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The Mikey Show - Rock 105.3 - 11/12/08

Wednesday, November 12, 2008

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Caller Caleb told the standout human-interest story: after years of helping Tommy, a lonely World War II veteran, he inherited memorabilia and a Chihuahua and ultimately made $20,000 from the collection. Ashley's recorded call with her mother became an extended comedy bit about FICO scores, UCLA and Thanksgiving, while Lindsay Lohan's description of Barack Obama sent the cast into a mock-publicist word game. The show also tackled real disputes, including whether families must house foreclosed parents indefinitely, whether Fallbrook High School censored student journalists, and whether provocative atheist bus ads promote inclusion or insult believers. Eddie fiercely opposed Will Smith's planned Karate Kid remake for Jaden Smith, and the crew examined James Hetfield's distinction between inviting Jason Newsted but excluding Dave Mustaine from a possible Metallica Hall of Fame ceremony. Joe Scarborough's accidental live-TV profanity, Sean's defense of Les Stroud's Survivorman and the Jennifer Aniston-Angelina Jolie-Brad Pitt fallout supplied the remaining comic and celebrity arguments.

What happened, in order

  1. Caleb's $20,000 kindness payoff

    Caller Caleb said he regularly helped a lonely World War II veteran named Tommy, then inherited the man's war memorabilia and Chihuahua and sold the collection for $20,000 after Tommy died.

  2. Human mousetrap protest

    PETA protested glue traps at the Mission Valley Lowe's by putting a bikini-clad activist in mouse makeup on a human-size glue trap, prompting jokes and a real argument about whether the traps are humane.

  3. Ashley records her mom

    Ashley secretly recorded a sprawling call with her mother about Thanksgiving, UCLA, credit-card debt and FICO scores, giving the show a pile of new sound drops.

  4. Lohan's colored-president quote

    The crew replayed Lindsay Lohan apparently calling Barack Obama the first 'colored president' and turned the awkward wording into a game of inventing less offensive phrases she might have said.

  5. When parents move back in

    A listener whose foreclosed parents moved into his crowded home sparked a serious debate over gratitude, marital boundaries, household chores and whether adult children owe their parents unlimited shelter.

  6. Karate Kid remake outrage

    Eddie objected to Will Smith producing a Karate Kid remake for Jaden Smith in Beijing, arguing that the Ralph Macchio original was perfection and should not be remade.

  7. Metallica draws the Hall of Fame line

    James Hetfield said Jason Newsted should join Metallica's possible Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ceremony because he played on albums for 14 years, while Dave Mustaine would not be invited because he appeared on none.

  8. Fallbrook student-press lawsuit

    The ACLU sued Fallbrook High School after administrators blocked student articles about wildfire evacuation management and abstinence-only sex education and then canceled the journalism class.

  9. Scarborough's live-TV F-bomb

    Joe Scarborough accidentally said an obscenity on MSNBC while retelling a political anecdote, then stopped the show to apologize and joked that Ambien and his wife would compound the trouble.

  10. Sean TV versus Survivorman

    Sean praised Les Stroud's Survivorman patrol-map and cooling tips while Mikey and Eddie mocked the slow delivery, the convenient pen and paper and the show as a sleep aid.

  11. Atheist bus-ad argument

    The hosts debated a humanist bus ad asking why anyone should believe in God, agreeing that atheists can be moral but arguing that the provocative wording needlessly attacked religious belief.

  12. Aniston, Jolie and getting over betrayal

    Jennifer Aniston called Angelina Jolie's public comments about falling for Brad Pitt during his marriage uncool, leading the hosts to argue over whether deep heartbreak ever fully disappears and whether John Mayer could

People mentioned

MikeyEddieSkyeSeanAshleyBoston RobCalebTommyBarack ObamaLindsay LohanWill SmithJaden SmithRalph MacchioJames Hetfield