Wednesday, March 18, 2009

The List continues...

Man, we opened up the phones this morning (Wednesday) and the calls wouldn't stop. Here are the latest additions (starting with number 11) to the list of "Favorite Restaurant That's No Longer Here":

1) El Caporal (used to be at the Pagoda House Motel)
2) Burger Boy
3) Golden Corral in Oak Hill
4) Skyline Drive In in Hilltop (which we just heard today has re-opened)
5) Robin's in Beaver
6) Ponderosa
7) Dairy Dip in Oak Hill (Lola's list starter)
8) Smorgasbord in Beckley (used to be next to United Cycle)
9) Taco Bell in Oak Hill
10) Burgerland
11) The Spaghetti House
12) Calacino's
13) Western Pancake House (on route 19)
14) Beckley Pancake House
15) The Capri
16) Orange Julius
17) Borden Burgers in Oak Hill
18) Fazoli's
19) Pete & Bob's Drive In

Make sure to tune in tomorrow morning as we'll be adding to this list.
Until then...

Rick out

Tuesday, March 17, 2009

This weeks list

Okay fun guys & gals,

it's time for another list. This list was born of a conversation I had with Shane Southern, President of Southern Communications Corporation. He was talking fondly about a place that he remembered called The Spaghetti House. I've only been here since November, 1996...so I don't remember the Spaghetti House. But there is a restaurant that I remember since I've been here that is no longer here...and that restaurant will begin our list:

1) El Caporal (used to be at the Pagoda House Motel)
2) Burger Boy
3) Golden Corral in Oak Hill
4) Skyline Drive In in Hilltop (which we just heard today has re-opened)
5) Robin's in Beaver
6) Ponderosa
7) Dairy Dip in Oak Hill (Lola's list starter)
8) Smorgasbord in Beckley (used to be next to United Cycle)
9) Taco Bell in Oak Hill
10) Burgerland

We mentioned this list one time and the phones lit up!!! People love this stuff!!! Can you smell the memories? Join us tomorrow morning and get ready to call in with your additions to the list and check back here tomorrow for more on the list.

Rick out

Thursday, March 12, 2009

Okay, here is the updated list of Famous West Virginians. Man, the phones have been on fire with this topic.


FAMOUS WEST VIRGINIANS


1. Chris Sarandon (Actor)
2. Seth McClung (Major League Baseball Player)
3. Lil Jimmie Dickens (Country Music Hall of Famer)
4. Don Knotts (Actor)
5. Jerry West (Basketball Legend)
6. Jessco White (The Dancing Outlaw)
7. Jennifer Garner (Actress)
8. Morgan Spurlock (Filmmaker)
9. Cynthia Rylant (Childrens Book Author)
10. Homer Hickham (Author/Rocket Boy)
11. Robert C. Byrd (Politician)
12. Brad Paisley (Country Music Star)
13. Peter Marshall (Game Show Host)
14. John Corbett (Actor)
15. Henry O' Godwin (Pro Wrestler)
16. Dylan Summers (Pro Wrestler/Necro Butcher)

17. Soupy Sales (graduated from Huntington High School)
18. Pearl S. Buck (author The Good Earth)
19. Michael W. Smith (born in Kenova)
20. Conchata Ferrell (born in Charleston and went to WVU - 2 1/2 men and Mystic Pizza!)
21. Biship T.D. Jakes (born in South Charleston)
22. Anna Jarvis (the lady who made Mothers Day a national holiday!)
23. Red Sovine (he sang that country song "Teddy Bear" about the trucker & little boy talking on the CB radio)
24. Russ McCubbin (I have an autographed picture of him when he did an appearance at Cowboy White Chrysler Plymouth Dodge)
25. Joyce Dewitt (Janet Wood on Three's Company)
26. Lou Holtz (football coach)
27. Booker T. Washington
28. Kathy Mattea (country singer)
29. Dreama Denver (Bob Denver's wife)
30. George Brett (Rick, did you not know this???)
31. Ann Magnuson (actress)
32. Bill Withers ("Lean On Me" He is from Slab Fork)
33. Kristan Cunningham (HGTV "Design on a Dime" host...she's from BOONE COUNTY!)
34. Lesli Kay (she plays Felicia Forester on The Bold and the Beautiful)
35. Mary Lou Retton (gymnanst)
36. Randy Moss
37. John Forbes Nash (mathmatical genius!)
38. Jack Canfield (author of the "Chicken Soup for the Soul" books)
39. Patsy Ramsey (Jon Benet Ramsey's mom)
40. Jessica Lynch (army girl captured in Iraq)
41. Tamar Slay (former NBA player/WWHS graduate/currently playing pro basketball in Italy & is now married and has a son...this according to his mom who stopped by Lola's remote today)
42. Jay Rockefeller (politician/really, really rich guy)
43. Mike D'Antoni (head coach of the New York Knicks)
44. O.J. Mayo (Huntington grad/currently playing in the NBA)
45. Tony Hunsuckle (Pro Boxer)
46. John Kruk (Former Pro baseball player/ESPN analyst)
47. Chuck Yeager (astronaut)
48. Jack Whittaker (lottery winner/multi-millionaire/train-wreck)
49. Marion McClane (creator of “Grandparents Day)

Alright, there you have it. We will continue compiling this list tomorrow morning on the Early Show. Call us with your additions. Until next time...

What the heck have you done lately?

Rick out

Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Famous West Virginians

Wow!!!! Kathy came up with a bunch!!! George Brett? I did not know that. That is too cool!!! Here are a few more from today's show:

John Nash (educator/movie "A Beautiful Life" is based on him)

Tamar Slay (former NBA player/WWHS graduate/currently playing pro basketball in Italy & is now married and has a son...this according to his mom who stopped by Lola's remote today)

Jay Rockefeller (politician/really, really rich guy)

Mike D'Antoni (head coach of the New York Knicks)

O.J. Mayo (Huntington grad/currently playing in the NBA)

Check back tomorrow and be listening tomorrow for your chance to add more names to the list.

Next week, we've got another list planned and it concerns my favorite subject...food!

What the heck have you done lately?

Rick out!

Tuesday, March 10, 2009

New element on the Early Show....The List

Lola and I have began a new segment on our show. The new segment is called "The List". Each week, we'll take calls, e-mails, texts, Twitter messages, whatever on a particular subject and we will begin a list. Our first list is "Famous West Virginians". Check back here often as we will be updating the list daily.

FAMOUS WEST VIRGINIANS

1. Chris Sarandon (Actor)
2. Seth McClung (Major League Baseball Player)
3. Lil Jimmie Dickens (Country Music Hall of Famer)
4. Don Knotts (Actor)
5. Jerry West (Basketball Legend)
6. Jessco White (The Dancing Outlaw)
7. Jennifer Garner (Actress)
8. Morgan Spurlock (Filmmaker)
9. Cynthia Rylant (Childrens Book Author)
10. Homer Hickham (Author/Rocket Boy)
11. Robert C. Byrd (Politician)
12. Brad Paisley (Country Music Star)
13. Peter Marshall (Game Show Host)
14. John Corbett (Actor)
15. Henry O' Godwin (Pro Wrestler)
16. Dylan Summers (Pro Wrestler/Necro Butcher)

Join us on Wednesday and call us with your names for our list.

Until next time....what the heck have you done lately?

Rick out