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The Mikey Show - Rock 105.3 - 06/09/08

Monday, June 9, 2008

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Daily Audio 2008KIOZRock 105.3

UFC controversyradio show promisessurvival televisionoffice pranksfood debatetrivia failuresanimal rescueApollo 11film controversymedical odditiesstrange newscheckpoint mishap

Mikey and the crew turned everyday mishaps into extended bits, especially Mikey breaking his Lars and the Real Girl promise, Sean gaming the thermostat, and the group's fierce pizza-versus-burrito argument. Eddie defended Brandon Vera after a disputed UFC stoppage, while Ashley's Alaska answer became the standout failure of the Dumb Chick Challenge. Buzz Aldrin gave the show's most substantial interview, recalling Apollo 11, communion on the moon and why permanent settlement on Mars matters. Callers supplied the wildest stories, from Charlotte's rescued hummingbird to objects working their way out of human bodies, and Zeth ended with a checkpoint story that cost him his suspended license.

What happened, in order

  1. Brandon Vera's disputed stoppage

    Eddie said Brandon Vera was furious after a referee stopped his UFC fight with only seconds left even though Vera was conscious, defending himself and insisting he was fine.

  2. The movie promise broken again

    Mikey admitted that chores, church, Rebecca's car and a potluck displaced his promised viewing of Lars and the Real Girl, even though he found time for Man vs. Wild.

  3. Bear eats the yak eye

    The crew recoiled while Mikey described Bear Grylls crossing freezing Siberian water naked and biting into a raw yak eyeball that burst in his mouth.

  4. The thermostat hack

    Sean revealed that he used a portable heater on the locked thermostat to trigger the air conditioning, only to arrive and find both the heater and another coffee cup missing.

  5. Pizza versus burritos

    Mikey forced the crew to choose between giving up pizza or burritos forever, prompting arguments about delivery methods, Mexican identity, pizza parties and calzones as a loophole.

  6. Ash maps Alaska to Australia

    In the Dumb Chick Challenge, Ashley answered Australia or Asia when asked which country lies closest to western Alaska, while Boston Rob later won by identifying the hummingbird's rapid heartbeat.

  7. Robin the hummingbird

    Caller Charlotte recalled nursing an injured hummingbird named Robin back to flight, only for her dog to kill the bird after Charlotte accidentally left her bedroom door open.

  8. Buzz Aldrin remembers the moon

    Buzz Aldrin described Apollo 11's low-fuel landing, the moon's black sky and talcum-fine dust, his private communion and his belief that Mars should become a permanent human settlement.

  9. Spike Lee versus Clint Eastwood

    The hosts unpacked Spike Lee's complaint about absent Black soldiers in Clint Eastwood's Iwo Jima films and argued over Eastwood's response that Lee should stop criticizing a story focused on the flag raisers.

  10. Things stuck inside people

    Mikey's story about Chris pulling a one-inch palm thorn through the top of his toe launched increasingly grisly calls about buried wood, glass, coral, buckshot and even old rigatoni emerging from bodies.

  11. Naked in a porta-potty

    Sky reported that a drunk, naked Pennsylvania man became trapped in a portable toilet's holding area and had to use his cell phone to call 911.

  12. Debit card at the checkpoint

    Zeth said his sober designated driver Danny handed a cop a debit card instead of a license at a checkpoint, prompting tests that ultimately exposed Zeth's suspended license.

People mentioned

MikeyEddieSkyAshleySeanBoston RobZethRebeccaBrandon VeraBear GryllsCharlotteBuzz AldrinNeil ArmstrongSpike Lee