On this day in 1912, English explorer Robert F Scott and his party reached the South Pole, only to discover that Roald Amundsen had beaten them to it.
- The next year, he set off for the North Pole in an effort to become the first “Bi-Polar” explorer in history.
Have a great day and I’ll see you back here Thursday!
-Dick
Detroit’s own Kid Rock - who has given a lot back to the city - is offering up something different: An apology. Last Friday night, while attending country star Travis Tritt’s concert at the Andiamo Celebrity Showroom, Kid lit up a cigar. An asthmatic man among the 800-plus audience members complained. Mr. Rock says he is deeply sorry for the faux pas. His excuse: He’d been drinking!
- I believed the whole story, right up until the drinking part…
Another night… another Republican debate. Last night, the remaining five GOP candidates faced each other and the public again. Highlights included Mitt Romney waffling about releasing his tax returns. He said maybe he’ll do it at the traditional time… in April.
- Donald Trump said what he really wants to see are the tax returns Romney filed in Kenya.
- Newt Gingrich said the reason Mitt is holding back is that he itemized all his deductions… in FRENCH!
Ron Paul spent some of his time at Monday night’s debate defending the Taliban. He said that they are different than Al Qaeda and basically just people who don’t want foreigners on Afghan soil.
- He also said Ted Bundy and Charles Manson were different because at heart, Manson was really “a family man”.
Khadijah Baseer of Los Angeles is charged with suspicion of prostitution. She was reportedly opening customers’ car doors in the drive-thru-lane of a McDonald’s and offering sexual favors in return for free Chicken McNuggets. 
She was arrested after a man told police that she approached him with the sex-for-McNuggets deal, but he refused the offer.
- Apparently the 32 guys in line before him had no problem with the offer at all!
- She said she was just serving a new version of McDonald’s “Happy Meal”!
- Her fellow hookers in jail are said to be giving her quite a “McRibbing” about the story.
- btw… That particular McDonald’s changed it’s sign to “Over a Billion Served… Some Just Got Better Service Than Others!”
After years of accusing “Barbie” of being offensive to Islam, an official ban on Barbie and Ken has gone into effect in Iran. What they say is a “buxom blond in revealing clothing” is being replaced with two officially-sanctioned Iranian dolls named Dara and Sara. They have black or brown hair but you can’t see it because they come complete with head scarves.
- So now little girls in Iran can play with their plastic “Dara” and “Sara” dolls… while little boys just continue to play with their plastic AK-47’s, so really, not that much has changed!
- Because Dara and Sara are females, they can’t leave the house without a male relative. Wouldn’t you think the men over there might want to change that rule?
- Wait ‘til you see “Sara’s Malibu Dream Cave”!
Fatherhood has changed Rapper Jay Z. After his wife Beyonce gave birth to their daughter, Ivy Blue, last week he wrote a poem in his baby’s honor in which he appears to renounce ever calling females “bitch” again. 
Although he’s used the word relentlessly in the songs that made him famous, he now says he curses the word and that “no man will degrade” his daughter “or call her that name”.
- From now on he says that females will be called “women” but added that that word is a bitch to rhyme!
- John Lennon would have called his hit song “Woman”, “Bitch”, but ofcourse he wasn’t nearly as hip as Jay Z!!!!!
On this day in 1929, Popeye the Sailor Man debuted in the comic strip “Thimble Theater”.
- With the size of his arms… I hope Mother Popeye had a C-Section!
Have a great day and I’ll see you back here Wednesday!
-Dick
In a surprise move, GOP Presidential Candidate Jon Huntsman pulled out of the race over the weekend despite having declared his third place finish in New Hampshire, “A Ticket To Ride”. The former Governor of Utah previously also served as the U.S. Ambassador to China under President Obama.
- He was pulled from that position after Obama misunderstood a message from Huntsman saying he’d ordered “Chinese Take Out”.
- The Chinese government used to let Huntsman bring his family over for visits… but he was only allowed to bring one of his kids at a time.
The Republican candidates’ attacks on each other may have reached a new low with an ad from the Gringrich campaign that attacks Mitt Romney for speaking French. It depicts Romney as a Massachusetts liberal by comparing him to Sen. John Kerry and ends by cutting from Kerry speaking French to Romney speaking French. The narrator adds, “Just like John Kerry, he speaks French, too.” Ironically, it’s been reported that Newt also speaks French.
- Apparently Jon Huntsman also speaks French since he “surrendered” and dropped out of the race over the weekend.
- Bill Clinton couldn’t speak French but at school, he majored in “French Kissing”.
- If any of these guys actually want a shot at winning, shouldn’t they be bragging that they can speak SPANISH?
Big upsets in the NFL over the weekend. The 49er’s beat the New Orleans Saints in the last 30 seconds of their game… The New York Giants felled the favored Green Bay Packers in a lopsided game in Green Bay… 
And Jesus did not come to Tim Tebow’s aide on Saturday, as Tom Brady and the New England Patriots decimated Tebow and the Denver Broncos 45-10.
- It’s nice to know the Lions wouldn’t have been the only ones to lose if they’d made it that far.
27-year-old Hazel Jones of England became on overnight celebrity by revealing that she has a medical condition call uterus Didelphys, which means… she has two vaginas! 
She also has two cervixes and two uteruses. Jones is excited about her condition, saying “It’s amazing… definetely an ice-breaker at parties… and if women want to have a look, I’m quite happy to show them!” Doctors say having two vaginas isn’t all that rare. A gynocologist in Philadelphia says he sees “maybe one a month”.
- Actually, that’s “two” a month.
- Mr. Jones says it’s great, because if one of her “has a headache”, the other side is still good to go!
- And you thought dealing with your ladie’s PMS was bad!
- If Sharon Stone had this condition… she would definitely have taken the Oscar for her role in “Basic Instinct”.
- Miss Jones has even given them Geographic names: Vagina and West Vagina.
- If her Vaginas start giving monologues it’s going to be more confusing than watching “The View”.
Because of the European debt crisis, S&P downgraded the credit ratings of nine European nations, including France. Only Germany was left with the highest Triple A credit rating.
- Too bad the Nazi’s didn’t realize that all they really needed to take over Europe was a really good credit rating!
- On this side of the Atlantic, Canada is still holding strong with a credit rating of Triple “Eh? Eh? Eh?”
At last night’s Golden Globes, return host Ricky Gervais was remarkably less offensive as host than during last year’s broadcast… although he repeatedly appeared on stage holding a cocktail. 
George Clooney won Best Actor in a movie for “The Descendants” while Meryl Streep walked away with the Best Actress trophy for her portrayal of Margaret Thatcher in “The Iron Lady”.
- Bill Clinton went to see the movie, but was confused because he thought it was about Hillary.
The big winner of the night was “The Artist” - which took home a ton of awards, including Best Film. Amazingly, it’s a silent movie.
- The only talking I heard during the movie were the two women sitting behind me.
On this day in 1979, Cher filed for divorce from Greg Allman. The two had been married for just 9 days.
- This was the first time in history someone said, “The Honeymoon’s Over” before the Honeymoon was actually over.
Have a great day and I’ll see you back here Tuesday!
-Dick
On this, our 25th Podcast (Do you give gifts for the 25th Podcast? A silver “Mr. Microphone”?) we cover the gamut from “No Pants Day” on subways around the world to the split-second decision that cost me $50 thousand dollars, and a slip of the tongue that almost got Jackie kicked off morning radio in NYC. On a personal note we’ll give you a “Reader’s Digest” version of how I became involved with Children’s Hospital of Michigan more than 30 years ago. They are giving my wife Gail and yours truly an award Friday evening - but the award should go to them… They saved my daughter Jackie’s life.
Have a great weekend, drive safely and I’ll see you back here on Monday!
-Dick
From left… Our oldest daughter Jennifer, Moi (sans moustache), daughter #3, Jill, my wife Gail with our first dog, Piper, and Jackie.
It’s official… Hostess - the company that makes Twinkies and so many of America’s favorite sweet treats - has filed for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy protection.
- They don’t need protection from creditors… they need protection from potheads and Michael Moore.
William Shatner is set to make his Broadway debut - at age 80 - in a one-man show running from Valentine’s Day to March 4th. It will be called “Shatner’s World: We Just Live In It” and producers promise it will “take audiences on a voyage through Shatner’s life and career, from Shakespearean stage actor to internationally known icon.”
- And you can get great deals on tickets by calling “Priceline”!
- If there is a God, it won’t be a musical.
- I haven’t been this excited about a show since Charlie Sheen’s “Violent Torpedo of Truth/Defeat Is Not An Option” tour!
- Audience members will go where “no Star Trek Fan has gone before”… a respectable clothing store.
NOTE: Shatner had one of the funniest lines ever (IMHO) when he appeared on Saturday Night Live as Captain Kirk at a Star Trek Convention. He stepped in front of the worshiping crowd and said, “Get a life!”
University of Connecticut health researcher Dipak Das has come under attack for his studies lauding the many benefits of red wine. University officials warned science journals that they’ve found over 100 instances of falsified data in his research.
- Of course he made a few mistakes! He was drunk while he did the studies!
- Officials said they’re shocked that an alleged scientist would “stoop this Merlot.”
- Das called the whole thing “sour grapes” and offered to throw critics a “Whine & Cheese Party”.
Yesterday, the Puah Institute in Israel hosted a major conference titled “Innovations in Gynecology/Obstetrics & Jewish Law”. There was one glitch: 
Female doctors weren’t allowed to speak. They were allowed to sit quietly in a separate section of the auditorium and listen to what the men had to say about female body parts. The men at the institute say they will hold a separate conference just for women.
- What a bunch of boobs!
- The event did feature female entertainment… sort of. Chaz Bono.
Last night Katy Perry won five People’s Choice Awards, including one for favorite TV guest-starring role on “How I Met Your Mother,” but because of her divorce from Russell Brand she chose not to attend the public event.
- If I were her, I would have avoided public events when I was still with him!
- In the divorce agreement, she gets to keep all her awards, and he gets to keep the ugly stick.