On today's show:
20 minute opening: Mike and Robb give Rob Ford crap for not being able to get Mike an interview with Craig Ferguson. Apparently the intern is now the producer? Mike demands that Craig is booked on the show. The end result is Mike making a prank phone call to Ferguson's publicist. Maybe not so much a prank, but leaving a voice mail for the publicist while using a silly voice.
Also in the opening - Robb makes racist remarks about Native Americans and Hispanics.
Segment One: Mike is up at 5:30 again because his kid will only sleep for 11 hours. Mike complains about listener Courtney Calkins (sp?) again, this time because the listener made an Amazon promo for the show using clips of little Michael. Inexplicably, Mike refers to Courtney as an "idea thief." When Robb asks why, Mike asks Robb if he trusts Courtney with his life. I'm not sure what to make of this. There's a controversy about whether Courtney buys his Twitter followers.
Mike logic - So if I have three thousand Twitter followers and the show has ten thousand followers, I have thirteen thousand followers? (This later becomes a statement of fact.)
Segmemt Two: Call Courtney (it's "early early" in California). Discussion about how he has so many Twitter followers. ("This is fascinating! I'll be honest, I'm fascinated by this.") Mike welcomes Courtney's brilliant strategy of getting so many Twitter followers (i.e. #followback). Mike asks if they should get involved with Twitter. ("My brain hurts after this discussion.")
Segment Three: Discussion of the quality of play in the NFL. Mike speaks in generalities and Robb chimes in to agree. Shockingly, it was agreed that the NFL should be more like it was in the past. Less showboating, more brains. This conversation was expanded over 15 minutes.
Mike's Entertainment News And Sumthin Sumthin. Grammy talk. Robb mentions that everyone got sick of Uptown Funk. "What if James Bay's middle name was E? He would be James E. Bay. Thank you." Robb tips in about the difference between Record of the Year and Song of the Year.
About the kicker: "And, I would say, before I read this story, just note that my kicker line at the end of the story makes no sense, it just sounded funny to me." It was about how a 91 year old woman died while having sex with a 49 year old man. Mike wonders, "Did they have to... DUST for fingerprints?"
YouTube. Fruit cake challenge. Shopping days jingle. Mike's tired of Star Wars. John Lennon Monday Night Football tape.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYk1VVWFP-0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQM2vXZ6bOE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n73GFvAyIjs
That's all.