About The Lake 98.1 Morning Show

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Chip Ramsey is the former host of the Lake 98.1 morning show
Over the course of his almost five years at Lake 98.1, Chip wrote a daily blog. This is an archive of those blogs.
Chip is now Program Director of WNSP, Mobile, AL

Sunday, June 7, 2009

WLKN Morning Show Archive 5/08

5/31/08-Here's a programming note for Monday. Chris Helminiak and I are switching shifts so that I can attend my daughter's high school graduation Sunday in Southern Indiana. Thanks Chris!

5/30/08-Here's what we talked about this morning:

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5/28/08-Here's what we talked about this morning:

  • Famed TV and mov, ie composer Earle Hagen has passed away at the age of 88. Hagen is probably best remembered for a little tune called "The Fishin' Hole" which was the theme to,"The Andy Griffith Show." And yes, that was Hagen doing the whistling. He also co-wrote the jazz piece "Harlem Nocturne" which became the theme of one of my all-time favorite TV shows, "Mickey Spi, llane's Mike Hammer."
  • Milwaukee will unveil "The Bronze Fonz" statue in a ceremony set for August 19th. The statue is a tribute to Fonzie, a character from the 1970's sitcom "Happy Days." Many of the shows stars are expected to attend the ceremony as are stars from the spin-off "Laverne and Shirley." Two stars who won't be attending will be Ron Howard, who,is working on a new film and big brother Chuck who went MIA af, ter,the first season of the show. Makes you want to say "ayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy."

5/27/08-Here's what we talked about this morning:

5/23/08-Here's what we talked about this morning:

5/22/08-Here's what we talked about this morning:

5/21/08-Here's what we talked about this morning:

5/20/08-Here's what we talked about this morning:

  • It looks like you haven't seen the last of new editions of Emeril Live! As did Mario Batali and Wolfgang Puck, Emeril will be moving to the Fine Living Network beginning in July. It is a sister network of "The Food Network" which means old chefs never die, they just get moved to FLN. My guess is that Food Network is moving the more upscale chefs to FLN and keeping the "regular cooks" like Rachel Ray, Paula Deen, (ugh) Sandra Lee and Tyler Florence to reach a less upscale and more blue collar demographic. As much as I love Emeril, most of the time what he puts on the table is way over my head and my budget (sure, I can find clams in Wisconsin.)
  • What 1961 predictions about tech, nology came true in 2000? Compare and contrast here.
  • Tonight is a big night on TV with the finals of "Dancing with the Stars", the final voting in "American Idol" and the final new episode ever of Shark starring James Woods. Okay, Shark not so much.

5/19/08-Here's what we talked about this morning:

5/16/08-Here's what we talked about this morning:

5/14/08-Here's what we talked about this morning:

5/13/08-Here's what we talked about this morning:

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5/9/08-Here's what we talked about this morning:

  • We made our final Kwik Trip world tour stop yesterday at the Business Drive location in Sheboygan. Thanks to Ellen and her crew for making us feel so welcome. And thanks to all of the Kwik Trip employees in Chilton, New Holstein, Manitowoc, Kiel, Plymouth and Sheboygan for working hard every day to make visiting a Kwik Trip store a great consumer experience. That's me talking folks, not the script.
  • A woman has sued the city of Norwalk, Conn&nbs, p;because her son stepped in dog droppings and it ruined their trip to the museum. The city attorney says "poop happens" and strongly encourages the woman to get over it.
  • I've been going to ball games since I was eight years old and the only time I ever came close to catching a foul ball was when my friend caught one on a bounce and I dived on top of him to protect him from everybody else that was about to pile on him (btw the foul ball was hit by former Brewer Bob Gates, number 21 on your scorecard and in your heart.) At Dodger stadium in LA, two fans sitting in adjoining seatshad foul balls hit to them on CONSECUTIVE PITCHES. You have better odds at winning the Powerball drawing.
  • The burial of a woman in Montreal, Canada has been postponed because her burial plot apparently is owned by someone else. Proof again that in death you need a plot and a plan.

5/8/08-Here's what we talked about this morning:

  • Our Kwik Trip world tour stops at our final location, on South Business Drive in Sheboygan. We'll be there from 11-1. Thanks to Sherri and her crew at the Calumet Drive location for their hospitality yesterday. A bigger thanks to Mother Nature for holding off the rain.
  • Star Jones is a little hot at former "The View" co-star Barbara Walters who took a few shots at Jones in her newly published memoir. Jones says it's sad to see Barbara like this in "sunset of her life." Maybe Dr. Phil can swoop in and settle this.
  • Here's the perfect job for my teenage step-daughter. NASA will pay people $17,000 for 90 days JUST TO LAY IN BED. It's part of an experiment designed to combat the effects of weightlessness over prolonged periods. For anyone who likes to hit the snooze button several times, contact NASA post haste!
  • Last night, Jason Castro was sent home on "American Idol." That leaves three finalists left for those keepin, g score at home.

5/7/08-Here's what we talked about this morning:

5/6/08-Here's what we talked about this morning:

  • Our Kwik Trip world tour continues between 11-1 in Plymouth. Thanks to Kris and her crew at the Menasha Ave. location in Manitowoc for their hospitality yesterday. Special thanks to Shelia, the sample lady, for allowing me to try some of their delicious "Kwik Stix" product.
  • Cartoonist Ted Key has passed away at the age of 95. Key was the guy who created "Hazel" for the Saturday Evening Post and later TV. What I didn't know is that he also created Mr. Peabody and Sherman for the "Rocky and Bullwinkle Show." Rocky and Bullwinkle was my favrorite cartoon growing up and Mr. Peabody contributed to my love of all things history.
  • A woman was evicted from her home in Englad after she let the weeds grow too high for her neighbors liking. If my neighbors find out, they will be loading up a moving van in my driveway by the time I get home.
  • A boy from Connecticut who has worn a Brett Favre jersey every day for over four yearshas finally retired it. It seems it was becoming more of a Brett Favre half shirt.

5/5/08-Here's what we talked about this morning:

5/2/08-Here's what we talked about this morning:

5/1/08-Here's what we talked about this morning:

  • Our Kwik Trip world tour continues this morning at Kwik Trip on Meadow Lane in Manitowoc. Thanks to Jeffery and his crew at the Hamilton St. location for their hospitality yesterday. Debra, the sample lady, turned us on to Kwik Trip's Tornados, which is sort of like an egg roll burrito. Based on my description of them, I was ordered to bring some back to the radio station for further analysis.
  • A couple of weird criminals are in the news. The first is a woman in San Diego was a normal, suburban mom of three kids. Except she had a prison record. In 1975. And she had escaped from jail. If this doesn't make it into an episode of "Desperate Housewives", nothing will! Meanwhile, a guy in the Chicago suburb of Lake Villa had to take his son to a tennis lesson. So he landed his airplane on a golf course. At least he didn't make his son parachute out of the plane!
  • Yesterday, we told you how much Carly Simon liked Brooke on "American Idol." Carly was probably disappointed last night when it was Brooke's turn to get sent home. I guess they won't be having "Carly Simon Week" anytime soon!
  • Most of us like our ribs with a slightly smokey flavor, but these ribs got kicked up a few too many notches. Emeril Lagasse wept openly when he heard the news.
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