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Big Swami
06-24-2009, 08:11 AM
Drew's coming back.

Thoughts?

Fool
06-24-2009, 11:13 AM
Aren't they called Mike & Ikes?

MoTown
06-25-2009, 08:24 AM
I never really listened to them before, but I understand they are kind of a Detroit tradition. Which channel were/are they on?

Big Swami
06-26-2009, 03:02 PM
They are the WRIF morning show. They've been around pretty much since...what, the late 80s?

The show had been called Drew & Zip. They had a guy who was a gas company worker who called in and did little bits and stunts. They fired Zip and replaced him with the gas company guy, Mike.

They are locally famous for a few recurring bits / jokes.

* Drew Blows - When Drew would call in sick to the show, Mike and the rest of the staff would call local businesses would spend hours crank-calling local businesses and asking to speak with "Drew Blows"

* Short Attention Span Theater - long movies or books summarized in 60 seconds or less with silly voices

* The Harris Poll - Random opinion polling about topical issues by calling up people with the last name Harris. This is how they met:

* Delbert Harris - a half-retarded racist hillbilly who they would call up every once in a while to ask for his hilarious opinions on things

* They were the ones who introduced Detroit to Peter & Raymond (http://shutuplittleman.com/), aka the "shut up, little man" guys

* Their epic sign-off sequence at the end of the show that has something like 100 drops of different people saying things along the lines of "thank you, goodbye"

WTFchris
06-26-2009, 03:22 PM
I loved the Harris polls.

Zip Goshboots
06-27-2009, 08:48 PM
Drew and ZIP?! I'm going to sue--going for the throat on this one.