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
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
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
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.
What the heck have you done lately?
Rick out
FAMOUS
1. Chris Sarandon (Actor)
2. Seth McClung (Major League Baseball Player)
3. Lil Jimmie Dickens (
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
18. Pearl S. Buck (author The Good Earth)
19. Michael W. Smith (born in Kenova)
20. Conchata Ferrell (born in
21. Biship T.D. Jakes (born in
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
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
41. Tamar Slay (former NBA player/WWHS graduate/currently playing pro basketball in
42. Jay Rockefeller (politician/really, really rich guy)
43. Mike D'Antoni (head coach of the New York Knicks)
44. O.J. Mayo (
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)
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!
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
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
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
(sob, sob) Leave A-Rod Alone!!!!
Oh my God!!! Alex Rodriguez is the first baseball player that has ever cheated!!!!
Seriously. Alex Rodriguez has admitted that from 2000 -2003, he took steroids. He cheated while playing the game of baseball. Well, A-Rod...get in line.
I find it extremely ridiculous that such a fuss is being made about this story. The government is getting involved!!! Miguel Tejada could get a year in jail for perjury before Congress. Perjury is a terrible thing and very much a crime. But (I'm gonna shout here) WHAT THE HELL WAS HE DOING TESTIFYING BEFORE CONGRESS IN THE FIRST PLACE!!!!!!! Don't our lawmakers have better things to do like, oh I don't know, fixing the economy!!!!
If A-Rod, Miguel Tejada and even Barry Bonds are guilty of taking steroids, they are therefore guilty of cheating and because of this may never make it to the Hall of Fame (hall of fame induction is determined by a vote by the sportswriters of America). Well, if that is the case, then kick out Gaylord Perry too. You don't know who Gaylord Perry is? Well, allow me to enlighten you.
Gaylord Perry was a fat, bald headed man that pitched in the 60's, 70's & even a little in the 80's. He had his best years with San Francisco and Cleveland and won 314 games in his career. He, obviously, is in the hall of fame. He even wrote a book "Me and the Spitter" in which he depicted all of the different ways in which he cheated. By the way, throwing a spitball (a baseball with a little extra lubricant on it, i.e. spit, vasoline, etc) and throwing a scuffed ball (a baseball which has been scuffed or cut along its smooth surface to affect the way it breaks or curves) is against the rules. In other words, it is cheating...just like taking steroids is cheating. Believe me, if steroids had existed in the 60's, 70's & 80's, guys like Gaylord Perry would have gobbled them up like a bag o' Skittles.
So the next question becomes: Are there varying degrees of cheating? Is one form of cheating worse than others? I think not. Cheating is cheating, no matter how you slice it. Giving oneself an unfair advantage is always cheating...and it is always wrong.
It seems to me that the major villain here is technology and science. Alex Rodriguez did not invent steroids just as Gaylord Perry did not discover the spitball. Steroids are where we are at today. And I would venture to say that if were going to be this extreme about the topic, then wouldn't contact lenses or eye glasses be a "performance enhancing" material? I mean steroids make you stronger, right? Don't contact lenses make you see better?
Bottom line for me is two-fold: First, I can take steroids from now until the year 2012 and I still wouldn't be able to hit a 95 mph fastball. That crap is hard!!!! And there is no proof that steroids makes you a better hitter, just a stronger hitter. You still gotta hit the ball!!! And it has been scientifically proven and documented by Dr. Michio Kaku, the Henry Semat Professor of Theoretical Physics at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, (hey, I don't screw around) that it is impossible for the naked eye to actually see a baseball traveling at 100 mph. It cannot be done. The eye sees the ball leave the pitchers hand and the brain interprets how and where the ball will travel. So, I reiterate, no amount of steroids is gonna help you be able to do that. You either got it (the ability to hit a baseball traveling at extremely fast speeds) or you don't.
Secondly, taking steroids is cheating and players who take steroids must be disciplined for their actions. But no more so than those who throw a spitter...or cork a bat...or put the pine tar too high on their bat. All of these things are against the rules and all should be punished...equally.
So again I say "Leave A-Rod alone"! And get the government out of the game. And Commissioner Bud Selig? Grow a set of , um, balls and quit playing "baseball - the political game" and start playing "baseball - America's game".
What the heck have you done lately?
Rick out.
Seriously. Alex Rodriguez has admitted that from 2000 -2003, he took steroids. He cheated while playing the game of baseball. Well, A-Rod...get in line.
I find it extremely ridiculous that such a fuss is being made about this story. The government is getting involved!!! Miguel Tejada could get a year in jail for perjury before Congress. Perjury is a terrible thing and very much a crime. But (I'm gonna shout here) WHAT THE HELL WAS HE DOING TESTIFYING BEFORE CONGRESS IN THE FIRST PLACE!!!!!!! Don't our lawmakers have better things to do like, oh I don't know, fixing the economy!!!!
If A-Rod, Miguel Tejada and even Barry Bonds are guilty of taking steroids, they are therefore guilty of cheating and because of this may never make it to the Hall of Fame (hall of fame induction is determined by a vote by the sportswriters of America). Well, if that is the case, then kick out Gaylord Perry too. You don't know who Gaylord Perry is? Well, allow me to enlighten you.
Gaylord Perry was a fat, bald headed man that pitched in the 60's, 70's & even a little in the 80's. He had his best years with San Francisco and Cleveland and won 314 games in his career. He, obviously, is in the hall of fame. He even wrote a book "Me and the Spitter" in which he depicted all of the different ways in which he cheated. By the way, throwing a spitball (a baseball with a little extra lubricant on it, i.e. spit, vasoline, etc) and throwing a scuffed ball (a baseball which has been scuffed or cut along its smooth surface to affect the way it breaks or curves) is against the rules. In other words, it is cheating...just like taking steroids is cheating. Believe me, if steroids had existed in the 60's, 70's & 80's, guys like Gaylord Perry would have gobbled them up like a bag o' Skittles.
So the next question becomes: Are there varying degrees of cheating? Is one form of cheating worse than others? I think not. Cheating is cheating, no matter how you slice it. Giving oneself an unfair advantage is always cheating...and it is always wrong.
It seems to me that the major villain here is technology and science. Alex Rodriguez did not invent steroids just as Gaylord Perry did not discover the spitball. Steroids are where we are at today. And I would venture to say that if were going to be this extreme about the topic, then wouldn't contact lenses or eye glasses be a "performance enhancing" material? I mean steroids make you stronger, right? Don't contact lenses make you see better?
Bottom line for me is two-fold: First, I can take steroids from now until the year 2012 and I still wouldn't be able to hit a 95 mph fastball. That crap is hard!!!! And there is no proof that steroids makes you a better hitter, just a stronger hitter. You still gotta hit the ball!!! And it has been scientifically proven and documented by Dr. Michio Kaku, the Henry Semat Professor of Theoretical Physics at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, (hey, I don't screw around) that it is impossible for the naked eye to actually see a baseball traveling at 100 mph. It cannot be done. The eye sees the ball leave the pitchers hand and the brain interprets how and where the ball will travel. So, I reiterate, no amount of steroids is gonna help you be able to do that. You either got it (the ability to hit a baseball traveling at extremely fast speeds) or you don't.
Secondly, taking steroids is cheating and players who take steroids must be disciplined for their actions. But no more so than those who throw a spitter...or cork a bat...or put the pine tar too high on their bat. All of these things are against the rules and all should be punished...equally.
So again I say "Leave A-Rod alone"! And get the government out of the game. And Commissioner Bud Selig? Grow a set of , um, balls and quit playing "baseball - the political game" and start playing "baseball - America's game".
What the heck have you done lately?
Rick out.
Thursday, February 12, 2009
Old School Abbey
I just wanted to thank the guys from Old School Abbey for being so cool and for hangin' out with us the morning (2-13-09). Matt, Nick, Dave, Matt & Leo are awesome and I'm so glad they are my friends. The fact that they make great music...bonus! If you liked their first album "A Girl Like You", then you are gonna love the new one "Only A Dream". Good luck and much success guys...you deserve it!
What the heck have you done lately
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