Mike and Mandy In The Morning!

If you drive a Toyota, there is an important recall to tell you about this morning. Toyota Motor Corporation has announced the recall of roughly 3.8-million late-model vehicles with floor mats that can jam the accelerator.  Five deaths are blamed on the problem.  The recall covers the Toyota Camry, Avalon, Prius, Tacoma and Tundra…plus the Lexus ES-350, IS-250, and IS-350.  Owners of affected vehicles are being asked to remove driver side floor mats until they get a formal recall notice. Here’s a full list of the recalled vehicles:

2007-2010 Camry, 2005-2010 Avalon, 2004-2009 Prius, 2005-2010 Tacoma, 2007-2010 Tundra, 2007-2010 Lexus ES 350 and 2006-2010 Lexus IS 250 and IS350.

A WOMAN IS GOING BLIND IN ORDER TO PAY FOR MEDICAL TREATMENT FOR HER KIDS . . . SO THE SAME THING DOESN’T HAPPEN TO THEM:

This one ought to start a debate about healthcare:  Take 48-year-old Monique Zimmerman-Stein of St. Petersburg, Florida.  Monique and her two daughters, 10-year-old Aliyah and 13-year-old Dava, all have a rare genetic disorder called Stickler’s syndrome, which causes a person’s joints to dissolve and their retinas to detach.  If untreated, it eventually leads to total BLINDNESS.  Anyway, Monique and her husband, Gary, have insurance which covers 80% of their health costs.  But over the last ten years, Monique and Gary have racked up $500,000 in medical bills.  They lost their house and sold most of their possessions in order to pay their bills, but they’re still about $20,000 in the hole.  Now, to make sure they can afford to continue treating their girls, Monique has decided to stop treating herself and GO BLIND.  Monique says, quote, “I stopped going to the doctor because we couldn’t afford the bills anymore . . . It’s not the worst thing in the world.  But to know that you’re completely blind, and now seeing your daughter going through it. I don’t even know how to explain that other than saying I’m incredibly sad and I feel very guilty.”

(OOPS!)… WORKERS REMOVED THE WRONG ROOF… VACATION, RUINED

A Florida man’s roof was removed by workers who confused his house for a neighbor’s.  Now, he is demanding his roof be replaced free of charge.  The 76 year-old was forced to return home early from a vacation this summer when the roofing company contacted him to say the roof of his house had mistakenly been removed.  The roofing company could NOT explain how the mistake happened.  The homeowner said the company refused his demands to have the roof finished free of charge. The company offered to finish the roof at a steep discount — but he would only have to pay his insurance deductible.  The man does not believe he should have to pay at all.  He is considering a lawsuit against the company if the issue is not resolved soon.

DOCTOR ACCUSED OF LETTING A PATIENT DIE SO HE COULD STEAL HIS ROLEX:

There are certain professions that we have NO CHOICE but to trust.  I’m thinking here of DOCTORS.  What happens if the person you trust doesn’t have YOUR best interests in mind? A guy named Jerry Kubena suffered a heart attack, and was admitted to the emergency room at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Stockton, California.  Sadly, Jerry passed away.  Now, Jerry’s family has filed a lawsuit against St. Joseph’s and the ER doctor who treated him, a guy named Cleveland Enmon.  They say Cleveland stopped trying to resuscitate Jerry because he WANTED Jerry to die . . . so he could STEAL his Rolex watch.  Now, that might sound like a pretty far-fetched accusation.  But, apparently, while treating him, Cleveland removed Jerry’s Rolex and tossed it in some bushes, so he could come back later and take it home.  Fortunately, a nurse noticed the watch was missing and notified security.  Eventually, it all came to light and Cleveland was immediately fired from the hospital.

60 Plus Deodorant

I got this new deodorant today. The instructions said   “remove cap and push up bottom “   I can barely walk, but whenever I fart, the room smells awesome!

TLC IS PHASING JON GOSSELIN OUT OF “JON AND KATE PLUS EIGHT”

Over the past few weeks, the ratings for “Jon and Kate Plus Eight” have plummeted back to Earth…so TLC has decided to shake things up a little bit.  Yesterday, the network announced that JON GOSSELIN will be phased out of the show . . . and beginning on November 2nd, it’ll be renamed “Kate Plus Eight”.  TLC President Eileen O’Neill released a statement explaining the change.  She said, quote, “Given the recent changes in the family dynamics, it only makes sense for us to refresh and recalibrate the program to keep pace with the family.”  The focus of the show will now shift to following Kate’s new life as a single mother.  Although Jon will no longer be a regular part of the show, he will still make occasional appearances.

MEL GIBSON WANTS HIS RECORD EXPUNGED!

MEL GIBSON’S attorney will ask the courts next week to remove his DUI from the record, because he has successfully completed his three-years of probation.  (In case you’ve somehow forgotten, this was Mel’s infamous arrest in July of 2006, in which he drunkenly started going off on the Jews.)

DID PATRICK SWAYZE HAVE A “COWBOY WAKE?”

The “Star” tabloid claims that PATRICK SWAYZE had a, quote, “cowboy wake”.  Which means that right after he died, his wife, Lisa Niemi, prepared his body HERSELF, by cleaning him up and dressing him in a nice shirt and pants.  Then he was laid down on a clean bed and about 40 or so loved ones came to say goodbye.  After a few hours of that, the coroner was called to come get the body.

WOMAN WINS 4 CARS IN 4 WEEKS

A casino has given away eight cars and trucks in the past two months, and four of them have gone to the same Sacramento, California woman.  Last Sunday, the woman won a Lexus convertible worth $43,000 and the week before it was a Mercedes convertible worth $47,000.  Last month she won two pickup trucks.  A casino spokesman said the security staff reviewed video of the drawings and were convinced they were legit.  He said, “After the second time she won we immediately went and investigated to make certain everything was perfectly clear.”

PEOPLE GO BANANAS OVER FAKE APE!

Guess he made a very convincing primate!  A man dressed as a gorilla for a charity run was stopped by police after calls from motorists who thought he was a real animal that had escaped from the zoo!  Rory Coleman was running from his home in Nottinghamshire to London while wearing the costume to support the Gorilla Organization – which works in central Africa to protect the apes’ habitat. Some of the other runners decorated their costumes to become gorilla superheroes, ballerinas, Vikings and pirates. But this guy went the realistic route, perhaps a little too realistic. At least officers didn’t try to tranq him!

SENIOR SKY-DIVING!

This woman is our new hero!  Jane Bockstruck celebrated her 92nd birthday by sky-diving from 13,000 feet in the air! T he New Hampshire daredevil says she doesn’t know what came over her when she decided to jump, but she somehow mustered the courage. With a group of family and friends watching below, Bockstruck took the plunge at the Jumptown sky-diving club in Orange, Massachusetts.  She says she doesn’t even remember jumping from the plane, but her tandem partner said she had perfect form and landed safely. The sky-diving was just one exciting event in Bockstruck’s long, eventful life.  She’s been married seven times, has traveled around the world and has had jobs ranging from hotel desk clerk to seamstress for the John Wayne movie True Grit.

Differences Between Bret Favre And Ole Miss

WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN OLE MISS AND BRET FAVRE?

BRET FAVRE IS STILL #4!!!!!!!!

CONAN O’BRIEN WAS BACK ON THE SET OF THE TONIGHT SHOW

CONAN O’BRIEN was back hosting “The Tonight Show” last night, after falling and hitting his head while filming a skit on Friday.  Conan said he suffered a slight concussion, and added that he hit his head so hard that, quote, “for five seconds I actually understood the plot of ‘Lost’.”

JENNY SLATE WON’T BE FIRED FOR CURSING ON “SNL”:

JENNY SLATE . . . the new “Saturday Night Live” cast member who dropped an F-BOMB on her first episode this weekend . . . will live to see another day.  NBC spokeswoman Sharon Pannozzo says, quote, “[There is] no truth to firing conjecture.  She will not be fired.”  Slate was doing a biker chick skit with Kristen Wiig and guest host Megan Fox when she made the mistake.  What she was supposed to say was, “You know what? You stood up for yourself, and I freakin love you for that.”   But she dropped the ‘F’ bomb instead.  Slate skipped out on SNL’s after-party at Pranna on Madison Ave., and laid low instead.

IS CNN ACTIVELY TRYING TO FIND LARRY KING’S SUCCESSOR???

LARRY KING’S contract with CNN is up in 18 months . . . and while Larry has not talked about retiring, he will be 76 years old in November. A source tells the “New York Post” that CNN is already trying to line up a successor in case he retires.  Some of the names on their wish-list include:  Ryan Seacrest, Katie Couric, CNN’s John King and “The View’s” Joy Behar. However, Larry’s spokesman denies that he’s leaving:  Quote, “Larry has the full intention of continuing in the job he loves, and he’s very confident about the future.”  And a CNN rep said, quote, “Larry is at the top of his game.  He gets the best newsmakers of anyone on television, and his ratings lead over MSNBC’s [Rachel] Maddow has never been wider.”

That Halloween is one of the most expensive holidays…we spend $2.5 billion dollars on Halloween every year…that breaks down to $61 dollars for every American.

Quick Fact: Did you know that the only member of the rock band ZZ Top without a beard….is named BEARD? That’s right! His last name is BEARD!

Tomorrow on the show…HALF of your paycheck is going to pay for these FIVE things!

NOT A LOTTO LUCK WITH (STUPID CRIMINALS!!)

Luck really wasn’t on this guy’s side.  An armed robber in Duluth, Minnesota thought he had hit the jackpot by stealing three bags full of lottery tickets from a gas station.  Little did he know they were all used lottery tickets, and therefore completely worthless! Cops are still looking for the guy, but it shouldn’t be too long before this genius is caught.  The incident was recorded on a surveillance camera and the clerk provided police with serial numbers for the stolen lottery tickets.  He played to win, and lost big!

A 42-YEAR-OLD WOMAN LOST 100 POUNDS AND COMPETED IN A BEAUTY PAGEANT:

42-year-old Jill Knapp is five-foot eight-inches tall, and by the time she got pregnant with her second kid, her weight had ballooned to 237 pounds.  Then she was diagnosed with Type Two Diabetes.  So Jill made it her mission to get healthy and she lost 100 POUNDS.  Jill even competed in the Mrs. Idaho beauty pageant, and finished sixth out of 16 contestants.  More importantly, she’s kept the weight off for six months.  (Check out some “before and after” photos of Jill.  Aside from the obvious health benefits, you won’t believe how much better she looks:)

WASTED AWAY AGAIN IN MARGARITAVILLE:

We’ve all heard stories from time to time of people drinking and driving into someone’s house.  Say hello to 40-year-old RODNEY WHITLEY of Gilchrist County, FL.  But he didn’t just drive into someone’s house.  He drove into the brick house of a sheriff’s deputy.  He went right through a fence, through the wall and into the master bedroom.  Nobody was seriously hurt.  The deputy made the arrest.  Whitley blew a point-140 on the breathalyzer, nearly twice the legal limit.  He says he lost control because he was texting while driving.  (I wonder what he was texting?  Something like, “Hey, watch this!)

BRILLIANT GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS

A man owned a small farm near Millington.

The Tennessee Department of Labor claimed he was not paying proper wages to his employees and sent an agent out to interview him.

”I need a list of your employees and how much you pay them,” demanded the agent.

”Well,” replied the farmer, “there’s my farm hand who’s been with me for 3 years. I pay him $200 a week plus free room and board.

The cook has been here for 18 months, and I pay her $150 per week plus free room and board.
Then there’s the half-wit. He works about 18 hours every day and does about 90% of all the work around here. He makes about $10 per week, pays his own room and board, and I buy him a bottle of bourbon every Saturday night. He also sleeps with my wife occasionally.”

”That’s the guy I want to talk to……the half-wit,” says the agent.

”That would be me,” replied the farmer.

KHLOE KARDASHIAN AND LAMAR ODOM ARE MARRIED:

Publicity stunt or not, KHLOE KARDASHIAN and L.A. Laker LAMAR ODOM really did get married yesterday, at the home of a family friend in Beverly Hills. Kim was walked down the aisle by stepfather BRUCE JENNER…along with sisters KIM and KOURTNEY, who were both maids of honor.  Guests included Ryan Seacrest, Kelly Osbourne, Chelsea Handler and several of Lamar’s teammates…most notably Kobe Bryant and his wife Vanessa, and coach Phil Jackson.  It was a FORMAL affair…and they even banned BlackBerries.  Not surprisingly, cameras were rolling to capture the festivities for the E! reality show “Kourtney and Khloe Take Miami”.  By the way…the word is that Lamar WILL ask Khloe to sign a post-nuptial agreement.  It would have been a prenup, but there wasn’t time to put it together before the wedding because of the busy shooting schedulr of Khloe’s reality show.  (Sounds like this marriage is already on the road to the Big “D”!  And we don’t mean Dallas!!!)

CONAN O’BRIEN SLIPPED AND HIT HIS HEAD DURING THE TAPING OF FRIDAY’S “TONIGHT SHOW”:

“The Tonight Show” wasn’t supposed to be a repeat on Friday night…but plans changed when CONAN O’BRIEN slipped and hit his head while filming what was SUPPOSED to be a fresh episode.  Conan was taken to the hospital in an ambulance, and was unable to return to finish taping the show.  NBC said, quote, “Conan is resting comfortably at home.  He is expected to return to work on Monday.” And Conan injected some HIGH-QUALITY HILARITY to the proceedings by adding, quote, “Last thing I remember I was enjoying the play with Mrs. Lincoln, and the next thing I knew I was in bed being served cookies and juice.”

YOU THINK THE STREETS ARE FULL OF CRAZY DRIVERS NOW….. JUST WAIT ‘TIL YOU FIND OUT WHO JUST GOT THERE DRIVERS LICENSE!!!!

OZZY OSBOURNE is now a licensed driver.  A few days ago, he posted a message on Twitter saying, quote, “I just passed my driving test.  Took me 60 years, but I did it!  For the first time in my life, I’m legal to drive, so watch out!”

IMAGINE HAVING 50 DIFFERENT JOBS IN ONE YEAR?

While many of us are struggling to keep one job, 27-year-old DANIEL SEDDIQUI had held 50 jobs over the past year.  Daniel set out to get one job in every American state so that he could get a feel for each one’s local culture.  He got the idea last September once he realized his undergraduate degree in economics from the University of Southern California wasn’t going to get him a decent paycheck any time soon.  He started by helping Mormons in Utah put together disaster relief kits, before moving on to do things like teach surfing in Hawaii and catch lobsters in Maine.  Daniel thought the hardest gig to get was at an Amish furniture factory in Pennsylvania.  It’s not like he could call or e-mail to ask about openings.

STUPID CRIMINALS!

Did you hear about the guy in France who was arrested Wednesday for trying to hand out pamphlets for Alcoholics Anonymous? The unnamed man got in trouble when he tried to pass out the brochures at a local police station. That’s probably because he was drunk at the time.  It might also be because he drove there.  Oh, and he apparently had a previous D-U-I conviction. Officers say they smelled alcohol on the 56-year-old man’s breath so they gave him a breathalyzer test. After discovering he was more than twice the legal limit –they took him into custody.  Now he faces up to 4-years in jail and a 13-thousand dollar fine.  (STUPID CRIMINALS!)

A GUY ACCIDENTALLY KILLED 60 ENDANGERED SEA TURTLES WHILE PROPOSING TO HIS GIRLFRIEND:

I know that at some point in their lives, most women fantasize about their marriage proposal.  But for some reason, I doubt THIS is what ANY of them have in mind . . . Recently, an unidentified man decided that he was going to propose to his girlfriend. So on Tuesday, the man lit about 150 candles and placed them in the shape of a heart on a beach in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina.  Unfortunately, a little later, several dozen FEDERALLY-PROTECTED Loggerhead Sea Turtles hatched from a nearby nest and became disoriented by all the light.  Ordinarily, the baby sea turtles would head straight for the ocean, but most of them got lost and started circling around the candles instead.  Overall, about 60 of the turtles ended up getting EATEN by birds and crabs.   It’s unclear if the girlfriend accepted the marriage proposal.

DRIVING LESSON

A blonde was nervous as she took the wheel for her first driving lesson.

As she was pulling out of the parking lot, the instructor said, “Turn left here, and don’t forget to let the people behind you know what you’re doing.”

The Blonde turned to the students sitting in the backseat and announced, “I’m going left.”

That people REALLY want to see Jim Jaggers in Spandex.  Missed it?  Click here.

Michael Jackson’s new single will drop October 12th.  It’s called “This is It.”

And that yes, it IS possible to have a 19.2 pound baby.  For photo proof, click here.

Tomorrow on the show…the most laughable screw-ups on live TV!

Jim Jaggers is getting ready for “Go Jim Go” to benifit Lebonheur. He’s wearing Spandex this morning, too! Check out the photo! Oh, and to donate, call 1-866-350-9355.

Bad luck:

A group of student filmmakers in New Zealand was surprised when cops raided their movie set.  Calls flooded into police about a group of thugs robbing a store at gunpoint.  It was all part of the movie script, of course, but the cops had no idea. Police cordoned off the area and stormed the set with their guns drawn. They confiscated a shotgun, four pistols and an air rifle.  Eventually, it became clear that it was all a big misunderstanding. The students had a permit for filming.  But, the permit was for September 18th and 19th.  Turns out they were filming on the 20th. (I hope the cameras were rolling. That was probably the best scene in the movie!)

A WOMAN GAVE BIRTH TO THE LARGEST BABY EVER BORN IN INDONESIA.

On Monday, a woman from northern Indonesia named Ani gave birth to a baby boy.  But this wasn’t just any baby boy.  He was the LARGEST baby ever born in the country of Indonesia.  So just how big was he? At the time of his birth, which required a C-section delivery, the boy was more than TWO FEET long, and weighed 19.2 POUNDS.   (–Check out a photo of this monster kid here . . .)

A LITTLE GIRL IN CHINA HAS HER TWIN GROWING INSIDE HER BELLY:

Recently, a 1-year-old girl from China named Kang Mengru was admitted to the hospital with a mysteriously oversized belly.  So her doctors ran some tests and realized that the bump was being caused by Kang’s own PARASITIC TWIN growing inside her belly.  (!!!) Kang is now waiting for surgery to remove the fetus.  (–Check out some photos of this poor little girl here . . .)

Dalia Lama in Memphis….

While the Dalia Lama was in Memphis, he went for a walk downtown with the Mayor.

I hear they stopped at hot dog vendor to get lunch.

The Dalia asked for 2 hotdogs with the works and said that he would pay for the meal.

He handed the vendor a $20-Bill.

The vendor pocketed the money and handed them their hotdogs and proceeded to walk off with his cart.

The Dalia said wait a minute where is my change?

The vendor looked at him and said CHANGE COMES FROM WITHIN……

HOWARD K. (‘K’ FOR KILLER) STERN IN COURT AGAIN. . . .

Howard K. Stern, was in court yesterday to plead not guilty to all the charges against him.  Basically, he’s denying any role in drugging up ANNA NICOLE SMITH.  Stern was arraigned on 11 felonies related to Anna’s prescription drug use and abuse. 

A NEW MICHAEL JACKSON SINGLE COMES OUT SOON!!!

A new MICHAEL JACKSON single, called “This Is It”, will be released on October 12th.  The song features Michael’s brothers on backing vocals. It’ll appear on the upcoming “This Is It” album, which includes the classic Michael Jackson songs that will appear in that “This Is It” movie.  The album hits stores on October 27th, the day before the movie begins its two-week theatrical run.

TAYLOR SWIFT GETS MORE #1’s

You may as well mark 2009 as the year of TAYLOR SWIFT.  Seems like everything she does either makes news, money or history.  This touches all three.  Taylor has become the first artist in the modern era to score TWO #1 records on the pop chart with a country crossover recording.  She accomplished that thanks to her current hit, “You Belong With Me” . . . and her previous smash, “Love Story”.

Big discussion today about the Dalai Lama’s visit and Myron Lowery’s fist bump…if you have any comments on the situation, please email us at:  mikeandmandy@wrvr.com.

We learned that your neighbors can actually STEAL your backyard!  For the full story, click here.

Tomorrow on the show…the WRVR Box office opens at 7:10 with your chance to win the concert tickets of your choice.