No doubt many guys will go blank trying to figure out a special Valentines Day gift for the their gal. Find someone who has musical abilities. The day before the holiday (a Monday), get a guy on the phone in this predicament and learn about his partner. They then both come in the next day (the holiday) where your musician sings a custom Valentine’s Day song written as a unique gift for her and from him using the information learned the day prior.
Shows tend to complain that they cannot get calls in the 6am hour. How about an occasional feature in that hour called “Whatcha Haulin’?” Compliments of Two Men and a Mom, WRAL-FM, Raleigh, who open the phones early to talk to truckers, asking drivers of semis what they’re hauling. Weird and fun.
With Donald Trump’s inauguration later this week, find the interesting, knowledgeable, fun people in your building and, without tipping them off (record this ahead of time), put 10 seconds on the clock and ask them to name ten presidents. Offer them $100 of your own money if they can. No one will be able to do it, but it’ll be fun to listen to.
If there’s one thing no one can do, it’s fold a fitted sheet. There are a slew of YouTube videos on how to do this which can be used to launch this narrative arc where your entire team is challenged to learn how to do it properly. After a few days of practice, each cast member, using Facebook Live, tries to properly fold a fitted sheet, with the audience voting for a winner.
With Mariah Carey being the biggest pop culture story of the day, each cast member should let the audience hear how hard it is to sing a Mariah Carey song with another song blasting in your ears. This is an idea that might also be ripe for Facebook Live so your fans can see the fun, too.
The anchor of your show chooses an unnamed, random Christmas carol. With the contestant on the phone, two other cast members are played part of the song and must sing the next line (neither cast member know the song being chosen). Your listener must choose the line of one of the two cast members as being correct or provide one of their own to win. Thanks to Bud and Broadway, WIL, St. Louis for the inspiration for this idea.
Have a kid of a cast member on the show sit on the laps of every mall Santa in town and record the conversation. It’ll sound cute (it always does when you have a kid talking with Santa Claus) and then air it. If you want some edge in the bit, have the kid ask Santa for something they wouldn’t normally request (like a car). Be careful to not mention any mall names so sales doesn’t get upset (approve this with your PD before doing it).
The turkey was delicious but it didn’t baste long enough. If you know what I mean. Grandma kept picking at the pie after dinner. If you know what I mean. That phrase – if you know what I mean – when added to the end of almost any sentence, makes it sound suggestive and sexual. Sounds like you have a new feature for your show. If you know what I mean…
Two mannequin challenge ideas: do one with pets if you can get them to stay still. The other is to get a boatload of turkeys from the grocery store and do a Thanksgiving mannequin challenge where the turkeys don’t move (which, of course, they won’t because they’re all dead and in packages).
Somewhere in your audience, someone is hosting Thanksgiving for the very first time this year. Find that person and let that story live on your show by finding them expert help with the cooking each day to knock it out of the park for their guests. The payoff comes the Monday after the holiday weekend when you have them on, with some of their guests, to critique the day.