Today's Show

We start off today's show once again without the unofficial theme song "My Love is Mobile" ("that's my wonderful town"), but with those familiar notes of music ("CBS Special Presentation 1973") leading up to a select group of voice messages bridged by sound effects. "Ok here we go, hello you're on the air", our host's regularly played tribute to former radio talk show Dan Daniels followed the numerous recorded messages. Reggie Copeland ("and I know what I did when I woke up this morning at a quarter of six and I said this is going to be a great day in the City of Mobile and that felt so good") of the Mobile City Council and "The Idea Guy" ("when I woke up this morning at 5:13 and 32 seconds, I knew that this was going to be a great day in the City of Mobile") followed that clip from Mobile's radio past. Ending this theme of audio clips on today being "a great day in the City of Mobile" was Tim ("it is a great day in the City of Mobile, yeah that's right"). "Thank you so much! Thank you for listening, thank you for making the Uncle Henry Show the most popular program of its genre in Mobile radio history", said the Uncle on this "beautiful day" weather wise. "Locally, nationally, internationally" best describes today's numerous topics. "Very disappointed to see what I saw in that Press-Register", said the Uncle after reading today's newspaper. "I'm not offended by you, Murtaugh", the Uncle said to "the messenger", or Press-Register reporter Dan Murtaugh. "The citizenry of Mobile County were upset about junk in unincorporated areas", said the Uncle. "You wanted the county to control the beasts and the vermin in the junk piles", said the Uncle. "Two of the three (county commissioners) have talked about having to hire some people to enforce the brand new stuff (laws). Let me get the exact quote here", said the Uncle. "Something about reality that will not be realistic", according to our host. "If it's a law, why can't law enforcement enforce the law?" the Uncle asked. "I've driven around in Mobile County", said the Uncle, who has only seen "a few piles of various junk". Sometimes our host could not tell a house from "a pile of junk" in his travels. "Look, why can't you do it with existing law enforcement?" the Uncle asked. "Are people being attacked by dogs every day in Mobile County?" our host added to his questions. "Do we actually need a squad, perhaps a vermin squad? What have you people gotten yourselves into? Yes, I'm talking to you, the voter(s)", said the Uncle. "It's not always ugly to have a stove or refrigerator in your yard, as long as it's healthy", said the Uncle. "When I was a child, I want to tell you more about me as a child. A slice of life", said the Uncle before sharing memories of "having so much fun in that abandoned car" in a junkyard. "One man's abandoned vehicle is another man's playground", said the Uncle, who now remembers "playing in half of a car" in a dirt pit. "If you add half a car, to me, it was like Six Flags", said the Uncle. "It was almost like snow, only dirtier", the Uncle remembers from childhood. "I don't know what you've got yourselves into", said the Uncle. "They're going to have to pass new laws because there are no new laws or protection from an animal attack", said the Uncle. "Do you remember Gucci the dog", the Uncle asked about the dog attacked years ago. "Currently in Mobile County, the dogs can attack you, but you can't attack the dogs. Yes, I know that's hard for you the live by", said the Uncle. "It's just as backwards-not that I'd attack the dog", said the Uncle. "The Uncle Henry Show continues, you are listening to NewsRadio 710 WPMI", said the Uncle before the first commercial break. After the break and a voice message, the theme music to the TV game show "Match Game" was used as bumper music. "Let's talk to Norman. Hello Norman", the Uncle said to our first live caller. Norman was asked if he has ever played in an abandoned car. "Oh my goodness, when we were growing up, that's what we had to play in", said Norman. "Now, if I'm not mistaken, and I may be wrong, but when I was listening to the news, did that fellow cut across those people's yard with the dogs?" Norman asked. "He was actually trespassing, he was in their yard", Norman said about the fellow attacked by a couple of dogs. "So you're apologizing ahead of time?" the Uncle asked Norman, who admits that he's probably wrong. "I'd like to make three comments this morning if I could", said our next caller Bill. "I think I just heard a bird singing. Are you sitting outside with the bird singing?" said the Uncle. Our host apologized for interrupting Bill, but seconds later the sound of a "bird singing" was actually louder. "He comes in every now and then", said Bill after the sound. "I enjoy hearing the sounds of the nature with you", said the Uncle after listening to what he calls a "beautiful phone call". Today's 9:30 AM half-hour gets a 5/5!


"Feels Like Spring" - TV5 meteorologist Jere Hough

Today's Show

We start off today's show once again without the unofficial theme song "My Love is Mobile" ("that's my wonderful town"), but with the familiar notes of music ("CBS Special Presentation 1973") leading up to a moment of "dead air". "CBS Special Presentation 1973" was replayed again, but this time it was followed by a select group of voice messages bridged by sound effects. "Ok here we go, hello you're on the air", our host's regularly played tribute to former radio talk show Dan Daniels followed numerous recorded messages. Reggie Copeland ("and I know what I did when I woke up this morning at a quarter of six and I said this is going to be a great day in the City of Mobile and that felt so good") of the Mobile City Council and "The Idea Guy" ("when I woke up this morning at 5:13 and 32 seconds, I knew that this was going to be a great day in the City of Mobile") followed that clip from Mobile's radio past. Ending this theme of audio clips on today being "a great day in the City of Mobile" was Tim ("it is a great day in the City of Mobile, yeah that's right"). "Thank you so much! Thank you, listener, a pleasure to be with you finally", said the Uncle after a long weekend without us, his listening audience. "Have to look into doing some 5-hour show on Saturdays-of course, not during spring because I like going outside", said the Uncle. "Numerous things to talk about. My goodness", said the Uncle, who has received numerous messages regarding the retirement of a certain fellow who leaves recorded messages. "Last night, very, very irritated", said the Uncle, who relied upon the listeners to monitor last night's broadcast of the 79th Academy Awards ceremony. "I never heard any of the movies", said the Uncle. "We recognize some of the people", said the Uncle, who, along with his friends could only recognize Clint Eastwood at the ceremony. "The best picture nominee-I want you to think about this, four of the five Best Picture nominees are rated R", said the Uncle. "The R-rated movies are very nasty", said the Uncle, who is used to the violence of cowboys falling off a saddle. "That's what the 'R' is, the pulling out of the bodies", said the Uncle. "PG-13 is almost like R now", said the Uncle. "I don't know if they show all the movies or just part of it", said the Uncle. "It was just mind-numbing-just pretentious-just very difficult to get through", said the Uncle. "Why in the world does that guy-he's on every thing now", said the Uncle, who now believes Gore resembles a head coach in Tennessee. "I didn't realize (global warming) was an on-going crisis", said the Uncle, who believes Ted Koppel could report on the issue every weeknight if he were still the host of "Nightline". "It tells you all you need to know about Hollywood", said the Uncle after viewing the ceremony for a couple of hours. "We need an alternative Hollywood. We need something Mel Gibson could set up", said the Uncle. "We need some type of Michael Landon community, some type of Mayberry community", he suggested before speaking to our first live caller Norman, whose voice was recognized. "Did you see Al Gore?" the Uncle asked Norman. "No, I don't watch [any of] that garbage", Norman answered. "They just showed the latest in self-absorbent", said Norman. "That's right!" said the Uncle. "They think they are smart", Norman said about the ceremony participants in a general sense. "What a prissy person", the Uncle said about Gore. "The liberal left wing media-you know, they pump it up (the ceremony)", said Norman. "It makes me sick", Norman said twice. "If you're going to criticize Bush, Iraq, you're going to have to get in front of the line", said the Uncle. "You have summed up many of my thoughts", said the Uncle after Norman left us. Our host hopes to hear Norman "late in the week" to summarize more thoughts he doesn't give attention to. "All right, Uncle Henry Show in progress. Leeanna, please report to the studio. You have an obligation to talk about your dental work", said the Uncle before the first commercial break. "More work on your smile", the Uncle learned during the live commercial for Dr. Byron Scott's dental services. "The smile was already pretty good, now they're going to look more at it", said the Uncle. After the break and a voice message, the Osmonds (Donny and Marie) singing, "I'm a little bit country…and I'm a little bit rock n'roll" was used as bumper music. "That's the kind of entertainment I'd like to hear more in Hollywood", said the Uncle, referring to the Osmonds. "We want to see him (Eastwood) on a horse", said the Uncle, who also suggest putting the Osmond family on horseback. "I agree with everything that's just been said about the Oscars", said our next caller Michael. "The Oscars, it's now-it's official, it's now longer than the Paul Finebaum Show", said the Uncle. "We have a beautiful day to enjoy now", said the Uncle after Michael said, "It makes me sick" in reference to the ceremony. "They don't memorize the lines, they read them off the cards", said "The Idea Guy", correcting Norman previously. "If you can walk and shoot guns, you can be an actor", said "Idea". "It's absolutely pitiful to have those people on", said "Idea". "If I were the president, I would tax their success", said "Idea". After seeing Gore at last night's ceremony, "I have never seen a man that fat with a head like that", said "Idea". "Maybe Krispy Kreme extends the donuts not only to policemen", said the Uncle, but to "semi-vice presidents". Today's 9:30 AM half-hour gets a 4.7/5!


"Excellent" - TV5 meteorologist Jere Hough

Today's Show

We start off today's show once again without the unofficial theme song "My Love is Mobile" ("that's my wonderful town"), but with those familiar notes of music ("CBS Special Presentation 1973") leading up to a select group of voice messages bridged by sound effects (and a brief gap of "dead air"). "Ok here we go, hello you're on the air", our host's regularly played tribute to former radio talk show Dan Daniels followed the numerous recorded messages. Reggie Copeland ("and I know what I did when I woke up this morning at a quarter of six and I said this is going to be a great day in the City of Mobile and that felt so good") of the Mobile City Council and "The Idea Guy" ("when I woke up this morning at 5:13 and 32 seconds, I knew that this was going to be a great day in the City of Mobile") followed that clip from Mobile's radio past. Ending this theme of audio clips on today being "a great day in the City of Mobile" was Tim ("it is a great day in the City of Mobile, yeah that's right"). "Thank you so much! Uncle Henry Show in progress. If you've just tuned in, you've really missed out on some outstanding radio broadcasting", said the Uncle, but he is fine with that. "There's just so much to sink our teeth in and chew on", said the Uncle. "I've talked about slingshots on this program", said the Uncle, which explains the arrival of a package at the station. First, our host "must speak to Freddie", who becomes the second live caller in two days to speak 2-3 minutes after the Uncle says, "Thank you so much!" "I was laying in my bed listening to that late night radio program on this station", said Freddie. "What does this have to do with you talking to the devil?" the Uncle asked. "That was really uncalled for", said the Uncle after listening to this so-called "happy little message" brought forward by Freddie. "Just brought a bunch of crap upon yourself", said the Uncle. "You never heard me on here talk about who is going to hell", said the Uncle. Our host voluntarily disconnected Freddie. "You never heard me do that. There are reasons for that", said the Uncle. "Laying in bed and talking to the devil, that's absolutely ridiculous", said the Uncle. Our host believes future callers are now thinking, "I don't want to follow that" call by Freddie. "I don't blame you", said the Uncle to any caller with such a thought. Call screener Leeanna was summoned to talk about the package. "Get off that line now! Stop talking to that person! Please get in here as quickly as possible!" the Uncle shouted. Yesterday, he "watched the lights" that indicated that Leeanna was speaking to a caller for about 5 minutes. "We've got this package that was addressed to me, and I say we, because it says Leeanna", said the Uncle, though her name is spelled "Leeann" for some reason. "It says, 'Hey Uncle Henry' and of course 'Leeann' ", said the Uncle, describing the message found in the package. "There's a drawing here of a slingshot", said the Uncle. "Leeann's son said he wants a slingshot too", our host read. "Me and Leeann aiming our slingshots at a bird", said the Uncle, describing a drawing found in the package. "Mr. Mosely, thank you so much. The slingshots are wonderful. I tested mine around the office with paperclips", said the Uncle. "I don't think it's really enough that I killed an animal", said the Uncle. "I liked the letter, I liked the drawings. Very interesting", said the Uncle. As our call screener returned to her work post, "It's Leeanna, isn't it?" the Uncle asked before once again playing audio of caller Jan saying "Leeann". After the first commercial break, a version of the theme music to the TV series "The Big Valley" was used as bumper music. "Sorry about this dated music, I was watching Scott O'Brien", said the Uncle before speaking to caller Steve, who admits that he doesn't make contact with the devil. "All you have to do is resist him and flee", said the Uncle. "I'd really like to know how I be able to retire at age 54", said Steve, though he doesn't want to retire at that age. "Who is this?" the Uncle asked our next caller, whose name was not mentioned. "All right, I want to apologize to you that you weren't screened", said the Uncle. "I work hard, my family's worked hard, and I know your family's worked hard", said our caller, who believes we should "at least make an honest living in this country" in spite of illegal immigrants working. "Somebody somewhere has decided to leave those borders open", said the Uncle before speaking to our next caller, who asked, "What is black and orange?" in reference to "our friend Al (regular voice message commentator)". "Uncle Henry, I'm racing a midlife crisis here, I don't know what to do. Have you ever seen the movie 'Animal House'?" our caller asked. "What is it rated?" the Uncle asked, who never saw the motion picture "Animal House". "Are you a fan of the University of Alabama?" our caller asked. "Yes", said the Uncle. "Look, I hope to find the answers you are looking for", said the Uncle. "More later", said the Uncle before the hourly station identification. Today's 9:30 AM half-hour gets a 4.4/5!

Today's Show

We start off today's show once again without the unofficial theme song "My Love is Mobile" ("that's my wonderful town"), but with those familiar notes of music ("CBS Special Presentation 1973") leading up to a select group of voice messages bridged by sound effects. "Ok here we go, hello you're on the air", our host's regularly played tribute to former radio talk show Dan Daniels followed the numerous recorded messages. Reggie Copeland ("and I know what I did when I woke up this morning at a quarter of six and I said this is going to be a great day in the City of Mobile and that felt so good") of the Mobile City Council and "The Idea Guy" ("when I woke up this morning at 5:13 and 32 seconds, I knew that this was going to be a great day in the City of Mobile") followed that clip from Mobile's radio past. Ending this theme of audio clips on today being "a great day in the City of Mobile" was Tim ("it is a great day in the City of Mobile, yeah that's right"). "Thank you so much! Uncle Henry Show, again in progress. Already a better talk program than you heard thus far today", said the Uncle greeting one & all. Listeners were reminded how to contact our host, either when the show is on the air or off the air. "Let's talk to Ed. Hello Ed", said the Uncle to our first live caller early in the show. "I learned something today-this morning that has changed my mind about Barack (Obama)", said the Uncle on a first name basis. "Today, on the Ellen DeGeneres program, her special guest is Oprah", said the Uncle, whom he finds "very important". "Women of all shapes and sizes love Oprah. And Ellen DeGeneres asked Oprah about the election", said the Uncle. "If Oprah's feeling Obama, then it'll be more difficult to raise money. If you've never watched Oprah, I monitor Oprah", said the Uncle. "If she has somebody on, they become a best selling author", said the Uncle. "She's created this buffoon Dr. Phil guy", said the Uncle. "Good morning, Uncle", said our next caller John, who called in immediately after the first recorded message to respond to it. "Love does not mean kissing some pretty flower", said John. "Sometimes some things are not the pretty type of things", said John. "And me correcting some of Leeanna's awful behavior", said the Uncle, though he admits he does love our call screener. "George Washington and the patriots, they put everything on the line for a cause bigger then themselves", said John. "One of your best calls", said the Uncle after John left us. "The people under 30 that are not in the military, they need to become a homeowner" and everything becomes clear, said the Uncle. "I understand the American dream. I was disgusted with the people in this country who [don't get it]", said caller Steve. "You are in a laboratory of the American dream everyday", the Uncle said to this local business owner. "My climate is controlled, even though today, it isn't necessary to have any control of the climate", said Steve. "You mentioned gun control, he (Obama) is a super gun control advocate", said the Uncle. "If my cause makes you uncomfortable, then maybe your eyes need opening", said the Uncle before leaving us. After the first commercial break, "Uncle Henry Show continues. It's just the best looking day, isn't it?" said the Uncle before speaking to caller Jay. "Let's see, what we have here-Omar. Hello Omar", said the Uncle. "I lived down in the country-I used to years ago. Before they got all these regulations, we used to burn off our plants", said Omar. "I'm not sure all of this is arson or is it just people who are careless", said Omar. "Is there anyway you can burn some fields off without getting into trouble?" is the question Omar wants answered. Omar leaves us with a "Roll Tide Roll" for the Uncle. "Good morning, Uncle Henry", said Frank, who also gave the Uncle a "Roll Tide" shout. "I want to correct myself, I misquoted Oprah", said the Uncle. "The correct quote is, 'I'm feeling Barack' ", said the Uncle. "If you're not monitoring Oprah, you need to monitor Oprah. She is the precursor", said the Uncle before the break. Today's 9:30 AM half-hour gets a 4.0/5!


Notes of Interest:

Folks, your daily writer still misses listening to his favorite syndicated radio talk show "The Joey Reynolds Show" on WABB-AM (1480). To convince the station why it's worth keeping this excellent program in the Mobile area, dial one of the telephone numbers listed below. Good day!

Business: (251) 432-5572
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"Sunny" - TV5 meteorologist John Nodar

Today's Show

We start off today's show once again without the unofficial theme song "My Love is Mobile" ("that's my wonderful town"), but with those familiar notes of music ("CBS Special Presentation 1973") leading up to a select group of voice messages bridged by sound effects. "Ok here we go, hello you're on the air", our host's regularly played tribute to former radio talk show Dan Daniels followed the numerous recorded messages. Reggie Copeland ("and I know what I did when I woke up this morning at a quarter of six and I said this is going to be a great day in the City of Mobile and that felt so good") of the Mobile City Council and "The Idea Guy" ("when I woke up this morning at 5:13 and 32 seconds, I knew that this was going to be a great day in the City of Mobile") followed that clip from Mobile's radio past. Ending this theme of audio clips on today being "a great day in the City of Mobile" was Tim ("it is a great day in the City of Mobile, yeah that's right"). "Thank you so much! Thank you for listening, a pleasure being with you today. Already, I have enjoyed the show", said the Uncle. "Thank you for listening, thank you for making the Uncle Henry Show the most popular program of its genre in Mobile radio history", said the Uncle. "No plans for retirement", he added, which may "disappoint the liberal callers on the voice mail". "They are going to have to pull me away from here physically, even if all of me doesn't show up", said the Uncle. "The very idea that I should drive this show-that I should have a new opinion or a new idea by me, well, right is right and wrong is wrong", said the Uncle. "Why would I change my opinion? That's an insane idea", said the Uncle. "I had the one voice mail caller Dan who called in about toys", said the Uncle. "For the first year in many, many years, I did not go to the Mardi Gras parades (yesterday)", said the Uncle, who only saw the Eastern Shore (Baldwin County) parade his grandson was in. Instead of yesterday's parades, our host took his grandson to a five and dime store. "Could not fine the slingshot", said the Uncle, who "ended up getting the kite" available at the store. "You would have seen my slinging the kite with a slingshot", said the Uncle, if listeners happened to be in Fairhope, Alabama yesterday. "Good morning, Uncle Henry. Glad to have you back", said our first live caller Sarah. "I wanted to comment on Al and the other callers this morning. Don't let that get you down", said Sarah. "I'm not discouraged in the least", said the Uncle. "I agree with most of your views", said Sarah, who is proud to say she's conservative. "Good", the Uncle said in response. "There's all kind of liberal radio right now", said the Uncle, who suggests that Al listens to radio stations on the FM band. "I like the fact that you have different views on your show and different guests", said Sarah, who considers our host's views to be a "weapon". "Extremely liberal, all the different songs, if you listen to all the different songs on the radio today", said the Uncle, who finds the content of these songs to be "very disgusting". "I'd like to talk to you about our county commissioners", said our next caller Mrs. Katz, who recently contacted Mike Dean of the Mobile County Commission after requesting some work to be done near her church. "We pay their salaries, we pay for the equipment", said Mrs. Katz, whose last call to Dean was never returned. "I don't know whom to contact", said Mrs. Katz. "You might want to get in contact with Spencer Collier of the Alabama Legislature", said the Uncle, who does not have Collier's telephone number in handy. "Let us know what happens", said the Uncle. "I surely will", said Mrs. Katz before leaving us. "Maybe the church ought to have [its own] racetrack", said the Uncle before mentioning what he found on the website of radio station WRKH-FM ("The Rocket"). "Show us your tats", the Uncle found, which he understands to be a request for showing off tattoos. After the first commercial break and a voice message, "Uncle Henry Show continues on this beautiful Wednesday", said the Uncle before speaking to our next caller. "What stores do you go into?" our caller asked. "It's a five and dime, it's everything in there", said the Uncle. Our caller asked why the Uncle did not visit a Wal-Mart or a hardware store to find a slingshot. "They've got slingshots to shoot [the] little things", said our caller, referring to small animals such as birds. "I didn't want something that can kill somebody", said the Uncle. "I'm talking about the kind used as a child. I'm talking about wholesome used", said the Uncle. "It's good old fashioned kind of popping things", said the Uncle before speaking to our next caller Jim the Tax Man. "It is so funny this morning", said Jim, who finds the Uncle to be "the guiding light of Christian values". "I think Al must be a Muslim", said Jim, whose tone of voice changed again at this point. "You are doing a good job, truth and values don't change", said Jim. "Obama is coming to Alabama", the Uncle mentioned for Jim, causing our caller to make fun of the idea of the Illinois senator being a Muslim just because he has a non-Christian name. Today's 9:30 AM half-hour gets a 4.7/5!


Note of Interest:

Folks, the Uncle was given some time off yesterday, which was Fat Tuesday (Mardi Gras). Substituting for our host yesterday was WPMI.com news producer Ron Reams.

Today's Show

We start off today's show once again without the unofficial theme song "My Love is Mobile" ("that's my wonderful town"), but by those familiar notes of music ("CBS Special Presentation 1973") leading up to a select group of voice messages (all three are from "The Idea Guy"). "Ok here we go, hello you're on the air", our host's regularly played tribute to former radio talk show Dan Daniels finally followed the numerous recorded messages. Reggie Copeland ("and I know what I did when I woke up this morning at a quarter of six and I said this is going to be a great day in the City of Mobile and that felt so good") of the Mobile City Council and "The Idea Guy" ("when I woke up this morning at 5:13 and 32 seconds, I knew that this was going to be a great day in the City of Mobile") followed that clip from Mobile's radio past. Ending this theme of audio clips on today being "a great day in the City of Mobile" was Tim ("it is a great day in the City of Mobile, yeah that's right"). The Uncle first spoke at 9:38 AM. "Thank you so much! Thank you listener", said the Uncle greeting one & all on a day when he could see "fluffy white clouds" against a "blue sky backdrop". "Glad to see Scott O'Brien (program director) back. Scott O'Brien has been out due to you know what-looking much better than Leeanna", said the Uncle. "Looking as roughed, just Joe Cained-looks like Joe Cain got a hold of you", said the Uncle. "I don't know where to begin, but there's one thing I do want to mention", said the Uncle before getting to a national story first. "There are top democrats who are promoting the idea that if Hillary Clinton is elected, they want to see the governor of New York promote Bill Clinton to her Senate seat", said the Uncle. "This must be the reason they think that you, the listener love him so much", said the Uncle. "When I first heard this, I thought it was a republican plot to scare the you know what out of the electric", said the Uncle, who was shocked to realize that it was democrat plot. "Let the phone ring, Leeanna's not answering. I noticed that she's taking some time out, trying to orient herself", said the Uncle. "It kind of bothers me to a degree and here's why: if they've got enough money, if they can find enough money to give to businesses to major corporations", they are "putting me in debt", said the Uncle. "I would like more of my money back", said the Uncle, who believes he could start his own business this way. "I'm in favor of economic development and all that good stuff", said the Uncle, but wishes to have some of his money back. "I think this Bill Clinton deal is a constitution of ethics", said our first live caller Carlos. "You know, I've got my doubts whether he shares a bed with her", Carlos said about the Clintons. "When that sucker gets up in the morning, I bet she's so damn ugly, said Carlos, who added "screaming" and "kicking". "My goodness", said the Uncle. "Beauty is only skin deep, but liberalism goes straight to the bones, Carlos", said the Uncle before the first commercial break. After the break, a couple of voice messages immediately followed. "Uncle Henry Show continues. I also have a deep affection for Mel Showers. Didn't he work in military espionage or something?" said the Uncle, who would be in favor of the WKRG-TV news anchor running for mayor of Mobile. "I have not barred up about any hearings by the democrats", the Uncle said to our next caller. "Are you sure you were listening to this show?" our host asked. "There's no such thing as reasonable gun control!" said the Uncle after the very mention of "reasonable gun control" by our caller. "They have tried knife control in England", said the Uncle in response to our caller's mention of the murder rate in England. "Anyway, I hope you have a happy and blessed safe Mardi Gras", said our caller. "Keep me updated on magazines, I don't get all the magazines I want", said the Uncle before speaking to Jim the Tax Man. "Uncle Henry, reasonable gun control is like reasonable sand. There's no such thing", said Jim, whose voice changes at certain points of his call. "Very passionate calls", said the Uncle before speaking to caller George, who likes the second amendment to the Constitution of the United States. Today's 9:30 AM half-hour gets a 4.6/5!


"Reigning Fun" - TV5 meteorologist Jere Hough

Today's Show

We start off today's show once again without the unofficial theme song "My Love is Mobile" ("that's my wonderful town"), but by those familiar notes of music ("CBS Special Presentation 1973") leading up to a select group of voice messages. "Ok here we go, hello you're on the air", our host's regularly played tribute to former radio talk show Dan Daniels finally followed the numerous recorded messages. Reggie Copeland ("and I know what I did when I woke up this morning at a quarter of six and I said this is going to be a great day in the City of Mobile and that felt so good") of the Mobile City Council and "The Idea Guy" ("when I woke up this morning at 5:13 and 32 seconds, I knew that this was going to be a great day in the City of Mobile") followed that clip from Mobile's radio past. Ending this theme of audio clips on today being "a great day in the City of Mobile" was Tim ("it is a great day in the City of Mobile, yeah that's right"). No further voice messages were played at this point. "Thank you so much! Thank you listener, my goodness, it's Friday, you can calm down", said the Uncle to his audience. "Ridiculous, tempers flaring. It's Friday, we should neighborly enjoy each other. I'm neighborly, I'm not bragging", said the Uncle. "No one has asked for sugar or flour, although I could share both", said the Uncle, but he doesn't appreciate door to door sales people. "If you're a young person and being forced to listen", said the Uncle before "educating" them about a time when there were many door to door salesmen. "My grandfather used to sell smoked fish from a truck on the Eastern Shore (Baldwin County)", said the Uncle. "It's a different society", said the Uncle, reflecting upon the moment he noticed an anchor tattoo on the salesman who visited his house recently. "How do you know you're not interested when", said the fellow, who suggests that our host puts a sign in his yard to warn other salesmen. "I memorized his license plate", said the Uncle, "I memorized his truck". "You never know, 9 times out of 10, it's an honest peddler", said the Uncle. "479-27-calm down!" said the Uncle before changing the topic to a "vicious attack against Rusty Glover (state legislator)" by "power brokers". "Rusty, I want you to remember that the people of Semmes love you and you know it", said the Uncle. "Let's talk to Sam. Hello Sam", said the Uncle to our first live caller. "This peanut butter they've been talking about", said Sam, referring to a report on two contaminated brands of peanut butter. Sam says he found a jar of the contaminated peanut butter in his home. "I'm heading to Wal-Mart now and get my money back", said Sam before leaving us. "I don't keep it in my house all the time, I just eat it", said the Uncle, expressing his love for peanut butter. "I will eat those vanilla wafers with peanut butter", said the Uncle. Speaking of peanut butter, our host summons call screener Leeanna with her theme music after learning of a "bombshell". "You dropped a bombshell that you had the same peanut butter barcode", said the Uncle, which might explain Leeanna's sick days due to a stomach flu. "My oldest daughter got sick also and we had peanut butter sandwiches last night", said Leeanna. "I don't know", she added. "I'm trying to help you", said the Uncle after asking questions about certain symptoms. "I'm going to use some vanilla wafers next week", said Leeanna before returning to her work post. "Someone brought in some brownies today. They are the worst brownies I've ever tasted in my life", said the Uncle. "The Uncle Henry Show continues" signaled the first commercial break. "All right, Uncle Henry Show continues. We have the news coming up", said the Uncle before speaking to caller William, who thought door to door salesmen were out of style, since the last time he met one was in 1980 in Lake View, Florida. "It looks like a business suicide on the side of Bank of America", said William in his commentary on credit cards. Today's 9:30 AM half-hour gets a 4.4/5!


Note of Interest:

Folks, it's now safe to say that the show's unofficial theme song has been replaced unceremoniously by a lengthy segment of recorded messages. Good day!

Today's Show

We start off today's show without the unofficial theme song "My Love is Mobile" ("that's my wonderful town"), but by those familiar notes of music ("CBS Special Presentation 1973") leading up to a select group of voice messages. "Ok here we go, hello you're on the air", our host's regularly played tribute to former radio talk show Dan Daniels finally aired after five minutes of recorded messages. Reggie Copeland ("and I know what I did when I woke up this morning at a quarter of six and I said this is going to be a great day in the City of Mobile and that felt so good") of the Mobile City Council and "The Idea Guy" ("when I woke up this morning at 5:13 and 32 seconds, I knew that this was going to be a great day in the City of Mobile") followed that clip from Mobile's radio past. Ending this theme of audio clips on today being "a great day in the City of Mobile" was Tim ("it is a great day in the City of Mobile, yeah that's right"). "Thank you so much! Thank you very much for listening, already a wonderful program, already exceeding lots of expectations in just the first few minutes of the show", said the Uncle. "Just so much going on", said the Uncle, who is "wondering about a couple of stories in the news about Bishop State (Community College), as this state audit is made public in the Press-Register, also in the Birmingham News about the same stuff". "I'm bringing this to you because I have a question about all of this", said the Uncle. "Athletic scholarships given to three people older than 60", the Uncle mentioned, along with scholarships given to girls "to be on men's teams" before going into more details. "I get calls to my voice mail all the time, I used to get calls on the air from people saying that Yvonne Kennedy's done a wonderful job", said the Uncle. "Doing what? What job? What is she doing?" the Uncle asked about the college president and state legislator. "Doing a beautiful job of what?" the Uncle asked. "It's just a few bad apples" is what the Uncle's hears from other people critical of employees at Bishop State Community College. "It sounds like chaos to me", said the Uncle. "Certainly if you're there for 10 years or less" you would know employees who are also relatives, said the Uncle. "Maybe no one was ever there really and it's really just a building", according to the Uncle. "Just curious. A beautiful job doing what?" said the Uncle. "Once again, I'd like a job doing that", said the Uncle before reminding listeners to call in by dialing (251) 479-2723. "What's the job description?" the Uncle asked about the job of school president before speaking to our first live caller Jim. "I have a second name for her (Yvonne Kennedy), 'Zorro', because no one can find her", said Jim. "Zorro's [already] been taken", said the Uncle, but he likes the first nickname Jim used. A select group of voice messages aired immediately after the first commercial break. "Uncle Henry Show continues on this beautiful, beautiful Thursday", said the Uncle before speaking to caller Mike. "Sorry about yesterday when I called in, because I had my radio on", said Mike, referring to the "reverberations" due to the station's delay system (used to catch profanity, meaning the programming is not actually live). "Good morning", said Norman, who "finally got through" after four days of getting nothing but telephone rings. "That's Leeanna for you", said the Uncle, blaming our regular call screener. Norman begins by commenting on Yvonne Kennedy. "She needs to be gone", said Norman, who said he's not being racist, or superior over another race. Norman changes to topic to awards, such as the Grammy Awards. "The thing is, all these awards, they have these affairs out there in Los Angeles, all these so-called celebrities", said Norman. According to our caller, these folks think they are so important and "pat themselves on the back". "It's all a bunch of hogwash", said Norman. "Anybody with any life experience knows that it's hogwash", said the Uncle. "I just don't understand it", said Norman. "You're right, it does tie in with the '60s (1960s)", the Uncle said in agreement with Norman about the celebrated people he was talking about. "They always talk about this song, this plot is smart", said Norman. "It's all about life without consequences", said the Uncle, who believes the musical group "The Dixie Chicks" wanted to say awful things at the Grammy Awards. "They hate this country so much", Norman believes. "They do", said the Uncle. "Can I say this on the air", said Norman before using the word 'hell' in his last sentence following a rant on illegal immigration. "Do you remember a little company called Enron?" our next caller Steve asked the Uncle. "Look Steve, I've got to run", said the Uncle due to the upcoming station identification and newsbreak. "You're right, government money is considered magic money", said the Uncle before the break. Today's 9:30 AM half-hour gets a 4.5/5!


Note of Interest:

Folks, your daily writer's second favorite radio program "The Joey Reynolds Show", has been removed from the schedule of the Uncle's former radio home WABB-AM. The overnight radio program was unlike any other talk program on any station in the Mobile ready, yet WABB decided to replace it with another live overnight program called "The Midnight Radio Network". Until WABB has a change of heart, the only way folks in the Mobile region can hear "The Joey Reynolds Show" is through online streaming. Good day!

Today's Show

We start off today's show once again without the unofficial theme song "My Love is Mobile" ("that's my wonderful town"), but by those familiar notes of music ("CBS Special Presentation 1973") leading up to a select group of voice messages. "Ok here we go, hello you're on the air", our host's regularly played tribute to former radio talk show host Dan Daniels followed the voice messages. Part of an advertisement with regular call screener Leeanna was played inadvertently during the Daniels clip. Reggie Copeland ("and I know what I did when I woke up this morning at a quarter of six and I said this is going to be a great day in the City of Mobile and that felt so good") of the Mobile City Council and "The Idea Guy" ("when I woke up this morning at 5:13 and 32 seconds, I knew that this was going to be a great day in the City of Mobile") followed that clip from Mobile's radio past. Ending this theme of audio clips on today being "a great day in the City of Mobile" was Tim ("it is a great day in the City of Mobile, yeah that's right"). "Yes", the Uncle said in agreement with his pre-recorded introduction. "Thank you so much! Thank you so much for listening, thank you for making the Uncle Henry Show the most popular program of its genre in Mobile radio history", said the Uncle, who claims to have enjoyed today's show "several minutes ago". "We are happy to report that we are going to have a real call screener screening your calls today", said the Uncle as he introduces substitute call screener Chris Desalvo. "Leeanna, after her strange behavior at the Satoma Club, has called in sick", said the Uncle, who now believes Wednesday is the top day for calling in sick. Our host reminded listeners how to contact him, either live (251 479-2723) or by recorded message (251 706-BULL). "Thank the Lord for Rusty Glover", said the Uncle, which he usually says in private, but is proud to say it today after reading a Press-Register newspaper article quoting the state legislator. "He says his constituents (in West Mobile) distrust the City of Mobile", said the Uncle. "He said, 'Post office, grocery store, school, everywhere people told me no way no how' ", said the Uncle reading the article. "So, distrust and outrage in that area", said the Uncle. "It could be the aggressive nature of the city trying to annex West Mobile", our host believes, based on the plan to annex Mobile Regional Airport. "I used to live out there for many, many years", said the Uncle, who remembers people that just loved Glover enough to keep him in the Alabama Legislature. "They really like him, that's a home-spun wisdom", said the Uncle. "Right now, what's been going on in the City of Mobile is to make it an attractive city", said the Uncle. "I think there needs to be more done with the City of Mobile", said the Uncle, specifically the crime rate according to callers. Our first live caller's radio was heard before she spoke. "Hello, yes, um, are we probably on the air?" said our first live caller, who considers Rusty Glover to be a "fine, moral man". "The reason I actually called was we actually travel a lot on the Interstate", said our unidentified caller, who notices "ugly caravans" towing other cars on the Interstate. "Most of the time, there's so many on the road", said our caller. "They (the police) say they cannot--oh, what do you call them, profile immigrants", said our caller, who suggests profiling certain drivers. "Do you feel threatened by these people? Are they doing something other than getting together?" the Uncle asked. "I've never been attacked, surely anything like that", said our caller. She asked if there is a telephone number to "report these people on the Interstate that are also causing a possible accident to happen" without license plates. "The Uncle Henry Show continues here on NewsRadio 710 WPMI", said the Uncle before the first commercial break. After the break, bumper music (a version of the "Batman" TV series theme music) was the first thing listeners heard, followed by a voice message. "If the immigrants haven't had any success in this country, we wouldn't be here", said our next caller Freddie in response to the previous caller. "We need more love today, Uncle Henry", said Freddie. "You played right into it, you said some things that fit right in the analysis", said the Uncle, referring to his experiment in progress. "I was just calling in about the lady who called in and it's tough following Freddie", said our next caller Eric. "So, the bottom line is she shouldn't be afraid", said the Uncle. "I grew up in Tillman's Group, lots of great people, but there are some bad white people", said Eric before leaving us. "Is Leeanna the one that does Scott's commercials?" our next caller asked so she could compare this another commercial with Leeanna. "I just wonder if it's true that's the way she speaks", said our caller. Today's 9:30 AM half-hour gets a 4.0/5!

Today's Show

We start off today's show without the unofficial theme song "My Love is Mobile" ("that's my wonderful town"), but by those familiar notes of music ("CBS Special Presentation 1973") leading up to voice messages from Tim, "The Idea Guy", regular voice message commentator Al, and an unidentified fellow. "One more thing about this-thinking about you when I was out driving on the road. I was driving 35 MPH and that was the speed limit and I'm sick of it", said Tim, who expressed anger toward other drivers. "Y'all get going, get pass of it", said Tim. The recorded messages were connected by sound effects. "Ok here we go, hello you're on the air", our host's regularly played tribute to former radio talk show host Dan Daniels followed the recorded messages. Reggie Copeland ("and I know what I did when I woke up this morning at a quarter of six and I said this is going to be a great day in the City of Mobile and that felt so good") of the Mobile City Council and "The Idea Guy" ("when I woke up this morning at 5:13 and 32 seconds, I knew that this was going to be a great day in the City of Mobile") followed that clip from Mobile's radio past. Ending this theme of audio clips on today being "a great day in the City of Mobile" was Tim ("it is a great day in the City of Mobile, yeah that's right"). "Thank you so much! Thank you listener, thank you for listening, thus becoming a listener. I am also listening to the show, as I am on the show", said the Uncle, who thanks himself for also listening. "Very excited to be here today", said the Uncle, who will be "going across the bay to see the Eastern Shore Satomans*" immediately following the conclusion of today's show. "I'm just going to get Leeanna to stand up and talk about her to the Satomans", said the Uncle. Our host will be discussing "every level of specific topics, everywhere you look" during today's program. "I'm formulating my theory on this", said the Uncle, who "believes some cabal of business interests have gotten together with various-some people" and started providing help to illegal immigrants. "They will give you a credit card to an illegal immigrant", said the Uncle after reading a story involving Bank of America. "No social security number, no credit history, you can show up and be John Doe for 25 or 60 bucks a checking account", said the Uncle. "They are looking to getting to the Hispanic business-the Hispanic market", said the Uncle. "They know something we do not know, in my opinion", said the Uncle. "To the phones, let's talk to John. Hello John", said the Uncle to our next caller, who is using a cellular phone with an image of an Uncle Albert. "Apparently people get worked up, irritated by the weather, and I cannot disagree with you more strongly", said the Uncle before speaking to our next caller Merriam. "Uncle Henry, about yesterday if I may", said Merriam getting to her call's main point. "People should check in to things a little further before making a judgement", said Merriam, a resident of midtown Mobile. "You don't want your neighbor in your neighborhood who has four cars" in the backyard, said Merriam. "I think that this would really mean more to people if they understand that this is a city where people want to be friendly", said Merriam. "Uncle Henry, I have been working for months and months and months to get that mess straighten up", said Merriam. "It's so much more" than a flat tire, according to Merriam. "I wish there was one way and there may be", said Merriam, as in inviting the environmental court judge to the show for about 30 minutes. "Help the people understand", she said. "Hope you have a wonderful day and it's always a pleasure to listen to you", said Merriam, who also enjoys listening to other callers, no matter how different their views are. "What a lovely sounding voice", said the Uncle. "That made my day, I didn't even know what you were saying", the Uncle admitted "Merriam, call again on subsequent days, because you are a breath of fresh air of whatever you were talking about", said the Uncle before the first commercial break. "Hey Uncle Henry, Glen Campbell did have a couple of Grammy(s)", said a caller in a voice message that immediately followed the commercial. After singing "I'm a Drunken Cowboy", our caller said, "That's Glen Campbell". "Let's talk to Mark. Hello Mark", said the Uncle. "I've got a solution to the immigration problem", said Mark, who believes the solution requires the willingness of politicians. "Even in Nashville, Tennessee, unable to get English as an unofficial year. I'm telling you, this has been decided [years ago] without our knowledge", said the Uncle before the break. Today's 9:30 AM half-hour gets a 3.0 /5!


Notes of Interest:

*Folks, I have no idea whether or not "Satomans" is the correct spelling of the group of people the Uncle interacted with today

"Stormy" - TV5 meteorologist John Nodar

Today's Show

We start off today's show without the unofficial theme song "My Love is Mobile" ("that's my wonderful town"), but by those familiar notes of music ("CBS Special Presentation 1973") leading up to the following voice message: "Uncle Henry, one of your callers was trying to pick a fight with you on Friday", said Jim the Tax Man in the first of many voice messages on today's show. "You are the man at the controls, you are the editor", said Jim. "Don't give these fools opinion to speak from. You can't argue the fools", said Jim. "Don't waste your time dealing with some of these fools", he added. "This is my opinion, this is the way you do it", said Jim near the end of his recorded message. Two other voice messages followed, which explains the absence of the show's unofficial theme song. "Ok here we go, hello you're on the air", our host's regularly played tribute to former radio talk show host Dan Daniels finally aired after the three voice messages. Reggie Copeland ("and I know what I did when I woke up this morning at a quarter of six and I said this is going to be a great day in the City of Mobile and that felt so good") of the Mobile City Council and "The Idea Guy" ("when I woke up this morning at 5:13 and 32 seconds, I knew that this was going to be a great day in the City of Mobile") followed that clip from Mobile's radio past. Ending this theme of audio clips on today being "a great day in the City of Mobile" was Tim ("it is a great day in the City of Mobile, yeah that's right"). Yet another voice message aired, this time it was recorded by listener Sarah Martin, who recommended a remedy for the odor coming from our host's puppy. "Thank you so much! Thank you for listening, thank you for making this program the top program of its genre in Mobile radio history. What a wonderful Monday! I love Mondays", said the Uncle. "You just couldn't ask for a better Monday", our host added. "I have not checked your message, because I had a record of weekend voice mail", the Uncle said to listeners who have recently left a recorded message. "I agree that this city needs weekend live talk", said the Uncle, who suggests forcing call screener Leeanna into hosting a program on the weekend. "Very upset, because I wasted my time", said the Uncle after watching the 49th Annual Grammy Awards on television last night. "They have awards for everything", said the Uncle. "Award after award, freak after freak paraded on television, category after category on television, and I did not see Taylor Hicks", said the Uncle. "They should have called it the Liberal Grammy Awards", said the Uncle, who has "seen enough Dixie Chicks to last a lifetime". "Whatever they're singing, it's not country music", our host believes. "Six Dixie Chicks appearances and no Taylor Hicks", said the Uncle. "How is it that the Dixie Chicks win all these awards and are not played on the radio in Mobile, Alabama or really anywhere", said the Uncle, with the exception of Canada. "They give awards to every kind of recording, including audio book", said the Uncle, according to the fine print included with a list of last night's Grammy winners. "The winner of the audio book, the winner of the spoken book was Jimmy Carter", said the Uncle, which answers all his questions "about the dab gum thing". "Bull malarkey" is the response our host would give to anybody who objects to his view of the awards. "He's (Hicks) going to have to go out and bash Bush (to win a Grammy). So it's a waste of my time, I should have known better", said the Uncle, who would have slapped himself on the head to stop watching the awards. "All the DJs around here talk about the Grammys like it's something special", said the Uncle. "You can tell it's all liberally motivated", said our first live caller Bill, who stopped watching the Grammys after the "first part". Our host asked Bill if Glen Campbell was ever awarded a Grammy. "He better have won one", said the Uncle after Bill told him Campbell received a Grammy. "Uncle Henry. Man, I'm with you on the Dixie Chicks", said Bob, who "heard on the news this morning" one of the singers saying they no longer consider themselves country-western singers. "Sorry, I listen to NPR (National Public Radio) sometimes", said Bob. "I have one more observation on that thing last night. I will give it to you in a moment", said the Uncle before the first commercial break. A voice message from Tim immediately followed the first commercial break without bumper music or any sort of signal. "I'm going to talk to Carol next", said the Uncle, but first a "common sense observation" on the Grammys. "How can they be any good (singer) if I've never heard of them?" the Uncle asked about the "freaks" last night, with the exception of singer Carrie Underwood. "If it's good, you've heard of them", said the Uncle before speaking to Carol. "Right before Christmas, my husband and I received a letter concerning us that our state homeowners insurance was going to discontinue flood insurance", said Carol, putting the couple into a "tailspin". "My husband and I have great credit rates, we were able to find another insurance carrier", said Carol, who believes something should be done about the insurance commissioners. "It seems to me like it all stinks to high heaven", Carol added. "These are employees that live in Alabama that sales these policies", said Carol. "So we join a pool of other people hoping to invest", she said. "What are your thoughts, Uncle Henry?" Carol caller asked before leaving us. The Uncle agrees with Carol. "I can't for the life of me not understand why these people, Diane Sawyer and these network people, are qualified to interview the Iranian leader", said our next caller, since Sawyer is not a "foreign policy expert". "I agree with you", said the Uncle, who said that folks like Sawyer are allowed to speak directly to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. "Really no constructive purpose", our host believes about the interviews other than to give the fellow a platform for propaganda. "One thing that bothers me about these reporters like Mike Wallace and Diane Sawyer", said the Uncle, is when they consider they're interview subject (one who has preached "death to Israel") to be "charming". Today's 9:30 AM half-hour gets a 4.7/5!


"Nice Today" - TV5 meteorologist John Nodar

Today's Show

We start off today's show with the unofficial theme song "My Love is Mobile" ("that's my wonderful town"), followed by those familiar notes of music ("CBS Special Presentation 1973") leading up to a voice message. "Ok here we go, hello you're on the air", our host's regularly played tribute to former radio talk show host Dan Daniels followed the recorded message. Reggie Copeland ("and I know what I did when I woke up this morning at a quarter of six and I said this is going to be a great day in the City of Mobile and that felt so good") of the Mobile City Council and "The Idea Guy" ("when I woke up this morning at 5:13 and 32 seconds, I knew that this was going to be a great day in the City of Mobile") followed that clip from Mobile's radio past. Ending this theme of audio clips on today being "a great day in the City of Mobile" was Tim ("it is a great day in the City of Mobile, yeah that's right"). "Thank you so much! Thank you listener, thank you for listening, thank you for making this program the top program of its genre in Mobile radio history", said the Uncle greeting one & all, in spite of feeling irritable due to a news story he read. "From what you said, it sounds like-there were never any good old days", the Uncle said in response to a voice message. "I know that sounds too complicit to you", according to our host. "You choose to look at the bad", he said. "They (other people) remember that the good old days had some bad things", said the Uncle. "They can certainly remember some positives. Very disappointed in you", said the Uncle, who is concerned for the caller's well being. "I am becoming more and more an expert in people's psyches", said the Uncle, who understands the "unusual psyches" of program director Scott O'Brien, call screener Leeanna, everyone of WRKH-FM ("96.1 The Rocket"), and WPMI-TV. "You realize that some of the lousy stuff that appears on the horizon, you may not live to see, you'll be in Heaven, and not worry about it", said the Uncle before getting to an Associated Press story saying that "in Vermont, they are considering a measure that would ban eating or drinking in your car". "They're actually talking about passing a law in that state. You know how this country is, one state rarely does anything", said the Uncle. "That is absolutely a violation of my rights, and I know driving is not a right, it's a privilege", said the Uncle. "This is absolutely insane, and you can't tell me that a bottle of water is something to kill someone in a car wreck", said the Uncle. "I'm very handy with them. I can eat french fries easily as I drive with no threat to the other motorists. I can eat hamburgers, not the [giant] ones", said the Uncle. "They want to ban eating, drinking, smoking, reading", said the Uncle. "Playing an instrument?" he asked in amazement. "I'm not in favor of playing an instrument in your car", said the Uncle, but believes at least one person has done it for it to be listed for banishment. "It's a $600 fine" for drinking water in the car, said the Uncle. "If you're interacting with your pet", said the Uncle, "which can involve a lot of things with you pet", another $600 fine. "Laughing stock of the United States", said the Uncle. "Let's talk to Charles. Hello Charles", said the Uncle to our first live caller. "I didn't say we're all going to heaven", said the Uncle. "Who said whose going to heaven?" Charles asked. "I believe I am", said the Uncle. "Why are you trying to engage me in a battle over the Bible?" the Uncle asked. "You're trying to combine our crankiness", said the Uncle, who urges Charles to calm down. The Uncle asked Charles about the status of his grandparents. "There will be a resurrection", Charles said about the Uncle's deceased grandparents. "You're saying that my mother's spirit is not with Jesus?" the Uncle asked. "She's in the grave waiting on resurrection day", said Charles. "What I'm trying to make-this is crazy!" said Charles. "Try to read the Bible with understanding", our caller suggested. "You're saying that Ronald Reagan is not in heaven?" the Uncle asked. "You're saying that all the people are in the grave", said the Uncle. "Now I've gotten control of myself, I thank you for your call", said the Uncle. "You're bringing up my mother and I don't appreciate that", said the Uncle. "Stop talking about my mother!" the Uncle shouted more than once. "I had to disconnect", said the Uncle. "Look Leeanna, start doing some screening. I'm not going to have people attack my mother on the show", said the Uncle. "The Uncle Henry Show continues here on NewsRadio 710 WPMI", said the Uncle before the first commercial break. After the break, a voice message made in response to the talk about "Sesame Street" during yesterday's show was played. "They kind of remind me of Mobile on the PBS show", said the caller. "Uncle Henry Show continues. (251) 479-2723 is the number", said the Uncle before speaking to our next caller. "John!" said the Uncle. "Well, John unable to hear", said the Uncle before our caller finally spoke. His name is actually Don. "We'll thank Leeanna for that brilliant bit of call screening", said the Uncle. "They should be able to eat and drink out there", Don said about drivers in the general sense. "Leeanna, that was Don. All right", said the Uncle before speaking to Marie, who shared her memories of an "open container law" in Miami, Florida. "You could not have coffee or coke, and of course alcohol always", said Marie. She believes heavy fines should only be placed on cellular phones. "Very delightful phone calls", said the Uncle. "I'm the real John, I'm not the Don", said John before wishing "Scott O'Brien's liberal butt a speedy recovery". "I was calling in about Charlie Moss' comments to [Congressman] Jo Bonner", said John, referring to an earlier program. "Anyway, I just wanted to make a comment", said John before leaving us. "Hey, I don't know if you remember, but if you remember the red light traffic thing", said K.P., who believes everything, including driving is headed toward a "big momma government". "What about the food?" the Uncle asked. "I guess you're going to have this secret tube", K.P. predicts. Our host was suspicious of K.P.'s suggestion of what he should do at the beginning of the show. "I'm trying to control myself, thank you for calling, K.P.", said the Uncle. "Shame on you Leeanna, shame on you Leeanna for putting him up", said the Uncle. "I going to take this under advisement", said the Uncle. Today's 9:30 AM half-hour gets a 4.0/5!

Today's Show

We start off today's show with the unofficial theme song "My Love is Mobile" (with all-time caller Leroy's "Roll Tide Roll" interrupting the song), followed by those familiar notes of music ("CBS Special Presentation 1973") leading up to the following voice message: "Hey Uncle Henry, this is Al. You know this is Black History Month, I know you don't like to watch public television", said Al, who is recommending one particular program for our host. "You need to look at it, Uncle Henry, it's all about a scientist", said Al. "Ok here we go, hello you're on the air". Reggie Copeland ("and I know what I did when I woke up this morning at a quarter of six and I said this is going to be a great day in the City of Mobile and that felt so good") of the Mobile City Council and "The Idea Guy" ("when I woke up this morning at 5:13 and 32 seconds, I knew that this was going to be a great day in the City of Mobile") followed that clip from Mobile's radio past. Ending this theme of audio clips on today being "a great day in the City of Mobile" was Tim ("it is a great day in the City of Mobile, yeah that's right"). "What a love made for heaven, Al Gore the Global Warming Man and a nutty woman wearing diapers", said "Idea" in his voice message suggesting that the two be sent to the sun. "Thank you so much! Thank you listener, a pleasure very much. Not just the average pleasure, but pretty big pleasure being with you today", said the Uncle greeting one & all. "Looking forward to our interactions today on numerous topics", said the Uncle before reminding listeners anywhere (including the "podcast" listeners) how to contact him. "I have a voice mail from Al asking me to watch PBS, APT because it's Black History Month", said the Uncle. "I don't need the history lesson. I lived through the era", said the Uncle before mentioning the cuts to PBS funding in the 2008 federal budget. "You can't make a good argument for tax dollars being used to prop up a television network", the Uncle said about the Public Broadcasting Service, which is more of a programming supplier than a network. "You can't tell me that Big Bird can't survive", our host believes. "They're on pillows, they're on toys-the Tickle Me Elmo", said the Uncle. "Why are my tax dollars going to advertise the Tickle Me Elmo?" the Uncle shouted. "That is an absolute flushing of the tax dollars to support that. They are making enough money to support themselves", said the Uncle. "They (the consumers) wanted to buy it because my tax dollars went into the advertising of that particular character", said the Uncle, who sees no educational value in "Sesame Street". "No Al, I completely disagree with you", said the Uncle in response to our caller's request. "Here's the rule, if it's good people will want to see it", said the Uncle. "I like Lawrence Welk, they have 'The Lawrence Welk Show' on Alabama Public Television", said the Uncle. "They should allow someone to advertise on it, like Geritol. There's various pharmaceutical firms that could advertise on it", said the Uncle. "Half the time" our host watche public television, he sees dancing and music from the 1950s and 1960s. "Why would my tax dollars go to the Four Seasons?" the Uncle asked about the musical group with Frankie Valley. "Well, get some advertising" is the Uncle's response to questions about the news programs on PBS. "If it's worth wild, someone-I need a rebate from the 'Sesame Street'. I think 'Sesame Street' owes the taxpayer dollar", said the Uncle. The puppeteers no longer on the show are "taxed out", according to our host. "I have some really important stuff, we're going to have some really shocking important stuff", said the Uncle. "Let's talk to Wayne. Hello Wayne", said the Uncle. "Are you as frantic today as Leeanna said so?" Wayne asked. "She needs to watch what she's talking about, because I'm in a good mood!" said the Uncle, who has yet to speak to our call screener. "She's a good girl, don't be too rough with her", said Wayne before mentioning the request for a jet by the new speaker of the House of Representatives in Washington, D.C. "I think she's kind of setting herself up to being the queen", Wayne said about the House speaker. "They don't care about us, our problems, or anything else", said Wayne. Our host asked Wayne if the speaker is from California. "The land of freaks and nuts", Wayne said about California. "When she ran for office, [didn't] she know where Washington, D.C. was?" the Uncle asked. "If they give it to her, I'm really going to throw up", said the Uncle, causing Wayne to laugh. Wayne believes he will be moving to Australia if the jet becomes a reality. "479-that really does make me sick", said the Uncle before the first commercial break. "You need three hours, Uncle Henry, at least three hours", said a caller in a voice message played after the break. "Very nice weather, very nice Thursday", said the Uncle. "The better the weather is, the worse my dog smells. Today I am expecting a very stinking dog", said the Uncle before speaking to our next caller. "You're the Count from public television, you're the Count from Sesame Street", said the Uncle after hearing our caller's imitation of the "Sesame Street" Muppet. "First of all, to put a vampire puppet on a children's show shows the children to the occult", said the Uncle. "I want to clarify some things on the Pelosi (House speaker) deal", said our next caller, who says the House speaker wants a 757 airplane in addition to the plane she already uses to travel. "The previous caller brought up her inauguration", said our caller, who specifically points out the speaker's promise to do "whatever it takes" to help her fellow citizens. "For her to fly one way on that airplane costs of taxpayers $300,000", said our caller, considering that a 757 uses "an enormous amount of fuel". "I hope she doesn't get it (the jet)", said the Uncle before speaking to our last live caller for the half-hour. "I just saw a policeman on a seg way downtown. I don't know if you can stop someone on a seg way or not", said Tim in a voice message played near the end of the show's first half-hour. Today's 9:30 AM half-hour gets a 4.8/5!

Today's Show

We start off today's show with the unofficial theme song "My Love is Mobile" ("that's my wonderful town"), followed by those familiar notes of music ("CBS Special Presentation 1973") leading up to the following classic conversation between the Uncle and a caller: "These politicians are not stupid like the gentleman was talking about", said the caller, who considers these certain politicians " extremely smart". "What they really are, Henry, are a bunch of low down crooks", he said. "Well tell us something new, we knew that", said the Uncle. "We need an honest man", the caller said at the end of the clip. "Ok here we go, hello you're on the air". Reggie Copeland ("and I know what I did when I woke up this morning at a quarter of six and I said this is going to be a great day in the City of Mobile and that felt so good") of the Mobile City Council and "The Idea Guy" ("when I woke up this morning at 5:13 and 32 seconds, I knew that this was going to be a great day in the City of Mobile") followed that clip from Mobile's radio past. Ending this theme of audio clips on today being "a great day in the City of Mobile" was Tim ("it is a great day in the City of Mobile, yeah that's right"). "You watching this channel about food? Would you believe that the most pizzas ever ordered at one time, not the Super Bowl, not the national championships", but when "O. J. Simpson ran his dab gum Bronco down the street", said Tim in his voice message. "If that doesn't make you sick, I don't know what will", said Tim. "Dab gum some people", he said at the end of the recorded message. "Thank you so much! Thank you listener, thank you so much for listening and being a listener. There are some people that do not listen, I know that's a shock, but there are some that don't listen, so they don't have the title of 'listener' ", said the Uncle. "If you are viewing somehow, let me know", said the Uncle, which would indicate a security problem he was "unaware of". "I have so many things to tell you about. I have so many things I'm really shocked to tell you about", said the Uncle. "Please Uncle Henry, don't tell anybody" is what our host has been told by certain folks recently. "It happened when Steve Nodine was here, last Friday", said the Uncle, specifically during the commercial break of the program with the Mobile County commissioner. "I wish I could tell you, just can't tell anybody, and then yesterday I went and paid a visit" to "radio legend Scott O'Brien" for the first time ever at his "enviable bachelor pad" in Daphne, Alabama. "I don't think I've ever referred to anybody's home as a 'pad' ", said the Uncle, who considers a "pad" to be a "1950s beat nick" slang. "You can't get around it (the word)", said the Uncle. "I talked to him for quite some time", said the Uncle. "There was some Jimmy Buffett [thing] he was playing", said the Uncle. "Just like the Nodine conversation, yesterday's conversation I am unable to discuss", said the Uncle, as requested by Scott. "It's happening to me all the time", our host believes. "Let me go to the Uncle Henry e-mail box", said the Uncle, which he believes is the first time he has ever checked his electronic mail this early in the show. "Josh Bernstein, the former investigative reporter for WPMI Television" wrote to our host, but unfortunately the Uncle cannot tell us most of it at Bernstein's request. "I promise to break that story on the Uncle Henry Show", the Uncle read. "I love Sacramento, California, but I think my heart is in Mobile", the Uncle read. "Give me a ring when you have the time", the Uncle read. "Your children have probably never heard of that", our host believes about the "ring" slang. "Trust me my friend, I'll see this one through, even if I'm 3,000 miles away", our host read in the letter. "Please let them know I truly miss them (the listeners) all", the Uncle read. "This is all so interesting", said the Uncle, who recommends that we "fill in the blanks" in our mind. "Numerous topics to discuss on today's program, but first let me talk to John", said the Uncle. "Are you the guy that called in about the battle of the War of 1812?" our host asked John, who wants to talk about the significance of Admiral Farragut in the Battle of Mobile, since today's Press-Register mentions the Admiral Farragut Academy band coming to Mobile for Mardi Gras celebrations. "As long as you're not going to spend, like 4 or 5 minutes on it", said the Uncle before John shared his knowledge about Farragut and the role in the Battle of Mobile Bay. "All right, anything else?" the Uncle asked. "Not too much, because Scott O'Brien hangs me up", said John, which surprised our host. "Let's just confront the situation", said the Uncle, who would like to ask Scott and radio reporter Charlie Moss why they hang up on our caller. "Scott O'Brien was in good spirits yesterday, he's in a good spirits", said the Uncle as he tried to answer John's last question. "He could be back sometime-well, I can't even say when he might come back", said the Uncle. "So John, I wish I could tell you more", said the Uncle before reminding John about what he said about the Buffett music and the house. After the first commercial break, "Just got done reading about the local bands not being able to play", said "The Idea Guy" in a voice message that immediately began playing after the break. "Andy Griffith had a band in Mayberry", "Idea" reminded our host, who also loves the TV series. "Uncle Henry Show continues here on NewsRadio 710 WPMI", said the Uncle, who is "an hour and 10 minutes away from the Rush Limbaugh Show". "If you're listening to this program on 'podcast', you should call (251) 706-2855 (BULL)", said the Uncle. "They've been lost for years", said the Uncle after hearing a commercial for the TV program "Lost" during the break. "I did not catch Hannity and Colmes", said the Uncle in response to Steve's question. Today's 9:30 AM half-hour gets a 5/5!

Today's Show

We start off today's show with the unofficial theme song "My Love is Mobile" ("that's my wonderful town"), followed by those familiar notes of music ("CBS Special Presentation 1973") leading up to the following voice message: "I just sit here thinking about David Thomas (former Mobile County Public School System board member), resurfacing", said "The Idea Guy". "I would pay to see Fred Barkley wrestle Dave Thomas" at the Mobile Convention Center, said "Idea". "Winner takes all", he said at the end of his recorded message. "Ok here we go, hello you're on the air", our host's regularly played tribute to former radio talk show Dan Daniels followed. Reggie Copeland ("and I know what I did when I woke up this morning at a quarter of six and I said this is going to be a great day in the City of Mobile and that felt so good") of the Mobile City Council and "The Idea Guy" ("when I woke up this morning at 5:13 and 32 seconds, I knew that this was going to be a great day in the City of Mobile") followed that clip from Mobile's radio past. Ending this theme of audio clips on today being "a great day in the City of Mobile" was Tim ("it is a great day in the City of Mobile, yeah that's right"). "Listen, me and my daughter, 8-year-old Sarah", said Daniel, were watching a Doritos advertisement during Sunday's football game, and Sarah asked what the advertisement really meant. "I was so disgusted, Uncle Henry that I turned the TV off", said Daniel, who now wants to watch television "even less" than usual. "Thank you so much! Thank you so much for listening. Thank you listener", said the Uncle, who appreciates the listeners' time, even though he has no idea what they are really doing. "Aren't you glad to be alive today? I know I am", said the Uncle before referring to events "worth a word or two" or simply educational that are worth discussing. "Very angry about this, it's a Hurricane Katrina story", said the Uncle before reading one investigative reporter's story about 70,000 Louisiana households that have yet to receive government grants. "The government regularly gave money to more homes than to homes that actually existed. So nearly 100 neighborhoods, 162,160 homes that did not exist before the hurricane [may have received more than a billion dollars]-I hope you're understanding what I'm saying", said the Uncle. "This analysis says that the government made more home grants than homes that existed before", said the Uncle. "There's some government incompetence that's involved in this", our host believes, along with the problem of folks receiving "illegal stuff". "They need to track down every dab gum grant, everyone of them, and when they find the people that got this money, that didn't have a house to begin with, they need to be forced" to rebuild the region, the Uncle suggested. "A personal offence to me: you're not taking money from a faceless entity, you are taking my money", said the Uncle, who included his children and sister. "They're talking about 70,000 households. They're talking about 162,000 homes that didn't exist before the hurricane that are getting illegal payments", said the Uncle. Folks "asking the government, asking me, asking for sister (!)" for grants ought to be handled, according to our host. "Somehow this will be traced back to Bush, back to this bull stuff", our host predicts. "We didn't have major hurricanes just last season", said the Uncle, who hopes that after the next major hurricane arrives, the actual number of area homes that existed before the storm will be known. "That's a really aggravating story", said our first live caller Nick. "I'm glad you brought up this horror story about the FEMA money", said Nick. "Michael, good morning", said the Uncle before our caller attempted to upset him with the phrase, "It's rolling, baby" (coined after Mike Price was terminated from the University of Alabama), which no longer upsets the Uncle due to the end of the Mike Shula era of the Alabama Crimson Tide football team. Call screener Leeanna was summoned to the control room before the first commercial break to stand by for a promotion for Dr. Byron Scott's dental services. "Late at night, I was reading-I was reading magazines", said our caller in a voice message about a specific issue of "Parade" magazine. "We have the news coming up in about 10 minutes", said the Uncle before allowing caller Ed to comment on the grants story. "The more we hear about this, I'm getting fed up with it. I want a man hunt", said the Uncle. "I hope to accomplish, number one: a future deterrent for future fraudsters", said the Uncle. "All right, let's talk to Thomas. Hello Thomas", said the Uncle upon our next caller. "You said that yesterday you listen to Rush's first 90 minutes", said Thomas, who wants to discuss the same issue Limbaugh discussed yesterday, but with the Uncle. "Why don't you call Rush?" the Uncle asked. "I was just discussing some of the things he was discussing? Is that ok?" said Thomas, who was probably referring to yesterday's 10 o'clock hour of the Uncle's program. "He loves talking to liberals", said the Uncle, who would find the interaction between Thomas and Limbaugh "entertaining" and historic in Mobile radio. Our host used a recorded message made by Jim the Tax Man as a response to Thomas. Today's 9:30 AM half-hour gets a 4.5/5!

Today's Show

We start off today's show with the unofficial theme song "My Love is Mobile" ("that's my wonderful town"), followed by those familiar notes of music ("CBS Special Presentation 1973") leading up to an immediate voice message (with humming in the background). "Ok here we go, hello you're on the air", our host's regularly played tribute to former radio talk show host Dan Daniels followed the recorded message. Reggie Copeland ("and I know what I did when I woke up this morning at a quarter of six and I said this is going to be a great day in the City of Mobile and that felt so good") of the Mobile City Council and "The Idea Guy" ("when I woke up this morning at 5:13 and 32 seconds, I knew that this was going to be a great day in the City of Mobile") followed that clip from Mobile's radio past. Ending this theme of audio clips on today being "a great day in the City of Mobile" was Tim ("it is a great day in the City of Mobile, yeah that's right"). "I saw some 'Jack Frost' this morning, nobody on the news warned me about it", said another caller in a voice message. "I thought we could make that place downtown, the old courthouse (land) 'the love zone' ", said our caller. "We have to have police protection, though", he said. "Thank you so much! Thank you for listening, it is pleasure to be with you", said the Uncle, who proudly says he "loves Monday", as it is among his top 3 days of the week. "I like football games in the elements", said the Uncle, "I was with some people who said, 'oh, it's raining". Our host continued to mock folks who said, "it's not right". "Yes it is", said the Uncle. "People talking about the commercials, you people are out of your mind here in the United States talking about commercials", said the Uncle. "These scientists ought to be solving the top problems of our lives" instead of the technology used to skip commercials, said the Uncle. "If I missed a commercial, that's good. I don't have to come back and watch it", said the Uncle. "They had men kissing on each other for candy bars. That's ridiculous!" said the Uncle. "I am ready to move on to the next football season", said the Uncle before reminding listeners how to call into the show. "I found out that some of the best stories are in the Saturday Press-Register and if you missed the Saturday Press-Register, you are really missing the best", said the Uncle, who has adjusted to picking up the newspaper at work. "Mobile is a liberal town, you can't argue it's not. Look at the way city hall has been run over the last few years. Look at the love for Mike Dow", said the Uncle. "Did you see this story? Did you remember the completely idiotic John Lennon and Yoko Ono bed-in?" the Uncle asked. "The Beatles themselves disgusting, promoting drug (abuse)", said the Uncle. "There is a couple in our area that wanted to protest the Iraq War, so they moved their bed in the living room, and that's their protest and it made the newspaper", said the Uncle before reading portions of the Saturday newspaper article titled "Bed-In Resurrected". "This is my favorite part of the story", said the Uncle before reading about the Seaward couple using the bed as a "soapbox" during the daytime. "The story is just outstanding", our host believes. "This is our idea of sacrifice in the United States (today)", said the Uncle. "They made John Lennon look tough", said the Uncle, since this couple doesn't actually stay in bed all day. "Maybe there is some furniture that I can move around", said the Uncle. "Maybe put the refrigerator in my bedroom and have a fridge-in", said the Uncle. "Leeanna, please report to the control room so we can talk about your teeth", said the Uncle before the first commercial break. After the break, "Uncle Henry, I've got to say", said a voice message caller who believes Mobile County Commissioner Steve Nodine "is strong" and "powerful" enough to beat Sam Jones in the next mayoral election in Mobile. "Why would anyone run for that office?" the Uncle asked before speaking to our first live caller, who drove "around the (Mississippi) coast" recently and realized that many things are still gone, but noticed that some people are thankful for their governor and president's help. "Slow recovery", said the Uncle. Our caller believes that the next president of the USA is "instantaneously going to turn into the next" G.W. Bush. "I want to comment about the Super Bowl commercials last night", said Sarah, who brought up a certain incident from the event in 2004. "Somehow, that opened a door. She got a way with it", Sarah said about the 2004 performer before describing one of the commercials. "There were children watching. 'Mom, what do they mean?' " said Sarah. "I wouldn't be surprised, Uncle Henry", said Sarah before leaving us to tend to another telephone call. "Very borderline, in my opinion", said the Uncle, who would not buy a snack chip with "sexual innuendo attached to it". Today's 9:30 AM half-hour gets a 4.8/5!

Today's Show

We start off today's show with the unofficial theme song "My Love is Mobile" ("that's my wonderful town"), followed by those familiar notes of music ("CBS Special Presentation 1973") leading up to the following voice message: "Hey Uncle Henry, good morning. How are you doing today?" said our first caller in a lengthy voice message (which explains the show's early start time at 9:32 AM) looking for answers to his question about Sam Jones, mayor of Mobile. "Ok here we go, hello you're on the air", our host's regularly played tribute to former radio talk show host Dan Daniels followed the recorded message. Reggie Copeland ("and I know what I did when I woke up this morning at a quarter of six and I said this is going to be a great day in the City of Mobile and that felt so good") of the Mobile City Council and "The Idea Guy" ("when I woke up this morning at 5:13 and 32 seconds, I knew that this was going to be a great day in the City of Mobile") followed that clip from Mobile's radio past. Ending this theme of audio clips on today being "a great day in the City of Mobile" was Tim ("it is a great day in the City of Mobile, yeah that's right"). "Thank you so much! Thank you, listener", said the Uncle greeting the audience his anticipates on a regular basis. "That's right, I anticipate you, and yet you also surprise me", said the Uncle, who has this question about a former school board member in Mobile County: "Why is David Thomas not taking the time to call the Uncle Henry Show? It will have to remain a mystery. I have a guest today, a last-minute guest", said the Uncle. "Last time I took off, it was Christmas, so it's been a month", the Uncle believes is how long it's been since he and Mobile County Commissioner Steve Nodine conversed. Nodine audio from his days in the Mobile City Council was played along with the music used during NBC's Olympics coverage. "Yes, the commissioner is here", said the Uncle. "Commissioner Nodine, I haven't been on the air with you since well before Christmas", said the Uncle. "Every time I pick up a Monday newspaper, there's some joking references to you", said the Uncle. "It's disconcerting to have that in there every week", said the Uncle. "What are you doing to spend tax dollars on Moon Pies or are you going to throw Mardi Gras throws" in a parade, the Uncle asked. "Absolutely not", said Steve. "I said some made the excuse about a part of the job, and I don't think throwing Mardi Gras beads is part of the job", said Steve. "Has there been savings?" the Uncle asked. Just last week, an effort was made to "strengthen our bond", said Steve. "Mobile County has made an incise judgement to make sure that the money that goes to the federal money makes an ensure impact", said Steve. "We certainly have to continue to have representation up there (in Washington, D.C.)", said Steve, referring to lobbyists. "You are a person that talks a lot during [verbal] exchanges", said the Uncle. "You're sitting here talking about David Thomas", Steve believes. "Let's talk to Tony", said the Uncle before our first live caller asked the commissioner a question. "Well, it gets into detail. There are a lot of aspects in government that just don't make it on the front page", said Steve. Before the first commercial break, "Your phone calls for Steve Nodine", the Uncle reminded listeners. After the break, "Uncle Henry Show continues. Steve Nodine dropped in this morning", said the Uncle before mentioning a local park opening taking place this morning in Semmes, Alabama. "It's the first park of its kind", Steve said about the new park, which includes sidewalks. "We've got Steve on the line. Hello Steve", said the Uncle before our caller greeted Nodine as "the Commish". "Yes, little feedback if that's ok", said the commissioner before the next caller. "Good morning, Mr. Nodine. Good morning, Uncle Henry", said Thomas, who brought up Sam Jones calling Nodine's political history one of "insignificant follies". Steve had no idea what Thomas was referring to. "I respect Mayor Jones and we'll just leave it at that", said Steve. "What do you think, is it likely that Mobile is going to get this (contract for refueling plane construction)?" the Uncle asked. "Probably by later on today, probably by the first thing Monday" we'll know, said Steve. "We're proud of our stance on it", said Steve, along with the idea of building the plane here. "The road paving and the bridge building has been very successful in Mobile", Steve said to one caller, along with the "Pay As You Go' program in Mobile County. Today's 9:30 AM half-hour gets a 4.8/5!

Today's Show

We start off today's show with the unofficial theme song "My Love is Mobile" ("that's my wonderful town"), followed by those familiar notes of music ("CBS Special Presentation 1973") leading up to the following voice message: "Uncle Henry, I didn't get to sleep last night", said one caller, who claims that the show's online "podcast" has re-energized his brain while in bed. "Ok here we go, hello you're on the air", our host's regularly played tribute to former radio talk show Dan Daniels followed the voice message. Reggie Copeland ("and I know what I did when I woke up this morning at a quarter of six and I said this is going to be a great day in the City of Mobile and that felt so good") of the Mobile City Council and "The Idea Guy" ("when I woke up this morning at 5:13 and 32 seconds, I knew that this was going to be a great day in the City of Mobile") followed that clip from Mobile's radio past. Ending this theme of audio clips on today being "a great day in the City of Mobile" was Tim ("it is a great day in the City of Mobile, yeah that's right"). "Hey Henry, just want to tell you keep it real-love you to death in West Mobile", said another caller via voice message. "You talk like it is, you keep it real, and you have a great opinion", said the caller. "Keep it real. Peace", he said at the end of his recorded message. "Thank you so much! Uncle Henry Show underway, keeping it real. Uncle Henry Show, keeping it real and supercharging your sub-conscience mind", said the Uncle. "Doing good today, despite the rain, despite the beach mouse getting extra land, which is absolutely ridiculous. I'm still doing excellent today", said the Uncle before reminding listeners to call in by dialing (251) 479-2723. "Numerous things to talk about today on every level", said the Uncle, including the atmospheric, galactic, and spiritual levels. "The beach mouse getting more acreage" is the "ridiculous" headline on the front page of today's Press-Register, said the Uncle. "I'm irritated by it. The mice-it's also human habitat", said the Uncle. "The humans should rule over the beach mouse, and to go mess around with these people (looking for paradise)", said the Uncle. "You never know what they're (the mice) going to have", the Uncle said, referring to diseases. "Why are going to protect something like that?" the Uncle asked about alligator in comparison to beach mice. "They will antagonize your cat", said the Uncle, probably referring to the "Tom and Jerry" animated cartoon shorts. "Are we allowed to kill roaches because there are so many more of them?" the Uncle asked. "It's all in motion is what this is", said the Uncle. "Law abiding motion", he clarified. "I'm tired of it", said the Uncle before moving to another story. "I want to thank Dan Murtaugh of the Press-Register for writing a story on the water board", said the Uncle. "We often wonder about them, don't know much about them", said the Uncle, who only hears about them when flooding affects them. Our host reminds listeners of former Mobile City Council member Thomas Sullivan. "He appointed himself to the board of water commissioners", said the Uncle. "The rules state that Thomas Sullivan stays on" and continues to earn money unless Sullivan's city council successor William Carroll finds a replacement. "The water board wrote a letter to the state attorney general asking" for a retirement dinner for Thomas Sullivan after four years of serving on the board. Tax dollars "on a retirement dinner", the Uncle made clear for listeners. "Once you're in, the benefit seems to be limitless. You appoint yourself to something", lose your job, and have a retirement party, said the Uncle. "The use of the public money just-for whatever-apparently, for whatever they want, I'm shocked they sent a letter to the attorney general", said the Uncle. "The attorney general's office said, 'no' ", said the Uncle before speaking to first live caller Jim the Tax Man, who did not greet our host with a "hello". "It is disgraceful what-no ethics at all", said Jim. "That was ridiculous", Jim added. "It's like buying Moon Pies for Mardi Gras", said the Uncle, referring to the downfall of former school board member David Thomas. "Uncle Henry, on the poor old alligator, let's talk about the alligator for a minute", said Jim. "They are going to snap you up like a little biscuit", said Jim, who told our host to listen to his "preaching". "When you get around there flirting around with him, looking for his little marshmallow, they are going to get you", said Jim before leaving us. Our host took a break after Jim's lengthy call. After the first commercial break, "Uncle Henry Show continues on this beautiful, beautiful Thursday", said the Uncle. "We have news coming up in 10 minutes or less", said the Uncle before mentioning syndicated columnist Dick Morrison's predictions for a certain Clinton running for president of the USA. "She will be president and she will be the worst president we'll ever see", said this columnist the Uncle read about. "Good morning", said caller Otis, who wants to ask our host a question. "Why don't you ever criticize what's going on in Daphne and Baldwin County?" Otis asked, which prompted our host to ask what's going on east of Mobile Bay. "Don't you live in Daphne? Don't you know we have two water boards in Daphne?" Otis asked. According to Otis, our host has a lot of pecan trees in his yard. "You are the first to bring up the dirt pit", said the Uncle, who was never told about this dirt pit and sewage issue in Baldwin County. "Leeanna, would you come in here for a minute?" the Uncle asked our call screener. He has noticed that Leeanna's "been moving kind of slowly in 2007". "Otis, keep listening", said the Uncle. "What are you snickering at?" our host asked Leeanna before the break. Today's 9:30 AM half-hour gets a 5/5!


Notes of Interest:

"Uncle Henry..." Jim the Tax Man's first words to WABB-AM host Ron Fraiser today

"Rainy Day" - TV5 meteorologst John Nodar