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Fizzy on the tizzy to the bizzy up in this hizzy, Torn Slatterns and Nugget Ranchers

Magician Hezi Den set a record by spending 64 hours in an ice cube; this breaks the old record set by Bill Clinton on his honeymoon.

Auld Lang Syne is an old Scottish expression that means: I’m just sayin’.

The economy is still rough. Notice how you hear people say they’re tired, but it’s a good tired? You hardly ever hear them say “I’m broke, but it’s a good broke.”

Rush Limbaugh was admitted to the hospital for heart pains, but the test turned out negative. Not negative for heart pains, it turns out Rush doesn’t actually have a heart.

Have you seen the commercial for the Taco Bell drive through diet? Isn’t that like a Captain Morgan’s Alcoholics Anonymous meeting?

The Transportation Security Administration has named Yemen a country of interest for terrorism. Which is like naming strychnine an ingredient of avoidance for cooking.

In Hawaii, Rush Limbaugh was admitted to the hospital for chest pains, but released. Limbaugh said the pain was somewhere between Hillary Clinton and Nancy Pelosi.

A lot of people are blaming their bad year on 2009. Let me tell you something, blaming a bad year on the date, 2009, is like blaming your bad breath on your toothbrush.

In Colorado, Charlie Sheen was arrested in Aspen for domestic violence on Christmas; where is Aspen? In Charlie’s case his Aspen in jail.

Urban Meyer is taking a leave of absence from coaching #1 Florida. You can’t blame him, the guy is busy running his dictionary.

Since you asked:

Another one of my comedy writing clients vanished in the wind. Rest in Peace Clear Channel’s KGB, 101.5’s “Dave, Shelly and Chainsaw Show.”

Apparently Clear Channel claimed their “lucrative offer” was spurned so they fired the “DSC.” From what I heard, as lucrative as the offer was, it was still far below what they had been getting. Apparently Clear Channel is famous for this double-talk when it comes to failed negotiations.

But it was not all Clear Channel being cheap.

By “Dave, Shelly and Chainsaw” demanding higher salaries for the three stars and squeezing the already squeezed and dwindling advertisers for more and more expensive commercial time, which resulted in so many commercials, the show lost listeners and ratings, the “DSC” painted themselves into a corner and out of business.

In my opinion, the best part of the show was the vastly talented Chainsaw’s hourly sports broadcasts – and not just because I sold him sports jokes. Chainsaw’s comedy timing and impersonations were/are amazing. Dave is a funny and talented guy, but his ego was writing checks his listeners got tired of covering. He became more and more rude to callers and testy with his co-workers. Everyone seemed to be walking on egg shells to keep Dave happy. Not fun.

Shelly, the newscaster, was as nice and professional as she could be, but her Nine O’Clock news segment was too long by double. They talked about what Shelly was going to talk about in the news, then she read the 15, ten-too-many, news items, then they talked about each news item during her newscast. Now that I think about it, the news was too long by three times.

Dave was old school and refused to drag his show into the digital future. When traffic reporter Ruth 66 mentioned the show on Facebook, Dave was furious. The KGB website was horribly weak at best and the “DSC” was just a weak attachment. They did nothing on Twitter nor did they maintain a reader comment blog.

But when the show was funny it was like working with the four funniest people you could hope to goof with – lil’ drummer boy/producer Chris Boyer has some great moments when he wasn’t trying to be the world’s biggest load/douche bag. (Other personalities were the aforementioned Ruth 66 and their producer, Emily McGuire)

Sure, I can claim I listened to the show because I got paid – a little – to, but the truth was I liked the show a lot and was a long-time listener, not-once caller. (Listener Lex was my e-mail name)

The emotional investment of their loyal listeners was high, as I can attest, and the “DSC” will be sorely missed.

For a while, that is.

That’s the problem. Listener loyalty is fleeting. It’s like you had three people at your job who you really liked. One day you go to work and they are gone, either quit, fired or hired away. The disappointment is crushing. For about one week. And then you just get on with your new life.

Next? My formula for a fun and interactive comedy morning radio show:

Lex’s Comedy Workshop.

Stay tuned.