The MJ Morning Show
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| Genre | Talk show |
| Running time | approximately 4 hours (per episode, Monday through Friday) |
| Country |  United States |
| Home station | Clear Channel Communications 93.3FM WFLZ |
| Starring | MJ Kelli Fester Hurricane "Hitman" Stevens Dave "The Dwarf" Flood Joey B Flunkie Froggy 2 |
| Creator(s) | MJ Kelli BJ Harris |
| Executive producer(s) | Joey B. |
| Air dates | February 7, 1994 – present |
| Website | http://mjmorningshow.com |
"The MJ Morning Show" is a morning radio show that broadcasts out of 93.3 FLZ in Tampa, FL. The show was formerly known as "The MJ and BJ Show" until "BJ" left the show in pursuit of a management career elsewhere. The show features MJ (Todd Schnitt) and sidekicks Uncle Fester, Hurricane "Hitman" Stevens, Dave "Dave the Dwarf" Flood, and a variety of interns, some of whom become full-time members of the show. The show focuses largely on reactions to current news stories, celebrity scandals, outrageous news stories and calls to MJ's wife, Michelle. The show plays little to no music, as per MJ's personal preference.
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[edit] Members of the Show
[edit] Current Crew Members
[edit] MJ Kelli
MJ Kelli (real name Todd Schnitt) is host. Schnitt also hosts an AM radio afternoon talk show (The Schnitt Show) involving world news, economics, debates, and politics.
Possibly the best-known of his morning show bits was making crank calls as "Milton Fludgecow", an elderly man with an extremely obese son, who calls various businesses to put people in awkward situations.
MJ has a vast knowledge of radio broadcasting history and a strong affection for BMW automobiles. He has been married to his wife Michelle, an attorney, since June 26, 1994. They live in Tampa with their two children, Chloe and Julian (b. July 4, 2004) and two Jack Russell Terriers, Romeo and Scarlett.
The name "MJ Kelli" is a play on the name M.G. Kelly, the former Los Angeles and now nationally syndicated disc jockey.
[edit] "Hurricane" Stevens
Hurricane (whose real first name is Andrew) is the technical producer of the morning show. He also handles the majority of the content that is posted on the show's official website.
[edit] Fester
Uncle Fester (formerly known as Moose) is one of the many on-air talent of the show. Born Dominic Siciliano, he graduated from Dixie Hollins High School in St. Petersburg, Florida in 1992. Fester also hosts his own radio show (under the name "Tony Fatso") called "On the Grill," Saturday Mornings, on AM 970 WFLA, which focuses on barbecue and grilling.
[edit] Joey B
Joey B (born March 17) is the executive producer of the show. On January 4, 2006, he officially returned to the show as executive producer after working at stations in Miami and Philadelphia. He spent 1998-2001 as the producer of the MJ & BJ Morning Show.
[edit] Froggy 2
Froggy (first name Mike) (b. November, 1979) returned to the show on Wednesday August 16, 2006, after a year and half away from the show. After his originally leaving of the show he went to Orlando to do a nighttime radio show, and was fired after three months. He then returned to Tampa to do an evening radio show on another Clearchannel station, 98 Rock (WXTB). He was fired from that show after a year on the air. He has returned to the MJ Morning Show. Froggy recently got married on March 10, 2007 to Kim from the productions department.
[edit] Dave The Dwarf
Dave "Dave the Dwarf" Flood (b. July 5, 1964) is a 3-foot, 2-inch dwarf who occasionally appears on the show in-studio or on the phone. Dave regularly makes appearances at strip clubs around the Tampa Bay area. He has one daughter. Dave was involved in a law suit over "dwarf tossing", a sport in local bars in which patrons literally toss dwarves for fun. Dave acts as an elf at Christmas time by appearing at parties for an expensive fee. Dave recently began selling T-Shirts from his website dwarfystyle.com.
[edit] Previous Crew Members
[edit] BJ Harris
(real name Barry Harris) was the co-host of the MJ & BJ Morning Show until Feb. 7, 2001. He acted as the "voice of reason" for MJ, who would occasionally go off on tirades. He also brought more of a mature attitude and voice to the show.
BJ now works as the co-host of The Alice Morning Show on 105.9 FM in Denver. He is married to his wife Sharron and has three sons.
[edit] Chip the Midget
[edit] Hoover
[edit] Froggy 1
[edit] Jabberjaw
Jabberjaw joined the MJ Morning Show in 2005 as an intern. She was a full-time member of the show. She provided stories for discussion and was an assistant producer. She left the show on Friday August 11, 2006 to take a three-month internship at a Tampa NBC affiliate. Right with MJ's predictions, Jabberjaw requested to come back to the show in late 2006. There was a poll of the listeners, and the result was a no. There is still occasional mention of her, and the occasional call in to the show from her, but she has not been brought back yet.
[edit] Flunkie
Flunkie (also known as Tommy) (born September 27, 1979) worked with Joey B in Philadelphia before being recommended to MJ for this show. Flunkie plays the sounds and music for the show, and also captures audio clips from television and news shows that he plays during the broadcast when MJ discusses the stories behind them. Flunkie often gets caught doing very odd things such as creating the alter ego of Yuri Roshenko and picking up girls with this persona, eating at homeless shelters to get free meals, and attempting to dress up as a member of the U.S. military to pick up girls. He is generally a type of punching bag for MJ and the crew and is constantly being ridiculed for his stupidity. His last day was March 19, 2007. According to Flunkie, the reason he left the show was because he didn't get an increase in pay.
[edit] Albums
The show's various bits, especially the Milton Fludgecow crank calls (popularly known as "Crotchety Old Man Calls") proved so popular that for several years an annual CD featuring old Crotchety calls, as well as other bits from the show, was sold in the Tampa Bay Area. The CDs would typically sell during the holiday season, then go out of print. The CDs were put on permanent hiatus after MJ decided to retire the Milton Fludgecow character. However in 2005, a "virtual album" (a series of MP3's, which could be downloaded for a nominal fee) consisting of every single Crotchety call ever made, was released for sale on the MJ Morning Show website. The CD also included three new calls, the only ones made since MJ retired the bit. The offer was limited and has since expired.
[edit] Classic Crotchety & Wisecracks
[edit] Crotchety Christmas
[edit] Crotchety Christmas II
[edit] Crotchety Christmas 3-D
[edit] When Crotchety Attacks!
[edit] Nothing But Crotchety (3 CD set)
[edit] Contests
[edit] Jingle Jugs
Every Christmas season the show gives away 12 breast enhancements. Women submit stories to the show, via e-mail, to attract the attention of the judges. There have been other names for this contest: "Breast Christmas Ever" (2005) and "Holiday Hooters" (2006).
[edit] Pick Your Plastic
Pick Your Plastic is a variation on the Jingle Jugs, except instead of offering just breast augmentations they offer a large variety of plastic surgeries.
[edit] Rear of the Year
Held in 2003, the "Rear of the Year" contest was an event where listeners sent in non-nude photographs of their rear ends to the show. Both males and females could enter the contest. The photos were voted on by listeners of the show on the official website. Two winners were chosen based on the listeners' votes, one male and one female.
[edit] Homeroom Hottie
This contest was created when all of the teacher/student sex scandals occurred. It was held only 1 time in 2005 with two contests being held, one for men and one for women.
[edit] Affiliates
The show originates from WFLZ.
| Calls | Freq. | Branding | Format | Market/Market Rank[1] | Timeslot | Group Owner |
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| Terrestrial Stations | ||||||
| WFLZ-FM | 93.3 MHz |  933 FLZ |
CHR/Pop | Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, Florida / 19 | Live 6A-10A 11A replay hour |
Clear Channel Communications |
| KSLZ | 107.7 MHz | Z107.7 |
CHR/Pop | St. Louis, MO / 20 | 1 hr delay 6A-10A | Clear Channel Communications |
| WFKS | 97.9 MHz | 97.9 KISS FM |
CHR/Pop | Jacksonville, FL / 47 | Live 6A-10A | Clear Channel Communications |
| WBVD | 95.1 MHz | 95.1 KISS FM |
CHR/Pop | Melbourne-Titusville-Cocoa, FL / 94 | Live 6A-10A | Clear Channel Communications |
- Show streams online.
[edit] External links
- http://www.mjmorningshow.com The official MJ Morning Show website
- http://www.dwarfystyle.com The official Dave the Dwarf website
http://www.myspace.com/mjmorningshow at MySpace The MJ Morning Show MySpace page http://www.myspace.com/hurricanestevens at MySpace Hurricane's MySpace page http://www.myspace.com/joeybmjmorningshow at MySpace Joey B's MySpace page http://www.myspace.com/flunkiemjmorningshow at MySpace Flunkie's MySpace page http://www.myspace.com/goldiewilson4mayor at MySpace Froggy's MySpace page
- http://www.mjfanpage.com/ MJ Morning Show Fan Page
- http://www.mjpedia.com/ MJ Morning Show Encyclopedia
