Bee-otch of the Day: September 2017

Friday, September 29, 2017

9.29.17 Weekend Mix

Oliver Heldens/ZHU - The Bunnydance Faded (RIP Hugh Hefner)
Weiss and Christian Nelson - Say It To Me
Athletixx - PNTHR
Mike Williams and Brooks - Jet Lag
Cybotron - Clear
Tiesto + John Christian - Scream
Nero - Promises (Calvin Harris Remix)
Herobust - Debt N Eight
Party Favor - Wawa (Purowuan Remix)
Excision + Space Laces - Throwin' Elbows (Getter/Virtual Riot Remix)
Must Die - Nova Machine
Excision - Generator (Eliminate Remix)
The Bergs + Peace Treaty with Leah Culver - Don't Wanna Wait
Dogzilla - Without You (Will Atkinson Extended Edit)
Aly + Fila with Ama Criado - All Heaven
Avicii featuring Sandro Cavassa - Without You
Thomas Schumacher - Unconfused
Pawsa - Party
Ofenbach Vs. Nick Waterhouse - Katchi
Space - Magic Fly (1985 Remix)

Thursday, September 28, 2017

9.28.17 Hero of the Day: Hugh Hefner

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A SPECIAL HERO OF THE DAY!

Name: Hugh Hefner
Age: was 91
Occupation: founder of the Playboy empire
Last Seen: in the great beyond
Awarded For: making sex an OK topic

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The year was 1953. Rock music wasn't born yet. You couldn't say the word "pregnant" on TV. Movies weren't allowed to have sex, excessive violence or even profanity.

But one man was going to change all that.

With a $1,000 loan from his mother, former Esquire copywriter Hugh Marston Hefner started a revolution all because of one photo that he obtained: a nude of Marilyn Monroe, one of Hollywood's biggest stars at the time. He was going to call his little empire "Stag Party", but a hunting magazine gave him a cease and desist order. So, he named it Playboy after an old car. The first issue sold over 50,000 copies and prompted Hef to make Playboy a monthly nude magazine.

Because of Hugh Hefner, the sexual revolution was in full swing. By the end of the 1950s, Playboy sold over a million copies per month. By the 70s, it was seven million. Of course, there were the folks who all proclaimed that they only read the magazine for the articles. Nothing was ever off limits for Playboy. It was where Fahrenheit 451 was published by controversial Ray Bradbury. It was where Jimmy Carter proclaimed in an interview that he had lust in his heart. Oh, yes, there were the Playboy Party Jokes. One of my all time favorites was "what's the difference between Michael Jackson and a plastic bag? One is made from plastic and harms children and the other is used to carry groceries."

But yes, the centerfolds were always the bread and butter of Playboy. For years, the magazine had issues being delivered by the U.S. Postal Service. Hef tried to keep the magazine sexy, yet classy. For instance, shots of models' pubic regions were a no-no for many years. That was until 1969 when rival Penthouse started taking some readers away with their full-frontal shots. So, Playboy countered with a distant shot of Paula Kelly fully-nude in a 1969 article regarding the Broadway musical "Hair". While more-hardcore publications like Hustler arrived on the scene, Playboy kept things not-quite X-rated.

But Playboy had its struggles in the 1980s. The Religious Right pushed to have stores ban the magazine and others (they won in 1986 with 7-Eleven) and the shooting death of Playmate Dorothy Stratten tarnished the magazine's image. In 1986, Hefner had a stroke which he recovered from.

He married former Playmate Kimberly Conrad in 1988 and had two sons with her. It seemed that Playboy had somewhat of a renaissance in the 1990s thanks to two Playmates, Jenny McCarthy and Pamela Anderson becoming huge stars. Several celebs even disrobed for the pages of the magazine including Drew Barrymore, Elle MacPherson and a 50-something Nancy Sinatra. However, that little thing called "the internet" was going to be a thorn in Playboy's future.

By the 2010s, Playboy's future was in doubt. Its circulation fell to 700,000 and things only got worse when Hugh's son, Cooper was fired from the magazine when management decided to cut nudity from the pages in 2015. However, he returned to the mag after they reversed their decision due to public outcry.

Now with Hugh's passing last night, Cooper will definitely become the face of the empire his father founded in 1953. An empire that's sadly a shadow of what it once was. The Playboy Clubs are all gone and the infamous mansion, complete with the grotto has been sold off now that Hugh has passed.

But in the end, Hef left an empire one could truly appreciate. He took a risk and ran off with it. He turned the word "sex", once a four-letter word into something we could all talk about without shame. He was a champion for human rights, gay rights and especially the 1st Amendment. And he all did it with ink, paper and staples.

Most of all, Playboy helped me through a tough time. When I was 12, my parents divorced. My Mom moved to a town that had everything my Dad's place did not. Since my parents had half and half custody of me, I dreaded staying with Dad. However, he made up for it. Why? Simple: he often bought me Playboys. And yes, I still have all the issues he bought me, including the first issue, featuring fired New York cop Carol Shayda.

True, one could put Hef on blast for using women and treating them like eye candy, but the truth is, I think most women who are like that probably can't get a good man in her life and it sucks to be them. Playboy has always been about respect not just towards women, but an outlook on life.

Thanks for the mammaries, Hugh.

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Wednesday, September 27, 2017

9.27.17 Bee-otch of the Day: NBC

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Name: The National Broadcasting Company
Age: 91
Occupation: broadcast giant
Last Seen: New York, NY
Bee-otched For: proving that they're incompetent in regard to programming

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From the same great TV network that gave us Pink Lady and Jeff, the XFL, Supertrain and The Jay Leno Show comes yet another abortion that many hope will die right away.

OK, so NBC also gave us Saturday Night Live, Cheers, Seinfeld, Friends and The Cosby Sh-er, never mind on that one, but the Peacock Network sure knows how to make a flop.

Megyn Kelly Today debuted on Monday to little to no fanfare. Early ratings show that Live With Tinker Bell and Kelly kicked MKT head over hand and of course, NBC is wondering why in the hell they splurged all this money on her. Critics pointed out that the show seemed to be colder than a witch's tit and Kelly didn't really connect to her audience.

Already, one NBC star is upset that she even came on her show in the first place. On her Instagram account, Debra Messing of the newly-rebooted Will and Grace responded to her followers' posts about appearing on the show claiming that her itinerary simply read "Today Show appearance". If she knew that she would be on Kelly's new show, she would have not appeared on the show considering the bigoted comments she made over at Fox News Channel.

Prior to beginning her new show, Kelly admitted that she wasn't a very political person, even at Fox News. Her new show - shot at Studio 6A at Rockefeller Center, once the home of Late Night With David Letterman/Conan O'Brien, Dr. Oz, the 1970s run of What's My Line and ironically and most-recently, The Meredith Viera Show - is yet another typical hourly yenta yakkfest that no man would ever want to watch. The only good thing about the show is the fact that I'm at work during this time. If I was awake at 9 a.m. in the morning at home on a weekday, I would try to sleep in longer to 10 a.m. At least there's more interesting things to watch here in Grand Rapids at that time.

Sadly, Today is a sinking ship as-is and they've been losing ground to Good Morning America in the past few years. The main 7-9 a.m. hours are somewhat watchable (sans the stupid contributions from Dubya's drunkard daughter) but sadly, MKT and the idiotic fourth hour with Kathie Lee and Hoda are totally unwatchable. Why NBC wants to forcefeed this shit down the viewer and affiliate's throats is anybody's guess. Talk about a waste of $20 million.

Thanks, but Jerry Springer is far more intelligent than MKT.
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Tuesday, September 26, 2017

9.26.17 Bee-otch of the Day: Donald Trump

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Name: Donald Trump
Age: 70
Occupation: Klansman in Chief
Last Seen: Puerto Rico
Bee-otched For: losing again

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Well, there's a ton of good news for all Americans, especially for Jimmy Kimmel.

The Turtle himself, Mitch McConnell, just announced that the senate will not vote on the already-dreaded Graham-Cassidy Health Bill because not enough Republicans would vote for it. Even though the Repukes run the senate 52-48, at least three of them, including cancer-stricken John McCain have all said that they would not vote yes for the controversial bill.

The bill was introduced by Sens. Bill Cassidy and Lindsay Graham. The bill gained notoriety when Kimmel publicly attacked Cassidy for being two-faced. The Louisiana senator claimed that he would think of the people when it came to a healthcare bill. But in the end, according to Kimmel, only he would be able to afford healthcare. Kimmel has been an outspoken critic of the nation's healthcare system because of the pre-existing condition his son, Billy has.

The sad thing is that Drumpf wants ANYTHING having to do with Obamacare to stop. Do you have a pre-existing condition? SUCKS TO BE YOU! At the end of the day, the only people who could afford healthcare are those who have money, especially those who will get a tax cut from Drumpf himself.

Here's the thing: all three branches of government are not liked at all. If they all vote for a healthcare bill that will eliminate Obamacare or even worse. I hope to God that by 2019, the Dems can take over at least the senate and house again. It's time to stump Drumpf!

Let's see what Drumpf can ACTUALLY accomplish in two years' time. Probably a whole lot of nothin'.
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Monday, September 25, 2017

9.25.17 Bee-otch of the Day: Donald Trump

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Name: Donald Trump
Age: 70
Occupation: Klansman in Chief
Last Seen: Washington, DC
Bee-otched For: getting the knee... into the crotch

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On Sunday, it wasn't the ten-second rule that cost the Lions a win that was the most-talked about incident in the NFL.

Before the games on Sunday, players, coaches and owners stood in solidarity during the National Anthem. Some players kneeled and there were a few that were AWOL during the Anthem.

The response came after on Friday, Drumpf called those who kneeled during the anthem "sons of bitches" and called for team owners to fire players who did so. Some Drumpf supporters who supported him in the election were now supporting the players who were offended by his rhetoric, including Patriots owner Robert Kraft and QB Tom Brady. However, Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones did say that he would discipline players who kneeled and so did several NASCAR owners.

Of course, the kneeling all started by former San Francisco 49ers QB Colin Kaepernick, who was protesting the police brutality and mistreatment of blacks in America. Now, many are protesting the words of a president who bows to the white trash who voted him in and the wealthy assholes who will eventually benefit from his proposed tax cuts that will wreck the economy. Wait and see.

You know, the kneelers make a point. But as a white man, yes, I think this country IS in distress. We're in danger of losing our healthcare (again), we're the laughing stock of the world because of Drumpf's tirade at the UN and yes, North Korea wants to nuke us all. Oh, and even though our current governor in Michigan, Rick Snyder fucked over the unions and the city of Flint even worse, Drumpf endorsed his little butt buddy, Bill Scheutte as governor for next year.

When people kneel in front of the National Anthem, it's a sign that yes, something's wrong with America. People sat during the Anthem during Vietnam. They had the right to do so because it was an embarrassment for America. Last week, the Senate overwhelmingly voted for a $700 billion budget for the military, including a shit ton of Democrats who should have vetoed it and voted to help better healthcare in America.

Kneeling in front of the Anthem is a right that our soldiers and founders fought for. It's as patriotic, IMHO as burning a flag or flying it upside down. If you don't like it, too bad. I'm an American and if I want to take a piss while the Anthem is playing, I have every God-given right to do so.

Drumpf needs to know that the American flag is NOT on the top of the General Lee from The Dukes of Hazzard.

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Wednesday, September 20, 2017

9.20.17 Bee-otch of the Day: Bill Cassidy

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Name: Bill Cassidy
Age: 59
Occupation: Louisiana senator
Last Seen: Washington, DC
Bee-otched For: spitting on America and Jimmy Kimmel

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Since he became president, it's been no secret that Drumpf has been wanting to kill Obamacare and force Americans to pay more on healthcare.

But even the wealthy are against his wants and needs, especially Jimmy Kimmel.

The late night talker and his wife Molly gave birth to a son Billy who was born with a rare heart defect last April. On his show, Kimmel became an outspoken opponent of the elimination of Obamacare since Billy will have a pre-existing condition for the rest of his life.

For a while, it sounded like Kimmel had an ally in Louisiana senator Bill Cassidy. Not long ago, he sided with him in regards to maintaining Obamacare to protect those with pre-existing conditions. He even said the question, "does it pass the Jimmy Kimmel test?"

Now, he's turned the other cheek.

Cassidy is teaming up with South Carolina senator and fellow Repuke Lindsay Graham to create a bill that clearly doesn't pass the Jimmy Kimmel test. The new healthcare bill is the latest attempt to abort Obamacare and force Americans to pay more in healthcare and force 30 million more to lose their insurance. The bill is expected to reach Capitol Hill next week.

Now, Kimmel is fighting back at Cassidy for being dishonest. In his monologue last night, he called Cassidy a liar and that his new bill will screw others over. He says that the bill does pass the Jimmy Kimmel test since only he will be able to afford health insurance.

The sad thing is, this is the Republican party. All they care about is pleasing the wealthy so they're the only ones making money. This will push us back to the back ages of Dubya's years in office, maybe even worse. What the Repukes want to do is keep pushing us Americans back into the dark ages and we'll keep continuing to do so as long as they keep getting elected.

If Bernie Sanders was president, the Jimmy Kimmel test would be passed with extra credit.

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Tuesday, September 19, 2017

9.19.17 Bee-otch of the Day: ArtPrize

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Name: Artprize
Age: 8
Occupation: nineteen-day advertisement for Amway
Last Seen: Grand Rapids
Bee-otched For: making Grand Rapids avoidable for 19 days

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All I can say is that special thanks to these guys, I can avoid watching WOOD-TV 8 news for the next several weeks.

One of the sad things about my local NBC affiliate is the fact that they enjoy kissing up to the Devos family, who is responsible for this 19-day advertisement for Amway.

So, what is Artprize? It's an event where some 200 venues show off art pieces from people vying to win $200,000. Last year's winners were "Wounded Warrior Dogs" which were sculptures of dogs whose limbs were amputated during war and "The Bureau of Personal Belonging", a time-based piece that basically tells individuals where they stood in life. Funny how a pro-LGBTQ display was allowed in a festival created by a family that spent MILLIONS trying to quash gay rights.

The festival was created by Rick Devos, the son of former Michigan gubernatorial candidate Dick Devos and his wife, education secretary Betsy Devos. Oh, and he's the grandson of Amway co-founder Richard Devos and the nephew of Blackwater assclown Erik Prince. Oh, and let's not forget that he's the grandson of the late Edgar Prince, who himself spent millions of his own money fighting human rights.

The funny thing is that on Artprize's website, they describe Rick Devos as an "entrepreneur". REALLY?!?! So, living off of daddy and grandpa makes you an entrepreneur? Good God. I also think it's funny how so many pro-gay pieces make the festival, yet, like I said, the Devoses have always been anti-gay. I think part of the reason for the promotion of the pieces is mainly due to the fact that they own the Orlando Magic basketball team and when Donald Sterling was defending his slurs that ultimately got him banned from the NBA and causing him to sell the Los Angeles Clippers, he pointed out the Devoses' years of bigotry. So basically put, Artprize is allowing the Devoses to get all their haters off their back and to make the the darlings of the community.

Sorry, but I'll be avoiding downtown Grand Rapids for the next 19 days. I'll stay in good 'ol Kentwood where as-is, there's a Fox Motors dealership on every street corner. It's pathetic that they own this town, but thankfully, there's options to spend my hard-earned cash elsewhere.

Maybe I oughta submit a painting to Artprize called "The Devos Family". It would be a canvas with my poop splattered on it.

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Monday, September 18, 2017

9.18.17 Bee-otch of the Day: Mother Nature

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Name: Mother Nature
Age: ageless
Occupation: the controller of the earth
Last Seen: all around us
Bee-otched For: making us sick

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What a sad time to be a human.

Already, Hurricanes Irma and Harvey ravaged through the south. Now, it's Maria's turn and it's ready to smack down in Puerto Rico soon.

The hurricanes in the south make me a little more happier that I live here in Michigan, a state far, far away from hurricanes. Yes, we're prone to flooding, tornadoes, heavy rain, high winds and even earthquakes and oh yes, snow, we haven't been lost to a hurricane in probably several thousand years.

But damn, this weird weather's making us sick.

Last week, we had several days of 60s, making us can the AC. However, the temps have shot up to the 80s in recent days. As a result, I, along with a few others I can think of are getting colds. Even worse, my job's physical, so it doesn't make it any more fun as-is.

This is why we need to fight global warming. It's weird when the fall ends up being beach weather and the temps go up and down like haywire. Now, I can hardly sleep without my mouth open.

I'll betcha that the folks at Gatorade and Vernor's are happy.
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Saturday, September 16, 2017

9.16.17 Weekend Mix

LCD Soundsystem - Tonite
Yuksek - Tonight (RAC Remix)
Adam Beyer & Enrico Sanguiliano - Preset Heaven
Tale of Us & Vaal - The Hangar
Tale of Us & Vaal - Monument
Gershon Jackson - Huggin' and a Kissin' (Chocolate Puma Remix)
Mark Knight & Ben Remember - Let Me Go
Mark Knight & The Ragga Twins - Move On
Superflu - Mygut (Solomun Remix)
Sasha - Trigonometry
Nic Fanciulli featuring Eagles and Butterflies - Little L
Jonathan Kastar - Khaya
Enya - Orinoco Flow (Thomas Stoffer Remix)
Hardwell & Henry Fong featuring Mr. Vegas - Badam
NGHTMRE & Carmada - Embrace
Inner City - Good Life (2017 Extended Remix)
Way Out West - Tuesday Maybe (Guy J Remix)
EDX - We Can't Give Up
808 State - Pacific State
Luigi Madonna & Roberto Capuano - Midfield
Walker & Royce featuring Green Velvet - Rub Anotha Dub

Thursday, September 14, 2017

9.14.17 Bee-otch of the Day: NBC

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Name: The National Broadcasting Company
Age: 91
Occupation: broadcasting giant
Last Seen: New York, NY
Bee-otched For: pimping the shit out of crap

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OK, so whose idea was it for NBC to sign Megyn Kelly?

Earlier this year, the Peacock Network signed the former Fox News Channel bitch to do several shows for them. The first show, Sunday Night With Megyn Kelly has been a colossal flop so far. One NBC affiliate, WVIT in Hartford, CT even yanked an episode because it featured wackjob Alex Jones, who made disparaging remarks about the families whose children were either killed or injured at Sandy Hook.

The good news is that Sunday Night is on hiatus for now thanks to a show that ACTUALLY gets ratings: Sunday Night Football. But NBC has decided to use its promo time to promote that other show Megyn is involved in: the third hour of The Today Show that will be renamed Megyn Kelly Today. In the promos, they say that it's going to be different, blah blah blah, but to me, it'll be another hour of Today that I won't be able to stand.

In the past few years, Today has seen a decline in quality thanks to hiring people that, well, people don't like. Like Dubya's drunk bar slut daughter Jenna and speaking of drunk bitches, the vomit-inducing fourth hour of the program with Kathie Lee and Hoda. As-is, the ratings don't lie: Good Morning America has been beating the shit out of Today in recent years, probably because Today has become dull and fluffy.

Like I said some time ago, the reason for NBC hiring Kelly is simply to kiss the ass of the Republicans so parent company Comcast could have more control of the web. Same thing happened when the Democrats were running the show. The network used to lean to the left with hosts like Ed Schultz and others, but many of them were canned because of that exact reason. Of course, Rachael Maddow is still on MSNBC simply because, well, she still has ratings.

Recently, I got cable again for the first time in ages (thanks to these guys) and not once have I watched MSNBC. They've jumped the shark for all I care. Yes, I still watch the NBC Nightly News, but sometimes, I shake my head watching it because it sounds like a commercial for their other shit. Hell, I was watching Sunday Today with Willie Geist a few weeks ago and Drunk Jenna was doing some fluff piece about the military. Thankfully, I changed the channel ASAP. Nothing like a woman whose father started three fake wars over lies and he's pretending like he cares by painting them.

In the end, the ratings will speak. I think Megyn's little talk show will fail and NBC will be out $20 million. It'll be a bigger flop than Katie Couric hosting the CBS Evening News, mark my words.

Maybe Megyn should go back to Fox News. Hey! Roger Ailes is gone!

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Wednesday, September 13, 2017

9.13.17 Bee-otch of the Day: Kid Rock

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Name: Robert "Kid Rock" Ritchie
Age: 46
Occupation: musician
Last Seen: Detroit, MI
Bee-otched For: being a total asshole

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Diana Ross and the Supremes. Madonna. Aretha Franklin. The Temptations. Eminem. Smokey Robinson and the Miracles. The MC5. Funkadelic. The White Stripes. Sponge. The Four Tops. DJ Assault.

The list goes on.

All those artists put the city of Detroit on the map. The Motor City gave us some great talent over the years whose songs would become American classics.

But yet, the new $900 million Little Caesars Arena just had to open with one of Detroit's worst, Kid Rock. Now, people are protesting.

Many are pissed over the fact that the Arena opened with Rock, an artist known for his ultra-conservative views and the fact that he's known for flying the Confederate flag at his concerts. At Tuesday night's concert, he made a speech about how effed up liberals are and blah blah blah. Sadly, he made a similar speech here in Grand Rapids several days ago.

In his speech, Rock called out against the KKK and Nazis, but he also called out athletes like Colin Kaepernick who kneel during the National Anthem in protest against police brutality against blacks in America. Some wonder if Rock will run for Michigan senate next year since he's been hinting at it. He didn't even allow the Free Press inside simply because the singer's publicist claims that they ran a "fucked up" story on the singer.

Outside of the arena, many pro-African American groups protested while counterprotests from hate groups also occurred. Rock is playing five more shows at the new arena, the new home for the Detroit Red Wings hockey team and the Pistons basketball team.

To me, it's sad that Kid Rock has shown that he's not the same American Badass that he was back around 2000. He's now an un-American asshole who went from playing house parties in the ghetto as a teen to flying a flag that thumbs its nose to the same people that got him there. He screams that he came from the trailer, yet he came from a wealthy family from the burbs. The fact that he stood next to two other assholes - Ted Nugent and Sarah Palin - in the White House shows that he's no longer in a world of reality.

What's also sad is that the arena is operated by the Ilitch family, who own the Red Wings and the Tigers. With the way both teams have been running over the past few years, it's no wonder why Kid Rock was chosen to open the new venue.

And you think the ghettos of the Motor City are bad.

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Tuesday, September 12, 2017

9.12.17 Bee-otch of the Day: Bob and Tom

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Name: The Bob and Tom Show
Age: 34
Occupation: shitty morning radio show
Last Seen: Indianapolis, IN
Bee-otched For: losing a HUGE affiliate

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As we reported yesterday, The Bob and Tom Show is gone from WGFN 98.1/97.7 The Bear in northern Michigan and has been replaced with the local Omelette and Coates program. B&T had been on The Bear since 1998.

Before there was The Bear, there was WGFM 105.1 (now Rock 105 & 95-5 with WGFE 95.5 Glen Arbor), WGFN 98.1 Glen Arbor (still part of The Bear) and WCKC 107.1 Cadillac (now unrelated classic rocker 107.1 The Drive). The station's owner, Del Reynolds was the morning man with Greg Fletcher middays (now at sister station WMKC/Big Country 102.9) and Deb Michaels afternoons (now at country WKJC 104.7 in Alpena). When Del sold his stations to Calibre Communications in 1998, he stepped down as morning man at WGFM. He insisted the new owners air the newly-syndicated B&T given their ties to northern Michigan.

Yes indeed, Bob Kevoian and Tom Griswold started their career up north in the early 80s together at the old WJML in Petoskey. Back then, they were the hottest radio station in the market. The two met at a bar in nearby Harbor Springs when they worked at different stations in town, but one insisted the other to work at WJML. They ended up in Indianapolis in 1983 when allegedly, Tim Moore, the owner of cross-town rival 106 KHQ sent struggling radio station WFBQ/Q95 an aircheck. Within weeks, the two were working in Indy and WJML's ratings crashed, allowing KHQ to top the ratings.

In 1995, B&T began syndicating and in 1998, they re-debuted on The Bear. Thanks to their bawdy humor and the fact that they ripped a lot of stuff off of Howard Stern, their show once again dominated the northern Michigan radio ratings.

But in 2004, a wardrobe malfunction changed everything.

During that year's Super Bowl, Janet Jackson accidentally exposed her right breast, prompting the FCC to boost indecency fines. Because of this, Clear Channel canned some of their shock jocks, including Howard Stern and Bubba the Love Sponge. Some would thought that Bob and Tom would be thrown under the bus, too, but instead, they decided to kiss CC's ass and retired some of their more edgier bits. You guessed it: the ratings went down and so did The Bear's. Things only got worse when WKLT 97.5/98.9, which The Bear had been beating in the ratings added Omelette's radio show and their ratings overtook The Bear's. Bob and Tom's ratings started to sputter and the increasing fees to carry the show weren't helping. With The Bear being sold to Black Diamond Broadcasting and Bob Kevoian retiring, the show was definitely on its last legs.

Plus, it's worth noting that The Bob and Tom Show is down to only three affiliates here in Michigan: WZUU Kalamazoo, WJXQ Lansing and WILZ Saginaw. The show used to be carried on stations all throughout the state, even Detroit. Hell, I think the show aired on three different stations here in Grand Rapids to hardly any success.

The point is, Bob and Tom is simply old and it's time for new blood. The show, filled with fake comedy bits and fake laughter probably worked best 25 years ago, but not now. It must suck for them to be off the air in the market where it began for them, but oh, well. It's time to move on.

Laughter is the best medicine, but not when it's forced.

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