The Corey and Jay Show

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The Corey and Jay Show is a terrestrial radio program co-hosted by Corey Deitz and Jay Hamilton. It is currently based in Little Rock, Arkansas on 100.3 The Edge, although it has been on the air for about 15 years on various other stations in Little Rock, as well as in Cleveland, Ohio, St. Louis, Missouri, and Chicago, Illinois. While the show was broadcast from WRVQ-FM in Richmond, it was awarded "Best Morning Show in Virginia" by the Virginia Association of Broadcasters two years in a row. In Little Rock, Corey and Jay were awarded "Best Radio Personalities" by Little Rock Monthly magazine in 2003.

The show is a mixture of both topical and oddball news stories, comedy from various sources, and Corey and Jay's personal anecdotes on their lives and opinions on world and local events. They were early innovators of incorporating the internet into the show in the late 1990s. They were two of the first radio personalities in Little Rock to have a website dedicated to their show, and referred to it many times on air. They also encouraged listeners to email them things they found on the internet which they would talk about and mention on their show. These came to be known as "Missing Links". In addition, the general theme of the show tended to revolve around thing the duo found on the internet such as their very popular segment, "Head Up Your Ass Headlines", during which they would read bizarre news stories from around the world gathered from various websites. They were even one of the first shows to stream over the internet, although this became more difficult as the legality of playing copyrighted music over the internet eventually came into question.

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[edit] Info on Corey and Jay

Corey was born in Passaic, New Jersey, and graduated from Kent State University with a degree in telecommunications. He has worked in several radio markets, including Chicago, St. Louis, and Cleveland. He also maintains several websites, and has written a novel, The Ca$h Cage, about his experiences working in radio. He is married and has two sons. He is also an avid motorcyclist.

Jay has also worked in several radio markets, including Wilmington, Sarasota, and Cleveland, where he first began working with Corey. Jay also worked as Executive Producer for the American Comedy Network from 1998 to 1990.

[edit] Other people on the show

Although Corey and Jay are the principal contributors and on-air personalities, there have been a handful of other people who have been associated with the show:

  • 14K - He was the show's producer for several years, and served as phone screener, public liaison, technical support, and peanut gallery for Corey and Jay's antics.
  • Jersey - Jersey is a mechanic in Little Rock who visits the studio to talk with Corey and Jay on-air. He is best known for his distinctive laugh and for his tendency to literally choke on his laughter.
  • Michael from PETA - Micheal is an occasional caller who is into some outrageous activities, such as taking animals away from Latinos. His antics frequently irritate the pair.
  • The "I hate" guy - This listener (name unknown) occasionally calls the show after Corey and Jay have discussed something simply to say "I hate (subject of discussion)" and immediately hangs up.
  • The "Reindeer Rules!" guy - Listener (unknown) who calls more frequently during Christmas season, blurts out "Reindeer Rule!" and hangs up.

There have also been various interns who have worked with Corey and Jay since 14K left the show, but they receive little on-air attention.

[edit] Features of the show

On the show, Corey and Jay's personalities create an odd couple aspect to the show's content, as Corey is generally laid back and even-keeled while Jay is generally curmudgeonly and hot-tempered. Jay is also an avid sports fan and likes to make fun of Corey for not having much interest in sports. Jay also teases Corey for liking fruity cocktails instead of beer and for having a mysterious phobia of Mr. Peanut.

Over the course of The Corey and Jay Show's run, a number of segments with specific themes have been presented. Some are still active and done in every program, while some are done only intermittently or have been retired. These include:

  • Head Up Your Ass Headlines - A rundown of odd news items with no specific theme; this is one of the principal features of the show, taking up the latter half of the second hour of the show.
  • Missing Links - The show's website features a list of links to odd and/or humorous websites. Many links are submitted by the show's fans, while others are found by Corey and Jay. Before Head Up Your Ass Headlines begins, Corey and Jay announce new additions to the Missing Links section.
  • When Animals Get Pissed - This is a collection of stories revolving around animals behaving strangely or violently.
  • Police Blotter - Strange and/or humorous stories involving crime and criminals are featured in this segment.
  • Narc on the Rat Bastard/Snitch on the Bitch - In this segment, Corey and Jay read listener-submitted stories about people engaging in unethical conduct; this allows the person who submitted the story to anonymously "rat out" the person/people in question by making the listening public aware of the activity.
  • The Axe Files - This segment revolved around stories involving freakish acts of nature, unexplainable phenomena, and other odd occurrences. One of the staple stories revolved around a chicken whose body survived for years after its head was severed. [1] The segment was retired, partly from boredom on Corey and Jay's part and partly because a listener stole their master tapes of the segment's material. This segment would later become the basis for the "Really Awful Terrible Files".
  • The "Who Gives a Rat's Ass?" Report - In this segment, Corey and Jay took turns reading celebrity gossip stories. If either had a story that he wasn't sure he wanted to read, he would ask, "Do we give a rat's ass about (celebrity)?" If the other said, "No," the story was not read. However, a listener could call in and say that he/she "gave a rat's ass" about the story, and it would be read. This segment has been retired, due mainly to Corey and Jay becoming bored with it.
  • The Week In Review - The top of the second hour of the show on Fridays is reserved for The Week In Review, which consists of Corey reading bylines to news stories and then making one-liners about them, or making one-liners or other jokes based on current news stories. Jay and Jersey (if present) frequently tease Corey about the erratic quality of the jokes used in this segment. If Jersey is not in the studio, recorded clips of his laughter (dubbed "Virtual Jersey") are occasionally used as filler.
  • The Really Awful Terrible Files - This segment features stories involving gruesome deaths, injuries, and other material deemed disturbing enough to not fit in any other segment. Corey and Jay have repeatedly stated that this segment should not be listened to by the faint of heart or easily offended, and listeners are frequently told that if they laugh at these stories, they "have no soul."
  • Hot for Teacher - This segment features stories about teachers behaving inappropriately with students.
  • Christmas Is Ruined - This segment runs during December and features news stories of accidents, crimes, and other mishaps involving Christmas in some fashion. The stories are numbered sequentially.
  • Audio From Hell - This segment contains audio files of extremely questionable quality (examples of poor singing or unlistenable music, etc.) whose lack of quality causes them to be humorous.
  • The September Fund - After the events of 9/11, Corey and Jay set up the September Fund, which is a scholarship fund for children of police officers, military personnel, firefighters, and rescue workers. In 2006, $7000.00 was distributed to seven Arkansas students.

Corey and Jay also have a number of bits that they do between themselves:

  • Sometimes, the two will go off-mike and talk to each other about the show's content, then go back to their mikes with a "Readyyyyyy...BREAK!" and clapping, as in a football huddle.
  • If the two are discussing a topic that they both find distasteful or ridiculous, they will sometimes state that the problem will be fixed when they become "Vice Presidents of Everything!"
  • If one starts talking over the other by accident, they will usually stop and say in unison, "Oh no! WE'RE TALKING AT THE SAME TIME!"
  • When Jay can't pronounce a name he calls it "Some guy named Bob" or "Some place named Bob".
  • The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Arkansas's state newspaper, is usually called "The Old Testament".
  • KLEC, the first radio station in Little Rock where Corey and Jay worked, is always referred to as "the station whose name we no longer speak" because of their being fired from there. (See the station's article for details.)

In 2002, Corey and Jay put together a CD titled Part Of The Problem!, which contained several older pieces of material and functioned as a "greatest hits" album of sorts. The CD was sold through the show's website. A follow-up CD was planned, but the project was put on indefinite hiatus after Corey and Jay were fired from KLEC.

[edit] References

  1. ^ http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/content_pages/record.asp?recordid=54463

[edit] External links

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