Wednesday, April 2, 2008

Nice guys do win.

Starting off this morning -- congratulations to the guy running for Congress who ran the NICE campaign. The one who didn't call my house 3 times a day. The one who didn't plaster my neighborhood with signs. The one who stopped by my wife's office and was genuinely a pleasant person to speak with. Anyhow...enough about that.

Hey did you see what Hillary Clinton did while campaigning in Philadelphia, PA yesterday? She compared herself to Rocky! You remember that's where the legendary movie Rocky was filmed all those years ago. I was kinda confused because I didn't know which Rocky she was comparing herself to -- the boxer or the cartoon flying squirrel?

Got the nicest email yesterday about our April Fools prank...

Good morning! Your April Fools joke was a good one. For a split second I was reminded of the folks who had the morning show before the two of you and I was sad. Then almost immediately, I told my son this has to be your April Fools joke. I am soooooo glad I was right. You guys make the morning commute an hour and a half enjoyable. Keep up the good work! Scott, don't worry, you don't fit the angry guy mold well at all! Thanks for making a rainy morning a ride of laughter. Enjoy the day! Karen Daniel

Email scott@us963.com

Tuesday, April 1, 2008

April Fools!

Gotcha! Karen and I staged a fight on the air this morning for April Fools Day. That had to be one of the harder things I've ever tried to pull off in my 18 years in radio. By nature I'm not a fighter. I had to script out the entire thing while trying not to look at Karen (or laugh) while we were on the air!

It turned out that most of the calls we got spotted the prank immediately. We did get several folks upset who we eventually let in on the joke. Especially the one mother who suggested that her daughter's image of me was diminished by the way I treated Miss Karen.

Honestly, I would never treat anyone like that. I really enjoy working with Karen every morning. We're like brother and sister in the studio every morning. We finish each other's thoughts, and sometimes even talk "in stereo" saying the same thing at the same time. Thanks for all the calls about leaving the microphone on while we were on the air. The only thing we're really serious about every morning is having fun!