Show Prep #27

Greetings and Salutations, people. It’s the radio show that has no clue who killed JFK, this is Vertically Striped Radio. I am your host, Craig Dodge, and today on VSR let’s focus on what we’re thankful for. Me, I’ve got a whole bunch of things. I’m thankful that BlogTalkRadio is a free service, I’m thankful that the National League hasn’t adopted the designated hitter yet, I’m thankful that the Broncos busted their slump on Thanksgiving by thumping the Giants, I’m thankful for brisket over turkey this thanksgiving, I’m thankful that Denver has four major professional teams, and I’m thankful that you have decided to tune us in. Our download numbers keep growing, which must mean we’re doing something right, or else Jerry Fairish is just downloading the show a bunch of times to make me feel better. Either way, I’m happy!

Today on Vertically Striped Radio, We’ll revisit another Great moment in the history of BlogTalkRadio, We’ve got a fun magnificent seven list…seven fantastic football coach Press-Conference Freak-Outs, We’ll discuss whether LeBron should change his number, of course we’ll have the news and it’s a Willie Mays version of the Vertically Striped Music Recommendation…that’s right! Let’s play two!, and if you’d like to call in to participate and share what you’re thankful for, you can do so by calling…


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Let’s get to the news…



METHUEN, Mass. – A Massachusetts woman who recently separated from her husband and had her hours cut at work says an image of Jesus Christ she sees on her iron has reassured her that "life is going to be good."
Mary Jo Coady first noticed the image Sunday when she walked into her daughter's room.
The brownish residue on the bottom of the iron looks like the face of a man with long hair.
The 44-year-old Coady was raised Catholic. She and her two college-age daughters agree that the image looks like Jesus and is proof that "he's listening."
Coady tells The Eagle-Tribune she hopes her story will inspire others during the holidays. She says she plans to keep the iron in a closet and buy a new one.

WARSAW, Poland – Visitors to Warsaw's zoo are being greeted by two "Homo sapiens" peering out from a cage — humans in animal skins trying to spark interest in man's caveman ancestors.
Organizer Maria Mastalerz says the weeklong "performance" aims to attract interest in a play, "Caveman," showing in the Polish capital. But she says it also carries a message that humans today are not all that different from their prehistoric ancestors.
Dressed in furs and animal skins, the young woman and man smoked a fish over a fire Friday, poking it with a stick, or stared from behind bars at startled zoo visitors.
The display runs through Sunday.

CARY, N.C. – Police said a North Carolina man rammed his car into a hot dog stand when the vendor refused to sell him a hot dog and drink for a dollar. WRAL-TV reported 23-year-old David Kelbaugh of Rolesville was charged Wednesday with assault with a deadly weapon, hit-and-run, driving while intoxicated and injury to property. Police said Kelbaugh was drinking at a bar in Cary early Wednesday when he left to order food at the hot dog stand.
Kelbaugh asked for a hot dog and a drink for one dollar and the vendor told him that wasn't enough money.
Police said Kelbaugh yelled at the vendor, got in his car and rammed the hot dog stand twice. The vendor was treated for back injuries. His name was not released.
Kelbaugh fled and was later arrested. He's been released on $6,000 bond.

BOULDER, Colo. – Authorities say a man in Colorado apparently tried to steal an ATM by hauling it away with a truck.
The plan didn't work. The alleged attempted theft of the free-standing, outdoor ATM in Boulder set off an alarm early Wednesday morning. When police arrived they found the ATM on its side about 15 feet from its foundation outside a Chase Bank. No money had been taken.
Surveillance photos show a man hooking the ATM's chain to the back of a U-Haul truck. The truck, which had been reported as stolen, was discovered a short distance away later that day.
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I’m Craig, and that’s the news…(Play News Music – Clip 03)


MAIN TOPIC: Magnificent 7 Press Conference Freak-outs!

7. Bill Callahan – We’ve got to be the dumbest team in America (Clip 21)
6. Jim Mora – Diddly Poo (Clip 22)
5. John McKay – Well, we didn’t block well, but we made up for it by not tackling
(Clip 23)
1 – A reporter asked him…How do you feel about your team’s excecution? – He replied, "I'm all in favor of it."
2 - On an interception thrown by Steve DeBerg in 1984 that cost the Bucs a game against the Giants - "It was thrown to nobody. Well, it was thrown to somebody, Harry Carson. But he happened to be playing for the New York Giants at the time. It would have been a good pass if Harry had been playing for us."
3 - After a particularly heavy loss - "The bus leaves in an hour - anyone who needs a shower, take one."
4 - On losing a key game - "I told our players that there were 700 million Chinese people in the world who didn't even know the game was played. The next week, I got five letters from China asking "What happened?"
5 - After the Bucs broke their 26-game losing streak - "Three or four plane crashes and we're in the playoffs."
6 - On recruiting his son John to play for USC and then the Bucs - "I had an advantage - I slept with his mother."
7 - On the prospect of a late-season trip to Green Bay - "Going there is like winning the 98th prize in a beauty contest with only 97 prizes."
8 - On hearing how Buc kicker Pete Rajecki was nervous about McKay watching him in the 1976 pre-season - "That's unfortuntate as I plan on attending all the games."
9 - At a post-game press conference in 1976 "You guys don't know the difference between a football and a bunch of bananas."
10 - The following week after a media member has dropped off a case of bananas at his door - "You guys don't know the difference between a football and a Mercedez-Benz."

4. Herm Edwards – You play to win the game! (Clip 24)

3. Jim Mora – Playoffs? (Clip 25)








2. Mike Gundy – I’m a man, I’m 40 – (Clip 26)
-By a mother of children.
-Has to have been written by someone who doesn’t have a child
-Holds up the newspaper and half of it falls to the ground
-He starts staring at Jenny Carlson
-He’s FAT!
-That’s why I don’t read the newspaper, cuz it’s GARBAGE. (He may actually be
illiterate)
-I’m a man, I’m 40
-That ain’t true!
-Makes me want to puke
-Somehow he actually GOT APPLAUSE!?!?

1. Denny Green – The Bears are who we thought they were. (Clip 27)


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Great Moments in the History of BlogTalkRadio.com – Clip 14 (Great Moments Theme) Clip 19 (15,000 Pieces of cheese)

Topics:

-Mike Shanahan – To the Bills? Why would he do this?

-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 – Wants to retire 23 across the NBA to honor MJ.


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The Vertically Striped Music Recommendation:
Barenaked Ladies “Rock Spectacle” (1996)


For the second straight week, I’m going to go back to the 90’s and another of my favorite albums of all time. Rock Spectacle is a live album from the Barenaked Ladies from 1996 before they started to make it big with their song “One Week” which also doubles as one of their worst songs, in my opinion. I love BNL, especially their early nineties stuff, and Rock Spectacle is some of their best stuff done after they have had a chance to master it even better than when it was released on their albums. There is an awesome version of “Jane” on here, along with a great version of “Brian Wilson” and the absolute best version I’ve heard of their song “Life, in a nutshell” and one of my favorite songs by BNL ever “When I fall.” I like just about everything about this album including the outtakes of them joking to the crowd, which is a staple of their live shows. And of course, “Straw Hat and Old Dirty Hank”

In fact, I like this album so much, I couldn’t decide what song to play…so I’m going to cheat as I occasionally do, and do a Willie Mays…yup, let’s play 2! I’m going to start with “Life, in a nutshell” and then finish with “Straw Hat and Old Dirty Hank” and I almost wanted to play “When I fall” too, but I decided to keep it at just two songs, otherwise I might start playing the whole album.

Thanks…

Shalom and good evening to you all… (Clip 18 – Life in a nutshell and Clip 17 – Straw Hat and Old Dirty Hank)


SAN LUIS, Colo. – A creepy string of calf mutilations in southern Colorado has a rancher and sheriff's officials mystified.
Four calves were found dead in a pasture just north of the New Mexico state line in recent weeks. The dead calves had their skins peeled back and organs cleared from the rib cage. One calf had its tongue removed.
But rancher Manuel Sanchez has found no signs of human attackers, such as footprints or ATV tracks. And there are no signs of an animal attack by a coyote or mountain lion. Usually predators leave pools of blood or drag marks from carrying away the livestock.
Two officers from the Costilla County Sheriff's Office have investigated the mutilations but say they don't know what's killing the calves.
"There's nothing really to go by," said Sanchez, who's ranched for nearly 50 years. "I can't figure it out."
A spokesman for the sheriff's office told The Pueblo Chieftain that investigators doubt a person butchered the calves because there is no blood at the scene.
"I've butchered a cow before and I know what kind of a mess it leaves," Sgt. James Chavez said.
Some in the area believe the mutilations are the work of aliens. An area UFO chaser, Chuck Zukowski of Colorado Springs, has been to the Costilla County pasture to investigate.
He told the paper there have been other unexplained calf mutilations in the area, including three in March. One of the other calves, found dead on a ranch near Trinidad, had its ears removed, Zukowski said.
"We're trying as much as we can to find a pattern," said Zukowski, who runs a UFO Web site called ufonut.com.
Sanchez said he has sold off his 32 remaining calves out of fear more would be mutilated. He hasn't decided how he'll manage the remaining 40 animals in his herd.
"It's a big loss for a small rancher," he said.