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“Uncle Henry Show continues here on NewsRadio 710. It’s 9:05, five minutes after 9:00. A beautiful day. Telephone number is (251) 479-2723”, said the Uncle, who gave out of town listeners the long distance telephone number 1-888-360-WNTM to call in. “Let’s talk to Bill. Hello Bill, good morning”, said the Uncle. “I heard you ranting and raving about the guys and the girls coming to work with their flip flops on and evidently”, said Bill, you’re against that. “You heard that cliché, to chill out”, Bill asked our host along with a suggestion. “I don’t even know the station manager, but I assume he has a station policy”, said Bill. “You don’t want to be a station manager and you’re not a station manager and you dictate policy toward people”, Bill continued before creating the possible reaction, “Here comes Henry, look out, Henry!” from other radio station employees. “All right, you mischaracterized me completely and totally”, said the Uncle. “You need to show up like you’re going to work”, said the Uncle. “Some of these people dress like they’re wearing pajamas with their shoes on”, the Uncle continued. “Would you consider inviting me to the station one day?” Bill asked. “Yes, I would”, said the Uncle. “Bring in a couple of donuts to your co-workers”, Bill suggested as a way “of changing your energy”. “They’ve had all they can get from me. Every time I bring something up here it gets stolen”, said the Uncle, who used donuts for example. “That’s rude, very rude”, said Bill. “The people on the third floor, the sales executives, they are the experts. It’s all the radio people down here”, said the Uncle. “If you can hear what he was referring to, he got it all wrong”, our host said about the previous caller. “Generation X, generation Y, generation Z, they always take everything too far and they took this casual Friday so far”, said the Uncle, that it looks like they’re going to the beach. “Let’s talk to Mark. Hello there, Mark, good morning”, he said to the next caller. “It sounds like Bill has some multiple personalities there”, said Mark. “I’d be glad to give Bill a tour and show him what I’m talking about”, said the Uncle before the caller shared what he’s heard from a Mobile County Commission meeting. “That four day work week (plan) I’m really well up on that”, said Mark. “I want to hear your thoughts on it and some other people”, Mark requested. “I wasn’t there so I want to confer with someone who’s heard of it”, said the Uncle. “On that fourth day they’re going to stop producing. It’s going to end up—how are we going to survive this? Who is going to do the work? Let’s talk to Randy. Hello Randy”, said the Uncle. “Hello there, Uncle Henry. How are you?” said Randy. “It should be a casual Thursday”, Randy suggested. “You’re right!” the Uncle shouted. “You were talking about tickets (yesterday)”, Randy recalls from one discussion on Monday’s show without specifying tickets issued by police. “Yesterday morning”, the Uncle responded. “They were issuing tickets for people turning around to avoid”, said Randy, who was referring to drivers on Schillinger Road, or “Schillinger’s Road” as it’s commonly mispronounced. “And they’re writing tickets for evading inspection and I got one”, Randy continued. “So I turned around and I got pulled in for a written ticket for evading a procession”, Randy concluded his personal story. “You know that Charles Barkley and eventually he’s going to run for governor of Alabama”, said Randy, who mentioned the fellow’s plan to run for mayor in “the small town of Selma” and what he recently said about himself on television, which the caller said in full rather than the well known initials TV. “I would vote for Charles Barkley before I vote for some of the people who say they are running for governor [like] the agriculture commissioner”, said Randy. “So Charles Barkley, if he ran for anything in Alabama, I’m sure it would be as a democrat”, said the Uncle as the “Freddie Alert System” sound effect began to blare in the background. “Are you talking to me, Uncle Henry, because I’m hearing another voice on the phone?” said Freddie. “What’s the voice?” the Uncle asked. “I don’t know”, Freddie responded before moving to a different subject. “Something hanky panky is going on up there with Mr. (Troy) King”, said Freddie. “What is up with the pump up in Baldwin County?” Freddie asked in reference to yesterday’s gasoline giveaway and its price of 66 cents per gallon. “Read the story, you’ve got the paper in front of you, read it”, said the Uncle. “You don’t understand that a car dealership offered a gas promotion”, said the Uncle. “You don’t understand that?” he asked Freddie. “I know they can’t afford to pay for a brand new car”, Freddie assumed about the gasoline customers. After he reminded our host that the giveaway was in Baldwin County, “So that’s why you’re praising it, if it had been in Mobile you’d be praising it”, said the Uncle. “You have struck out on this topic, is there any other topic you want to talk about before you go?” said the Uncle. “Look, Freddie, God bless you, you have been off base on everything you said”, said the Uncle after Freddie’s last words for now. “As far as the gas is concerned, it was a big donation”, said the Uncle. “The idea that Mobilians—that it would not be in Mobile is ludicrous”, he said before the break for commercials. After the break, “Uncle Henry Show continues here on NewsRadio 710. News coming up in a moment. Let’s talk to Joe. Hello Joe”, said the Uncle. “I want to put up a plug and get people to know what I do”, said Joe before mentioning a newspaper article published last Friday. “Did you see the article?” Joe asked. “Yeah”, said the Uncle. “We have Tim on the line. Hello Tim. Hello Tim. All right—I don’t know, I thought we had—let me see if I can get this line again”, said the Uncle. “Trey Lane, are you hearing someone talk?” the Uncle asked the show’s call screener. “So bear with me there, Tim and other callers”, our host suggested. “We have news next then more show”, he said before promoting “next week’s home make over contest” featured on the radio station’s website. “Someone in this area is going to win this home makeover and I want it to be you”, said the Uncle, who mentioned that next week’s contest winner will be a semi-finalist before taking a break for news, commercials, and station promotions.

“Uncle Henry Show continues here on NewsRadio 710. (251) 479-2723 is the number”, said the Uncle. “Let me see if I can get this thing working. Now, Tim, are you there? All right, this is a—let me try something else, stand by. I don’t know what’s going on here”, said the Uncle. “Hello there. All right, I’m not getting any of the callers out of this, so I’m going to have to completely—callers, bear with me”, said the Uncle, who had “to shut everything down”. “We had a report on the county commission meeting that I desperately wanted to get to”, he mentioned before reminding listeners again how to call in. “Let me see if I can get you on the air now”, said the Uncle. “Steve!” he said happily. “I’m always the catalyst for the show. Yes, I was driving pass on to work today”, said Steve, who “thought of the perfect song” for a candidate running for the presidency of the USA: “Free Ride”. “I thought that would be the perfect campaign, they can only take a free ride”, said Steve. “These polls you have to take them into consideration”, said Steve, who specified poll questions. “Lost Steve. Ben, are you there?” said the Uncle before thanking the caller for bearing through. “It’s interesting to note that we have a bigot on the county commission or a commissioner who acts in a bigoted way”, said Ben, who was referring to Merceria Ludgood of the Mobile City Council. “I said she is a cultural bigot for refusing to honor our direction”, Ben continued as a supporter of Confederate history. “It’s amazing to me that some people don’t understand what tolerance is”, he said. “In January when Robert E. Lee had his birthday and they had her in the paper”, Ben continued. “I want to thank Commissioner Dean and Nodine for having the courage to honor a great man and to honor our history”, said Ben. “After the meeting I coached her and asked her if she would reconsider” said Ben before mentioning newspaper reporter Dan Murtaugh. “He’s wearing these sunglasses on his head now and I think [it’s] an antenna”, said Ben, who said the reporter’s sunglasses connect to the RSA Tower in downtown Mobile. “Our local Press-Register, it’s a amazing to me, the more you see it they have an agenda on every issue”, said Ben. “I appreciate you listening to me”, he said before leaving us. “You read about what’s going on the county commission meeting in the newspaper”, said the Uncle, and you hear something you don’t read. After our next caller Jim, “Trey Lane wrote ‘John’ ”, said the Uncle. “I think he’s a little upset”, Jim believes. “He seems like your typical liberal journalist and thinks (what’s better)—I don’t mean that personally”, Jim said about Dan Murtaugh. “There certainly does need to be more government watchdog groups on the state and local level”, said Jim after listening to caller Freddie. “John or Jim, thank you for your phone call. Uncle Henry Show continues”, said the Uncle before the break for commercials. After the break and an angry voice message, “Uncle Henry Show continues here on NewsRadio 710. Let’s talk to Tony. Hello Tony”, said the Uncle. “Good morning, how are you today?” said Tony. “The gentleman who called about the Confederate veterans”, said Tony, who suggested “looking at both sides of this”. “I wonder why they don’t use some of the true flags of the Confederacy?” Tony asked after sharing some history of the flags. “That is something—my family got here after all that stuff through Ellis Island after the Civil War”, said the Uncle. “We dug up a bunch of stuff out in the woods. Used to carry bullet suits out there”, he remembers before speaking to caller Tim, also known as Sam Marston IV. “What is this about the dog being the mayor (candidate)? It may work on this side of the bay”, said Tim, who was referring to a news story from Fairhope, Alabama without explaining the full story. “That place down there sounds like Pee-Wee Herman’s or something”, said Tim, who did not specify the place. “I think it might be a good idea and you were talking about not having all that mess in the city. Have you thought about having a cardboard dog or a cardboard donkey?” said Tim. After feeling “a jolt” while driving, “It almost caused me to have a wreck with all those (cardboard) police officers”, said the Uncle. “And another thing on your station”, said Tim, “[y’all] were talking about giving away a gym set or something”. “A home makeover”, said the Uncle, correcting Tim “A lot of people like to have treadmill or stuff in their houses so they can be close to their showers”, said the Uncle. After the final break for today, “All right, we are just about out of time. Hey Tom! Said the Uncle. We’ve got about one minute”, said the Uncle. “Uncle Henry, I’ve been to Pensacola for a few days”, said Tom. “We stayed right on the beach at a nice hotel”, said Tom, who noticed that the elevator there “was made by ThyssenKrupp”, the German-based steel company with plans for manufacturing in Mobile County. “That’s wonderful, I didn’t know they made elevators”, said Tom. “It wouldn’t be so bad if they put windows in the thing”, Tom suggested for the elevator. “A beautiful slice of life call”, said the Uncle before reminding listeners as usual to pray and read their Bible.

Today’s 9 o’clock hour gets a 5/10!

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“Uncle Henry Show continues. I can’t believe a caller (has) run for Hawaii to complain about Mobile from Hawaii”, said the Uncle before reminding listeners how to call in during the show. “Holly has been waiting here. Holly, hello there”, he said to the first caller this hour. “I called to offer my Jack Russell terrier as company for your dog”, said Holly. “I like that, I like that a lot, we could use sporadic barking on this show”, said the Uncle. “Thank you very much, Holly, that was a wonderful idea”, he said before studio guest Ron Reams suddenly spoke without an introduction. After learning that he won’t be needed to host today’s edition of the radio program “Ask the Expert”, which will be a pre-recorded show, “That means I came in here for no reason other than to meet you”, said Ron. “That means I get paid to come in and say ‘hello’ ”, said Ron. “This is a very difficult marital issue”, said the Uncle after learning that Ron has no dog in his home. “I’m a pet person, I’d love to have a dog”, said Ron, who had one has a child. “We don’t have any children, so why not?” Ron asked. “She likes a nice green grass yard”, he said about his wife. “You’ve been married a long, long time (25 years), you, you---are not going to get any [action] on any issue”, said the Uncle. “It’s suppose to make your live longer, but in some marriages I’ve seen”, said Ron, that’s not the case. “They cut the budget at (WPMI-TV) NBC 15, so you’re one of the people that got laid off. So how was your job search?” the Uncle asked. “Several people have come up and asked for a resume”, said Ron. “I’m thinking freelance is going to be my way to go”, Ron predicts. “Have some faith, Ron”, said the Uncle. “I’m being inspired by Randy Pausch [that guy] who died last week”, said Ron. “All right let’s get back to the phones”, said the Uncle before speaking to caller Chad. “I heard they’re going to put luxury boxes at Ladd Stadium. How much is this going to cost the city?” Chad asked before getting responses such as “a million dollars” from our host. “It’s kind of like putting pearls on a pig”, Chad compared to Ladd-Peebles Stadium. “Ooh”, Ron responded. “They’re not going to keep bringing the NFL down to a stadium that is falling apart”, said Chad. “You’re confusing me. First you started complaining about the fact of making improvements to Ladd-Peebles Stadium”, said Ron. “It seems to me that we kind of have to abandon Ladd Stadium, I don’t know”, said Chad. “It’s pretty old and run down stadium, I kind of want to see a Legion Field”, Chad suggested. “I’m not sure I agree with you doing away with the stadium completely”, said Ron, who believes in the idea of a stadium in West Mobile close to the University of South Alabama and their future football team. “Hey, what’s this new screening now”, caller Jim asked about the show’s call screening process with Trey Lane as call screener. “I don’t know anything about the old screening or the new screening”, said the Uncle. “What’s wrong with being about what you want to talk about?” our host asked Jim. “He (Herman Thomas) was up there in the green seats at Ladd Stadium at the special treatment seats”, Jim said about the former Mobile County Circuit Court judge. “If I could look at Herman Thomas up there, it could be pretty discouraging”, said Jim. “I will talk to you later, Henry”, he said before leaving us. “They will not build the boxes just for them (local officials) to sit in. They would prefer—and your line of thinking is way off, Jim”, said the Uncle before finishing his sentence with “corporate sponsored seat”. “The whole point is to generate some money up there”, the Uncle concluded before the break for commercials. After the break and a version of the theme music to the TV program “The Big Valley”. “Uncle Henry Show continues here on NewsRadio 710. A beautiful Monday morning. Ron Reams is here”, said the Uncle. “Beautiful music for a Monday morning”, said Ron, who was referring to the bumper music. “Let’s talk to Norman. Hello there, Norman”, said the Uncle. “Good morning”, said Norman. “And this is my comment about the liberal news media and that fellow over there, he’s not the president yet”, said Norman. “And they said he had 200,000 people come out to see him in Germany and they say they had 20,000”, Norman continued. “They just lie and lie and gloom and gloom saying what are we going to do”, according to Norman. “Well, y’all pray for this country and pray for this government”, he said before leaving us. “Let the phone ring, we’ll get to your call”, said the Uncle. “Did you ever let your own personal political biases interfere in your news reporting to compensate for your political candidate?” our host asked Ron. “I feel like the job of the news media is to report the facts and let the chips hit where they fall and let people decide”, said Ron. “When you talk about liberalism in media, you’re not talking about global media”, according to Ron. “I’m just saying in my personal experience when I was a reporter”, said Ron, who was “talking 20 or 30 years ago”. “Kathy Richardson is still around town by the way”, he said about one former radio reporter. “Here’s another story that I think that’s being misreported”, according to one caller, who gave our host a “Roll Tide” shout. “Me too!” said Ron after our host’s “Roll Tide Roll”. “They would not let him go (to a military hospital in Germany), but they would not let an entourage of media and other people”, the caller heard about this presidential candidate. “I just want to tell you thanks a lot and I enjoy your show”, said the caller before leaving us. “All right we have news next. After the news, more Uncle Henry Show”, said the Uncle before promoting the contest “Night in New Orleans” on the radio station’s website seconds before the break for news, commercials, and station promotions.

“Uncle Henry Show. Let me turn on your microphone”, said the Uncle as a version of the theme music to “The Dating Game” plays in the background. “I’m back on ‘The Dating Game’ (local version)”, said Ron, who believes that was “25 years ago because I was married”. “Hi Jack. What’s up?” Ron asked caller Jack. “Do you take constructive criticism well? Can I offer you some [constructive] criticism”, said Jack, who later apologized for saying Ron was the radio host he heard in the afternoon. “That was Charlie Moss”, said Ron. “What is it about these interviews that sound staged or anything?” the Uncle asked the caller. “It would sound like a pre-taped interview with someone”, said Jack. “Let me defend Charlie. He conducts those interviews”, said Ron. “It sounds a lot better if I’m not trying to sound like Bob Newhart and sound like I’m stumbling”, Ron continued. “I’m sorry about getting the two confused”, said Jack. “I wish it was (me) because I would be employed here”, said Ron before mentioning his three-hour radio program (part time job) that airs Saturday mornings on 710 AM. “Thank you for that phone call, a case of mistaken identity”, said the Uncle. “Let us move beyond the local focus of the broadcast with Charlie Moss”, said the Uncle. “I don’t care if they have a bias. Everybody has their feelings and it’s going to come out at a comma in a script or punctuation”, said our next caller John. “And the good thing is there are some media (research) councils”, said Ron. “Every human being has an opinion. It will seep in there one way or another”, said the Uncle. “The more opinionated they there, the more money they make”, he said about certain broadcasters. After listening to one caller’s comparison, “I’m kind of confused by the fact that you’re comparing a war zone to a dance, but still”, said Ron. “But Berlin is not a war zone”, said the Uncle. “I think the point is we were on their way (to the military hospital)”, he said about the presidential candidate. “I guess Trey Lane had to use the restroom again”, according to our host. “Uh oh”, Ron quickly responded. “Uncle Henry Show continues”, said the Uncle before the break for commercials. After the break and a voice message, “Later this morning I’m going to be posting some great e-mail I’ve received over the weekend”, said the Uncle after reminding listeners how to contact him by electronic mail. “And the Uncle Henry page will be updated before noon this morning”, he said. “Why was I considered spam?” our host asked Ron. “Why don’t you give one (e-mail address) where people can get in touch with you really?” the Uncle asked before Ron gave out his address ronreams@hotmail.com, though he said “.net” at first. “I’ll be checking the e-mail list or whatever”, said Ron before our host spoke to caller Robin. “Well, Robin, your story is shocking”, said the Uncle after listening to the caller’s experience in downtown Mobile. “If you expect to be respected, you need to show respect”, said Ron. “That previous caller got me sparked up about how we suddenly got advance police force up on the street writing tickets for whatever they think of”, said our next caller also named John. After the final break for today, “Uncle Henry Show about to conclude. Let’s talk to Jim. Hello Jim”, said the Uncle. “I don’t know the city’s trying to make any money by writing a silly $10 ticket, that police [officer’s] trying to save the man’s life”, said Jim. “Good talking to you, Henry”, said Ron, who will be “engineering” the radio program ‘Ask the Expert’ for the next hour”. After our host mentioned Ron’s e-mail address along with his “picky” preference for an indoor job, “Considering the way I look as far as my weight [is concerned], it probably wouldn’t last very long”, said Ron.

Today’s 9 o’clock hour gets a 7/10!

“To Be Continued” – TV5 meteorologist Jere Hough

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“Uncle Henry Show continues on NewsRadio 710. A beautiful Friday morning”, said the Uncle before reminding listeners how to call in during the show. “Coming up in just a few minutes, we’ll have Deborah Jones the ‘Director of Happiness’ (for Dr. Byron Scott of Spring Hill Dental)”, he said before speaking to caller Joe among the listeners on hold since the previous segment. “Let’s talk to Bobby. Hello Bobby”, said the Uncle. “What I have a problem with here”, said Bobby, who held back on this problem until later in his call. “There is no denying, no comparison between them”, said Bobby, who has a problem with supporters for one candidate for the presidency of the USA. “I want the qualified individual, Uncle Henry!” said Bobby. “As far as him having a shot, he has a tremendous shot”, our host said about the candidate Bobby was referring to. “They are not necessarily looking at his record, they just to hear what he has to say”, said the Uncle before speaking to another caller continuing the same subject. “It sounded like you were standing on the Interstate, but maybe it will be—maybe we should have the first debate on radio only so we can only hear with our ears. Speaking of change, the ‘Director of Happiness’ has come into the studio”, said the Uncle as his guest’s theme music (previously used for substitute call screener Jennifer when Leeanna Matteson was the show’s regular call screener) plays in the background. “I kind of agree with the one fellow who said it’s a chimpanzee, the one who’s qualified”, said Deborah. In reference to the Lord, “He’ll show us what to do (when we vote)”, she said. “Another chapter in the story”, said the Uncle, who was referring to the guest’s life. “Hopefully I’ll come up with book two about it”, said Deborah, who has a published book. “You’ll be getting a new house”, the Uncle revealed. “Fasting and praying works best, so we’ll be doing just that”, said Deborah. “And I’m going to tell you this, Uncle Henry, people are seeing home ownership the way it’s going with them (nowadays)”, said Deborah. “I asked [Mr. Smith] about that and said we don’t give money to anybody”, said Deborah. “So you have come a few years ago homeless and gainfully employed”, said the Uncle, who added that his guest appeared on “national television”, which was not true, as she only appeared on a local version of “Praise the Lord” produced by an affiliate of the Trinity Broadcasting Network. “Don’t make me shout on your show!” said Deborah. “I think in two or three years now I’ll be on your show”, said the Uncle. “Gary wants to talk to you”, he said about the next caller. “All this bickering and yelling and screaming and here’s this lady who was homeless a few years ago”, said Gary. “You are absolutely, truly a wonderful woman today and I love you”, said the caller. “You’re going to make me cry on this radio show”, said Deborah. “You deserve it, you really do, and you’re not the only one”, Gary said about her new home. “There’s not enough adjectives to describe you and I am really jealous of this guy named (Dr. Byron) Scott having you”, said the caller. “Thank you very much for the phone call. People have this reaction to you because you know that story in the Bible where Jesus walks on the water”, said the Uncle. “A lot of people used the saying ‘to walk on over’ ”, the Uncle explained. “Here’s the thing though, I’ve been putting all that money into renting and renting and when you put your money into mortgage”, said Deborah, you have your own place. “It’s just crazy!” Deborah continued. “It’s the good kind of crying”, said the Uncle. “Let me tell you this, I’m just sitting there and brought my own black book”, said Deborah, who was “doodling, writing in this black book” somewhere. “I know some people don’t believe [in God], I know that, I understand that”, said Deborah before adding “that’s crazy”. “But nobody can do miracles like that and this is a miracle”, she said about her new house. “I want to invite everybody, I want everybody to see it”, said Deborah. “I’m late on a break”, our host informed his guest. “Uncle Henry Show continues and you stay right there”, he told Deborah seconds before the break for commercials. “I love you, Uncle”, said Deborah. After the break, “Uncle Henry Show continues. Telephone number is (251) 479-2723. A couple of more minutes here with Deborah Jones”, said the Uncle. “Let’s talk to Joe Abdullah”, he said to the next caller. “Hello there, Joe”, said Deborah. “Hello there, ‘Happiness Lady’ ”, said Joe, who believes our host has “the perfect format this morning because all your callers said ‘Roll Tide Roll”. “Now you are being mean in the presence of Deborah Jones”, said the Uncle, whose guest was laughing. “We are talking about the word ‘experience’ and you say ‘experience’ is a code word, so what does that mean?” the Uncle asked. “Henry, you don’t have to have any experience to be president in this country”, said Joe. “So why are you upset with the reasons people have when they say one guy is experienced”, the Uncle asked. “Exactly”, Deborah added. “All right, Joe, is there anything you’re willing to say to Miss Deborah?” the Uncle asked. “It doesn’t matter who becomes president”, said Joe. “Hey, have a happy Friday, Joe”, said the Uncle. “Are you going to be on TV anytime?” he asked Deborah. “No, I’ll be fishing”, said Deborah, who will also speaking at the Girl’s Wilderness Program in Baldwin County, east of Mobile Bay. “I believe I can help those girls”, said Deborah, who will also be speaking to the ladies of Penelope House, since “I’ve been there”, as she put it to describe one part of her life. “I think you’ll do a great job with that”, said the Uncle. “You just keep praying for me and you have a wonderful day”, said Deborah before mentioning her website From Sunshine to God Shine upon our host’s request along with her electronic mail address misshappiness@bellsouth.net. “I’d love to hear you”, said Deborah. “You have a great weekend”, said the Uncle. “Oh thank you, sir!” Deborah shouted in less than a second before the break for news, commercials, and station promotions.

“Uncle Henry Show continues here on NewsRadio 710. We have ‘Ask the Expert’ coming up at 10 o’clock, Rush Limbaugh at 11:00”, said the Uncle before speaking to caller David with a response to caller Freddie from the show’s 8 o’clock hour. “Let’s talk to George. Hello George”, said the Uncle. “I find your show very stimulating, very interesting this morning”, said George. “It’s full of stimulants”, said the Uncle. “I think every citizen will have a better understanding what the new world order is”, George predicts depending on the outcome of the presidential election. “When people say new world order, a lot of people have different meanings behind it, but I got to thinking about it yesterday”, said the Uncle. “There’s a new world order in Europe, they’ve got their European Union”, our host thought. “Let’s talk to Tim. Good morning, Tim!” said the Uncle. “Good morning, Uncle!” said Tim, also known as Sam Marston IV, who enjoyed our host’s guest before sharing what he heard in a “commercial” about a presidential candidate and his children’s one dollar allowances. “That sounds a bit cheap to me. Isn’t it about time to give them a dab gum raise”, said Tim, who said “dab gum” very frequently in past shows. “And the other commercial I heard was the KC-35 (tanker airplane), I thought the military was going to using that name temporarily”, said Tim, who hopes that name KC-30 doesn’t “come back to haunt them”. “If everybody wants a bike pass, I can organize the horsing committee”, said Tim, who wants WKRG-TV5’s investigative reporter Tiffany Craig to use a balloon or “that helicopter” in her “Putting It In Park” reports, even though the TV station no longer uses the helicopter Live Chopper 5. “That uses more fuel, that would defeat the purpose”, our host said about the helicopter. “But the balloon would not”, the Uncle continued “I noticed she was reaching the back of her britches when the police were there (with the mule and buggy)”, said Tim after seeing last night’s “Putting It In Park” report before suggesting “a dude ranch in the county”. “I wonder if you have to pick up the manure?” Tim asked. “That’s a wide variety of questions”, said the Uncle. “He’s referencing the Tiffany Craig ‘Putting It In Park’ report where you took a mule to work”, said the Uncle. “It certainly has my interest, I can’t imagine what’s next. Where do you go from the mule? Let’s talk to Chad—all right, lost Chad. Let’s talk to Steve. Hello Steve”, said the Uncle. “So Fridays in prison make you crazy, so what makes you crazy, Freddie?” Steve said sarcastically, which was continued with “it’s horrible here” in the USA. “Can you imagine if the press is fair and easy because these (presidential candidate) polls” are strewed, said Steve. “Let’s talk to Chad. Hello Chad, good morning”, said the Uncle. “You always play the Freddie alert when he calls and some of the these things he says are so crazy”, said Chad, who suggests “playing a clip of her (Deborah Jones) whenever Freddie calls and that would help us all out”. “We can just flip on ‘The Happiness Lady’ real quick”, said Chad. “It’s just like taking a antidote”, he said. After the break for commercials, “Uncle Henry Show continues. I want to tell Phil that you’ve done an excellent job today”, said the Uncle, who was speaking to the show’s substitute call screener. “Tremendous job. I don’t know where Trey Lane is. No one tells me where he is. Let’s talk to Stan. Hello Stan”, he said before the caller brought up what radio host Rush Limbaugh once said. “Ignorance is the most expensive luxury that Americans buy today”, Stan recalled. “I heard Rush talk about that”, said the Uncle. “Sometimes I think about one of the things I was brought up (raised to learn), what’s good for the goose is good for gander”, Stan said quickly before leaving us. “That is a standard in my life [is] what’s good for the goose is good for the gander then there needs to be a lot of explanation as to why the gander” has to be good, said the Uncle. “Freddie’s phone call really lit a fire under some people today”, said our next caller Mike, who “thought that was a good thing” for all those people to call in. “Let’s talk to Chuck. Hello there, Chuck”, he said to the next caller. “You’ve got to realize that in Israel there are a lot of duel citizens over there”, said Chuck. “I just wanted to inject that”, he said before our host questioned his citizenship status. “I’m not even a citizen of Prichard”, said Chuck before laughing. “Well there’s still plenty of time, there could be a nice island to go to and claim duel citizenship”, said the Uncle before his next caller mentioned Prichard Stadium in Prichard, Alabama. “That’s just like a house, nobody is guarding it”, said the caller. “Maybe we need to do the (presidential) debate on radio only”, said the Uncle, who believes national issues would only be discussed and not physical appearances. “And maybe we can get along on those circumstances”, he added. “And I want to encourage you to go to the website because we have two big contests going on”, said the Uncle, who promoted a contest with tickets to hear singers Faith Hill and Toby Keith. “And we have a big makeover contest”, said the Uncle. “Remember to pray, pray for others and when you’re in doubt of what to do you will find the answers within the pages of your Bible”, he reminded listeners near the end of the show. After one commercial, “This is NewsRadio 710 WNTM Mobile, Alabama”, said the Uncle, who was doing the station identification instead of the pre-recorded announcer who usually does it.

Today’s 9 o’clock hour gets a 6/10!

Notes of Interest:

Folks, tomorrow is the fifth anniversary of this weblog, which had its introductory post on a Saturday. Good day!

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“Uncle Henry Show continues”, said the Uncle before hesitating. “I tell you, we’ve heard conflicting views on this. We had the Osmonds say, ‘One bad apple doesn’t spoil the whole barrel’, yet the Bible says, ‘One bad apple spoils the whole bunch’ ”, said the Uncle before bringing to our attention a home invasion news story by WKRG-TV5. “My goodness, did you hear how this turned out, Trey Lane”, our host said to the show’s call screener. “She just took out her kitchen knife and went after the guy”, the Uncle continued. “I said my goodness, I say—I just hate the idea that people are going into people’s hours every hour”, said the Uncle. “It’s like the ‘Thunderdome’ ”, he said in comparison to a movie before speaking to caller Paul. “You sound 11 and not even 10 (on a scale)”, said Paul. “See, Bill, an 11”, said the Uncle as he reminded listeners how to call in. “We had a call earlier from Tim talking about numerous topics, numerous topics mished together”, said the Uncle. “Tim, there is a news story that I need to alert to you about watching reality shows. I don’t watch reality shows”, said the Uncle. “You do, Tim, and it could be dangerous for you”, he said before reading a news article concerning “The Truman Show Syndrome”. “35 to 54, this is your age group, Tim, and Trey Lane”, said the Uncle. “If you’ve got cable or satellite there are numerous religious channels you can tune into”, he suggested to Tim before speaking to caller Steve, who asked what became of the person carrying the knife in the news story described minutes ago. “I’m loving that, man”, said Steve, who is enjoying other folks “using the Steve method of driving people out” of the home. After the break for commercials, “Uncle Henry Show continues here on NewsRadio 710. (251) 479-2723 is the phone number, that’s 479-2723 or 1-888-360-WNTM”, said the Uncle before speaking to the next caller. After speaking to another caller, “Speaking of late night television, have you heard about (David) Letterman last night”, said the Uncle before mentioning the on-air speculation that G. W. Bush gets tried on war crimes. “That is something different to expert on your late night entertainment”, said the Uncle, who never used David Letterman’s first name and had no audio recording of what was said. “And the guy (Craig Ferguson) that comes on after Letterman, do you ever see the guy that comes on after Letterman? He’s better than Letterman”, said the Uncle. “Don’t look at me like that!” he shouted after noticing Trey Lane’s gesture before speaking to caller Gary. “So you’re saying that CBS is more communist than NBC?” the Uncle asked Gary. “All of them on CBS are just about all communists”, said Gary. “All right, well, point well, well stated. I—the NBC cable channel, I thought NBC was the leader of liberalism because of MSNBC” said the Uncle, who might look into the corporate structure of CBS to find any liberalism. “All right, out of time for today’s show. Thank you for listening”, said the Uncle. “I want to thank 90% of the callers for staying out of my personal life and celibacy”, he said before reminding listeners as usual to pray and read their Bible.

Today’s 9:30 AM half-hour gets a 4/10!

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“Uncle Henry Show continues here on NewsRadio 710. I would love that, to have someone out there with video, even if they didn’t need any video of their gator hunt. That’s a wonderful thing to have that gator hunt”, said the Uncle in response to a listener’s voice message before reminding listeners how to contact him by telephone and electronic mail. “On the Uncle Henry page we have a couple of really good articles”, said the Uncle before describing the two. “Also there is a story from the American Spectator, Quin Hillyer”, the Uncle continued. “Exciting reading, it’s all at the Uncle Henry page at NewsRadio710.com”, he said before mentioning last Friday’s Mobile City Council meeting following Thursday’s return of some city officials “wining and dining” at the Farnborough Air Show in England. “In a story written by Dan Murtaugh they could be going to a park today, a park that the Alabama Port Authority is going to build”, said the Uncle. “Why would you want kayak access? So you’re saying people would go to the park and park their kayak in a tributary”, he said to the show’s call screener Trey Lane shortly after summoning him for questioning. “Let me share with you something about my personal life that I never shared with you on the air. A glimpse in my life: I’m a very strong swimmer”, said the Uncle. “Having been raised on the Gulf”, he explained. “If I theoretically had a kayak to hang on to, that wouldn’t intimidate me”, said the Uncle. “So I’m theoretically intimidated here to say”, the Uncle concluded. “They are going to give the park to the city”, he also mentioned. “Where is this park?” Trey asked. “Near Brookley Field”, said the Uncle. “All right, Trey Lane, thank you for that. Even though he shared some light, all though argumentative”, said the Uncle as the call screener returned to his work post. “Let’s talk to Chad. Hello Chad, good morning”, he said to the first caller this hour. “So what’s the difference between a kayaker and a canoe?” the Uncle asked. “You have to ask someone else that”, said Chad after laughing. “The bottom of the kayak, you see, has one smooth curve”, said Chad. “I have a friend, you see, has a two-seater (kayak)”, said Chad, who believes the “newest latest hottest thing in fishing” is kayak fishing. “Have a good one, Henry”, he said before leaving us. “When I think of deep sea fishing, I think you’re catching something that you have to work (for)”, said the Uncle. “I apologize to the ladies”, said the Uncle before admitting that “kayak fishing, that sounds very nasty”. “Now where do you kayak?” he asked our next caller, who kayaks on the Dog River. “You are kind of close and personal there with the alligators”, said the caller before reminding listeners about their PFDs, which he did not identify as personal flotation devices. “It was just in the news yesterday that someone unfortunately lost his life out in the Bay”, said the caller. “Do you ever go out on the Bay or do you stick out to the stream?” the Uncle asked the caller. “I personally don’t go out fishing in the Gulf”, the caller answered. “I tend to stay in sheltered areas”, he concluded. “That is a very informative—the idea that people aged 60 are out there kayaking”, said the Uncle. “So this new park the City of Mobile is going to have out there at Brookley is going to be a boon to the elderly”, our host concluded before the break for commercials. After the break for commercials, “Uncle Henry Show continues here on NewsRadio 710”, said the Uncle. “Let’s talk to G-Man. Hello G-Man”, he said to the next caller. “Roll Tide Roll!” said G-Man. “Roll Tide Roll!” the Uncle responded to the Alabama Crimson Tide battle cry. “So we wake up today and find out they are building a park that is closer to downtown”, said G-Man. “It’s just funny that we have an existing city park that is very unusually being turned into a jewel across the Bay”, G-Man continued. “This is something the state docks is going to pay for”, said the Uncle. “Yeah, I understand that”, said G-Man before bringing to our attention public meetings on “the future of the City of Mobile”. “The citizens of the greater downtown Dog River area used to be considered part of Mobile”, said G-Man, who said they are “being left out”. “If I had six months of nothing to do and six months of extra money to spend”, said our next caller Steve, who would kayak for three or four months if he owned one. “I don’t even own a canoe”, Steve mentioned. “I think kayaks were invented as an Eskimo type of vessel”, Steve thought. “I don’t know if I would be intrepid enough. I’m not that strong of a swimmer”, Steve continued. “If you ever do take a week or two off, you can go above your stamina”, said the Uncle. “I used to swim on a swim team when I was a little kid”, said Steve, who recalls being told by his mama to “get out of the pool” after swimming back and forward. “And I’m agreeing with that guy that whenever you’re on a vessel you should always have your life jacket on”, said Steve. “Anyway, it’s got me pining for some outdoor activity”, said Steve before leaving us. “Very interesting, I didn’t realize the popularity of it”, said the Uncle before the break for news, commercials, and station promotions.

“Uncle Henry Show continues here on NewsRadio 710. Telephone number is (251) 479-2723, that’s 479-2723 or 1-888-360-WNTM. Very interesting phone calls about this—about this park”, said the Uncle. “They mention the park will allow kayakers to launch into the Bay!” he reminded listeners about the newspaper article. “He said the city might connect the park to a bike trail”, the Uncle learned from a quotation of Sam Jones, mayor of Mobile. “Let’s talk to Joe Abdullah. Hello Joe Abdullah”, he said to the next caller. “I’m not going to say, ‘Fold Tide fold’ ”, said Joe before asking our host why he was “shortening my call” yesterday. “It’s not censorship, it’s self-defense”, the Uncle responded. “Let’s talk to Patrick. Hello there, Patrick”, he said to the next caller. “Hey Henry, I hope you’re having a good day”, said Patrick. “My daddy used to say find out where the money is coming from and where the money is going”, Patrick remembers. “What kind of profit are you talking about?” the Uncle asked. “Mobile has the largest mafia family between New Orleans and New York for one thing”, Patrick responded. “The mafia family?” the Uncle asked. “You know what a mafia is”, said Patrick. “How come it’s not in Lagniappe?” the Uncle asked about the alternative newspaper pamphlet in Mobile. “How come people don’t talk about the mafia family?” he added to the questions. “All right, well look, Patrick, very interesting phone call”, said the Uncle. “I hate to think that I would be that far out of the loop after working in radio”, said the Uncle, and not hearing of the mafia family. “Trey Lane, have you heard of the mafia family?” he asked the show’s call screener, whose response was not said for listeners. “All right, thanks for that”, said the Uncle before the break for commercials. After the break, “Uncle Henry Show continues here on NewsRadio 710. 479-2723 is the number. Let’s talk to Glenn. Hello Glenn”, said the Uncle. “My wife and I have kayaked”, said Glenn, who believes “any possibility of that (park) is really neat” “What do you think the founding fathers would think of the national news media as it currently exists?” Glenn asked. “I don’t know, they would be pretty shocked”, according to the Uncle. “In the last 15 years, I knew we had technology before that”, said Glenn, who was referring to the Internet specifically. “They have been doing that for a long time”, Glenn continued. “I don’t think the human psyche was designed for all this constant barrage of bad news”, according to Glenn. “I don’t think human beings were made for that and that’s why we have all these problems in society”, he added. “Anyway, just a few thoughts”, said Glenn before leaving us. “I appreciate your thoughts”, said the Uncle before speaking to caller Chuck, who responded to previous caller Patrick’s mention of “the mafia”. “Anyway, like I said it’s hard to believe, I hate to believe it”, said Chuck. After the break, Trey Lane’s theme music was used as bumper music. “Uncle Henry Show continues here on NewsRadio 710. ‘Ask the Expert’ coming up in the next hour. Charlie Moss is going to be talking to someone from the Internal Revenue Service”, said the Uncle. “Why is Israel going to allow him into their country?” the next caller asked after specifying the fellow’s name. “They’re going to have to, whoever is going to be the next president of the United States”, said the Uncle. “We have Charlie Moss interrogating the Revenue Service”, he said while reminding listeners about this “rare opportunity” to speak with an IRS representative following his show. While promoting the Quin Hillyer article again, “Now Steve Nodine helped him with a dead possum”, said the Uncle for those interested in reading the article online. “Let’s talk to Mr. C. Hello Mr. C. Hello”, he said to the next caller.. “Hello, how are you?” Mr. C. asked. “It’s wonderful to hear from you, again”, said the Uncle, whose caller cannot hear him well due to the telephone. “Well, keep complaining I think”, said Mr. C. before sharing memories from his 88 years of life. “You remember ‘Machine Gun Kelley’?” Mr. C. asked our host before sharing the rest of the story. “I’ve got a lot of history in my past”, said Mr. C. “I hate to tell you that we’re at the end of the show, so we have to run”, said the Uncle. “I’m not going to go on to complain and I’m going to let you know that I’m listening”, said Mr. C. before leaving us.

Today’s 9 o’clock hour gets an 8/10!

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“Uncle Henry Show in progress. Another wonderful hour to count on the Uncle Henry Show. (251) 479-2723 is the number. That is 479-2723 or 479-2723”, said the Uncle. “Let’s talk to Bill. Hello there, Bill, good morning”, he said to the first caller this hour. “Henry, I hope you’re going on another alcohol/drug free day like me?” Bill asked without offense. “I don’t understand what you’re talking about marriage counseling. You’re either committed to marrying or not”, said the Uncle. “I think you’re kind of naive about life there, Henry. You need to get a grip there. That’s just the way life is, Henry”, said Bill. “A bribe is a bribe. If it doesn’t appear to be a bribe on top of that”, Bill continued, that’s just the way it is. “Didn’t really understand anything you said there”, said the Uncle as the “Freddie Alert System” sound effect blares. “It annoys Mario tremendously, it makes one of the podcast listeners’ dogs hound”, said the Uncle, who finds the alert “irrefutable”. “I wish I can get that Trey Lane accent to talk to you”, said Freddie, who enjoys hearing the show’s call screener. “You’re never going to agree with me. Why do we have to fight every time about Jimmy Carter?” the Uncle said later in Freddie’s call. “Are you calling the listeners of this show dogs?” the Uncle asked. “No sir”, said Freddie before acknowledging his doctor as a listener to the show. “I would call him silly sometimes, but I wouldn’t call him dumb”, said Freddie. “Freddie, you’ve gone over so many topics and you’ve been wrong every step of the way”, said the Uncle. “Maybe we can get someone that can actually say something correct”, he said before speaking to caller Joe Abdullah, who was laughing before saying his only on-air words today, “Fold Tide fold”. “I’m not going to do this ‘fold Tide fold’, none of that”, said the Uncle, who compared this to toilet paper in his yard and pies thrown in the face. “Let’s talk to Steve. Hello Steve”, he said to the next caller, who found intellect and wit in the last two callers. “I think it’s an effort to make me lose my mind”, said the Uncle. “They deliberately want me to lose my cool”, the Uncle continued before Steve shared something “positive” about the movie “The Bucket List”. “I have not heard of that”, said the Uncle before Steve gave “a brief synopsis” of the movie. “It was really good, it made get up out of my chair and clap”, said Steve. “ ‘The Bucket List’. Uncle Henry Show continues here on NewsRadio 710”, said the Uncle before the break for commercials. After the break, “Uncle Henry Show continues here on NewsRadio 710. Let’s talk to John. Hello there, John”, said the Uncle. “Roll Tide”, said John. “Roll Tide Roll”, the Uncle responded. “Let me get to something political”, said John before sharing his thoughts about the Congress of the USA and a candidate for the presidency of the USA. “Let’s talk to Tom. Hello Tom”, said the Uncle. “Good morning, sir”, he added. “I have an observation. From last Thursday, I don’t know if you listen to ‘The Rush Limbaugh Show’ ”, said Tom as he gets to the guest host who mentioned the tanker airplane competition. “I don’t know if Limbaugh goes over what his guest host is going to talk about”, said Tom. “I know that Dr. (Michael) ‘Savage’ was in favor of Boeing”, Tom mentioned. After asking for live calls in response to the aforementioned “The Savage Nation” comments in the past, “I want to thank you for being that live talk. He was talking about a Limbaugh guest host this past Thursday. I don’t remember the man’s name, but he’s some sort of writer”, said the Uncle, who received a lot of voice messages in response to the comments. “You know, Bill is a very deep thinker”, said our next caller Jim the Tax Man, who specified the caller’s analysis of the word “bribe”. “Bill, I have a spot reserved for Bill because he is a very deep thinker”, said Jim before leaving us. “That didn’t mean I disagreed with him”, our host said about his misunderstanding of Bill’s call, “that means that I didn’t have the intellectual [process] at that moment”.

“Uncle Henry Show continues here on NewsRadio 710. If Tim (Sam Marston IV) is an unmarried man, I don’t know how old you are, 26 or 27-year-old”, said the Uncle, who believes the fellow can allocate his own money to pay for a steak to give to another listener. “Let’s talk to Chris. Hello Chris”, said the Uncle. “Why do people get so wound up over sports?” Chris asked before specifying jokes. “No one here or in the caller’s base is complacent is because of government”, said the Uncle. “No one seems to take action on anything”, said Chris. “Have a nice day”, he said before leaving us. “I don’t know what kind of life you live or what people you encounter, but I’m going to make a terrible assumption on this, I apologize”, said the Uncle. “But I assume that you’re young”, the Uncle continued. “People my age support the candidates of their choice”, he said. “There is not much you can do unless you are willing to march in the streets”, said the Uncle. “Many of us have been upset for many, many years at the direction our country is taking”, said the Uncle. “Your business owners, your home owners in the United States are very [active] and don’t just sit around”, he said before speaking to caller Tim. “Do you want this ‘Little Rascal’ ”, the caller asked our host, who could not accept the unspecified item, but mentioned that his family might give him “a ‘Little Rascal’ ” for Christmas. Before taking a break for commercials, “(251) 479-2723 is the phone number on the Uncle Henry Show”, said the Uncle. After the break, a version of “The Pink Panther” theme was used as bumper music. “Uncle Henry Show continues here on NewsRadio 710 and Freddie if you’re still listening, the NBC 15 (WPMI-TV) did a report on the city’s trip to the (Farnborough) air show and they said the tax payers paid for it”, said the Uncle, who doesn’t know where that caller got his information. “Let’s talk to John. Hello John”, he said to the next caller. “I enjoyed that detailed report. I was wondering if Tim was going say how they lose our stuff (at the airport)”, said John. “I say there must be a germ problem in the schools”, said John as he goes over a “wish list” for the upcoming school year. “I guess learning is a germy business now”, the caller supposed before going over a reading list. “I am familiar with ‘Eating Fried Worms’ and ‘Holes’ ”, said the Uncle. “I guess those are enlightening”, said John. “If you’re wearing skirts, you’re suppose to be wearing shorts”, the caller has learned. “Oh yeah, you have be wearing white blouses underneath your uniform shirt”, John added. “And girls, young ladies, you’re not suppose to be wearing hair colors”, John continued. “We’ve got money to be funding England, jolly old England”, he said before leaving us. “I don’t know why is a Mohawk hairstyle prohibitive?” our host asked before speaking to caller Jim, who referred to WKRG-TV5 as “NBC Channel 5” while bringing up a TV news report about Fredrick Richardson of the Mobile City Council. “Well Henry, he’s doing a horrible job of representing. I’m sure if he wanted to represent part of the city, I’m sure he would be representing better”, said Jim. “He’s got to represent”, Jim continued. “You’ve got to let a man represent”, he added before leaving us. “Good show”, said our next caller. “When I had to work, I’ve got to work alcohol free”, said the caller. “Wouldn’t that be great to look at all the receipts turned in? Wouldn’t that be great? We’ve got to get Tiffany Craig off this riding her bicycle to work deal”, said the Uncle, who wants the TV5 reporter to investigate the receipts of officials for the City of Mobile. “All right, out of time for today’s show”, said the Uncle before reminding listeners to pray and read their Bible.

Today’s 9 o’clock hour gets a 7/10!

“Steamy” – TV5 meteorologist John Nodar

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“All right, Uncle Henry Show continuing here on NewsRadio 710”, said the Uncle, who “will try to retrieve” a deleted voice message by the end of the hour. “The toll free number, Harbor Communications hotline number is 1-888-360-WNTM”, said the Uncle, along with the local call-in telephone number (251) 479-2723. “I don’t know why Batman has become the topic of the week”, our host admitted before bringing to our attention in a mocking tone of voice a report featured on “The CBS Evening News”. “Why on the news?” he asked. “Am I not seeing it everywhere else? It’s everywhere else”, the Uncle continued. “I went to buy a Reese’s Peanut Butter cup and it’s a shaped like a bat. They are marketing through my treats”, said the Uncle, who is “very angry with this movie” after a listener’s “review” of the movie arrived via voice message. “K. P., I want to thank you so much for phoning this in and giving me a head’s up”, he said before playing the listener’s recorded message. “All right, so the new Batman is so disturbing, according to K. P, so disturbing that a kid under 13 shouldn’t see it”, said the Uncle, who wants K. P. to send him images explaining why the movie is disturbing. “Batman, which is owned by Warner Bros., which owns just about everything media wise”, said the Uncle. “The brand of Batman is not marketed to people like you and me, it’s marketed to kids”, the Uncle continued. “My grandson for several years owned Batman underpants”, he recalls. “So they spend all their times and resources marketing to children the brand, the toys. They don’t spend a lot of time marketing to adults”, said the Uncle, who used a power wash for example of what to used in such marketing. “They want do that, they’re not marketing to me, they’re marketing it to the little kids”, said the Uncle. “That is a slap in the face, in my opinion, to market something for years and years” prior to a disturbing movie, said the Uncle. “They’re all going to be upset that they can’t go after being marketed Batman for years”, our host predicts one possibility. “Or you can have parents take them and have their lives traumatized by it. It’s the new serious Batman. It is serious”, said the Uncle, whose mocking tone of voice returned. “It’s the stupidest looking Batman ever!” said the Uncle after seeing what appeared to be a “rubber head” on the character’s body. “How can it be serious if Batman looks like a moron?” our host asked. “It’s the silliest, stupidest thing that can ever be”, he added. “The Batman, the whole thing, don’t tell it’s the new serious Batman”, said the Uncle. “The grandson is either going to be mentally deranged and traumatized”, according to the Uncle, or angry. “Thank you so much for calling in. Now please explain to me why this is disturbing”, he said to this hour’s first caller K. P. “I’ll tell you, Heath Ledger plays a very scary psychotic Joker”, said K. P. “If I had seen this Batman movie at the same age, I would have them lock me up”, said K. P. after recalling a disturbing movie he watched as a child. “If you’re over the age of 13, it would be a great movie to see”, said K. P., who suggested viewing the movie on video for anyone else. “So this is more graphic than ‘CSI’. So the Two Face guy looks really nasty looking”, said the Uncle. “Let’s talk to Burt. Hello Burt”, he said to the next caller. “I’m not surprised at all what I see on TV like Nickelodeon and all the way to PG-13 movies”, said Burt, as “it’s all degraded”. “It’s disturbing but it’s not all surprising anymore”, said Burt. “Point well taken!” said the Uncle. “Thank you, sir”, said Burt before leaving us. “I just can’t believe that after the marketing for that brand of what this is, and you know what, when you go to the toy section of any store there is always going to be a Batman something”, said the Uncle. After the break for commercials and a couple of voice messages, “Uncle Henry Show continues here on NewsRadio 710. Before I got—before we get to the phones, first I just want to ask Trey Lane a question. He is much more intelligent on popular culture than me”, said the Uncle as the call screener’s theme music plays. “Have you ever done anything like that?” our host asked Trey about dressing up as the Joker to watch “The Dark Knight” in a movie theater. “No, I would never do anything like that”, said Trey. “It’s stupid, you can’t do that”, he added. “If I want to see something two hours long, it’s going to have to be a football game”, said the Uncle. As Trey Lane returned to his work post, “Let’s go to the telephones. Let’s talk to Mark. Hello Mark”, said the Uncle. “Is Trey Lane making chicory coffee again because he’s really bouncing off the wall”, said Mark before “switching gears” on our host, though he hated to do it. “Let me tell you something, I applaud you”, said the Uncle in 100% agreement with Mark. “It’s not just the bureaucrats, it’s all the businesses on the Gulf Coast”, said the Uncle. “All these people, they stop working at noon on Fridays!” he said. “I wish that we had that kind of society where people would put in 100% effort but I’ve talked about it for years now. It’s my experience that people come in on Monday and people do much on Monday and then comes Friday”, said the Uncle before concluding that more work is done on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

“Uncle Henry Show continues. Let’s talk to Jim. Hello Jim”, said the Uncle. “I haven’t been to a movie in 14 years”, said Jim, whose last movie was based on “Star Trek: The Next Generation”. “Which Star Trek was it?” the Uncle asked. “It depends on which ‘Star Trek’ came out in 1994”, said Jim before referring to “the bald headed guy”. “I don’t rent movies, I don’t ever want to be in movies, I don’t even have cable television”, said Jim. “That is quite a feat to be able to isolate yourself from all that media. That is an outstanding thing you’re doing”, said the Uncle. “Let’s talk to another Jim”, he said to the next caller, who our host if he was driving on the Bay Way across Mobile Bay this morning. “I used the Bay Way this morning”, said the Uncle. “Did you happen to see that moon this morning?” Jim asked. “It’s 10 minutes after 4:00 when I’m on the Bay Way”, said the Uncle, who did not see a “blue” colored moon this morning. “Let’s talk to Mary. Hello Mary, good morning”, said the Uncle. “I guess it’s a good morning, it’s kind of disgusting in so many ways”, said Mary before questioning an overseas trip by a candidate for the presidency of the USA. “I was just curious yesterday and I don’t want to watch Katie Couric, Brian Williams or any of the other stations anymore”, said Mary. “Let’s talk to Paul. Hello Paul”, said the Uncle. “I live in the west part of town in the Airport area”, said Paul before sharing the story of a recent visit to a CVS/Pharmacy. “Thank you for the update on the 24-hour drug store. I didn’t notice that”, said the Uncle. “Once it gets past a certain hour, you’re not going to get a drug prescription anywhere”, he said before the break for commercials. After the break and a voice message, our host responded. “Uncle Henry Show. I don’t know what to say about that. Are you sure you were talking to the doctor and not some other patient? Hello? Jim? Well, he’s not there. Let’s talk to Steve. Hello Steve”, said the Uncle. “I have a friend who lives near the golf course area”, said Steve. “The bus actually doesn’t go over to the hospital”, Steve continued. “These people actually have to walk to go over to the hospital”, said Steve. “This particular fellow I know has been put through this. He’s a walker”, said Steve, whose friend was on his way “to an orthopedic appointment”. “I agree with you that this—if you’re going to have a service like this you wouldn’t want people to walk half a mile to the hospital”, said the Uncle before speaking to caller Tim, known to others as Sam Marston IV. “I figure that I wouldn’t call in because (Steve) Nodine would be there. Is he asleep or something?” said Tim, though the Mobile County commissioner was never scheduled for today’s show. “I’ll see if I can get him on the phone if you’d like”, said the Uncle. “Is someone blowing a horn at you?” our host asked the caller. “Yes”, Tim answered. “I went to Dollar General and I left my stuff on the counter and went back in”, said Tim. “I even started being a Dollar General greeter because that is how much I like the elderly”, Tim admitted. “Let’s talk to Karen. Hello Karen”, said the Uncle. “I have laryngitis right now”, said Karen, who agrees with our host speaking about his grandson earlier. “All right, thank you very much, Karen”, said the Uncle. “You have a blessed day”, said Karen. “You have a blessed day, too”, said the Uncle before the next caller. “You want me to look for some Dusty Rows music?” the Uncle asked the caller. “I have used some organ music on a timely basis”, said the Uncle, though he doesn’t have any Dusty Rows music at the caller’s request. After the final break for today and a voice message, “All right, you know, I agree with you with confusion on this”, said the Uncle. “You’re going to see someone fire a gun near a Nigerian oil well and the price of oil goes up in Mobile, Alabama”, said the Uncle. “Look, out of time for today”, he realized 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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“Well, you missed something. Chris, thank you for the phone call. The race track—almost a month ago they had a public meeting”, said the Uncle in response to a listener’s voice message. “They are looking at a start up for construction in the fall, so if you do an Internet search, just put in ‘Alabama Motorsports’ ”, he said before speaking to caller Norman. “I’m been busy, I’ve been working, I’ve been all over the place”, said Norman. “I’m glad you don’t have a schedule, I’m glad you work a game plan”, said the Uncle. “I was listening to ‘The Wall Street Journal This Morning’, which is a show that comes on before the Uncle Henry Show”, said the Uncle, who believes the radio program is the best business show he’s ever heard. “It really integrates all the what is going in the world of business, how it relates to you and your daily life”, he said before describing a recent program. “They mentioned the career of the locksmith, saying there are a lot of new opportunities in the world of the locksmith”, said the Uncle. “I never heard the profession of the locksmith as a top job. I guess there is always—people are going to find an opportunity somewhere”, the Uncle continued. “(251) 479-2723 is the number”, he reminded listeners how to call in during the show. “So Norman if you are still looking for some employment, you might want to look into house painting”, he suggested before the break for commercials. After the break and a voice message, “Uncle Henry Show continues here on NewsRadio 710. You know, I was [just] thinking of that, lady”, said the Uncle in response to the recorded message. “They have someone (at Lagniappe) writing a local horoscope in there every two weeks and in my opinion that is a religious article and to me that is demonic”, said the Uncle. “I know you’re saying, ‘Oh, Uncle Henry, that is not true!” he said playing the role of the listener again. “And that is just my opinion, I realize that you do not believe that, thinking that you’re someone that can look at a star or a planet and figure out what kind of a mood you’re going to believe in”, according to our host. “Trey Lane has not written any names up here. I wonder what he is doing up there”, said the Uncle before speaking to the unidentified caller. “I thought four dollars a gallon was going to send people into turmoil and chaos”, said the Uncle, who was referring to gasoline. “I think it’s going to take four dollars and fifty cents a gallon to affect those (wealthier) people”, our host predicts. “I’m really excited, I’m going to be a first time voter this November”, said the caller. “I’m glad there are many 18-year-olds listening to this show”, said the Uncle after the caller left us. “Start saving money now, kid”, said the Uncle, who admits that he doesn’t know what 18-year-old folks buy after assuming comic books and six packs of beer, which is realized would be illegal in this caller’s case. “Whatever you do in your life, make it a habit to save that money”, said the Uncle before the next caller. “Hello there. Sorry, sir, my call screener has stopped screening calls”, said the Uncle before identifying the caller as Jim. After the break and a voice message, “Uncle Henry Show continues here on NewsRadio 710. We have ‘Ask the Expert’ coming up in the 10 o’clock hour with Saad Medical”, said the Uncle as he promoted other radio programs on his station. “By the way, Michael Savage, his coverage of the banks story is well done”, he mentioned in his promotion of “The Savage Nation”. “It is an all live line up of talk”, he reminded listeners before mentioning the overnight radio program “Coast to Coast AM”. “As I was getting into my car to make my trek in and the first thing I heard as I was coming into 710 (AM)”, said the Uncle, was the a ghost in the family of one “Coast to Coast AM” caller. “Maybe we can do a best of Rush overnight”, our host suggested before speaking to caller Zach, who was identified by Trey Lane. “There may be a perfectly good reason that the food stamp card is being used to buy $20 cake and you say you have no idea what’s going on down there”, said the Uncle after Zach left us. “Maybe a loved one came home from the war and they say they want to give them a $22 cake. You just ever know. You know that I’m funny about this stuff. People will spend a lot of money on cake. I’m satisfied with a box of Little Debbies”, the Uncle continued. “Running out of time for the show. If you still want to discuss something, you can call my voice mail”, said the Uncle. “There have been some people with mental problems, some emotional problems” calling in, our host mentioned among the voice message callers. “The weather today’s looking very nice”, he observed. “We have ‘Ask the Expert’ coming up after the news, the news is next”, said the Uncle. “Remember to pray, pray for others, and when you’re in doubt of what to do, read your Bible”, he reminded listeners at the end of the show.

Today’s 9:30 AM half-hour gets a 7/10!

Note of Interest:

Folks, due to an illness I was unable to hear yesterday’s show with “the Lagniappe crew” promoting their alternative newspaper in the 9 o’clock hour. Good day!

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“Uncle Henry Show continues here on NewsRadio 710 and I agree with you, L. B. I cannot stand to be on that road you’re talking about”, said the Uncle after an angry voice message. “Invariably there is someone that is unable to figure that (sign) out. They just sit there and turn”, said the Uncle, who felt compelled to get out of his automobile and talk to the driver in front of the sign. “I was afraid that I’d get shot, so I did not do it”, he said before reminding listeners how to call in during the show, but first an announcement of a presidential news conference. “His first full blown news conference since April will take place this hour”, said the Uncle, who might “at least get the opening remarks” along with a couple of questions from reporters. “Just because I get the president on doesn’t mean you get to walk out!” our host shouted to call screener Trey Lane, whom he believes may be on his last workday this week. “There is a ‘podcast’ listener that complains that the alert system frightens her dog”, said the Uncle, who believes the “Freddie Alert System” sound effect currently in use “is proven to alert the listener”. “Listen here, Freddie, I know you hate for me to interrupt your phone call with actual conversation”, said the Uncle. “Mr. Clinton just left that man with so much money and he just squandered it”, said Freddie. As the caller discussed banking, “Now you’re going back to Hurricane Fredric”, said the Uncle before realizing he misunderstood. “Oh, you’re bringing up Hurricane Katrina, you went from ‘Fredric’ to ‘Katrina’ ”, said the Uncle. “I guess your point is that life is horrible in the United States, it’s horrible and it’s Bush’s fault?” he asked Freddie. “Freddie, please make your final point”, the Uncle requested. “You have a great day, Uncle Henry”, said Freddie before leaving us. “My goodness!” said the Uncle, who suggests that Freddie “calls at the beginning and the end” of the show. “Let’s talk to Robert. Hello Robert”, said the Uncle. “Thank you for that Freddie warning before the call. My head was spinning”, said Robert. “I live in the midtown section and I am able to vote in the school board runoff with Mr. (Levon) Manzie and Mr. (Fleet) Belle and I remember that I voted republican in the June primaries”, said Robert, who decided “to pull to a local ‘Operation Chaos’ ” by voting for Levon Manzie. “As a voter, you have that right”, said the Uncle. “Creating chaos in the democrat party using republican voters, I thought that was a very interesting thing to do”, said Robert. “Thank you, Mr. Henry”, he said before leaving us. “Thank you, Mr. Robert”, said the Uncle, who believes “Operation Chaos was the funniest Rush Limbaugh” segment ever in the 20-year-history of that radio host’s show. “I think Freddie and I was raised together in Pratville, Alabama”, said our next caller, who agreed with Freddie 100%. “I know you can’t stand that Henry’s verbal abuse”, he said before leaving us. After the break for commercials, “Uncle Henry Show continues. Now we have the president. We are going to listen—I don’t know if we’re going to carry the questions, but we are going to carry the opening remarks from the president”, said the Uncle before the live audio was carried until the last minute of the half-hour. “All right, we have news next. After the news, more show on the Uncle Henry Show”, said the Uncle. “News time is 9:30”, he said before the break for news, commercials, and station promotions.

Second half-hour begins with a voice message and our host’s immediate response. “Very good! Uncle Henry Show continues. Let’s talk to Tim. Hello there, Tim”, said the Uncle. “Good morning, Uncle Henry”, said Tim, who is not the frequent caller also named Tim, whose true name is Sam Marston IV. “You’re the only conservative democrat really in the south, really”, said the Uncle. “No”, said Tim, who believes “conservative democrats are coming back”. “The only way you can have a conservative candidate is to come over to the party and support them or go on in life and complain about it”, according to Tim. “All right, well, thank you”, said the Uncle. “It will be very difficult for you. An uphill battle for you, none the less”, he said before speaking to caller Dilly. “We’re going to check in with our professional musician who will be leaving the Uncle Henry Show and you are leaving tomorrow because of another trip out to Dr. Byron Scott”, said the Uncle, who figured from “knowing you” that Trey Lane would be off the rest of the week. “Ah, too bad, I know you were looking forward to your time off”, said the Uncle before bringing to our attention yet another song by frequent voice message caller and songwriter “Neocon Ron”. “Some listeners like that lady (Dilly) who just called might want to tune out”, said the Uncle, as this song is based on the rock ‘n’ roll music “from the ’96-1 The Rocket’ (WRKH-FM) library”. “Don’t you dare, Trey Lane! I am pointing my index finger at Trey Lane”, said the Uncle, who doesn’t want the call screener using any substitutes for the lyrics such as “smut”. After the song ended, “Ah, now, first of all you play that (music) on ‘The Rocket’ ”, said the Uncle. “They use the word ‘classic’ in front of that!” he said. “It made me want to jump out a window. I felt like bees were flying in my head”, said the Uncle. “Well, I felt a little disappointed”, said Trey. “Oh really?” the Uncle responded. “A temperance of the language”, Trey explained. “You wanted him to use a real word?” said the Uncle. “I was only 51% (sure) about putting that one on”, he admitted. “Other than that, it was great”, Trey added to his analysis. “All right, Trey Lane, best to you and your trip to Dr. Scott”, said the Uncle as Trey returned to his call screening. Before the break for commercials, “And you say, ‘Uncle Henry, that was the most disturbing three minutes of radio in many years playing Jesse Jackson”, said the Uncle in the role of a listener. After the break, “Uncle Henry Show continues here on NewsRadio 710. Let’s talk to Rod. Hello Rod, good morning”, said the Uncle, who recently played the caller’s song recorded in a voice message. “Yeah, I kind of sat down and wrote that one”, said Rod. “I wanted to congratulate you something the other day”, said Rod as he reminded our host about a racial topic discussed recently. “I wanted to congratulate you on hitting the nail on the head on that one”, said Rod, who is “sitting around in the yard” listening to the show. “Let’s talk to Mary. Hello Mary, good morning. Hello Mary”, said the Uncle. “Nobody got my name. How did you get my name?” said Mary, who claims nobody spoke to her as she called in. “Trey Lane got your name”, said the Uncle before the caller summarized a letter to the editor of the Press-Register. “Well, I’d thought I’d like to share that this morning. Sound and broad”, said Mary before leaving us. “Uncle Henry Show concluding with our next segment”, said the Uncle before the break. After the final break for today and a voice message, “Thank you very much for that. You know, I did read that”, said the Uncle, who used the recorded message to promote tomorrow’s guests from the alternative newspaper Lagniappe, or “the Lagniappe crew”. “They are coming up with the new edition of Lagniappe. The Nappie Awards are coming up”, the Uncle continued. “It was just a well done (cover) story. I remember the trial, but I have forgotten how he ended up (dead)”, said the Uncle, who “literally spit up Kool-Aid” when he came to the article’s conclusion. “I don’t see teenagers with underdeveloped brains driving around like they used to”, said our next caller. “So I’m hoping gasoline gets up to around $6.00 a gallon”, said the caller. “I don’t see that many cars around here. I think it’s a great thing, Uncle Henry”, he said. “I guess you’re in the minority on that”, said the Uncle. “If it keeps teenagers off the road, that is a wonderful thing”, he said before promoting the local radio program “Ask the Expert” and its guest from Head’s Heating & Air.

Today’s 9 o’clock hour gets a 4/10!

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“Uncle Henry Show in progress on this wonderful Monday. What a wonderful, wonderful Monday! Telephone number is (251) 479-2723”, said the Uncle “Kind of a thin paper, if you know what I’m talking about, but their round up—their round up of federal cases”, he said as he looks at reported crimes. “Those are just slice of life stories, you know things have changed we have the new technology that keeps progressing”, said the Uncle. “When it comes to robbing a bank, they are still doing the same thing they’ve been doing: they’re writing notes”, the Uncle continued. “I’m glad that we’re able to get them within 15 minutes”, he said before reminding listeners how to contact him by telephone and electronic mail. “When you go to the website, I want to say that I have no control over the things they put over my image or the advertisements they put around my page”, said the Uncle. “Let’s talk to Melinda. Hello there, Melinda”, he said to this hour’s first caller. “Hello there, Melinda—I mean hello [there], Uncle Henry. That’s me”, said Melinda. “I appreciate your comments and I’m still listening”, she said before leaving us. “Many, many years a waste of time because I couldn’t forgive the people I couldn’t forgive and eventually I could forgive all of them”, said the Uncle. “I don’t want to go back on my forgiveness”, he said as call screener Trey Lane’s theme music plays to summon him for analysis to a news article. “Not only are you a professional musician, but you also work at ‘96-1 The Rocket’ (WRKH-FM)”, said the Uncle, whose call screener works midnight and Saturday evening shifts on that station “on the FM dial”. “So you play the music like the Lynard Skynard and Molly Hatchet”, he reminded Trey before bringing our attention “a laser light story in Russia” in relation to a “flash back concert” planned for Mobile’s Civic Center. “For people who didn’t read that story, what will they hear when they go to this concert at the Civic Center in downtown Mobile?” the Uncle asked Trey. “So it’s not the original musicians”, our host learned. As our said ‘raver’ without finishing the news headline, Trey laughed at what may be his on-air use of the word. “The headline, ‘Ravers Lose Sight at Russian Laser Show’ ”, said the Uncle, causing the call screener to laugh again. “I don’t mean to sound bad about Russia, but they are not known for the best technology”, said the Uncle, who used Russian automobiles for example. “For anything technical, you are not going to get the best in Russia”, the Uncle continued. “The people involved in this say the blame goes in part” to the technicians “who didn’t know what they were doing”. “The say the technicians were too dumb to use laser lights”, the Uncle interpreted the news article. As Trey Lane returned to his call screening post, “I have another thing I want to ask him later this hour. Can you imagine that going to a concert in Russia and getting permanent damage?” the Uncle asked. “I love staying home on the weekend and knowing that I’m not missing a thing”, he admitted before the break for commercials, including a live commercial for Hall’s Meats. “Uncle Henry Show brought to you in part by Hall’s Meats, delicious Hall’s Meats”, said the Uncle, who encouraged listeners to imagine the sizzling of the popular meat product from Chickasaw, Alabama. “Are you hungry now?” he asked listeners. After the break and a voice message, our host responded. “Yes, I’ll have to admit that in my neighborhood there is not someone compressing natural gas or anything like that and I don’t want to offend my neighbors that they are not able to intellectually handle that”, said the Uncle. “In the 6 o’clock hour there was a news story out about how researchers are claiming that sugary snacks are helping children concentrate”, said the Uncle. “So I did an experiment, I’ve been drinking coffee with sweetener during my radio broadcasts over the past 20 years”, said the Uncle, who used sugar in his coffee for the first time today. “And I want to admit that by 7:30 that I did not feel any different, but between 7:30 and 8:30 I felt like I wanted to go roller skating and now by 9:30 I feel like I’m back to normal”, said the Uncle, who doesn’t feel stronger intellectually. “We knew all of this before we had this story, I think. We don’t need any of these stories to put all these Coke machines in and back”, said the Uncle. “I think mankind will do fine without all these stories”, he said before speaking to caller Bill. “I was listening to that fellow about the compressed gas” used by truck drivers going at “phenomenal” rates, said Bill. “So they’re running a secret fueling operation. Is that amazing?” said the Uncle. “Well isn’t it dangerous?” the Uncle asked Bill. “No”, Bill answered before reminding him about the fuel practice against the law due to the taxes involved. “What a great call, exciting call! A scoop from Robertsdale!” said the Uncle before the break for news, commercials and station promotions.

“You must be kidding, right?” the Uncle asked the voice message caller without greeting listeners again. “There is no way that I’m ever going to watch a movie named ‘Hellboy’ ”, said the Uncle. “That is one symptom of a degenerate mind inventing something named ‘Hellboy’ ”, he said before speaking to another caller named Bill. “Have you ever been through a rest home, Henry, and walked through it and seen what’s going on”, Bill asked. “You are discriminating against the elderly”, the Uncle accused the caller. “That is ageism, that is an ageism thing”, the Uncle continued. “Don’t try to hang on and hang on and hang on, just let it go”, said Bill. “I love you as you love me, but you are wrong”, said the Uncle. “It is against the law! You need to look at the capabilities of the person (employee) and not the number”, the Uncle continued. “I am tired of elderly people being kicked on and joked on”, he admitted. “I’m going to organize a bunch of these baby boomers right now getting Social Security”, said the Uncle. “If you participate in any of the other isms you are a terrible person”, the Uncle continued. “One day you’re going to be old Bill”, he reminded the previous caller before speaking to his next caller Chuck. “You’re against age discrimination, but what about smokers?” said Chuck. “There’s one thing worse than being a smoker is being an old smoker”, according to Chuck. “You’d be amazed that there were a lot of people who saved this world who are smokers”, said Chuck after suggesting to our host looks up these folks on the search engine Google, though he used the name “Google” as a verb. “I guess you can ‘google’ anything can you, just as smokers”, said the Uncle. “Uncle Henry Show continues”, he said before the break for commercials. After the break and a voice message, “Uncle Henry Show continues”, said the Uncle. As the song “Mr. Roboto” plays in the background, “Remember that Trey Lane? So that’s—you’re praising this group and right now they’re putting these people (musicians) right by my name”, said the Uncle before speaker to caller Susan, who suggested having gasoline prices on the radio station, since WKRG-TV5 and WPMI-TV mention them based on websites. “We don’t have a computer and I’m sure there are other elderly people that don’t have a computer”, said Susan. “Maybe we can have him (Trey Lane) do a gas price check every day, by five minutes intermittently on this show”, said the Uncle. “I don’t know if I can trust this website”, he said while looking at one unidentified website. “The prices they got here are too low. Let’s talk to Jane. Hello Jane”, said the Uncle before the caller made a suggestion for parents of students to save gasoline. “Well, it all depends on whether it would be difficult for the parent to get their child out (of school) two hours earlier”, said the Uncle. “What would you do on that fifth day when the parent has to work”, he asked before suggesting a sitter or relative to take care of the children. “I don’t know what other parents would do with their kids if they had a day off”, said Jane. “At least try”, she added. “Thank you for asking that question”, said the Uncle, who is unsure as “it’s been years since I had any school age children”. “Let’s talk to Gale. Hello Gale”, he said to the next caller. “You’ve been talking about age discrimination?” Gale asked. “On my next (job) application, I’m not putting my age on there”, she said. “I bet there is rampant age discrimination and no one pursues it”, said the Uncle. “If I get a whiff of age discrimination”, said the Uncle, “I’m going after you”. After the break, “Uncle Henry Show continues here on NewsRadio 710. Let’s talk to Stan. Hello Stan”, said the Uncle. “Hello Uncle Henry. How are you doing there today?” said Stan, who believes age, race, and gender are not required on a job application. “It is an encroachment of what—according to the feds, your civil rights”, Stan explained. “Thank you very much for that, Stan. Elderly people, stand up for your rights”, said the Uncle. “They can’t sue you if they ask for your age”, said our next caller Jim. “Look, I’m conservative as everyone else, but there are some children that are a fifth away from their school”, said Jim. “There are a lot of schools that don’t have sidewalks”, said the Uncle. “If we have to provide a lot of young children with free lunch because their parents can’t afford [it], you know that’s going to go to bus costs”, said the Uncle. “You have to know their age on the application”, said Jim, who used the age 14 for example. “Just make sure you’re of legal age”, he added. “I’ll be in touch with AARP on this”, said the Uncle. “It is against the law to discriminate on a job because they might be too old”, he reminded listeners. “The Uncle Henry page all ready been updated this morning”, said the Uncle. “Got a great gasoline chart”, he mentioned among the updates. “Let’s talk to Helen. Hello there, Helen”, he said to the next caller. “I just want to comment that I know a lot of people in their 90s who have great minds”, said Helen. “Thank you Uncle Henry and Roll Tide”, she said before leaving us. “Out of time for today’s Uncle Henry Show. We have ‘Ask the Expert’ coming up”, said the Uncle. “I think Rush (Limbaugh) will be back”, said the Uncle, who recalled the radio talk show host having “a dental episode” last Friday before promoting some of the other radio programs on his station, though he said “The Michael Reagan Show” while he really meant “The Michael Savage Show”.

Today’s 9 o’clock hour gets a 7/10!

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“Uncle Henry Show continues here on NewsRadio 710. A beautiful morning, fair skies, 83 degrees!” said the Uncle before reminding listeners how to call in. “All right, is this Jay?” he asked the caller. “Hey, Uncle Henry”, said Jay, who was on hold since the previous break. “I love it when you bring up a litany of cowboys”, said the Uncle. “Let’s talk to Mark. Hello there, Mark”, he said to the next caller. “You know I worry so much about offending them that I don’t have to worry about my doctors anymore, my health, my children”, said Mark. “I’m free, you know, my life is changed”, said Mark, who wonders about “any other viewers whose life has changed”. “Well thank you, that is very good for all of us”, said the Uncle. “I hate to admit this, just shows what kind of person I am”, he said. “This whole discussion about this offended politician”, said the Uncle, whose admission is that “it makes me to want to eat devil’s food cake and angel’s food cake”. “As a young man, I didn’t like sweets. I preferred salty snacks”, said the Uncle, who matured before he “indulged into baked goodies”. “Let’s talk to Johnny. Hello there Johnny, good morning”, said the Uncle. “The word they have (in Spanish) for ‘dark’ is going to offend people”, said Johnny, who previously said, “If we abandon that, how do we describe a car that just runs into a car”. “Boy, Uncle Henry, this sure is a can of worms segment. You have black gold for oil”, said a caller. “What are you going to do for chocolate chip cookies?” he asked our host. “Having a conversation is like walking through a mind field”, said the Uncle. “We are going to have to go to sign language”, the caller suggested. “We have never done anything like that at NewsRadio 710”, the Uncle responded. “Let’s talk to Jim. Hello Jim”, he said to the next caller, who addressed an issue for listeners calling in. “It is a mysterious something that is going on with our phones. That is something that’s going to be resolved in the next several years”, said the Uncle, who cannot reveal anymore details or he else he will be in trouble. “Steve happens to be one my favorite callers”, said Jim, who recalls the frequent caller on the syndicated radio program “The (Todd) Schnitt Show”. “You’re bringing up also the point that as a fair person when there is real racism we don’t want any real racism. When there is proven racism and actual discrimination”, said the Uncle. “When you have these things like devil’s food cake, that causes people to ignore things like the real racism”, the Uncle continued. “Make your point, Jim”, he told the caller after saying “continue” twice. “I apologize, there was confusion”, said the Uncle. “I will try to say your names less often. Maybe it was the way you were hearing me on the phone”, he said. “Henry, I thought this was phenomenal. Most people call you ‘Henry’, but your first name is Uncle Henry”, said our next caller Maurice. “It’s all right to be formal”, said the Uncle. “Sir, your cell phone is going out”, he told the Maurice after his words were misunderstood. “I like what Martin Luther King said, ‘Judge people by the content of their character and not by the color of their skin”, said Maurice. Before the break for commercials, “Uncle Henry Show continues here on NewsRadio 710”, said the Uncle. After the break, “Uncle Henry Show continues here on NewsRadio 710 despite all odds. (251) 479-2723 is the number. Let’s go to the phones. George is on the line. Hello George”, said the Uncle. “I want to talk about oil”, said George. “Oil is not where it’s at. It’s dirty and it’s contaminated”, said George, who remembers “back in the late Fifties, back when I was learning how to drive” when there were ways to recycle oil. “I hear nothing about recycling oil”, said George, along with “the recipe for making gasoline”. “I would like to hear these senators and congressmen speak about that”, George requested before leaving us. “Got a question”, said our next caller John. “It took two political parties to destroy the county”, said John. “Let’s say the county is destroyed”, John said as part of the question. “If we become like the Soviet Union?” the Uncle asked. “I think you would have to look at people how they lived in the Soviet Union”, he suggested to the caller. “If they had their freedom of assembly, freedom of discussion really threatened in this county”, the Uncle continued. “I was wondering if we were to collapse”, said John. “I think it would be unpleasant”, said the Uncle. Along with “looking at other countries” for example, “Let’s look at the way some communities respond to natural disasters”, said the Uncle. “Let’s talk to another John. Hello John”, he said to the next caller.. “Good morning, Uncle Henry. Conspiracies abound today. I think Tim had a good idea, let’s just go fishing”, said John, who was referring to an earlier caller. “I’m happy to hear that you’re assisting the police on the Parkway”, said the Uncle, who was probably referring to Dauphin Island Parkway. “Let’s just combine all the police services so we don’t have any of this bickering over who gets paid more”, John suggested before mentioning the nationalized police force in Mexico for example. “Like one of your callers said, ‘They’re all police anyway’”, said John. “How was your German?” John asked our host since Spanish was discussed today. “I’ll ask you how to define ‘The Governator’s’ name (Schwarzenegger)”, said John, who believes our host would be shocked at the German meaning of the name (“dark harrower of the fields”, with “schwarz” meaning “dark” and “egge” meaning “harrow”). “Yes, my family, yes, both sides of my family came over from Germany after the United States Civil War and before World War I”, said the Uncle. “A lot of people my age have not researched that stuff”, according to our host. “I have been told that my family had a great deal of wealth when they came here and somehow squandered their wealth”, said the Uncle, who doesn’t want to know “how they squandered it or not”.

“Uncle Henry Show continues here on NewsRadio 710”, said the Uncle. “Let’s talk to Kevin. Hello Kevin”, he said to the next caller. “All these people talking about race, I’m familiar with that”, said Kevin. “If you go to a Mexican restaurant heavily staffed by Mexicans, you see very few black people”, said Kevin, who continued with similar examples such as Chinese restaurants. “How long do you think it’ll take for your restaurant to be considered racist?” Kevin asked. “I’ve had callers complaining about race in the restaurants”, said the Uncle, who recalls former frequent voice message caller Al not tipping a restaurant. “I don’t really know about ethic discrimination against each other”, he admitted before the next caller gave listeners a “pubic service announcement”. “That’s happened to me once, I’ve had different services appear on my bill”, said the Uncle, who contacted the telephone company to take those charges off the bill. “Everybody needs to look at the fine print in their telephone bill every month”, said the Uncle. “A lot of people do the Internet banking and don’t even read the print”, he said before speaking to the caller known as the G-Man, who responded to a truck driver’s voice message. “I’ve got an old Nissan pick up, you know, a top efficiency”, said G-Man. “I thought the logical solution would be to convert my truck to natural gas”, said G-Man, who is “all fired up” to do it. “They are preventing me from converting my vehicle and using the natural gasoline that comes through my house”, said G-Man. “It’s not a liberal versus conservative thing, it’s a money thing”, he said before leaving us. “I would like to know more about that, those natural gas calls”, said the Uncle. “Uncle Henry Show continues”, he said before the break for commercials. After the break, “Uncle Henry Show continues. NewsRadio 710. ‘Ask the Expert’ coming up in about 20 minutes. Dr. Byron Scott. Let’s talk to Paul. Hello Paul”, said the Uncle. “I listened to your last caller”, said Paul. “I know a gentleman here in Foley”, said Paul, who heard that the fellow has “oil he cannot sell” after receiving the oil rights from his papa. “That really stretches credibility for someone who cannot sell oil”, said the Uncle. “They ought to think back from 1942 to 1946 what this country did”, said Paul, who was referring to ship construction. “We paid for it, isn’t it amazing?” Paul asked. “People really need to be flooding Congress with some calls”, he suggested. “Anyhow, just wanted to pass that on to you. By any chance anyone is Congress is listening to you”, said Paul before leaving us. “That is—what makes that even more interesting”, said the Uncle, “is that just on the TV a few weeks ago these people, this farmer” is “selling his own oil”. “That is very interesting”, he said before “welcoming Trey Lane back to the Uncle Henry Show after a two day absence” with his theme music in the background. “Trey Lane, welcome back to the show. Are you going to be here on Monday?” said the Uncle. “Not going to be talking about the technical issues on the air”, he said about the absence from call screening before bringing to Trey Lane’s attention a music-related news story. “Do you play a lot of Foreigner on ‘The Rocket’ (WRKH-FM)?” he asked the call screener and radio disc jockey as “a brief sampling of Foreigner” plays in the background. “The leader of the dirty white boy band Lou Gramm is releasing a Christian rock album”, our host has learned. “All right, it sounds like some sort of hype to me”, Trey responded after hearing “it’s going to rock from one end to the next” in the news article. “There goes Trey Lane, he added really nothing to that. I thought as a ‘96-1 The Rocket’ disc jockey”, said the Uncle. After the final break today, music from the TV program “Star Trek” was used as bumper music. “Uncle Henry Show drawing to a conclusion for the week. Let’s talk to Pete. Hello Pete”, said the Uncle. “Pete Reams, GOP”, he identified the caller. “You’re the expert on petroleum”, according to our host before Pete responded to other calls while promoting an online petition promoting oil drilling. “There is over 1.3 million signatures and believe me our elected congressmen are going to look at those signatures”, said Pete. “We can go here and get those prices under control”, he said before leaving us. “Once again, new (oil) record over $147 a barrel”, said the Uncle before explaining why according to others. “Strangely, confidentially in the month of the presidential election”, the Uncle concluded before promoting some of the “all live talk” weekday radio programs on his station with the exception of “Coast to Coast AM” and “The Wall Street Journal This Morning”.

Today’s 9 o’clock hour gets an 8/10!

Notes of Interest:

Folks, a new message board dedicated to broadcasting in Alabama has appeared online. Alabama Media Buzz is the name of the website and I wish everyone there good luck.

Next Monday, I will become another year older, but expect another summary of the show. Speaking of older, this weblog will be five years of age on July 26th. Good day!