Show Prep 85

Greetings and Salutations, people! -

DING DONG, the witch is Dead. (Clip 31)

The Ed’s insider: Elway to Coach Broncos (Clip 32)

Today on VSR – The VSR Holiday Gift Guide, when you just can’t figure out what to give that special someone in your life, we can help! With the NFL Season heading down the home stretch of the final Month of the season, We’ll play Contender or Pretender with the teams that have a chance to make the playoffs, The Magnificent Seven list is back again this week and we’ll do a little bit of navel gazing with the list this week as we discuss our own show with the Top Seven VSR intros of all time. Also, I’ve been pondering retirement from fantasy football for weeks now, and I’ve come to a decision which I’ll announce today, all that plus the news and a music recommendation and whatever else pops up on our radar today.

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

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

MILWAUKEE (Reuters) – A Wisconsin woman bit off half her husband's tongue during a kiss and has been arrested, authorities said on Tuesday.

The bitten piece of the husband's tongue was recovered, and he was taken to a hospital following the incident late on Monday, Sheboygan, Wisconsin police said in a statement.

The woman, 57, told emergency workers she had "bit her husband's tongue off," police said in a statement. She had blood on her clothing, they said.

The 79-year-old victim said his wife bit his tongue while he was kissing her, police said.

The woman was singing Christmas carols and blowing a New Year's horn when police arrested her on charges of felony mayhem. She was being held pending formal charges by the District Attorney's Office.

The victim was transported to an area hospital where doctors were trying to reattach his tongue, police said. About half his tongue was bit off, they said.

The victim said his wife had been acting strangely in recent days, said the police in Sheboygan, roughly 50 miles north of Milwaukee.

BRIGHAM, Utah - A family holding an Idaho Lottery ticket worth $8 million wasn’t taking any chances while traveling from their home in Brigham City, Utah,to claim their lottery winnings in Boise. But as fate would have it, things didn’t go quite as planned.

Sisters Cindy Flintt and Carol Olven, along with their mother Donna Flintt, made the nearly 300-mile trip to Idaho with their ticket locked in a fireproof safe. But when they got to the lottery office they realized the safe had fallen through the back floor of their rusty old 1982 Datsun

Cindy Flintt says, “We were pretty broke, none of us have worked in more than 2 years”. “We took our last $74 and bought a fire proof safe from the local WalMart and loaded it into the back seat with the lottery ticket locked inside.”

When they got to the lottery office on Monday they were shocked to see the safe gone and a huge gaping hole in the rear floor of the car! Mom Donna Flintt said, “We just hugged each other and cried for almost an hour.”

Lottery spokesman David Workman says other winners have taken precautions, but the Flint family may be the first to have lost out on their multi-million dollar prize because of over-protecting it. “Apparently there was a car mat covering the substantial hole and they had no idea.” “I feel terrible for them, but there is nothing we can do about it.”

The women bought their ticket at a store in Franklin, Idaho, near the state border with Utah. But apparently the ticket is unsigned so whomever finds this treasure (and gets the safe open) will have full claim to the $8 million dollar grand prize.

BERLIN (Reuters) – A wild boar tore through the store of a small shop in a small German town last week.

The shop owner said on Monday he faces steep bills after a wild boar tore through his establishment in an hour-long rampage. The boar wandered out of a nearby forest and into the shop and caused about 5,000 euros ($6,600) in damage.

"Insurance covers theft and fire, but the shop isn't covered for a wild boar attack," said Kraemer, whose business is in the town of Hoar Grin Hausen (Hoehr-Grenzhausen) near the western city of Co Blens (Koblenz.)

"Once the boar pushed through the door, I quickly helped the customer out of store and then went to try to guard the store equipment," said Kraemer. He and a sales clerk were unhurt in the rampage but unable to stop the boar.

A disaster like this is bad for the shopkeeper of course, but but believe it or not it was even worse for the boar, who may have the worst luck of any wild boar in rampaging a storefront in recorded history. You see, the shop that the boar broke into is a butcher shop, the butcher had the animal shot in his store after an hour of rampaging destruction and the butcher plans to at least recover a small portion of his losses by selling slices of the slain beast.

The 130-kg (290 lbs) boar will only fetch about 400 euros in ham and wurst sales after he finishes carving it up.

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

Bring on Face:

The Decision: Should I retire from fantasy football?

Is self-awareness a business liability in America today?

Contender or Pretender:

Christmas Gift Guide:

Chocolate Covered Bacon

Snooki Bobblehead doll

Awkward Family Photos Book – AwkwardFamilyPhotos.com

Hamburger Phone

Universal TV remote…and bottle opener

Magnificent Seven – Top 7 VSR Intros

Skin Failure Intro

Much More Vertical Than Usual Intro

Day After Christmas, Christmas Spectacular Intro

Two Co-Hosts and Counting Intro

First Show Intro

Talk Like a Pirate Intro

Field of Dreams Intro

Austin Powers Intro

Let’s give em Something to talk about Intro

Face’s Premiership Decision Show Intro

Face Hosts while Craig is in Boston Intro

7. Welcome to the Internet my Friends Intro

6. Swedish Chef Intro

5. 3 Stooges Intro

4. Talk Radio Intro

3. Sesame Street Aliens Intro

2. Communist Intro

1. Muppet Show Intro

Wells Fargo has an odd business plan: Just got my free iPod Shuffle, and I’ve on two separate occasions gotten 50 bucks from them just for opening a checking account.

Week in Wankery:

Yellow Card:

-Woman who almost killed me backing up in the grocery story parking lot

-My waitress at Rock Bottom Brewery – Left halfway through taking our order…for like 10 minutes

-Oversensitive NFL Refs – I’m all for protecting players, I really am, but some of these penalties are getting ridiculous.

Red Card

Buying a Christmas Tree

Man of the Match:

Having a Christmas Tree

-My unknown friend in a Jeep – I was driving down Arapahoe Road on Thursday when this hero flashed his lights at me several times. I figured he may be trying to warm me of a speed trap, so I slowed down. I had been going 15 over the limit, but I slowed to the speed limit, and the motorcycle cop on the median just let me fly on by.

TSA – Our friends at the Transportation Security Administration: New scanning machines and procedures: I’m okay with them seeing me naked (That is it’s own punishment for TSA) and the tiny bit of radiation doesn’t bother me, but the idea of them doing intensive frisking (groin area) makes me queasy. (Clip 53 – Dave Barry vs TSA)

Super Mario Brothers Music Tournament

5 Seed RC Car advances against the 4 Seed Beatboxer Poizunus

5 Seed vs. 8 Seed: RC Car vs. Accordion for the first spot in the finals.

Great Moments in the history of Blogtalk Radio: (Intro Clip 11)

-The Ed finds a special dog (Clip 25)

Dick Van Dyke singing Dick Van Dyke show theme: (Clip 79)

Are you uncomfortable entering Wal-Mart? We have a greeter at my local Wal-Mart who makes me super deluxe uncomfortable when I walk in.

On Average, Right handed people live nine years longer than lefties.

The Vertically Striped Music Recommendation:

Caspar Babypants – 9.99 and Googly Eyes

Thanks to: (Whoever called)


Shalom and Good Evening to you all!

(Clip 50) Onion News story about the Hamburglar.

Magnificent 7: Top Seven McDonalds Characters

7. Birdie the Early Bird - She was the first identifiably female character, introduced in February 1980 to promote the company's new breakfast items. She is a yellow bird wearing a pink jumpsuit and flight cap and scarf. In the ads she is frequently portrayed as a poor flyer, and somewhat clumsy in general. Birdie's origin is explained in one old commercial: a giant egg falls from the night sky into McDonaldland, and Ronald McDonald decides to show the egg love.

6. Ronald McDonald – The original Ronald was actually Willard Scott.

5. Uncle O'Grimacey - He was created in 1977 and even appeared in 1986 for an advertising narrative of McDonald's both in celebration of Saint Patrick's Day and to mark the annual appearance of the Shamrock Shake. O'Grimacey is the Irish uncle of the character Grimace and is a variant of the Grimace-design in that he is green instead of purple, sports a frock coat covered with several four-leaf clovers, and carries a shillelagh. His design motif is not unlike that of a stereotypical depiction of the Irish folkloric leprechaun. O'Grimacey resides in his home country for eleven months of the year and visits his nephew Grimace in March, bringing with him his "incredibly delicious" shake. Uncle O'Grimacey is no longer used by the chain for its promotions of the shake.

4. Fry Guys - They are characters used to promote McDonald's french fries. When they first appeared in 1972, they were called Gobblins and liked to steal and gobble up the other characters' french fries. Accompanying them was the "Keep Your Eyes on Your Fries" jingle. Their name was later changed to the Fry Guys in 1983, then the Fry Kids in 1987, as female characters (the "Fry Girls") were introduced. They are differently-colored, shaggy, ball-like creatures with long legs and no arms, almost resembling a pom-pon with legs and eyes.

3. Hamburglar

2. Grimace - Grimace is a large, purple character who was first introduced in November 1971 as the "Evil Grimace". In his first two appearances, he was depicted with two pairs of arms with which to steal milkshakes and sodas. "Evil" was soon dropped from his moniker, and he was reintroduced in 1972 as one of the good guys. In 1974, he was redesigned, going from two pairs of arms to the single pair he has today. His role continued to grow, and by the mid 1970s, he was a major character in McDonaldland. Commercials and merchandise generally portray Grimace as a well-meaning simpleton whose clumsy antics provide a comic foil to Ronald McDonald.

1. Mayor McCheese - Mayor McCheese was an enormous cheeseburger who appeared from 1971–1985, he has a burger for a head, and sports a top hat, a diplomat's sash, and a pair of pince-nez spectacles. He is portrayed as a giggly, bumbling, somewhat incompetent mayor.

Why do we have new pennies? – The new Lincoln pennies celebrating the life of our 16th president.

Coins are getting dumb:

Penny – Worth 1 cent, costs almost 2 cents to make

Nickel – Worth 5 cents, costs 7.7 cents to make

Now we are minting NEW Lincoln pennies? Why? I get it’s to honor Lincoln, but seriously, pennies?

In fact, penny melting is becoming popular, and a regular cottage industry of melting down pennies to sell the copper and zinc (97.5% Zinc 2.5% copper) has arisen due to the fact that the pennies are worth more melted than as money. The government has actually had to make it a crime to melt pennies, and if you’re caught doing so, you can be imprisoned for as much a five years for the crime.