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The Mikey Show - Rock 105.3 - 12/16/08

Tuesday, December 16, 2008

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Mikey and Eddie celebrated John Morris putting the Padres up for sale and speculated that his divorce forced the timing, while the crew praised the donor who saved San Diego's fire pits but blamed city government for needing a rescue. Boston Rob's You Got Robbed used his rain-streaked blue head for a birthmark prank, and Skye's Side of Rice song turned her lactose intolerance into the morning's signature musical joke. The show's longest argument asked whether matching Christmas sweaters are adorable or humiliating, with Skye defending them and Mikey conceding that he might once have worn one privately for Rebecca. George Chamberlain challenged the recession panic, Joe Arpaio defended billing inmates for food, and later bits ranged from Madonna's divorce and Jim Carrey's Fockers claim to a soldier tribute, a Sammy Sosa impersonation, and the viral 'so pitted' surfer.

What happened, in order

  1. Padres Put Up for Sale

    Mikey and Eddie celebrated Padres owner John Morris hiring a firm to find buyers, then questioned whether his divorce drove the sale and the team's falling value.

  2. The Fire Pits Survive

    The crew praised an anonymous $260,000 donation that saved San Diego's beach fire pits for 18 months while arguing that competent city budgeting should have made private rescue unnecessary.

  3. You Got Robbed

    Boston Rob asked mall shoppers for their holiday wishes and convinced a frozen-yogurt-shop owner that the blue paint running down his head was a sensitive birthmark.

  4. Talking Ourselves Into Recession

    Money guest George Chamberlain pushed back on the show's economic gloom, arguing that fear-driven hoarding was worsening the slowdown and that housing would lead a fast recovery.

  5. Inmates Pay for Dinner

    The hosts reacted to Sheriff Joe Arpaio charging Maricopa County inmates $1.25 a day for two meals and dismissing their planned hunger strike as another taxpayer saving.

  6. Side of Rice

    The show debuted Skye's mock holiday ballad about rice protecting her lactose-intolerant stomach from cheese-induced gas.

  7. The Matching Sweater War

    A listener's dilemma triggered a sprawling argument in which Skye called matching Christmas sweaters adorable, Mikey and Eddie called them humiliating, and Mikey admitted he might once have worn one for Rebecca in secret

  8. Guy Ritchie's Divorce Payout

    Skye reported that Guy Ritchie would receive roughly $76 million in cash and an English estate worth about $92 million total from his divorce settlement with Madonna.

  9. Jim Carrey's Fockers Claim

    Jim Carrey said he developed Meet the Parents with Steven Spielberg and created the Fockers, prompting the hosts to doubt that he felt no regret after Ben Stiller made it a giant hit.

  10. A Soldier's Silent Night

    The show played a Christmas poem and song about Santa finding a soldier alone on duty, after which listeners reported crying and thanked deployed service members.

  11. Sammy Sosa Calls In

    A long fake Sammy Sosa call turned Yankees spending into an escalating riff about misunderstood words, absurd purchases, and a deliberately thick Dominican accent.

  12. So Pitted

    The crew repeatedly replayed a Good Day LA surfer's wildly enthusiastic description of getting barreled and 'so pitted,' delighting in his sound effects and slang.

People mentioned

MikeyEddieSkyeBoston RobJohn MorrisGeorge ChamberlainJoe ArpaioRebeccaMadonnaGuy RitchieJim CarreySteven SpielbergBen StillerSammy Sosa