FRIDAY
We heard the The Today Show did some lame version of our Friday Dance today. Stations across the country have been stealing the idea. We've been doing it for about ten years now. I can't imagine The Today Show's version was any good----I mean, what kind of "highlights" could they possibly have? Their idea of "crazy" is wearing a wig on Halloween.
I give them credit for trying to spice up their predictable show but they just don't do or say the things that we do at WGN that make the Friday Dance what it is.
Our phone lines were jammed this morning with people complaining about the two women who were on at 6:50am talking about "how to get a raise" at work. No one really complained about the content. They were upset because the women looked like they just got out of bed and their hair was a mess. To be honest, I thought it was some edgy New York hairstyle and didn't want to insult them by handing them a hairbrush.
We just caught the tail end of Sylvester Stallone's tirade at his satellite location for having such a dumpy satellite studio. When he realized he was on the air with us, he recovered well. He's pretty self-depricating so we like him. He's been in studio before and he's always a gracious guest.
Charlie Murphy (Eddie Murphy's brother) has been on our show too, but this time he was flat.
He clearly didn't want to talk about the "True Hollywood Stories" that made him famous.
Sometimes these comedians come on and they think it is an interview about them, when all anyone really wants is for them to be funny.