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The Mikey Show - Rock 105.3 - 01/20/09

Tuesday, January 20, 2009

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The Mikey Show spent Barack Obama's inauguration morning mixing genuine awe with relentless bits, from Aztec Raider explaining what the first Black and mixed-race president meant for his children to Mikey and Eddie mocking the oath's awkward delivery. Eddie and Skye repeatedly clashed over whether Demi Moore and other celebrities were sincerely inspired and environmentally responsible or merely wealthy performers advertising easy pledges. The crew also staged Eddie's delay-plagued report from Washington, bungled P1 Password, debated Anquan Bolden's role, and learned Skye's calendar system. Later, Barbara spun an absurd suburban-gangster history, while UCSD's growing game festival and The Bachelor prompted riffs about retro games, rejection, and reality-TV manipulation.

What happened, in order

  1. Demi Moore's inauguration emotion

    Eddie ridiculed Demi Moore's emotional description of Barack Obama's inauguration while Skye argued that a wealthy white celebrity still had every right to feel inspired.

  2. A mixed president changes the answer

    Caller Aztec Raider said Obama's election meant he could honestly tell his Mexican and white children that they could grow up to be president.

  3. The Anquan Bolden mystery

    Eddie called Anquan Bolden's sideline anger a needless distraction after an Arizona win, while Mikey theorized that the Cardinals were saving Bolden as a surprise Super Bowl weapon.

  4. P1 Password chaos

    Eddie and Mikey unexpectedly swept their P1 Password round, but Ashley and Zeth collapsed after clues such as 'bake' and 'opposite' failed to produce 'cook.'

  5. Inauguration diaper math

    The hosts calculated that 5,000 portable toilets could not serve as many as three million inauguration spectators and mocked reports that some adults planned to wear disposable briefs.

  6. Skye's calendar system

    Skye taught the chronically forgetful Mikey to reserve tentative plans with question marks and enter appointments immediately, prompting him to explore automatic reminders for Rebecca.

  7. Eddie reports from Washington

    The show pretended to teleport Eddie to Washington and turned an exaggerated phone delay into a deliberately disastrous inauguration interview.

  8. Hollywood's green pledges

    Eddie and Mikey dismissed celebrity promises to plant trees, conserve water, and buy hybrids as rich-person posturing, while Skye defended the pledges as useful inspiration.

  9. Obama takes the oath

    The crew listened live as Barack Obama took the presidential oath, then fixated on the halting exchange and immediately started a 'hope' counter for his address.

  10. Barbara's suburban gangster saga

    Barbara celebrated the first Black president by inventing an escalating street legend involving Biggie, Tupac, Lou Gossett Jr., a Rancho Santa Fe HOA, and mascara stabbings.

  11. UCSD Game Fest takes off

    Skye reported that UCSD's Winter Game Fest grew from 30 attendees to 1,500, after which the crew acted out increasingly frantic rounds of Frogger and Donkey Kong.

  12. Eddie analyzes The Bachelor

    Eddie defended watching The Bachelor as a study of rejection and cattiness, then argued that producers were keeping an emotionally volatile contestant for television drama.

People mentioned

Barack ObamaDemi MooreMikeyEddieSkyeAshleyZethBoston RobRebeccaAztec RaiderAnquan BoldenLarry FitzgeraldDiddyEva Longoria