Did you ever have a character development story you wanted to tell the audience but felt it was too personal or over the line? Create a feature around it where the cast member hops into The Overshare Chair. That way, the audience will know it’s over the line before you tell it.
Bank this one for when Taylor Swift releases her new album, The Tortured Poets Department (April 19). The cover is somewhat provocative. How about each cast member on the show do their version of her pose in the same outfit and let the audience vote on who did it best?
Anyone who’s been in a long term relationship knows the struggles of what to write in the card to their beloved on those special days. That’s why you’ll find those people, learn about their significant other, and subcontract the work out to ChatGPT.
One of the many story lines coming out of the Super Bowl is whether or not Taylor Swift will be able to make it from Tokyo, where she’s doing a concert the night before, to Las Vegas for the game next Sunday. How about you find a few travel agents who live in town and task them that, if Taylor only flew commercially, how she’d do it and how much the ticket would cost.
Sometimes you want to catch listeners off-guard with a reaction to a question they aren’t prepared for. That’s where The Mystery Question comes to play. Load up the phones with a certain type of listener and say you’ll only ask them the mystery question once you answer (that gets you the most natural of responses). This time you’re looking to talk to anyone in a relationship over five years. Once you answer, ask if they remember what they got their significant other last year for Valentine’s Day. Then wait for all that silence because they can’t remember.
Efficient character development is done when a story is told that defines a core attribute of who you are listeners can connect with. A new character development feature for the show can be My Mom Has Two Stories. Have a mother of a cast member on. She tells two stories about her kid. One is true, one isn’t. Listeners guess for a prize then the real story is told, defining that person.
If you scroll on the Wikipedia page for the Super Bowl, you’ll find every artist who’s sung the National Anthem over the years. Put together the Super Bowl Super Anthem. A version where every line in the song is done by a different artist who’s done it. Once the teams are decided, play your super cut and give listeners a chance to identify every artist.
Lots of people look at this month as Dry January where they won’t touch a drop of alcohol. Is someone on the show doing this? Get listeners to commit to it, too. Then you guys can check up on everyone throughout the month. And the rest of cast can be cynical and guess when the person on the show doing it will crack and have a drink.
No one writes thank you notes any longer. Which is why you will! Find some cute sounding kids (maybe the kids of co-workers or your own?) and have them write and record a thank you note to Santa for all the wonderful gifts received on Christmas. Could be appropriate for your first week back on the air coming off the holiday break!
Beginning next week, everything gears down for the holidays. Let’s engage the sales department in another lovely round of Who’ll Blow Off Work? Talk to your favorite sales folks and get them to admit that, for the next few weeks, they won’t be doing much work. Voice disguise them, then bring their manager on the show, play the audio, and their manager must guess who is admitting they’ll do less work!