106.1 FM

Lex & Terry in the mornings. Probably the best damn morning radio show in the biz. Definitely responsible for me coping with waking up at the asscrack of dawn for my new(ish) job, that's for sure.

I remember listening to it when I went to public high school. (We started at 7fucking30 believe it or not.) My favorite was "Drunk Bitch Friday", when they would have a girl on the show, wasted, at like 7am. Formula for hilarity? Yes.

These guys have women calling them all the time saying they want to bang 'em. Why, might you ask, would a girl want someone who they've never SEEN, cos they're on a RADIO SHOW? (I assume this caliber of girl can't get online to find pictures.) Simple, says I, because a hoe is a hoe...is a hoe.

Not only do these guys have cult status in the tri-state area and beyond, but they seem to always come up with ridiculously funny ideas on their show. Like last week, when they get a caller to go along with some wild situation and prank their friend. On the radio.

Last time it was some yokel from South Florida who ended up calling his best friend. We'll call him Hank. Hank calls his best "friend", knowing that he is stuck on an Army base, and proceeds to tell him that he got off work really early, as their was no more work to do. (Lex & Terry have briefed Hank on the whole plan.) Hank tells his buddy that on the way home, he and his colleague picked up a hooker, went to some motel, and got their money's worth. Hank also tells him that he has no money. I believe he told him "I got.....two dollars!" Hank's friend is audibly pissed. So why'd you call ME, man? Cos you're like my best friend. AND HER PIMP IS BANGING ON THE DOOR TO OUR ROOM! HE'S PISSED! (surprise!)

Right when Hank's best "friend" tells him that, sorry, this time he's on his own, Lex & Terry pipe up and let the guy know he's on the radio and it was a prank. When they tried to give Hank's buddy shit for not being willing to help, the guy replies "Well, he actually does stuff like this all the time, the "prank" wasn't too far fetched for Hank."

Another "prank" I've heard is an ex-addict calling her best friend who's a nurse, and telling her that she got doped up last night, woke up and has been raped. Once again, this is on 106.1 FM, folks. Morning, 7-10am.

Classic.

Usurping "Drunk Bitch Friday" is my new favorite, "Meal or No Meal". In MoNM, they have one of their studio goons go out and find homeless guys to play the game. There are like 10 options, to which the bums can win anything from $140 fast food giftcards to carrots "that have fallen out of a guy's ear". I'm not making this shit up. (It wouldn't be as funny, anyway.) Like Deal or No Deal, you pick an option, they reveal what it is, and you settle for it, or risk a better or worse deal on another unknown option. Look if I have to explain this damn show more, stop reading and find an episode on YouTube or something.

The bum I heard went from an excited, drunkandmumbling loony to a (albeit very slow and still slurred) deliberate, hardball negotiator. Seriously, this fucking optimist turned down EIGHT offers, each time Lex & Terry having to call "the Banker" to see what his next offer would be. The sidewalk weekend warrior turned down offers that turned out to be a steakhouse meal, a bag of chips, $10, a garbage bag and a few others until he had just two options left. I mean, what was he waiting for? An unattended minor and a bag of candy!? he finally settled on an unknown pick, one of two things left.

And wouldn't you know it, the stubborn bastard ended up with a $140 fast-food-chain-of-your- choosing giftcard!! Of course, Lex & Terry had to talk the fucker into keeping it. And good thing they did, too.

The other, had he turned down the giftcard? A "rotten ass" banana.

Well, gets me to work smiling.

-J