Lots of really good news on the talk radio front today…
* Doug McIntyre is returning to Red Eye Radio! Monday-Friday 12am-3am 790 KABC in Los Angeles.
* Rob Marinko is filling in for award-winning journalist Dan Avey tonight on Talk Radio One. (Dan will be creepily celebrating 50 years in radio. Congrats, Dan!)
* Brian David Whitman returns as a guest on show #181 of the Pretty Good Podcast!!! (I’m so happy 2010 Randy decided to forgive 2009 Brian.)
If you’ve got a major What in the Hell Did Jesse Jackson Say jones, listen to Tim Conway, Jr. on KFI in 12 minutes.
OK, just download the podcast – 2/4/10 8pm hour.
(Florida…Indiana – same thing)
Seattle-based podcast, Too Beautiful To Live, easily lends itself to comparison with Frosty, Heidi, and Frank. Two dudes, one chick. A couple childhood friends. A youngish-minded outlook.
But here’s a quote from yesterday’s TBTL that you would never hear on FHF…
“I was watching this documentary about Thornton Wilder and the play, Our Town…”
Seriously, you gotta check it out. TBTL, not the Thornton Wilder doc. Well, check that out too, I guess. I haven’t seen it. Gina, you’d probably like it. OK, I have to go read a book now. I’m drifting into Florida territory.
P.S. Guess who’s going to see the Adam Carolla podcast tomorrow night at the Brea Improv! 
And a washer and dryer.
What were you doing St. Patrick’s Day four (five?) years ago? It was the day Frosty extemporaneously composed the Sponge Song. It was raining. I was driving to Target to buy something cool – like shampoo and gum.
And so it began…
Making sweet love to my hot woman
What started out as a normal laugh, quickly progressed to laughing, crying, lack of oxygen, people staring, embarrassment, deep breaths, makeup adjusting, collapsed sighing, and sore ribs.
Oh, and the desire to do it all again.
So here’s my question for you guys.
What are you listening to that makes you laugh like that?
Is there anything? (Please don’t tell me Keith and the Girl.)
(But no, Randy, I don’t want you.)
So I have super late meetings all week, but I don’t want to let the week go by without posting this.
If you haven’t listened to the Pretty Good Podcast in awhile, it’s time to get re-introversed. Seriously. I can’t believe how much the show has grown in such a short amount of time.
And, unbelievably, the growth of the show pales in comparison to the personal growth of that Randall Epstein Wang. Suddenly he’s all confident and stuff – it’s kinda hot.
Start with episode #154 – The Pretty Good GradCast and work your way forward.
Trust me.
P.S. As a writer I find it important to let you know that I know that “introversed” is not a real word. But Randy doesn’t know that – shhh…
OK, I don’t understand why this show is so complicated. Or why Frosty, Heidi, and Frank can’t make up their minds. But I believe they want the best for the audience, the show, and themselves.
In other words, I think it comes from love. And love is complicated.
So here’s a guide to listening to those hooligans. (And where my technical writing skills come in handy.)
Acronyms
FHF=Frosty, Heidi, and Frank Refers to the traditional terrestrial radio show currently heard 9am-12pm on KABC 790AM in Los Angeles.
FHFU=Frosty, Heidi, and Frank Uncensored Refers to the uncensored podcast which ran from March 9, 2009 – December 21, 2009.
HFU=Heidi and Frank Uncensored Refers to the uncensored podcast which ran from December 22, 2009 – December 23, 2009.
AHHF=After Hours with Heidi and Frank Refers to the uncensored weekly podcast which began January 8, 2010.
How to Listen
To listen to FHF:
* Listen live on KABC 790AM.
* Listen live on your Blackberry, iPhone, or iPod Touch using the KABC radio app. (BTW Frank, that KABC app has been available since your first day.)
* Listen live on your iPhone or iPod Touch using the ooTunes app.
*Listen to the podcast on your iPod, computer, or other media device. Available at kabc.com, frostyheidiandfrank.com, iTunes, and Mediafly.
How to listen to FHFU:
Note: There are no new FHFU episodes.
* Listen to the podcasts on your iPod, computer, or other media device. Available at frostyheidiandfrank.com, iTunes, and Mediafly.
How to listen to HFU:
Note: There are no new episodes.
* Listen to the two podcasts (episodes #120, 121) on your iPod, computer, or other media device. Available at frostyheidiandfrank.com, iTunes, and Mediafly.
How to listen to AHHF:
* Listen to the podcast on your iPod, computer, or other media device. Available every Friday on frostyheidiandfrank.com, iTunes, and Mediafly.
Also see if you can figure out the Mediafly app for your iPhone, iPod Touch, or other media device. So far it’s been kind of a pain for me, but maybe I’m an idiot.
Leave questions in the comments if you need more help.
So remember when I wrote this? It’s OK, you don’t have to read it. I’ll just tell you that I predicted this announcement the day Tim Conway, Jr. walked out on that bodcast.
Yep. Tim will be replacing Bryan Suits on KFI 7-10pm starting January 18. Thank God.
Or, how did we become the brand new Tom Leykis?
You know how certain things are burned forever into your memory? Even months or years later you can still remember exactly how you felt.
Maybe you’re a normal person and it’s events like graduating from college or getting married or having a baby. Or maybe (probably not) you’re like me and it’s the day Mr. KABC got fired, the day you read Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, and the day you listened to Frosty, Heidi, and Frank’s last show on KLSX.
I will never forget Frank’s tearful (and drunk) speech near the end of the show when he declared he loved Frosty and Heidi more than he loved his own family. (And then blamed Tom Leykis for the station’s downfall.)
Like a cherry on a morose sundae…wait, what’s a morose sundae?
Like a black rose on Miss Havisham’s wedding cake, FHF then released a “special treat” for us. The SADDEST goodbye video ever!
Now let’s fast-forward through the next 11 months.
FHFU starts out as a low-end weekly podcast.
FHFU ramps up to a good daily podcast.
FHF get hired at KABC.
Frank promises to continue FHFU. Because he loves it, we love it, and he loves us.
Frosty quits FHFU.
Frank and Heidi vow to continue HFU. Because they love it, we love it, and they love us.
Vacation.
Frank and Heidi realize we don’t want FHFU without the first F.
Frank and Heidi quit FHFU. And they blame it on us.
The End
Interesting fact to start the new year…
Award winning reporter, war veteran, KABC veteran, Talk Radio One news guy, and major stud, Dan Avey, was one of the original Jungle Cruise skippers in 1955. Look at him!
Heard through the grapevine…
Was Brian David Whitman doing a Regin Philbin impression this morning on KOLA? (Don’t worry, I’ve never heard of that station either.) I hope so. I’ve never been so concerned about the wellbeing of a person I’ve never met, but there you go.
And…uh…now Frank and Heidi have quit the uncensored podcast.
FHFU > HFU > U?
OK, who’s bored yet? I am. I have…let’s see…NO new podcasts on my iPod. Thank goodness for all the high quality literature I’m reading on my new Kindle. (Shhh…please don’t tell my NerdPR friends I’m reading this crap.)
But I have managed to scrounge up some other holiday recommendations for you guys.
Pretty Good Podcast Christmas Special
What a special treat – gift exchange, holiday songs, Aunt Edna – it doesn’t get better than this. Good job, Randy and Gina!!
Marc Germain back live this week
BTW, remember when Tootie suddenly decided she wanted people to call her by her real name – Dorothy? It didn’t work. Because it’s just weird. That’s how I feel calling Mr. KABC Marc. Just weird.
Anyway, Mr. K, Dan Avey, Dina Losito, even Rob Marinko and Sharon the Gossip Mom, are all back live tonight on Talk Radio One.
KFI fill-in hosts
Gary Hoffman in for Bill Handel in the morning, Wayne Resnick in for Bill Handel in the afternoon, and Tim Conway, Jr. (the sexiest man in talk radio) in for John and Ken. Awesome.
(Do you think we can we get someone to fill in for Bryan Suits?)
Doug McIntyre in for Joe Scarborough
Monday – Wednesday this week 10pm-midnight on KABC. (I think I like these fill-in hosts way better than the originals.)
This American Life – A Very Special Sedaris Christmas
A rerun but enjoyable nonetheless. Some classic David Sedaris Christmas tales, a holiday letter read by Julia Sweeney, and why A Christmas Carol sucks.
