Wednesday, April 04, 2007
TODAY'S HORRIBLY BAD MARKETING IDEA . . . . . .
Buy one, get one free deals are pretty common, but the one happening at the St. Louis Zoo isn't. Each of the zoo's gift shops are having a sale on plush animals. Unfortunately for the folks at the zoo's Asian Base Elephant Store, no one bothered to check the names of the stuffed animals, "Bimbo" and "BJ", before putting the sale together. As a result, employees are more than happy to let you know that you can, "Buy a Bimbo and get a BJ for free."
Saturday, March 31, 2007
Multi-Tasking in the Studio
Wild day today (Saturday). We had Al and Gary's show this morning with live reports from the Home and Leisure Show and the April Fool's Classic Car Show in Old Towne. Then after that Fritz went live from Old Towne on the FM and then over to the Home Show. We got dug in for all of that and the Madman showed up to put on Cerro Coso Basball right next to me on the AM board. We have been doing a live broadcast on both stations at the same time. I won't bore you with all of the technical details, but with two small boards, purchased at Guitar Center and two phones bought at Wal Mart we had two quality broadcasts going on four feet apart!
If we had used "real" radio equipment, it owuld have set us back thousands of dollars.
It's small market and we have to do what we have to do.
-Eric
If we had used "real" radio equipment, it owuld have set us back thousands of dollars.
It's small market and we have to do what we have to do.
-Eric
Thoughts from The Big Show Desk...
NO ALIMONY
A guy in
-There is going to be a lot of legal precedent here. Like…can you even be an
ex-wife…if you’re a guy???
-Are you still considered an ex-wife…even if you’re an ‘ex-woman’???
-And technically – the moment the woman officially becomes a guy – doesn’t she
lose the house?
Friday, March 30, 2007
Lies....nothing but Lies...
THE MOST COMMON LIES TOLD BY WOMEN . . . . . .
- We can still be friends.
- A sense of humor is much more attractive than how much money a man makes.
- I wouldn't change a thing about you.
- It doesn't bother me if you look at other women.
- I really don't want you to buy me anything for Valentine's day.
- Of course I forgive you!
THE MOST COMMON LIES TOLD BY MEN ......
- Are you crazy? Of course they don't make your butt look big.
- Nah, I only read it for the articles.
- I swear, none of those other girls meant anything.
- Of course I remembered our anniversary was tomorrow. I was just trying to keep my gift a surprise!
- No, I love your meatloaf, honey.
- I was paying attention to every word you said!
- We can still be friends.
- A sense of humor is much more attractive than how much money a man makes.
- I wouldn't change a thing about you.
- It doesn't bother me if you look at other women.
- I really don't want you to buy me anything for Valentine's day.
- Of course I forgive you!
THE MOST COMMON LIES TOLD BY MEN ......
- Are you crazy? Of course they don't make your butt look big.
- Nah, I only read it for the articles.
- I swear, none of those other girls meant anything.
- Of course I remembered our anniversary was tomorrow. I was just trying to keep my gift a surprise!
- No, I love your meatloaf, honey.
- I was paying attention to every word you said!
From Thursday's Show
SIGNS YOU NEED A NEW CAR . . . . . .
- The radio doesn't work but that's okay because you can hum along to the knocks coming from under the hood.
- All of the fuzz has worn off of the fuzzy dice hanging from the rearview.
- It had only 1 previous owner, but that owner was Henry Ford.
- It wasn't a convertible when you bought it.
- It uses more oil than gas.
- The VIN number is only 3 digits long.
- Tow trucks follow you everywhere you go.
- Homeless guys see it and give YOU change.
- You pull over to let a fire truck go by, and it stops behind you.
- You have to go to a repair center every thousand miles to get the duct tape replaced.
- You accidentally drive into a junkyard, drive out, and get accused of stealing.
- The Blue Book lists your car under "Health Risk."
- Someone broke in and left a hundred dollars and a new stereo.
- Evel Kneivel refuses a free lift.
- Your mechanic calls you Dr. Kevorkian.
- You keep losing dates on left turns.
- While waiting at a stop light, people run up asking if anyone was hurt.
- Your gas gauge measures in cubits.
- The novelty of that hand crank is wearing off.
- Your passenger seat is on the National Register of Historic Places.
- Instead of an airbag, there's a whoopee cushion taped to your steering wheel.
- You lose the stoplight challenge to a 14-year old on a moped.
- The 15-Minute Jiffy Lube takes 3 days.
- Replacement running boards just aren't made like they used to be.
- You're driving a Pinto
- The radio doesn't work but that's okay because you can hum along to the knocks coming from under the hood.
- All of the fuzz has worn off of the fuzzy dice hanging from the rearview.
- It had only 1 previous owner, but that owner was Henry Ford.
- It wasn't a convertible when you bought it.
- It uses more oil than gas.
- The VIN number is only 3 digits long.
- Tow trucks follow you everywhere you go.
- Homeless guys see it and give YOU change.
- You pull over to let a fire truck go by, and it stops behind you.
- You have to go to a repair center every thousand miles to get the duct tape replaced.
- You accidentally drive into a junkyard, drive out, and get accused of stealing.
- The Blue Book lists your car under "Health Risk."
- Someone broke in and left a hundred dollars and a new stereo.
- Evel Kneivel refuses a free lift.
- Your mechanic calls you Dr. Kevorkian.
- You keep losing dates on left turns.
- While waiting at a stop light, people run up asking if anyone was hurt.
- Your gas gauge measures in cubits.
- The novelty of that hand crank is wearing off.
- Your passenger seat is on the National Register of Historic Places.
- Instead of an airbag, there's a whoopee cushion taped to your steering wheel.
- You lose the stoplight challenge to a 14-year old on a moped.
- The 15-Minute Jiffy Lube takes 3 days.
- Replacement running boards just aren't made like they used to be.
- You're driving a Pinto
APRIL FOOLS (IT'S SUNDAY) . . . . .
APRIL FOOLS (IT'S SUNDAY) . . . . .
(Off the net. No, we don't personally recommend them, so says our lawyers.)
- Fill the powdered creamer with baking soda to make the hot coffee foam and bubble up!
- Fill the sugar bowl with salt to make the coffee and cereal extra special.
- Switch the "MEN" and "WOMEN" signs on a pair of public bathrooms while they're occupied.
- Put cherry Kool-aid mix in the shower head. What a surprise first thing in the morning!
- Grab a bottle of lotion that everybody uses and put in some instant tanning lotion.
- Submit your friend's name to the newspaper's obituary column.
- Superglue a couple quarters to the ground on a busy sidewalk or parking lot.
- Butter all the doorknobs and toilet seats!
- Put some magnetic strips from those anti-theft devices in your victim's coat pocket.
- Tape the kitchen sprayer's trigger on and aim it forward. The next person to use the water will get soaked!
- Take large safety pins and pin your spouse's PJs to the sheets. Wait for him/her to "turn over."
- Take out the remote control batteries. Watch your spouse go nuts trying to figure out what's wrong with it.
(Off the net. No, we don't personally recommend them, so says our lawyers.)
- Fill the powdered creamer with baking soda to make the hot coffee foam and bubble up!
- Fill the sugar bowl with salt to make the coffee and cereal extra special.
- Switch the "MEN" and "WOMEN" signs on a pair of public bathrooms while they're occupied.
- Put cherry Kool-aid mix in the shower head. What a surprise first thing in the morning!
- Grab a bottle of lotion that everybody uses and put in some instant tanning lotion.
- Submit your friend's name to the newspaper's obituary column.
- Superglue a couple quarters to the ground on a busy sidewalk or parking lot.
- Butter all the doorknobs and toilet seats!
- Put some magnetic strips from those anti-theft devices in your victim's coat pocket.
- Tape the kitchen sprayer's trigger on and aim it forward. The next person to use the water will get soaked!
- Take large safety pins and pin your spouse's PJs to the sheets. Wait for him/her to "turn over."
- Take out the remote control batteries. Watch your spouse go nuts trying to figure out what's wrong with it.
New Web Site...New Big Show Stuff!
Hopefully if you're reading this, you go here through the Big Show page on the new and improved web site. We're proud of it, and we are looking forward to keeping the Big Show page update regularly as well as this blog. (notice the Shanjaya picture!) We're going to be doing more goofy stuff on the web site and we will finally get around to putting up some of our comedy bits.
Tomorrow, the Big Show hits the road, at least one half, as Fritz heads to the Fair Grounds for the Daily Independent Home and Leisure Show. I'll be in-studio and then at the show solo on Sunday.
-Eric
Tomorrow, the Big Show hits the road, at least one half, as Fritz heads to the Fair Grounds for the Daily Independent Home and Leisure Show. I'll be in-studio and then at the show solo on Sunday.
-Eric
Monday, October 16, 2006
Some changes coming to the show!
Yup, it was inevitable. Firefighter Fritz is headed back to work. What does that mean to the show? Well for the next month or so, Fritz will be in early in the morning and for the Big Show part two. And while things are still buzzing in the community, he will be out with the Road Show too! It'll take some getting used to, but we're also working on some new and interesting features for the show. Never a dull moment around here.
I'm also working fast and furiously on the Big Show podcast page. It will be for the weird and goofy commercials and songs we play during the Big Show.
Don't forget, we're ALWAYS looking for input!
-Eric
P.S. See the Coyote Blog for our weekend adventures report.
I'm also working fast and furiously on the Big Show podcast page. It will be for the weird and goofy commercials and songs we play during the Big Show.
Don't forget, we're ALWAYS looking for input!
-Eric
P.S. See the Coyote Blog for our weekend adventures report.
Wednesday, October 11, 2006
Come and See Us!!!
Hi Ya'll...
Just a note to let you know that we will be out at MULTIPLE locations this weekend and we are hoping to see you! We'll be at the Wal-Mart parking lot from 10am til noon Saturday and Sunday for the SCE-City of Ridgecrest, Flex Your Power lamp exchange. Bring out your old lamps and we'll replace them with a cool energy efficient lamp from SCE for FREE! Of course we'll also be at the Desert Empire Fair Thursday through Sunday broadcasting live and giving away some cool prizes.
Also, get out and support the parade on Saturday. It starts at 10 am and heads south on Balsam, west on Ridgecrest Blvd, north on Norma, then east on Las Flores. We'll have an announcer stand out in front of our building so the corner of Balsam and R/C blvd. will be hoppin'!
See ya at the Fair!
-Eric
Just a note to let you know that we will be out at MULTIPLE locations this weekend and we are hoping to see you! We'll be at the Wal-Mart parking lot from 10am til noon Saturday and Sunday for the SCE-City of Ridgecrest, Flex Your Power lamp exchange. Bring out your old lamps and we'll replace them with a cool energy efficient lamp from SCE for FREE! Of course we'll also be at the Desert Empire Fair Thursday through Sunday broadcasting live and giving away some cool prizes.
Also, get out and support the parade on Saturday. It starts at 10 am and heads south on Balsam, west on Ridgecrest Blvd, north on Norma, then east on Las Flores. We'll have an announcer stand out in front of our building so the corner of Balsam and R/C blvd. will be hoppin'!
See ya at the Fair!
-Eric
Tuesday, October 03, 2006
Gas and O.J.
We're looking for some feedback....first of all thanks for the calls on the gas prices. We're still looking for an answer about why gas prices are much higher than in Bishop. It was a 30 cent difference, at least now it's only 20 cents. Still not right though.
We talked about OJ this morning and I thought this might be a good place to get your feedback on what you thought was wrong with that process that allowed him to walk. The book we talked about was Outrage: The Five Reasons Why O.J. Simpson Got Away With Murder. Ask Ann and crew at Red Rock Books on Ridgecrest Blvd. to order it if she doesn't have it in. It's a quick read and totally exposes everything that the prosecution did wrong.
-Eric
We talked about OJ this morning and I thought this might be a good place to get your feedback on what you thought was wrong with that process that allowed him to walk. The book we talked about was Outrage: The Five Reasons Why O.J. Simpson Got Away With Murder. Ask Ann and crew at Red Rock Books on Ridgecrest Blvd. to order it if she doesn't have it in. It's a quick read and totally exposes everything that the prosecution did wrong.
-Eric
Sunday, October 01, 2006
We often refer to "things we didn't get to" on the show. We literally ran out of time. Here are the Things We Didn't Get To on Friday:
TAKING "I'M WITH STUPID" TO THE NEXT LEVEL . . . . . .
(http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/09/28/earlyshow/main2046897.shtml?source=RSSattr=U.S._2046897)
Some parents are becoming upset after discovering that their sweet, innocent little teenagers have taken to wearing t-shirts with sexually suggestive messages like, "Spank me, it's my birthday." While we would never condone wearing a shirt with an inappropriate message, we can think of worse slogans to wear on a t-shirt, like:
- "Two margaritas and this shirt comes off!"
- "Future Hooters waitress"
- "My boyfriend sent me this shirt from jail."
- "I got my looks and my credit cards from my Dad"
- "Property of The Hell's Angels"
- "Stick around. I'm desperate and you could be lucky"
- "Poster girl for juvenile detention"
- "My other car is the back of a Harley"
- - - - - - -
THE BEST OF AMISH BAND NAMES . . . . . . .
- Mordecai and the Butter-Churners
- Motley Barnraising
- Smashing Bonnets
- The Mighty Mighty Slow Buggies
- The Absolutely Non-Electric Light Orchestra
- Big Audio Mennonite
- Toad the Wet Bonnet
- Rage Against the Mennonites
- Barn-raisin' Daddies
- The Notorious "A" Mish
- Skankin Molasses
- Bare Naked Plowing
- Buttermilk Boys
- Boogy Woogy Buggies
- Shapeless Black Dresses
- - - - - -
THINGS A WOMAN CAN'T DO (THE SHORT LIST) . . . . .
- Know anything about a car except its color
- Go 24 hours without making a phone call
- Lift
- Throw
- Run
- Park
- Drive
- Read a map
- Sit still
- Tell a good joke
- Get told off without crying
- Walk right past a shoe shop
- Not comment on a stranger's clothes
- Like your friends
- Get to the point
- Take less than 20 minutes in the restroom
- Sit in a room for five minutes without saying "I'm cold"
- Go shopping without buying something on sale
- Assemble furniture
- Not try and change you
- Watch a war film
- Buy a purse and actually like it
- Choose a video quickly
THINGS A MAN CAN'T DO (THE COMPLETE LIST) .....
- Anything without a remote
- Anything without a beer
- Anything without standing around staring at it for an hour or two first
TAKING "I'M WITH STUPID" TO THE NEXT LEVEL . . . . . .
(http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/09/28/earlyshow/main2046897.shtml?source=RSSattr=U.S._2046897)
Some parents are becoming upset after discovering that their sweet, innocent little teenagers have taken to wearing t-shirts with sexually suggestive messages like, "Spank me, it's my birthday." While we would never condone wearing a shirt with an inappropriate message, we can think of worse slogans to wear on a t-shirt, like:
- "Two margaritas and this shirt comes off!"
- "Future Hooters waitress"
- "My boyfriend sent me this shirt from jail."
- "I got my looks and my credit cards from my Dad"
- "Property of The Hell's Angels"
- "Stick around. I'm desperate and you could be lucky"
- "Poster girl for juvenile detention"
- "My other car is the back of a Harley"
- - - - - - -
THE BEST OF AMISH BAND NAMES . . . . . . .
- Mordecai and the Butter-Churners
- Motley Barnraising
- Smashing Bonnets
- The Mighty Mighty Slow Buggies
- The Absolutely Non-Electric Light Orchestra
- Big Audio Mennonite
- Toad the Wet Bonnet
- Rage Against the Mennonites
- Barn-raisin' Daddies
- The Notorious "A" Mish
- Skankin Molasses
- Bare Naked Plowing
- Buttermilk Boys
- Boogy Woogy Buggies
- Shapeless Black Dresses
- - - - - -
THINGS A WOMAN CAN'T DO (THE SHORT LIST) . . . . .
- Know anything about a car except its color
- Go 24 hours without making a phone call
- Lift
- Throw
- Run
- Park
- Drive
- Read a map
- Sit still
- Tell a good joke
- Get told off without crying
- Walk right past a shoe shop
- Not comment on a stranger's clothes
- Like your friends
- Get to the point
- Take less than 20 minutes in the restroom
- Sit in a room for five minutes without saying "I'm cold"
- Go shopping without buying something on sale
- Assemble furniture
- Not try and change you
- Watch a war film
- Buy a purse and actually like it
- Choose a video quickly
THINGS A MAN CAN'T DO (THE COMPLETE LIST) .....
- Anything without a remote
- Anything without a beer
- Anything without standing around staring at it for an hour or two first
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