Jon Grayson (middle) with Jeff Anderson and Brian O'Halloran, the stars of "Clerks" and "Clerks II"
Jon Grayson began his career in talk radio at age 19 while still in college. In just three years he had already hosted sports, politics, and general interest talk shows and served as the executive producer and on-air co-host of a top-rated weekly comedy broadcast on WFLA-AM in Tampa, FL. Jon honed his style through his early 20's and landed the evening talk show host position at WWTN-FM in Nashville, TN at age 27. The show went quickly to number 1 in the ratings and Jon enjoyed three years at the top of Nashville radio. in 2000 Jon moved to heritage CBS property KMOX-AM in St. Louis, MO where he hosted the overnight program for five years. During that time Jon also served as Science Editor, hosted the "KMOX Evening Special" and, following the terror attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, hosted a new program documenting the lead-up to the war in Iraq, "Showdown With Saddam."
Over the years Jon's varied interests have shown up both in the topics discussed on the show and in the list of guests he's interviewed. From pop culture to politics, from famous crimes to favorite movies, you'll hear it all on Jon's show. Guests have included the late IL Senator Paul Simon, actress Marion Ross, Dan Aykroyd, Eric Burdon of the Animals, James "The Amazing" Randi, Steven Page of Barenaked Ladies, MO Senator Kit Bond, movie special effects master Tom Savini, Doc Severinsen, composer Paul Williams and many more.
In 2006 Jon's career took an unexpected turn with an invitation by the United States Department of Defense to tour the war zone in Iraq. For ten days Jon traveled by Blackhawk helicopter, HumVee and armored transport from Baghdad to Iskandariyah. He interviewed soldiers, civilians, Iraqi police and politicians. He heard gun and mortar fire and saw the aftermath of roadside bombs, and even dipped his feet in what used to be Saddam Hussein's pool. Jon remains grateful for the opportunity to view the war zone from the inside, and is forever indebted to the military and civilian security teams who kept him safe and allowed him to bring the story home.
No matter whether the Saints or Colts emerge victorious on Sunday, there's bound to be tens of thousands of disappointed fans of the loyal opposition. Jeff Goldblatt, founder of the Rejection Hotline (www.humorhotlines.com) joined us Friday morning and said he's set up local "It Could Suck Worse" hotlines for fans of the losing side.
Here they are...your picks for the must-see horror flicks for this Hallowe'en week. So what are you waiting for? Hit the video store!
1. SUSPIRA
2. DAWN OF THE DEAD
3. SCARECROWS
4. ZOMBIES ON AN AIRPLANE
5. MONSTER CLUB
6. PET SEMATARY
7. SLEEPY HOLLOW
8. IT
9. OMEN
10. MONSTER SQUAD
11. FRIGHT NIGHT
12. BRAM STOKER'S DRACULA
13. FORBIDDEN PLANET
14. THEM!
Last night on the program a caller alerted us to a broom standing by itself on the floor of a convenience store. We decided to try to replicate the experiment here in the studio and...voila!
A grandmother from Rockville, IN, Sally Harpold, was recently arrested for violating the state's laws against the purchase of more than 3.0 grams of pseudoephedrine in less than 7 days. That violation occurred because she purchased a box of 24 Zyrtec-D tablets for her sick daughter, then six days later purchased a 36-count box of Mucinex-D for her husband and herself.
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Many thanks to our good friends Bob Heil of Heil Sound and Dave Hinson of Killer Vintage Guitars for joining us on this morning's program in tribute to the life, music, and legacy of Les Paul who died yesterday at age 94. Bob and Dave were also kind enough to furninsh us with some pictures of their interactions with Les...
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Friday morning we talked with UCLA linguistics professor Pam Munro about the newly-released 20th anniversary UCLA Slang Dictionary. If you want to order a copy online you can email Anya at anya@humnet.ucla.edu for information. Enjoy!
Veronica? Duuuude. Srsly? Archie, c'mere. We need to talk. Listen, I know she's hot. We all know she's hot. Even Moose, who's been stuck on Midge since we were all kids, knows that Veronica is hella good lookin'. But let's get real for a second, shall we?
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Over the weekend my lovely bride-to-be and I had the great pleasure of taking in the new Star Trek movie. As you know we weren't alone. Trek won the weekend with a whopping $79 million in receipts. Now don't worry...I'm not going to give away any major plot points...but I will tell you that this time a movie really has lived up to the hype.
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Apparently the story that refuses to die has grown another head. Carrie Prejean, the current Miss California who became involved in an insipid, semi-philosophical slap-fight with annoying celebrity blogger Perez Hilton, may soon lose her crown. And no, in case you were wondering, it has nothing at all to do with her views on gay marriage.
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Interesting news over the weekend from Mexico. Swine flu, they say, has ceased to spread. In what by far has been the hardest-hit country, reporting the lion's share of fatal cases, the "impending pandemic" is over just weeks after it began.
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So here we are, 100 days into Barack Obama's presidency. All day long we're bound to be inundated with politicians and pundits who will break down this period largely along party lines. We're used to it.
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It seems that we've all been terribly self-centered, you know. According to an anonymous letter printed in Conde-Nast's "Portfolio," you and I are guilty of gross insensitivity toward this country's Big Bankers.
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Interesting. Just a little while ago President Obama left the door open to criminal prosecution of the architects of President Bush's policies allowing torture during CIA investigations.
So last week President Obama released a slew of Bush-era memos related to our tactics used in "questioning" terror suspects. These are the famous so-called "torture" memos that outline the use of insects, dogs, "physical discomfort," waterboarding and other methods that have been decried as torturous and, just as importantly, ineffective in providing useful information about terrorist tactics or plots.
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I must be weird. That may not come as news to you, but increasingly often I'm coming to the conclusion that there's something wrong with me. See I've not spent more than about 5 minutes following the latest cute, little white girl tragedy on CNN. They've given us hours of coverage, but 5 minutes so far is all I've been able to stomach.
In one of the most crass actions yet taken by a financial institution during the blooming economic crisis, the Bank of America has decided to raise interest rates, without reason or warning, on up to four million cardholders. So what, you may ask, did these cardholders do to earn themselves up to a 50% increase in their ostensibly fixed interest rate? Nothing.
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I can't help but think that we're doing ourselves a great disservice right now. As we speak we're involved in negotiations for the return of Captain Richard Phillips...negotiations with a group of Somali pirates carrying automatic weapons.
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Feeling better this morning...at least the voice is back. Thanks to Ralph for taking over in my absence.
And we're back in grand fashion tonight as we debut a brand-new feature on the show. We're teaming with the folks at the Rotten Tomatoes show on Current TV to bring you weekly movie reviews!
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