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“Uncle Henry Show, I love this day, this is a great Friday. I love the, um, summer time days with the thunderstorminess in the afternoon that reminds me my youth. It rained when I was an adult, but I was too busy”, said the Uncle. “Let’s go right to the phones. We have people chomping at the bit”, he said before speaking to this hour’s first live caller Jim the Tax Man, or simply “The Tax Man” as he’s called nowadays. “You’re right about this street deal”, Jim said about an issue brought early in the show before using a make-up analogy for a road in Fairhope, Alabama. “You know a little make-up on a lady makes her a beautiful lady”, said Jim, but too much make-up is tacky. After the caller promoted his future website Tax Man James (the real name of many folks called “Jim”) and Alabama senator Jeff Sessions' visit to the region, “Let’s talk to George. Hello George, good morning”, said the Uncle. “I want to put my comments on the Supreme Court’s ruling on the Second Amendment”, said George, who is “very leery at the other Supreme Court justices” who ruled against the court case referred to. “I think they should be removed”, George suggested. “The background checks for the mentality ill, was that part of the ruling?” George asked our host. “They’re saying the average citizen should have a gun in their house if they want to have a gun in their house”, said the Uncle. “It’s Congress’ job to legislate law, not the Supreme Court, but that was so close. It startled me”, said George before mentioning the process of selecting Supreme Court judges. “You’re right, it’s become extraordinarily political”, said the Uncle. “I wish Congress would amend the constitution to elect these people by we, the people”, said George. “You said you were startled by the ruling. That’s what you said, you were startled”, said the Uncle, who hopes the startling spreads across the country. “I want to know more details on you going too slow”, he requested from our next caller also named Jim. “I actually didn’t get a ticket”, said Jim before sharing his story. “Obviously you got my voice mail. Uncle Henry, I was going down Highway 90 yesterday”, said Jim. “The stoplight was not far ahead and [after] driving down this road everyday for the past two short years, I knew it was raining”, Jim continued. “I was going down 45 (miles per hour) at a 50”, said Jim, who was suddenly followed by a sheriff’s deputy. “After two or three miles following me, he turned his lights on”, said Jim. “He said, ‘Excuse me, you were evading traffic back there’ ”, Jim remembers from the deputy. “He preceded to look at my car after my license and registration”, said Jim, who thought the deputy appeared to be someone 18 years of age and just “got out of deputy’s school or wherever” they call it. “Yes, I’m upset, call me crazy but it was an outrage”, said Jim, who was “within the law” as a self-proclaimed tax payer. “And Henry, he looked about 18-years-old”, he reminded our host. “So there was no one behind you with a kidney stone or about to give birth?” said the Uncle. “I’m trying to conserve fuel”, said Jim. “Are you going to write a letter to someone?” the Uncle asked. “I called the sheriff’s department”, said Jim. “And all I got was a reception to call their number”, said Jim, who “felt very comfortable” and decided to seek advice from listeners who had a similar experience. “All right, well, I can tell that you’re feeling upset, Jim”, said the Uncle, who suggests “writing a nice letter to Mr. Cochran because he seems [to be] a reasonable man”. “You still need to write the letter to get the [message] out”, said the Uncle. After Jim left us, “I don’t understand this. It’s 9:17 AM and Trey Lane is getting pizza”, said the Uncle. “Did you have any breakfast?” he asked the show’s call screener before the next caller. “That’s a mischaracterization. You’re mischaracterizing”, our host accused the caller before he hung up abruptly. “Just shout out of your car if you’re feeling the bitterness in you. Shame on you!” said the Uncle. “The police is your friend 99.9% of the time”, he told the previous caller before the break for commercials. After the break, “Uncle Henry Show continues here on NewsRadio 710. And I want to thank Chip Drago of the Mobile Bay Times (website) for sending me the magnificent e-mail”, said the Uncle. “Let me find the way he put this. At Mobile Bay Times.com—let me be sure I get this right”, said the Uncle as he gets to the website’s entry and link. “So they tested the Boeing airplane (in Mobile), even though we are not qualified. Boeing thinks we are qualified to do anything in Mobile, Alabama but pick our noses”, said the Uncle before speaking to the next caller, who has suggestions for the previous Jim. “If it really upsets him that much, tell him to take some Valium, sit under a palm tree”, said the caller. “I don’t necessarily need a pill to relax”, said the Uncle before speaking to caller Reema. “The police just recently said on the news that more assault rifles are appearing in the hands of criminals because of those idiots” turning in their guns, said Reema. “I wonder if it’s legal to own [any] kind of sword?” the Uncle asked. “Some slingshots have been effective”, he said after our next caller Tom brought up the weapon. “David and Goliath”, our host mentioned. “NewsRadio710.com, we have ‘Tanker Talk’ there. ‘Tank Talk’ is a show produced by Peter Albrecht”, said the Uncle as he promotes the public service program paid for by radio station owner Clear Channel Communications. “You can hear that on all of our Clear Channel Radio stations”, said the Uncle, who was referring to the stations in Mobile. After hearing voice messages by his listeners while off the air, “People just upset about a variety of thing. It is, I hope this weekend there will be a calming, all though there are some things we should be mad about”, said the Uncle, who suggested a balance in anger and calmness. “Let’s talk to Emily. Hello Emily”, he said to the next caller. “Just traveling I-65 now”, said Emily, who conserves gasoline when she drives on the Interstate. “Hey Emily, thank you so much! Hey, I’ve always been a proud slow driver”, said the Uncle. “Now that the gas prices are higher, I drive like I’m 85”, he said. “After the news, more show”, said the Uncle, who will once again play a new parody song by frequent voice message caller ‘Neocon Ron”, whose song was played in the 7:00 AM hour of the show. “The weather from John Nodar [will] be a lot like from yesterday”, said the Uncle, who credited the WKRG-TV5 meteorologist. “Then we’re going to repeat the process for the next several days”, the Uncle continued his weather report. “And Jim, I know that you’re working, maybe you should close up the two minute break by looking up at the sky and some flowers”, he suggested before the break for news, commercials, and station promotions.

“Uncle Henry Show continues here on NewsRadio710. Crockett, something tells me you watch a lot of that Sci-Fi Channel”, said the Uncle after hearing the frequent caller’s voice message. “There’s a new channel that I just found out I really like”, our host announced. “There’s a new channel on my satellite dish called the Thriller Channel”, said the Uncle, who “enjoys watching these black and white Alfred Hitchcock hour shows”, even though the TV program airs in the early morning hours. “Who knew that Crockett would have a ring tone saying ‘walk this way’?”, said our next caller, who is doing research for a veteran of the Second World War. “I wonder if someone in your listening audience would have an idea”, said the caller, who considers this research “personal”, but did not explain. “Let me see, there is a website—“, said the Uncle before the caller interrupted. “I have a 16-year-old son who can really work a computer”, said the caller before our host could suggest Zaba Search, which he spelled out. “It finds people like I’ve never seen before”, the Uncle described the website. “If it doesn’t find anyone, I would appreciate any ideas from some people”, said the Uncle. “Trey Lane, is that your legal name?” he asked the call screener before learning that “Trey Lane” is only his radio name. “Let me see, Rush Limbaugh, we know that is his real name”, he said before typing the radio host’s name on the website Zaba Search, which gave our host Rush Limbaugh’s date of birth and hometown. “I have found a lot of people on there that I’ve lost contact with”, said the Uncle, who suggests having the person’s age when searching. “I would suggest going into Google and typing the person’s name”, said our next caller, who is a veteran of the Second World War. “If I can get his name, he would be all right. His name is Marvin Lieberman and he was on the same ship as I was”, said the caller. “Thank you very much. Very, very good”, said the Uncle. “Trey, I don’t know why everybody keeps changing their name in radio. Why don’t you use your real name like I do?” said the Uncle. “There’s that music”, he said as Trey Lane enters the studio to the sounds of his ambient theme music. “I didn’t say earning a living. You make money on your music”, said the Uncle. “You need to go to the Biscuit King on the outskirts of Fairhope, Alabama”, he since Trey Lane loves classic country music. “When my family members came over from California”, said the Uncle, they chose that restaurant where “classic 1960s Merle Haggard” music was performed by young musicians. “They didn’t have them (the biscuits) at night, they had barbecue”, said the Uncle. As a new parody song by listener and frequent voice message caller “Neocon Ron” began to play, “Terrible song”, said Trey. “I love it!” said the Uncle before the first words of the song. After the song ended, “Yes, undeleted”, said the Uncle after listeners heard “message deleted” and “message undeleted” from the recorded message device. “What are your thoughts on that?” he asked the call screener. “I thought it was good”, said Trey. “It was a masterpiece”, said the Uncle. “Somebody had to do it and he did it well”, according to our host. “I give it an 8 out of 10”, said Trey before leaving us to the sounds of his theme music. “There’s something else about Trey Lane we didn’t know, that he loves classic country music”, said the Uncle. “There’s a face to build on”, he said. As our host was preparing for the final break of today’s show, Trey Lane suddenly revealed that the first concert he attended featured Johnny Cash. “Bravo! Bravo on that!” the Uncle said before finally taking a break. After the break and a couple of voice messages, “Uncle Henry Show, what a week, they all are. We have ‘Ask the Expert’ coming up in the 10 o’clock hour”, said the Uncle. “By the way, we have a caller or two before the week ends”, he mentioned before bringing up a news report by WKRG-TV5. “They found pornography up in the grill”, he said about a local family after purchasing a barbecue grill which had a foreign newspaper as wrapping paper. “Did you hear—here it is briefly, the family is upset”, he said before playing audio of the report. “Ain’t that something. The thing is that they didn’t want their money back because the grill works great”, said the Uncle, despite the “full frontal nudity in their grill”. “Would you reckon those grills are sold out by now?” our next caller G-Man jokingly asked. “You’re probably right”, the Uncle responded. “All right, we are just about out of time on the Uncle Henry Show”, said the Uncle, who was unable to speak to the other caller on hold. “Just want to remind you about the special ‘Tanker Talk’ program”, he brought to our attention again, along with the stations airing the show. “On 96-1 the Rocket (WRKH-FM), the Lynard Skynard station”, said the Uncle, along with “Lite Mix 99.9 (WMXC-FM) that Catt (Sirten)’s on”. “Remember the weather, we’re going to have thunderstorms this Sunday”, said the Uncle. “Right now 86 degrees with some thunderstorms in the forecast”, said the Uncle. “Thank you so much for listening this week. I enjoyed your company. Remember to pray, pray for others and when you’re in doubt of what to do, try to find the answers within your Bible”, he said at the end of the show.

Today’s 9 o’clock hour gets a 6/10!

“Again” – TV5 meteorologist John Nodar

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“Uncle Henry Show continues here on NewsRadio 710”, said the Uncle. “I guess it doesn’t really matter how much of a bridge insider I’m on in the Auburn (fanatic) community”, he said before reminding listeners how to call in during the show. “I will continue to keep an eye out on the Supreme Court decision”, said the Uncle, who was referring to “the right to bear arms” case in Washington, D. C. “Judging from what I’ve looked at on this stuff”, he said about a plan for Old Shell Road and McGregor in Mobile. “Who knows, maybe they can increase traffic flow”, he said. “Another gas price story out of the—everyday there is a new gas price story”, said the Uncle, who remembers the news stories on hair cuts, lawns, and “the price of gas preventing them from getting their Starbucks (lattes)”. “Skyrocketing gas prices force rodeo cowboys to car pull”, our host read the headline, but suggests that listeners read the article online to avoid a long discussion on the rodeo cowboy. After a sudden alarm sound effect, “All right, I have had to activate the—I know that upsets some people. More people upset with the Freddie Alert System”, said the Uncle. “Let’s talk to Freddie. Hello Freddie, good morning”, he calmly said to the frequent caller as the sound effect went silent. “Looks like those guys are dealing with the past. We’ve got to get out of that”, Freddie said about two candidates for the presidency of the USA. “The same caller, the Tax Man”, said Freddie, said I was on Viagra, which surprised his wife before learning “that was the Tax Man” accusing him of taking the pills. “Is Viagra the same as alcohol?” the Uncle asked Freddie, who laughed. “You can criticize some of your callers, but don’t captivate them this way”, said Freddie. “I agree that I don’t want Viagra discussed on this program. I agree that Viagra should never be discussed”, said the Uncle. “Can you just move on to something else”, our host requested from Freddie. “[Would] you get in touch with Shane McBryde and let us listen to his side of the story”, Freddie asked before leaving us. “Freddie, please remember what I had to say”, said the Uncle before playing the role of a listener saying, “Well Uncle Henry, it’s censorship”, which our host agrees with. “You don’t have to talk about it on the show. They talk about it all on the TV and radio 24 hours of day”, said the next caller Steve. “You’re right!” the Uncle said in agreement. “I’m concerned about all these Supreme Court decisions that are suddenly coming down the pipe”, said Steve. “So they ruled we do have a right to own guns for self defense”, the Uncle announced to Steve and the rest of the audience before taking a break for commercials. After the break, “This is the Uncle Henry Show”, said the Uncle. “It really frightens me that it’s a four to five ruling”, he said about the Supreme Court ruling on the gun ownership case. “Five to four, you were just one justice away and this is the—what if, you see all the different people on it to see how important it is”, said the Uncle. “You were just one justice away from being told you had to be in a state militia to own a gun. Let’s talk to G-Man. Hello G-Man”, said the Uncle before the caller shared a recollection from a couple of years ago. “It was interesting because it furthered the conversation about the push for offshore drilling” and drilling in Alaska, said G-Man. “It would be more profitable to sell it to the rest of the world”, said G-Man. “Very interesting, G-Man!” said the Uncle. “Let’s talk to Tonya. Hello Tonya”, he said to the next caller. “This is concerning the Spring Hill issue”, said Tonya, who owns a business in the area she doesn’t to see improved with sidewalks. “When you are at home and want to do business you’re going to get your automobile, you’re not going to run or jog”, said Tonya. “We don’t need any help with this, we are doing very good”, said Tonya. “They are very concerned about runners and joggers and bicyclists”, said Tonya, who agrees with the need for more exercise, but not in a commercial district. “Let’s talk to David. Hello David”, said the Uncle. “Did they say which four voted against the ruling?” David asked about the Supreme Court judges. “I’ve got that for you: Breyer, Stevens, Souter, and Ginsburg”, said the Uncle, who predicts these will be “one of the most looked [upon] opinions” many years from now in the court’s history.

“Uncle Henry Show continues here on NewsRadio 710. Telephone number is (251) 479-2723, that’s 479-2723 or the Harbor Communications hotline number 1-888-360-WNTM”, said the Uncle. “During the news break, I’ve been looking through Justice Scalia’s opinion”, said the Uncle. “Very involved, well worth looking into”, he said. “It says the two sides of the case set out very different opinions about the Second Amendment”, said the Uncle. “We were one justice away from you being told you cannot have a gun unless [you’re part] of a militia”, said the Uncle. “So just think about it when you’re electing [the] next president”, he said before speaking to the next caller Tim. “That whole document (Bill of Rights) is null and void” when one of the amendments is misinterpreted, according to Tim. “That was the reasoning for it that every man was to have a gun”, Tim continued. After attempting to speak with another caller, “All right, we lost Johnny. Lost Johnny”, said the Uncle. “Don’t look at me like that”, he told an unidentified person close by. “You can go to the Uncle Henry page at NewsRadio710.com and get what you want, Freddie”, he told the listener interested in former local radio talk show host Daniel Shane McBryde’s side of the story brought to our attention yesterday. “They are not striking down any gun law in the country, they are just saying you ought to have one in your house to protect yourself”, said the Uncle. “To celebrate this, I am going to go home and clean my hand gun. I have not spent a lot of time with my hand gun lately”, said the Uncle. “I had a perception of safety in my neighborhood, so I have not been handling my gun lately”, said the Uncle, who will “look at it lovingly” before cleaning it up. “I am just walking on air”, said our next caller Ann, who was reacting to the Supreme Court decision. “I cannot believe that the ire on the laws that the city tries to enforce on sidewalks”, said Ann. “I thank you for being there, Uncle Henry”, she said before leaving us. After the break for commercials and a voice message, “Uncle Henry Show continues here on NewsRadio 710 as the first caller ever voluntarily suspends himself to voice mail”, said the Uncle. After reminding the caller he is free to call in live again, “You have shown a great deal of discretion”, our host said before speaking to caller Bobby. “You are a law biting system and I’m sure that you’ll continue to be, but this is the question, Uncle Henry”, said Bobby. “Uncle Henry, would you voluntarily turn that weapon over, a weapon that gives you a perceived sense of security?” Bobby asked if the court ruling were to be overturned. “Sir, that is an excellent question”, said the Uncle, who hopes the question “is asked on every talk show in the country today”, which would “stop you on your tracks”. “I all ready had one guy tell me that if he didn’t have any guns, he would stage a robbery at my house”, said the Uncle, who was raised on the belief that the Second Amendment means the right to own a handgun. “Let’s talk to the Tax Man. Hello ‘Tax Man’ ”, he said to the caller no longer referred to as Jim the Tax Man. “Uncle Henry, let’s make it real simple. Have you ever been told not to believe a bad law?” said Jim before his voice became irritating. “Just keep your guns, man, just simply as that!” said Jim. “Just think about that, Uncle Henry”, he said before leaving us. “Very heavy conversation on the Uncle Henry Show”, said the Uncle. “Uncle Henry Show continues”, he said before the break. After the break and a voice message, “He was talking about the ambient musician Trey Lane. Trey Lane, are you all right?” the Uncle asked after the bumper music changed to the call screener’s ambient theme music. “I am, sir”, Trey answered. “Some days you are not there. It is a good reason to ask about these things?” said the Uncle. “Do you like any equipment that you’d like to give him?” he asked Trey about musical instruments he could spare for listener “Neocon Ron”. “I don’t have any stereophonic (equipment)”, said the Uncle, who doesn’t care to listen to the music, but has something “to listen to the Mel Showers news (on WKRG-TV5) while I’m cooking breakfast” and “a weather band radio for the all important weather alert(s)”. “There was something we were going to ask him to do, but Trey Lane’s piling on to something else”, said the Uncle as the call screener returns to his work post. “Who knows what he is up to, but that is his natural component, but that is humanity”, the Uncle continued. “With Trey Lane, there are mind boggling possibilities to this blank”, he believes. Before the radio network newscasts, “You are going to have whining and crying liberals throughout the newscast on this [station], claiming people will be dying because of this”, our host predicts. “When are in doubt of what to do, you will find the answers within the pages of your Bible”, he reminded listener as usual at the end of the show.

Today’s 9 o’clock hour gets a 6/10!

“More T’storms” – TV5 meteorologist John Nodar

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“Uncle Henry Show here on NewsRadio 710. It’s 9:06, six minutes after 9:00. Hot today”, said the Uncle before crediting WKRG-TV5 meteorologist John Nodar for the quick weather report. “Telephone number is (251) 479-2723, that is the Harbor Communications hotline number”, said the Uncle. “Shane McBryde mug shot at NewsRadio710.com”, he mentioned to those interested before sharing the story of his predecessor with longtime residents and folks new to the Mobile region. “Shane McBryde was a radio personality in Mobile, Alabama for many, many years. I guess it was about—was it eight years ago”, said the Uncle as he recalls the fellow’s former show on 710 AM. “He got to be pretty popular. He did the afternoon shift and it was popular because he was at times very passionate, very emotional on the air. In fact a lot of people inserted here that it was an act just for radio. It was an all-theatrical radio program and I can tell you as someone who was behind the scenes at the time, no, not at all”, said the Uncle. “Let it all hang out, the good, the bad, and the ugly and that’s why people listened to it”, the Uncle continued. “They developed a genuine affection for him talking about his life”, he said before sharing “a brief excerpt—this is from a very typical show”. After the audio clip, “All right, that wasn’t typical. Yes, that was a very emotional show”, said the Uncle. “So Shane McBryde became the spokesman for the sheriff’s department, then he left there to go to work for another radio station here in town”, said the Uncle, who didn’t mention the name of station WABB AM & FM, which our host used to work for. “Didn’t make it to the council, then he moved to Macon, Georgia”, the Uncle continued. “He was arrested this week. It had to do with a small amount of cocaine”, said the Uncle after reading a Macon newspaper article, though it doesn't mention cocaine. “The story says that an officer was responding to a report of a man with a gun”, he explained the story, which had events taking place around 12:00 PM. “So the police knocked on the door and the homeowner agreed to a search of the residence”, said the Uncle. Before a drug sniffing dog could come, “Shane McBryde admitted to having a small bag of marijuana, according to the report”, said the Uncle, who was correct that time. “I wonder how often it is that you can smell it outside of somebody’s house? So it is a very small amount”, said the Uncle. “People at his radio station have not commented on it yet. I guess—you never know what individual towns or individual stations will do, but I know people who have done worser than this and continued on to great success”, said the Uncle. “His job is very high profile in Macon, Georgia and from what I can tell his show is the very same as it was here”, our host believes before playing another clip of Daniel Shane McBryde, whose words were repeated by our host. “All right, and the—my favorite memory and now that I’m on it, I just can’t help reflecting on it on this program”, said the Uncle. “He had Steve Nodine on his program and they were [in this] discussion”, the Uncle remembers from a show with the current country commissioner, who was a Mobile city councilman back then. “He was an advocate for raising the taxes for the schools locally and he got so angry with Steve Nodine that he left the show”, said the Uncle. “He just got up and left. I’ve been in this business now for a very long now and as long as I’ve been hosting, I’ve never heard of anything like that”, said the Uncle. “He should not be in too much trouble with the law. You can read the whole thing at the Uncle Henry page at NewsRadio710.com and I’m not storming out of here out of the studio. I’m the host”, said the Uncle before the break for commercials. After the break, “Uncle Henry Show continues”, said the Uncle before reminding listeners again how to call in.. “Let’s talk to Tim. Hello Tim”, said the Uncle, whose caller was not frequent caller Sam Marston IV, also known as Tim. “Hello, Uncle Henry. Where did you get the Muslim music?” Tim asked about the bumper music. “What do you mean Muslim music?” the Uncle asked before Tim admitted that it “sounds like Muslim music” before quickly switching to the main reason he called in. “Let’s talk to Ben. Hello Ben, good morning”, said the Uncle. “I want to say Roll Tide Roll”, said Ben, giving listeners the Alabama Crimson Tide battle cry. “I’m asking you if you and Tim could allow discussions of both sides of this issue”, said Ben, who was referring to the tanker airplane contract, but did not specify which caller named “Tim”. “What do you mean?” the Uncle asked. “Every location seems to be in the strategic interest of this country”, said Ben. “I let you say and I’m not going to stop anybody”, said the Uncle. “Nothing against the French or the Chinese, but national defense is an issue that should be discussed”, said Ben. “I was just wondering about that”, he said. “Well you got your answer”, said the Uncle. “That certainly was an interesting line of thought”, according to our host. “They can have their own protectionism”, he said about European leaders. “I think that to get the best project for the military—the American military, you have to look at the fact that American companies don’t have a monopoly over defense products”, said the Uncle. “According to the current rules, they have to give equal footing to these companies putting up front”, the Uncle continued. “I’m kind of like the easy come, easy going”, said our next caller Jim. “Phillip, I’ll ask you about this later”, the Uncle told the substitute call screener after attempting to question his call screening method. “I’ll have to admit a lot of your calls, your cell phone quality is very poor. I hate to out you like that on the air”, said the Uncle. “Let’s get into the real conversation and I promise to look into the interrogation”, said the Uncle. “I worked at a place years ago here in Mobile”, said Jim, who worked at “a dirt transmission plant”. “There were about 30 or 45 people working there”, said Jim, who recalls the employees being “miserable all the time” and on the brink of using guns. “Here we go, the cell phone went into a patch that we couldn’t understand”, said the Uncle. “Well Jim, God bless you, have to catch up with you on another day. A worker’s satisfaction conversation”, he concluded his talk with the listener. “I know Trey Lane does the minimum” by asking the callers who they are, said the Uncle. “He is more interested in going into the MySpace, into all that social networking than call screening”, said the Uncle before recalling his experience with “the previous call screener” he doesn’t refer to by name, which is Leeanna Matteson.

“Uncle Henry Show continues here on NewsRadio 710. It’s 9:36”, said the Uncle before reminding listeners how to contact him by telephone and electronic mail. “Again, the Shane McBryde story and his picture available at NewsRadio710.com”, he reminded listeners before sharing the news of the Supreme Court deciding on the ruling of no death penalty for “prisoners who have been convicted of raping children”. “It was a 5-4 decision”, said the Uncle as he reads the article. “I don’t read a lot of Supreme Court rulings, I’m going to have to read this one. I’m curious as to how Supreme Court justices are going to defend child rapists”, said the Uncle. According to his own personal feelings, “This would be something I think should be punishable by death”, said the Uncle. “This is a case that I side with the four other judges”, said the Uncle, who understands the Supreme Court. “Let’s talk to Steve. Hello Steve”, he said to the next caller. “Hey Henry, are you doing ok?” said Steve, who guessed the four Supreme Court justices who are for the death penalty in this case. “Taking this country down the toilet, they have too much power, way too much power”, said Steve. “They no longer just enforce the law, now they make the law, now it’s horrible”, Steve continued. “Hope you have a good day”, he said before leaving us. “I think it fits the crime. It definitely fits the crime”, said the Uncle. “Let’s talk to Chris. Hello Chris”, he said to the next caller. “I have two questions for you”, said Chris. “Did you ever see his driver’s license?” Chris asked regarding an employee. “I don’t know, it’s been so long that I had to apply for a job like that”, said the Uncle. “I had a police officer stop me”, said Chris, who was walking down the street before being asked for identification. “They just want to know who you are”, said the Uncle. “When are you doing there walking down the street?” the Uncle asked. “I was just curious”, he admitted. “So this was at 2 in the morning”, our host learned. “How many times have you been stopped for walking?” the Uncle asked. “If you have been in my neighborhood, I would be glad that the officer” was there to stop someone, he said after Chris left us, which gave him time to share memories from a similar situation 30 years ago. “Again in my neighborhood I would be grateful that there would be some interest in the public safety”, he said before the break for commercials. After the break, a version of the theme music to “The Pink Panther” movies was used as bumper music as a voice message played. “Uncle Henry Show continues here on NewsRadio 710. Got a few thunderstorms on the Gulf Coast this morning. Most of the activity is south of Mobile County”, said the Uncle, who is “looking at it through my weather window as I look west”. After attempting to speak to caller Barry, “All right, everything is in the right—all the buttons are pushed correctly”, said the Uncle. “All right, lost Barry. I don’t know what happened to Barry. Maybe he was involved in the thunderstorm, but that is certainly a possibility”, said the Uncle. “It is hard for me to judge where it is”, he said before promoting some of the syndicated radio programs on his station. “I would say Michael Savage would be in a complete lather over the Supreme Court decision”, said the Uncle, who usually has dinner when “The Savage Nation” is on the radio. “I might remind myself to monitor his show”, he said before bringing to our attention a ruling in an ExxonMobil case in the Supreme Court. “Not nearly as offensive as the previous ruling”, he said before mentioning the tanker airplane support website Keep Our Tanker as they are about “to wrap up” what our host called a “blitz”. “It is updated quite often”, said the Uncle, who mentioned the website’s petition. “I will keep you updated as well, but those updates are intriguingly there”, he said before the break. After the final break for today, “Uncle Henry Show making way for ‘Ask the Expert’ in just a moment. For a reminder that you can reach me via voice mail after the show is over”, said the Uncle before giving listeners the number (251 706-2855 or 706-BULL) to leave a recorded message. He also reminded listeners about the electronic mail address and the Daniel Shane McBryde news on his website. “You can read all about what’s going on with him and I hope everything’s going to be straighten out there”, said the Uncle, who believes his family is concerned about him. “All right, out of time for today’s show. Thank you for listening”, said the Uncle. “When you’re in a doubt of what to you, you will find all the answers you need within the pages of your Bible”, he said at the end of the show.

Today’s 9 o’clock hour gets a 7/10!

“Macon talk show host cited for marijuana possession”

“Steamy and Stormy” – TV5 meteorologist John Nodar

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“You’re listening to the Uncle Henry Show. You the listener having tuned in to the Uncle Henry Show on NewsRadio 710 WNTM. There is a more unusual talk program in the history of the program and it is [inexplicably] still on the air. It is [inexplicably] publicly”, said the Uncle before reminding listeners how to call in during the show. “Numerous topics for us to discuss on today’s Uncle Henry Show. I know a lot of people are still concerned about national and international topics”, said the Uncle, who wants to discuss something “closer to home” from the weekend. “There’s a story in the Saturday newspaper [about] how a snail invaded Municipal Park”, said the Uncle. “Wherever these snails go in, they completely transform the area”, the Uncle explained. “Very invasive species with the apple snail”, he described these creatures, which are edible and free of diseases if “cooked properly”. “Let me see if I can find an exact quote here on this. They quote somebody from the Alabama Department of Natural Resources”, said the Uncle. “Just out of curiosity”, he said to himself previously, “I am going to look on the Internet and find out about this snail and find out what the natural predator is”. “Strangely, a natural predator is ducks. The various ducks like to eat this snail and what did we do”, said the Uncle, have a “massive duck adoption” in the City of Mobile. “Now they’ve thin the duck population and now we have an invasive species”, said the Uncle. “If only that we have leave well enough alone”, said the Uncle, who suggested that the ducks adopters use the birds against these apple snails. “How tall is this pine tree?” he asked the first caller this hour. “I ran across an interesting article this weekend, Henry”, said the caller. “It was an article written about two AP writers writing about the condition of the world”, said the caller, who didn’t hear our host “reading portions of that article” in a previous hour of the show. “I see the press is going to wake up to it now”, said the caller, who recently read the Book of Job. “All right, thank you for that phone call, I appreciate that”, said the Uncle before speaking to caller Jim the Tax Man, who recent visited Municipal Park. “Hey, I didn’t see no ducks, but I’ve seen three or four hundred geese”, said Jim in his fast, but irritating tone of voice before bringing up another frequent caller to the show. “Very energetic, very energetic call from the Tax Man. I didn’t know people get propped up on Viagra”, said the Uncle after the caller assumed frequent caller Freddie uses the pills. “Since this came out Saturday, the Associated Press put out this story on their wire”, said the Uncle. “ ‘Everything is Seemingly Spinning Out of Control’, that is the headline”, said the Uncle. “It is not one person saying it, it is two persons. Two reporters and an editor [that approved it]”, said the Uncle. “Paragraph after paragraph of things to depress you on every level, from the country to the economy to sports to the weather”, said the Uncle. “So really we have—there are going to be good times and bad times—that’s life”, said the Uncle. “I’m not as worried about the country as I am about the two reporters that wrote the story and their editor”, said the Uncle. After losing caller West, “West, God bless you”, said the Uncle. While playing the role of a listener saying, “Well, the Uncle Henry Show sounds like it’s spinning out of control today. No, it isn’t”, said the Uncle. After the break for commercials and a voice message, “Uncle Henry Show continues here on NewsRadio 710. Yeah, John Graham would have been useful in the days of Conan because that’s how politicians originally were”, said the Uncle, who was referring to the character Conan the Barbarian. “Maybe we can have cardboard victims and cardboard homes to catch the neerdowell. Maybe we can have cardboard politicians”, said the Uncle after reading the news of cardboard police officers in the Mobile region. “Maybe we can be better off with cardboard politicians”, he said before the next caller. “It used to be not that long ago the wild crazy terrible things that happened in the world were few and far between. So many evils have happened over there about how children are treated in different cultures”, said the caller. “You know, it is terrible for these churches, you see these things happened at different churches”, the caller continued. “Nothing should be politically correct if it’s morally wrong”, said the caller. “Look, I’m glad you called in”, said the Uncle, who recalls what he said in the past comparing humanity today and in the past. “Talk about out of control, look at where it’ll end up”, he added before speaking to caller Therese, who is concerned about a sign message by local restaurant chain Foosackly’s saying, “We Would Like to Offer Boeing A Finger”. “I find that offensive and I think everybody involved in this needs to apologize to the City of Mobile and Boeing because it’s not acceptable behavior. What do you say, Uncle Henry?” said Therese. “The company that you’re complaining about sells fingers, chicken fingers”, said the Uncle, who understands the “finger” reference. “It’s up to the person reading (and interpreting) the sign”, he said. “But I hate the flipping of the middle finger, it is something of a battle I fought in my own household”, said the Uncle. “My grandson, we had ongoing discussions about it”, the Uncle mentioned, along with a possible future if the middle finger gesture were to be used. “The middle finger is not going to be used so much for weeks after that”, he said before speaking to caller Jim. “I had to get off”, Jim admitted before calling again. “That’s all right, this is no sex subject”, said the Uncle. “Would it really be that bad to say scratch those $200 cardboard police officers”, Jim suggested as a way to save money. “That’s not tax dollars, that a private entity”, said the Uncle. Unlike the previous caller's thoughts on the air, “I don’t know if I would use Vivian Figures or Sam Jones”, said the Uncle, who believes most folks are against littering.

“Uncle Henry Show continues. Telephone number is (251) 479-2723, that’s 479-2723 or 1-888-360-WNTM”, said the Uncle. “Steve was there, now Steve is gone”, he said after losing the caller. “I think it was due to my error. Every now and then I will have an error involved in computers and that was one of them. Let’s see if I can get good with it now”, said the Uncle before caller Steve spoke. “Yeah, we had a little glitch there with the phone”, said Steve. “Back at the end of the Great Depression when we attacked by the Japanese and we had World War II” and we became an economic power, said Steve. “So if we put our mind to it in the next four years”, said Steve, who believes we’ll have “a lot of oil pumping”. “I promise you if you talk to the experts (who say “in a year” rather than four), that’s what they’ll say”, said Steve. “What do you mean by that, ‘able bodied handicapped’?” the Uncle asked the caller on a different subject. “They don’t look like they should have a handy cap sticker to me”, said Steve, who considers this scamming the federal government. “Just to pull a slip and fall”, Steve added. “You have to go through, jump through a lot a hoops”, said the Uncle. “You have to smoke a lot a weed [before] getting a job”, said Steve. “We can be pumping a lot of oil very quick”, according to Steve. “All right, Steve, thank you very much. It was good hearing from you today”, said the Uncle. “How are you doing today, sir?” our next caller asked. “The refinery capacity in this country is so terrible. I don’t know how long you’ve lived here”, said the caller before mentioning an old plant facility in Theodore, Alabama. “We have a lot of those plants just rotting to the ground”, said the caller. “We can probably pump a lot of oil in the ground right now, but to refine it”, said the caller. “I think the greatest refinery right now is the Shell refinery in Saraland”, according to the caller. “We’re not going to refine it (the oil) quick enough because of the capacity of our refineries in this state”, said the caller. “Thank you very much for the phone call. Very, very good”, 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 as the bumper music suddenly changes to call screener Trey Lane’s ambient theme music. “Sounds like ‘Neocon Ron’ asking for payment for his wonderful songs on the Uncle Henry Show over the years”, said the Uncle. “Do you have any insight?” he asked Trey. “Did ‘Neocon Ron’ say he wanted to be on the Clear Channel payroll?” Trey asked. “You’re just telling me to sue! He called with his voicemail on his own free will”, said the Uncle. “Maybe we can go out and have sponsorships on the song”, our host suggested following Trey’s idea of “an Uncle Henry mobile” promoting the listener’s songs. “I know Foosackly’s will do the controversy [signs]”, said the Uncle. “I don’t know if I’ll ever live to see the day that talk show callers get specific T-shirts”, said the Uncle. “How relevant is Pearl Jam? I don’t know anything about them”, he told Trey after reading a newspaper article about the musical group. “All right, thank you Trey Lane. Always bringing a different perspective than mine with his ambient music”, said the Uncle as Trey returned to his call screening post. “I don’t even know what kind of music they play”, he said while looking at a Washington Post news article on Pearl Jam. “The reporter is asking whether you will be protesting Pearl Jam”, said the Uncle as he looks for a quote of a Pearl Jam fanatic ignoring the lead singer’s oil commentary. “The Uncle Henry Show concludes next”, the Uncle said while emphasizing “concludes”. After the final break for today, “Uncle Henry Show concluding here in just a few moments. On NewsRadio 710 we have a special edition of ‘Ask the Expert’ coming up”, said the Uncle. “That’s right, the fishing rodeo!” he said about the radio program’s subject. “Fishing is always worth listening to. So Charlie Moss with the fishing people showing up”, said the Uncle. “Let’s talk to Gwen! Hello Gwen!” he said to the final caller for today. “I have a way for you to raise some money for that guy (a listener)”, said Gwen, who has two bad checks by former Alabama Crimson Tide football player Ken Stabler. “We can probably set up a booth of the flea market for that”, said the Uncle. “You know what, that would probably—on a serious note, you can probably put those up on eBay”, said the Uncle. “That is an unbelievable story”, he said after listening to Gwen. “Thank you, that is very generous of you, very generous of you indeed. That is really something to have those checks”, said the Uncle. “You might want to hold on to those for your retirement”, said the Uncle, as she might want to save them “a rainy day”. As he gives listeners a weather update, “So John Nodar using the word ‘balmy’ in his forecast”, said the Uncle. “Remember to pray and read your Bible”, he said at the end of the show.

Today’s 9 o’clock hour gets a 7/10!

“Certainly Summer” – TV5 meteorologist John Nodar

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“Uncle Henry Show continues here on NewsRadio 710. John Graham is the guest. You are going to have a book about the martial arts”, said the Uncle. “You ought to write a book about you being a police officer”, he suggested. “Today’s work is just amazing as far as police work in concerned”, said John, based on the 1980s and 1990s. “You gave a good run on this country commission thing”, said caller Tim, who wonders about the guest endorsing his former opponent Mike Dean. “Tim, I’m a republican and I thought long and hard about this”, said John. “Whoever won I was going to endorse and if I didn’t why would I switch parties? It’s not right and it’s not right to the party for what republicans stand for”, John explained. “Well, that’s understandable and it’s probably the smartest thing to do”, Tim responded. “I see where you’re coming from and have a great day”, said Tim before leaving us. “That’s an emotional roller coaster running for office”, said John. “It’s just wrenching, gut wrenching for your whole family”, he described it. “That’s who they chose and that’s who we’ll support”, he said about “the democratic process”. “Everybody that did the martial arts back in the Sixties and the Seventies were military people, so the classes were tough”, John said in response to our host’s questioning. “They are there for you to assist your child in becoming a better citizen”, he said martial arts teachers. “At least I know they’re safe when they step in there after six months”, said John, though the students don’t have to “stay for a black belt”, but he would rather have them stay. “My greatness mentor was myself and through the practice of martial arts”, said John before our next caller, who remembers teaching the guest’s daughter self defense. “She was a hoot, she was one of my favorite people”, the caller said about Kim, though he was afraid of her. “She’s got a graduate degree, she’s teaching special education at Blount (High School) and she is going for her double Master’s”, said John, who also mentioned Kim’s doctorate goal. “My goodness, that is a lot of education!” said the Uncle. “She is amazing”, said John. “I want to make a comment, my son is in the second grade and he’s being bullied”, said our next caller. “After he got his yellow belt and some of the stripes that come with it, that gave him the confidence”, the caller continued. “If someone has to resort to violence, then there is a lack of communications”, said John, who found “a success story” in the caller’s son. “Unfortunately it wasn’t in your class but the good point is that everybody [pretty much] teaches the same”, said the caller. “The strike method that you’re doing in the martial arts in the schools”, said John, is good. “We talk about a whole lot of different things to make these children [feel] safe”, said John, who mentioned “stop, drop, and roll” for example. Before taking a break for commercials, “The Uncle Henry Show continues”, said the Uncle. “Uncle Henry Show continues. We have John Graham here, master of the martial arts”, said the Uncle. “There seems to be disarray in the Philippines”, he said about the country where the guest is going soon. After being summoned by his ambient theme music, “I do have a question. I actually considered taking martial arts”, said call screener Trey Lane, who wants to know where to learn such self-defense. “What is the duration of that? How long does it take to get to the black belt?” Trey asked. “You have to be very, very careful of what school you go to”, said John. “No one in the right mind would say this certificate of rights is a phony”, he said. “My diploma is from the Chinese government”, John continued. “So when you walk out of my door with a black belt, it means something”, John concluded. “Do you have any martial arts involved that doesn’t require a bruised finder?” the Uncle asked since the call screener is a musician. “You understand using self-expression through music”, John told Trey. “My working name of the book is ‘My Journey Through Martial Movement’ ”, said John. “I will believe it when I see it”, the Uncle said about Trey’s self-defense learning. “Three months free, Trey Lane, I’ll do it for you and you can personally be in my trailer”, said John. Flying in the air, the Uncle wonders about certain movies with martial arts, “I don’t know where in the world does that come from?” “Now they fly in the air, where does that come from?” the Uncle asked the guest. “Is there anything in modern martial arts film that is close to reality?” he also asked. “I’ve got to tell you, no”, John answered before laughing. “So you don’t have any real life type of fights you have in movies. Were there ever any semi-realistic martial arts films?” the Uncle asked before mentioning a movie featuring Steven Segal. “He was pretty good. I think Chuck Norris—he’s a little bit fantasy and one of my teachers, who knew Bruce Lee well”, said John. “That guy that taught Bruce Lee, I would like to have him in”, said the Uncle. After asking our guest if his website still has the same address, “Remember to pray and read that Bible”, said the Uncle.

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

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“Uncle Henry Show continues here on NewsRadio 710. It’s 9:06, six minutes after 9:00. The telephone number is (251) 479-2723, that is the Harbor Communications hotline”, said the Uncle. “Most people e-mail me or call me, it’s very rare that I get a letter in the mail as we used to communicate many years ago”, said the Uncle, who believes there are “young children being forced to listen to this show” by an adult. Besides advertisements in the mail, “Sometimes there be personal messages in there and I got one here”, said the Uncle. “I don’t have any special music for a real letter”, said the Uncle, who has “theme music” for reading electronic mail. “And I cannot read this next word”, he said before reading the self-described “29 going on 30-year-old viewpoint” in the letter. “I love ‘Curtis’, ‘Garfield’, and the horoscopes, and of course the news (in the newspaper)”, the Uncle read, along with identifying explanation points. “Signed Margulies of Mobile”, he read. “Thank you, I appreciate that”, said the Uncle before warning future letter writers. “You’re really contributing to global warming because you’re forcing someone to drive the mail around”, he said before speaking to caller Wayne. “Roll Tide Roll, buddy!” said Wayne, who was unable to hear the show “all morning” until now. “If anybody called and give you your due this morning, for the judge and attorney reversing his previous ruling a week ago”, said Wayne. “I think you’re more responsible for that than he would know”, according to Wayne. “No, I doubt that pretty much had to do with that”, said the Uncle. “The judge was probably asked by everybody he knows that reads the story in the paper and says, ‘What’s going on here?’ ” according to our host. “I think that the Northrop plane will be the (tanker) plane in the end, I think we’ll be doing Northrop planes in Mobile”, Wayne predicts. After activating the “Freddie Alert System” once again, “This week we had proof that it is very much necessary”, said the Uncle before the frequent caller spoke. “I was waiting for you to come on so that I could rebut”, said the Uncle after Freddie’s long rant. “Try to listen for once”, he suggested to the caller. “My goodness, I had to get control of myself, Freddie, you got me angry for what I was going to say”, said the Uncle. “You wouldn’t think the development in Mobile wouldn’t help the rest of the state?” he asked the caller. “You’re not going to be happy with anything”, said the Uncle, because “they’ve got an ‘R’ by their name” as Alabama senators in Washington. “Look, Freddie, I’ve got to run”, he said at the end of Freddie’s call. “It’s terrible that you’re so wrong and you scramble to say anything you can to [expound] your wrong point of view”, our host said before the break for commercials. After the break and a voice message, “My goodness! All right, there’s not much you can do about the weather. Uncle Henry Show continues”, said the Uncle after responding to the listener’s recorded message. “Freddie, I did some quick research”, he said regarding Richard Shelby, an Alabama senator. “He’s number three in the Congress. As a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee he has given Alabama $469.4 million in earmarks”, said the Uncle. “He used to have a ‘D’ by his name”, said the Uncle, who assumes Freddie “loved him” when he had that letter. “Let’s just pump out all the water in the Gulf of Mexico and put it all in the Grand Canyon”, our next caller suggested. “Let’s talk to Tim. Hello Tim”, said the Uncle, whose caller was not frequent caller Sam Marston IV, who is also known as Tim. “Good morning, Uncle Henry. I just had to call in and respond to Freddie”, said Tim. “If he gets on the radio in the morning, it makes my job ten times harder”, Tim said as a “conservative democrat”. “I’m a school teacher and I try to educate people”, said Tim. “I have folks like Freddie that get on the radio and make it harder for me to bring conservatives to the party”, Tim continued. “You’re a school teacher? What subjects do you teach?” the Uncle asked. “Right now I teach 7th grade students history and geography”, said Tim. “I’m almost like a one made crusade now”, Tim believes. “I hope you’re a young man because it’s going to take a lifetime to do what you’re going to do. God bless”, said the Uncle. “News time on NewsRadio 710 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 responding to a listener’s voice message. “And that book on (Harry) Truman was absolutely magnificent. That Truman was quite the go getter”, said the Uncle, who found the First World War chapter of the former president of the USA’s life “fascinating”. After the break and a voice message, “Uncle Henry Show continues, I don’t know what to tell you about that, I feel your pain. I’ve had customer service problems with several different businesses. I’ve had satellite TV and I’ve had no problems with that”, said the Uncle. “I know that several years ago I got my Internet and TV from a cable company”, the Uncle remembers from the time when he moved to a new address. “It was working wonderfully and I got a bill and the bill was for the old address”, said the Uncle. “Another month goes by, [I] get the bill”, said the Uncle, whose bill was for the old address. “You’re billing me for a different address, that is very unusual”, the Uncle told an employee for the company. “So I was getting two bills for separate addresses at the same house”, said the Uncle. “I looked at my options”, he said before the next caller. “Let’s talk to Tommy. Hello Tommy”, said the Uncle. “I thought that (teacher call) was fascinating because I heard of these democrats taking over these republican controlled seats”, said Tommy. “I was thinking about how to call George Bush a lame duck. Well, that lame duck, he’s not running around in circles. He’s getting stuff done like this FISA stuff”, said Tommy. “So he’s really coming into his own”, said Tommy, who called it “a strong finish”. “He’s been so [hated] and vilified in this country”, said the Uncle, who believes the fellow has been unpopular for the last seven years as president. “His major drawback for all his purposes and I’m a democrat, it’s the border”, said our next caller Mark. “All right, Uncle Henry, you have a good day”, said Mark, whom our host thanked for listening “at 6:45 in the morning as you should be”. After the final break for today and a voice message, “Uncle Henry Show concluding here on NewsRadio 710. We have news coming from FOX News, then after that ‘Ask the Expert’, then after that Rush Limbaugh!” the Uncle said without hesitation. “Let’s see because it’s Friday I’ll be looking at the entertainment news”, said the Uncle. “They are going to make a new Match Game game show”, said the Uncle before recalling the 1970s version of the TV program. “Too much double entendre humor”, he remembers. “Lots of filthy kind of commentary”, he said after recalling host Gene Rayburn, panelists Richard Dawson, Charles Nelson Reilly, Fannie Flagg, and Nipsey Russell. “So they can’t find the modern day equivalent of Nipsey Russell”, according to our host. As for an upcoming movie with singer Toby Keith, “Tell me if it’s any good before I waste a dollar on it”, said the Uncle before reminding listeners as usual to pray and read their Bible.

Today’s 9 o’clock hour gets a 6/10!

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“Uncle Henry Show continues on a beautiful, beautiful Thursday! Eighty-two degrees”, the Uncle said immediately after a listener’s voice message. “The $4.00 a gallon gas that Charles mentioned in his phone call, that is really a benchmark in our society”, he said in response to the message. “So a lot of people—let’s see, are cancelling different movie packages on their cable TV or satellite TV, sports packages on their cable TV, so this is going to cause a ripple effect”, said the Uncle. “Let’s talk to Jim in just a moment here”, said the Uncle, who is having “a physical difficulty here” getting the caller on the air. “Did you give Trey Lane a raise?” Jim asked about the show’s call screener. “No, I don’t have any authority over his salary”, the Uncle answered before the caller referred to Trey as “a new man”. “What do you mean ‘a new man’? Has he been surly in the past?” the Uncle asked Jim, who finds the call screener more conservative. “I think he’s more of a libertarian type”, our host believes. “I like libertarians, they are more free thinking, free market types”, said Jim. “Henry, good day and God bless”, he said before leaving us. “Let’s talk to ‘Art Man’. Hello ‘Art Man’ ”, said the Uncle. “Hey, I’m all for drilling off shore”, “Art Man” said about finding oil. “Now we wait until communist control by the democrats, we pick now”, said “Art Man”, who wonders why. “Now you can get the public fired up about it”, according to the Uncle. “What’s all this Yankee business that I’m hearing on the radio this morning?” “Art Man” asked before our host referred to an earlier call by listener Bill, who brought up the Yankee subject. “That’s what they call us in a lot of countries”, said “Art Man”. “That’s who we are, we haven’t been anything else in history”, according to “Art Man”. “We’re all Americans here. Ultimately we’re after the same thing”, said caller Steve. “I just don’t understand why we have to keep all this divisiveness”, Steve wondered. “Human nature”, said the Uncle. “We’re all basically the same, we just talk a little different”, said Steve, who has met “rednecks” in places such as Alaska. “We’re everywhere”, said Steve before emphasizing the “United” in United States. After the caller left us, “Thank you, Steve”, said the Uncle. Let me look into the e-mail inbox”, said the Uncle before reading the message titled “Parade Info” before this Friday’s parade in downtown Mobile. “That’s interesting, if you’re asking people about their favorite kind of parade, a lot of them are going to mention the MOTs (Mystics of Time)”, said the Uncle. “Love that dragon”, he said about the parade dragon named “Vernadean”. After the break for commercials and a voice message, “Uncle Henry Show continues here on NewsRadio 710”, said the Uncle. “Let’s talk to Nat. Hello there, Nat, good morning”, he said to the next caller. “I understand the people making the cut backs on the gas prices”, said Nat. “If you have a big family and you get a habit how” you want to get a four dollar cup of coffee a day, that’s going to add up”, said the Uncle. “It’s a hardship, I know it”, said Nat, who believes in the eventual alternative fuel sources. “It’s hard for us—to you or me, $20 a week may not be so much for a lifestyle, but for some families that’s a lot”, said the Uncle. “The higher gas prices can really be crippling in these people”, he said before speaking to caller Tom. “Just wanted to say you were talking about the Yankees a while ago”, said Tom. “As far as that dragon is concerned in the parade, you know when things like that come up, there are a lot of them—I think the dragon should be in the parade”, said Tom. “Yeah, you know there may be a very good reason why the city won’t [include] the dragon”, said the Uncle. “Again, I don’t know, I’m ignorant on the topic”, he admitted about “what floats in a parade” upon booking. “Got that great e-mail about ‘Vernadine’”, he reminded listeners before mentioning listener Rod’s pictures, including “moon pictures” that will be posted on the radio station’s website. “Let’s talk to Paul. Hello Paul”, said the Uncle. “Did you get my voicemail?” Paul asked. “Yes I did”, said the Uncle before Paul shared the story of his daughter’s experience in Paris, France. “What they did is put it on the long way. They did not split it. Are you following me”, said Paul. “Thank you for those fascinating voice mails. I appreciate that, Paul”, said the Uncle, who had to end Paul’s call due to the break for news, commercials, and station promotions just a few seconds away.

“Uncle Henry Show continues. It’s 9:35. Let’s talk to the Preacher. Hello ‘Preacher’ ”, said the Uncle. “I never thought I would be calling into your program”, said “Preacher” before sharing a news story from Philadelphia similar to the Canadian news story read on the air yesterday. “They were charged with a hate crime in Philadelphia, the City of Brotherly Love”, said “Preacher”, who might send our host a link to the entire story by electronic mail. “You do that”, said the Uncle, who never heard the story until today. “I look forward to getting that e-mail and reading more about it”, he said before speaking to caller John. “I don’t know what you think about drilling that oil off the Florida coast and Alaska”, said John. “Well, you know I’m in favor of it”, said the Uncle. “And I appreciate what you’re doing”, said John before leaving us. “Let’s talk to Ricky. Hello Ricky”, said the Uncle. “How are you doing, Uncle Henry?” Ricky asked. “Very good”, the Uncle answered. “The City of Mobile is deciding to spend some money on cameras that actually watch firemen in their fire trucks, which is very useless”, said Ricky. “Maybe they can [converge] the cameras on city workers”, according to Ricky. “There’s no problems because you can give someone a bad score on evaluation”, Ricky continued. “The cameras don’t lie”, he said. “You can bring it up at the city council”, Ricky suggested. “All right, that’s all I have to say”, he said before leaving us. “It’s hard to imagine that they would have cameras with so many other things that need money in the city and county that we have things like the city parade Friday night”, said the Uncle, who wonders where they would find the money for the cameras. “The Uncle Henry Show continues”, he said before the break for commercials. After the break and a voice message, “Uncle Henry Show progressing. At this moment, Mobile is informed”, said the Uncle before speaking to caller Kathleen. “About five years ago, this couple moved on my street and I heard they were looking for money”, said Kathleen, who spoke to them and invited them to church. After one of the neighbors asked for sweet tea, “She said, ‘I’m so glad you come’ ”, said Kathleen, who was told “not to mess with my church”, as the neighbor was Catholic. “Kathleen that was a wonderful phone call, I’m so glad you’re listening to the show”, said the Uncle before speaking to caller Franklin. “I think we’ll wind up getting it (tanker contract for Mobile)”, Franklin predicts before suggesting commercial airplanes construction. “I think that we, um, um, we’ll get started on the, um, Interstate business in a big way”, Franklin also predicted changing the subject to a state senator from Mobile. “Well look, Franklin, thank you. I’m glad you brought up Vivian Figures”, said the Uncle. “I resent that, I don’t want to ride a unicycle”, said the Uncle, who was never good on either a unicycle or pogo stick, even though he knows some folks who have ridden a unicycle “beautifully”. “We get these e-mails from different politicians”, said the Uncle, who has just received a message from a Mississippi senator concerning a Government Accountability Office report on the tanker airplane deal. After the break, call screener Trey Lane’s ambient theme music was playing. “Not my format, a guy calling about Popcorn”, said the Uncle without explaining to listeners what he was talking about during the break. “Can you do the Popcorn, Uncle Henry?” Trey asked about a certain dance. “I don’t know if you can do the Popcorn. The dance, the Popcorn”, Trey continued. “Any e-mail that goes through the news department, I also get an e-mail”, said the Uncle. “It is what you expect”, he said after reading the message from Mississippi senator Roger Wicker before expressing greater interest in the subject line. “With all that’s going on, this guy—Roger Wicker, this is a Republican in Mississippi who thinks” loud TV commercials are plaguing families, said the Uncle. “I’m not aware of any quality programming”, said Trey. “Let me get my newspaper here. The section D”, said the Uncle as he picks up the newspaper’s TV listings for the “prime time lineup” tonight. After mentioning the show “How I Met Your Mother”, “I wonder if ‘Swingtown’ is considered quality entertainment?” said the Uncle, who seems sure about “Are Your Smarter Than a 5th Grader?” and “So You Think You Can Dance”. “I just think that is the biggest bunch of load”, he said about Roger Wick’s proposed bill against loud TV commercials. “We’ve got all these different commercials and yet the TV commercials that are too loud are plaguing the nation”, said the Uncle. “Well I am against this legislation. If it’s driving families from TV, it can only drive them to radio”, said the Uncle. “That a little presumptuous of you”, said Trey. “I don’t like them either, but I don’t need the government to require the FCC to intervene on TV commercials being too loud”, said the Uncle. “All right, Uncle Henry Show continuing. Thank you for listening”, said the Uncle, who found today’s “mixture of callers” interesting.

Today’s 9 o’clock hour gets an 8/10!

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“This is the Uncle Henry Show. NewsRadio 710. It’s 9:05, five minutes after 9:00. It’s a beautiful day in the City of Mobile and the primary region”, said the Uncle, who also reminded listeners how to call in. “Let’s talk to George, who’s been holding”, he said before the caller interrupted. “Who is the world’s largest judicial order?” George asked our host, who didn’t know the answer. “The United States of America, which is surprising”, said George. “I listened to the program on C-SPAN with government employee officials and I was quite surprised”, he said. “Folks, don’t worry, I think everything’s going to be all right”, said George, who believes congressmen are upset enough as gasoline prices to demand drilling for oil. “I’m thanking you first for calling, I’m thanking you equally for listening, and I also thank you for watching C-SPAN for me”, said the Uncle, who “finds it difficult to watch C-SPAN”. “I’m just tired and it has to be something exciting like a rerun of an NFL game on the NFL Network from the 1980s”, said the Uncle, who can also stand a “30 minute rerun of ‘The Andy Griffith Show’ ”. “Well, it’s definitely a beautiful day in the City of Mobile”, said our next caller Tim, who is not the frequent caller also known as Tim or Sam Marston IV. “Hopefully by the end of the day a bunch of us will be able to apply” for new high paying jobs, said Tim, who was referring to tanker airplane deal involving Mobile. “Well, you have a good day and be careful”, said Tim before he left us. “Let’s have a day of cautious driving here in the Gulf Coast”, said the Uncle before getting to something coming “across the wire” related to the tanker deal. “It’s not news!” the Uncle mentioned before reading the story, which includes the name of a Frenchman he had a tough time pronouncing. “That is the extent of the story that he’s waiting cautiously”, said the Uncle before speaking to caller Paul, whose voice message for our host yesterday was not found. “Got a question and information: you know, all that flooding up there in the Midwest”, said Paul. “I didn’t think New Orleans would go down the Mississippi River”, Paul was surprised to hear. “Paul called yesterday and said he had a shocking voice mail”, said the Uncle. “We get each other’s voice mail all the time in this building. Strangely, I get all the 95KSJ’s (WKSJ-FM) voice mail”, said the Uncle. “My office is right next to the 95KSJ’s program director’s office, Billy Black”, said the Uncle, who rarely breaks “down my walls” to reveal such details from within the WKRG/Clear Channel of Mobile building. “Let’s talk to Steve”, he said to the next caller. “So this is the dog you found that looks like it’s been in dog fights”, said the Uncle. While once again speaking to the possible, yet unknown abuser of the dog, “Welcome to the Michael Vick fan club”, said Steve. “Tim suggested that we have the ‘Sanford and Son’ theme song [when] Freddie calls”, said the Uncle before Steve did a impression of John Sanford, also known by his stage name Redd Foxx, saying, “You big dummy”. “I don’t think that fits Freddie at all”, said the Uncle, who “thinks more ‘Addams Family’—something like that”. “Let’s talk to ‘Top Cat’. Hello ‘Top Cat’ ”, said the Uncle, who said the caller’s nickname slower than usual. “I’m calling about a very disturbing story that I heard”, said “Top Cat” before describing the story of a priest he heard on an unnamed late night radio program. “In his preaching and teaching, he took a stand against a form of sexuality”, “Top Cat” continued. “Some third party sued him”, said “Top Cat”, who said the priest “was sued for hate speech”. “I was wondering first of all if you or the other listeners have heard anything about the story?” said Top Cat, “Second of all, I’m just wondering if we’re becoming Nazis now under the system we live in now?” “If you do anything that offends them, it’s a matter of fact where there is a false claim by someone who isn’t even homosexual, but he was offended”, said “Top Cat”. “Meanwhile I need to get a call on the Mississippi River”, said the Uncle before “The Idea Guy” joined us in response to Paul’s call. “It’s forecast to go 13 feet by the end of July”, said “Idea”. “So it’s not going to be a problem for New Orleans”, said the Uncle. “You see, we had a caller say we’d have someone with knowledge call in the show”, said the Uncle. “You see the man who referred to himself as “Top Cat” heard this story in the middle of the night”, said the Uncle before reading the full news article concerning the pastor, or priest as “Top Cat” called him. “So this is in Canada. I am interested in that—now it’s got me curious”, said the Uncle. “Now I wonder what kind of free speech they have in Canada?” the Uncle’s curiosity continued. “Now I’m very interested that there is a tribunal judging what people should say [that’s] in the Bible”, he said before the break for commercials. After the break and a couple of voice messages, “Uncle Henry Show continues here on NewsRadio 710. [Yeah], the people that work hard in the building are in the sales office”, said the Uncle in response to the second recorded message. “The people on this floor, Bill, everyday it’s Mardi Gras to them. That’s the way it is. It is a simple statement of fact”, said the Uncle. “How is it that an old guy with a great air presence, how is he still on the air?” the Uncle asked himself among the young employees. “Here is a cautionary tale for the elderly, people in my age group”, he said before reading a Florida news article on criminals dressed as nurses. “Now see this is—these are criminals that are smart criminals because the surveys year after year say that nurses is the most trust worthy profession”, said the Uncle. “So beware of this because if it’s happened down there it’s going to happen here”, he said before the break for news, commercials, and station promotions.

“Uncle Henry Show continues here on NewsRadio 710. President Bush is talking about oil”, said the Uncle. “Let’s just check in for a moment”, he said before switching to audio of the speech from the White House rose garden. “This is live”, said the Uncle between the president’s words. After almost 10 minutes, “All right, very, very good. Very, very good. I am glad President Bush’s speaking out about this”, said the Uncle. “Let’s talk to Mike. Hello there, Mike, good morning”, he said to the next caller. “I think the question (for the presidential candidates) will be what will you do for the price of oil”, said Mike. “Next time I hear the Freddie alarm, I will take it more seriously”, said Mike, who left his radio on. After bringing to our attention Take Your Dog to Work Day, “Why is it necessary to take your dog to work?” the Uncle asked Mike. “Well it’s not necessary. Just your dog, just your co-workers”, said Mike. “What good is it for the dog?” the Uncle asked. “I’d like to take a picture of you and your dog in the studio”, said Mike. “Nobody told me that it would be good for the dog”, said the Uncle. “Very interesting, controversial call”, said the Uncle, who “would be nervous for my dog to go potty all over the (new) studio”. “I really appreciate you airing the president’s press conference over the years”, said our next caller Pete, who admitted that he would have missed it before saying the fellow was “seven years too late” to address the oil issue. “Uncle Henry, it’s time to do it again. The president laid again what we all needed (drill for oil)”, said Pete. “I know my congressman’s not important, but we can start (calling our representatives) in Alabama”, said Pete as his anger grew to the point of saying, “Burn the damn phone lines down”. “Let’s drill, let’s do something common sense and not worry about nonsense like environmental issues”, said Pete. “Does the man (caller Freddie) understand why people talk bad about him when he hangs up the phone”, said our next caller, who was “laughing about the way the man talks stupid”. “He’s got a huge fan club. People just love Freddie”, said the Uncle. “Now, I will never—if you missed—his call today had elements that I call nasty, that’s reason enough that you need the alert system”, said the Uncle. “Now it’s gotten to the point where it’s for content where you hear about the flushing”, he explained. “Uncle Henry Show progressing, moving forward”, he said before the break for commercials. “Uncle Henry Show brought to you by delicious Hall’s Meats”, said the Uncle during a live commercials for the popular meat product “made locally in Chickasaw, Alabama”. “When I serve Hall’s Meats that’s been grilled, my guests, they just be delighted by it”, he said in his sales pitch. After the break and a voice message, “Uncle Henry Show progressing. I’ve been checking the news all throughout the show for anything on the GAO (Government Accountability Office). So far we’ve heard nothing on the GAO report”, said the Uncle before speaking to caller Chuck. “If it ever gets to the Senate for a [vote], I hope they read every part of it that’s legible”, Chuck said about a possible oil drilling bill in Congress. After thanking the caller, “Let’s see I’ve got—there’s a great website for anything that politicians have said on an issue”, said the Uncle, who was referring to public servants on the national level. “Now that we’re in this phase, this crucial phase where we have to have everything in the right direction”, said the Uncle. “In the meantime, let’s drill. There’s no reason not to do it at all”, he said. “I’ve been told that Ron Reams’ just been here that said the company that owns NBC 15 (WPMI-TV) has had massive layoffs”, said the Uncle, who is unsure that folks still watch the station’s newscasts. “I know that on air there have been layoffs”, our host acknowledged. “So those of you [that] are media watchers: layoffs from the company that just purchased NBC 15. I know that Ron Reams says there’s going to be a long list of layoffs”, said the Uncle. “You could just miss an anchor that you’ve just been accustomed to”, he said. “Once again, this is one of those days where you’re going to have to listen to Rush Limbaugh”, according to the Uncle. “This election cycle has been one of the best in the history of ‘The Rush Limbaugh Show’”, said the Uncle, as the host has been mentioned in many news reports. After promoting “The (Todd) Schnitt Show” for it’s oil discussions, “Michael Savage is good to listen when it comes to—there’s been a lot of controversial court decisions recently”, said the Uncle, who promoted these programs as live talk. After reminding listeners to pray and read their Bible, “FOX News is up next in one minute here on NewsRadio 710, then ‘Ask the Expert’ ”, said the Uncle.

Today’s 9 o’clock hour gets a 7/10!

Note of Interest:

Folks, the “Freddie Alert System” only encourages its namesake caller to continue his rants on the show. Good day!

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“Uncle Henry Show continues here on NewsRadio 710. I know what you mean, ‘Idea Guy’, I know what you mean”, said the Uncle in response to a listener’s voice message concerning advertisements on shirts in professional golf. “Yes, I’ve gone into Bel Air Mall on the weekend even though I live on Baldwin County”, said the Uncle, who was “the only person who did not have some kind of message on my shirt”. In the future, according to our host, “it will be an absence of conversation where there are only t-shirts, text messages”, and bumper sticker messages “You can type something into your cell phone and your T-shirt will change”, he predicts. “Uncle Henry Show, interactive portion of the show”, he reminded listeners about the segment, along with the show’s call-in telephone number “Trey Lane, did you watch the U. S. Open?” the Uncle asked the show’s call screener. “Trey Lane and I are the only males in the building who did not watch golf yesterday”, he said. “I’ve got a lot of it (flack) myself, a lot of people coming off at me”, said the Uncle. “Today is the real Monday”, according to our host, as yesterday was still the weekend for some co-workers watching televised golf. “Grace is here. Hello Grace”, he said to this hour’s first caller, who noticed a mispronunciation by our host’s guest in the last hour, Steve Nodine of the Mobile County Commission. “He kept calling it ‘The Golf Coast’ when it’s really the Gulf Coast, isn’t it?” said Grace. “I just wanted to go off on him”, she said. “You think that sounds petty, but I don’t think it is”, said the Uncle. “Is there really anything petty on a talk show?” the Uncle asked. “If he’s accidentally listening, it’s not the ‘Golf Coast’, it’s the Gulf Coast, or ‘Guff Coast’ depending on your regional accent”, said the Uncle. “I’m not sold on the four day weekend because it will save money”, he said about the subject he wanted to discuss with Steve Nodine. “I’m not sold on the idea that people will work untraditional hours”, the Uncle continued, followed by the metaphor of spreading butter on a slice a bread. “[If they] work instead of doing an additional couple of hours a day”, said the Uncle, the people will spread out their work hours. Before reading a newspaper article, which had its writer credited, “You remember the Car Brothers?” the Uncle asked, “They’re the brothers that their momma said was eating ice cream (instead of robbing)”. “Why does it take this long to have a trial about something that happened in June 2006 and I bring this up because if you were to put me in a courtroom and ask me something about what happened two years ago, my memory would be cloudy. Let’s talk to Mary. Hello Mary”, said the Uncle. “I was thinking about this last night”, said Mary. “There are lots of things to be thought about in the decision and the person’s income will probably be not effected to take more hours a week with the gas [prices]”, said Mary. “Just thought that I’d put something in someone’s head”, she said before leaving us. “I worked at Chevron for 25 years and we went from the four hours”, said our next caller Demone. “Did you like working that type of schedule?” the Uncle asked about the additional hours. “I loved it”, said Demone. “It worked out, you know, by and large”, he added. “Demone, thank you for sharing that”, said the Uncle. “Listened to the news yesterday and you heard about the gay marriage bit and everything and on the news they say the people in California won”, said Demone. “It was one judge who made that change”, he said. “They need to make that statement read”, Demone requested for Mobile’s TV stations, including the stations mentioned by channel number: WKRG-TV5 and WALA-TV (Channel 10). “I enjoyed hearing about the four day weekend you experienced. You got me thinking, you got me thinking about this”, said the Uncle. “What if we were to go to a five-hour day a week show”, said the Uncle, who also asked about “a five-hour ‘Ask the Expert’ ” on Wednesdays. “If you say, ‘Well Uncle Henry, it would better’ ”, said the Uncle, who “likes working on Fridays”. “I’m always ahead of the other radio shows in town”, he said about his Friday competition before mentioning the Monday competition as well. “We can have Phil come in and do the Wednesday ‘Ask the Expert’ five-hour marathon”, the Uncle told Trey Lane. “I did see a story today that people are flocking to county court offices (in California)”, said the Uncle. “So ‘Sulu’ (George Takei) going on with his (homosexual marriage) plans, he was among the first to apply”, our host said before the break for commercials. After the break and a voice message, “Uncle Henry Show continues here on NewsRadio 710. Telephone number is (251) 479-2723, that is the Harbor Communications hotline number”, said the Uncle before sharing a recent garden experience. “It was a pleasure. Went into that vegetable garden yesterday, it was down to full harvest”, said the Uncle. “I have never seen some of these peppers before, huge peppers”, he admitted. “I have noticed my sister putting some of these peppers into my soup”, the Uncle continued. “I was drinking water and drinking water and nothing can get that sensation out of my mouth”, said the Uncle. “So I’m now afraid of these different varieties of peppers. I don’t know what to do”, he said before speaking to caller John. “Just holding on the phone waiting for you”, said John, who is wondering about the lack of news on Edward (“Ted”) Kennedy of the Senate in Washington, D. C. “I’m just wondering if you read any news on the line about any of that”, said John. “I would think he was doing well, it would be out there, but it’s quiet”, said John, who wonders if “they are trying to keep it down”. “Let’s see, if I can find a Ted Kennedy story for you on this”, said the Uncle before a brief pause. “And I don’t really see anything over the past several days, so I don’t know how to interpret that. I don’t know how to interpret that”, said the Uncle. “You refer to them as gay marriages”, said our next caller, who used the precise term “homosexual marriages” before addressing what our host recently said in the previous segment. “That word ‘gay’ was very popular many years ago”, said the caller, who believes the term is a “candy coating” description for homosexual folks. “I initially resisted using that word”, said the Uncle, who knows the original meaning of the word “gay”. “Now I no longer have a gay old time”, he said before the break for news, commercials, and station promotions.

“Uncle Henry Show continues here on NewsRadio 710. Telephone number is (251) 479-2723”, said the Uncle. “We had the caller wanting to know about Ted Kennedy’s treatment and Trey Lane has found the story”, he said before reading the report. “So the latest update that Trey Lane can find of was a story from Sunday [by] the Associated Press”, said the Uncle before getting to a national political story he had to share for those interested, except me and possibly others. In response to the story, “This is a very troubling to me, an adult wants a foreign policy with Winnie the Pooh involved”, said the Uncle. “As much as I want to see some type of Muppet or something, a Winnie the Pooh, even though there are some sorts of subversives with the Muppets”, said the Uncle. “Uncle Henry continues here on NewsRadio 710”, he said before the break. After the break for commercials and a voice message, “Uncle Henry Show continues here on NewsRadio 710”, said the Uncle before responding to a listener’s voice message. “That is very unusual request for information. I have no earthly idea myself”, said the Uncle, whose mathematics are only used with his checkbook. “Very wonderful health story this morning”, the Uncle announced. “That is the story that coffee, that coffee is not bad for you, it may be good for you”, he described the story. “Now they’re saying regular coffee drinking up to seven cups a day was not bad”, the Uncle continued. “This is outstanding! Because I do, I sure do love [that] coffee”, said the Uncle. “Let’s talk to Davey. Hello Davey”, he said to the next caller. “How’s it going, Davey?” the Uncle asked before the caller responded to the math and science question posed in the recorded message. “I think there is (science in math) because you use mathematics and incentive because incentive is a form of science”, said Davey. “So there is a frontier, a frontier in science”, said the Uncle before learning that Davey is a middle school student after a few questions about his occupation. “If your parents are listening, I would encourage them to drug test you”, said the Uncle after reminding Davey to stay in school. “Right now they need to establish the base for all of this”, he told Davey before our next caller, another John, responded to the coffee story. “I was talking to a physician one day”, said John, who was told about coffee and the prostate. “If you cut back on the caffeine, you cut back on the night time bathroom visits and I know that happens to old people like you”, said John. “I don’t want you to keep drinking coffee and making too many trips to the bathroom. Ok?” said John. “You are one of the few listeners that care”, said the Uncle. “So you could help your health by even drinking the dreaded decaf”, said the Uncle. “So anything that can get me to the restroom in the middle of the night is not a bad thing”, said the Uncle before reading another health story. “So feisty females are more likely to give birth to boys than girls”, our host read. “There’s lots of anatomical words in here and I don’t want to get into the reproductive system. So they say aggressive” women are more likely to give birth to boys, said the Uncle before speaking to caller Paul. “I can’t go wait to check my Uncle Henry voice mail”, said the Uncle after Paul told him in advance of listening to it. “You have given me something extra”, said the Uncle, who appreciates Paul’s “update on your prostate”. “Oh, Uncle Henry, how are you?” said another caller named John. “I think the question itself provides the answer because if there is in fact of frontier”, said the caller, the only way to find the answer is with mathematics. “Very good answer! Let’s talk to Brad. Hello Brad”, said the Uncle. “I can find the answers in my Bible”, said Brad before speaking about another coffee advantage: coffee breath. “So it kind of helps me keep my distance away from people”, said Brad. “It creates a special cone of protection from my co-workers”, said the Uncle. After summoning Trey Lane with his bumper music, “We’ve got a couple of middle giants on this show”, said Trey. “Now people on the Gulf Coast are very interested in Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt because” they might live on the Gulf Coast, said the Uncle, who assumes the married actors might be his neighbors in Fairhope, Alabama. After reading an article on another actor’s comments on the couple, including his former wife, “Now what do you think is up with that?” the Uncle asked Trey. “So you don’t see any validity in Billy Bob Thornton’s comment”, said the Uncle. “I think Brad Pitt would be better for living on the Eastern Shore than Billy Bob Thornton”, said the Uncle. “Thank you very much for your analysis on that”, he said to the call screener. “Now you have to factor in Billy Bob Thornton”, he said to listeners interested in these folks. “When you’re in doubt of what to do, read within the pages of your Bible”, he reminded listeners at the end of the show.

Today’s 9 o’clock hour gets a 9/10!

Note of Interest:

Folks, I appreciate the invitation from the Uncle to come and see the show live. Someday I hope to make such a visit when the time and circumstances are right. I will let you know here when the time comes.

I may even type about the show at the studio if they would allow me to use their computer and Internet connection. Good day!

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“Uncle Henry Show continues here on NewsRadio 710. It’s 9:06, six minutes after 9:00. Telephone number is (251) 479-2723, that is the Harbor Communications hotline number”, said the Uncle, who “went and filled my gas tank up constantly yesterday”. “There was a line of people waiting to fill up”, the Uncle continued. “I looked around as I was filling my tank”, said the Uncle, who noticed that “all the people had long faces. Very, very somber. Not a lot of conversation going on”. “Story out from the Reuters news agency this morning”, he said before reading about the Honda fuel cell automobile. “The vehicle uses a lithium ion battery, can run 830 miles”, said the Uncle. “ ‘And the problem is’—and there are always problems with this”, said the Uncle as he gets to the part about the lack of fuel cell service stations. “This is an environmentalist story to me”, said the Uncle before raising his voice to say actor Jamie Lee Curtis is among the first customers for the Honda automobile. “Let’s talk to Steve. Hello there, Steve”, he said to this hour’s first caller. “Well I had a real bipolar weekend”, said Steve. “Well, I’ll tell you the great part first”, said Steve, who got a call from a friend in a rock and roll band and got to perform with them on stage. “So you play what [instrument]—the harmonica?” the Uncle asked Steve, who plays that instrument. “Something happened to this dog”, Steve said after transitioning from the “great” part of his weekend. “I tell you what, if I had the person in hand who did this do this dog, I would chock him with my bare hands to death”, he said in a serious tone of voice. “Mankind has been like this from the beginning, Steve”, said the Uncle. “We’re suppose to be better than this”, Steve responded. “You’re nothing but a piece of trash, so understand that”, he said to the unknown person he would choke. “You’re trash, you’re scum and there’s no place hotter for you than Hell”, said Steve. “Be careful with the dog, let us know what happens to this”, said the Uncle before speaking to caller Leroy. “I’m disappointed with Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson and the Black Democratic Caucus and the presidential candidate(s) and Al Gore”, said Leroy, who believes “they have done gone let George Bush do it again” in Iowa. “I figured that everybody in Iowa was so gong ho” that “George blew up the levees”, according to Leroy. “We could have a Spike (Sheldon) Lee documentary”, the Uncle predicted before reminding listeners how to call in during the break for commercials. After the break and a strange voice message, “All right, it’s time for—if Crockett’s aunt is listening, it might be time to check on him and intervene”, said the Uncle. “He’s going to weird himself into a mess of trouble, I’m thinking. That’s weirder than the stuff they do at the Art Walk”, said the Uncle. “Trey Lane, you need to get Crockett up to some of these ‘Art’ people”, he suggested to the show’s call screener. “Whoever it was that pays you can get someone” to write a song about the color green, he added to the idea. “I don’t understand it. It’s like a puzzle”, he said about Crockett’s recorded message. As an alarm sound effect plays, “Activating the Freddie alert system because Freddie is on the line or someone purporting to be Freddie”, said the Uncle. “Five or six years ago, I used to drive around royally in the city and I used to see SUVs (sports utility vehicles)”, said Freddie. “That movement (of gasoline prices) has brought us down to about third world”, he said before mentioning what USA Today recently had as the national average of gasoline prices ($4.00). “It’s too bad that democrats don’t want people drilling for oil”, said the Uncle. After a lengthy rant on various issues, “Yeah, I hope you had a good Father’s Day and I hope you have a blessed day today”, said Freddie. “Thanks, I think”, said the Uncle, who once again feels “disoriented” by the same caller. “Tim and Freddie are becoming more and more alike in their style of delivery, but just—my goodness, Freddie. Begging the government for everything”, said the Uncle. “Again, I’m too disoriented to pick one of the 30 things he said that disoriented me”, he said before the next caller. “I think you can screen these calls better than that”, said the caller. “I’m sure that’s a reference to Crockett, I’m sure he said a (profane) word in that I think”, said the Uncle, whose caller said “damn”. In response to Trey Lane’s computer text message, which was not read aloud, “I don’t know what I’ll do, I don’t have any real authority on you”, said the Uncle. “Shame on you”, he said before playing the role of a listener defending someone’s art. “That caller was absolutely right and I should have done a better job for screening out the mess in that and there was an [autonomic] reference”, said the Uncle.

“Uncle Henry Show continues here on NewsRadio 710. What a very deep call”, said the Uncle after listening to a listener’s voice message. “Let’s talk to Pete. Hello Pete”, he said to the next caller. “Just a quick note that your show is so multitask”, said Pete before responding to the recorded message just played. “It sounds like that guy should convert to Islam”, said Pete, who mentioned the “72 virgins” reward for martyrs before thanking caller Freddie for his previous call. “It looks like Freddie is looking for a new answer. Freddie is not a free thinker”, said Pete. “If you want to be a slave, vote democrat”, he suggested. “Thank you so much, Pete. Appreciate the phone call. He was not disoriented as I was. Very disoriented”, said the Uncle before mentioning an electronic mail message he received from former Press-Register reporter and City of Mobile spokesman Barbara Drummond. “What is it, Celebrate Mobile parade that is coming up this weekend”, he said according to the message. “Anybody that has heard of the Mobile Bay Shark or the revival of the Bay Shark name, let me know”, said the Uncle. “It’s going to be very appealing this year out of so many years”, said our next caller Robert, a self-described black man, who referred to the race for the presidency of the USA. “Both of these gentlemen want to propose taxes”, he said about some of the presidential candidates, including one whose name he had a tough time pronouncing. “Americans get the jobs that we drill for here”, said Robert, who seems to remember a time when “it was more expensive to drill for oil in the United States”. “We’re paying what we deserve to pay in gas prices right now”, said Robert, who was speaking fast before that sentence. “The best story in the Press-Register yesterday was in the Baldwin Register (section)”, said the Uncle as he gets to the news article about trash. “They want to turn that into fuel”, he said after describing trash. “We have encouraged a bunch of people to expect nothing or something and I say ‘we’ ”, said our next caller, who said “dittos” twice in response to the previous caller. “We just really worship excess and we as a culture has celebrated excess”, said the Uncle. “They love following the lifestyles of the people that live the opulence”, the Uncle continued. “They are like Thurston Howell III”, he said in comparison to the character from the TV program “Gilligan’s Island”. “They have worked their tails off”, said the Uncle, who interrupted his sentence to apologize for the “autonomic reference (tail). “They have worked their tails off for decades to get where they are”, he said, completing his sentence. After the final break for today and a couple of voice messages, “Lots of good reaction to that new ‘Neocon Ron’ from this past Friday”, said the Uncle before summoning Trey Lane with his bumper music. “Somebody paid you to write a song that was ‘green’ like the color green?” the Uncle asked the call screener. “I’m going to play for you the new ‘Neocon Ron’ song and I want you analysis”, said the Uncle, who received a voice message that explains why this song was made. “All right, Trey Lane, as a professional musician that is commissioned to write songs about green—a green song”, said the Uncle as he asked for Trey’s thoughts. “I asked for an opinion on ‘Neocon Ron’s’ and I get a liberal sound off”, said the Uncle. “Keeping it real, that is my opinion”, said Trey. “I am really blown away at the ability to come up with these songs”, said the Uncle. “Once the election’s over”, according to our host, the songs expire, but according to Trey they will live on in “The Best of Uncle Henry” shows. “Thank you, ‘Neocon Ron’, all right”, said the Uncle, who will have the song online sometime today unlike last Friday. “I wish I could pull into tomorrow”, he said near the end of today’s show. “Remember to pray and read that Bible”, he reminded listeners at the end of the show.

Today’s 9 o’clock hour gets a 2/10!

Important Note of Interest:

Folks, in the last couple of months I have noticed a decline in the show’s quality based on the 9:00 AM segments of the four-hour program (6:00 AM – 10:00 AM: news and comments in the first two hours and callers in the last two hours). Today’s hour was among the worst I’ve ever heard in the five years and six months I’ve been a listener of the show and the four years and ten months since I started this weblog.

This trend of negative calls (driven by anger and sarcasm), ridiculous voice messages (Crockett and other listeners), caller alerts (The Freddie Alert System), song analysis, and unexpected audio clips (local public servants and others) is getting us nowhere and eventually regular listeners will get tired of it. Mobile has only a few local radio talk shows and losing one more would be a big loss to the industry. I’m afraid to say that the Uncle’s program has run its course after almost six years of broadcasting.

Maybe someday we will have a show that is not so issue driven, driven by national political issues, or driven by the same few angry and weird callers. Maybe something close to the nationally syndicated radio show, “The Joey Reynolds Show”, which has more general discussions and doesn’t rely on the news on what to discuss. Unfortunately, it longer airs every night on Mobile’s WABB-AM due to low ratings in competition with “Coast to Coast AM” on WNTM-AM, yet the former recently aired two Sunday mornings ago on tape delay (this past Sunday morning, there was dead air, which is nothing unusual to WABB-AM).

If the TV serial “Dark Shadows” can be loved and remembered many years after running its course during a five year run, so can our host’s show before it's too late. In the meantime, I wish the Uncle the best, but the show most certainly had better days and that it may be time to end it for the sake of radio in Mobile and our selves. Good day!