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Whad'Ya Know? For March 25, 2006

Listen in to the entire two-hour broadcast. Or review the show rundown below and select your favorite segment of the show. Note that Parts A & B refer to the first hour and Parts C & D refer to the second hour. Part A Part B Part C Part D Problem listening to Real Audio? Get Help!

Hour 1

:00 - A live broadcast from Music Hall in Madison.

:02 - All The News That Isn't

-Elections disputed in Belarus, or, Big Stinsk in Minsk.
-French President Jacques Chirac storms out of European Summit when a Frenchman sings “Every Little Breeze Seems to Whisper Louise . . .”
-Polls show Bush more to be pitied than censured.
-One thing you can say about him: he thrashes before going down.
-Bush and Cheney to make Road to Baghdad to popularize war to public.
-Mr. Bush insists Iraq is a success; may he never know failure.
-Iraq is easy—raising twins is hard.
-The President refuses to refer to Iraq as a civil war—he calls it the War of Northern Aggression. Or, the War Between the Sheiks.
-Victory close at hand in the war against reporters. The president thinks the US shouldn’t have to pay to get good news.
-Mr. Bush says getting US troops out of Iraq may be left to the Jenna and Barb administration. Along with the nine trillion debt—that’s only 4 ½ trillion each.
-US tells Iraqis further rebuilding is between them and Menard’s.
-Responding to calls to step down, Don Rumsfeld proves he call still get into his wrestling tights.
-Smoking Gun reports that Dick Cheney not only requires all the lights on and the TV’s tuned to Fox in his hotel rooms, but Brit Hume has to come in and turn down the bed.
-More setbacks at Homeland Security as no one can find the color warning chart. Just assume “orange” until you hear otherwise.
-First sign of spring as the cardinals return to Vatican City.
-Barry Bonds suing author who claims he swings a 30 ounce needle.
-At American Idol, sky falls on Chicken Little.
-And a study finds women with uneven breasts at a greater health risk, complicated by the fact that every woman thinks she has uneven breasts, and that when pants fit here, they don’t fit there. . ..

:07 - Wisconsin is at the crossroads of dialect; the collision is going to take place around Eau Claire some time fairly soon. Joseph Salmons and Thomas Purnell are here from the University to discuss our dipthongs and contemplate upper Midwestern linguistic origins. A couple of “local” audience members are happy to provide some dialogue samples.

:27 - John and Jeff jazz up Music Hall.

:33 - In the audience Michael meets a V-P look alike – he just needs new eyeglass frames. Steve, the firefighter, knows where to find the Mary Kay cosmetics associates.

:38 - Four Disclaimers and the Whad’Ya Know? Quiz with Gloria and Kevin who know when to throw a toddler a change-up, about left-handed snails, what Laura Bush gave the Katrina survivors, and how many women are with the man of their dreams.

Hour 2

:00 - Back for the second hour of this live broadcast.

:01 - – Thanks for the Memos. A memo to everyone from the boss of the boss -- the answer to the question about elevator switches and boogers. If you see someone doing this, get their name.

:03 - Musical guest Marcia Ball joins us between her almost-nightly gigs. Marcia tickles the ivories with the tune, “Louella,” has a chat with Michael, then graces us with another tune. Check out Marcia’s newest album, “Down The Road," and a couple of pictures from the show.

:18 - Michael launches into the audience, even though he hasn’t really looked at the cards. Kylie is here from Jefferson and she wants Michael to say “happy birthday” to Grandma – who is 61 today. Grandma is open to suggestions for a good place for birthday lunch. Then, what we have here is the typical Jewish family from Peru via Cleveland.

:28 - Whad’Ya Know? Quiz with Jodie and Laura who have a notion of where all those lost suitcases went, they know a few fundamental computations, and where the Easter Bunny display has been banned. Will their knowledge of Guam flatworms will these ladies win the motherlode?

:48 - Town of the Week – McGill, Nevada.

It’s been one hundred years since construction began on a mill and smelter at the site of this week’s western town, McGill, Nevada. McGill was a company town for Nevada Consolidated, and named after a local rancher, Bill McGill. At one time, there were 33 copper companies hereabouts, but Nevada Consolidated bought them all. Kennecott Copper moved in and took over smelting in 1933. In the early days, McGill was strictly segregated, and divided into various ethnic neighborhoods. There were six of them; Austrian Town, Greek Town, Jap Town, Lower Town, Middle Town, and Upper Town . Ethnic populations also included Serbs, Croats, Romanians, Armenians, Hungarians, Blacks and others. The McGill Drug Store and the Post Office were the only two establishments in town where everyone frequented and felt comfortable doing so. The century-old drug store is now part of the White Pine County Public Museum and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Directors intend to continue operating the drugstore as a free, public museum dedicated to preserving the small town drugstore, pharmacy, soda fountain era. North of McGill, on Highway 93, is Duck Creek Range, host to a variety of recreational uses. The three -room Crystal Cave is nearby, and fun to explore. With 1,066 residents, McGill Elementary School is nationally recognized. Middle school and high school students are bussed to White Pine Schools, 13 miles south in Ely. This is a town with a colorful past, much more friendly than it used to be, our Town of the Week, McGill, Nevada.