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“Uncle Henry Show continues here on NewsRadio 710”, said the Uncle before responding to a listener’s voice message. “That will never happen”, he said about Mobile having a conservative mayor. “That will never happen. The only way that can happen if the City of Mobile expanded to include the entire county”, according to the Uncle. “I am not an opponent of deannexation or—I don’t know what the word would be”, said the Uncle, who referred to a thesaurus as “one of those books” with the opposite words and their meanings. “Who knows if you deannex and get rid a lot of the wealthier areas like West Mobile and Spring Hill”, said the Uncle. “Yesterday’s show very interesting. It was up on the podcast last night”, said the Uncle, who received “a very interesting review of the show” from a college teacher who listens to the show over her Internet connection in Texas. “What’s a matter with that traffic announcer? Is there something wrong with him?” caller Tim (Sam Marston IV) asked. “I like the Bing Crosby delivery. Very laid back. I prefer that to the guy who sounds like he has a dog collar on a leash”, said the Uncle. “All right, I’m going to wind up on my ammunition. I’m going to buy me some deodorant”, said Tim before leaving us. After hearing Tim’s lengthy call, “I can’t play his voice mail [any] longer this hour”, said the Uncle. “He’s blocked out his own voice mail”, he added before speaking to our next caller Charles, who wants to “rail against” the speaker of the House of Representatives in Washington, D. C. “It’s just crazy, we’ve got to have better leadership than that”, said Charles. “I think the business folks in the United States can fix this problem while these clowns [cannot] even fix Social Security”, said Charles. “Very good, thank you so much for your phone call”, said the Uncle before the break for commercials. After the break and two voices messages with a version of the theme music to the “Batman” TV series in the background, “Uncle Henry Show continues”, said the Uncle. “I wouldn’t wear a cape. That would get in the way”, said the Uncle. “I didn’t see how Batman did it. No one sneaked up behind him”, he said. “I could just have one of those metal service sheds at Civil Defense”, said the Uncle, who added that he might rent out a metal service shed. “I would like to have a blimp that I can ride around. I could be just within any problem in the within. I can have like dry ice up there and create a stream of fog so that it would like a cloud”, the Uncle continued. “I can drop various objects on top of these people”, said the Uncle, who would track down certain folks with a cellular phone. “I don’t know, the start up costs”, the Uncle admitted. “I would have to have a plan in case of imminent weather”, said the Uncle before speaking to our next caller. “Earlier this morning you had a man on your voice mail talk about the city truck he saw”, said the caller. “Instead of calling Uncle Henry is to write the truck number and tell the supervisor”, he suggested. “When you see a problem like that, the city supervisor would like to receive calls about their employees not doing their job”, the caller continued. “So [you] should always follow up, write the truck number down and tell the people”, said the Uncle. “Makes sense to me”, the caller responded before leaving us. “I was told it was very difficult for anyone to get rid of you (as a government worker)”, said the Uncle, according to an “employee in government”. “That was probably someone waiting for another employee to show up”, our host assumes about the truck driver mentioned earlier. “You never know”, he added. “Trey Lane, I want to ask you a question”, the Uncle told the show’s current call screener. “There’s a rock star named Bob Geldof. Did you hear of him?” said the Uncle before describing the musician’s Time magazine essay on traveling with G. W. Bush in Africa. “He wrote this long essay of what it’s like to travel”, said the Uncle. “That sounds like a buddy group waiting to happen”, said Trey. “They were traveling, I think back in Africa, I think he said they watched ‘Batman Begins’ together”, said the Uncle. “You see, I can’t find any Bob Geldof music, because I want to judge what kind of a musician he is”, said the Uncle before comparing the musician’s comments that G. W. Bush is “not a dummy” to performers who, according to our host, have said otherwise. “A lot of them have, look at the Dixie Chicks”, the Uncle claimed.

“Uncle Henry Show continues here on NewsRadio 710. I need to start counting these messages”, said the Uncle after playing a listener’s voice message. “You just love to hear yourself on the air”, said the Uncle, who was “dared to play it” by the caller, whose other voice message was played. “See, it makes no sense. You’re just saying whatever you think to get on the air at any cost”, said the Uncle. “I have finally figured you out”, he concluded before speaking to our next caller Jerry. “There was a van, a city van showed up in my yard”, said Jerry, who remembers the passengers “talking on their cell phones” and someone with a Weed Eater trimmer standing around. “I don’t know what to say about that. Maybe they were calling for instructions”, said the Uncle. “There’s a lot of trash out there that needs to be picked up. Cigarette butts all over the place”, said Jerry. “I don’t have words to say what it is”, said Jerry, who contacted Mobile 311 with his complaint. “They can blow this picture up and recognize each one of them”, said Jerry, who took a picture of the city van passengers. “They got my name and number, but I haven’t heard anything back”, said Jerry. “That’s very nice to have photographic evidence that goes very good”, said the Uncle before speaking to our next caller. “Now what did you just say?” the Uncle asked the caller, who was sharing a rumor about the head coach of the Alabama Crimson Tide football team. “All right, that’s what I thought he said. That’s not what we’re paying him for. The guy’s making a gazillion dollars”, said the Uncle. “Trey Lane, please screen those kind of calls out”, he requested before the break for commercials. After the break, “Uncle Henry Show continues here on NewsRadio 710”, said the Uncle before asking Trey Lane. “By the way, this is NewsRadio 710. Uncle Henry Show”, said the Uncle before bringing to our attention the news of the Alabama Legislature taking in a proposed law against pirated movies recorded by video cameras. “Trey Lane, have you ever watched a pirated movie that was recorded on a camcorder?” the Uncle asked Trey, who has never watched such a movie, but explained why anyone would. “If you can’t wait to watch Star Wars 11 or Batman 6”, Trey explained. “Where do people get these movies?” the Uncle asked. “On the Internet”, said Trey. “If the quality is bad, why would you do that?” the Uncle asked. “Well it’s free for one thing”, said Trey. “Do any of us have patience for poor quality video?” the Uncle asked. “So this is something that you are aware of”, the Uncle said about Trey Lane’s understanding of pirated movies. “Maybe they want to make more movies made in Alabama”, according to the Uncle. “Why can’t you just prosecute it for theft? Why do you want to have a new law?’ the Uncle asked about the Alabama Legislature. “I’m at a loss of understanding”, he admitted. “I just have an HDTV for goodness sake”, said the Uncle. “There is no movie that I would be that interested in that I would watch that kind of copy in it (HDTV)”, said the Uncle, even if the movie was his life story “or my parents’ life story”. “I just want to comment on the movie situation”, said our next caller, who saw “the Dennis Quaid movie where the president is shot”, which he thought was very good. “Well hey, I don’t know anything about it, but would a video quality for a cell phone be even poorer than a camcorder?” the Uncle asked. “No”, said the caller, who said cellular phone video is actually better. “Someone pirated a ‘Garfield’ movie? Good Lord!” said our surprised host. “So you can get an illegal ‘Garfield’ movie in Mobile, Alabama”, the Uncle asked learned. “That is correct, on Dauphin Street”, said the caller. “I guess I live in another world”, said the Uncle. “Oh, Uncle Henry, it’s nice, it’s for the children”, the Uncle said in a mocking tone of voice. “I’m at a point as a grandparent where I refuse to watch any of it”, said the Uncle. “I have seen the good stuff and the rest is just—I don’t even want to watch the good stuff anymore”, said the Uncle. After the final break for today, harp music preceded an audio clip from yesterday’s show, followed by some whimsical transition sound for a listener’s voice message, which was followed by some regular bumper music. “Uncle Henry Show continues here on NewsRadio 710”, said the Uncle before reacting to the audio clip of the conversation he had with a caller during the 9:30 AM half-hour of yesterday’s show. “I don’t want to go. I like it here. I don’t want to go to Europe. I like the way it is”, said the Uncle. After hearing about the movie pirating in downtown Mobile, “We can certainly end that”, said the Uncle. “Tomorrow, yet another interesting outing!” he believes after today’s show. “You’re listening to NewsRadio 710. Uncle Henry Show”, said the Uncle before reminding listeners to pray and read their Bible.

Today’s 9 o’clock hour gets a 7/10!

“Brrief” – TV5 meteorologist John Nodar

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“Uncle Henry Show continues here on NewsRadio 710. Harbor Communications hotline number is 479-2723, that’s 251 479-2723”, said the Uncle, who also listeners the toll free number to join the show. “Jerry?” he asked the next caller this hour before the fellow spoke, including a suggestion for a caller named Freddie. “There is a website that he might very interesting”, said Jerry. “Blackenterprise.com and it actually has the whole (TV) interview with Bill Cosby”, said Jerry. “What channel is that?” the Uncle asked about the TV channel that originally had the interview. “The TV program was actually called ‘Our World’ and the segment is actually on the website”, said Jerry, who said the program aired early in the morning. “Interesting information”, said the Uncle. “Let’s talk to John. Hello John”, he said to our next caller, who has a problem with Federal Bureau of Investigation crime statistics getting mentioned by some callers to the show. “I guess the problem I have with that and the statistics is I don’t know if I buy the facts”, said John. “I just want you to challenge them”, John suggested, along with a question of where the information came from. “Let’s talk now to Rema. Hello Rema, good morning”, said the Uncle. “People [who are] worrying about EADS (aerospace company) are a European company”, said Rema. “Let’s talk to Chad. Hello Chad”, said the Uncle. “Hey, good morning to you”, said Chad, who decided “to do a little bit a research and see what I can find” on the FBI website. “There is a whole bunch of stuff on this page, but what I find here is that it breaks it down (by race)”, said Chad. “The numbers, the way they rank these is crimes by per thousand people”, said Chad, who gave out some statistics. “You see there is a large disparity in the numbers here”, said Chad, who was “reading directly from the website”. “For Mobile County, they actually include—I assume the whole county because they include a little footnote”, said Chad. “Birmingham is in terrible shape for a time, but what really surprised me is the crimes going on Huntsville”, said Chad. “Anyway, I’ll e-mail this”, he said before leaving us. “I am now at FBI.gov”, said the Uncle, who is looking at a page called “persons arrested” in the “Uniform Crime Report” for 2006, a year that was not very long ago, he reminded listeners. “Let’s see, going on down here”, said the Uncle as he checks the website. “So men are far more dangerous than women”, the Uncle has learned. “I don’t know why people are not talking more about men?” our host asked before reading some more. “This is from FBI.gov: 2006 Uniform Crime Report for the United States of America”, said the Uncle. As he was about to take a break for commercials, “We have a caller on hold. Caller, I will get to you right after this”, said the Uncle. After the break and a voice message, “Uncle Henry Show continue here on NewsRadio 710. Let’s talk now to C. J.”, said the Uncle. “They awfully get mad when they tell you it’s a good day”, said C. J., who laughed at the thought before mentioning the pictures of wanted criminals printed on the front page of the Press-Register this week. “Couldn’t they have found some Hispanics and some whites and put their pictures on the paper?” C. J. asked. “Freddie, if you’re listening”, said C. J. as he brings up what he calls a “jump suit” for a prisoner, whose picture was published. “That is not a jump suit, that is a fashion statement”, said the Uncle. “Trey Lane, are you listening to the show? Have you seen the guy in the jump suit?” said the Uncle. “That’s Mobile! That’s in Mobile, an alleged robber”, said the Uncle before the show’s current call screener mentioned the store (“Hot Topic”) where he saw a similar “jump suit”. “(Trey Lane’s) been there, don’t know anything about it”, said the Uncle, who finds today’s newspaper “very instructional”. “They are going to make sure someone knows about that”, he said about the “jump suit” picture before going into a live commercial for Hall’s Meats products from Chickasaw, Alabama. “Pay close attention to your Hall’s Meats”, he told listeners who might use a grill to cook the meat. After one more commercial, which was pre-recorded, “You’re listening to the Uncle Henry Show. We have news coming up in about 6 minutes. After that, free veterinary advice. This is very important. You know you love your pet. You want to get that free veterinary advice”, said the Uncle before speaking to our next caller. “Did you know that they include Hispanics and Mexicans as whites?” the caller asked our host about FBI statistics. “You know, I’ve been hearing that this thing in the paper where they have whites commit more crimes than blacks”, said the caller. “You have to consider this on a per capita (basis)”, he said. “I’m going to send you some information and specifically in [relation] to these statistics”, said the caller before mentioning the break down of age and race. “To say anything different (about age) is lying in the face of reality”, said the caller, who is not laying blame on anyone. “So I should go back to Europe?” the Uncle asked. “You know, I was born here”, said the caller. “You know, there were a lot people black or Hispanic born here also”, said the Uncle. “Race going to their homeland?” the Uncle asked, according to his interpretation of the caller. “My family came here around 1900 coming from Europe. So, you’re saying I should go back to Europe, I think?” said the Uncle. “What is bizarre call”, he believes. “Did I hear that right? I heard that right”, said the Uncle, who asked and answered his own question “Don’t make me go back, don’t make me go back to Europe”, said the Uncle. “I would like to continue here if you don’t mind”, he said. Before leaving us for the day, “Remember to pray, pray for others and read that Bible”, said the Uncle.

Today’s 9:30 AM half-hour gets a 9/10!

“Cold Start” – TV5 meteorologist John Nodar

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“Uncle Henry Show continues here on NewsRadio 710”, said the Uncle. “There will be an appeal process in the contract, but more importantly, this overall, Mobile has been high up in the aerospace industry for a number of years”, said the Uncle. “Type of jobs that I think you’ll like in this community”, he said before reminding listeners how to call in using the “Harbor Communications hotline” numbers. “I think he’s composing his song about the vote on getting the contract”, our host believes is the status of current call screener Trey Lane, who was told to hold on until the tanker airplane contract winner is revealed. “All ready received some terrific e-mail this morning”, said the Uncle before thanking listener John for the electronic mail message on “what gun I should take”. “How are you doing?” caller Tim (also known as Sam Marston IV) asked our host before suggesting political campaign signs above Mobile Government Plaza in downtown Mobile. “You can probably have a political museum”, Tim also suggested. “Are political signs biodegradable?” the Uncle asked before our caller changed the topic to “a more serious” one: crime in Mobile. “If you see me wearing a jacket in 90 degree weather, you know what’s going on”, said Tim. “I’m not going to be able to ward off a criminal if he comes up and tries to rob me. There’s nothing you can do about it”, said Tim. “That Smoothie King is right across the street from (police) headquarters”, said Tim, who believes the smoothie shop robbers were quick to get away. “I know I’m right, because it’s never been a campaign issue (hiring more police officers). Tell me when it’s been a campaign issue. It’s never been a campaign issue”, said the Uncle, based on his callers over the years. “If it was important to the citizens, we would have the highest number of police per capita”, the Uncle continued. “It is not a priority for the citizens of Mobile”, he concluded before our next caller joined us “to talk about the crime”. “I had a landscaper with my wife fired because he didn’t do the job”, said the caller, who recalls the fellow threatening his wife and his warning that he would get shot. “I hate to say that, but if there’s so much crime, the police shouldn’t do that all”, said the caller. “The torrent has to be citizens defending themselves”, said the Uncle. While reapplying for a gun permit, “Most of them were women who [were] coming in”, said the caller. “Well, have a good day”, he said before leaving us. “I appreciate hearing from you”, said the Uncle. “Let’s talk to Jim. Hello Jim”, he said to our next caller. “You’ll be shocked at the number of 5, 6-year-old girls with pre-Civil War [guns]”, Jim remembers from driving by a local Wal-Mart store accepting guns in exchange for gift cards. “Well those guns are no longer on the street. They cannot be used to club anybody”, said the Uncle. After the break for commercials and an audio clip from the past, “Uncle Henry Show continues here on NewsRadio 710. That was a classic call, I believe from the early Nineties”, said the Uncle. “I’m not making this up”, he said about the study of how police officers on horseback “psychologically had a greater effect” on the citizenry. “I remember that vividly”, he said before speaking to our next caller Michael, a police officer not speaking on behalf of his fellow officers, but as a citizen. “I am just as frustrated with this crime problem as much as you are”, said Michael. “We’ve got to saturate this city with police officers. We just don’t have much to do it”, according to Michael. “People got to go down there (to the Mobile City Council) and do what is necessary”, Michael suggested. “I know that you know this well as anybody”, Michael said in reference to the crime issue. “Law enforcement is only part of the problem”, said Michael, who also mentioned a lack of moral authority. “I don’t know if the government can go in and mandate that there be two parents in every house”, said the Uncle. “There has to be a change in our society as a whole”, said Michael. “I appreciate your time, Uncle Henry”, said Michael before leaving us. “God bless you!” said the Uncle, who appreciates the caller simply for being a police officer. “You see, the answer would be the have the road block at the Loop (in downtown Mobile)”, the Uncle suggested to our next caller, who suggested roadblocks “on every corner”. “Just filter all the people through these roadblocks”, said the Uncle before speaking to our next caller Tony. “I am tired of all the Minnie Mouse nonsense I’m hearing”, said Tony, who doesn’t believe in the crime problem based on statistics by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. “The black population, that’s just 12.8% of the entire American population, but they commit 60% of all murders”, said Tony. “I have to look at them myself”, said the Uncle, who thanked Tony for his call. “We have to break for the news, unfortunately”, said the Uncle. “As we continue, I will go into FBI.gov”, he said as the newsbreak began, followed by commercials and station promotions.

“Uncle Henry Show continues here on NewsRadio 710. Very interesting talk, Crockett”, said the Uncle after a listener’s voice message, which gave him a reason to promote the listener’s compact disc on sale. “I understand that Crockett is going back into the studio, back into the studio” for a project “concerning vaudeville”, said the Uncle. “It’s lost, that’s gone and it’s been gone for a very long time. I find that to be a very usual choice for your next CD. I don’t know how many people are going to be interested in vaudeville in the year 2008?” said the Uncle before asking call screener Trey Lane if he’s ever listened to vaudeville music. “There’s a little bit of a renaissance for that”, said Trey. “A lot of time, I lose track of this going on with the people under the age of 50”, said the Uncle. “Let’s talk to Charles. Hello Charles”, he said to our next caller, who has “a couple of suggestions for self-protection”. “I discover that they have a new powerful pepper gas”, said Charles, who bought some for himself. “You got to be on offense all the time and speaking of that don’t deceive that you’re in a better area of Mobile”, said Charles. “The crooks go to where the money is”, according to Charles. “Now, how much is it going to cost?” the Uncle asked about the “pepper gas”. “Mine was [only] 10 bucks”, said Charles. “I can’t imagine somebody selling out, selling out the nation to trial lawyers”, said Charles after reading a newspaper editorial about the speaker at the House of Representatives in Washington, D. C. “Well, that’s enough of my rant”, said Charles, who believes being an “Uncle Henry listener” is a “good tail line” to what happens in public policy. “Calls about pepper spray from veterans: outstanding”, said the Uncle before the break for commercials. After the break and a voice message before the bumper music, “Uncle Henry Show continues here on NewsRadio 710. Let’s talk to Nick. Hello Nick”, said the Uncle. “The previous caller on the pepper spray: that’s a great idea”, said Nick, who “would recommend that highly”. “Let’s talk to Steve. Hello Steve”, said the Uncle. “The pepper spray only has one drawback”, said Steve, who mentioned the chance of “pepper spraying yourself” when there is a strong wind. “You’re speaking like you know what it feels like”, said the Uncle before Steve based his pepper spray knowledge on knowing someone who pepper sprayed himself due to wind. “I feel bad just thinking about this”, the Uncle responded. “I’ve seen a big guy hold one of those stun guns on the side” and shock himself, said Steve. “If you have a big 300 pounder coming your way, I wouldn’t trust those stun guns”, said Steve, who recommends pepper spray in such a situation. “Let’s talk to Matt. Hello Matt”, the Uncle said to our next caller, who remembers getting robbed when he lived in Prichard, Alabama. “I was a teenager going to Vigor High School in the late Seventies”, said Matt, who remembers when folks could go to the J. C. Penney and Sears stores in Prichard. “It did become low income, super poverty, but then it became one of the poorest cities in the United States of America”, the Uncle remembers about Prichard. “Hello?” the Uncle asked before realizing that Matt was gone. After the final break for today and a voice message, “Excellent voice mail. Called into the Uncle Henry voice mail in the middle of the night, which is the perfect time to leave a voice mail”, said the Uncle before speaking to our next caller also named Jim. “If you’re going to use pepper spray”, said Jim, who suggested that you “know where you’re using [it]”. “Jim, thank you so much. I enjoy hearing about pepper spray”, said the Uncle before mentioning tomorrow’s guest from the American Spectator to discuss a report featured on the TV news program “60 Minutes” concerning Don Siegelman, the previous governor of Alabama.

Today’s 9 o’clock hour gets an 8/10!

“Stormy Start” – TV5 meteorologist John Nodar

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“Uncle Henry Show continues here on NewsRadio 710. It’s 9:06, six minutes after 9:00”, said the Uncle before giving listeners the “Harbor Communications hotline number(s) for interaction”. “Do you remember when we did our (presidential) primary, how that worked?” the Uncle asked listeners. “Well they moved our primary up to the new ‘Super Tuesday’ ”, he remembers, along with the extra money spent in advertising for voters in Mobile County and Baldwin County. “Do you remember that fiasco how we’re suppose to matter more?” he added to the questions before reading the related newspaper headline, “States with Later Primaries [May] Count”. “So, it turns out if we had just—if we had just not jumped ahead as we did”, said the Uncle, Alabama would still be relevant in the primaries. “I didn’t know you were a republican. How are you doing, Uncle Henry?” said caller Patrick. “I got a chance to watch the Clint Eastwood movie ‘Letters from Iwo Jima’. I have never been so disgusted in all my life”, said Patrick. “It only showed one instance of when the ‘Japs’ killed an American marine”, he explained his disgust for the movie. “I wonder if Clint Eastwood saw the documentary with the Ken Burns bit ‘’The War’?” the Uncle asked. “So we are evil no matter what we do”, Patrick interprets from “Letters from Iwo Jima”. “Like I said, I’m infuriated because the Japanese may or may not have been good people, but when you judge by [what happened in] Manchuria”, said Patrick. “Let’s not go down the list”, said the Uncle, who understands that the movie “was very offensive to you”. “As a person, he’s in the same realm as Michael Moore”, Patrick said about Clint Eastwood, who is appreciated as an actor. “All right, Patrick, thank you for your phone call. Very usual call”, said the Uncle, who has received “two calls in a row about movies”, which he believes is a result of last night’s Academy Awards ceremony. “I never enjoyed movies where people co-star with animals. I did like ‘Francis the Talking Mule’ ”, said the Uncle, who believes animals usually “upstage the people” with the exception of “Lassie”. “Look, the comment about the guy that got off the phone”, said our next caller Mark before explaining “Letters from Iwo Jima”. “They wanted to put two stories together, one was ‘Flags of our Fathers’ ”, said Mark. “There are scenes in both the movies included in both of the movies”, Mark continued. “I would suggest seeing both of the movies as a companion”, Mark suggested. “I appreciate that, Mark. So Patrick, you have been told to see one more Clint Eastwood movie”, said the Uncle. “Maybe the calls about the movies are about the Oscars last night”, said the Uncle, who “never heard of any of the people that won. Never heard of the movies”. “Did a winning movie play in Mobile? ‘No Country For Old Men’?” he asked the show’s current call screener Trey Lane “I don’t know what it’s about”, said Trey. “You’re young, you have connection with popular culture”, said the Uncle. “It’s a Coen Brothers thing, so I’m glad they won”, Trey said about the movie questioned. “The only movies that don’t have cursing in them are infantile, they are made for children”, said the Uncle, whose example of an “infantile” movie includes talking dogs. After the break for commercials, music from the movie “The Magnificent Seven” was used as bumper music as a long voice message played. “Uncle Henry Show continues here on NewsRadio 710. It’s the last movie I ever saw”, said the Uncle, who was referring to “National Treasure 2”. “It wasn’t that good, but it wasn’t offensive”, he said before speaking to our next caller Vance. “You’re pretty late on the movies you watch”, said Vance. “No American won an award last night”, Vance said with confidence about last night’s Academy Award winners. “Outsourcing”, according to our host. “Anybody with a cell phone can be my investigative reporter”, the Uncle reminded Vance, who would refer to a contract to build tanker airplanes for the Air Force. “Sometime today we’re going to hear from EADS [or Boeing] on where it’s going to be”, said the Uncle. After Vance left us, an alarm sound effect was used suddenly. “People have asked me to have a warning sign when Freddie is on”, said the Uncle. As the sound effect continued, our host mentioned a Press-Register news article on “how to take a bath”. “It’s much more complicated than I ever thought”, said the Uncle before stopping the “warning” sound effect for Freddie to speak. “We’ve got a fascist development in our state”, said Freddie, who was referring to toll roads. “You can’t go down the highway with this much money in your pocket”, Freddie continued. “Once again, when often in the wild blue yonder there. The democrats control the Legislature. I don’t think they would let the entire state” have toll roads, said the Uncle. “It is not a crisis”, he said before being proceeded by news, commercials, and station promotions.

“Uncle Henry Show continues here on NewsRadio 710”, said the Uncle before speaking to our next caller. “It’s rolling baby!” said the caller before hanging up on that reference to the downfall of former Alabama Crimson Tide football coach Mike Price. “Make a note of that caller doing the ‘it’s rolling baby’ thing anymore, please?” the Uncle requested to Trey Lane. “If you want to trump Alabama football, you can talk about how all the players are going to jail. Eight players have gone to jail since Saban”, said the Uncle, who was referring to the team’s head coach. “He ought to get his players under control”, said the Uncle, who “doesn’t care what he has to do”. “It’s an embarrassment”, he said. “Let’s talk to Tom. Hello Tom. Tom! Hello Tom!” he said to our next caller, who took his time to join us. “Roll Tide Roll! Woo!” said Tom before asking our host if he has heard “anything about the paving of Cody Road” in Mobile. “Where is the bad section of Cody Road?” the Uncle asked. “The bad section is the west of University Road”, said Tom. “Are you sure which road you’re talking about?” the Uncle asked. “You made me so disoriented that I was going to faint”, our host added. “Old Shell Road is an important [way] as far as access to the flea market”, according to the Uncle. After mentioning the crew for the TV program “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition” and their recent visit to a family in Mobile, “You know, they built that house in a week—in less than a week. How many years has it taken for them to decide to repave Cody Road?” Tom asked before suggesting an “Extreme Road Makeover” type of TV program. “You would be the first one to host it”, Tom suggested before leaving us. “I like watching those channels on my satellite channel. There are about four or five different channels about people’s homes”, said the Uncle. “I have never seen a show about a street”, he said. “I would never sign up for these shows”, said the Uncle, who believes the decorators do “weird things” to the homes featured. “Hurts your eyes”, said the Uncle, who believes such irritation is the result of a high definition TV set. “We can get TV networks to pave our streets instead of the government”, said the Uncle. “The Home and Garden channel (HGTV), they’re going to have a show based in Mobile”, said the Uncle, based on what he read about a local couple’s attic. “I watching a show on there last night with a woman who was trying to sell her house”, he remembers, along with folks “cleaning the negative energy out of the house”. “Yes, that was a West Coast based real estate organization”, the Uncle mentioned before the break for commercials. After the break and a voice message, “Uncle Henry Show continues”, said the Uncle before reminding listeners how to call in from anywhere using the “Harbor Communications hotline” numbers. “There is a another story out about music and political campaigns”, the Uncle announced before describing the news story using an uncommon pronunciation for the name of one candidate running for the presidency of the USA. “Let’s talk to Tim. Hello Tim”, said the Uncle. “I have done my research that Hazel Fournier is 78-years-old”, said Tim (also known as Sam Marston IV) before comparing the age of the Mobile County Public School System member to a 71-year-old presidential candidate. “So he has plenty of time to be president”, said the Uncle. “How long has she been down there?” Tim asked about Hazel Fournier (she joined the school board in 1990). “I have no idea”, the Uncle responded. “I want to apologize. I called you over the weekend. I was wrestling around with my goat”, said Tim, who sounded serious. “You need to be very careful with your goat”, said the Uncle before Tim mentioned yesterday’s editorial picture (Mobile Government Plaza with a drawing of umbrellas and a sign requesting an “extreme makeover”) in the Press-Register. “Yeah, J.D. Crowe and ‘The Idea Guy’ have the same idea”, said the Uncle. “Be careful calling on the job like that. People will yell at you”, he suggested to Tim before speaking to our next caller Sarah. “What is your complaint?” the Uncle asked. “I live in West Mobile at the airport and every time I go down Schillinger Road”, said Sarah, whose radio reception is affected by wiring somewhere around Mobile Regional Airport. “It gets a little better at the airport going east”, said Sarah. “It’s not my radio”, she added. “We might have to file a class action lawsuit”, said the Uncle. “You were talking about Saban and the football players. I think he is controlling it”, according to Sarah. “I hope he is bringing some control”, said the Uncle, though he believes more control is needed. After Sarah reminded listeners about consequences such as the arrest of those football players, “Amen”, said the Uncle. “It’s a terrible thing for all industries and businesses for them to jump up and affect our AM broadcasts”, said the Uncle, who suggested a “repeater power” solution. After the final break for today, a version of the theme music for the TV program “Bonanza” was used as bumper music. “Uncle Henry Show continues here on NewsRadio 710. It’s 7—it’s 9:56”, said the Uncle before promoting some of the “live talk” on his radio station. “And more live talk as we get into the UFO/ghost show”, said the Uncle, who avoided saying the name of the overnight radio program “Coast to Coast AM”. “Are you talking about ‘Letters from Iwo Jima’?” the Uncle asked our next caller, who believes the movie was “horrible” to him, a veteran of the Second World War. “Now all the young people out there are saying, ‘Oh, that’s a great movie’ ”, said the Uncle. “His review is a review that matters in this instance”, he said about the last caller. “All right, ‘Ask the Expert’ is up next after the news here on NewsRadio 710”, said the Uncle, who promoted the local radio program as a stimulant to the Mobile economy. “Have yourself a wonderful, wonderful Monday. News time is 10 o’clock”, said the Uncle.

Today’s 9 o’clock gets an 8/10!

“Mostly Mild Monday” – TV5 meteorologist John Nodar

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“Uncle Henry Show continues here on NewsRadio 710. It is 9:07, seven minutes after 9:00”, said the Uncle before responding to a listener’s voice message played before him. “You sounded very relaxed, there with your bird in the background”, he said to the listener with the ash try issue. “It’s probably since I’ve been a child, because I’ve been around somebody with ash trays”, said the Uncle. “We were early dumpers of cigarettes”, he remembers after losing relatives to smoking while growing up. “Let’s talk to Julius. Hello Julius”, he said to the first caller this hour. “Uncle Henry, you know I’ve got to say this phrase as much as I can: As you know, most people on the radio are not enemies”, said Julius. “People just want change and the republicans have had their chance and the corporations and people are tired of it”, said Julius. “And that’s why people are fainting?” the Uncle asked before agreeing with the caller that folks “want change” from a presidential candidate. “The general welfare (voters), not just both of these wars we’re fighting”, said Julius. “You say things have never been [as] bad here in this county?” the Uncle asked. “I guess we live in different worlds, Julius”, our host concluded. “I’m focusing on reality”, said Julius before leaving us. “If you think the president is somebody who goes in there to lower your gas prices, [then] you are sadly mistaken”, said the Uncle. “If you think the world is a safe neighborhood and you think we don’t need a war on terror, then you’re not in reality”, he said before speaking to our next caller Mike. “I’m trying to stay grounded in reality”, the Uncle told Mike. “Let’s talk to Vance. Hello there, Vance”, said the Uncle. “When was the last time we had change in this country, really? The president doesn’t make change, Congress does”, said Vance. “This change thing just bugs me. We cannot change the gas prices, the oil companies [do] that”, said Vance, who “grew up without heath care and I didn’t know what insurance was” during the 1950s. “I watched Jay Leno on the street thing and the people on the street were asked”, said Vance, who learned that some folks “don’t know who these people are” running for the presidency of the USA. “You are absolutely right, Vance”, said the Uncle before the break for commercials. After the break and a voice message, “Uncle Henry Show continues. We have news coming up from FOX. Let’s talk to Rema. Hello Rema”, said the Uncle after reminding listeners that his radio station is no longer affiliated with the ABC Radio Network or Westwood One (provider of NBC News Radio and CBS Radio). “They could just actually take part of his family captive (in another country)”, Rema believes about one presidential candidate if he were president of the USA. “Let’s talk to Jimmy”, said the Uncle. “Hey Henry, I actually watched part of that debate last night”, said Jimmy, who referred to the two presidential candidates in the debate as “idiots”. “I cannot believe anybody in their right mind would vote for anyone wanting socialism”, said Jimmy. “Let’s talk to Steve. Hello Steve”, said the Uncle. “Well there’s capitalism, socialism as long as it protects”, said Steve. “Nothing is going to change in any significant way”, he believes. “They are tired of working so hard in any kind of way that they want free government money”, Steve continued. “I’m only months [off] from paying my car off”, said the Uncle. “That is part of my American dream”, he added. “There are world markets that determine the price of fuel that have nothing to do with it (gasoline prices)”, said Steve. “Look Steve, I’ve got to run”, said the Uncle before replaying audio of Fredrick Richardson of the Mobile City Council. “In time we’ll all know”, the Uncle repeated after the audio clip. News time is 9:30!” he said before the break for news, commercials, and station promotions.

“Uncle Henry Show continues here on NewsRadio 710”, said the Uncle before speaking to our next caller Chad. “I had a comment on a number of things”, said Chad. “I think one thing that everybody needs to remember”, said Chad, who said “90% of the people in this country pay little or no taxes” among other things. “That’s the problem with our tax system, because it’s unfair to the people who work”, said Chad. “They are so much for this universal heath care, this free government heath care”, Chad said about the presidential candidates at last night’s debate. As for the Reed medical center in Washington, D.C., “Well Uncle Henry, that’s government heath care right there”, said Chad. “Couple of things in the latest issue of the (Mobile) Beacon (and Alabama Citizen). You may have all ready read it”, said our next caller C. J. (Citizen John) before reading the qualifications for positions at Bishop State Community College in Mobile. “Isn’t that wonderful, I think you can qualify for most of those, Uncle Henry”, said C. J. “That was interesting, C. J. Let’s talk to Bebe. Hello Bebe”, said the Uncle. “I know this will never happen because those with vacant heads have all that stuff there, but having a perfect example of trust they are agitated. All those years ago when they had that uprising up there”, said Bebe without mentioning who. “I heard them saying that were eating dirt”, she added. “You didn’t mean that literally?” the Uncle asked. “I don’t know if they actually want to do what they’re talking about”, he said about politicians in a very general way before the break for commercials. After the break, “That was Crockett”, said the Uncle as a listener and frequent voice message caller’s song plays. “That’s Crockett from the CD ‘Better Days’ which is on sale at various locations”, said the Uncle before requesting the show’s current call screener Trey Lane to put on his headphones. “Now Trey Lane, you’ve got a copy of this. Have you listened to the whole thing?” said the Uncle. “He’s doing his own thing”, Trey said about Crockett, whose other song on the CD also played on the air. “The CD has poems and all essentially produced. Is your CD on sale?” said the Uncle. “It’s free”, said Trey. “Don’t you want to make a living out of it? I’ve got your CD out of it”, said the Uncle. “We do charge for CDs for the band I’m in, but I don’t charge for my own CDs”, said Trey. “Next time you’re in there (a coffee house), ask them” about Crockett’s CD “as they eat their sandwiches”, the Uncle suggested before speaking to our next caller Vanessa. “There’s been a lot of talk about socialism on today’s show”, said Vanessa, who believes “a move toward socialism change” is being thought in local schools. “Some of the books in school would really turn your stomach”, according to Vanessa. “My goodness”, the Uncle responded. “It’s no wonder that our kids don’t know how to read. All they want is a hand out from the government”, said Vanessa. “I’ll e-mail a list of books that we need [and] talk about in literature”, said Vanessa. “The new way is to accept everybody and hold hands with your neighbor, even if they’re a prostitute”, said Vanessa. “It’s so subtle and so constant”, she continued. “You really said a mouthful today”, said the Uncle. “Please Vanessa, e-mail me those lists of books”, he said before the break for commercials. After the final break for today, “Uncle Henry Show continues here on NewsRadio 710. ‘Ask the Expert’ coming up in about 10 minutes stimulating the Mobile economy with Charlie Moss”, said the Uncle, who also promoted some of the nationally syndicated radio talk shows on his station. “People really need to study the issues and think about who they want as our leader for the next four years”, said our next caller. “Michael, no time for your call, but thanks for calling in”, the Uncle told the caller on hold. “As I mentioned to you, we have a complete lineup of live talk for the rest of the afternoon”, said the Uncle. “All of that live for you on NewsRadio 710”, said the Uncle, who also promoted the ‘Best of Rush Limbaugh’ and NASCAR racing broadcasts on Saturday. “It’s 10 o’clock!” he at the end of today’s show.

Today’s 9 o’clock hour gets a 6/10!

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“Uncle Henry Show continues here on NewsRadio 710”, said the Uncle. “You can tell that we’ve got the rain. John Nodar says that we have to be aware of the weather today and tomorrow”, said the Uncle. “Let’s talk to Greg! Hello there, Greg!” he said to the first caller this hour. “Personally, right now I’m so sick of politicians”, said Greg after watching “MSNBC chomping at the bit” of a news report concerning a candidate for the presidency of the USA. “What did he (McCain) say that’s got the press so riled up?” Greg asked. “It’s just very offensive things about prisoners of war”, according to the Uncle. “Well that is very disgusting”, Greg responded. “I’m going to share with you an anecdote that I have shared with you time after time again”, the Uncle told his listeners. “People in the media are just overwhelmingly liberal”, he said before mentioning a former employee for example, but not his name. “He was an ultra liberal, he was just gleeful”, said the Uncle. “It was over the last 10 years in Europe when you look at it”, said the Uncle, who “wouldn’t want to live over there”. “He was right, we’re becoming more like Europe”, he now believes. “Let’s talk to Vance. Hello Vance”, he said to our next caller. “The correct word for the backside of a human being is derriere. I was referring to Webster’s Dictionary”, said Vance. “That is very European of you”, said the Uncle, who will “stop all references to that area” of the human body and leave it up to a “medical specialist”. “So they didn’t want you to commit suicide if you’ve got patches”, said the Uncle after hearing Vance share his Service experience. “Anyway, what’s the other thing I had on mind of this”, said Vance before the thought returned. After mentioning a former college graduate of 1944 and friend, “We still stay in touch with each other and it pays to have friends your own age and people who are off your age”, said Vance. “I know you’re a young buck”, he said about our host. “And I know you and I are not far from each other in age”, said the Uncle. Years ago on his crystal radio, “I can only pick up WUNI (pronounced “woo-nee”)”, said the Uncle, who was referring to Mobile’s oldest radio station now known as WLVV before speaking to our next caller. “I’m all ready excited about the [missile] taking out the satellite. That says a whole lot to our enemies out there”, said the caller. “This shows the world, especially our enemies, who we really are”, he continued. “I hope we have more research in this”, said the Uncle. Before the break for commercials, “The Uncle Henry Show continues here on NewsRadio 710”, said the Uncle. After the break, “Uncle Henry Show continues. It is 9:21”, said the Uncle. “Let’s talk to Nick. Hello there, Nick!” he said to our next caller. After Nick left us, “I’m in agreement with you. The United States of America has done things that we’re not proud of [over the years] because human beings were involved in it”, said the Uncle. “The world is better off in the long view for having there been (a United States)”, said the Uncle, who added that the country has been “a force for good”. “Let’s talk to George. Hello there, George”, said the Uncle. After George left us, “I don’t know if I agree with that. I just think she—maybe there’s a chance, maybe a 10% chance that she would be vice president”, the Uncle said about a presidential candidate. “Now you see, you thought about this more than I have!” he said to our next caller on the subject brought up by George. “That’s just running through my little old mind”, said the caller. “I guess it will be all or nothing”, said the Uncle. “If you’re a fan of Josh Bernstein, the former investigative reporter who used to work in this town”, said the Uncle (he didn’t mentioned Josh Berstein’s former employer WPMI-TV), who directed interested listeners to the reporter’s recent work for a TV station in Phoenix, Arizona. Before the break for news, commercials, and station promotions, “News time is 9:30!” said the Uncle.

“All right, happy Thursday”, the Uncle said to the voice message caller in a sarcastic tone of voice. “Uncle Henry Show continues. Trey Lane is screening calls today in the dark”, said the Uncle. “Don’t ask, don’t tell”, he said before speaking to our next caller Mike. “Trey Lane, don’t tell people about that!” the Uncle told the call screener after learning what he told Mike. “Hey, are you going to the boat show and the chili cook off this weekend?” Mike asked our host, who is reviewing his options. “Not only is he (Obama) taking care of us and our country, but he’s taking care of our enemies. Isn’t he a nice guy? Mike said about one presidential candidate. “Isn’t it fascinating. I can’t see how—I can’t see how this all continue”, said the Uncle. “That’s a lot of energy to continue all the way through November, people crying and blowing (his nose)”, said the Uncle “Let’s talk to Sam. Hello Sam”, said the Uncle, who was not openly surprised hearing her voice. “Thank you, Sam, I appreciate that (perspective)”, said the Uncle. “I didn’t know leather clothing was objectionable”, said the Uncle, who knows “a motorcycle family” in his neighborhood. “They are just the nicest people, but [they] are very motorcycle oriented”, said the Uncle. After the break for commercials, a version of the theme music for “The Pink Panther” movie series and animated cartoons was used as bumper music. “Uncle Henry Show continues here on NewsRadio 710. Going to talk to another Sam. Hello Sam”, said the Uncle. “I didn’t think a woman can be Sam”, said Sam. “I would like to listen to Freddie”, he said about another caller that he believes is “a little off”. “Freddie wasn’t too off base”, Sam said about the caller’s comments about some presidential candidates. “He makes weird calls, but sometimes he has good points. I’m a veteran and veterans don’t talk too much about” their actions, said Sam. “Name, rank, and serial number: that’s what they tell you that’s all they give”, said Sam. “This is Brent in Birmingham”, said our next caller. “I’ve got a song I’m trying to promote right now”, said Brent, who was asked about his career as a songwriter. “You’ve got some great deals down in Mobile”, said Brent, who wished he was here to accept our host’s online “Deal of the Week”. “A lot of shady things going on with this guy”, Brent said about the mayor of Birmingham. “Did he just get elected?” the Uncle asked. “We’ll see what the future holds for this guy. How are things going in the Port City?” said Brent. “We’ve got a lot going on”, said the Uncle after mentioning various changes and “possibilities” for the Mobile region. “Forbes.com had our economy ranked #1 (in growth)”, the Uncle added. “Did you see that TV show ‘The First 48’?” Brent asked before mentioning the program’s producers coming to Birmingham. “It’s better than the TV show ‘Cops’, right?” the Uncle asked. “It depends if you’re an action person or in the real life stuff”, said Brent. “Send that song to me”, said the Uncle before Brent left us. “One of the great musicians who has been part of the Uncle Henry Show over the years”, said the Uncle before the break. After the final break for today and a couple of voice messages, “All right, thank you very much for the suggestion. I would like the little gun—you know from ‘Wild Wild West’ ”, said the Uncle. “He (Robert Conrad as Jim West) would pop a cap into someone”, he remembers from the TV series before speaking to our next caller Gene. “We’re out of time. They need to send Al Gore up there to save those polar bears”, said the Uncle before the end of today’s show.

Today’s 9 o’clock hour gets a 4/10!

“In A Squeeze” – TV5 meteorologist John Nodar

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“All right, good ‘Idea’ ”, said the Uncle, who was responding to a voice message by the frequent caller known as “The Idea Guy” before introducing the fourth hour of today’s show. “Uncle Henry Show continues here on NewsRadio 710”, he reminded listeners from the previous hour and folks just tuning in. “Yes, why the roof is leaking at Government Plaza, I like the idea” of a wishing well, said the Uncle. “Let’s talk to C. J. Hello C. J.”, he said to the caller whose initials stand for “Citizen John”. “I dare not say it, but it looks like Mobile is not a safe place”, said C. J. “Maybe it’s time for the sheriff to take over Mobile like they’ve done in Prichard”, said C. J. “What you’re saying is not facetious”, said the Uncle. “Like I said, we’ve got to hire more cops and build more jails”, said C. J. “I used to call in and talk about the budget, but I haven’t had one in a year”, he mentioned. “People have either moved or given up. It’s a sad state here in Mobile, Alabama, Uncle Henry”, he said before leaving us. “Let’s talk to Joe. Hello Joe”, said the Uncle. “I’ve lived in Mobile for over 50 years and I finally gave up”, said Joe, who is now living in Baldwin County, east of Mobile Bay. “Just with the combination of the Moon Pies and the crime”, Joe explained why he’s given up Mobile residency. “Let’s talk to Robert. Hello Robert”, said the Uncle. “It looks like they may not be throwing all the Moon Pies, they may be eating them”, Robert said about some city officials in Mobile. “Sam Jones, he’s deeply overweight”, he said about the mayor of Mobile. “Are you saying [Sam] Jones is obese?” the Uncle asked before the caller mentioned Fredrick Richardson of the Mobile City Council. “I can’t believe the city council lady is overweight”, said Robert. “This is perhaps the most shocking call in the Uncle Henry Show years”, said the Uncle. “I guess I need to look at them more closely”, he suggested for himself. “Thank you, Robert, you’ve given me plenty of food for thought. No pun intended”, said the Uncle, who was reminded of a past call by Mr. C. that was recorded. “I never thought about Sam Jones as overweight. I am being wrong?” said the Uncle. “Now I’ve got to go see—I need to go find a way to see Sam Jones, because I don’t have him in my mind of being overweight”, said the Uncle. “Now you’ve got me wondering about all of this, but it is a rarity. I don’t think I’ve heard anyone call—especially a politician on their weight”, said the Uncle. “People are very sensitive about this, you don’t want to be discriminative”, said the Uncle. “You have got me just confused on this”, he said before to our next caller Bill. “Henry, you took things the wrong way when you played my voice mail”, said Bill, who was referring to his recorded message about “planting something you smoke”. “It looked like a marijuana reference”, said the Uncle before Bill clarified what he said about tobacco and his late papa. “I’m not an advocate for it (marijuana)”, said Bill. “You have called this show on numerous occasions talking about marijuana”, said the Uncle. “Have a nice day, Uncle Henry”, said Bill before leaving us. “Sticks and stones”, said the Uncle, who was referring to the numerous names Bill called him in one sentence before the break for commercials. After the break and a voice message, “Uncle Henry Show continues here on NewsRadio 710. It is 9:23”, said the Uncle before speaking to our next caller Ron. “You said you have seen Sam Jones in person or you haven’t seen him in person?” Ron asked our host, who has seen the mayor in person. “Three hundred pounds within a year and a half. That’s what I’m thinking about”, Ron predicts for one of the candidates for the presidency of the USA. “There is a story today about weight and how we’re not responsible for it”, said the Uncle. “It’s very difficult for me to imagine him (Obama) putting on weight”, he said about the presidential candidate before reading a news article about weight gain. “They are saying Latino children are getting overweight because of the (Spanish language fast food) TV commercials”, said the Uncle, who was quick to believe that it’s not the fault of the parents or the food they eat. “On a positive note, how about getting Jeff Sessions back on your program”, said our next caller, who was talking about the Alabama senator. “He is one of the few politicians I listen to with a whole lot of common sense”, said the caller. “He doesn’t pander, he doesn’t say things just to get popular. He says what he believes in”, said the Uncle. “He would be a much better choice if he were in there (the race for the presidency of the USA)”, said the caller. “There is a story in the Press-Register today about a felon who was hired as a school library clerk”, the Uncle brought to our caller’s attention. “Let’s talk to Clarence. Hello Clarence, good morning”, said the Uncle. “The season’s getting ready where you’ll get to see a truck” on county roads, said Clarence. “Mosquito trucks”, said the Uncle. “We come before they get going and that’s what exactly we’re doing in Iran”, said Clarence before quickly correcting his analogy with the correct counties in West Asia. “Thank you, wonderful call, Clarence”, said the Uncle before the break for news, commercials, and station promotions.

“Uncle Henry Show continues here on NewsRadio 710. Maybe you better get Mobile Bay Keeper to investigate the Sand Island incident”, said the Uncle, who was responding to a listener’s voice message. “Hey, Henry, how are you doing?” said our next caller Steve. “It just seems to me that there’s a lot of arrogance and it seems you can get there (to Sand Island) without a boat and throwing trash” is a normal thing, said Steve. “I wonder, do they allow burglar bars in the Oakleigh historic district?” the Uncle asked Steve. “All of sudden they’re finding criminals half beaten to death on the streets”, Steve recalls. “Well that is not happening right now”, said the Uncle. “They move on to another neighborhood”, Steve said about the criminals. “They either end up in a wheelchair at the hospital or in Trinity Gardens”, said Steve. “Criminals have rights”, said the Uncle. “Either get out or get shot” is the “criminal right” Steve would allow. “Armed robberies for almost nothing, like the Blockbuster robbery”, our host mentioned in relation to the “crime wave”, along with some court testimony by an Alabama Crimson Tide football player “destroying his career”. “Let’s talk to Paul. Hello Paul”, said the Uncle. “We don’t have leadership in this town. We don’t have religious leadership”, said Paul. “When was the last time you heard one of them say, ‘Hey, let’s march and stand up against crime’?” Paul asked. “You have to do more, you have to get to people and the children and teenagers” and talk to them, Paul suggested. “And the churches are the biggest thing that are out there. Here are people who are supposed to be teaching morality”, said Paul. “Very thought provoking call”, said the Uncle before our next caller “G-Man” gave a shout of “Roll Tide Roll” and expressed agreement with caller “Citizen John” about hiring more police. “Yet the citizens when they go to vote for a city council person, they never make it an issue”, the Uncle said about police hiring. “I’ve been patiently awaiting them to straighten up my neighborhood, but I haven’t seen it much”, “G-Man” said about the German-based steel company ThyssenKrupp (mispronounced “ThyssenKrump”, a common mistake) and aerospace company EADS. After the break for commercials and a voice message, “Uncle Henry Show continues. I don’t know if that’s the guy, the naked gunman that was arrested yesterday. Perhaps that was the naked gunman that’s been calling this show”, said the Uncle, who was responding to the previous recorded message. “One of the worse things a person can ever do to start a conversation”, according to the Uncle, is say, “I had a dream last night”. “Here is a new analysis from the left-wing Associated Press. They came up with this about a half-hour ago”, he said before reading the presidential campaign analysis. “It is written by Ron Fournier, no relation to Hazel”, said the Uncle, who was referring to the Mobile County Public School System member. After the final break for today, “Uncle Henry Show continues. We have ‘Ask the Expert’ coming up after the FOX News”, said the Uncle as he promotes most of the radio station’s schedule of “live talk”. “It’s gotten up to the wire now”, our next caller said about the race for the presidency of the USA. “We’ve got a long way before the election and right now people are fainting”, said the Uncle. “Do you remember Davy Jones from the 1960s”, he asked listeners about the musician before suggesting that folks “stop the swooning” by looking “at the actual record” of the presidential candidates. “Let’s talk to ‘The Tax Man’. Hello ‘Tax Man’ ”, he said to our next caller, who was once known as Jim the Tax Man. “I’m up on the break, but that is an excellent point you made!” said the Uncle. “When you’re in doubt of what to do, read that Bible!” he said before the end of the show.

Today’s 9 o’clock hour gets a 5/10!

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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), but without those familiar notes of music ("CBS Special Presentation 1973") leading up to the bumper music. “Uncle Henry Show continues here on NewsRadio 710. It’s 9:07, seven minutes after 9:00. You can communicate with me over the Harbor Communications hotline”, said the Uncle. “One of my favorite topics has emerged into the local news again and it’s the topic of the disastrous, catastrophic Mobile Government Plaza”, he announced in this hour of the show. “I mean people responsible in the very beginning should have evaporated”, he said about local government official who supported Government Plaza. “Now we have the situation where the Thompson Engineering—the respected Thompson Engineering has offered to the county commission a way [on how] to fix it”, said the Uncle, who was reminded of past show callers with suggestions similar to the solutions proposed for Government Plaza's roof. “That’s right! Uncle Henry Show callers due out of concern in 2002”, said the Uncle before getting to the roofing options proposed by engineer Joe Ruffer, or “Joe, ironically Ruffer”, as our host would always call him while pronouncing his last name “Roofer”. “Now we have people call in 2002 and say we should put a big tarp on top the roof”, said the Uncle. “So two of the four options from Thompson Engineering are cover the existing roof with another roof”, our host concluded. “I found an excerpt of a phone call from a caller who made the suggestion in 2002. It was the caller who became controversial and a lot of people called in about that caller”, said the Uncle before playing audio of the aforementioned callers from 2002. “All right, all four of you that called in, especially the gentleman who pretended to know what he was talking about, direct your ears to 2008”, said the Uncle before playing audio of frequent caller Tim from 2002. “Let’s go ahead and put a big tin roof atop Government Plaza”, said Tim, better known as Sam Marston IV. “This was the suggestion from Tim. He knew what he was talking about”, said the Uncle. “You cannot deny that his suggestion was exactly the same” as the 2008 option, said the Uncle. “Why did it take until 2008 to get something right!” he shouted. “My hat, Tim—I’m not wearing a hat. If I were, it would be off to you”, said the Uncle. “This is the reason why you should listen to this show: you’re going to hear the answers to Mobile’s problems four years (or six years in Tim’s case) in advance with our government officials adopting the same answers”, said the Uncle. “At what point do they get out?” he asked. “It is a money put. I’ve had car problems”, he said while comparing Government Plaza to fixing the same car before buying a new one. After reminding listeners how to contact him by electronic mail, “All ready got some outstanding e-mails today”, said the Uncle before speaking to caller Curtis. “That old suggestion on that building down there and I agree with you it’s a money pit”, said Curtis. “We need to get those people because those (other downtown) buildings have leaked and never been fixed”, said Curtis. “We are going to hear from Troy King”, said the Uncle, who believes we “might have to wait” until the state attorney general stops campaigning for a candidate for the presidency of the USA. “When you look at the situation, it’s been going on for so long and correct me if I’m wrong”, said our next caller Bill, who remembers Steve Nodine of the Mobile County Commission getting involved. Our host remembers a newspaper article about the county commission. “It says that in 2006 the county paid $750,000 to fix roof problems”, said the Uncle. “I want my money back, it’ll save you a million dollars”, said Bill. “Have you seen Mobile do anything right as far as the commission”, Bill asked. “I just don’t understand how Mobile operates”, he said before leaving us. “The mayor of Mobile, one of the most beloved officials in local politics, Sam Jones, he was one of the commissioners” involved in Government Plaza’s creation, said the Uncle before recalling the other two commissioners. “Freeman Jockisch wrote a letter to the editor explaining” the building’s construction and opening, said the Uncle. “Gary Tanner needs to write a letter to the editor”, he suggested. Before the break for commercials, “And Tim, if you have solutions that need answering four (or six years) years from now, please call the voice mail”, said the Uncle. After the break, “Uncle Henry Show continues here on NewsRadio 710. Coming up in the next hour, ‘Ask the Expert’. We have another outstanding ‘Ask the Expert’ program. Dan Boone of the IRS”, said the Uncle. “Are you telling me the truth?” he asked the show’s current call screener Trey Lane about the guest invited for “Ask the Expert” today. “Let’s talk now to George. Hello George”, the Uncle said to our next caller. “I wouldn’t waste any more on it”, George said about Government Plaza. “All you do is walk around the little buckets”, George said about one way around the leaks. “I think it’s kind of amusing and interesting by no means that you don’t get wet”, said George. “Quit worrying about it”, he added. “Permanents buckets”, the Uncle suggested, followed by George's suggestion to “get some Kentucky Fried (Chicken)” buckets in place. “If we’re going to have permanent buckets”, said the Uncle, who suggested a “mold and mildew fund” for digging a wishing well inside Government Plaza. “Paint the skyline there, the whole skyline and that would solve the whole problem”, our next caller suggested for the Government Plaza ceiling. “Some things will have a picture show up when they get wet”, said the Uncle. “The Fathers of the Leak”, he suggested for the name of a painting e had in mind for Government Plaza. “I find my mind boggled for the callers calling in suggestions”, said the Uncle. “Six years later, Thompson Engineering with the same suggestions. More money, more money, more money for the [money] hole that is Government Plaza”, said the Uncle before the break for news, commercials, and station promotions.

“Uncle Henry Show continues here on NewsRadio 710. It’s 9:34, we have ‘Ask the Expert’ coming up at 10 o’clock with an IRS agent coming up. People have started cleaning up, straightening things up”, said the Uncle. “Well, we lost Jeff. I don’t know how that happened. Let’s talk to Steve. Hello Steve”, said the Uncle before the first time caller spoke. “I would suggest maybe a large clay pot”, Steve suggested for Government Plaza. “So have plants to test the water?” the Uncle asked Steve. “That’s an excellent idea!” he said. After Steve left us, “Thank you very much. Thank you for listening every night”, said the Uncle. “Maybe you can have a big pole”, he suggested for growing kudzu inside Government Plaza. “I think they should have brought the Bass Pro Shop to Mobile”, said our next caller. “I think the last caller (from the 2002 audio) sure sounded a lot like Steve Nodine”, according to the caller. “We’ll compare the voices again”, said the Uncle. “Excellent suggestion”, he said about the Bass Pro Shop. “Good morning, Vance”, said the Uncle. “Do they know where the leak is in the big building at all?” Vance asked. “They are quoting the engineer, Joe, ironically, Ruffer”, said the Uncle as he reads what Joe Ruffer says is the location of the leak. “This is where the leak appears to be”, he said after reading “around the trough where the two large curved roofs meet”, according to the engineer. “They got that rubberized steel now on the market for $75”, said Vance. “ ‘Praise Lord and Have Ammunition’ is a good song”, Vance said about a song he finds appropriate for the times. “You were right in 2002, Tim”, the Uncle said to our next caller. “Do you think Thompson Engineering is listening to this show?” the Uncle asked Tim, who believes someone listening for the company would have to write long notes. “Did you see where 50 cars in downtown were broken into?” Tim asked our host. “I want to commend Jene’ Young. She did an excellent job covering the weather”, Tim said about the WKRG-TV5 meteorologist, whom he has mentioned in the past. “You’re going to always commend Jene’ Young”, said the Uncle, who was watching Sunday’s on-going weather reports on one or more of Mobile’s TV stations. After mentioning a certain spy satellite in orbit, “If they can get the thing over downtown and shoot it down, it would be a shock”, said Tim before leaving us. “I think 2014 is where I want you to call in about now”, said the Uncle before the break for commercials. After the break and a voice message, “All right, that voice mail. The voice mail just died because the cell phone—the cell phone went out”, said the Uncle, who wanted to hear “why Sand Island is doom”. “That is a fascinating story”, he said before speaking to our next caller Tom, who likes the idea of flying a helicopter above Government Plaza for a spray solution. “Well, if there is something we can spray that can be good to clog up all that bleach”, said the Uncle. “Let’s talk to Earl. Hello Earl”, he said to our next caller, who was later called Ricky by our host without explanation. “Before you get on the Internet or whatever you do on your computers, try Microsoft Word”, the caller suggested for listeners with ideas for Government Plaza. “I was listening to 710 radio after Rush Limbaugh and I heard someone named ‘The General’ ”, said the caller, who was listening to a substitute for syndicated radio talk show host Todd Schnitt yesterday. “I enjoy your show immensely. I listen to it everyday”, said the caller, who admits that he doesn’t agree with all the callers. “I appreciate you very much for listening to the program”, said the Uncle as he quickly goes to a late commercial break. After the final break for today, “I was listening to Billy Mays, the infomercial guy on television”, said our next caller Jeff. “He can fall all the way out of the sky and do a commercial from Government Plaza”, he suggested. “Thank you, Jeff, an excellent suggestion. We are just about out of time”, said the Uncle, who wants to “direct your listening to this radio station for the rest of the day” with a promotion for some of the radio station’s weekday programming. Listeners were reminded to get their questions ready for Dan Boone of the Internal Revenue Service.

Today’s 9 o’clock hour gets an 8/10!

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“Uncle Henry Show continues here on NewsRadio 710. Thank you for listening. Beautiful, beautiful weather today”, said the Uncle, who gave listeners a temperature forecast and the “Harbor Communications” telephone numbers to call in during the show. “We have numerous things to talk about. Let’s start off with Paul. Hello Paul”, said the Uncle. “When in the world are they going to spend that $11 million (for road construction)”, Paul asked. “They’re not filling the potholes up on Cody Road, so they need to start doing something”, said Paul. “Do you live out there?” the Uncle asked. “Yes, I do”, said Paul. “I’m just not sure of what they’re doing”, he said. “Best of luck to you with the pothole”, said the Uncle before speaking to our next caller Tim, also known as Sam Marston IV. “Did you see that (TV) special on Friday night about the (human) bodies exhibit?” Tim asked without giving the name of the TV news program “20/20”. “I thought they came from the Chinese government”, said the Uncle, who did not see the special. “Any road in Mobile County (is unsafe). You know, the Dollar General stores, the Blockbuster Video”, said Tim. “Why don’t they give them hand guns?” the Uncle asked. “Get a professional to teach them how to shoot it”, he suggested, along with a gun permit. “I could teach them how to do it”, said Tim before asking our host if he has read a news article on nitrate, a subject that reminds him of 2nd grade science. “There are a lot of people named Smith. They are all not related, strangely”, said the Uncle after our caller mentioned one particular fellow named Edmund Smith IV. “They (sheriff’s flotilla) had to have four children to come off the bridge to get the money”, said Tim. “The [positive] end result is that they got the money”, said the Uncle before speaking to our next caller Freddie. “That was one of your most defensive calls you ever made. What is a republican or a conservative on the radio making fun of a prisoner of war?” said the Uncle. “And for you to call in and make fun of it”, he said. “That’s disgusting”, he said before seamlessly playing a listener’s recorded message. “All right, look, don’t use that type of language in your voice mail”, said the Uncle. “So you want a warning”, he got from the caller before searching available audio for an appropriate “Freddie alert so you won’t be subjected” to his calls. “We’re going to have about 40 or 50,000 workers descend upon Mobile and Mobile County [for] the next couple of years”, said our next caller Vance. “We’re not going to be drawing that many construction workers from our area”, said Vance. “This Moffett Road and Schillinger Road construction project has become a nightmare”, he said after changing subjects. “It’s a nightmare at 10:30 in the morning”, he added. “It’s that whole intersection with all those new stores”, according to Vance. “I was not all aware of what was going on out there on Moffett and Schillinger”, said the Uncle before the break for commercials. After the break and a voice message, “Uncle Henry Show continues here on NewsRadio 710”, said the Uncle. “There were a lot of spirited voice mails. There were a lot of people over the weekend” that were spirited, said the Uncle. “When you’re feeling something, you should think about it before you act upon it”, said our next caller Steve, who was responding to the last recorded message. “Yeah (laughing), the Freddie call”, he said as he responds to that live call. “You’re not allowed to talk like that. You can say anything you want about a POW when you’re a democrat”, said the Uncle. “Boom, the whole world appears to you” after turning on your “color TV set”, said Steve. “I’m going to go through my day being thankful for everything. That’s how I’m going to spend my day”, he said before leaving us. Before the break for news, commercials, and station promotions, “News time is 9:30! NewsRadio 710, Uncle Henry Show continues!” said the Uncle.

Today 9:00 AM half-hour gets a 7/10!

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“Uncle Henry Show continues here on NewsRadio 710. It’s 9:06, six minutes after 9:00. Thanks for listening, beautiful weather this morning”, said the Uncle. “I will go to church Sunday morning and have to do the yard work unfortunately”, said the Uncle, who will “be watching my television from time to time”. “I’ve got one of those high definition televisions”, said the Uncle, who had no time to watch the high definition pictures until he found time to watch football games. “I went ahead and got the high definition video recorder and I get some of the satellite channels in high definition”, said the Uncle. “The only thing I can watch in high definition is these nature shows”, he said about programming he also calls “picture shows”. “I’m sure it (the novelty) will wear off”, said the Uncle, who might be watching ants on his TV set this weekend. “A programming note: if you are a NASCAR fan, we’ve got the NASCAR here on NewsRadio 710”, said the Uncle. “If you are a race fan and cannot watch the television for some reason”, said the Uncle as he reminds listeners about the race broadcasts available on his radio station. “I want to talk about that gun in space”, said this hour’s first caller Mark. “Why would they need a gun in space?” the Uncle asked. “I don’t like the space shuttle program, but at least we get to fly back”, said the Uncle. “It just comes out and bounces”, Mark said about Russia’s space capsule. “That is absolutely ridiculous!” the Uncle responded. “I was in a submarine back in those days”, Mark said as he reflects upon the “Uncle Ronnie” presidential years in the USA. “What kind of ridiculous idea is it that they’re still crashing it?” said the Uncle before speaking to our next caller Tim. “I’m sorry I missed the first hour”, said Tim, who actually meant the 8 o’clock hour of the show. “You went to the dentist at 6 o’clock?” the Uncle asked before the caller clarified himself. “What do you mean they redefined your gum line?” the Uncle asked Tim, who is unsure about the dental procedure. “Did you see the children’s magazine from Lagniappe”, Tim asked as he brings to our attention an article in the bi-weekly alternative newspaper. “John Tyson, Jr., he’s all ready established he’s a crime fighter”, said the Uncle before seamlessly playing an audio clip of the Mobile County district attorney saying “I fight crime” during his campaign for the position of state attorney general. “Yes, you do”, our host responded to the audio clip. “Let’s see who we have next. Let’s talk to Ron. Hello Ron”, said the Uncle. “I haven’t got the chance to talk to you lately. You continue to be a voice of reason out there”, said Ron, who finds “talk radio” (a term usually associated with news and discussions on radio, not all forms of speech on the radio) to be a great medium for public discussions. “When we think about who we’re going to vote for, there are three main areas”, said Ron, who was referring to candidates for the presidency of the USA. “Number one duty is to protect the citizens of the United States”, said Ron. “That is correct”, the Uncle said in agreement. “We have to be strong militarily to protect our [bases all] around the world”, said Ron. “We can’t just pull the people home when we get in the air like that”, Ron continued. “There is no way for this country to provide free health care”, said Ron. “Find out what they stand for”, Ron suggested for voters before leaving us. “I find myself completely satisfied, but at least tell us what you’re going to do?” the Uncle asked before using for example one candidate’s idea for “creating jobs in the construction industry” worth $60 billion, a price our host strongly emphasized. “Who’s going to fill these jobs? Are American citizens going to [run] in”, said the Uncle. “By the way, we have the president of Mexico running all over the country this week”, said the Uncle, who mentioned this president’s visit to the California Legislature. Before the break for commercials, “Friday morning, Uncle Henry Show”, said the Uncle. After the break, “Uncle Henry Show continues here on NewsRadio 710. It’s Friday, we’ve got the NASCAR this weekend, the Daytona 500”, said the Uncle. “Let’s talk to Abe. Hello Abe”, he said to our next caller, who said he’s going to be “brief” on his comments about presidential candidates, abortion, and immigration. “The main thing we need to look at is these senators and congressmen”, said Abe. “Look, thank you very much for your phone call. Interesting things you bring up”, said the Uncle, who admits that he would never wish for someone to have an abortion due to her crime risk. “There are opportunities for people to turn their lives around and I would never think that”, said the Uncle. “One of the things they want to do is launch from the moon to get to Mars”, our next caller said about the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, better known as NASA. “What are we going to do on Mars?” the Uncle asked, along with, “What are we going to do on the moon?” “That (Russian) capsule is at the very top of the rocket, so nothing can hit them”, the caller explained. “So, while we’ll be having those from about three or five years from now”, the caller said before leaving us. “Going to the moon for Mars, for what reason?” the Uncle asked. Seconds before the break for news, commercials, and station promotions, “After the news, more Uncle Henry Show. A reminder, we have the NASCAR if you’re a NASCAR fan”, said the Uncle. “This is the NASCAR radio station, NewsRadio 710”, said the Uncle. “Don’t go where, more show coming up”, he said quickly before the break.

“Uncle Henry Show continues here on NewsRadio 710. Even though that voice mail—I suspect that voice mail was somewhat sarcastic”, said the Uncle. “Even though there was some good in it, a lot of it was mess”, he said about the recorded message before reminding listeners about the Mobile Bay Keepers organization being in favor of widening Highway 98 in Mobile County. “I was watching some news show, I think it was ’60 Minutes’ ”, said the Uncle, who remembers the “60 Minutes” story on manmade islands in Dubai, Qatar. “We can have multiple Oyster House restaurants”, the Uncle suggested for manmade islands in the Mobile region before speaking to our next caller Pete. “I had to call in and respond and express a little bit of outrage”, said Pete, who was referring to Abe’s call. “Have you heard of anybody say something like that?” the Uncle asked. “Yes, Hitler said something like that”, said Pete. “The tyranny and the cruelty is unimaginable”, said Pete. “But for someone to casually say, ‘Oh, if you had an abortion, we wouldn’t have so much crime’ ”, he said for example. “It is an opinion that is really very difficult for someone to defend. Like I said, the comment I said about it I stand by”, said the Uncle, who used the term ‘heinous’ to describe Abe’s abortion comment. “I didn’t realize some children were throwaways. I thought they were all keepers”, said our next caller. “I heard that you recorded that call and you can play that back when we get close to election time”, said the caller, who was talking about Abe’s call. “Casi’s a great person, I knew her for a long time”, he said about yesterday’s guest (Casi Calloway of Mobile Bay Keepers), whom he hoped to hear speak about alligators. After the previous caller, “I don’t want there to be too much entertaining (on the show)”, said the Uncle. “This is not a bunch of frivolosity”, he said before bringing to our attention some electronic mail and an attached image of the dog from “regular caller Bill”. “A picture of a man I imagined Bill to look like”, the Uncle described the image before going to a electronic mail message defending the “Star Wars” movie series. “Oh, and ‘Star Trek’ is a great show especially when you have insomnia”, our host read. “The only reason the people went to those movies is the [spectacular] special affects”, said the Uncle. “And you talk about Ewoks and Wookies, I would take a Klingon”, said the Uncle. “Teddy Bears, nothing but Teddy Bear people!” he called the Ewoks before the break. After the final break, “All the aliens in ‘Star Wars’ are just inferior to the ‘Star Trek’ ”, said the Uncle. “What was that (stereotypical) alien?” he asked the show’s current call screener Trey Lane. “Jar Jar Binks! I rest my case!” said the Uncle. As our call screener returned to his work post, “Trey Lane performs his (computer) music there at the Blind Mule Saturday night”, said the Uncle before speaking to our next caller. “It’s his opinion and everybody got one”, the caller said about Abe’s abortion comment. “Well they’re expressing their opinion”, the Uncle said about callers criticizing Abe. “If you express your opinion publicly, you have to accept the consequences”, said the Uncle, whom our caller agrees with. “It’s like you’re criticizing their opinion,”, said the Uncle. “It’s sometimes where there is a case where the kids are so bad”, our caller believes was Abe’s reason for the comment, which he disagrees with. “There you go, you are criticizing him!” said the Uncle. “Yes, you are”, he added. “I think you have a very good program today”, said the caller before leaving us. “Every time you express an opinion you got to get ready for the consequences”, said the Uncle. “There’s going to be a reaction if you’ve got a strong opinion, there’s going to be a reaction”, he said before promoting today’s edition of the local radio program “Ask the Expert” with a private inspector as the guest. “Stimulating the economy with a private inspector, I wonder what’s that going to be like?” the Uncle asked before mentioning “Rockford from ‘The Rockford Files’ ”. “Global warming killed the Lochness Monster, did you know that? It’s in the news today”, the Uncle told our next caller. “What are they going to do about NASCAR?” the caller asked. “I think it creates a miniature ozone over the track”, said the Uncle, since the racecars go around the racetrack. “Are you aware that well about a month ago Paramount issued the new original series of Spock and the original series”, the caller asked our host about “Star Trek”. “They have taken the original scenes out”, said the caller. “What does it look like?” said the Uncle. “It just looks sort of funny”, according to the caller, who mentioned them “fixing Spock’s ears” to be more round. “They have the technology, they can put in a different actor”, said the caller. “Trey Lane doesn’t understand. Leonard Nimoy is the subtleties of Mr. Spock”, said the Uncle. Before leaving us for this week, “We have a private inspector in here! I’m going to be listening to that in my office!” said our excited host.

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“Uncle Henry Show continues here on NewsRadio 710. It’s 9:05, five minutes after 9:00”, said the Uncle. “It feels like 38 as well as the actual temperature 38 degrees”, he said before introducing studio guest Casi Calloway of Mobile Bay Keepers for a discussion about “all things environmental”. “Happy Valentine’s Day to you”, said Casi. “Why thank you!” said the Uncle, who asked the guest to give listeners unfamiliar with Mobile Bay Keepers a short overview of the organization. “Are they kind of like hippie people?” the Uncle asked, causing Casi to laugh. “Well the people in this area that like the outdoors are sportsmen”, said the Uncle. “I would think people would be concerned about the quality of the air they breathe”, he said. “That is correct”, Casi responded. “I would need to be careful about the fish I eat that are in the bay”, said the Uncle. “The bay is not as appreciated as it was 30 or 40 years ago. What is the condition of the bay?” he asked. “What we can do now is tell you when the bay is clean”, said Casi. “Don’t eat that fish or [any] kind of fish with mercury”, she suggested. “Mobile Bay has a very—among the very highest among mercury deposition”, according to Casi, who was asked why mercury is possible in Mobile Bay. “We also have the right kind of river”, Casi explained, including mention of riverbanks. “If industry were to be a little bit more controlled, would there be a noticeable difference?” the Uncle asked. “There would be a noticeable difference”, Casi answered. “You can’t necessarily take this out and everything will be clean, but it all works out over time”, she added. “What about people flushing things in the bay”, said the Uncle. “Or is it much ado about nothing”, he added to the question. “It’s absolutely a whole lot ado about nothing”, said Casi. “Every time it rains, there is a press release somewhere about a sewage overflow”, said the Uncle. After reminding listeners how to call in, “I have some questions for you on my own”, said the Uncle before allowing caller Robert to ask a question first. “We have a ‘ThyssenKrump’ (common mispronunciation of ThyssenKrupp) plant from Germany coming over in the next [few] months”, said Robert. “It will be the largest—the largest facility being built in North America, so there will be large—large kinds of emissions coming from this plant”, said Casi. “It is a brand new facility that has never been built”, she said on the “good side” of the issue. “Let’s say the plant is built up and running. Can I go outside and there’s a stink?” the Uncle said hypothetically. “Remember in ’98 we had a high ozone here and we were threatened by not being able to build any new industries?” said Casi. “It’s going to be a dramatic impact”, she said about the proposed steel mill. “What you look at is you’ve got high particulate with this facility”, said Casi. “Is your name Cugan? Hello”, the Uncle said to our next caller, who also mispronounced “ThyssenKrupp” as “ThyssenKrump”. “How is Mobile Bay Keepers funded?” the Uncle asked. “We are 60% Mobile funded”, Casi answered. “It’s a non-profit organization”, the Uncle mentioned before asking how our guest got introduced to her job. “All right, Casi Calloway is here from Mobile Bay Keepers. Morgan, hold on”, the Uncle said to a caller on hold (Morgan never spoke on the air) before the break for commercials. “It’s 9:19”, he reminded listeners. After the break, a version of “The Pink Panther” theme music was used as bumper music. “We have Allen. Hello Allen”, said the Uncle. “I live in Mobile now. I just moved from Pittsburgh and moved everywhere across the country”, said Allen, who wonders about recycling in the area. “It’s a great company and it’s Earth Resources”, Casi said about one available recycling service. “You mentioned water quality is an issue with ThyssenKrupp”, said the Uncle, who asked how the steel mill will affect the water. “It’s possible if they use the river, we may see the same kind of impact” done to small underwater creatures, said Casi. “It could impact wetlands, it could impact the river as well”, she added. “All right, let’s talk to John. Hello John”, said the Uncle. “I appreciate the show and [that] lady’s comments”, said John before asking about Mobile Bay Keepers’ concern for the Causeway across Mobile Bay. “Excellent question, we have been working pretty much since 1999” on the Mobile Bay Causeway issue, said Casi. “We were hoping to do a demonstration project by the end of this year”, she said. “What would be the potential benefit of doing this?” the Uncle asked. “All north of the Causeway we see are sediments”, said Casi. “During the hurricane years, a influx of salt water came up the bay”, she said. “Let’s talk to Tim. Hello Tim”, said the Uncle, whose caller is also known as Sam Marston IV. “The water quality, I think it’s improving anyway”, Casi said in response to Tim’s first question. “More on this, Casi Calloway, the guest from Mobile Bay Keepers”, said the Uncle. “News time is 9:30”, he said before the break for news, commercials, and station promotions.

“Uncle Henry Show continues here on NewsRadio 710”, said the Uncle before reminding listeners about the guest and that they are “talking all things environment”. “We have no recycling center to take things like paint and fossil fuels”, said our next caller Chad, who said he was given the idea to use “cat litter and put it in our regular dump”. “That sounds dangerous to cats”, said the Uncle, who made our guest chuckle. “Two things, one is with paint, particularly the most important part is that it’s no longer toxic when it’s dry”, said Casi. “What we have in Mobile County” is a day when hazardous household material is picked up, she said. “A lot of people not aware it’s a problem yet”, said the Uncle. “Keep Mobile Beautiful is always a great place to call”, said Casi. “Since the hurricane, we have been able to build a new state of the start sewage treatment plant”, said our next caller Roger, who believes the treatment plant will be “a tremendous benefit to Bayou La Batre and Mobile County” when it’s completed. “Hey, thank you for your phone call, Roger”, said the Uncle. “What about the sewer plant?” he asked our guest. “The problem is that they want to built a new sewage plant” to the east, said Casi. “Mobile Bay Keeper will absolutely continue to help the community of Bayou La Batre and Coden”, she said. “Let’s talk to C. J. Hello C. J., you’re on with Casi Calloway”, said the Uncle, whose caller has initials that stand for “Citizen John”. “On LNG (liquefied natural gas), the last—well hopefully, the last bow is going to be living (issues)”, said Casi. “The type of facility is about 25 miles in Gulf Shores”, she said about a proposed liquefied natural gas facility. “Let’s talk to Peter. Hello Peter”, said the Uncle. “Do you know what he’s talking about?” he asked our guest after Peter left us. “Essentially what to do is to have natural gas into those domes and it’s a storage tank”, she said about liquefied natural gas “What I know about salt domes is that they can safely [handle] natural gas”, she said before the break for commercials. After the final break for today, “Uncle Henry Show continues. It’s 9:49, we have Casi Calloway of Mobile Bay Keepers. You can find out more at MobileBayKeepers.org”, said the Uncle, who pronounced “org” with an “e” on the end. “We’ve got a group we formed called Gulf Fisheries Alliance”, Casi told our next caller. On the organization’s website “there is a whole board on LNG”, said Casi. “Would contacting our congressmen help or someone from the EPA (Environmental Protection Agency)”, said the caller. “They help structure the discussion in Washington”, said Casi, since that’s where LNG gets some approval. “In a very brief way, can you tell us what Mobile Bay Keepers is involved with in the Highway 98 widening?” the Uncle asked. “So 10 years ago—almost 10 years ago, you were involved in this”, the Uncle learned. “What we thought two years ago we were scared what could happen”, said Casi. “Now when we filed our lawsuit two to three years ago, we were promised” that it “would be a state of the art road”, she continued. “We were out there on Friday and we will tell you it’s a site to behold”, she said. “Rolling hills, a beautiful area”, she described the place where the road is being constructed. “You are not against roads, though?” the Uncle asked. “What would have been the right thing to do?” he asked. “Widen the existing road”, Casi answered. “Today, it is all worse. It would been significantly cheaper”, she believes. “So the businesses that they did not want to buy out along the side of the road is going to impact traffic”, the Uncle learned. “They also need to put more police officers out there”, said Casi. “So there’s going to be a new lawsuit over this?” the Uncle asked. “Yes, sir”, said Casi, who said there are “three new lawsuits” pending. “And we are out of time”, said the Uncle before asking the guest how folks can contact her after the show. “Thank you, Casi Calloway”, said the Uncle. “Keep us updated on the Highway 98 situation”, he said before reminding listeners as usual “remember to pray and read that Bible!”

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“Uncle Henry Show continues here on NewsRadio 710. It’s 9:06, six minutes after 9:00”, said the Uncle, who spoke as the electronic voice on his answering machine finished. “Before we get into the conversation, we have a guest in the studio, Maggie Solstice”, said the Uncle, whose guest is “a member of the Greek community” promoting the American Cancer Society’s 19th annual chili cook off event in downtown Mobile. “So, how does that work when someone’s about to cook chili?” the Uncle asked. “Well, there are rules and regulations”, Maggie answered. “We have a huge panel of judges”, she said. “It’s all fresh and it’s all homemade and it’s all local”, she said, assuring our host no pre-made chili will be served. “Look, Trey Lane, are you interested? Put on your thing (headphones) again”, the Uncle said to the show’s call screener. “Do you notice people eating six, seven, eight bowls of chili”, the Uncle asked Maggie. “Good thing I’m not a judge”, Maggie answered. “A lot of chili, in my opinion is bland”, said the Uncle, who asked if hot chili will be available. “So there’s no limit how I can eat it?’ he said about chili per bowls before Maggie mentioned the event’s sponsors. “Clear Channel Radio’s going to be there? Are they going to taste your chili?” said the Uncle, who was referring to the owner of his radio station. “Any other media companies that are going to have chili?” said the Uncle, who referred to WALA-TV and WPMI-TV by their on-air brand names. Before our guest could leave, “Thank you very much”, said the Uncle. “Thank you”, said Maggie. “Getting the word out on the chili cook off”, said the Uncle. “A small bowl is not where it’s at”, he said before the break for commercials. After the break and a voice message, “Uncle Henry Show continues here on NewsRadio 710. That was, Dora, that was a very good voice mail”, said the Uncle, who recalls visiting Florida after a group of tornadoes years ago. “Everything completely flatten” on one side of the street, he recalled. “Let’s talk to Bobby. Hello Bobby”, he said to the first caller this hour. “Could you slow down for a second. So you say if I rinse with water, it will improve my reception—my reception of chili?” said the Uncle. “I thought I’d throw that out to you”, said Bobby. “You’re right, you really can’t form your opinion until you have a little bit of age”, said Bobby after hearing University of South Alabama students respond in a TV news report on WKRG-TV5. “They mentioned social security, they mentioned something about elementary schools”, said the Uncle. “I understand those concerns, but it just concerns me that the young folks at the halls of higher learning are looking [at] ‘Big Brother’ for help”, said Bobby. “Uncle Henry, I have built in Baldwin County”, said Bobby, who doesn’t consider jobs for $12 or $15 an hour “high paying” positions. “You did cover a wide range of thing. I never thought about my taste buds” and rinsing them off, said the Uncle. “Let’s talk to Mack. Hello Mack”, he said to our next caller. “The thing that’s disappointing to me and I’m sure you watched some of the ‘Jaywalking’ things on his TV shows”, said Mack, who was referring to the TV program “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno”. “Especially the young people, they don’t pay attention to politics. They don’t read, they don’t study”, said Mack. “We are only fed through the media, the news media television”, said Mack, who suggested that we do our own investigations. “You know, we [had] a young man on Channel 5 last night talking about social security”, said the Uncle. “Save a little bit of money every month in their 20s”, he suggested. “Everybody believes you have to have the government to do anything”, said Mack before changing the topic to immigration. “If it’s not legal, then I don’t want anything to do with it. Period, end of story”, said Mack. “That’s my story and I’m sticking to it”, he said before leaving us. “Steve Alexander of Channel 5 went out there at USA (University of South Alabama) about their interest in politics”, said the Uncle. “When you’re young, you get enthusiastic about these people (presidential candidates)”, said the Uncle. After one of them is elected, “reality sets in”, he said before the break for news, commercials, and station promotions.

“Uncle Henry Show continues here on NewsRadio 710. It’s 9:34”, said the Uncle before promoting “the eyeball hour” discussion on the radio program “Ask the Expert” following his show, along with other live radio programs. “I had a nice conversation with a next door neighbor a couple of months ago”, said our next caller Glenn, who began the conversation with of question of “who are you going to vote for” this presidential election year. “I’m sure that someone will call in and explain why we need socialize medicine”, the Uncle told Glenn. “There is only logic in conservatism, true conservatism”, said Glenn. “Well, Glenn, I’m going to thank you for calling. Very good”, said the Uncle before speaking to our next caller identified as Sarah, who turned out to be an audio prankster. “This is an Obama song?” the Uncle asked as he allowed the audio to play. “Well, thank you very much for that, sir. If somebody can give me a better recording of that”, said the Uncle before bringing to our attention a news article from “the Washington, D.C. area”. “Let’s talk to Curtis. Hello Curtis”, he said to our next caller, who is thankful for voting for the presidential candidate he believes will win her political party’s nomination. After Curtis left us, “I never heard of people carrying bed bugs, do they?” the Uncle asked. “I think you’re the guy who said Ronald Reagan was responsible for deep-dish satellites or something”, according to our host. After the break for commercials, “Uncle Henry Show continues here on NewsRadio 710. This has been a great week all ready. This has been a great week for elderly people in this country”, said the Uncle before reminding listeners of his online video of Tina Turner and Beyonce Knowles at the Grammy Awards. “We find out that Tina Louise, ‘Ginger’ of ‘Gilligan’s Island’ turned 74”, said the Uncle. “Far more attractive than any of these young people”, said the Uncle, who mentioned singer Cher among the “young people” on the top of his head. “Hello Steve”, he said to our next caller. “Dawn Wells is not bad looking either”, said Steve, whom our host agreed with before Steve asked about lactose milk during the Reagan presidency. “I don’t know about the AIDS virus or the crack”, said the Uncle. “I think it’s called foot in mouth disease”, Steve said about certain conspiracy theories. “To blame every single occurrence in life on something bigger”, the Uncle explained better. “That’s how politicians get into office: people don’t look at positions”, said the Uncle before playing “one of my all-time favorite audio clips” of “the typical voter in the United States”. After the audio clip of the listener during the 2004 presidential race, “I mean, delusional over who to vote for because their wives are so kind”, said the Uncle. Before the break for commercials, “Uncle Henry Show continues here on NewsRadio 710”, said the Uncle. After the final break for today, “I almost never read the little feature in the Press-Register called ‘Yesterday’s News’. I don’t have anything against yesterday”, said the Uncle, who read the 1908 news article about how “a cow got loose in town”. “Wouldn’t that be exciting”, said the Uncle before speaking to our next caller “Brother Elwood”. “I heard of that, there are some businesses in Manhattan accepting euros”, said the Uncle. After “Brother Elwood” left us, “Thank you—you’re the ‘Ron Paul guy’. Thank you, ‘Ron Paul guy’ ”, said the Uncle, who was referring to the presidential candidate. “Anybody’s in a soup line in Mobile isn’t trying hard enough”, said the Uncle, who didn’t mean to be harsh to anyone in a soup line. “It’s 10 o’clock!” he said before the station identification.

Today’s 9 o’clock hour gets a 4/10!