Kaeding tore his ACL and helping secure

  2. A decade later

    Mikey said the tenth anniversary of 9/11 finally overwhelmed him emotionally as he watched the Ground Zero ceremony, the victims' names being read and tributes involving George W. Bush, Barack Obama and victims' families

  3. Be a dog

    The hosts repeatedly played Coastal Carolina coach David Bennett's strange viral speech about a trapped cat in his kitchen, which somehow became an exhortation for his football players to stop being cats and become dogs.

  4. Fun facts in a blackout

    While San Diego struggled through a massive blackout, Lauren unknowingly clogged her friends' strained phones with cheerful trivia from the road to Yosemite until she realized how serious the outage was.

  5. Mikey-thon returns

    Mikey announced a 28-hour commercial-free fundraiser for Rady Children's Hospital's Autism Discovery Institute, explaining that his son Jake is autistic and that the show had already raised $100,000.

  6. The birthday prank debate

    A viral clip of a father telling his young daughter she would turn Black at age four prompted the hosts to argue that frightening a child for laughs can create a racist association and destroy trust.

  7. Weed for insomnia

    Woods said Ambien and Tylenol PM had failed his severe insomnia and proposed medical marijuana, while Mikey worried that using it could jeopardize Woods because of his past alcohol-related trouble and the company's scrut

  8. The toilet-seat standoff

    Caller Sarah confronted coworker Mike live on air for deliberately leaving their shared office toilet seat up, and he admitted he kept doing it because the women's frustration amused him.

  9. Bear spray surprise

    Lauren discovered on the way to Yosemite that her supposed bear repellent was defensive spray like mace, narrowly avoiding her original plan to coat herself and the tent with it like insect repellent.

  10. Jungle Cruise sabotage

    Mikey described humiliating a Disneyland Jungle Cruise guide by roaring with exaggerated laughter at every scripted pun while Woods, Rebecca and Jamie struggled with embarrassment and genuine laughter.

  11. Blackout Bob

    The hosts discussed reports that one Arizona utility worker may have triggered the seven-million-person outage, blamed the fragile system as much as the worker and jokingly imagined his future as 'Blackout Bob.'

  12. Rebuilding Ground Zero

    A 9/11 documentary excerpt followed ironworker Mike O'Reilly's decision to help rebuild Ground Zero and Peter Negron's moving account of growing up without his father, who died in the World Trade Center.

People mentioned

MikeyWoodsLaurenJayMike ScifresNate KaedingPercy HarvinGeorge W. BushBarack ObamaDavid BennettJakeSarahMike O'ReillyPeter Negron