This week on the
Radio Happy Hour:

Eric Blake has gone from the notorious streets of South Central Los Angeles where he experienced the “hard knock” life of gangs, drugs, and violence to a 15-year career as a renowned stand-up comedian.

http://www.myspace.com/ericblake2

Also this week:

• Collette McLafferty, lead singer of edibleRed, cohosts

• The Burl of Annie and Burl Live works behind the scenes as pro-doucher

• Shawn Amos tests our Pop Culture IQ

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

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Q: Androgynous internet star Chris Crocker gained fame for the video of him sobbing and screaming to leave this pop star, who had just shaved her head, alone.

A: Britney Spears

Q: Name this rock band who found a replacement for their lead singer, Scott Soto, when Neal Schon discovered a video of his cover band, The Zoo, on the internet.

A: Journey

This week’s contestant, Cody Strawn, was only able to answer one of the three questions correctly becoming the second consecutive contestant not to win.  He still invited everyone to join him in North Carolina on August 6th and 7th to join him in his 24 hour movie marathon.

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Presumably, this move would pave the way for Carell to put all his focus on his movie career.

The transformation from TV star to movie star is a common one as well as a risky one.  Throughout history, we’ve seen careers built and careers flounder with this very maneuver.

In fact, just this week, the Radio Happy Hour welcomed back Amy and Nancy Harrington, the “Pop Culture Passionistas” of PopCulturePassionistas.com/ to share their lists of Top 5 Best (and Worst) TV Star to Movie Star Transformations.

The Pop Culture Passionistas come on at the 17:25 mark

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5 Best TV Star to Movie Star Transformations

5.   Bruce Willis

4.   Will Smith

3.   Bill Murray

2.   George Clooney

1. Tom Hanks (left)

5.   Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen

4.   Shelly Long

3.   Ellen DeGeneres

2.   The Cast of Friends except Jennifer Aniston

1.   David Caruso (right)

Do you agree? Disagree? We sure had opinions on the show.  Please share yours.

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This week on the
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ONISION comes on at approximately the 40:00 mark

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Onision is one of the most popular and most controversial YouTube celebrities.  He has over 250,000 subscribers who are arguably the most fiercely loyal fan base on the internet.

Between his main channel, archive channel and “Onision Speaks” channel, Onison uploads video on a daily basis and is alternately comical, goofy, edgy and heavily serious.  In his “Onision Speaks” videos he dives into topics such vegetarianism, ethics, morals, and religion.

http://www.youtube.com/user/Onision

http://www.Onision.net

The Pop Culture Passionistas come on at approximately the 17:25 mark

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Amy and Nancy Harrington, the “Pop Culture Passionistas“, return for what is now their monthly visit.  This month they bring to us their lists of  Top 5 Best and Top 5 Worst TV Star to Movie Star Transformations.

http://www.PopCulturePassionistas.com/

Also this week:

• Collette McLafferty, lead singer of edibleRed, cohosts

• The Burl of Annie and Burl Live works behind the scenes as pro-doucher

• Shawn Amos tests our Pop Culture IQ

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

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Q: Name the 1990 film starring Julia Roberts as a call girl and Richard Gere as her knight in shining armor.
A: “Pretty Women”

Q: Name the actress who played Ophelia in “Trading Places” and helped Dan Aykroyd and Eddie Murphy’s characters beat the Duke brothers at their own game.
A: Jamie Lee Curtis

Q: Name the “Cheers” actress who played a lady of the evening in the 1982 film “Night Shift” with Michael Keaton and Henry Winkler.
A: Shelley Long

Zach Day, this week’s contestant, got only one of the three questions correct.  Unfortunately, that was not enough for the 16-year-old southern high school student to win.

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This week on the Radio Happy Hour:

Carmine Gotti comes on at approximately the 59:00 mark

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Carmine Agnello Jr. AKA Carmine Gotti is the son of Victoria Gotti and grandson to the late John Gotti, the notorious Boss of the Gambino Crime Family.

Carmine is best known from the A&E reality series Growing Up Gotti. He’s currently a recording artist with a new single, “Jealous”.

http://www.myspace.com/CarmineGottiMusic

Dennis Hoff and Brooke Taylor come on at approximately the 39:00 mark

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Dennis Hof owner of the world famous Moonlite BunnyRanch and star of HBO’s Cathouse brothel returns to the show, this time with one of his employees, the beautiful Brooke Taylor.

http://www.bunnyranch.net/

http://twitter.com/thebrooketaylor

Also this week:

• Collette McLafferty, lead singer of edibleRed, cohosts

• The Burl of Annie and Burl Live works behind the scenes as pro-doucher

• Shawn Amos tests our Pop Culture IQ

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

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Q: What does Jay Leno call his “Tonight Show” man on the street segment?
A: Jaywalking

Q: Rupert Jee of New York’s Hello Deli did man on the street segments for which late night talk show host?
A: David Letterman

Q: Name Conan O’Brien’s canine puppet friend who did man on the street segments with Star Wars fans and Coachella festival attendees.
A: Triumph the Insult Comic Dog

Steve from Pete’s Basement, the popular comic book video podcast, got 2 of the 3 questions correct. That made him the proud winner of Jeff Garlin: Young and Handsome: A Night with Jeff Garlin.  Dr. Blogstein also threw in Jeff Garlin’s new book My Footprint: Carrying the Weight of the World and a Got Blogstein? t-shirt because, as Dr. B explained, “We are fantastic people.”

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This week on the
Radio Happy Hour:

Frank Nicotero comes on at about the 12:15 mark

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Comedian Frank Nicotero hosted the hit syndicated show “Street Smarts” for 5 years.

On his new comedy album Frank brings his street smarts to the stage, letting us all know what he thinks about cops, colonoscopies, cell phones, Cialis, and condoms. He also shares why porn isn’t the same as real life, and why it’s better to hit a deer with a Ford than a Nissan.

Frank is also currently host of one of the most successful video shows in the history of the internet. On Yahoo’s “Primetime Time in No Time,” which just surpassed 400 million views, Frank recaps the previous evening’s TV highlights.

http://www.FrankNicotero.com
http://www.primetime.tv.yahoo.com/

Love & Logic come on at about the 42:15 mark

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Annie Kim, Paul Cenetti, and Derron Walker are Love and Logic: a trio from New York City that combines elements of rock, pop, and classical music to create a truly unique and versatile sound.

According to their website, “it’s equal doses of heart and brain (hence the name…) that make their songs so accessible and emotional, but also intricate and challenging.”

http://loveandlogicrock.com

Justin Gignac comes on at about the 4:00 mark

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Justin Gignac is a New York City artist who creates art of of 100% authentic NYC garbage.

The trash is hand-picked and arranged in Lucite cubes that are signed, numbered, and dated. Today, over 1,200 cubes have been sold to over 25 countries.

http://www.nycgarbage.com/

Also this week:

• Collette McLafferty, lead singer of edibleRed, cohosts
  

• Co-host Vinny Bond sits on his Big Leather Couch to chat live with the listeners

• The Burl of Annie and Burl Live works behind the scenes as pro-doucher

• Shawn Amos tests our Pop Culture IQ
  

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

LIVE BROADCAST: April 13, 2010 @ 9 PM ET

PODCAST AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD: Immediately following the live broadcast

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Q: What’s the name of the main mob family in The Godfather movies?
A: Corleone

Q: Name the movie starring Al Pacino as a Cuban refugee who becomes a cocaine king pin in Miami’s criminal underworld.
A: Scarface

Q: What 1976 movie musical starring Jodie Foster and Scott Baio featured kids playing mobsters?
A: Bugsy Malone

This week’s contestant, Victoria, got the first two questions correct and was a winner of The Funk Anthology, a two disk Johnny “Guitar” Walker anthology, courtesy of Shout! Factory.

We also learned this week that Shawn and his family battled head lice last week forcing our game show host to lose his dreads.

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