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Whad'Ya Know? For December 2, 2000
Live broadcast from Madison, WI

Listen in to the entire two-hour broadcast. Read the timings below to find your favorite segment. Or, you can listen to a specific half-hour of the show: Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Problem listening to Real Audio? Get Help!

Hour 1

:00 - Michael muses on Whitewater, sewer water, and sings his own composition "Everyone has their Kenneth Starr over their shoulder"

:01 - Opening credits..."and now, the man trying to avoid being struck by the holiday crush..."

:02 - Michael shares observations about his visit to Little Rock including an excursion to the Whitewater Tavern. Listen in and find out why 8,000 women were running under Michael's hotel window, why a single earring can be found under the pillows; which celebrities Michael spotted in his hotel lobby; who's been declared the "anti-Clinton" and more about Kenneth Starr investigations.

:15 - Michael welcomes Rev. Gerald Thompson and the High Praise Choir - some of the finest gospel music anywhere in the country!

:19 - Guest Interview -- Max Brantley, Arkansas Times Editor

:33 - The Whad'Ya Know Band with Clyde Stubblefield on drums, Jeff Eckels on electric bass and their leader-about-town, John Thulin on the keyboard perform a jazzy number.

:38 - In the Audience, Michael interviews local celebrities including Jennings Osborne, the Christmas Tree Man of Little Rock; Larry Carpenter who explains about the monument to the first human dissection in Little Rock; Pat Hastings who teaches music at "Toad Suck U"; Obstetrician Marguerite Stewart and her baby Ryan invite Michael's daughter out on a date.

:45 - Law School student, Misty Wilson, reads the four disclaimers and Quiz #1 gets underway. Join contestants Kevin and Joanna who try to answer why North Little Rock is referred to as "Dog Town", what Mary the Elephant's artistic medium is; what the Governor of Arkansas likes to do twice a week; and where in the country people are least likely to be cremated.

:59 - Station break/announcements

Hour 2

:00 - Program opening, sponsors and "now, the man who will sue to play for the Razorbacks if he has to..."

:01 - Dino Cruise, a food aficionado and "roots rocker" performs with his band The Fat City All Stars.

:12 - Guest Interview -- Delbert Harris from Pocahontas, AK

:27 - The Band performs a classic jazz tune.

:35 - In the Audience - Michael chats with Senator Dale Bumpers who invites Michael to join him for a performance of Peter and the Wolf in which Michael can play the Wolf; Michael meets George Wise, coach of the Under-7 Soccer Team, Betty Molner who's bird talks back to the radio at the opening of every WYK broadcast, hear from the current class president of Central High and a 1931 graduate of the same school.

:44 - Quiz #2 gets underway with contestants Allison and Lee trying to determine what famous Hollywood couple bathes and cooks exclusively with Arkansas Spring Water, what the cost of four seats for four games to the stadium might be, who "also" sang at the Excelsior Hotel in Little Rock, how many copies of Newt Gingrich's novel "1945" were returned to the publisher, and how many Miss America's have had successful plastic surgery in Little Rock.

:56 - Rev. Gerald Thompson and the High Praise Choir return for a rousing audience participation number.

:59 - Closing announcements and credits.

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