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Monday, 11/26 --
We are sorry to report that JC’s father passed away last Wednesday at the age of 85. We shall address this more on Tuesday morning on The Showgram. Here’s a photo of the Corcoran men on 8/8/88, the first night game at Wrigley Field:
Congratulations to the Mizzou Tigers! And dang those silly coaches, they don’t know who they’re voting for or why they’re voting. (I heard that the coaches themselves don’t actually vote; that it’s their staff).
Q: What do you get if you drive by the KU campus real slow?
A: A degree.
Q: What does it say on the bottom of soda bottles in Kansas?
A: Open other end.
Q: What do you call a person from KU in a three-piece suit?
A: The defendant.
Q: What's the difference between a litter of puppies and KU fans?
A: Eventually puppies grow up and stop whining.
Q: What does the average KU player get on his SATs?
A: Drool.
Q: Why did they have to cancel the Christmas play at KU last year?
A: They couldn't find 3 wise men and a virgin.
Q: What is the difference between a KU cheerleader and a catfish?
A: One has whiskers and smells, the other is a fish.
Q: Did you hear that KU has found a new use for sheep?
A: Wool.
Q: What do KU cheerleaders and tornadoes have in common?
A: Both end up in trailer parks.
Q: Did you hear about the KU athlete that won a Gold Medal in the
Olympics?
A: He was so happy, he had it bronzed.
Q: How do you run a small business?
A: Start with a large business and put a KU grad in charge.
Q: Why do KU students hang their diplomas from their rearview mirrors?
A: So they can park in the handicapped spot.
Q: Why doesn't KU have ice on the sidelines?
A: The guy with the recipe graduated.
Q: How many KU freshmen does it take to change a light bulb?
A: None, it's a sophomore class.
Now just take those & exchange OU for KU and you, the listener, can use them next weekend.
“Giving him the business.” ACC official Ron Cherry gives a descriptive reason why he called a penalty in the 11.24.07 game between the Maryland Terrapins and the NC State Wolfpack.
Perhaps it was just a Ben Dreith homage. Dreith is also known among football fans for his unique explanation of a personal foul penalty during a 1986 game between the Buffalo Bills and the New York Jets. After the Jets' Marty Lyons (misidentified as Mark Gastineau during Dreith's call) tackled Bills quarterback Jim Kelly to the ground and started to repeatedly punch him in the head, Dreith announced to the crowd:
“We have a personal foul, on number 99 of the defense, after he tackled the quarterback; he's giving him the business down there, that's a 15-yard penalty.”
Tomorrow night we’ll all be at Cyrano’s for Dining Out for Life. Cyrano’s is at 603 East Lockwood and their phone number is 314.963.3232. Learn more here.
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Eagles were on “60 Minutes” last night. They didn’t talk about their album’s distribution center or dipping their toe in the world of country music.
We talked to Mike Reno from Loverboy on the air this morning.
He wouldn’t tell us whose bottom is on Get Lucky, but he did tell us that the fingers don’t belong to the bottom. Laurie’s first announcing job for a radio station was Loverboy at the Missouri State Fair. Almost Paradise from Footloose was done in one take with Ann Wilson. Their new album is Just Gettin' Started and only available at the same place as The Eagles’ new album.
Although uncommon in humans, some hairballs have been reported, often in young girls as a result of some eating disorders. In 2003, a 3-year old girl in Red Deer, Alberta, Canada had a grapefruit-sized hairball surgically removed from her stomach. In 2004, an 18-year-old woman from McAdam, New Brunswick, Canada had a 5-lb hairball surgically removed from her lower intestine. Hairballs can be quite hazardous in humans, since hair cannot be digested or passed by the human gastrointestinal system, and (assuming it is identified) even vomiting may be ineffective at removing the hair mass. This can result in the general impairment of the digestive system.
Paul McCartney & Rosanna Arquette and John Waite & Allison Kraus – hell yeah!
Black Friday was the busiest … plumbing day of the year.
Things to stop doing in your 20s (according Main Sun Journal):
Binge drinking
Smoking
Using tanning beds
Using credit cards without care
Turning up your iPod too loud
Dave said no snow, but maybe an ice storm. It’s really too early to tell.
Who’d We See
Me: Friday – after the Galleria broadcast, I had Saint Louis Blues hockey. After the game I hung out with Bruce Affleck until midnight and we talked about many things that I can’t talk about here.
Saturday – Prepared the house for my 14th annual Christmas party (which is in 2 weeks) while also watching the Mizzou game.
Sunday – Football (where Steven Jackson says I lost the game for the Rams), then hockey (where Steven Jackson says I won the game for the Blues). After the game I had a very nice conversation with Phil Myre & his wife Nicole. Phil was the Blues goalie from 1977 until 1979; he’s now a scout for the Florida Panthers. Then I went home and helped put my daughter to bed.
JC: Friday – after the Galleria broadcast, he went to Chicago to make arrangements for his father’s funeral.
Saturday – he took Triple C to Ikea.
Sunday – came back & had takeout from Brio. A young woman caught his eye; she was Julie, formerly from River City Broadcasting. She once lost the boss’ car. Julie & her family were having dinner & consoling Gus Frerotte.
John: Friday – after the Galleria broadcast, one of his girls had a 3pm soccer game.
Saturday – more soccer and his daughter's team won the tournament. That evening he watched the Missouri game with Mark Imo & Don “DJ” Johnson (a MU alum).
Sunday - tailgating & then shopping at Plaza Frontenac where he saw Becky, Queen of Carpet & Jim Edmonds (not together).
Laurie: Friday – after the Galleria broadcast, she had a remote at National City with a windblown cash machine.
Saturday – Another National City remote and then she spent the day painting her guest room. She didn’t take out the furniture, she’s moving it around as she paints. She regrets that decision. Then she also watched the football game.
Sunday – She realizes why the bloom of the rose has been lost for her for professional football. She doesn’t like the fact that “understudies” were in the football game. She has this wonderful, but unlikely, idea of a sliding scale of ticket prices when the starters don’t start & then finish the game.
Captain Carl’s Buried Treasure was “Green ham has no chemicals & is for Christmas, not Thanksgiving.” The JoY was “Cheney’s Got a Gun” not by Aerosmith. The 3fA was Badfinger. The Vault “Take Me to the Top” by Loverboy. Finally, Laurence Fishburne & Angela Bassett starred in What’s Love Got to Do with It?
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