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The Mikey Show - Rock 105.3 - 06/04/08

Wednesday, June 4, 2008

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Barack Obama clinched the Democratic presidential nomination, and Mikey's crew argued over whether a ticket with Hillary Clinton would unite the party or be too much change for voters. Eddie turned the removal of a tiny living-room lizard into an epic survival tale, while the show also launched a single-dad dating game and stumbled through its Lyrical Gangsta contest. Secret Crush dominated the morning: widower Ethan confessed his love to Olivia, Olivia revealed that she felt the same way, and callers debated whether their relationship honored or betrayed the memory of Ethan's late wife Tiffany while offering stability to his daughter Rachel. Dennis Hopper recounted improvising on Apocalypse Now, working with Christopher Walken and befriending Elvis Presley, and the crew separately sparred over a boy wearing purple nail polish and joked about a surge in San Diego shark sightings.

What happened, in order

  1. Obama Makes History

    Barack Obama clinched the Democratic nomination, and the crew debated whether adding Hillary Clinton would unite Democrats or make an already difficult historic ticket harder to elect.

  2. Eddie Versus Wild

    Mikey read Eddie's melodramatic account of using a Macy's box and a rod to drive a five-inch lizard out of his living room as if he had slain a dragon.

  3. Single Dad Setup

    The show launched a Father's Day dating game in which a single father's child would question three women and choose a date for dad.

  4. Lyrical Gangsta

    Contestants repeatedly mangled famous lyrics—including guessing Aerosmith sang “Daddy's Little Uzi”—before one caller finally completed a Metallica line correctly.

  5. Mooning Gone Wrong

    Skye reported that a Dutch man shattered a restaurant window by pressing his bare backside against it and landed in the hospital with deep puncture wounds.

  6. Ethan's Secret Crush

    Widower Ethan revealed that he had fallen for Olivia, the friend of his late wife Tiffany who kept caring for him and his nine-year-old daughter Rachel after Tiffany died of ovarian cancer.

  7. The Wrong Person

    Ethan told Olivia that while she babysat Rachel for his first date in two years, he realized he was sitting across from the wrong woman and wanted to be with her.

  8. Olivia Says Yes

    Olivia admitted she had deliberately held back similar feelings out of respect for Ethan's grief, then enthusiastically agreed to explore a romance with him.

  9. Can Love Follow Grief?

    Emotional listeners mostly argued that Tiffany would want Ethan, Rachel and Olivia to find happiness, while one dissenting caller claimed dating a deceased spouse's friend was wrong.

  10. Purple Nail Polish

    Ashley described a nine-year-old boy whose mother let him paint his nails purple and then made him remove it, prompting a heated argument over parenting, masculinity and rigid gender rules.

  11. Dennis Hopper Stories

    Dennis Hopper discussed improvising in True Romance and Apocalypse Now, disputed the documentary portrayal of Francis Ford Coppola's set, and recalled showing Elvis Presley around James Dean's old haunts.

  12. Sharks Everywhere

    After dozens of reported shark sightings followed a fatal Solana Beach attack, Eddie insisted either one shark was stalking San Diego or recruiting its friends, sending the crew into an extended Jaws riff.

People mentioned

MikeyEddieSkyeAshleySeanBoston RobBarack ObamaHillary ClintonJohn McCainEthanOliviaTiffanyRachelDennis Hopper