I just revealed that I read Twilight over the break. I started it on Wednesday night. I had just finished reading Watchmen and was looking for a new read. So…. I picked up my wife’s copy of Twilight and figured I would give it 30 minutes. Well after the first 15 minutes I was hooked. What a great read. I finished the book yesterday afternoon and watched the DVD last night. I think I am going to cancel my tanning membership and go for the pale look (just like Edward).
Who knew that Vampires wore Members Only jacket???
SIDENOTE: Now you can make fun of me for reading Twilight and admitting to having a tanning membership.
SIDENOTE # 2: Is it me or does Dr. Cullen from Twilight look like Max Headroom?
Cullen
Headroom
Mark watched Monsters vs. Aliens (in 3D).
6:15
Mark joined Twitter. He was stalking Dr. Drew and MC Hammer via Twitter. Dr. Drew revealed that he was working out at the same gym that Mark usually attends. Mark thought about going back to meet him.
6:30
Mercedes tried sushi for the first time. She was at a Japanese restaurant for some teppanyaki table dinning. The manager sent over some complimentary sushi. Mercedes did not want to turn down this generous offer and enjoyed a virgin role.
Then when she was out for a pre-birthday dinner on Saturday and she tried some sashimi.
Yes, I said “pre-birthday” dinner. Mercedes friend wanted to take her out for dinner but is not available on April 22nd (her actual birthday). Let the month of birthday celebrations begin!
Mercedes says she does not want to be that person that has a month long birthday celebration.
6:40
NEWS
I had a run in with some EMO skaters. I was driving behind a grocery store and saw a few of these EMO’s skateboarding. I then noticed one of the EMO’s Gatorade bottle slowly rolling into my path. Now I could have easily swerved to avoid his EMO juice but I instead gunned my truck and smashed his Gatorade bottle. I laughed and looked into my rearview mirror and I could see the EMO’s raising their skinny arms in protest. Apparently I am turning into a complete a-hole…. I am becoming that crabby old man at the early age of 34.
7:10
Congratulations to Mark and Mercedes for winning the Best Of Las Vegas “Best Radio Personality.” This makes it 10 years in a row.
Mark had a anti-vacation. He got caught up on doctor’s appointments.
During one of his check-up’s last week the doctor wanted to do an EKG. His nurse is attractive and told him to take off his shirt. No problem – he got wired up and then had to pull up his pant leg to wire his legs… and his white socks were exposed. Mark says that if you have the white socks up past your ankles that this screams “tool”
Mark also got a B-12 shot.
Someone told Mark that B-12 can increase your risk of prostate cancer.
7:30
More stories from Mercedes’ Birthday dinner.
Listen to the cavalcade of stars that were in attendance. Robin Leach, Faye Resnick, Alicia Jacobs (NBC Reporter and former Miss USA), and stylist to the stars Michael Boychuck.
Alicia Jacobs also brought her dog with her. This dog was a gift from American Idol producer Nigel Lithgow.
Mercedes’ dinner sounds more like the latest addition of the “Surreal Life.”
We are now discussing people that bring their dogs everywhere.
Mercedes saw Khloe Kardashian over the weekend.
7:40
NEWS
Mercedes met Blair’s father and was not able to confirm if his piñata looks like a diving board
Here is a little advice… when it comes to hookers you cannot kiss them (or so I have been told). Someone should have told this to the Vince the ShamWow guy
8:10
Jimmy Fallon is on the show.
8:30
The Cake Incident.
The Friday before vacation we had an incident with Mark’s Birthday cake. Mark’s B-day was Sunday March 22nd. Friday morning, March 20, Blair and Mercedes brought in a cake for Mark. Blair had to thaw the cake out before we gave it to him. Blair made the mistake of leaving the cake in the community break room and on the community food table. After the show when Blair went to get the cake for Mark 3 pieces of it were missing.
Blair was livid. She went around the office with her video camera looking for whoever ate the cake. She was very worked up over this.
Yes, it sucks that someone had a piece of the cake before we could give it to Mark. But in that persons defense it was in the community break room on the community food table. Everything on this table is fair game.
So…. In conclusion – way to go Blair. Way to go.
Below is the break room table. This is a cake we received today for winning the best of Las Vegas award.
Okay – this is a good ending point for today’s notes. Talk to you tomorrow.
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TUESDAY MARCH 31, 2009
SHOW RUNDOWN
6:00
Mercedes was at UNLV yesterday meeting with her advisor. She is getting ready to select her fall classes.
Mark’s daughter woke him up last night by poking him in the head.
M&M are doing a “Dancing with the Stars” recap.
6:15
DIRT
6:30
Mark had to go to the DMV yesterday to get his license renewed.
His ticket was G705 – and they were serving G595 when he arrived. Plus when he got there the snack bar was closed. Bummer.
Mark had trouble with the vision test…. He was unable to see any of the items in the left hand column.
He was convinced that he was going to get a restricted license… but surprisingly he passed.
6:40
We are having computer issues. The pc in the studio has just locked up, this means we cannot play any commercials and music. I guess it is straight talk for the next 3 hours and 20 minutes (wasn’t that the name of a Dolly Parton movie?).
6:42
The computer is working now. We believe that Mercedes is to blame for the pc issues. Our engineer has told us that iPhones will cause the pc to lock up. Apparently it has something to do with a remote start button on the studio board. The iPhones frequency messes things up. Well, wouldn’t you know it Mercedes had her iPhone sitting on the studio counter.
6:48
NEWS
We are discussing the “happiest” and “unhappiest” names. Surprisingly the name “BLAIR” is not on the “unhappy” list. However it is # 1 on the emotional name list.
7:10
We are discussing the “Murtaugh List.” This comes from "How I Met Your Mother." This is a list of things that you should not do over the age of 30. It comes from Danny Glover's character in Lethal Weapon, Detective Roger Murtaugh. Murtaugh's catch phrase is "I'm too old for this stuff."
Our “Murtaugh List” includes: Dressing skanky, cinderblock table, playing video games all night, and doing shots like “sex on the beach.”
We all agree you are never too old to watch cartoons.
Mercedes was watching Richie Rich over the weekend. Who doesn’t love Richie Rich, Dollar the Dog, Irona the Robot Maid, Cadbury the Butler and Richie's crush Gloria Glad.
We are now taking calls on the best cartoons.
8:10
Is it wrong to flirt with a waitress in order to receive better service? What if you are married? My buddy joined a country club and we went to check out the happy hour specials last Friday. Our waitress was very flirtatious and the service was amazing.
At one point in the evening I asked her where the restroom was and she told me that she would show me. She proceeded to walk me to the restroom and one point grabbed my hand to lead the way. She then told me to call her if I needed any help. Wink! Wink!
Later on in the evening, when I went to hit the free appetizers table, she asked my friend if I had a girlfriend and his response was “no.” Pause, “HE HAS A WIFE!”
After that our service went down the toilet.
Mercedes wants to know what the heck am I doing hanging out a country club?
8:30
We are talking about “photo-bombers.” These are DB’s who are in the background of your pictures, usually ruining the pictures.
Mark had a photo-bomb incident. It wasn’t so much the person in the background but more of the person he asked to take the picture. Mark was at the World Series in 08 when he ran into former Broncos coach Mike Shanahan. Mark asked a stranger to take a picture of the two of them, too bad Mark gave his camera to some drunk. When Mark looked at the picture it was all out of focus and half his head was cut off.
Alright – we will end today’s notes here. But I will leave you with a very nice picture of Mike Shanahan and his wonderful tan. Or as I call Mike Tanahan:
Mercedes is looking for a good April Fool’s prank to pull on her husband.
Blair had some issues with the photocopier this morning then I tried to pelt her in the head with a ball of paper. Blair says she knew it was me because she could see my spiky hair sticking out over one of the cubicles.
We have publicist sending us books all the time. I received and interesting one yesterday: ‘Stupid about Men – 10 Rules for Getting Romance Right.’ I put the book in Blair’s office mailbox – she did not find it funny.
Blair had to be refitted for a dress yesterday. She is in a wedding on Friday and Blair has lost a lot of weight.
Mercedes wants to know if Mark and I dress to the left of right. We are both left side dressers, in fact 99% of guys are left. That is why the zipper flap of all pants is on the left hand side. That is my fun fact of the day.
6:10
DIRT
6:30
Nickelback gets rocked…. literally. We have a great video of Chad Kroger of Nickelback getting pelted with rocks. I guess I really shouldn’t be laughing at guy getting pelted with rocks, but for some reason when it’s Nickelback I find it to be amusing.
Chad Kroger has been voted one of the ugliest rock stars of all time.
6:40
NEWS
We are discussing sports memorabilia and shopping on e-bay. I like to collect wrestling memorabilia, more specific – ring worn items.
Mercedes’ husband is huge sports memorabilia collector. Some of the items he has are a piece of brick that Jeff Gordon kissed after a race, a piece of Jeff Gordon’s tire, and a game used third base from Yankee Stadium.
Matt has the base in a case and it is hanging on the wall. I think he should have it out on display and let people come over and run the base. That way they can say “I touched the bases at Yankee Stadium."
The actual base that Matt got.
Publicist often send us memorabilia from TV shows. Like this cool piece of carpet from “That 70’s Show.”
7:10
Mercedes is addicted to Guitar Hero Metallica. She says they are the best rock band – EVER.
We are now taking calls on the greatest rock band of all time.
Mark is tossing some bands out there – Van Halen, U2.
Mercedes says that U2 is not in the same genre as Metallica. I am a big U2 fan and tend to agree with her on this one.
I think U2 is one of the greatest bands ever, but they are not in the same category as Metallica. I would put a band like Poison in that category.
I am now defending Poison.
Other bands that are coming in: The Eagles, Bon Jovi, KISS, Motley Cure, Def Leppard, Journey, Van Halen, Guns and Roses, Iron Maiden, and Queen.
We just got a call from a listener telling us Styxx are one of the greatest bands. Especially the song “Mr. Roberto.” I believe he meant to say “Mr. Roboto.”
7:40
NEWS
We are talking about radio pranks. I can honestly say that we are prank free today.
A few years back M&M pretended to go country. They made it sound like the entire radio station had flipped formats and went country.
A classic radio prank is the “Free Toyota” prank. It goes like this - Caller 29 wins a “Free Toyota.” The prank is you say “Free Toy Yoda.” Then you give the winner a toy Yoda. Wacka Wacka!
8:10
We are discussing Consensual Living
8:30
We discussed the top 50 Sexting/ IM Acronyms. And this actually helped us decode some messages that Blair has sent to Sacramento Drew. Like NIFOC, which means “naked in front of computer.”
And W-I-W-I-S-L-I-Y-A…. this one stumped us but I finally figured it out. “Wish I Was In Sacramento Lying In Your Arms.”
8:40
Mark revealed that he gained 5 lbs over vacation.
Mark’s mom is in town and made him homemade cornbread, and bean soup with ham. Mmmm!
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THURSDAY APRIL 2, 2009
SHOW RUNDOWN
6:00
Mercedes confirmed that she was trying to prank me yesterday. Someone told her that if you push Control, ALT and the down arrow on your keyboard it will flip everything on your PC. She kept trying to sneak into the office to pull off this prank – she admits that she did get to my PC but the stupid trick did not work.
Here is a picture of my stupid PC:
Yes, that is a picture of Mandy Moore in the top left corner.
Blair was concerned that I was in the bathroom too long yesterday. I was not having stomach issues…. I just end up drinking a lot of water towards the end of the show and I end up having to go to the bathroom like 3 times an hour.
The layout of our office stinks! The GM’s office is right across from the restroom. So every time you go to the bathroom you walk by him and if you are going 3 times and hour it’s rather embarrassing. The first time you say hi and exchange pleasantries then the 2nd time you make some stupid joke about having a weak bladder, and then the 3rd time I just give him a head nod.
Now don't get me wrong here - our GM is an awesome guy! But having to display your weak bladder in front of any man just stinks.
We have a guy named Brandon in our office that had it worst than the GM. Brandon’s office was next to the copier so he would have to have meaningless conversations every 5 minutes with whoever was making copies.
M&M are doing an American Idol Recap
6:10
DIRT
6:30
Pete Wentz from Fall Out Boy is on the show.
We actually taped this interview yesterday and we tried to prank Blair. Blair is a huge FOB fan so we wanted to surprise her. We told her that we had to do an interview with Pauly Shore and that M&M did NOT want to talk to Pauly. We still felt someone on the show should so we could stay in good with his publicist. We told Blair that she would have to do the interview, and then we told Pete Wentz to play along and act like Pauly Shore. We figured this would last for a minute or two and then Pete would reveal his true identity.
Too bad Blair recognized Pete’s voice within the first 15 seconds.
6:40
NEWS
7:10
10-years-ago my uncle Jeff passed away. Yesterday I started receiving signals from him from beyond the grave. Some people would be freaked out by this… but to me, it was very comforting. Sadly, Blair revealed to me this morning that she was the one behind the messages. Thanks Blair!
7:40
NEWS
Yesterday in our office Mark revealed a rather personal and embarrassing injury story. After the fact he felt guilty, and he felt that he shared too much information.
Mercedes wants Mark to reveal the story to the listeners.
Mark says the only way he will tell his story is if listeners call in and share their embarrassing/ stupid injury stories.
8:10
Time for stupid injury/ embarrassing stories.
Mercedes is starting things off - she once slammed her boob in a car door.
Mark is now revealing his story:
The year was 1997 and Mark was living by himself. His girlfriend was still living in Denver and let’s just say he really, really missed her. So he ponied up to his PC for a quick game of solitaire (show code). He was close to finishing his game when he leaned back in his chair and…. it broke! He fell ass over head mid solitaire!!!!
In case you were wondering he did dust himself off and get back in the game.
8:30
We are discussing President Obama’s awful gift giving skills.
Do women like it when a guy orders for them at a restaurant? It too overbearing or is it the gentleman thing to do?
Mercedes has an issue with the new Kyra Sedgwick commercial. Kyra stars in ads for Tropicana’s new light orange juice, Trop50. She is dancing around with a bottle of Tropicana as Tom Jones "She's a Lady" plays in the background.
8:40
Ok, it’s really not 8:40 a.m. – right now it is 12:39 p.m. and I am trying to recall what happened on the show. Things got so busy that I had to stop taking notes at 8:30. I remember something about Mercedes telling us a story how she punched a guy in the face. The guy was drunk and told her to do it… so she punched him.
That’s all I got for now.... plus I have to tape my Public Affairs show at 1:00 p.m. So we will call it a day.
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MONDAY APRIL 13, 2009
SHOW RUNDOWN
6:00
We are up and running this morning and we do not have our delay on for the Sacramento market. If our delay is not working in Vegas we can not take phone callers... the board is wired to prevent listeners from cursing.
Sounds like everyone had a great Easter. All of us took in a brunch yesterday and Blair took in four church services
Mark ran into old friend while in line to meet the Easter Bunny. This was a lady he worked with at a grocery store 20 years ago.
Blair is feeling better today. She says she is at 93%.
6:15
Mercedes’ mom tried to Rick Roll her. Unfortunately she had the wrong Rick. Instead of using Rick Astley’s “Never Gonna Give you up” she started singing Rick Springfield’s “Don’t Talk to Strangers.”
6:30
I was hanging out at the country club on Friday and saw something interesting. No, I am not a country club snob but it is fun to sound like one. I am not even member, I just mooch off my buddy.
The luxurious steps into the club.
My friends neighbor introduced us to his girlfriend and through conversation we found out that they have been dating for a few months. Here is the interesting thing, my friends neighbor was married for 40 years and his wife just passed away in December. So that means he started dating this girl within two months of his wife’s death. Don’t you think that is a little too soon?
My theory is that you should wait one month, per year of marriage, till you start dating again. So this guy should have to wait at least 3 years. He couldn’t even wait 3 months!
7:10
My friend told me about a great Easter prank that they use to do. She worked at the Hard Rock Hotel and they would tell the new employees that Easter was Peter Morton’s favorite holiday. They told the employees that Peter hide eggs all over the hotel with money inside. You would then see all of the employees looking under bushes and around corners for these non-existent eggs.
Happy egg hunting: What amazes me is that these people drink all day long
and never leave the pool to use the restroom. Hmm...
I remember a holiday tradition in my house and I am not sure if it is tied into Easter or not. I remember putting wooden shoes outside my bedroom door at night. And then when I would wake up in the morning they would be filled with candies.
My dad is now on the phone to talk about this holiday tradition.
7:30
Mark needs some parenting advice. His daughter is in the mimic phase. She repeats everything he says. And she also mimics his actions. He is trying to get her to stop this.
My suggestion - he should punch himself in the head and she if she still mimics him.
Actually, all kids do things that annoy their parents. Mark would hide his mom’s crossword puzzle dictionary.
Mercedes would turn off the TV during the crucial moments of her mom’s favorite TV shows. And till this day, she does not know who shot JR.
Mark is having some issues with barking dog’s in his neighborhood. Mercedes said he should send his daughter outside to mimic the neighbors dogs.
7:40
NEWS
8:10
Mercedes learned that pineapples are a signal for swingers. She says that if you see someone has a pineapple on their door it means that they are swingers.
If you are at the grocery store and you see someone that has a pineapple upside down in their basket it means that they are a swinger and they are looking for action.
We are now discussing the swinger lifestyle.
8:30
We are discussing guilt.
Mark has guilt over not being a good best man. There was no bachelor party, he just showed up and did nothing.
Okay, we will wrap it here. Have a great day.
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TUESDAY APRIL 14, 2009
RANDOM PHOTO OF THE DAY
SHOW RUNDOWN
06:00
Mercedes is wearing her glasses today.
Mark always thought that Mercedes wore contacts and that she only wore glasses when her eyes are irritated. Mercedes does not and has never worn contacts.
Mark cannot use chop sticks or put eye drops in his eyes.
Mercedes cannot finish a crossword puzzle
I watched Monday Night Raw last night. In the opening minutes announcer Josh Mathews got a bloody nose. Check out this still from last night:
Mercedes was playing around with her brother and was blowing on his stomach and she got a bloody nose. You might think this happened when she was kid, but it actually happened after Easter brunch. I keed, I keed.
6:15
If you had to get a tattoo this weekend what would you get?
Mercedes would get a flower or a daisy.
Mark would get a tattoo of a snake.
6:30
We discussing fainting and bloody noses.
Mark has been dealing with some fainting spells. He has not fainted, but he has been blacking for a couple of seconds at the gym.
Have you ever played the fainting game as kid? M&M are discussing.
Mercedes thinks that she is sick. She has been losing a lot of hair lately. She also gets “Sympathetic nervous system” – I think I have that right – when she watches Grey’s Anatomy she always feels like she is getting whatever the person on TV has. She currently is getting some of Izzies symptoms.
7:10
If a friend of yours asked you/ forced you to come out and gamble and during this time you win 33 million dollars would you share some of your winnings with the friend? Discuss.
7:30
A new stat shows that more women over 55 are on Facebook.
Mercedes was on Facebook chat yesterday and started talking to a listener. The conversation came to a quick end when the listener told her that he likes to flirt.
7:40
Mercedes does not like the word “moist”
8:30
Mercedes’ father is huge fan of the comic strip “Drabble.”
Marks Mom would cut a comic strip that related to his family and hang on the fridge.
8:40
Legendary announcer Harry Kalas passed away yesterday while in the broadcast booth. All the news reports were saying Harry died while doing what he loved the most. All of us on the show agree, if you ever find our lifeless bodies in the studio, you can just say we died.
Mercedes' birthday is Wednesday and her parents flew into town this weekend to surprise her.
Mercedes went to The Killers concert on Friday and said this was her second favorite concert – EVER!
Mark was feeling sick on Friday and passed on The Killers. He thought he was coming down with the Blair Flu. Symptoms of this flu include dark eye liner, bangs and skinny jeans. Next thing you know you turn into a full EMO. It’s a very devastating disease.
6:15
Did you see that Madonna was bucked off a horse this weekend? She says the horse was spooked by the paparazzi. M&M both agree that horses are easily spooked. Mark’s dad was bucked off a horse once – the horse was spooked by a duck.
6:30
I am going to start taking caffeine pills. I plan on cutting back on Red Bull and substituting that caffeine loss with “Stay Awake” pills. Each pill is equal to two cups of coffee.
The # 1 question we get asked when we tell people what we do for a living is “what time do you go to bed?” I am usually out by 9:00 and M&M stay up till 10:30/ 11:00.
Mercedes had dinner with a physics teacher. She tells us that she loved physics and was asking this guy all kinds of questions.
What is your profession and what is the # 1 question you get asked?
6:40
NEWS
Mark is now following Larry King on Twitter.
7:10
Mercedes is reviewing The Killers show for us.
When did you look the least glamorous? Mercedes was getting dressed for The Killers show and her baby vomited on her. Yuck!
She cleaned up the shirt and went to the show. Prior to the show she had dinner and spilled ketchup all over her shirt.
She then spilled some of her captain and coke on herself.
Is anybody else in the world doing this at this exact moment? Mercedes feels she was the only person in the world watching The Killers LIVE with vomit, ketchup and captain and coke on her shirt.
Marks says that yesterday at 5:00 p.m. he was the only person in the world doing decline bench presses while listening to Flock of Seagulls.
On Friday night I was the only person in the world watching the movie “The Whole Nine Yards” while having a 4.5lb Chihuahua vomit on their shirt.
The dog minutes prior to the vomit.
If you have not noticed we have a vomit theme going here.
At this point you might be the only person in the world reading these notes right now.
7:30
What FONT would you want to have go away?
M&M love Helvetica font.
Other things that should be banned (according to you, the listener):
Fat men in Speedos.
The Q&A portion of the Miss USA pageant.
Muffin topping.
People that toss cigarette butts outside their car window.
Naked people in the gym locker room.
7:40
Mark wants to plan a trip to Napa.
8:10
Mark received a letter from the DMV saying that his vehicle was emitting too much smog. It cited an intersection that Mark claims to have never been to.
Someone keeps sending me nudie pictures to my cell phone. I guess I brought this upon myself when I gave out my cell phone on air. This guy sent 15 pictures in a 20 minute time span on Friday night. A couple of picture is funny, I get it. But 15? Come on dude. We tried calling him on air but he did not pick up. So we decided to give out one digit of his # a day until he stops sending the pictures.
Digit # 1 is 3.
Back to Marks smog issue. Here in Las Vegas anyone can call 642-SMOG and report a smoking vehicle. We think that someone must have it out for Mark and this was their way of getting revenge on him.
Other forms of revenge is calling the water district and reporting someone for excessive water use or call the power company and tell them you are moving and give them the address of the person you are seeking revenge on and ask to have the power turned off.
9:30
A lot of talk about Perez Hilton and his little feud with Criss Angel. I tried to get Perez on the show and here is the response I got back:
Hi JC,
Thanks for the offer, but unfortunately Perez won’t be able to jump on the call.
Mercedes hung out with her family last night. They are in town for her birthday.
Mark and Mercedes both watched “Dancing with the Stars” last night.
Mercedes just got word that we have been offered an interview with Tony Cowell. No, that was not a typo. We have been offered Simon’s brother.
We actually had Tony on the show before, he is not a bad interview.
Yesterday a 7-11 clerk asked me if I was going to celebrate 4/20. I was stunned that this guy would think I smoke pot. Mercedes said that perhaps my blood shot eyes and the three bags of Cheetos I was purchasing tipped him off.
Blair was at local cosmetic store looking for some shampoo. The clerk told her where to find it then proceeded to recommend some product for her skin. Apparently Blair had a zit that the guy thought he could help her with.
Blair should just use some of my tinted Clearasil.
6:15
DIRT
6:30
In our post show meeting yesterday Blair took out her retainer. It made a loud popping sound, Mark and Mercedes thought that Blair had pulled a tooth out. In my opinion it was nasty stuff!
I came down on Blair for doing this. I think she should have got up and went to the restroom and done this…. or at least say “excuse me while I take out my retainer” then turn away and pull the saliva filled thing out of her mouth.
Blair revealed that she attended a station event 9-years-ago, the event was over and she was sitting in the parking lot waiting for her ride. That’s when Mark walked by and asked her if she was okay and if she needed a ride.
We are now coming down on Mark for offering a 16-year-old kid a ride home. In his defense he was just asking if she was okay.
Mercedes says that Blair could have mistaken Mark for a former co-worker, Mr. X. She said that Mr. X was a handsome guy like Mark.
I told Mercedes that Mark does not look like Mr. X, because Mr. X has a long horse like head. And Mark has a normal head. Myself, I have a huge head; it’s like a watermelon sitting on top of my neck. But this Mr X had a really long head.
6:40
NEWS
Mercedes has been married for 9 years and she is thinking about getting her vows renewed next year.
Mercedes’ wedding was a blast, Wayne Newton actually showed up.
There was a guy at Mercedes wedding named Ross. Super nice guy, we are actually both in the same fraternity. But at one point Ross was hitting on my date. Mark says that he was working on a girl then Ross came over and tried to pick her up.
7:00
As a kid Mercedes’ family went to the “Four Corners.” The “Four Corners” are Utah, Colorado, Arizona, and New Mexico.
Turns out that the people that mapped out the four corners got it wrong. The landmark is 2.5 miles west of the actual four corners.
7:30
When the weatherman says it is “overcast” it means the entire sky will be covered with clouds. Mercedes has a friend that thought it meant that the weatherman had prepared too many weather forecasts.
We are taking calls on other things that you just learned/ figured out.
Listener Andy is on the show. Andy has called in to tell us how much the show sucks. Andy has called before – he usually says that we suck and then hangs up.
M&M jotted down Andy’s number and we are now calling him back. It’s only fair – he should tell us why we suck and if we suck so bad how come he is always listening to the show?
Turns out Andy has to drive his wife to work in the morning and she likes to listen to us. Also Andy says he has been without a morning show ever since Adam Carolla was cancelled.
We are going to save Andy’s # and check in with him every so often. He may think we suck but he is pretty funny.
8:10
Predictions that “Back to the Future II” got right.
8:30
This falls under – “it wasn’t my job but I did it anyway” – for Blair it was buying 8 bags of Doritos for the show.
For me it was standing on golf course with a pumpkin on my head while listeners tried to hit me with golf balls.
I did this back in October of 1997. M&M were giving away some concert tickets and wanted to tie in Halloween and some golf tournament that was in town. So…. They put me on a driving range and let listeners whack golf balls at me. The first person to hit me wins.
I was wearing full hockey pads with this big pumpkin on my head. I had to sign a waiver so if anything happened to me (including death) I could not hold the driving range responsible.
That’s it for today. Talk to you Wednesday.
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MONDAY APRIL 27, 2009
SHOW RUNDOWN
6:00
Mercedes had a derma blast (I think that’s what she called it) on Friday. They shaved off the dead layer skin off of her face.
Mark was sick over the weekend… he had a bout of the swine flu.
6:15
DIRT
6:30
I got a Rubik’s Cube last week and I have become obsessed with trying to solve this. Needless to say I STINK! I can only get one side done and that’s it.
There are a bunch of videos on YouTube showing you how to solve the cube. I have watched them over and over and still got NOTHING!
Mark bought his daughter a cube for Christmas. He says that there is a boy, Cayman, in his daughter’s class that can solve the cube within minutes. Now that is even more frustrating.
6:40
NEWS
We are discussing Rick Dees. Not sure how we got on this topic but who doesn’t like Rick Dees.
7:10
“Did I Really Just See That?” Mercedes’ friend saw an albino Chinese Crested dog.
Mark is thinking about getting a dog so he has been doing a lot of research.
Mercedes wants to know if I dress my Chihuahua up in different outfits. The answer is no, just ignore the picture below.
7:30
“15 Things That Women Notice About Men.”
Women love accents. Robin is on the show with his Australian accent and the women are going bonkers over him. Anything he says sounds sexy. Even “Chlamydia” and “feces.”
7:40
Mercedes was tearing up during the NFL Draft.
Mark thinks she could be pregnant because her emotions are all over the place.
Mercedes says she is not.
8:10
Time for stories about walking in on your parents.
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SHOW RUNDOWN
6:00
Mark was pulled over this morning. He told the officer he was on his way to work at “CBS Radio” and the cop let him go. The cop then told Mark to keep it under 60. The speed limit is 45 so does this give Mark carte blanch to speed? We will see what happens tomorrow morning.
Mercedes said she is going to rub Mark for good luck
Mercedes’ dog puked on bed and pooped on the floor this morning. Weird – Producer Blair did the same thing. Ha. Ha. I keed. I keed.
6:15
DIRT
6:30
YESTERDAYS HEADLINE: British Air refuse service to Good Charlotte lead singer Joel Madden because of his tattoos.
TODAYS HEADLINE: Today British Airways has publicly reprimanded the employee who made Joel Madden put on a long-sleeved shirt. A representative for the airline said, "we don't understand why the employee took it upon himself to enforce regulations that don't exist."
M&M call this “Flight Attendant Power” - which can be similar to “Bouncer Power.”
If you get a club bouncer who is in a mood he might not let you in for some lame reason, or kick you out for something you didn’t do.
I use to abuse my “Rental Car Agent Power.” During college I worked at Value Rent a Car and if a customer was giving me a hard time I would ask them if they had a drink on their flight. Some people would respond with “yeah I had a beer”, or others would say “no why?” Then I would hand them back their driver’s license and tell them that I smell alcohol and I do not feel comfortable giving them a car. I would then tell them that our shuttle bus would take them to their hotel and that they could come back in the morning to get their car. I know, I was a jerk. What can I say… I was just a college kid working for some cash to buy beer on the weekends. Too bad Value Rent a Car went out of business. I had some great times at that place.
6:40
NEWS
7:10
Mercedes is trying to get a doctor’s appointment and the first available appointment is May 11th. Mercedes is thinking about contacting her doctor thru Facebook to see if she can get an earlier appointment. She is going about this the wrong way, she needs to call the front desk and tell them that she “works at CBS Radio.”
Adrian Young from No Doubt is on the show.
Adrian is giving us a GREAT interview. Funny thing is that we were told Tony from No Doubt would be calling. Both M&M did research on Tony and were prepared to ask questions to Tony. Tony was scheduled to call at 7:09 a.m. - the call was on-time, it’s just that Adrian was on the line.
7:30
Girls that have a name that end in LY are slutty (so says last night’s episode of “How I Met Your Mother.”)
What does a persons name say about them?
To Mercedes the name “Mark” means strong. Blair says she thinks of an 80’s guru.
7:40
We are talking about dishwashers. Mark does not rinse his dishes off before placing them in the washer.
Do you put knives in blade up or blade down?
I had a safety and sanitation class in college and I believe they told us to put them face down. So when you take them out you don’t cut yourself and so you don’t put your dirty hands all over the part you put on your food and mouth.
Mark say’s face down. Mercedes says face up.
8:20
Mercedes is doing sound effects on the show. You give her the item and she will make the sound effect.
Mark says she is better than Michael Winslow - the sound effect guy from Police Academy.
8:30
Michael Winslow is now on the show and is going toe to toe with Mercedes and her sound effects.
This morning I had to apologize to Access Hollywood host Billy Bush via a poem. First a little history lesson on Billy Bush and myself.
In December of 2000 I was offered a job interview with Z104 Radio in Washington D.C. The show, “Billy Bush and the Bush League Morning Show” was looking for a producer. On January 1, 2001, I took that interview and met Billy for the first time. Long story short ,I took the job and one week before I arrived in D.C. Billy and Z104 parted ways. From that point on I was on a 4 1/2 year odyssey in radio in Washington D.C. (I am saving those stories for the book).
Billy went onto to accomplish great things - he was always a phone call away and willing to do whatever show I was working with at the drop of a hat (more on that below). Fast forward to one month ago when Billy’s publicist asked I would want Billy on with Mark and Mercedes. The publicist asked me on Monday and the interview was scheduled for Friday. I said yes, than after talking to M&M we realized that Friday would not work us and they told me to tell Billy and his people that we would have to cancel.
All would have been fine if I did that on Monday when M&M told me, but I forgot. If I would have told Billy’s people they could have rescheduled Billy for another interview on another radio station and again, all would have been fine.
Sure enough Friday morning our hotline rings and it’s Billy’s assistant telling me she has Billy ready for his radio interview. And I said, “Oh s--t!” I had to tell the assistant that we could not take the call and to apologize to Billy (and we couldn’t take the call at that time/ and it was all on me).
After this Billy shot me a text asking me why we didn’t want him on-air. I felt awful. Fast forward to the Monday after the Miss USA pageant when M&M wanted to talk to Billy about the pageants controversy. I called Billy and that’s when he started to give me a hard time saying “I see how it is, you only call when you need me?” Billy was tied up at the time and could not come on the show. No biggie, but at that moment I had to completely agree with his comments.
So that brings us to this morning, when M&M wanted to talk to Billy about something that happened on Access Hollywood. I called Billy, and as he usually does he came on the show without hesitation, but I had to pay the price for stiffing him a few weeks ago. Well played Bushy, well played.
Here are four major things that Billy has done for me in the past 8 years:
1) My first interview with Tom Cruise (2002). Tom was in Washington D.C. and I was covering his red carpet arrival. The person who was in charge of the red carpet had me way in the back (a mile away from Tom’s arrival). There was no chance in hell I was going to get a minute with Tom Cruise. Enter Billy, Billy was on the carpet with his Access Hollywood crew and brought me up with him, sure enough I got my time with Tom Cruise. All of the other radio station were to far back to get any time with Tom. We got the radio exclusive.
2) The 2003 Grammy’s. I was in NYC covering the Grammy’s. We were sent to a Grammy pre-party (the night before) that was suppose to have all the stars in attendance and we were told we would get some great interviews for our show. Sure enough when we get to the party there was not a celebrity to be found. After one call to Billy we were soon at a party with Kid Rock, Richie Sambora, Pat O’Brien and others. We got the interviews we needed and our show sounded great.
3) Get a Celebrity to call the show. It was 2004 and we were about to launch a new morning show. My program director told me to get some big names to call the show on day one. So I called Billy and on day one of this new show Billy had Eva Longoria, Donald Trump, and Tommy Lee call in. And this was during the height of the Desperate Housewives popularity.
4) Donald calls Mark and Mercedes. The Apprentice had just wrapped up and there was some controversy with Donald Trump. Billy hooked me up with Donald’s assistant and sure enough - we had Donald Trump on our show the morning after the season finale of The Apprentice.
Here is a picture of me and Richie Sambora from the 2003 Grammy weekend:
Let me count my DB ways!
1) The highlights.
2) The earrings
3) The BLUE corduroy jacket.
4) The matching "car" themes that Richie and I have on our shirts.
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