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The Mikey Show - Rock 105.3 - 02/26/08

Tuesday, February 26, 2008

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Mikey described the joyful terror of chasing his son Jake, while Ashley explained how a birthday call finally exposed the Christmas grievance behind her sister's silence and Boston Rob confessed to running a red light while gawking at a wreck. When a cruise ship returned with more than 100 sick passengers, the crew and former cruise worker Joanna blamed easy transmission through crowded spaces and shared utensils; a later cell-phone locator discussion became an argument over safety, warrants, and government surveillance, with Mikey and Eddie favoring security and Sky demanding evidence. The show also dissected Valerie Bertinelli's Oprah interview about Eddie Van Halen and Steven Spielberg, mocked Gary Coleman's surprise appearance during a Today show reunion, and turned Matt Damon's Bourne casting into a repeated sound-drop gag. Mikey capped the odd personal stories with his childhood semitruck trip to see 9 to 5, and Sky's FHM/FHN typo became an Oscar-music roast after Heather Mills appeared at number 95.

What happened, in order

  1. Daddy's Going to Get You

    Mikey described chasing his toddler Jake through the house for delighted belly laughs while privately panicking that every step might end in a fall.

  2. The Banana Exchange

    Mikey and Sky compared their opposite tastes in banana ripeness and laughed that their email arranging a trade sounded like coded contraband talk.

  3. Ashley's Birthday Truce

    Ashley called her estranged younger sister on her birthday, confronted the unspoken Christmas grievance, and learned that she had hurt her sister without realizing it.

  4. Rubbernecking Through Red

    Boston Rob admitted that he stared so hard at a multi-car wreck that he stopped in an intersection and then drove through a red light in front of six police officers.

  5. Cruise-Ship Outbreak

    The crew debated why more than 100 cruise passengers became ill, and former cruise worker Joanna explained how shared forks, tongs, and other surfaces can rapidly spread a gastrointestinal virus.

  6. Valerie on Oprah

    The hosts unpacked Oprah Winfrey's pointed interview with Valerie Bertinelli about cheating on Eddie Van Halen, her rationalizations, and her earlier romance with Steven Spielberg.

  7. The Locator Debate

    A warning about cell-phone location settings grew into a long argument in which Mikey and Eddie prioritized tracking criminals and terrorists while callers and Sky pressed them on warrants, privacy, and proof.

  8. Gary Coleman Crashes the Reunion

    Mikey recounted Gary Coleman unexpectedly appearing behind a One Day at a Time reunion on the Today show, prompting the crew to imagine him secretly performing Amy Winehouse's Rehab.

  9. Matt Damon Echo Chamber

    News that Matt Damon had committed to a fourth Jason Bourne film dissolved into an extended chorus of repeated Matt Damon sound drops before the show moved to Madonna's jury duty.

  10. The 9 to 5 Truck Ride

    A Dolly Parton discussion led Mikey to reveal that his parents once sent him from Yuma to Gilroy with a truck-driver friend who took him to see 9 to 5.

  11. FHM, Not FHN

    Sky reported Heather Mills at number 95 on FHM's attractive-women list, then endured Oscar music and a studio pile-on after everyone discovered she had searched the mistaken address FHN.com.

People mentioned

MikeyJakeRebeccaSkyAshleyBoston RobEddieSeanJoannaOprah WinfreyValerie BertinelliEddie Van HalenSteven SpielbergGary Coleman