WLKN Morning Show Blog Archive 11/07

11/30/07-Here's what we talked about this morning:

• Showing an admirable sense of humor, John Fogerty cracks up an audiencewhen he changes the lyrics to his own song.
• It's a sad thing when sports fans vandalize animals.Clemson fans painted a local resident's dog orange.Now he looks like Scooby Doo.
• A man walked in a convenience store in Oklahoma, grabbed a 30 pack of beer and saluted the clerk on the way out.The incident gives new meaning to the phrase, this is a stick up. . .
• A woman in Englandjust finished up her photo shoot as "Miss November" for a nude charity calendar.Did we mention she was 101 years old?

11/29/07-Here's what we talked about this morning:

• The man who wrote t, he Christmas song "Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer, apparently wants to run over the guy he sold the character writes to his song to.Elmo Shropshire says he still owns the song and an attempt to put it in a commercial violates the agreement he has with a marketing company.Can't we all just get along?
• A drunken Moose is wander, ing the streets of Alaska getting his antl, ers tangled in Christmas lights.,,Locals are calling the moose ", Buzzwinkle.", Even ,,I couldn't ma, k, e something like that up.

11/28/07-Here's what we talked about this morning:

• In Sweden, they are building a restaurant , and gathering center...that looks like a moose!No word yet if Boris and Natasha will be making reserva, tions.
• On our "Weird Criminals, " segment, there's the Minnesota Bicycle thief who stole a bicycle in the buff.Man, not only is that seat cold, it has to hurt! (I guess there are a million stories in the Naked City.)And in Knoxville, TN, there was the story of the stop light cameras that were shot out.Some peop, le will do anything to avoid a ticket.
• It looks like Paul McCartney may have a new squeeze, actress Roseanna Arquette.The good news is, she probably has her own money.

11/27/07-Here are some things we talked about this morning.Our theme was "unique Christmas gifts"

• The Weather Channel has gone into the music business with a collection of "smooth jazz", featuring, among others, Lake 98.1's Dave Koz.A lot of the music is what they run in the background when you get your weather on the 8's.
• For that special beer drinker on your list, how about one of the three most expensive beers in the world.And, ,I thought Coors was overpriced!
• Have you ever seen Ron Popiel do an infomercial?Do you own any of his products?I do.Here's some products that you can order from Ron Popiel.
• One of my favorite food network hosts,Emeril Lagasse,is getting put in the deep freeze by the network.I love the way that Emeril teaches technique on his show "Emeril Live."I'll miss it when they replace it with (no!) Sandra Lee. Yikes!

11/26/07-We're back at it after several days of being barricaded in the house with nothing but leftover turkey and football games.

Here are some things we talked about this morning:

• Several residents of Manitowoc county received automated messages over the weekend telling them their credit cars had been suspended and offering them an 800 number to call and correct the problem.THIS IS A FRAUD!!! If you get a call like that, police say HANG UP THE PHONE IMMEDIATELY.If you get an e-mail like that from your bank (or E-Bay or Pay Pal) DELETE IT!Authorities say that if you ever have any questions regarding your bank account or credit card status, call the bank directly and talk to an authorized customer service representative.Many of the larger banks offer 24/7 customer service (my bank do, es.)
• Christmas is supposed to be the season of Peace on Earth and goodwill to men.Unfortunately, some mothers at an Orange County, CA shopping mall didn't get the memo.
• When we go out to eat, we order anything we want because most menus don't have caloric content on them.Besides, we're out to enjoy ourselves and we don't want to think about diets, we can do that in the morning. Men's Health Magazine has created a list of the twenty worst foods you can eat while at a restaurant.Some of these things listed are downright scary when you find out the caloric content.If you've had anything on this list in the last 24 hours, please drop and give me fifty after your ten mile run.
• A couple in Sweden has been reunited with their dog after she was taken from a kennel.They had to drive 250 miles to pick her up, but that didn't seem to bother them.

11/23/07-You've no,doubt heard me talk about our dogs, so I thought I would introduce them to you.

Murphy (in front) is a 14 month old full bred Bichon Frise.We rescued him from the shel, ter after we met him at a local pet store.We've had him for about six weeks.

Butkus, who turns two tomorrow (November 24) is a Bichon Poo.I gave him to Princess for a birthday present in April of 2006.

Both of our dogs are very well behaved and love to play.They also love to sit on me.

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11/22/07-Happy Turkey day!I hope your bounty turned out as good as ours did.

11/21/07-With the writer's strike in Hollywood, networks may have to purchase previously written scripts from back in the 60's to provide new programming.Are you ready for a modern day Green Acres?

11/20/07-Boy, it's starting to get busy.Almost time for the big feast on Thursday.How are you doing?I have my cornbread made and sitting out on the counter and as soon as I get done writing this blog, I'm going to put my stuffing together.I am also making the cranberry sauce tonight to get it in the fridge and out of the way until Thursday.

Here's what we talked about this morning:

• Did you know that Sting got his name from the rugby jersey he used to wear while performing?And, that he was an English English teacher?If you do, you spend too much time looking things up on the internet.
• The Brits have developed a car that runs on chocolate.Not exactly the stuff you eat when you get depressed, but it is chocolate.The good news is we may have found an alternative fuel.The bad news is, Hershey bars will soon cost $15 a pop.
&, lt;, LI>Two semi-famous celebrities have left us. Dick Wilson, the famous grocer Mr. Whipple who didn't want his customers to squeeze the Charmin was 91 and Sigrid Valdis, who played Helga on "Hogan's Heroes" and later married the star of that show, Bob Crane, died at 73.
• A new study shows men actually act dumb around blondes.I always thought it was the other way around.
• Our only TV Tune Trivia song today was the theme from Bonanza.My Uncle Seymour was a huge Bonanza fan.He also worked for Chevy, Bonanza's primary sponsor.In order to get us kids to be quiet while he watched Bonanza, he told us that every Monday, his boss gave a quiz on the commerc, ials , and if he flunked, he would get fired.We were all very quiet during the show because we wanted Uncle Seymour to keep his job. That's a true story, by the way.

11/19/07-Thanks to all who came out to Memorial Mall on Saturday and helped us wake up Santa.It was a lot of fun and I look forward to doing it next year!

Here are some things we talked about this morning:

• How many episodes does your favorite TV show have left before they run out due to the writers strike?Find out here.
• Our three TV tunes this morning were: "Leave it to Beaver", "Quincy M.E." and "Perry Mason."Than, ks to everyone who played.More tickets to Ski Brule tomorrow morning around 6:40.
• Do you know where the band T'Pau (Heart & Soul) gets its' name?From a Vulcan High Priestess from Star Trek, TOS?Don't believe me?Check it out for yourself!
• I'm beginning my Thanksgiving dinner preparations TONIGHT!All of the experts say to do as much as you can BEFORE the great day comes to help de-stress your dinner.Tonight, I'm making cornbread for my Southern style cornbread dressing (it has to dry out for 24 hours) and chopping the celery, onions, mushrooms and Andouille sausage to put it in it when I put it together tomorrow.If you've never tried Andouille Sausage in your dressing, it's AWESOME!We make Southern style things at our house because my wife, Princess, is from Alabama.And no, I don't deep fry the turkey, although the best turkey I ever had was cooked on a spit over a grill!

11/16/07--Here are some of the things we talked about this morning on Lake 98.1:

• A herd of cows make like a Chic Fil-A commercial and escape down a highway.Surely, John Walsh will have more on America's Mooost wanted.
• The sta, te of Tennessee may destroy perfectly good whiskey.Nooooo!Then disk jockeys all over the country will have high voices!
• Saturday morning at 9:30am, Lake 98.1 will be at Memorial Mall to help wake up Santa Claus.Kids are invited to bring noisemakers, pots and pans and their loudest outdoor voice to try and get Santa up and going for the holiday season.I look forward to seeing you there!

11/15/07-I promised you another idea for your Thanksgiving table and here it is.

Last year, I was watching Tyler Florence's Thanksgiving special , and he made this cranberry-orange sauce from scratch.I have always eaten my cranberry sauce out of the can (I'm a whole berry sauce person, thank-you very much) but I figured I'd try it.

Unbelievable and easy to make.The most important thing is to not hurry the cranberries in doing their thing as it takes longer then he has stipulated in the recipe (at least on my stove.)Personally, I prefer the fresh cranberries as they pack a lot more taste!

It's just something else to try and make the jaws at your table drop and the pallets sing with joy!This is something you can make a couple days ahead of time, just hide it from the hungry teens in your house!

11/14/07-This is one of my favorite times of year because of my passion for cooking.I love to cook and in our house, I am da man at Thanksgiving.I have collected a lot of great Thanksgiving Recipes on-line and in cookbooks over the years.

One of the coolest things that I learned wa, s how to br, ine a turkey.By brining, you guarantee that your turkey turns out moist inside and out.It may come out so moist that you won't even need gravy.And, the more moist your bird is the better it will be as it will still be moist when you reheat it for leftovers.

So, with that said, I'm giving you a link to my one of my culinary heroes, Alton Brown's Foodnetwork web site. , <, This is his recipe for roast turkey, which includes the brining method. I made Thanksgiving dinner for my parents last year (tough crowd, too) and my mom was totally wowed by how good the turkey was.Trust me, this will make you a hero in your house!

I have a few other ideas for your Thanksgiving table as well and I'll share another one with you tomorrow!