Do The Zika
Anyone think about taking the Zika virus and turning it into a dance song? Much like The Macarena (you can use this melody), write some fun lyrics and turn this Hot Topic into a rhythmic tune to create some humor.
Trump Tweets
Taking a page from Jimmy Kimmel’s “Mean Tweets”, how fun might it be if you find a real character (i.e. the opinionated custodian at work, the boring chief engineer in the building, a very cute, precious kid) and ask them to read Donald Trump’s tweets every few days?
Quick Questions
The TJ Show, AMP 103.3, Boston put a new character development feature on called Quick Questions they developed from a video Vogue put on line with Kendall Jordan (here). TJ goes around the room asking the cast questions so the audience can get to know them (the movie you found the funniest/made you cry the most, what celebrity you were most excited to meet, etc.) then he played the audio of Kendall’s answers. Simple, easy, pop culture, and strategic.
Describe that Olympic Event
There are a slew of Olympic sports. Some atypical. Find a bunch of kids and ask them what happens in the javelin or archery or boxing or shot put. Cute kids will have funny descriptions and explanations of what they think happens during an Olympic sport and could be fun to listen to.
The Number Two Lead Pencil
School is back in session soon and every mom is shopping for their kid. As school supplies are being purchased, we beg the question: What’s so special about the number two lead pencil? If it’s so important to test-taking, why isn’t it the number one lead pencil? These and many other questions can be asked if you track down the maker of the Number Two pencil and ask them – we bet listeners will enjoy the memory and resolution to why that is the only pencil that mattered when we were in school.
The Kids Have a Meltdown
Have moms you work with who have kids at home call to see what they’re doing. Then the mother starts giving the kid chores to do that day before she returns from work. Record all of this after the show in the production studio – listen as the kid has a meltdown the longer the list gets.
The Platform for Kids
How about you talk to kids and ask them to put together a platform for a political party they could support. You might have to seed the answers, but I would be looking for: instead of one, there will now be four Halloweens a year so I get more candy. My mother has to legally serve me ice cream after every dinner. It’s a felony for my sister to talk after 6pm. There will be no homework once school starts.
Summer School
School supplies are already in stores to be bought by parents. Let’s help kids get ready to head back to learning by putting them to work. Find a few fun kids and ask one each night next week and the week after, when the GOP and Democratic Conventions are on, to watch an hour of it each evening and write a 50-word book report on what they saw then come on the show the next morning to read it to the audience.
The Poorest Eater
No doubt that people lose their diets in the summer. Here’s a weekend challenge for every member of the show: keep a food diary of everything you eat over the course of the same weekend. Have a dietician in on Monday to hear each person’s food diary so they can determine who the show’s Poorest Eater is.
Olympics Mini Profiles
With the summer Rio Olympics only weeks away, put together Olympics-like profiles for each cast member of the show for character development. These need to be over-the-top profiles (like they run for the athletes) highlighting some kind of inane adversity you suffered as a kid enroute to your career in broadcasting.