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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

Monday, September 7, 2009

WLKN Morning Show Archive 09/08

9/30/08-Here's what we talked about this morning:

  • It's the last day of September and I am wearing the first sweater of the season.
  • Your family wants to go out to eat, but you want them to eat healthy. Where are the healthiest places to eat? Right here. Thank goodness for me Olive Garden and Denny's made the list.
  • Food companies know your dollars are tight. That's why they will encourage you to buy lost cost, basic foods rather than the more upscale products that people have been buying the last few years. The trend toward premium, deluxe or gourmet foods is pretty much over, thanks to the tight ecomomy. I guess you'll be using iceberg lettuce now instead of Boston or Arugula. It's win-win for the food companies as profits are higher on basic foods.

9/29/08-Here's what we talked about this morning

  • Congratulations to the Milwaukee Brewers, your 2008 NL Wildcard. The Bre, wers beat the Cubs while the Mets lost to Florida. The Brewers return to the post season for the first time since 1982. I think this is the first time I've seen the Brewers headlines bigger than the Packers headlines on a Monday morning. The Brewers meet the Phillies in Philadelphia on Wednesday.
  • Tina Fey made a repirse appearance as Republican Vice Presidental candidate Sarah Palin on Saturday Night Live. It will be interesting to see if they do anything next weekend after Thursday's Vice-Presidential debate.
  • Actor Paul Newman passed away over the weekend at the age of 83. He was many things besides an actor including a race car owner, a chef and a philanthropist. He had one of the longest and most stable marriages in Hollywood with his fifty year union with actress Joanne Woodward. He appeared in several great movies including "Cat on a Hot T, in Roof", "Somebody Up There Likes Me", "The Hustler" "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid", "The Color of Money" and many, many more. He lived a truly awesome life. Here's an audio tribute to him created by a radio station in Cincinnati (no, not WKRP).

9/26/08-Here's what we talked about this morning:

9/25/08-Here's what we talked about this morning:

9/24/08-Here's what we talked about this morning:

9/23/08-Here's what we talked about this morning:

9/22/08-Here's what we talked about this morning:

9/19/08-Here's what we talked about this morning:

  • New York Police were throwing the bull yesterday---literally. A bull was loose in Queens and led the cops on a nine block chase. No word if he was wea, ring a sign that said "Eat More Chikin".
  • Forbes has once again put out their list of the richest people in the USA. No surprise that Bill Gates is first and Warren Buffet is second. Once again, I did not make the list.
  • Another list I will probably never make is the best dressed women of the year which includes singer Fergie and Michelle Obama.

9/18/08-Here's what we talked about this morning:

  • Two women were heading down the highway in Michigan when they were flagged down by a stranded motorist who had run out of gas. Normally, you probably wouldn't stop at night to pick someone up, but these ladies knew who the guy was: Ty Penni, ngton!
  • Somebody hacked into Sarah Palin's Yahoo e-mail accounts and posted her passwords on the internet for a couple of hours yesterday. John McCain responded by asking "What's e-mail?"
  • A former aide to Cuba's ex-dictator Fidel Castro claims Castro has had intimate relations with around 35,000 women. He says Castro would have relations after lunch and again after dinner and that Castro's staff (no pun intended) would troll the beaches daily looking for the next contestant on "Fun with Fidel." It's good to be king.

9/17/08-Here's what we talked about this morning:

  • Here's a new kitchen device for your friend or relative that has everythi, ng. It's a scanning toaster that puts a picture, logo or text on any piece of toast. Before you head out to Kohl's to purchase it for Christmas, you ought to know that it is still in development. I love kitchen gadgets. Princess says that when we move someday, we'll need a truck just for my kitchen stuff.
  • A woman in Texas was arrested after biting her boyfriend and threatening him with a sword after he didn't wash the dishes. If this becomes a trend, every man in America is in mortal danger.
  • A man in Australia tried to rescue a Koala in a tree by ramming the tree with his SUV. Police were not amused. The man said he was not afraid of the tree because he knew that its bark was worse than its bite. (Be here all week folks, try the veal)

9/16/08-Here's what we talked about this morning:

9/15/08-Here's what we talked about this morning:

  • If you were planning to attend the opening of the new ABBA museum in Stockholm, you might want to delay your travel. I don't know if it's Waterloo, but it looks like they are sending out an S.O.S.
  • In Britain, a new speed gun can now track offenders for six miles. In other words, if you are traveling on I-43 between the exit at Highway 28 and the exit at Highway 42, this bad boy could track your entire trip!
  • Saturday Night Live debuted for the season with Tina Fey playing Sarah Palin in a funny, deadly acurate portrayal. If you missed it, here's a transcript, but it's funnier if you watch the video. The much anticipated appearance by Fey as Palin and guest host Michael Phelps boosted SNL to a 64% increase in viewership over last year's opener.

9/12/08-Here's what we talked about this morning:

  • Saturday Night Live launches a new season tomorrow night on NBC. This week's guest host is Olympic swimming c, hampion Michael Phelps with a special appearance by Democratic Presidential Nominee Barach Obama. I can't wait to see what Amy Poehler does with Sarah Palin. Actually, if they want to save money on costumes and hair and makeup, just have Tina Fey drop by to play Palin.
  • I love Google Maps. From your desk top, you can look and see if the guy in the cube next to you has a bigger house than you do or really lives in a mobile home. Seriously, I use it as a tool to find places I am looking for before I drive there so I have half a chance to find them. Once, I was talking to someone about a job and I decided against it after seeing the neighborhood from space. Not everything is clearly seen from space. Here's a list of what might not be.
  • Remember the Judge in DC who sued a dry cleaner for $54 million after they lost his pants? He lost the suit (no pun intended) but has won an appeal. Sadly, his ridiculous suit (again, no pun intended) has caused the dry cleaner t, , o close up shop due to all the money they had to spend on a defense. Oh yes. The judge is now a former judge. He made such a jerk of himself during the first trial he got fired.

9/11/08-Here's what we talked about this morning:

9/10/08-Here's what we talked about this morning:

  • Finding twelve impartial people to try O.J. Simpson in Las Vegas is proving to be a daunting task. Many people interviewed by lawyers for both sides already have strong views on O.J. from his previous trial in the 90's. If I were his defense lawyer, I would demand a change of venue: To Gilligan's Island. That's probably the only place people haven't heard of O.J. before.
  • A man in Missouri got a little drunk and decided to take a look around his neighbor's vacated house-in the buff. He was arrested for buglary. He didn't resist arrest or else they would have to charge him with naked aggression.
  • A Fond Du Lac man has saved every Big Mac receipt he has ever received and estimates he has eaten 23,000 Big Macs since 1972. That averages out to twelve Big Macs a week!

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

  • Give it up for Aaron Rodgers. Under the most extraordinary pressure, the kid was calm, cool and collected in his debut as starting quarterback for the Packers last night. He did a great job in the Packers 24-19 win over Minnesota.
  • It's no secret that dogs will try to eat anything. Anyone who has ever owned a dog has had a TV remote, a slipper, a cell phone, even a pair of glasses turned into a chew toy.&nb, sp; One dog in South Africa had $700 worth of surgery done on it to remove a cell phone that it swallowed whole. Another in California apparently ate crime scene evidence. This did not make William Petersen happy.
  • Which star do you trust the most? In a recent poll, the winners are Oprah and Tom Hanks. Lindsey Lohan didn't make the top ten.
  • On a personal note, happy birthday to Murphy A. Dogg, our big ol' Bishon who is two years old today (or a teenager in dog years)

9/8/08-Here's what we talked about this morning:

  • Chef Emeril Lagasse has agreed to write ten new cookbooks for Ma, rtha Stewart Omni Media. You may recall, Martha bought the rights to Emeril's assets (except his restaurants) earlier this year for $45 million dollars. I can just imagine the comversation: "Well, Emeril, there are other ways you can pay me" "No thanks, Martha, I'll just write the cookbooks."
  • The Chicago Sun-Times introduced the "Obama Clock", a clock with the face of the Democratic nominee's face superimposed over a clock. When the hands of the clock hit noon, Obama is elected, but if they hit 11:30, he's lost. Right now, Barack Obama time is 11:48.
  • Tonight is opening night for the Green Bay Packers as they take on the dreaded Minnesota Vikings. If you are planning a party, n, ote the early kickoff time of 6pm.

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

  • If you are a Favre fanatic going through withdrawal, fear not. Both the Milwaukee and Green Bay CBS affiliates will feed your addiction on Sunday with a broadcast of the Jets-Dolphins game so ou can watch Brett the Jet. Check your local cable lineup for the correct channel in your area.
  • You may recall a story we talked about a couple of weeks ago involving a Grafton woman who was arrested for overdue library books. Not only did she have to pay $30 for the books, she also had to pay $172 in court costs. Now comes word that she might do some fund raising work for the library. Is it just me or is hauling someone off to jail for overdue library books just a bit extreme?
  • If you watched coverage of the Republican convention last night, you may have seen the wife of the nominee, Cindy McCain looking very sharp in her blue outfit (the fashionistas call it saffron.) Before you rush off to find an outfit like it for an upcoming party you are attending, you should know her ent, ire get up, including bling b, ling, runs about $313,000. I don't think my house is worth that much!

9/4/08-Here's what we talked about this morning:

9/3/08-Here's what we talked about this morning:

  • Be careful what you read on the Internet. Some filters scramble even acceptable words. Don't buttsume what you are buttsimilating is very buttstute.
  • The hot new thing thieves are after? Beer Kegs.
  • A couple of memorable people have left us. Jerry Reed, who many remember from the "Smokey and the Bandit" movies in the 70's was also a terrific song writer and singer. Besides the theme from "Smokey and the Bandit" Reed penned such tunes as "Amos Mos, es", "When You're Hot, You're Hot", "Lord Mister Ford" and "She Got The Goldmine, (I Got The Shaft.)" In fact, that last song was playing in heavy rotation at the first radio job I ever had.
  • You may not know his face, but you sure know his voice. Don LaFontaine was a prolific voice over artist, doing thousands of movie trailers and hundreds of commercials, including a rare on camera appearance in a recent Geico commerical. He passed away yesterday at the age of 68.

9/2/08-Here's what we talked about this morning:

  • Give it up for Jerry Lewis. The 82 year-old entertainer and tireless fund raiser put another $65 million in the pot for MDA yesterday.
  • A man in England pled , guilty to charges of faking his own death to collect insurance money. He was caught when he continued to pay taxes and work under his own name. H, e must have , missed the memo about when you fake your own death you are supposed to disappear.
  • A British grocery chain has been accosted by the grammar police. The chain will now have an "up to ten items" lane instead of a "ten items or less" lane. It still doesn't prevent the person in front of you from having thirteen items, spending five minutes digging through her purse and writing a check while asking four times "How much was that for?"
  • Today is the first day of school for most students in Sheboygan, Manitowoc and Calument counties. It's also the first time in many years my wife Princess can sleep in, not having to worry about getting sh, ook awake to "Mama, I missed the bus again!"
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