When the world last saw “Grease” and “Taxi” star Jeff Conaway, he was in a wheelchair and slurring obscenities at Dr. Drew while being thrown out of Celebrity Rehab for getting violent with his girlfriend in the facility. He immediately went home and popped some Oxy.  This week, in a world radio exclusive, Conaway declared his sobriety, ironically enough, on a show called the Radio Happy Hour.

Appearing with his girlfriend Vikki Lizzi and life coach Johnny Wimbrey, Conaway told hosts Dr. Blogstein and Dangerous Lee that he’s been clean since November 20th when he had his fifth back surgery (Conway’s problems started when he broke his back, and then continued downhill as he became addicted to painkillers, and later, cocaine and alcohol.)

But “clean” to Jeff Conaway may not be what others consider “clean.” He told the show that he’s weening himself off of his pain medication and that he’ll “have a drink once in a while” to help him sleep.

Conway credits Wimbrey’s positive message for accelerating his recovery and claims his counseler on Celebrity Rehab,  Dr. Drew, failed him.

Conway reports: “Dr. Drew told me, ‘forget it, it’s all over. You’re never going to get better.’”

“I think Dr. Drew is a wonderful, great man and he means the best (but) he came up lacking in this one.”

When asked what he plans to say the next time he sees Dr. Drew face to face, Conway sang, “Ha Ha, I told you so! Ha Ha, I told you so!”

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 UPDATE 2-27-09

(No word, however, if Jeff Conway sang, “Ha Ha, I told you so! Ha Ha, I told you so!”)

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JEFF CONAWAY POP QUIZ

 Jeff Conaway played Kenickie in the movie “Grease.” What part did he play on Broadway?
Danny Zuko

What was Conaway’s “Taxi” character Bobby Wheeler’s other career?
Actor

What sci-fi series did Jeff star in from 1994-1998?
“Babylon 5″

This week’s contestant Jan Cullinane, who co-authored The New Retirement: The Ultimate Guide to the Rest of Your Life (Rodale, 2007)  was unable to answer even one question correctly.  She did, however, dazzle us with her wacky talent of being able to speak backwards fluently!

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This week on Dr. Blogstein’s
Radio Happy Hour:

When the world last saw “Grease” and “Taxi” star Jeff Conaway, he was in a wheelchair and slurring obscenities at Dr. Drew while being thrown out of Celebrity Rehab for getting violent with his girlfriend in the facility. He immediately went home and popped some Oxy.

On Tuesday, in a world radio exclusive, Conaway, his girlfriend Vikki Lizzi and life coach Johnny Wimbrey will tell Dr. Blogstein and Dangerous Lee how he finally cleaned up his act.

Conaway also has harsh words for Dr. Drew.

Comedian Jim Florentine is best known for his characters “Special Ed” and “Bobby Fletcher” created for a series of prank phone calls featured on the Comedy Central television show Crank Yankers.

Florentine is currently the co-host of “That Metal Show” on VH1 Classic. The second season starts on March 7th.

He’s also a very popular stand up draw and recently entertained American troops in Afghanistan.

• Marq from Vegas fills in for Vinny Bond to chat live with the listeners

• Justin the Weatherman delivers a forecast

• We’ll recap last week’s historic interview of The FlyLady

• Shawn Amos returns with another GetBack.com Pop Quiz

• Bernadette Giacomazzo files a PopCultureMadness.com report

• and we’ll take your calls at 646-652-4804