The MJ Morning Show

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The MJ Morning Show
The MJ Morning Show
Genre	Talk show
Running time	approximately 4 1/2 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 Froggy 2 Meredith Jabberjaw
Creators	MJ Kelli BJ Harris
Executive producers	Joey B.
Air dates	February 7, 1994 to present
Website http://mjmorningshow.com

"The MJ Morning Show" is a morning radio show that broadcasts out of 93.3 FLZ in Tampa, FL and also in many other cities such as St. Louis, Jacksonville, Melbourne, Ft. Pierce-Vero Beach, and Punta Gorda, Florida. 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 Fester, Froggy, Hurricane "Hitman" Stevens, Meredith, and Jabberjaw. Dave "Dave the Dwarf" Flood also makes random appearances on the show, as well as a cast of interns. The show plays no music.

Contents 1 Members of the Show 1.1 Current Crew Members 1.1.1 MJ Kelli 1.1.2 "Hurricane" Stevens 1.1.3 Fester 1.1.4 Joey B 1.1.5 Froggy 2 1.1.6 Dave The Dwarf 1.1.7 Jabberjaw 1.1.8 Meredith 1.2 Previous Crew Members 1.2.1 BJ Harris 1.2.2 Hoover 1.2.3 Froggy 1 1.2.4 Flunkie 2 Albums 2.1 Classic Crotchety & Wisecracks 2.2 Crotchety Christmas 2.3 Crotchety Christmas II 2.4 Crotchety Christmas 3-D 2.5 When Crotchety Attacks! 2.6 Nothing But Crotchety (3 CD set) 3 Music cues 4 Contests 4.1 Jingle Jugs 4.2 Pick Your Plastic 4.3 Rear of the Year 4.4 Homeroom Hottie 4.5 Mangle Mouth 5 Affiliates 6 See also 7 References 8 External links

[edit] Members of the Show

[edit] Current Crew Members

[edit] MJ Kelli

MJ Kelli (real name Todd Schnitt) is the host. Schnitt also hosts an AM radio afternoon talk show (The Schnitt Show) involving world news, economics, debates, and politics but has no say in the length of his sons' hair.

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 history and a strong affection for BMWs. 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.

On Friday morning July 20, 2007 MJ announced that he "quit" the MJ morning show. He returned about 45 minutes later and said that he owed it to the listeners to finish out the day. He returned on Monday with a video of him shooting the newest Harry Potter book with a friend's HK MP5.^{[citation needed]}

MJ often claims to have coined various phrases or words. None of these have been verified or challenged. Most recently he claimed to have coined the phrase "ROOF RIP" when describing eating a certain breakfast cereal.

"MJ used his friend's HK MP5 to shoot and turn the newest edition of Harry Potter into thousands of pieces. Scholastic confiscated the show's copies of "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" because they had them days before the book was even released. MJ was so mad he decided to take his frustration out on the book. We bought a copy of the coveted book when it came out midnight on July 21, 2007. We took it to the shooting range and you won't believe what happens to the book."^{[citation needed]}

[edit] "Hurricane" Stevens

Hurricane (first name Andrew) (born April 1966 in Miami) is the executive technical producer and air personality of the morning show. He is also the webmaster, handling the majority of the content that is posted on the show's official website. He and M.J. have been on the show since the beginning- which started on February 7, 1994. He started at WFLZ-FM in 1990 as "Boner". Andrew, born and raised in Miami, is one of four boys in his family, one of which is his twin brother.

[edit] Fester

Uncle Fester (formerly known as Moose) is one of the many on-air talent of the show. 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. He also occasionally lends his grilling skills to the nationally syndicated Cigar Dave Show, also based out of WFLA.

[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 also spent 1998–2001 as the producer of the MJ & BJ Morning Show.

[edit] Froggy 2

Froggy (first name Mike) (born November 1979) returned to the show on Wednesday August 16, 2006, after a year and half away from it. 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 Clear Channel station, 98 Rock (WXTB). He was fired from that show after a year on the air.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Dave The Dwarf

Dave "Dave the Dwarf" Flood (born July 5, 1964 (1964-07-05) (age 43)) 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 lawsuit 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.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Jabberjaw

Jabberjaw joined the MJ Morning Show in 2005 as an intern. She is originally from Wisconsin, and MJ checks with her for pronunciations of Wisconsin cities. 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. Despite this, in April 2007, Jabberjaw returned to the show after an eight-month absence.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Meredith

Meredith joined the MJ Morning Show in November 2007, after previously serving as the affiliate producer for WFKS in Jacksonville, replacing former show member "Ryan Seacrust." Meredith was previously linked to former cast member Flunkie, who apparently tried to get her to engage in a game of "Truth or Dare" while he was visiting the Jacksonville market.^[1]

[edit] Previous Crew Members

[edit] BJ Harris

(real name Barry Harris) was the co-host of the MJ & BJ Morning Show until February 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 KALC in Denver. He is married to his wife Sharron and has three sons.

[edit] Hoover

Hoover took over as executive producer after Joey B. left. He and MJ did not see eye to eye on many topics. He left to take a job in sports radio, which was his passion. This left the door open for Joey B. to return.

[edit] Froggy 1

Worked at WFLZ on the MJ & BJ Show until 2001 when he relocated with his wife and kids to Miami. Froggy has been at sister station WHYI-FM - Y100. Froggy was the executive producer for Kenny and Footy in the Morning on Y100. When Kenny Walker was let go from Y100, Footy retired (now at WIOD) and Elvis Duran & The Morning Zoo (simulcast from sister station WHTZ Z-100 in New York City) currently airs weekday mornings from 6 to 10 a.m. It began airing on Y-100 on Monday May 22, 2006, Froggy, during his last four years on the air is currently the only live and local South Florida voice of Y-100 during the show.

[edit] Flunkie

Flunkie (also known as Tommy) (born September 27, 1979 (1979-09-27) (age 28)) worked with Joey B in Philadelphia before being recommended to MJ for this show. Flunkie played the sounds and music for the show, and also captured audio clips from television and news shows that he played during the broadcast when MJ discusses the stories behind them. Flunkie often was 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 was generally a type of punching bag for MJ and the crew and was 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] Music cues

The show uses numerous theme songs from classic and current TV shows as cues.

• The $10,000 Pyramid theme, special game cue (since 1988)
• Match Game theme from 1973, "Gene Rayburn's Fame Game" and quiz cue (since 1987)
• Jeopardy! 1984 theme, game intro cue (1987-88, returned in 2007)
• The Price is Right 1972 theme used in the United States, game intro cue (since 1994)
• Wheel of Fortune theme ("Changing Keys", 1983 version) (since 1991)
• Password theme from 1966 (1986-1993)
• Password Plus theme (1991-2005)
• Super Password theme (since 1992)
• Lingo theme from the GSN Version, "MJ's Lingo Game" (since 2007)
• Friend or Foe? theme, "MJ's Friend or Foe Game"
• Access Hollywood theme, "Access MJ and Froggy"
• Card Sharks' 1986 theme, "MJ's Secret Game"

[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). Jingle Jugs was the promotion name for 2003. The name was later ripped off to be used for a novelty item. Unfortunately, MJ never copyrighted the name and was informed he had no reason for legal recourse.

[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] Mangle Mouth

Returning with its second edition in October 2007, Mangle Mouth gives listeners a chance to receive a full dental makeover. Contestants send in photos of their mouths/teeth and every 2-3 days, 10 contestants are chosen for each round. There are 8 rounds and the contestant with the most votes wins the makeover.

[edit] Affiliates

The MJ Morning Show has been regionally syndicated for the past ten years. The show broadcasts to six affiliates, the most the show has had at once. In comparison, MJ's The Schnitt Show also broadcasts to eight affiliates including one XM Satellite Radio channel. Currently, the only market to broadcast both shows is the Tampa Bay area homebase. The show originates from WFLZ.

Calls	Freq.	Branding	Format	Market/Market Rank[2]	Timeslot	Group Owner
Terrestrial Stations
WFLZ-FM¹	93.3 MHz	933 FLZ	CHR/Pop	Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, Florida / 19	Live 6-10 a.m.	Clear Channel Communications
KSLZ¹	107.7 MHz	Z1077	CHR/Pop	St. Louis, MO / 20	Delay 6-10 a.m.	Clear Channel Communications
WFKS	97.9 MHz	979 KISS FM	CHR/Pop	Jacksonville, FL / 47	Live 6-10 a.m.	Clear Channel Communications
WBVD	95.1 MHz	KISS 95.1	CHR/Pop	Melbourne-Titusville-Cocoa, FL / 94	Live 6-10 a.m.	Clear Channel Communications
WSYR-FM	94.7 MHz	Star 94.7	Hot AC	Ft. Pierce-Stuart-Vero Beach, FL / 99	Live 6-10 a.m.	Clear Channel Communications

- Show streams online.

¹ Both WFLZ and KSLZ carry a bonus hour of the MJ Morning Show at 5 a.m. entitled "MJ-ja vu", comprising of bits from the previous show. In addition, WFLZ airs another hour after the main show ends, "MJ Remix", comprised of "best of" bits.

Listeners in the Tampa Bay area can also tune into MJ's afternoon show, The Schnitt Show, on WFLA. Listeners in the Ft. Pierce-Stuart-Vero Beach and Naples, Florida areas can also hear the show on Miami's WIOD, which covers South Florida.

[edit] See also

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• http://www.mjmorningshow.com The official MJ Morning Show website
• http://www.myspace.com/mjmorningshow at MySpace The MJ Morning Show MySpace page
• http://www.mjfanpage.com/ MJ Morning Show Fan Page