Hour 1: This is a repeat of the 2010-05-19 show, without the 'technical difficulties'.
Hour 2: Bobbie & Steve Dooley on 'Don't Be a Spaz', 'Don't Be a Douchebag'. They are recommending that kids that are bullied should just stop doing what is causing the other kids to bully them. If not, you may end up with a 'Spaz in the Garage' - a kid swinging from the end of a noose from a rafter in the garage. As always, Steve Dooley's comments from the background are the best part of this bit.
Hour 3: Some more of Bobbie & Steve. The last part is the interview with Harry Shearer.
Verdict: Repeat.
Hour 2: Bobbie & Steve Dooley on 'Don't Be a Spaz', 'Don't Be a Douchebag'. They are recommending that kids that are bullied should just stop doing what is causing the other kids to bully them. If not, you may end up with a 'Spaz in the Garage' - a kid swinging from the end of a noose from a rafter in the garage. As always, Steve Dooley's comments from the background are the best part of this bit.
Hour 3: Some more of Bobbie & Steve. The last part is the interview with Harry Shearer.
Verdict: Repeat.
Hour 1: Jay Santos is back! He's on to talk about aggressive bill collectors. He asks a woman who broke her neck if she wants to have her back broken. He doesn't collect anything by using the 'baby plan', as he says. This bit gets a lot of callers hot under the collar and there is some great back and forth moments. It comes out that Jay is collecting for a video rental place and he is harassing a woman over renting Waterworld.
Hour 2: Phil lectures on religion! Huzzah!
Hour 3: Gay man and gay journalist Doug Dannger is on to talk about Gary Coleman dying. No one commented on his article and he figures that means that he was correct in saying that Gary Coleman could have played any character he wanted. 'He was a midget and then he died," is about what Doug has to say about him. Zelda Rubinstein also died and she can run the 40 in 4.9 seconds. Now that's an interesting image.
Verdict: 1.5 thumbs. Less red-faced lecturing, please.
Hour 2: Phil lectures on religion! Huzzah!
Hour 3: Gay man and gay journalist Doug Dannger is on to talk about Gary Coleman dying. No one commented on his article and he figures that means that he was correct in saying that Gary Coleman could have played any character he wanted. 'He was a midget and then he died," is about what Doug has to say about him. Zelda Rubinstein also died and she can run the 40 in 4.9 seconds. Now that's an interesting image.Verdict: 1.5 thumbs. Less red-faced lecturing, please.
Hour 1: Phil talks about the dope that fell asleep on a plane and sat there for something like four hours. Of course a lawsuit will follow! Art Griego appears to give his take on the story - something about the flight attendants being insulted by the passenger.
Hour 2: Art is back. The passenger's name sounds fat, so she must have been a porker. Art tweaks a caller and comes out with a good line - "The doo-doo isn't all on my end of the stick".
Simon Cowell is on the "As You Like to Hear Them" segment. But first, a tirade about gays in the military! yaeah! Then something about tequila.
Simon is finally up. It's strange that Phil thinks any of his listeners watch American Idol - I imagine this bit is lost on 90% of his audience. This hour is a complete gutter ball.
Hour 3: Bob Green, greengrocer, is on. Something about a resort in the mountains and shark attacks in six feet of water. He's trying to scare people into coming to his mountain top resort. Some funny callers. A couple of cutesies about finding only a guy's head after a bear attack. The bit ends with a great opportunity for Phil to get on his 'don't ever keep animals in zoos' soapbox.
Verdict: 2 thumbs
Hour 2: Art is back. The passenger's name sounds fat, so she must have been a porker. Art tweaks a caller and comes out with a good line - "The doo-doo isn't all on my end of the stick".Simon Cowell is on the "As You Like to Hear Them" segment. But first, a tirade about gays in the military! yaeah! Then something about tequila.
Simon is finally up. It's strange that Phil thinks any of his listeners watch American Idol - I imagine this bit is lost on 90% of his audience. This hour is a complete gutter ball.
Hour 3: Bob Green, greengrocer, is on. Something about a resort in the mountains and shark attacks in six feet of water. He's trying to scare people into coming to his mountain top resort. Some funny callers. A couple of cutesies about finding only a guy's head after a bear attack. The bit ends with a great opportunity for Phil to get on his 'don't ever keep animals in zoos' soapbox.
Verdict: 2 thumbs
Hour 1: Don Mixa discusses the repeal of 'Don't Ask Don't Tell'. He's a progressive liberal but he's still afraid of the 'queering' of the military. 'It's hard to fight a war in Daisy Dukes', after all. Don sort of sounds like Vernon Dozier on quaaludes.
Hour 2: Don comes back for more. Phil lets his personal politics into the character again; a caller says that there are intrinsic problems with letting two guys in love serving on the front lines. Don's take should be that he has a problem with that, but instead he berates the caller for not having any proof. That's Phil talking right there. Luckily he pulls a rabbit out of a hat and turns it around into the idea that two gays on the front line could fight for one another so brutally that they could commit war crimes. Wonder if Phil knows about the Sacred Band? On second thought, let's hope he doesn't know about them. Less lecturing, more comedy.
Talk about news articles finishes out the hour.
Hour 3: Everyone's favorite pederast Herb Sewell makes an appearance in the last hour. The story is about sexy Barbie dolls. Apparently, Phil painted nipples on his sister's Barbie dolls? Herb is annoyed that he had to spend 10 years enduring electro-shock while Phil, who painted nipples on a doll and then set it on fire, was able to enjoy life outside of Atascadero State Hospital.
Vernon Dozier finishes out the show by talking about using tasers - he supports their unrestricted use. It's a good opportunity for Phil to play audio of an old woman being tased and Vernon yelling, "yea yea yea!" The 'don't taze me bro' sound drop makes a cameo as well. Some entertaining banter with a few indignant callers follows.
Phil ends the show by reading what I can only guess is an article from US magazine about Jesse James.
Hour 2: Don comes back for more. Phil lets his personal politics into the character again; a caller says that there are intrinsic problems with letting two guys in love serving on the front lines. Don's take should be that he has a problem with that, but instead he berates the caller for not having any proof. That's Phil talking right there. Luckily he pulls a rabbit out of a hat and turns it around into the idea that two gays on the front line could fight for one another so brutally that they could commit war crimes. Wonder if Phil knows about the Sacred Band? On second thought, let's hope he doesn't know about them. Less lecturing, more comedy.
Talk about news articles finishes out the hour.
Hour 3: Everyone's favorite pederast Herb Sewell makes an appearance in the last hour. The story is about sexy Barbie dolls. Apparently, Phil painted nipples on his sister's Barbie dolls? Herb is annoyed that he had to spend 10 years enduring electro-shock while Phil, who painted nipples on a doll and then set it on fire, was able to enjoy life outside of Atascadero State Hospital.Vernon Dozier finishes out the show by talking about using tasers - he supports their unrestricted use. It's a good opportunity for Phil to play audio of an old woman being tased and Vernon yelling, "yea yea yea!" The 'don't taze me bro' sound drop makes a cameo as well. Some entertaining banter with a few indignant callers follows.
Phil ends the show by reading what I can only guess is an article from US magazine about Jesse James.
Hour 1: Margaret Grey begins the hour talking about the
cancellation of the television show 24. She doesn't believe the
'right-wing message' was not popular and the 'clears the decks'. Kiefer
Sutherland also took to drinking because he had to play a character with
which he couldn't possibly identify. Some halfway-decent calls.
Hour 2: Raj Fahneen is on after Phil reads a news story about divorce. And a lecture about history. Phil would do well to ditch the community college lecture series. They are boring, not typically relevant, and he comes across as that guy that knows everything and gets in your face if you disagree - breathing that clam sauce down your collar while he drones on about the female's place in history and how it applies to some worthless article on divorce.
Phil butchers up the pronunciation of 'Dahlonega' when he reads a story about students wearing klan robes during an in-school re-enactment. You guessed it, the next 5 minutes are Professor Hendrie droning on about how he is the only person in the entire world who 'knows about race'. And don't you forget it.
Hour 3: Now
Raj is on - talking about the 'junk shot' on the leaking oil well.
('Junk shot' - why isn't Chris Norton in this bit?). Arabs are better at
drilling oil. That's about the extent of the bit.
Some more meditations on the use of a taser.
Verdict: 1 thumb
Hour 2: Raj Fahneen is on after Phil reads a news story about divorce. And a lecture about history. Phil would do well to ditch the community college lecture series. They are boring, not typically relevant, and he comes across as that guy that knows everything and gets in your face if you disagree - breathing that clam sauce down your collar while he drones on about the female's place in history and how it applies to some worthless article on divorce.
Phil butchers up the pronunciation of 'Dahlonega' when he reads a story about students wearing klan robes during an in-school re-enactment. You guessed it, the next 5 minutes are Professor Hendrie droning on about how he is the only person in the entire world who 'knows about race'. And don't you forget it.
Hour 3: Now
Raj is on - talking about the 'junk shot' on the leaking oil well.
('Junk shot' - why isn't Chris Norton in this bit?). Arabs are better at
drilling oil. That's about the extent of the bit.Some more meditations on the use of a taser.
Verdict: 1 thumb
Hour 1: Steve Bosell addresses the oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico.
Pictures of the spill should be banned because it looks just like the
Blob. His daughter brought home a tar ball and it freaked him out. The 'all-enveloping' image is a shock to the psyche and it causes panic as it is a primal fear. This bit seems phoned in. Ha.
Hour 2: David G Hall & Chris Norton join us. Chris got a girl pregnant but he doesn't want her to have an abortion, but he can't afford the baby either financially or carreer-wise. So he is asking the listeners to pray that she has a miscarriage. It's out of respect for his parents who will ante seed-money for his entry into adult film acting. Phil lets his Mr. Know-It-All persona manifest in David when arguing with a caller over whether Jesus is God. Phil has David repeat, "the SON of God," over and over, while the lady says something about her God being Jesus. For an on-again off-again Catholic, Phil doesn't know his catechism well.
David busts out a boxing bell ring for every time he makes a good point. Unfortunately, the sound levels are off and the effect almost blows the speakers. Phil abandons the effect. Somewhat decent bit.
Hour 3: Phil reads the hokey press release for the relaunch of his website. Apparently 'Hendrie is just plain wired for social media'. That may be the funniest part of the show right here.
Phil looks at the story about the bullfighter getting the horn wedged. He turns it into a lesson on politics. Bullfighting is the result of being in a dictatorship? Hendrie may be the living example of a little knowledge being a dangerous thing.
Some boring commentary on an autistic kid getting his ass tased.
More boring commentary on American Idol.
Phil is amazed by technology. He can post things from his iPhone to his blog.
Verdict: 1.25 thumb
Hour 2: David G Hall & Chris Norton join us. Chris got a girl pregnant but he doesn't want her to have an abortion, but he can't afford the baby either financially or carreer-wise. So he is asking the listeners to pray that she has a miscarriage. It's out of respect for his parents who will ante seed-money for his entry into adult film acting. Phil lets his Mr. Know-It-All persona manifest in David when arguing with a caller over whether Jesus is God. Phil has David repeat, "the SON of God," over and over, while the lady says something about her God being Jesus. For an on-again off-again Catholic, Phil doesn't know his catechism well.David busts out a boxing bell ring for every time he makes a good point. Unfortunately, the sound levels are off and the effect almost blows the speakers. Phil abandons the effect. Somewhat decent bit.
Hour 3: Phil reads the hokey press release for the relaunch of his website. Apparently 'Hendrie is just plain wired for social media'. That may be the funniest part of the show right here.
Phil looks at the story about the bullfighter getting the horn wedged. He turns it into a lesson on politics. Bullfighting is the result of being in a dictatorship? Hendrie may be the living example of a little knowledge being a dangerous thing.
Some boring commentary on an autistic kid getting his ass tased.
More boring commentary on American Idol.
Phil is amazed by technology. He can post things from his iPhone to his blog.
Verdict: 1.25 thumb
Hour 1: Austin Amarka is on to talk about some new guidelines for Texas school textbooks. Austin is back in his 'Don't Mess With Texas' persona. There's a brief exchange concerning whether America is a 'Democratic Republic' or a 'Constitutional Republic', with Austin promoting Constitutional over Democratic because it makes it sound like the Democrats run everything. I'm guessing here that Phil thinks we are a Democratic Republic and not the other way around. At the very least I'm guessing he thinks Democracy & Republic are interchangeable terms.At any rate, Phil aborts the bit after dumping 2 calls.
Then it's a lecture from professor Phil. This is our punishment for terrible callers.
Hour 2: After being beat over the head with Hendrielogic, we have Art Griego, pilot. He flew over the oil spill in the gulf and calls into relate what he saw. He's not too concerned with the effects of the spill because after all southerners are used to getting beaten up. They can live in 'makeshift lean-to shanty-towns' with ease. If there were a nuclear war, southerners would be the only ones to survive; they can live off of rat and possum.
Hour 3: This is a repeat. Bob Bakian talks about the iPad. Watch out for industrial espionage and spying among families. RC Collins calls in to ask about Bin Laden and the rumor that he was seen at a Blockbuster.
The rest is newstalk.
Verdict: 1 thumb. When do the shows get better?
Hour 1: Phil is eventually getting the spare bedroom updated with new audio equipment so his show doesn't sound like it's broadcasting from a community college campus. But until then, Dave Oliva wants to talk about the 'controversial' Arizona immigration law. Since it is the summer months and there is lots of tanning going on, the cops may be confused as to who is a Mexican and who isn't. The bit falls apart at the end due to 'technical difficulties'.
Hour 2: Oil spill goodness with Dean Wheeler. Apparently, Phil is in favor of banning drilling throughout the country. Hope he likes living like the Amish. Anyway, Dean is convinced that there are lots of conservatives that are against drilling and his organization (The Holistic Healing Center of California) will provide safety for them. Dean is also happy that there is a disaster because his writing career is back now. Phil wants a new agency to oversee drilling; he missed the part where there already is one; they just don't do their job very well.
Pretty weak bit.
Hour 3: Phil wastes time yakking about some story of a kid wearing rosary beads. He suddenly finds his religion for 15 or so minutes.
Then a tirade against sharing his audio. Some stuff about Kevin Costner. It's wrapped up with the usual astute political commentary from Phil (and when I say astute, I mean of course, 'ass'tute).
Verdict: 1 thumb. Seems to be some backsliding going here.
Hour 2: Oil spill goodness with Dean Wheeler. Apparently, Phil is in favor of banning drilling throughout the country. Hope he likes living like the Amish. Anyway, Dean is convinced that there are lots of conservatives that are against drilling and his organization (The Holistic Healing Center of California) will provide safety for them. Dean is also happy that there is a disaster because his writing career is back now. Phil wants a new agency to oversee drilling; he missed the part where there already is one; they just don't do their job very well.Pretty weak bit.
Hour 3: Phil wastes time yakking about some story of a kid wearing rosary beads. He suddenly finds his religion for 15 or so minutes.
Then a tirade against sharing his audio. Some stuff about Kevin Costner. It's wrapped up with the usual astute political commentary from Phil (and when I say astute, I mean of course, 'ass'tute).
Verdict: 1 thumb. Seems to be some backsliding going here.
Hour 1: Really old show? I must have the tags mixed up on these shows, because this one is from way back in time when Phil had just bought a new house. Ok - then it abruptly segues into Phil talking about John Edwards. Steven Bosell calls into talk about him seeking to cease coverage of the Edwards & Hunter story. It's an invasion of his privacy because John Edwards is figuratively in his bedroom now. This one abruptly ends and then Phil comes back to begin the show in earnest! Bobbie & Steve comment on a video of 6 & 7 year-olds in a dance competition wearing lingerie. She compares it to their Summertacular, and points out moves like 'full spread', 'junk in the trunk', and 'tailgunner' while Phil plays the video. Of course, this being a 'new' Phil Hendrie bit, somehow everything gets turned into race, and the dances become 'urban'.
Hour 2: Boring political talk. Professor Hendrie completely blows it as usual with shallow analysis. No one knows politics like Professor Hendrie - your political opinions are all just a fad!
Hour 3: Larry Grover talks about Christian Conservatives. He's pissed at Mark Souder for having an affair. The woman must've had 'considerable charms', which to Larry means she had big brea... (He can't say this word). This bit goes nowhere.
Then it's Phil talking about a fatty who doesn't understand why she can't work at Hooters. And a bunch of other useless news that you can get anywhere else.
Verdict: 1.5 thumb. Strictly a rookie show. From technical difficulties to lame political rants to reading the news.
Hour 2: Boring political talk. Professor Hendrie completely blows it as usual with shallow analysis. No one knows politics like Professor Hendrie - your political opinions are all just a fad!
Hour 3: Larry Grover talks about Christian Conservatives. He's pissed at Mark Souder for having an affair. The woman must've had 'considerable charms', which to Larry means she had big brea... (He can't say this word). This bit goes nowhere.Then it's Phil talking about a fatty who doesn't understand why she can't work at Hooters. And a bunch of other useless news that you can get anywhere else.
Verdict: 1.5 thumb. Strictly a rookie show. From technical difficulties to lame political rants to reading the news.
Hour 1: Vernon Dozier with Camp Possibility, a place for overweight kids. All the kids have 'camp names', including 'Ham Hock' and 'Bubble Ass' - because sensitivity is killing children 'by the bushel'. In addition to these names, he has all the kids laying in a new outdoor fireplace, 'bustin' rods' and carrying bags of cement. It's all a part of his goal to 'Work the Fat Off the Ass'. This is a good bit, but it ends rather abruptly.
Hour 2: This hour must be a repeat. Margaret Grey chides Phil for observing that if fat people have a larger carbon footprint, then Michael Moore's carbon creation must be immense. However, the real story is about some politician in Australia that got caught sniffing a staffer's seat. Margaret maintains that it is a compliment to the woman if a man 'runs his nose up and down the seat' after the woman leaves it. It's a short bit, and Phil reads the entire story after the fact, so this bit is a little backwards - the set up comes after the bit.
Guy Barton & Kurt Kweedy are next, talking about Afghanistani men getting spa treatments. They think this is an excellent way to keep them from becoming terrorists.
Hour 3: Steve Bosell is on to defend 'Kick a Ginger Day'. It's human nature to want to defend yourself against something that looks like a freak. And you can't kick a spirit in the ass.
Verdict: Must've been a short night? I'm going to call repeat on this one.
Hour 2: This hour must be a repeat. Margaret Grey chides Phil for observing that if fat people have a larger carbon footprint, then Michael Moore's carbon creation must be immense. However, the real story is about some politician in Australia that got caught sniffing a staffer's seat. Margaret maintains that it is a compliment to the woman if a man 'runs his nose up and down the seat' after the woman leaves it. It's a short bit, and Phil reads the entire story after the fact, so this bit is a little backwards - the set up comes after the bit.
Guy Barton & Kurt Kweedy are next, talking about Afghanistani men getting spa treatments. They think this is an excellent way to keep them from becoming terrorists.
Hour 3: Steve Bosell is on to defend 'Kick a Ginger Day'. It's human nature to want to defend yourself against something that looks like a freak. And you can't kick a spirit in the ass.
Verdict: Must've been a short night? I'm going to call repeat on this one.