Shannon In The Morning Big Show Daily Podcast

Happy new year! John Oates checked in as our first star phone guest of the year to talk about his solo tour in support of his critically acclaimed album "Arkansas."

Arkansas is a passion project of John's because it brings him back to his blues guitar-playing days before he teamed up with Daryl Hall, which led to them becoming the biggest selling duo in music history!

Check out John at the South Orange Performing Arts Center 1/4/19, the Landmark on Main Street in Port Washington 1/5/19 & City Winery 1/6/19 - tickets on sale now at www.ticketmaster.com.

Thank you for being with us in 2018! Louie Louie has compiled some of our best moments and not so best moments of the year for you to listen to! Over 90 minutes of fun while you enjoy your holiday break or head to work, You can even skip around to the bits you want to hear most, just take a look at the timestamps below!

BRAD LIAM NEESON NITWIT – Brad Blanks presents his interview with Liam Neeson promoting the movie “The Commuter” and Scott gives him a “scottpliment” – he tries to praise him for his improving interview skills over the years but starts off by calling him a nitwit

(3:19) HUGH JACKMAN – A heated debate about “The Greatest Showman” erupts in the studio, and although things get ugly it kind of has a happy ending

(5:39) HUGH JACKMAN FOLLOWUP –The Greatest Showman debate continues with Brad Blanks getting involved, one member of the big show proclaims he didn’t know the The Greatest Showman was a musical when he went to so see it!  

(7:43) PEEING GUY TSUNAMI WARNING – We’re talking about a local man with a bladder problem who carries around a doctor’s letter claiming he can pee anywhere he wants, when out of nowhere tsunami warnings for New York City start popping up!

(11:13) WEINSTEIN JEREMY PRISON – Harvey Weinstein, Scott accidentally called Harvey Weinstein a ‘hogwart’ instead of a ‘warthog’ and was corrected by a young Harry Potter fan named Jeremy who’s a P-1 listener…Jeremy then had to listen to a very adult story about a North Carolina prison getting Viagra smuggled in

(14:48) BRAD SAIORSE RONAN JOHN FRENCH – Brad Blanks talks to “Ladybird” star Saiorse Ronan, Scott was amazed by her accent and then asks John Elliott to do the weather with an accent…and it was horrible!  

NCAA TOURNAMENT JOHN FUNNY – John Elliott has the rest of the morning off because of the NCAA tournament airing on CBS, so we give him some advice on what to do with his time

(17:29) BRAD LYNDA CARTER – Brad does an extremely awkward interview with his childhood idol, the original Wonder Woman Lynda Carter, and things got WEIRD!  

(22:23) JESUS CHRIST PIZZA HUT – A wacky story out of North Carolina where a m an breaks into a pizza hut and calls 911 to tell the operator that he’s Jesus Christ and he’s eating a pizza with some Mountain Dew

(24:38) WHO BIT BEYONCE – It was the story nobody cared about but we did it anyway…who bit Beyonce? Brad was fascinated by the story and Patty reluctantly did it in the daily dirt report

(28:00) RUBBER DUCKIE EASTER BUNNY – Two short but funny stories - first off, bacteria in your Rubber duckie can kill you so we attempt to pronounce the names of the bacteria, then a story about the Easter bunny getting harassed by someone who sat on his lap.

(31:10) BACKWARDS EAGLES FUNNY – The winner of our backwards Eagles contest refuses to use our difficulty scale that we just created

(32:01) PENIS BABHA ARGENTINA GAS STATION SEX TOY – A lot of inappropriate stories on air; a man named Penis Babha pulls cars with his “manhood” and a story from Argentina on about a naked man and a gas station, but who on the big show is to blame for this filthy content??

(36:35) POOP TRAIN – Scott is upset because he missed a bog story about a train full of 10 million pounds of New York City sewage parked themselves in a small town in Alabama causing an awful smell

(39:15) SCOTT BREAKS ...

Brad Blanks attended Bob Saget’s “Cool Comedy, Hot Cuisine” benefit at Caroline’s on Broadway for the Scleroderma Research Foundation and ran into some a couple of old friends…Bob Saget and John Oliver!

Bob Saget talked about the event and upcoming projects, including the return of Fuller House and “Videos After Dark,” and when Brad got to John Oliver, John immediately noticed that Brad might have had a few drinks already!

Listen to how this encounter went down!

Mike Rowe has that familiar face and voice!

You remember him from the hit TV show ‘Dirty Jobs’, all those Ford commercials and so much more! Now he's focused on season 3 of his facebook watch series "Returning The Favor." 

The series features people who are giving back to their communities in a selfless way! Mike selects one person nominated by the “Returning the Favor” Facebook page to tell their story & set them up with a surprise reward!

One of my favorites from America's Got Talent checked in to talk about another show he's brought out of hibernation - Deal or No Deal!

“Deal or No Deal” returned last Wednesday night  12/5 at on CNBC with 2 new episodes and Howie's brought the show back almost 10 years after it’s first run!

He's got 30 episodes filmed and he did it in front of a live studio audience this summer at Universal Studios in Orlando!

"Any dummy can win on this show" Howie joked!

And dont' forget “America’s Got Talent: The Champions” premieres January 7th on NBC with 50 previous champions and fan favorites returning!

The Big Show has been hot on the trail of Hugh Jackman for an interview and we heard he was available to the media after his ‘Today Show’ appearance December 4th, so naturally we sent Brad Blanks on a special mission to talk to the “Greatest Showman” actor who’s embarking on his first world tour in 2019!

It was a huge roundtable junket in a secret location in Manhattan, but once Hugh showed up he was happy to see his fellow Aussie and Brad stole the show!

They talked about preparation for the upcoming world tour, the surprise success of “The Greatest Showman” and Hugh even went down the list of famous friends he wants as special guests along the way!

Hugh Jackman comes to Madison Square Garden June 28th and 29th, tickets go on sale December 10th at 10am at www.ticketmaster.com.  

We're doing it again! CBS-FM proudly presents the final Big Show of 2018, Live From Blythedale Children’s Hospital In Valhalla, New York Friday Morning December 14th From 6-10am!

Performances By Rob Thomas Of Matchbox 20, Mark Rivera Of The Billy Joel Band, America’s Got Talent Finalist Sal Valentinetti, Acapella Group Six13, Twin Gold and of course, Holiday Express! Plus Special Guest Dr Elmo Who Sang The Classic “Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer!”

The Christmas Party For The Kids Friday The 14th At Blythedale…and live on CBS-FM! Auction items will be posted soon!

It's been a long time coming...after years of constant stress and controversy (and a physical altercation), Brad Blanks finally got the interview he's coveted since joining the big show...a face to face with Julia Roberts!

He caught up with her on the red carpet for her new movie "Ben is Back" and he even got some parenting advice!

To fully understand how big this is for Brad, you have to go back many years ago when the big show "pushed" Brad to get an interview with Julia when she was in the middle of a Broadway run. After multiple unsuccessful attempts they told him to stand outside the theater and yell out her famous movie quotes, which prompted her security to stop him! 

Well, Brad got the interview with his "big kahuna" so take a listen...

Kathleen Lynn, director of communications for North Shore Animal League America stopped by with three adorable adoptable pups to help promote a busy week for the wonderful organization.

Today only for “Giving Tuesday” - When you donate to North Shore Animal League America, every dollar of your donation will be matched up to $120,000!

North Shore’s GET YOUR RESCUE ON GALA 2018 is this Friday at 7pm at Pier 60 in Manhattan! Beth and Howard Stern are Honorary Chairpersons for the evening, Joe Gatto from the Impractical Jokers will host & Joan Jett and the Blackhearts will perform! To purchase tickets go to animalleague.org/2018gala and for the first time, North Shore Animal League America will be hosting an AFTER-PAWTY at Pier 60 at Chelsea Piers immediately following the “Get Your Rescue On” Gala. The event runs from 11pm to 1am with live music, an open bar, a ‘snack attack’ food cart, tasting stations and adoptable puppies! Tickets can be purchased at animalleague.org/afterpawty

Harvey Blanks is the big show junior correspondant, and we sent him out with his dad Brad to review the Wreck it Ralph sequel "Ralph Breaks the Internet" which is out in theaters November 21st.

"Ralph Breaks the Internet" has an all-star cast of voices including John C. Reilly, Sarah Silverman, Jack McBrayer, Gal Gadot, Taraji P. Henson and Jane Lynch!

Harvey gives the movie a solid review, and takes a shot at Scott Shannon's email preferences in the process!