Show Prep #25

Greetings and Salutations, people. It’s the podcast that tastes great AND is less filling. It’s Vertically Striped Radio. Proud to be the #4 ranked show on the Dameshek Amalgamated Network. Coming to you live from the Vertically Striped Studios in lovely Centennial, Colorado. I am your host Craig Dodge, and I gotta say, as much as October is a wonderful sports month and wonderful month in general, I must say the November pretty much blows. It’s not as bad as February, but it’s up there. If there is a saving grace for November, it’s the fact that it is the home for Thanksgiving. I love Thanksgiving. The football, the days off, the fact I don’t have to buy presents for everyone I know.Thanksgiving rules. All of the enjoyment with none of the crippling expectations.

Have you heard Christmas Carols yet? I was walking to the light rail train this week, and I heard “Have yourself a Merry Little Christmas.” I’m okay with Christmas songs when it’s Christmas time, but if there were such a thing as Thanksgiving Carols it’d be too soon. November 12th is ridiculous.


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We received a piece of news through the email which requires us to do a special segment, and also required us to do a little bit of audio theft. The thievery was for a very necessary segment, so hopefully those wronged won’t hold it against us, but with this new piece of information brought to light by our roving reporter Major Minority, we had to do this…

(Play Clip 17 – LCS Conspiracy Theme)

Via the email, Major Minority sent me this message:
Vertically Striped Radio needs to tackle the issue that's been on everybody's mind in the last couple of weeks: Is Larry Security Guy Irv? To help you along the investigation, I have submitted a short 3 second clip with two sound bites... the 1st voice is Larry calling into Ed's show on July 2nd of this year, the next is Irv. You tell me what you think.

(Play Clip 18 – SGI or Larry?)

As always with conspiracy segments, it’s up to you to decide. I will follow Mike Dell’s lead and not tell you what believe, but simply say, “Investigate and decide for yourself.”

Today on Vertically Striped Radio, We’re going to yap with Trace Smith of the Southeast Sports Beat. We’ll take the pulse of the suddenly slumping Denver Broncos. Stupid criminals abound in the news today. I have a If you feel like calling in, you can be a contestant on the game show that we are debuting today that is sure to be sweeping the nation… “Best of 13!” (D-League or Minor League Hockey), Plus I’ll discuss my outlandish sports movie pitch.

Let’s get to the news…
(Play News Music – Clip 03)

NITRO, W.Va. – A former home improvement store clerk in West Virginia has been charged with discounting $20,000 worth of merchandise to win a man's heart. Nitro police arrested 20-year-old Katie Lynn Smith Thursday on a fraudulent schemes charge. She had worked at Lowe's.
A criminal complaint in county court says a security video shows Smith selling the man a pressure washer worth several hundred dollars for $3.66. That's the price of an 80-pound bag of concrete.
The complaint says Smith admitted incorrectly ringing up nearly $20,000 worth of merchandise in four months for "a male she desired as a boyfriend."
Smith's phone number isn't listed and police spokesman Ray Blake says she doesn't have an attorney yet.
Police couldn't say whether the scheme helped her romantic prospects.

DANVERS, Mass. – Who knew "Meep!" was a four-letter word? The utterance favored by bungling lab assistant Beaker of "The Muppet Show" has been banned at Danvers High School in Massachusetts after students said it to repeatedly interrupt school.
Principal Thomas Murray said the word was part of a disruption planned using Facebook.
The Salem News reports that parents recently got an automated call about "Meep!" from Murray. He warned them that students who said or displayed the word at school could be suspended.
Murray says the warning was needed because students didn't heed his "reasonable request" to stop the meeping.
Danvers High sophomore Melanie Crane says it doesn't mean anything in particular.

HAMILTON, Ohio – A young Cincinnati Bengals fan has been penalized for clipping. Dustin Reader got the NFL team's stripes and "B" insignia cut into his hair as a tribute to the team's good season. When he showed up to school in the southwest Ohio city of Hamilton on Monday, officials put the eighth-grader into in-school suspension. The school said its code of conduct prohibits extreme and distracting hairstyles.
Reader's parents and barber said they don't understand why the haircut is out of bounds. His father said his son just wants to show pride in the 6-2 Bengals.
School officials said he will continue to do his studies away from other students until the hair grows back or he changes the style.
I’ll have the photo of the haircut on VerticallyStripedSocks.com a little later on this afternoon, if you want to see it.


I’m Craig, and that’s the news…(Play News Music – Clip 03)

(Check the phone lines to see if you have any calls)

Interview with Trace:

I've been cyber stalking you through facebook. You have quite the extensive collection of pictures with famous/interesting people and some cool places...Julius Peppers, Bill Simmons, Dameshek, Beto Duran, the Sass, Phil Ford, The Pistons PA guy, the Schwab, you standing in the end zone on what looks like Panthers game day, Jesse Jackson, you at Emirates Stadium (Did you take in an Arsenal game?) I've got to hear at least some of these stories.

Sports guy’s Book of Basketball: What did you have him sign, and what should I have him sign?

Sports related stuff: What in God's name is wrong with Jake Delhomme? The Panthers show signs like going in to Arizona and taking down the NFC Champs, is it too little too late?

What is up with the Hurricanes, they are the league's worst by a bit, how'd they fall apart so quickly, and can they put it back together again?

Is anyone actually a Bobcats fan? I've NEVER met one.

Finally, your Heels...How will the title defense look? (College sports are a bit of a weakness for me, but since you're a UNC kid, we can't NOT talk about it!)

Naturally, you'll need to give me a little bit of good natured ribbing over the way your Cougars slaughtered me last week.

D-League or Minor League Hockey?

D-League
Albuquerque Thunderbirds
Austin Toros
Bakersfield Jam
Dakota Wizards
Erie BayHawks
Fort Wayne Mad Ants
Iowa Energy
Main Red Claws
Sioux Falls Skyforce
Springfield Armor
Idaho Stampede
Los Angeles D-Fenders
Reno Bighorns
Rio Grande Valley Vipers
Tulsa 66ers
Utah Flash

Minor League Hockey
Victoria Salmon Kings
Bakersfield Condors
Bloomington PrairieThunder
Idaho Steelheads
Amarillo Gorillas
Reading Royals
Bossier-Shreveport Mudbugs
Fort Wayne Komets
Wheeling Nailers
Odessa Jackalopes
Florida Everblades
Gwinnett Gladiators
South Carolina Stingrays
Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees (Play in Dodge Arena in Hidalgo, TX)
Battle Creek Revolution
Quad City Mallards



Topics:

-The Over the Top Movie Pitch Contest

-Earl Boykins is back in the NBA with the Wizards!

-Scribblenauts – Interesting video game

-I’m opposed to the hat trick celebration. Under no circumstance am I throwing a 20 to 30 dollar item onto the ice.

-LeBron James is changing his number to 6

-Chad Ochocinco and the $1 bribe: Hilarious!

-Returning to the cereal well, Have you seen Breakfast Blitz cereal in your town?

(Check the phone lines to see if you have any calls)


The Vertically Striped Music Recommendation:
“Cease to Begin” by Band of Horses

The General Specific
Ode to LRC


AMBRIDGE, Pa. – Two western Pennsylvania residents need attorneys and, perhaps, a plumber. Police in Ambridge said they arrested 32-year-old man and a 33-year-old woman after the couple were seen standing — soaking wet — in an alley about 1 a.m. Wednesday.
Police said the couple had tried to steal copper pipes from a vacant apartment building, not realizing that water service was still turned on inside.
Police found two screwdrivers and a knife on the couple, tools that appeared to have been damaged attempting to pry something open. When police went inside the building, they saw water gushing from an overhead pipe.
The couple are in the Beaver County Jail on burglary and other charges. Ambridge is about 20 miles northwest of Pittsburgh.

INDIANA, Pa. – No shoes, no service, no matter. State police said a barefoot man didn't wait for a western Pennsylvania convenience store to open. Instead he smashed the glass door and entered early Wednesday, stealing a large number of scratch-off state lottery tickets.
Trooper Michael Duddy said the suspect may have cuts on his feet from walking on broken glass.
The burglary happened about 3:15 a.m. at the Vennards Crossroads store in White Township, about 45 miles northeast of Pittsburgh.
Police said surveillance video shows the man is likely 45 to 55 years old. He has brown hair and was wearing a dark blue sweat shirt, blue jeans and a blue-and-white ball cap.

TOPEKA, Kan. – Topeka police said a man who was trying to rob a discount cigarette store got stuck in a vent and had to be rescued by firefighters. Police said the man was stuck in a ventilation pipe for about three hours early Thursday. He eventually managed to call his daughter, who called 911.
Firefighters found the man head down in a ventilation pipe and pulled him out. He was taken to a Topeka hospital and will be charged after he is released.
Police Lt Chuck Haggard said the burglar "wasn't very cat-like."