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November 2nd 2012

Some news from Wellington which says that truck driving jobs are hard to fill, even in a bad economy. It takes a certain breed of man who can handle a job which requires buying cream for piles and Quik Eze by the case full

The Egyptian government estimates that 10% of minors in the country are in the work force, some performing hard labour. No one even knew that Nike had opened up factories in northern Africa

New information says that 13% of Kiwi home networks with men in the household are infected with malware. The other 87% look at porn only when they are at work.

Oliver Stone says that Hurricane Sandy is punishment for President Obama and Mitt Romney ignoring climate change. Apparently he changed from a film director to an Evangelical Preacher without telling anyone.

And finally a thought for dinner time… next year Tv1s Good Morning show will be dumbed down to 1 hour. Dumbed down does that mean that the loud and camera hogging Azdar will be the host,

And please join me tomorrow night and every Saturday night from 5 for Two Hours of Hot Country and don’t forget to bring the Love

Back in the Day – Today’s History Lesson

And it was on November the 2nd 1942 NZ Division helped the Allies to make a decisive breakthrough at El Alamein, Egypt, and send the Axis forces into retreat.

Today is National Refuse to Capitalize the First Letters in Your Name Day, always on singer K. D. Lang’s birthday.

Today is Plan Your Epitaph Day, based on the premise that a forgettable gravestone is a fate worse than death,

1963: The Beach Boys released “Be True To Your School.”

2003: British intelligence finally identified a mysterious transmission that had baffled analysts for days. The nation’s leading communications scientists determined strange high-frequency noises coming from Scarborough signal station in Yorkshire were caused by a goat rubbing its horns against an antenna mast.

Birthdays:
Stephanie Powers, who co-starred with Rock Hudson in McMillanand Wife, is 70
David Schwimmer made his name as Ross in Friends, he will be blowing out 46 candles this year
K. D. Lang had a huge hit with ‘Constant Craving’, she is 51

Old Jokes Home

A Herne Bay blonde walks into a pharmacy and asks the assistant for some bottom deodorant. The pharmacist explains to the woman that they don’t sell bottom deodorant,

Unfazed, the blonde assures the pharmacist that she has been buying the stuff from this store on a regular basis, and would like some more.

“Do you have the container it comes in?” the pharmacist being helpful asked

“Yes!” the blonde replies: “I’ll go and get it.”

She returns with the container and hands it to the pharmacist who looks at it and says: “This is just a normal stick of underarm deodorant.”

The annoyed blonde snatches the container back and reads out loud from the container: “To apply, push up bottom.”

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November 1st 2012

A report from Wellington says that intelligent people drink more alcohol. Mostly because they have a better understanding of just how bad things have gotten, and also which is why people who are looking for an intellectual conversation always hang out at bars.so the next time you see a group of alkies hanging out in Queen street you should treat them with a little more respect.;

Toyota topped the American Consumer Reports survey on reliability. Toyota has always been reliable, it’s just that they ran into that problem when their cars reliably went from zero to 60 for absolutely no reason.

Polls say that Americans are feeling better about the economy. Apparently it’s easy to forget about things like that with a thousand mile wide storm breathing down your neck.

And finally a thought for dinner time tonight The energy spot guy trips on his own ego but blames the fall on his lazy eye… so please join me every weekday from midday for 2 hours of the 60s and 70s on the true oldies lunch and don’t forget to bring the love

Back in the Day – Today’s History Lesson

It was on the 1st of October 1898 that the Old-Age Pensions Act was passed into law a world first, the Act gave a small means-tested pension to destitute older people who were ‘of good moral character’; Chinese were specifically excluded. It was one of the major achievements of Richard Seddon’s Liberal government.

In Latin novem means nine. In ancient Rome November was the ninth month.

Fifth century Anglo-Saxons called November “Wind Month.”

Today is All Hallows or All Saints Day.

The annual Olive Festival begins today in Israel at Galilee near Nazareth. Highlights through three weekends include open houses, feasts, tours, and concerts.

1914: 19-year-old New York debutante Mary Jacob invented the modern soft bra by having her maid sew two handkerchiefs together. She sold her rights to the multi-million-dollar creation for $15-thousand.

1962: The Beatles opened a two-week run at the Star Club in Hamburg, Germany. One performance was recorded on a small, portable tape recorder, and 15 years later Singasong Records released it as “Live! At the Star Club in Hamburg, Germany, 1962.”

1964: The Dave Clark Five appeared on “The Ed Sullivan Show.” Sullivan said, “Unlike the Rolling Stones, these are nice, neat boys. “Which is just another way of saying, ‘boys you’ve got what it takes…'”

Birthdays:
Lyle Lovett is 55
Red Hot Chili Pepper Anthony Kiedis is 50

Old Jokes Home

Eight-year-old Sally brought her report card home from school. Her marks were good…mostly A’s and a couple of B’s.

However, her teacher had written across the bottom: “Sally is a smart little girl, but she has one fault. She talks too much in school. I have an idea I am going to try, which I think may break her of the habit.”

Sally’s dad signed her report card, putting a note on the back: “Please let me know if your idea works on Sally because I would like to try it out on her mother.”

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October 30th 2012

Paul McCartney says that Yoko Ono wasn’t responsible for breaking up the Beatles. Apparently they knew it was over when the only gig they could get was a free concert on a roof.

Petrol prices seem to be dropping. Lower profits could eventually mean oil company cutbacks. And you think the restrooms are dirty now?

Rod Stewart claims in his autobiography he used cocaine suppositories. Apparently his nose was so big he was afraid he would suck up the whole coke pile in one sniff.

Honda is introducing a car made just for women. Maybe it’s the first made just for women, but just try to find one kiwi bloke driving around in a Volkswagen Beetle convertible.

And finally a quick thought to discuss over dinner tonight, last night Campbell live told us that Wanganui is the brainiest city in new Zealand so my question, is what happened when they elected Michael Laws as Mayor.

And join me every day between midday and two for the True oldies lunch the best songs from the 60s and 70s online at www.theflea.co.nz and you can also request a song there as well, just click on the button on the right hand side of our webpage and don’t forget to bring the love

Back in the Day – Today’s History Lesson

1918: A petition demanding an end to the manufacture and sale of alcohol in New Zealand and containing more than 240,000 signatures was presented to Parliament. Prohibition was only narrowly defeated in a special referendum held in April 1919 and again at the general election in December 1919 Things never change, right, the religious right was even telling kiwis how to live their lives way back then.

1938: Actor Orson Welles stirred a national panic with his radio drama “The War of the Worlds.” Listeners believed the “simulated” news bulletins in the drama were real and that Grovers Mill, New Jersey, actually was being invaded by men from Mars.

1964: Singer Roy Orbison received a gold record for “Oh Pretty Woman.”

1974: Muhammad Ali regained the world boxing title by knocking out heavyweight champ George Foreman in Zaire. Twenty years later Foreman won the title again.

1995: David Bowie, Tom Donahue, Gladys Knight & The Pips, Pete Seeger, Jefferson Airplane, Little Willie John, Pink Floyd, The Shirelles and The Velvet Underground were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame.

2005: American Civil rights pioneer Rosa Parks became the first woman to lie in honour in the U. S. Capitol Rotunda.

2006: Passing drivers got a shock on the night before Halloween when a truck spilled two tons of pigs’ heads on a road in western Germany. Bochum police said it took fire fighters an hour and a half to load the heads back onto the truck.

Birthdays:
Harry Hamlin who was in LA Law on TV is 61
Henry Winkler who will ever forget the Fonz is blowing out 67 candles
And Grace Slick from Jefferson Airplane/Starship turns 73

Old Jokes Home

A young doctor had moved out to a small community to replace a doctor who was retiring. The older doctor suggested the young one accompany him on his rounds so the community could become used to a new doctor. At the first house a woman complained,

“I’ve been a little sick to my stomach.”

The older doctor said, “Well, you’ve probably been overdoing the fresh fruit. Why don’t you cut back on the amount you’ve been eating and see if that does the trick?”

As they left the younger man said, “You didn’t even examine that woman. How’d you come to your diagnosis so quickly?”

“I didn’t have to. You noticed I dropped my stethoscope on the floor in there? When I bent over to pick it up, I noticed a half dozen banana peels in the trash. That was what was probably making her sick.”

“Hmmm,” the younger doctor said, “Pretty clever. I think I’ll try that at the next house.”

Arriving at the next house, they spent several minutes talking with a younger woman. She complained that she just didn’t have the energy she once did.

“I’m feeling terribly run down lately.”

“You’ve probably been doing too much extra work for the church,” the younger doctor told her. “Perhaps you should cut back a bit and see if that helps.”

As they left, the elder doc said, your diagnosis is almost certainly correct, but how did you arrive at it?

“Well, just like you did at the last house, I dropped my stethoscope and when I bent down to retrieve it, I noticed the preacher under the bed.”

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29th October 2012

A 20 year old student in Brazil sold her virginity online for $772,000. In Auckland that usually goes for a dinner at Burger King and a can of V

$772,000 unbelievable. Which apparently is how much it cost the person paying the fee to lose his.

A poll says that most Kiwis want less foreign involvement in New Zealand. Look if they really wanted to see less foreign involvement in this country, they would stop shopping at The Warehouse

Did you know that most Kiwis wash their hands incorrectly? How can you not know how to wash your hands? What are they doing, rinsing in the toilet bowl? Apparently the proper method is to hold your hands between your knees while sitting on the bidet.

And finally don’t you just love that rather grubby looking Turban wearing MP from the bigoted Indian minority is trying to tell us real kiwis that apparently God didn’t create Adam and Steve but Adam and Eve, but he has conveniently forgotten that apparently didn’t create Adam and Eve wearing turbans and Eve did bite into a big fruit..

And join me every afternoon this week just after 4 as we celebrate fifty great years of The Rolling Stones.

Back in the Day – Today’s History Lesson

It was on October 29th 1995 that Forgotten Silver a film hoax was screened, it was Peter Jackson and Costa Botes’ documentary about Colin McKenzie, a forgotten hero of early New Zealand movie-making, it was later revealed as the biggest Kiwi film hoax of the century.

Today is Internet Day, marking the first connection on ARPANET, or what would become the Internet, between computers at UCLA and Stanford Research Centre in California on October 29, 1969. The @ symbol was adopted in 1972 and a year later 75% of ARPANET traffic was e-mail.

1945: The first ballpoint pens went on sale at Gimbels department stores for $12.95.

1976: Elvis recorded his last hit song in the basement studio at Grace land. The raw, unedited take of “Way Down” is included in the album, Our Memories of Elvis, Volume 2. (See Elvis Tribute with “Way Down.”)

1995: A Tehran court sentenced a 31-year-old Iranian man to 20 lashes after he dressed as a woman and rode in the segregated women’s section of a bus. The women already had beat him up during the ride. He said he did it to win a $33.00 bet with his father.

Birthdays:
Winona Ryder famous for shoplifting in Hollywierd is blowing out 41 candles
Kate Jackson who was in the original TV series of Charlie’s Angels 64
Randy Jackson who is still a judge on American idol turns 51
Richard Dreyfuss who appeared in American Graffiti and of course Close Encounters to name a few is 65

Old Jokes Home

Two elderly gentlemen, who had been without sex for several years, decided they needed to visit a parlour for some massage and a good shag… When they arrived, the madam took one look at them and decided she wasn’t going to waste any of her girls on these two old men.

So she used “blow-up” dolls instead. She put the dolls in each man’s room and left them to their business. After the two men were finished, they started walking home and began to talking. The first man said, “I think the girl I had was dead. She never moved, talked or even groaned… how was it for you?”

The second man replied, “I think mine was a witch. When I nibbled on her breast… she farted and flew out the window!”

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October 26th 2012

You’ve heard about the republican candidate in The US who has some really ill-informed thoughts on rape, well hot on the heels of that piece of rubbish a new study questions the existence of PMS. Apparently it concludes that every month or so, some women become homicidally insane for no apparent reason. The study also says there is no global warming, that we never put men on the moon and that the Earth is flat.

What a telling moment it was last night on Tagata Pacific on TV1, when the girl with the heavy botox interviewed a Polynesian spokesman re: Literacy and pronounced the word Plethora as Plethawrah. She is obviously just a volunteer.

The Rolling Stones previewed their new documentary “Crossfire Hurricane” which features historical footage never seen before. Fans were glad they got to see the older clips that showed Keith Richards when he was still alive

Apparently Kiwis in their late 30s are now the group most likely to doubt they will be financially secure after retirement. After all, how much longer will their parents let them live in the sleep-out? Although every other age group is asking “What’s retirement?” Yes those 30-somethings are at that awkward age, too old to go back to school, too young to claim permanent disability.

And finally something to mull over during tonight’s dinner, is it true… that Kiwi Baker in Singapore who rushed off to do some Fusion baking on the Food Channel had a week in Hospital  after almost drowning because of the IMPACT of his hissing esses. It is believed he has gone camping to escape the paparazzi.

And don’t forget to join me for Friday Night Live tonight at 7 starring Tina Turner live in Concert, it’s on commercial free, uninterrupted at www.theflea.co.nz and don’t forget to bring the love.

Back in the Day – Today’s History Lesson

It was on the 26th of October1942 that the Women Jurors Act allowed women to sit on juries. The Act provided for women aged between 25 and 60 to have their names placed on the jury list on the same basis as men – if they so desired. The first female juror, Miss E.R. Kingsford, served at the Auckland Supreme Court in 1943.

Today is Frankenstein Friday, the day to honour Frankenstein’s “mother” and “father,” Mary Skelley, the author who created him, and Boris Karloff, the actor who immortalized him.

1881: In the “Gunfight at the OK Corral” in Tombstone, Arizona, Wyatt Earp, his two brothers, and “Doc” Holliday shot it out with Ike Clanton’s gang. During 30 seconds of gunfire, three members of Clanton’s gang were killed; Earp’s brothers were wounded.

1951: Rocky Marciano knocked out former heavyweight champ Joe Louis in 2 minutes 36 seconds of the 8th round of their bout in New York’s Madison Square Garden.

1970, A wake was held at the Lion’s Share in San Anselmo, California to celebrate the life of Janis Joplin. The singer who died of an accidental drugs overdose had left $2,500 in her will to throw a wake party in the event of her demise.

Birthdays:
Hillary Clinton is 65 today.
Jaclyn Smith who was one of the original Charlie’s Angels turns 65.
Nicole Kidman’s hubby Keith Urban, who sings some great country rock, is 43.

Old Jokes Home

A Herne Bay investment banker took his old duck to the Doctor, concerned because the duck wouldn’t eat.

The Doctor explained to the man that as ducks age their upper bills grow down over their lower bills and make it difficult for the animal to pick up its food.

“What you need to do is gently file the upper bill down even with the lower bill. But you must be extra careful because the duck’s nostrils are located in the upper bill and if you file down too far, when the duck takes a drink of water it’ll drown.”

The man goes about his business and about a week later the Doctor runs into his patient.

“Well, how is that duck of yours?” the Doctor inquires.

“He’s dead.” declared the heartbroken man.

“I told you not to file his upper bill down too far! He took a drink of water and drowned didn’t he?” insisted the Doctor.

“No.” lamented the Herne Bay Banker wanker. “I think he was dead before I took him out of the vice.”

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October 24th 2012

Gucci is offering a $14,000 bicycle for sale. It’s for environmentally concerned executives who want to do their part to conserve energy while riding their bike to the airport to travel on their private jets

There’s a possibility that the rate of severely obese Kiwis is up 70% in the past decade. The other 30% will get there but just need a little more time. While the economy has avoided inflation, our waistlines are making up for it

Which reminds me, a wide angle camera is now available for people to use for Internet calls. How fat are we that we can’t even fit ourselves on a computer screen anymore?

Five brown kiwis have been released on Motutapu Is to boost the wild population of the national symbol. Oh for one exciting moment I thought five Brown kiwis meant members of The Harawera family including Mrs Harawera aka the brown Hyacinth Bucket.

And finally a thought to throw round over dinner tonight why does Timothy Yates the non-threatening guy in the Sky Multi Room ad looks like he has just done something nasty in his undies.

And please join me every afternoon from midday till 8pm at the flea.co.NZ kicking off with two hours of the 60s and 70s in the True Oldies Lunch and don’t forget to warm up the love.

Back in the Day – Today’s History Lesson

It was on October the 24th 1913 that Violence flared on the Wellington wharves.

Events in Wellington on and around 24 October marked the beginning of the Great Strike of 1913 – a bitter two-and-a-half-month struggle that would ultimately involve 16,000 unionists around the country.

* Today is United Nations Day; The UN was founded on this date in 1945.

1930: Big Bopper (J.P. Richardson) was born. He died in a plane crash with Buddy Holly in 1959. His biggest hit songs were Little Red Riding Hood (1958) and Chantilly Lace (1958)

1989: Actress Zsa Zsa Gabor was sentenced to 72-hours in jail for slapping Beverly Hills police officer Paul Kramer after he stopped her for a routine driver’s license check.

2003: Tiger Woods made the cut in 113 consecutive PGA Tour events; a standard set 55 years earlier by golf legend Byron Nelson.

Old Jokes Home

After his legs had been broken in an accident, our station accountant here at the Flea Clarry Henshaw sued for damages, claiming that he was crippled and would have to spend the rest of his life in a wheelchair.

Although the insurance company doctor testified that his bones had healed properly and that he was fully capable of walking, the judge decided for the plaintiff and awarded him $500,000.

When he was wheeled into the insurance company office to collect his check, Miller was confronted by several executives. “You’re not getting away with this, Henshaw”, one said. “We’re going to watch you day and night. If you take a single step, you’ll not only repay the damages but stand trial for perjury. Here’s the money. What do you intend to do with it?”

“My wife and I are going to travel,” Clarry replied. “We’ll go to Stockholm, Berlin, Rome, Athens and, finally, to a place called Lourdes – where, gentlemen, you’ll see yourselves one hell of a miracle!”

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September 4th 2012

MTV will be cancelling “Jersey Shore” after this season. Whether you liked the cast or not, everyone has similar sentiments. “We hope you saved some of that money!”The thing is though many people will associate with the show for the rest of their lives. A whole generation has grown up tanning, doing laundry and getting into bar brawls together.

Researchers in Wellington have found that many Kiwis feel the rich are greedy and dishonest. To which the rich say “How do you think we got here?” Of course, they also feel poor people are greedy and dishonest, just without the money.

You probably know this already but apparently round 8.6% of preschool kids have a daily tantrum. There’s a term for those kids. Future bosses. And as you also know the other 91.4% wait until they are sitting next to you on a plane that is ready to take off.

And finally something to break the silence over dinner tonight and while we are talking kids You spend the first 2 years of their life teaching them to walk and talk. Then you spend the next 16 years telling them to sit down and shut-up.

And following the 60s at 6 tonight its Retro Tuesday featuring the Soundtrack from American graffiti followed by an Episode of that great BBC Radio Comedy Beyond our Ken and don’t forget to bring the love.

Back in the Day – Today’s History Lesson

1962: John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr recorded together for the first time at EMI’s St. John’s Wood Studio 2 in England. They rehearsed six numbers all day and recorded “Love Me Do” and “P.S. I Love You” that evening. “Love Me Do” was right on the 17th take. “P.S. I Love You” would be re-recorded a week later with Andy White on drums and Ringo playing maracas.

1968: The Rolling Stones’ single “Street Fighting Man” was banned in Chicago for fear it might incite rioting.

1986: After just getting his license back after a five-year suspension, rocker Greg Allman was arrested in Florida for drunk driving.

2002: Texas cocktail waitress and aspiring pop star Kelly Clarkson was voted the first “American Idol” on the Fox TV series.

2005: New Orleans completed evacuation of Hurricane Katrina survivors from the Superdome and convention centre — 42,000 in one day. There still were 2,000 at the airport and another 1,000 trapped in attics of flooded buildings.

2010: That first major earthquake rocked Canterbury. The Magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck at 4.35 a.m. on Saturday 4 September and was felt by many people in the South Island and the southern North Island. There was considerable damage in central Canterbury, especially in Christchurch, but no loss of life

Birthdays:
Beyonce Knowles 31
Mitzi Gaynor who played Nellie Forbush in the movie version South Pacific is 81

Old Jokes Home

There was a farmer who grew watermelons. He was doing pretty well, but he was disturbed by some local kids who would sneak into his watermelon patch at night and eat his watermelons.

After some careful thought, he came up with a clever idea that he thought would scare the kids away for sure. He made up a sign and posted it in the field. The next night, the kids showed up and they saw the sign which read, “Warning! One of the watermelons in this field has been injected with cyanide.”

The kids ran off, made up their own sign and posted it next to the farmer’s sign. When the farmer returned, he surveyed the field. He noticed that no watermelons were missing, but the sign next to his read, “Now there are two!”

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September 3rd 2012

Did you hear that heaps of Kiwi workers would give up a percentage of their salary for more flexible work time? Companies are good with that. They’ll cut salaries and workers can stay as long as they want past knock off time.

A study says that half of all Kiwis die nearly broke. Which means that the grave wasn’t the only hole they dug themselves into…

An 83 year old flight attendant with United Airlines has been recognized as the longest serving steward in history, starting back in 1949. The airline liked him because he saved them lots of money. On a four hour flight, he barely had time to get the drink cart past the first three rows.

And finally something to break the silence between courses at dinner tonight. Hospitality is making your guests feel like they’re at home, even if you wish they were.

And join me after the 60s at 6 for the Classic Album at 7 tonight its and don’t forget to bring the Love.

Back in the Day – Today’s History Lesson

Yesterday was September the 2nd and back in1960 was arguably New Zealand’s greatest day at the Olympics. Peter Snell won gold in the 800 m and Murray Halberg followed up 30 minutes later to win the 5000 m, completing a remarkable track double in Rome’s Olympic Stadium.

And then back in 1972 on September 2nd New Zealand’s rowing 8 won gold at the Munich Olympics

1939: Today is September the 3rd it was in 1939 that New Zealand alongside Britain and Australia, was one of the first countries to become involved in the global conflict after Germany’s invasion of Poland on the 1st September .

1977: On the British Top 100 albums chart, 27 of the titles were by Elvis Presley.

2004: Former President Clinton was hospitalized in New York with chest pains and shortness of breath, resulting in heart bypass surgery.

Birthdays:
Charlie Sheen is 47 and his good news is that his TV show Anger Management has been signed up for another 93 episodes on the SFX channel in The States.

Old Jokes Home

A beautiful young girl is about to undergo a minor operation. She’s laid on a hospital trolley bed with nothing on, except a sheet over her. The nurse pushes the trolley down the corridor towards the operating theatre, where she leaves the girl on the trolley outside, while she goes in to check whether everything is ready.

A young man wearing a white coat approaches, lifts the sheet up and starts examining her naked body. He puts the sheet back and then walks away and talks to another man in a white coat. The second man comes over, lifts the sheet and does the same examinations. Then a third man does the same thing, but more closely.

She grows impatient and asks: “All these examinations are fine and appreciated, but when are you going to start the operation?”

The man in the white coat shrugged his shoulders: “I have no idea. We’re just painting the corridor.”

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August 28th 2012

Neil Armstrong, the first Moonwalker has died at age 82. To which anyone under 40 said “I thought Michael Jackson died three years ago.”

Prince Harry will faced a “dressing down” from his commanding officer over nude pictures which were taken of him in Las Vegas and circulated on the Internet. Of course, none of this would be necessary if he hadn’t dressed down in the first place.

Snooki from “Jersey Shore” has given birth to a baby boy. Snooki and her husband are already shopping for a house in an area with a high school suitable for their son to drop out of.

Money can’t buy happiness, but it sure makes misery easier to live with.

Back in the Day – Today’s History Lesson

1954 Pauline Parker, aged 16, and Juliet Hulme, 15, were convicted of the murder of Pauline’s mother Honora at Christchurch on 22 June. Their story was later the subject of Peter Jackson’s film Heavenly Creatures.

Today is Submarine Day, marking this date in 1965 when 17-year-old Fred DeLuca opened Petes Super Submarines in Bridgeport, Connecticut. He called it Petes because Dr. Peter Buck, his friendly nuclear physicist, loaned him $1,000 to start the restaurant. A year later they changed the name to Subway. Today there are 12,000 Subways worldwide.

1837: John Lea and William Perrins of Worcester, England, began making their Worcester Sauce.

1963: Some 200,000 people participated in a peaceful civil rights “Freedom March” in Washington, marking the lynching of 14-year-old Emmett Till, on this date in 1955, The Freedom March was where the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. Peter, Paul & Mary sang “Blowin’ in the Wind.”

1986: Tina Turner got her star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

1996: In a London basement at 10:27 a.m. a clerk issued the divorce decree ending the 15-year marriage of the Prince and Princess of Wales. Charles and Diana were 500 miles apart. The court action cost $31.00.

Birthdays:
LeAnn Rimes is 30 today
Shania Twain 47
Jack Black is 43
David Soul remember Starsky and Hutch is 69
Jason Priestley from The Original 90210 series turns 43

Old Jokes Home

A little girl was talking to her teacher about whales. The teacher said it was physically impossible for a whale to swallow a human because even though it was a very large mammal its throat was very small. The little girl stated that Jonah was swallowed by a whale. Irritated, the teacher reiterated that a whale could not swallow a human it was physically impossible. The little girl said, “When I get to heaven I will ask Jonah. “The teacher asked, “What if Jonah went to hell? “The little girl replied, “Then you ask him.”

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August 24th 2012

Tonight on TV That Thin Lizzy model reveals all, her TV face is actually a botoxed death mask, and underneath she bares a startling resemblance to Mrs Harawera. Which reminds me Rangitoto is to have a name change but we will all have to attend Te Reo classes in order to get our minds round it so we can pronounce it

Nike is selling its new LeBron James sneakers for $300 North American a pair. Which is good news for the kids who are making the shoes in Nike’s factories in China who will see their salaries skyrocket to 73 cents a day.

A Melbourne woman apparently strangled her neighbour she was fighting with, using her bra. Now we finally know what Victoria has been keeping secret.

And finally something to talk about over dinner tonight, knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit, wisdom is knowing not to put it in a fruit salad.

And feel free to join me tonight after the 60s at 6 for  Friday night Live, Tonight its Simply Red and their 2011 Farewell concert from Sydney, it’s on from 7 at  www.theflea.co.nz  and don’t forget to bring the love

Back in the Day – Today’s History Lesson

79: Mount Vesuvius erupted, burying the cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum in volcanic ash. So here come Jigsaw with You’ve Blown it all Sky High

1878 The Wellington steam-tram service was opened The then Governor, the Marquess of Normanby, opened the new service, reportedly the first to operate in the Southern Hemisphere. The unpopular steam-powered trams were later replaced by horse-drawn trams.

1932: Amelia Earhart became the first woman to fly non-stop across the U.S., traveling from Los Angeles to Newark, New Jersey, in just over 19 hours.

1968:  Keith Moon of The Who drove a Lincoln into the swimming pool at the Holiday Inn in Flint, Michigan.

1981: Mark David Chapman was sentenced in New York to 20 years to life in prison for killing John Lennon.

1992: Thieves armed with a frozen rabbit smashed through the glass doors of a pub in Devon, England. They left the rabbit thawing on the bar

Birthdays:
Model Claudia Schiffer 41

Old Jokes Home

There was this bloke at a bar, just looking at his drink. He stays like that for half of an hour.

Then, this big trouble-making truck driver stands s next to him, takes the drink from bloke, and skulls it. The poor bloke starts crying. The truck driver says, “Come on mate, I was just joking. Here, I’ll buy you another drink. I just can’t stand to see a bloke cry.”

And the bloke wipes away a tear and says “No, it’s not that. This day is the worst of my life. First, I fall asleep, and I go late to my office. My boss, really pissed off, fires me. When I leave the building, to my car, I found out it was stolen. The police said that they can do nothing. I get a cab to return home, and when I leave it, I remember I left my wallet and credit cards there. The cab driver just drives away.

I go home, and when I get there, I find my wife in bed with the gardener. I leave home, and come to this bar. And just when I was thinking about putting an end to my life, you show up and drink my cyanide”

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August 22nd 2012

Apparently many Auckland mums are bearing the brunt of the downturn. Especially the ones who lost their jobs and are now forced to stay at home with their whiny kids all day.

This just in for those stay at home Auckland mums who watch Jersey Shore on MTV. Snooki from “Jersey Shore” has launched her own line of lipstick. Apparently like the cast of the show, it will give your mouth the taste of a combination of cigarette smoke, alcohol and vomit.

A survey says that 66% of Kiwis think their partner may be cheating when they go to a business conference. The other 34% cheat at home when their partner is out of town at a business conference

And finally something to ponder over during dinner tonight after seeing that Sky TV ad with the lady who dumps her TV. I came to this conclusion. TV can insult your intelligence, but nothing rubs it in like a computer.

And please join me tonight after the 60s at 6 for the Classic Album at 7 and tonight its   Sunshine to rain the 2006 Album by Dragon so join me at www.theflea.co.nz and don’t forget to bring the love.

Back in the Day – Today’s History Lesson

1969: First ‘Young Farmer of the Year’ chosen Held at the South Pacific Hotel (now The Mercure) in Auckland, this competition was open to all members of the Young Farmers’ Club. The inaugural winner was Gary Fraser from Swannanoa, near Christchurch. The contest has since become an established part of the farming calendar

1956: Elvis Presley became an actor as work began on the film The Reno Brothers. The movie was released as Love Me Tender, starring Elvis, Richard Egan, and Debra Paget.

1968: Country singers George Jones and Tammy Wynette were married.

1980: Singer Barry Manilow was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Birthdays:
Valorie Harper- remember her as Rhoda in the Mary Tyler More Show – is 72
Cindy Williams who was in Mork and Mindy turns 65
Roland Orzabal (Tears For Fears) 51
Tori Amos 49

Old Jokes Home

A man escapes from prison where he has been for 15 years. He breaks into a house to look for money and guns and finds a young couple in bed.

He orders the guy out of bed and ties him to a chair, while tying the girl to the bed he gets on top of her, kisses her neck, then gets up and goes into the bathroom. While he’s in there, the husband tells his wife: “Listen, this guy’s an escaped convict, look at his clothes! He probably spent lots of time in jail and hasn’t seen a woman in years. I saw how he kissed your neck.” If he wants sex, don’t resist, don’t complain, do whatever he tells you. Satisfy him no matter how much he nauseates you. This guy is probably very dangerous. If he gets angry, he’ll kill us. Be strong, honey. I love you.”

To which his wife responds: “He wasn’t kissing my neck. He was whispering in my ear. He told me he was gay, thought you were cute, and asked me if we had any KY Jelly. I told him it was in the bathroom. Be strong honey. I love you too!

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August 21st 2012

Did you hear this Facebook users would rather be good looking than intelligent. Which might just be why it’s called “Face” book.

And speaking of books I am thinking of writing one, called Teen Speak every second word will be like, and all problems will  be answered with the question ‘Are you serious dude?’ Why a teen would want to know if someone is a cloud I will never know.

A study says that smoking could kill a billion people in the 21st Century. Especially people who are smoking after sex when her husband comes home unexpectedly.

And finally something to ponder over a few beers and dinner tonight Always borrow money from a pessimist. He won’t expect it back.

And tonight after the 60s at 6 its Retro Tuesday, And I have the Classic Album from 1969 By Crosby Stills Nash and Young Deja Vu so join me at www.theflea.co.nz and don’t forget to bring the love

Back in the Day – Today’s History Lesson

1958 Auckland became the first city in New Zealand to introduce the ‘Barnes Dance’ street-crossing system, which stopped all traffic and allowed pedestrians to cross intersections in every direction at the same time The system was first used in North American cities in the 1940s and is named after an American traffic engineer, Henry A. Barnes

1904: William “Count” Basie was born in Red Bank, New Jersey. His hits included “Open the Door, Richard,” “April in Paris,” “One O’clock Jump,” and “Jumpin’ at the Woodside.” He died in 1984.

1935: Benny Goodman, introducing a new “big-band” jazz style, opened at the Palomar Ballroom in Los Angeles and was hailed as “The King of Swing.” The swing era had begun.

1976: RCA Victor records announced sales of Elvis Presley records had passed 400 million.

1991: In Independence, Missouri, the owner of a Domino’s Pizza restaurant, dressed as a giant red rabbit to attract business, was knocked unconscious by Bobo the Clown, who was promoting a Pizza Hut across the street. The rabbit declined to press charges.

Birthdays:
Singer Kenny Rogers is 74
Singer Jackie DeShannon 68
Today is Crazy Day. Patsy Cline recorded the Willie Nelson song “Crazy” on this date in 1961

Old Jokes Home

This bloke received a parrot for his birthday. The parrot was fully grown with a bad attitude and worse vocabulary. Every other word was an obscenity. Those that weren’t expletives, were to say the least, rude. He tried hard to change the bird’s attitude and was constantly saying polite words, playing soft music, anything he could think of. Nothing worked. He yelled at the bird and the bird yelled back. He shocked the bird and the bird just got angrier and ruder.

Finally, in a moment of desperation, this bloke put the bird in the freezer, just for a few moments. He heard the bird squawk and kick and scream-then suddenly, there was quiet.

This bloke was frightened that he might have hurt the bird and quickly opened the freezer door.

The parrot calmly stepped out and said “I believe I may have offended you with my rude language and actions. I’ll endeavour at once to correct my behaviour. I really am truly sorry and beg your forgiveness.”

This bloke was astonished at the bird’s change in attitude and was about to ask what had made such a dramatic change when the parrot continued, “May I ask what did the chicken do?”

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August 20th 2012

Here’s something for you night owls some scientist reckon that bright lights at night like those emanating from a TV can lead to depression. Especially when the TV is showing infomercials for AAh bras, Ab machines, and reruns of “the crowd goes wild” all night.

A study says that Wanganui is the worst city for people being clumsy with their iPhones. The Vodafone and Telecom people were surprised. People in Wanganui can afford iPhones?

Here’s something you are gonna love The Americans are saying that self-driving cars could hit the showrooms by 2019. The only question is, when you go to buy one do you still get to go for a test drive?

And finally a thought for those who did the church trip yesterday Going to church doesn’t make you a Christian any more than standing in a garage makes you a car.

And join me after the 60s at 6 tonight for the Classic Album at 7 tonight it’s The best of Tina Tina Turner so jump onto www.theflea.co.nz and don’t forget to send the love

Back in the Day – Today’s History Lesson

Back in the day on August 20th 1940 The Tasman Sea’s first naval battle. The New Zealand Shipping Company freighter Turakina was intercepted and sunk by the German ship Orion nearly 500 km off the Taranaki coast with the loss of 36 lives. Twenty survivors were taken prisoner.

Today is the Moon’s Birthday, according to the ancient Aztecs.

1924: Jim Reeves was born in Galloway, Texas. With his 1960 hit “He’ll Have to Go,” Reeves joined Johnny Cash and Bobby Helms as a new breed of “crossover” artist who sold records to pop as well as country fans

1960: Connie Francis made her acting debut on the set of the movie Where the Boys Are.

1965: The Rolling Stones released “Satisfaction.” It would become their first #1 song in the U.S.

2001: A 19-year-old accused Polish shoplifter was dumped naked in the centre of the city of Szczecin with “I am a thief” written on his back. The vigilante sentence was executed by unknown men called by the store staff where the youth was caught trying to steal a sweatshirt. Police said the youth refused to press charges against the store.

Birthdays:
Robert Plant 64
Don King the boxing promoter with the really big big hair turns 81.

Old Jokes Home

A mother is in the kitchen making dinner for her family when her daughter walks in.

“Mother, where do babies come from?”

The mother thinks for a few seconds and says, “Well dear, Mommy and Daddy fall in love and get married. One night they go into their bedroom, they kiss and hug and have sex.”

The daughter looks puzzled so the mother continues, “That means the daddy puts his diddle between mums legs. That’s how you get a baby, honey.” The child seems to comprehend.

“Oh, I see, but the other night when I came into your room you had Daddy’s diddle in your mouth. What do you get when you do that?”

“Jewellery, darling Jewellery.”

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17th August 2012

Did you know that scientists have been able to give blind mice sight with a device that cracks the retinal code.  I guess that the farmer’s wife is going to hide that carving knife and is going to have to answer a lot of questions.

Apparently YouTube is the number one pick for music listening by teens, with 64% using it as their primary choice to hear songs. The other 36% keep trying to figure out what that “radio” thing is that their parents say they used to listen to. for their music

And if you are heading to the UK and want good job how’s this one The official website of the British Monarchy has posted an ad for the position of chauffeur, with the successful applicant required to drive members of the Royal Family to and from events across the UK. They don’t mention the fact that you will have comfort Camilla when she is mistakenly given Best in Show at the Crufts Dog Show

And finally something to mull over during dinner tonight Having sex is like playing bridge. If you don’t have a good partner, you’d better have a good hand.

And tonight after the 60s at 6 its Friday night Live from 7 when we wrap up our Elvis memorial week with live music and Interviews from The King

Back in the Day – Today’s History Lesson

Today is Coonskin Cap Day, always on the birthday of Davy Crockett, born on this date in 1786 in Hawkins County, Tennessee.

1896: The first pedestrian knocked down and killed by an automobile in Britain was Bridget Driscol of Croydon, England. The car was going four miles an hour.

1942: 118 New Zealand prisoners of war died when the Italian transport ship Nino Bixio was torpedoed in the Mediterranean Sea by a British submarine.

1960: The Beatles opened what would become a three-month engagement at the Indra Club in Hamburg, Germany their first performance outside England.

1984: The first night of his Breaking Hearts Tour, Elton John announced he was retiring from touring.

1987: The movie Dirty Dancing, starring Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey opened throughout the U.S.

Birthdays:
Robert DeNiro is 69
Sean Penn 52
Maureen O’Hara 92
Belinda Carlisle 54

Old Jokes Home

A young blonde woman is distraught because she fears her husband is having an affair, so she goes to a gun shop and buys a handgun. The next day she comes home to find her husband in bed with a beautiful redhead.

She grabs the gun and holds it to her own head. The husband jumps out of bed, begging and pleading with her not to shoot herself.

Hysterically the blonde responds to the husband, “Shut up… you’re next!”

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August 16th 2012

The Cirque De Soliel is bringing its new show to new Zealand  and its gonna be weird as its being named after a penis, that’s right the new show, is called Kooza

I am told by a top notch expert  that one of the most common ailments seen by hand specialists is “texting thumb”, a form of tendinitis caused by sending too many text messages. It’s almost as common as “texting forehead”, where your head smashes into the steering wheel when you crash your car while texting.

Which brings me to this story New York State has a new phone app that allows people to report crimes by texting on their cell phone. Apparently it’s for people who can’t remember the phone number “911”.  New York State has a new phone app that allows people to report crimes by texting on their cell phone. Apparently it’s for people who can’t remember the phone number “911”.I guess that means that Now New Yorkers can text in while they are driving if they see other people texting while driving.

And finally something to mull over during dinner tonight: knowledge is power, and power corrupts. So study hard and be evil.

And don’t forget after the 60s @6 tonight we remember Elvis and it’s another Elvis In concert Show so join me at theflea.co.nz and don’t forget to bring the love

Back in the Day – Today’s History Lesson

Months before the Beijing Olympics, 16 August 2008 was being touted as ‘Super Saturday’, the day New Zealand would win a swag of medals, several of them gold. Couch potatoes watching the final cheered as the Evers-Swindell twins launched a withering finishing burst, and then groaned as they apparently just failed to catch the German scullers. The British were also within centimetres and veteran commentator Peter Montgomery called the New Zealanders in third. By next morning he’d re-recorded his commentary – the Kiwis had won gold by 1/100th of a second.

1954: The first issue of Sports Illustrated was published.

1977: Elvis Presley, The King of Rock ‘n Roll, was pronounced dead at Memphis Baptist Hospital at 3:30 in the afternoon. He was 42 years old

1985: Madonna married Sean Penn in Malibu. She wore a leather teddy he wore boxing gloves. They divorced in 1989.

Birthdays:
Madonna Ciccone is 54
INXS’s Tim Farriss 55
Dixie Chick Emily Robison 40
James Cameron 58
Steve Carell 49

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August 13th 2012

Well what an awesome closing ceremony in London this morning, and how great are our athletes 13 brilliant medals, and congrats to Prime for its coverage for those of us  who can’t afford Sky Sports  but where did they find that bearded stern guy with the Brylcreemed  hair and the downward glance, behind his Warehouse specs under his bushy eyebrows  who introduced the day time stuff, I hear tell the Broadcast standards Authority has begged Sky to shout him a trip  to Lourdes for a style stroke personality miracle.

Did you hear this; apparently elite athletes double their risk of becoming ill by traveling at least five time zones to compete. Mostly because they are on the plane so long that they have to eat that airline food. And finally  something to chat about over a few beer do you realise that dolphins are so smart that within a few weeks of captivity, they can train people to stand on the very edge of a pool and throw them fish?

And don’t forget tonight at www.theflea.co.nz after the 60s at 6 our Classic album at 7 is a new Beatles album, which is doing well on the Charts. A rehash of some of their hits, called Tomorrow never knows, and don’t forget to bring the Love

Back in the Day – Today’s History Lesson

1910: Nursing pioneer Florence Nightingale died at age 90. She had taken to her bed 34 years earlier, convinced she was dying of heart disease.

1952: Big Mama Thornton recorded “You Ain’t Nothin’ But A Hound Dog,” almost four years before Elvis did it. In 1953 Big Mamas version hit #1 on the R&B charts.

1961: East Germany closed the Brandenburg Gate and prepared to start building the infamous Berlin Wall.

1991: Prevention magazine cited a study at the University of Utah that said milkshakes can ruin a man’s sex life

2004: The Summer Olympic Games opened in Athens, Greece, with a record 202 countries and 10,500 athletes taking part.

2005: Saw the Death of David Lange he was New Zealand’s youngest prime minister during the 20th century. Renowned for his sharp wit and oratory, he is best remembered as leader of the fourth Labour government from 1984 to 1989.

Birthdays:
Fidel Castro is 85 today
Dan Fogelberg 61
Danny Bonaduce from the Partidge family 53

Old Jokes Home

An airline captain was being kind to a new blonde cabin attendant. That night the crew had a layover in another city. Upon their arrival, the captain showed the stewardess the best place for airline personnel to eat, shop and stay overnight.

The next morning, as the pilot was preparing the crew  he noticed the new girl was missing. He knew which room she was in at the hotel and called her up wondering what happened. She answered the phone, crying, and said she couldn’t get out of her room. “You can’t get out of your room?” the captain asked, “Why not?”

The new girl replied: “There are only three doors in here,” she sobbed, “one is the bathroom, one is the closet, and one has a sign on it that says ‘Do Not Disturb’!”

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August 10th 2012

Seven athletes from Cameroon are missing from the Olympics and are suspected of leaving to try to stay in Europe for economic reasons. How tough is the economy in Cameroon when the people there would rather have some Euros in their pocket

Did you hear that most Kiwis are clueless as to whether they are gaining or losing weight. Mostly because they are ALL gaining weight, but it seems like they are actually  losing, when so many other people are  getting fatter.

And here’s something to ponder over a few beers tonight Why are aliens always portrayed as evil in movies? How do we know that there isn’t an alien out there just waiting to share the recipe for “The Universe’s Best Meat Pie?” –

Back in the Day – Today’s History Lesson

1840: British asserted sovereignty as French head for Ankara HMS Britomart arrived at Ankara, on Banks Peninsula, a week before a shipload of French colonists landed. The ship’s captain raised the Union Jack to confirm British sovereignty over the area.

1985: Michael Jackson paid $47.5-million for ATV Music, a catalogue of the Beatles’ copyrights, which included 251 songs written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney.

1999: A 32-year-old Egyptian man, pronounced dead after drowning near Alexandria, regained consciousness after spending three hours in a morgue refrigerator. Ali Mohammed said an attendant ran out of the morgue when he grabbed his hand

Birthdays:
Actor Antonio Banderas is 52
Jethro Tull’s Ian Anderson 65

Elvis Week begins today in Memphis, sponsored by Graceland (800-238-2000, elvis.com). Surely you can manage an Elvis party, or at least an Elvis dinner

Old Jokes Home

Two women friends had gone out for a Girls Night Out, and had been decidedly over-enthusiastic on the cocktails. Incredibly drunk and walking home they suddenly realized they both needed to pee. They were very near a graveyard and one of them suggested they do their business behind a headstone or something. The first woman had nothing to wipe with so she took off her panties, used them and threw them away.

Her friend however was wearing an expensive underwear set and didn’t want to ruin hers, but was lucky enough to salvage a large ribbon from a wreath that was on a grave and proceeded to wipe herself with it. After finishing, they made their way home.

The next day the first woman’s husband phones the other husband and said, “These damn girls’ nights out have got to stop. My wife came home last night without her panties.”

“That’s nothing,” said the other. “Mine came back with a sympathy card stuck between the cheeks of her butt that said, ‘From all of us at the Fire Station, Well never forget you!'”

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June 27th 2012

A new survey says that people who believe in heaven commit more crimes. Which starts to explain several thousand members of the clergy – including the Pope, Rasputin and Graeme Capill.

A dating website is using facial recognition software to pair people with similar facial features. Apparently they got the idea after seeing how Simon Dallow has fallen in love with himself.

The Desert Rd was closed due to heavy snow last night and in parts of the South Island snow could reach sea level. In fact in Waiuoru it was colder than step-mother’s breath and brass monkeys were heard to complain that their voices were starting to sound higher.

And that’s it for today Oh faithful listeners don’t forget after the 60s at 6 its tonight’s classic Album at 7 is By Carole King her brilliant Tapestry Album so feel free to join me at www.theflea.co.nz and don’t forget to send the Love.

Back in the Day – Today’s History Lesson

1964: Ernest Borgnine (“McHale’s Navy”) married Ethel Merman (‘It’s a Mad Mad Mad Mad World’ and ‘No Business Like Show Business’). The union ended 38 days later.

1975 Mark Williams hits No. 1 with ‘Yesterday Was Just the Beginning of My Life’ which topped the New Zealand music charts for three weeks. Williams successfully combined soul and pop with an image that merged glam rock with disco.

Birthdays:
Tobey McGuire is 37
Bruce Johnston (The Beach Boys) is 68

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June 26th 2012

Really cold weather down south right now snow wind the whole nine yards in Invercargill it’s as cold as a parking warden’s heart, and in the North island it’s so windy in Taranaki it blew the pricks of a barbed wire fence.

This one is kind of gross apparently Pheromone parties are becoming more popular, where singles bring a slept-in T-shirt and pick a partner based on their scent. Apparently we are that close to devolving into dogs and find our mates by sniffing each other’s bums

And did you notice that retailers are seeing a booming market in men’s cosmetics. Apparently men who have a job are willing to spend money in order to look young enough to stay employed.

And finally Kim Kardashian’s mother, the old trollop Kris Jenner, talked about her daughter’s recent marriage and divorce, saying “What’s a measly little 72 days?” To which Britney Spears, Cher and Madonna all said that’s a pretty good run.

And that’s it for today oh faithful viewers tonight at 7 following our 60s at 6 show the classic album is Aladdin Sane by David Bowie we’ll also squeeze in some radio retro as is usual on a Tuesday night. So join me at www.theflea.co.nz and don’t forget to send the love.

Back in the Day – Today’s History Lesson

Today is Bar Code Day. The first supermarket bar code was swiped on a pack of Wrigley’s Doublemint Gum on June 26, 1974

1918 The steamer Wimmera, bound from Auckland to Sydney, struck a mine laid the year before by the German raider Wolf north of Cape Maria van Diemen. Twenty-six of its 151 passengers and crew were lost

1830: King George IV of England died at age 67. He was England’s fattest king and most profligate. He ate pigeons—lots of pigeons.

1975: After 11 years of marriage, singers Sonny and Cher Bono finalized their divorce. Four days later Cher married musician Greg Allman, but the marriage lasted only nine days.

1977: Elvis closed his concert in Indianapolis with “Can’t Help Falling In Love With You.” It was his last concert. He died seven weeks later.

1992: Female temperance patrols in India’s state of Manipur reported they had grown to 30,000 members and were successful in reducing male drinking problems, which had led to wife-beating and unemployment. The women captured drinkers, tied them naked to a donkey, and paraded them through town. And promised to do it again if they kept drinking.

2003: A 24-year-old man in Fort Myers, Florida, facing 30 years in prison for allegedly selling cocaine, left court during his trial and never returned. He missed out on the jury’s innocent verdict.

Birthdays:
Georgie Fame who sang songs like “Yeh yeh” and the “Ballads of Bonnie and Clyde” turns 69
Chris O’Donnell from NCIS LA is 42

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June 22nd 2012

The former director of a failed Auckland-based finance company asked a judge if he could still take his holiday in Fiji after pleading guilty to misleading investors. What many investors suggested is that if there is ever a price on his head, he should take it. Another suggested he could be the biggest bull artist since Picasso

And did you notice this apparently that fewer Auckland CEOs plan to hire more people in the next year. That of course doesn’t include replacing their personal chauffeur, chef or butler.

Staff at New Zealand’s toughest prison have cordoned off a disused tower after two inmates holed themselves up inside. Two more losers who proved that when the doctors circumcised them, they threw the wrong bits away.

New research just out says that three out of four travellers say that losing an electronic device on the road is more stressful than losing a wedding ring. Mostly because three out of four men remove their wedding rings when they are on the road.

And that’s it for today Oh faithful listeners and tonight in Friday Night Live it’s Elvis live in Aloha from Hawaii. And that follows our usual 60s at6 so join me at theflea.co.nz and don’t forget to send the love.

Back in the Day – Today’s History Lesson

1954: Armed with a brick in a stocking, 16-year-old Pauline Parker and her best friend Juliet Hulme, 15, became two of New Zealand’s most notorious murderesses when they killed Pauline’s mother, Honora, in Victoria Park, Christchurch.

1959: “The Battle of New Orleans” by Johnny Horton started week number four of six at the top of the nation’s music charts. It was Horton’s only number one record and million-seller. From Tyler, Texas, Johnny married Billie Jean Jones, Hank Williams’ widow. And just like Hank, Johnny was killed in a car crash after a show at the Skyline in Austin.

1961: In Hamburg, Germany, the Beatles recorded “When the Saints Go Marching In,” “Why,” “Ain’t She Sweet,” “Nobody’s Child,” “My Bonnie,” and “Cry For A Shadow.”

1991: The Nude Olym-picks in Darlington, Maryland, included nude skydiving.

Birthdays:
Meryl Streep is 63
Todd Rundgren is 64 his big hit was I Saw The Light
INXS’s Garry Beers 55
Peter Asher of Peter and Gordon is 68
TV personality Carson Daly of Queer Eye is 39
Kris Kristofferson turns 76

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June 21st 2012

This just in from The States where a football broadcaster Dave Barnett started talking gibberish while announcing a game, saying it was caused by a migraine. The audience just assumed former team owner George W. Bush had walked into the broadcast booth.

Have you Noticed That MacDonald’s are now selling something called London Fish and Fries, my question is what happened to Fish and Chips, do your homework Ronald  you’re not in America now try visiting a chippy and asking for Fish and Fries in London.

And talking of The UK an Olympic torchbearer in England stopped in the middle of the relay to propose to his girlfriend. He really wasn’t kidding when he told her he carried a torch for her

Kim Kardashian compared herself to the Virgin Mary. Which, other than the virgin and Mary part, is pretty believable.

And that’s it for today Oh faithful listeners and as it the Anniversary today of the Beatles arrival in New Zealand in 1964 I have an entire Hour devoted to the Beatles tonight in the Classic Album at 7 so join me at the flea.co.nz and don’t forget to Love me Do.

Back in the Day – Today’s History Lesson

Today is the shortest day and the first full day of summer in the northern hemisphere, winter in the southern.

1964: The Beatles land in NZ Beatlemania hit New Zealand when 7000 hysterical fans greeted the Fab Four in Wellington during their ‘Far East’

2003: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, fifth book in J.K. Rowling`s blockbuster series about a young wizard, hit the book stores and sold 5 million copies the first day.

Birthdays:
Prince William of Wales is 30

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June 19th 2012

A new report out of Newmarket says that hotlines that help people quit smoking can also help problem drinkers. Mostly because people can’t bear listening to non-smokers preach to them over the phone without having a couple of drinks.

A rare working Apple I computer sold for $374,500. The buyer is now looking to complete their collection by finding an even rarer working model of a Dell computer.

And this is interesting it’s a result of survey taken in Government Departments in Wellington which says that working through pain can help reduce it. Mostly because people know if they go home sick they might be replaced while they are gone.

Last Saturday was Madrid’s Annual Nude Bicycle Ride day. And Sunday was the annual Don’t Buy a Used Bike in Madrid day

And that’s it for today Oh faithful Listeners and remember if you love the 60s make certain you listen out for the 60s at 6 every weeknight from 7 at www.theflea.co.nz and tonight that’s followed by our Classic Album at 7 Stevie Wonders  Innervisions Album and following that some real radio retro for we  More Mature Listeners a rare and original Episode of NightBeat with Randy Stone.

Back in the Day – Today’s History Lesson

1940: The Second World War arrived in New Zealand with a bang when the trans-Pacific liner Niagara was sunk by a German mine off the Northland coast. All 349 people on board were rescued.

Birthdays:
Alison Moyer 51
Paula Abdul 50
Cartoon cat Garfield is 34
Sir Paul McCartney is 70
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June 12 2012

First of all from the US where the arrogant know it all “Judge Judy” has become the top rated daytime TV show following Oprah Winfrey’s departure. Her numbers could go even higher if the show goes with Judge Judy’s request for the option to include giving the death penalty.

A poll says that a majority of Chinese people prioritize the environment over the economy, at least the people who remember when China still had an environment.

Apparently Kiwi women’s breasts are getting larger, with the average bra size going from 34B to 36C in one generation. Of course, in Herne Bay it’s common to see breast sizes go up more than that during an afternoon visit to a plastic surgeon.

Just read a weird article by the bitter Bob Jones in the Herald today, the thing about Bob Jones is that he is just like an American you can tell him something but you can’t tell him much

And that’s it for today oh Faithful listeners and tonight from 6 it’s the best of all the classic from the 60s in the 60s at 6 followed by the Classic Album at 7 tonight its Classic Pink Floyd Album Dark Side of the Moon followed by tonight’s radio Retro an episode of that 60s Monday night at 8 serial Night beat with Randy Stone and don’t forget to send the Love.

Back in the Day – Today’s History Lesson

Today is Independence Day in Russia, celebrating the election of 1991, the first popular election in Russia’s 1,000-year history.

1942 First US troops arrive in Auckland Between 1942 and 1944 about 100,000 American servicemen were stationed in New Zealand, which became a rear base for the Allies’ counter-offensive against Japan. Mainly around Auckland and Wellington This American ‘invasion’ led to a considerable clash of cultures.

1965: Queen Elizabeth honoured the Beatles by making them members of the Order of the British Empire. Several British Army officers were so outraged, they returned their medals. Just another bunch of peppery old Poms I guess, luckily Sergeant peppers band kept their medals

1994: The bodies of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman were found in pools of blood in Los Angeles. Miss Simpson’s ex-husband, football/TV star O.J. Simpson, was charged in the stabbings, then acquitted, but held liable in a civil court action.

1997: Police in Clearwater, Florida, followed a 3½-foot green and orange iguana named Finley behind the wheel of a weaving car for two miles until he stopped. Finley’s owner, who’d been drinking, was slouched down in the seat. The owner went to jail; Finley went to the SPCA.

Birthdays:
Actor Jim Nabors 81
Singer Rocky Burnette 58

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June 11th 2012

And everybody slept easy on Saturday night and Sunday morning after the All Blacks easy victory over Ireland and of course there were lots of Irish people in town also including one young couple who sat up in their hotel room all night waiting for their sexual relations to arrive.

Girls at a high school in New York City held a “slutty Wednesday” to protest the school’s strict dress code by wearing revealing outfits. Or as that is known to private high school girls in Auckland, “Hump day Wednesday”.

Prince William has qualified to be a search and rescue captain in the RAF. His first assignments will be to search for something to keep Prince Charles busy and to rescue the Royal Family from Sarah Ferguson’s next money making scheme.

Gillette says its razor blades should last five weeks. The way to tell they are getting old is when you follow your morning shave with a trip to the A&E for a blood transfusion. And that’s it for today Oh faithful listeners and if you are a fan of The Little River band you’ll love our Awesum Foursum today after four when I play 4 great LRB songs and our Classic Album at 7 after the 60s at 6 tonight is by Whitney Houston. Meantime don’t forget to send the Love.

Back in the Day – Today’s History Lesson

1901 Cornwall Park was gifted to Auckland At a civic reception for the visiting Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York, Mayor John Logan Campbell handed over the deed to land around One Tree Hill. The new park was named in honour of the royals.

1979: Actor John Wayne died at age 72 after a 15-year battle with cancer.

1990: The United Nations appointed a new environmental ambassador: singer Olivia Newton-John.

2002: “American Idol” premiered on the Fox Network. The talent show was based on a similar British program. First American Idol was Kelly Clarkson.

Birthdays:
Extra-terrestrial E.T. is 830
Actor Gene Wilder is 79
Singer Joey Dee 72, his biggest hit was the peppermint twist

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June 8th 2012

A new Dunedin study says that one in five smartphone users is sexting. The other four apparently don’t have a camera with a wide enough lens to get all of their body in the picture.

And from our European correspondent France has cut its retirement age to 60. Apparently the government figured that with the national unemployment rate up to 10%, pretty much everyone over that age is sitting at home anyway.

A New Plymouth waitress has been awarded more than $10,000 in lost wages and compensation after she was fired for serving her boss the wrong drink. Apparently the real reason the bloke was pissed off was because he couldn’t stay long because his wife thought he was in the bath.

And this just in from Hollywierd where Vince Vaughan is asking $18.4 million for his penthouse. It’s the September 1984 Vanessa Williams issue.

That’s it for now, Oh Faithful Listeners if you like the 80s you’ll love today’s Awesum Foursum its by the Pointer sisters four of their best songs straight after the 4 o’clock news and tonight’s Friday night live concert, after the 60s at 6, features Elton John Live in his 1984 Sydney Concert, so hit up www.theflea.co.nz or 88.2fm in Devonport or 107.1fm in Takapuna and Milford. And don’t forget to send the Love.

Back in the Day – Today’s History Lesson

1961: Elvis Presley’s seventh film, “Wild in the Country,” premiered.

1974: The #1 U.S. country song was Dolly Parton’s “I Will Always Love You.” She had written it to duet partner Porter Wagoner when she left to pursue a solo career. The song hit again in 1982 by Dolly, in 1992 by Whitney Houston, and in 1995 by Dolly and Vince Gill.

1987 New Zealand became nuclear free when The New Zealand Nuclear Free Zone, Disarmament and Arms Control Act was passed into law, establishing this country as a nuclear and biological weapon-free zone.

Birthdays:
Comedian Joan Rivers 79
Boz Scaggs 68
Duran Duran’s Nick Rhodes 50
Bonnie Tyler 59
Kanye West 35
Nancy Sinatra 72

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June 5th

Did you notice this – the tower housing Big Ben will be named after Queen Elizabeth II. In a similar move by Parliament, Epsom Downs horse track will be renamed after Camilla Parker Bowles.

Coming from one of the richest old freaks in the world this priceless The Pope says that people from rich countries should sponsor people from poorer countries. Apparently he got the idea from all the money China is loaning the U.S.

And I love this Scientists say that robots in self driving cars could be delivering pizza in the near future. The only problem is teaching the robots how to deal with being robbed.

A study says that men who look at pornography regularly can shake the self esteem of their girlfriend or wife. Of course, their own self esteem can be shaken when they are looking at porn and realize it is their girlfriend or wife.

And the big surprise  in yesterdays Queens Birthday honours list was the inclusion of Prince Phillip, and in his usual diplomatic manner when told of his new status he replied does this make me boss of all those Maori  people. I hope my skin doesn’t turn chocolate.

And on TV 2 tonight the energy spot guy with bad adenoid problem forgets his lines and almost drowns in his own snot.

And that’s it for today oh faithful listeners and check out tonight’s classic album at 7 its Rumours by Fleetwood Mac followed by more radio Nostalgia and some classic English Comedy and remember don’t forget to send the love.

Back in the Day – Today’s History Lesson

1866 Te Kooti, the East Coast military leader and prophet, was deported with Pai Marire prisoners to the Chatham Islands. He had been accused of spying for the enemy while fighting with government troops.

1895: William Boyd was born. He played Hopalong Cassidy in 66 movies and almost a hundred TV episodes.

1960: The Hollywood Argyles, a fake group created by singer Gary Paxton, entered the Billboard Hot 100 with “Alley Oop.” Paxton had acquired the song from Burbank service station attendant Dallas Frazier. The Argyles included Frazier and fellow gas station worker Buddy Mize. Singer Sandy Nelson played the garbage can and did the screaming. When the song hit, Paxton sent a dozen groups on the road, all called The Hollywood Argyles.

1977: The Apple II computer, with 4K of memory, went on sale for $1,298. The Apple I had been sold primarily to electronic hobbyists since 1976.

Birthdays:
Kenny G 56
Marky Mark Wahlberg 41

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June 1st

Experts say that Internet traffic is expected to quadruple by 2016 because of mobile devices. Which has had Telecom engineers working overtime to try to develop dial up technology for smart phones.

Mark Zuckerberg, the founder of Facebook, and his wife were reportedly seen eating lunch at a restaurant in Italy without leaving a tip. Apparently he learned his lesson after insulting several waiters at other restaurants by trying to tip with shares of Facebook stock.

Prince William has received a new honour from Queen Elizabeth II. He has been made a Knight of the Most Ancient Most Noble Order of the Thistle. London insiders say that No one knew that the Queen had told Prince William to officially come out as gay

Maori Party co-leader Tariana Turia has suggested drivers should show their disapproval of others smoking in cars carrying children by tooting at them and wagging their finger like Supernanny scolding a child. The rock fraternity is somewhat puzzled by this as they always thought tooting was something they did with cocaine.

And that’s it for today oh Faithful listeners and if you love the Beatles  you will  love The Beatles Live at the BBC, it’s our Friday Night Live concert tonight from 7 full of great Beatles songs and their irreverent humour.  And remember tomorrow night from 5 it’s our Hot Country Show the best of country music from the past thirty years. That’s on www.theflea.co.nz and 88.2 and 107.1 on The North Shore, and, don’t forget to send the love.

Back in the Day – Today’s History Lesson

1926 Marilyn Monroe was born in Los Angeles. On her birthday in 1995 the U.S. Postal Service honoured the late actress with a 32-cent stamp.

1938: Superman first appeared in Action Comics. His creator, Toronto artist Joe Shuster, sold his rights to the character for $130. Superman’s origin was inspired by the biblical story of Moses, whose parents abandoned him as a baby to save his life.

1960 Broadcast from Shortland Street in that strange red brick building with no windows, in central Auckland, New Zealand’s first official television transmission began at 7.30 p.m. The first night’s programming lasted just three hours and could only be seen in Auckland. The first broadcast included an episode of The Adventures of Robin Hood, a live interview with a visiting British ballerina and a performance by the Howard Morrison Quartet.

1967: The Beatles released the album, “Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band.”

1969: John Lennon and Yoko Ono recorded “Give Peace a Chance” with Derek Taylor, Murray the K, Tommy and Dick Smothers, and Timothy Leary.

1980: Cable News Network (CNN) debuted as the first all-news television network.

Birthdays:
Pat Boone is 78
Alanis Morissette 38
Rolling Stones guitarist Ron Wood is 65
Andy Griffith turns 86
That Great actor with one of the greatest voices in the world Morgan Freeman is 75

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May 31st

Well the teachers are having a moan about the changes the Education minister has made, I actually, from my own observation, think the teachers are in the main totally inept,, aren’t you fed up “with children are our future”, what happens when they reach that future that’s what I want to know, so don’t worry about spelling or grammar, let’s just be PC. Which just proves the old saying, teaching is the fine art of imparting knowledge without possessing it

And did you notice that NASA is asking future Moon explorers to take care to not ruin the historic Apollo landing sites where Americans became the first to set foot on the new frontier. To which Kiwi Maori are saying “Good luck with that!”

And apparently 40% of all social media accounts are spammers. The other 60% are stalkers.

And finally a report from Wellington reckons multitasking is less productive for most people, but it makes them feel good to be busy. At least until they steer their car into a tree while texting behind the wheel.

And that’s it for today Oh faithful listeners remember our Classic Album at 7 tonight is part2 of the best of Cliff Richard, and in our drive Home smile  round 5.30ish a tribute to Seinfeld which first went to air on May 31st 1990 and we’ll play you the best of the Soup Nazi. And thanks to everyone who called and messaged about last night’s radio retro an episode of the great Kids Radio Serial The Air Adventures of Biggles. Meantime please join me between midday and 8 weekdays on www.theflea.co.nz or if you live on Auckland North Shore 88.2fm or 107.1fm and don’t forget to send the love.

Back in the Day – Today’s History Lesson

1975 Eighteen-year-old Mona Blades was last seen sitting in the back seat of an orange Datsun station wagon. Her body was never found and her disappearance has never been explained.

1678: Lady Godiva rode naked on horseback through the city of Coventry, England. According to legend, she made the ride as part of a bargain to get her husband Leofric, Earl of Mercia, to ease taxes on the people of Conventry, England. [Another source says the ride took place on July 10th.]

1956: Buddy Holly was inspired to write “That’ll Be the Day” after he saw the John Wayne movie “The Searchers.”

1958: Sheb Wooley’s “Purple People Eater” became the #1 U.S. song and stayed there for six weeks. It was based on a popular children’s riddle: What has one eye, one horn, flies, and eats people? A one-eyed, one-horned, flying people eater.

1990: “The Seinfeld Chronicles” premiered as a summer series on NBC starring Jerry Seinfeld, Jason Alexander, Michael Richards, and Julia Louis-Dreyfus. The pilot had aired in the previous July. Renamed just plain “Seinfeld,” the show lasted nine years.

1999: A huge mock cigarette stuffed with balloons accidentally exploded and caught fire while it was being chopped into during a No-Tobacco Day ceremony in Bangkok. No one was seriously hurt, but there were several singed eyebrows.

2003: Air France’s superjet, the Concorde, returned to Paris in a final commercial flight.

Birthdays:
Clint Eastwood is 82
Brooke Shields 47
Colin Farrell 36
Peter Yarrow of Peter Paul and Mary is 74

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May 30th

As mentioned in our History update (below) it has been 101 years since the first Indianapolis motor race and of course this year’s Indianapolis 500 was won by Dario Franchitti, the husband of actress Ashley Judd. She says it was her 44th Indy 500 race. Hollywood insiders were shocked. An actress admits to being over 40?

A mini-series about the feuding Hatfield and McCoy families in the backwoods of America will be shown on Sky’s History Channel. Or people can instead just watch the feuding Nats and Labourites on Sky’s Parliament TV.

A study says that people smiled at by strangers feel more connected to others after the experience. Either that or they immediately checked to see if their zip was open.

And finally the quote of the day from Peter Fowlers New Zealand at Noon in the Herald today: “Over in Tauranga, it’s unclear why the Catholic Church has purchased penguin catcher nets but nuns were not thought to be involved.”

And that’s it for today oh faithful listeners. Now don’t forget tonight at 6 it’s the 60s at 6 followed by the Classic Album at 7 tonight – the best of Cliff Richard. And if you love the 60s and 70s I play the best songs from the 60s and 70s every weekday between midday and two at www.theflea.co.nz or if you live on Auckland North Shore at 88.2fm and 107.1fm, and don’t forget to send the love.

Back in the Day – Today’s History Lesson

1911: Indianapolis hosted its first long-distance car race; Ray Harroun was the winner at an average speed of 74.59 miles an hour.

1959: Auckland harbour bridge opened The original four-lane harbour bridge was built across the narrowest part of Auckland Harbour between St Marys Bay and Northcote Point. It took four years to complete and soon had to be enlarged with the nippon clip-ons.

1981: The compact disc was first introduced.

1992: Singers Paul Simon and Edie Brickell were married and as it’s the 53rd birthday of the Harbour Bridge and Paul Simons 20th wedding anniversary it seems almost right to play a song off the CD Bridge Over Troubled Waters.

1996: Britain’s Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson were granted an uncontested divorce ending their 10-year marriage.

2007: Students at Concordia College in Minnesota, celebrated graduation with a late-night skinny dip in a campus pond. A security guard found between 50 and 80 naked students or recent graduates. The guard called police when he “did not get the cooperation he hoped for” from the students. In fact, some students pushed the guard’s golf cart into the pond. By the time police arrived, students were either gone or dressed.

Birthdays:
It’s the birthday of what was to become the Green Party today On May 30, 1972. Politics student and former journalist Tony Brunt held a meeting at the Victoria University Students’ Union, where he railed against mindless economic growth and called for a party with values-based and environmentally conscious policies. That evening the Values Party was formed. Later it morphed into today’s Green Party in 1999 with Jeanette Fitzsimons and Rod Donald.

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May 28th

A pair of undies belonging to the Queen has been auctioned for $18,000. The panties were left on an airplane. She is 86 and I hate to say this, but isn’t she a little old to be joining the mile high club?

“The Exorcist” is being remade into a ten part TV miniseries. Didn’t someone already do that? It’s called “Judge Judy”.

A study says that obesity is not always tied to heart risk. To which at least 50% Kiwis breathed a collective sigh of relief. If an overweight person is lucky, they may only suffer from diabetes, hypertension, cancer and arthritis.

We were talking about the budget over dinner on Saturday Night particularly that 40% tax on tobacco that will push the price of a pack of cigarettes to $15 by 2016. Well The good news for smokers is that half of them won’t be around by 2016 anyway.

And that’s it for today oh faithful listeners, don’t forget every day we run the True Oldies Lunch two hours of the best of the 60s and 70s from Midday and tonight from 7 Our Classic Album is Nillson Schmillson by Harry Nillson its lined up on our Turntable at www.theflea.co.nz and totally uninterrupted. So join me from Midday and don’t forget to send the Love.

Back in the Day – Today’s History Lesson

970 BC: Solomon was born in Israel. He purposely became Israel’s best educated, richest, wisest king. He had more fun, more women, and achieved more good than any king in history. But he decided it was all vain and that Man’s whole duty in life was to honour and obey God.

1920: In the Auckland Supreme Court, Dennis Gunn was convicted of the murder of a postmaster and sentenced to death. In what was claimed to be a world’s first for a capital crime, Gunn’s conviction was based almost entirely on fingerprint evidence.

1986: Participants of Dick Clark’s TV special America Picks the Number One Songs chose Bill Haley’s “Rock Around the Clock,” Simon & Garfunkel’s “Bridge Over Troubled Waters,” and Lionel Richie’s “All Night Long” as the top songs of the rock era.

1995: The Indonesian Private Radio Association ordered disc jockeys to speak only the national Indonesia language Bahasa.

1997: The Danish parliament banned corporal punishment of children by their parents.

Birthdays:
Singer Kylie Minogue 44
Singer John Fogerty 67
Singer Gladys Knight is 68

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May 25th

Los Angeles has banned plastic bags from grocery stores. Apparently the LA city council feels that plastic should stay where it belongs: inside women’s breasts.

Have you heard this apparently it’s true that Kiwi women and Kiwi men both gossip, but differently! Kiwi Women gossip mostly about other women they hate, while kiwi men mostly gossip about other women they like.

And Noddy’s mate Big Ears otherwise known as Prince Charles played disc jockey and spun some vinyl at a Canadian music studio. Great, the only work skill he has ever exhibited was technologically killed off in 1983

News that James Bond will ditch his trademark “shaken, not stirred” vodka martini for a beer in the  upcoming Bond movie is the cause of a complaint by a former James Bond actor The makers of Skyfall, the 23rd movie in the franchise, recently inked a reported US$45 million deal with Dutch beer company Heineken. And the tragic actor who complained? The worst James Bond of them all George Lazenby who does need a bit of attention in tabloids – lol

And that’s it for today Oh Faithful Listeners and don’t forget tonight’s Friday Night Live stars The Kinks Live in Concert right after the 60s at 6 and if you love True oldies from the 60s and 70s keep it on www.theflea.co.nz everyday between 12 and 2 for The True oldies Lunch, and for Country Music fans remember we have two hours of modern country music every Saturday night between 5 and 7 and don’t forget to send the love.

Back in the Day – Today’s History Lesson

1861 The Christchurch Press went to press for the first time; Published from a cottage in Montreal Street, the first edition was a six-page tabloid which sold for sixpence.

1968 Three people died inthe Īnangahuaa earthquake a magnitude 7.1 earthquake centred near Īnangahua Junction, 40 km east of Westport, struck at 5.24 a.m., shaking many people from their beds.

1978 Police and army removed all 218 occupants of Bastion Point, Auckland, ending an occupation that began in January 1977. Ngāti Whātua were protesting the loss of land in the Ōrakei Block, which had once been declared ‘absolutely inalienable’.

2008 Scott Dixon won the Indianapolis 500 his victory at the Brickyard was the first Indianapolis 500 win by a New Zealander, and helped him secure his second Indy Racing League championship

1969: The Hollies recorded “He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother” with Elton John at piano.

1977: The movie “Star Wars” opened in U.S. movie theatres. It set a new box office record that stood until “Titanic” in 1999. I remember seeing Star Wars for the first time at Loewes /Graumans Chinese Theatre in Hollywood and was amazed how people clapped and cheered throughout and at the end of the movie.

1968: The Rolling Stones released “Jumping Jack Flash.”

Birthdays:
Mike Myers better known as Austin Powers has made it to his 49th Birthday
Anne Heche who is currently being seen in Men in Trees on the Vibe Channel is 43
Tom T. Hall who had country songs like Old Dogs Children and Watermelon Wine is 76
Jessi Colter who had a hit with I’m Not Lisa turns 65
Style Council and The Jams Paul Weller is blowing out 54 candles;

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May 24th

Well its Zero Budget day and no surprises in store for us a Herald poll says most readers reckon we can expect to be paying more for something in the future, did you hear that another unrelated Poll says that 50% of Kiwis say New Zealand will go bankrupt. The other half pretty much assumed it already had.

Eugene Polley, the man who invented the TV remote has died at age 96. Without his invention, in the age of so many channels we could have been a nation of track stars.

A study says that three in four Kiwi drivers are ready to consider alternative fuel vehicles. The fourth driver owns a lot of stock in oil companies.

A Venezuelan TV station that was forced off the air by the government for five years is trying to get started again. Owners say it could be worse. At least they aren’t affiliated with TVNZ

And finally a great quote from Clare Trevett in Today’s Herald Bill English has undoubtedly been avidly watching Master Chef for inspiration on how to turn crumbs into something edible.

And that’s it for today Oh faithful Listeners, and tonight f after our 60s at 6 it’s the Classic Album at 7 tonight nonstop Eric Clapton and Cream with Disraeli gears, and if you love the 60s and 70s be listening from Monday between 12 and 2 for the all new Real oldies Lunch every day I’ll be playing nothing but back to back 60s and 70s hits. On 88.2fm in Devonport and The eastern Suburbs and 107.1fm for Takapuna and Milford and across the universe on www.theflea.co.nz.

Back in the Day – Today’s History Lesson

1854 A 21-gun salute from Fort Britomart marked the opening of New Zealand’s first Parliament. The 37 parliamentarians gave their oaths of allegiance to the Crown via the acting governor, R.H. Wynyard

1974: William Gold of Australia received 28¢ for an article he had written for a Canberra newspaper. He had written more than 3-million words in 18 years and it was his first sale.

1995: Reuters news service reported the first International Dracula Congress began in Bucharest as Dracula fans arrived to lay wreaths of garlic at his Transylvanian shrine.

Birthdays:
Priscilla Presley is 67
Kristin Scott Thomas turns 52
Rosanne Cash is blowing out 57 candles
Bob Dylan makes it to 71

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May 23rd

First of all a warning medical experts reckon snoring can increase a person’s risk of cancer by five times. Especially if they are snoring while sleeping in their tanning bed

Have you heard that Kiwi men are closing in on women in the longevity gap? Of course, men are trying to outlive their wives so they can marry a younger trophy wife to show off in their golden years.

Three and a half tons of marijuana was floating in the ocean off the coast of California. Apparently it’s a new training incentive to get Michael Phelps back in training for the Olympics.

And that’s it for today Oh faithful listeners don’t forget today’s Classic Album at 7 tonight it’s the Classic Lou reed Album Transformer straight after our 60s Big Beat Show the 60s at 6 and tonight’s Drive Home Smile to make you lol round five thirtyish will feature Peter Cooke and Dudley Moore   and You’re not English from their Beyond the Fringe revue it’s on here at the Flea 88.2 and 107.1fm and also at www.theflea.co.nz.

Back in the Day – Today’s History Lesson

1966 Princess Piki, the daughter of King Koroki, was selected as the sixth Maori monarch − and first Queen − during her father’s funeral, in accordance with Kingitanga protocol. She assumed her mother’s name, Te Atairangikaahu.

1861 First major gold rush in Otago started when a Tasmanian Gabriel Read claimed a £1,000 reward when he found gold ‘shining like the stars in Orion on a dark, frosty night’ near the Tuapeka River.

And just in case you were wondering why there is that strange looking recording what-cha-ma-call-it on the Google site today well today is Moog Day, marking the birth on this date in 1934 of Robert Moog. He built the first successful music synthesizer. The first Moog album, “Switched on Bach,” became a best-seller in 1968.

1430: Joan of Arc was captured by the Burgundians and sold to the English.

1877: Grace Ingalls was born in Burr Oak, Iowa. Six months later, the Ingalls family returned to Walnut Grove, Minnesota. Grace’s sister, Laura, made the Ingalls famous with her “Little House” book series.

1934: Fugitives Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker were ambushed in Louisiana. They were wanted for 14 murders during dozens of bank robberies. He was 25, she was 23.

Birthdays:
Actress Joan Collins is 79
Actor-TV host Drew Carey 54
Singer Jewel 38
Singer Misty Morgan 65 she had a big hit with Jack Blanchard called the Tennessee Bird Walk

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May 21st

Another of those endless surveys says that people with a higher education tend to live longer. Mostly because they know they need the extra time to pay off those damn student loans.

Did you read that Greeks withdrew $894 Million in one day on a run on the banks? Financial experts were shocked. Greek banks had $894 Million?

And hold your breath I am about to drop some names  Angelina Jolie bought Brad Pitt a $1.6 Million helicopter and flying lessons to go with it. Apparently when you have six kids a car just doesn’t cut it to get them all to school on time.

Robert Roest one of the Blokes behind the Bridgecorp scam has been sentenced to  six and half years in jail, well he certainly won’t be coming home to roost for a while:) we can guarantee that, and he had better look out for those big “roosters” behinds those prison bars

And that’s it for today oh faithful listeners and don’t forget tonight its  “The Kinks live in Concert ‘in our Friday night Live show and before that all your favourite 60s oldies in the 60s at 6, so keep it on your web browser at www.theflea.co.nz, or on your radio in Devonport and the eastern Suburbs at 88.2fm or at 107.1fm on The North Shore of Auckland and don’t forget to send the Love

Back in the Day – Today’s History Lesson

It’s May the 18th and back in 1937 3 NZ nurses were detained on their way to the Spanish Civil War René Shadbolt, Isobel Dodds and Millicent Sharples. were recruited by the New Zealand Spanish Medical Aid Committee (SMAC),On the day they were to leave Auckland they were summoned to the Central Police Station where they were interrogated for three hours . . The nurses were eventually released in time to board their ship, the Awatea, but SMAC was outraged. They wrote to the government demanding an explanation and an inquiry into the matter. Neither was forthcoming, although Police Minister Peter Fraser – a family friend of Dodds – eventually admitted that the government had over-reacted.

1953: The first woman to fly faster than the speed of sound, Jacqueline Cochran, piloted an F-86 Sabrejet over California at an average speed of 652.3 miles-an-hour.

1955: England’s fast-food invasion began with the opening in London of the first Wimpy Bar.

1959: Johnny Hortons “The Battle of New Orleans” hit #1 on Billboards country chart and stayed there for 10 weeks.

Birthdays:
Country singer George Strait turns 60
Writer-comedian Tina Fey (who did those great send ups of Sarah Palin) is 42
Singer-actress Martika whose biggest hit was “One Tin Soldier” is blowing out 43 candles

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May 18th

Police in some cities in the States are giving drivers who are wearing their seat belts a dollar. The only problem is that people who get the dollar keep driving and start texting all their friends to tell them about it.

Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg began selling stock in Facebook last week , I tell you Facebook has definitely  changed the workplace. Ten years ago workers  sat at their desks all day playing video poker on their computers and now they sit at their desks all day stalking old flames on Facebook.

The carpet cleaner who did indecencies on the job after logging into a customer’s internet connection is now an online hit himself. But when questioned  YouTube just tossed  it off as just a flash in the pan, well actually in the lounge.

And that’s it for today Oh faithful listener remember tonight from 7 our Classic Album is the best of James Taylor uninterrupted. It follows our regular date with great oldies on the 60s at 6. So don’t forget its 88.2FM and 107.1FM on Auckland North Shore and  www.theflea.co.nz.

Back in the Day – Today’s History Lesson

May 21st 1840 Governor Hobson proclaimed sovereignty over all of New Zealand: over the North Island on the basis of cession through the Treaty of Waitangi and over the southern islands by right of discovery

1945: Hollywood’s Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall were married. Both cried during the 3-minute ceremony. Their movies together included “To Have and Have Not,” “Key Largo,” and “The Big Sleep.”

1997: Three British soldiers were fined $300 each for running through Ayia Napa, Cyprus, naked in the middle of the night singing “God Save the Queen.” The judge didn’t think it was funny.

2003: Ruben Studdard beat out Clay Aiken to win the second “American Idol” competition on the Fox network.

ay 21st 1840 Governor Hobson proclaimed sovereignty over all of New Zealand: over the North Island on the basis of cession through the Treaty of Waitangi and over the southern islands by right of discovery

1945: Hollywood’s Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall were married. Both cried during the 3-minute ceremony. Their movies together included “To Have and Have Not,” “Key Largo,” and “The Big Sleep.”

1997: Three British soldiers were fined $300 each for running through Ayia Napa, Cyprus, naked in the middle of the night singing “God Save the Queen.” The judge didn’t think it was funny.

2003: Ruben Studdard beat out Clay Aiken to win the second “American Idol” competition on the Fox network.

Birthdays:
Mr. T. (Lawrence Tero) is 60
And I must mention Cher here who turned 66 yesterday

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May 17th

Olympic officials say they plan to use high-pitched and painful sounds to disperse large crowds at the London Games this summer. So I guess the Spice Girls reunion is on. Either that or a speech by The Queen, or Judith Collins…

A study claims drinking red wine can give you a youthful appearance. It’s true, my good mate Wally, drinks a ton or red wine and he looks like a baby: bald, no teeth and wears a nappy.

Frustrated online daters tired of meeting people who have oversold themselves may find a solution in a Facebook application. According to an article in today’s Herald…actually Wally reckons he tried a dating site once she looked a lot better over the phone.

A health group says that only one in four sunscreen products are safe. The way to tell if any particular brand isn’t working is to check to see if any of the cast of “Shortland Street” is using it.

And that’s it for today  faithful listener and don’t forget tonight’s classic Album is “Can’t Buy a Thrill” the brilliant Steely Dan Album it’s on, uninterrupted ,tonight from 7, meantime take it easy keep your sunny side up and don’t forget to send the love.

Back in the Day – Today’s History Lesson

Back in 1981 The New Zealand football team’s famous 2-0 victory against Australia in Sydney was a defining moment in their epic qualifying campaign for the 1982 World Cup finals.

1620: The first merry-go-round on record was set up at a fair in Philippolis, Turkey.

1975: Elton John’s “Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy” became the first record album to sell a million copies the day it was released.

1985: Bobby Ewing died on the season finale of “Dallas” on CBS-TV. He returned the following season. It was all a dream.

1993: The first computers using Intel’s new Pentium processor were introduced.

1999: Makah Indians in Washington State harpooned a gray whale for the first time in 70 years.

1999: A Toronto judge dismissed a claim that Canadian Defence Minister Art Eggleton, Citibank, and several drug store chains were conspiring to kill a complainant because he was a Martian. The judge ruled that since the petitioner claimed not to be human, he had no status before the court.

2004: Actor Tony Randall died at age 84

Birthdays:
Boxer Sugar Ray Leonard is 55
Singer Enya is 50, remember her hit Orinocco Flow?

Today is Watch A Baby Fall Asleep Day, promoting one of life’s truly pleasant experiences.

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May 16th

Archaeologists in Guatemala, Mexico, have discovered a Mayan calendar which goes far beyond the year 2012. So don’t forget. At 2:00 am Saturday morning everyone is supposed to set their old Mayan calendars 1,000-years forward. The weird thing about that ancient Mayan calendar they discovered…Madonna was Miss September.

‘The Avengers’, the ultra long 3d movie, broke another weekend box office record. In a related story, the Auckland Blues are thinking of changing their name TO “The Avengers

Scientists say dinosaur flatulence warmed the earth 150 million years ago. That’s really how fire was discovered. A cave man tried to light a match.

There’s another cold snap heading North from down south folks, in fact it’s been so cold in Southland that the local flashers were describing themselves in local parks and that’s it for today oh faithful listeners and don’t forget all your favourite Kiwi Hits tonight in the 60s at 6 followed by our Classic Album at 7 uninterrupted tonight its Marrianne Faithfull and Broken English you can catch it here online at www.theflea.co.nz and don’t forget to warm up the Love

Back in the Day – Today’s History Lesson

1962 George Wilder escaped from prison Wilder was a burglar who left apology and thank-you notes for his victims. He was at large for 65 days, becoming a renegade folk hero in the process. His second (and longer) period on the run the following year won him even greater notoriety. The Howard Morrison Quartet did song dedicated to him called George The Wilder New Zealand Boy

1922 James Liston, the assistant bishop of Auckland, was found not guilty of sedition after it was alleged he had made anti-British remarks in a St Patrick’s Day address

1770: Fourteen-year-old Marie Antoinette married the future King Louis VI of France who was 15.

1965: The Beach Boys sang their hit “Help Me, Rhonda” on “The Ed Sullivan Show.”

1985: Michael Jordan was named NBA Rookie of the Year. He had been drafted #3 by Chicago. In the 1984 draft, Houston took Akeem Olajuwon at #1; Portland drafted Sam Bowie #2. Dallas took Sam Perkins #4; Philadelphia got Charles Barkley at #5. Utah finally grabbed lowly Gonzaga’s John Stockton at #16.

1985: Columbia Records presented a $6.5-million check to USA For Africa, royalty earned in only two months by the single “We Are the World.” Singer Harry Belafonte was credited as the original pusher for artists to help raise money for the starving in Africa.

1999: Near Somerset, England, a rookie bull named President suffering from nervous exhaustion brought on by having to service 80 cows was treated with acupuncture to cure the stress. Dairy farmer Richard Clothier said using drugs would endanger his farm’s organic status. The acupuncture worked and helped President relax.

Birthdays:
Actor Pierce Brosnan 59;
Daughter-actress Tori Spelling 39
Singer Janet Jackson 46
Gymnast Olga Korbut 57

Today is Sneeze Without Embarrassment Day in honour of the normal springtime high pollen level.

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May 15th

A Sydney man was pulled over after he set off a radiation after undergoing a nuclear stress test. Fortunately, he was able to calm things down by telling authorities he was really Spider Man.

Actually, that’s the first time that has happened since Sally Ridge accidentally asked her hairdresser to make her a plutonium blonde.

Still lots of talk about the Nats plans for birth control for young women apparently research says that contraceptive implants may prevent repeat pregnancies in teenagers. Which may offset some of the effects their” breast implants” had on getting them pregnant in the first place

Here’s a great idea, an outdoor gym in England uses power generated by people using the equipment to run the lights at night. A better way to get people to exercise like that is if the energy was used as a way to run their refrigerator.

Did you know Networks still rely on audience research to pick which shows they show? Which is what happens when you are taking the advice of people who like to watch GC,TV Ones Breakfast and Come Dine with Me UK

And that’s it for today oh faithful listener, remember if you would like to hear you favourite song just go to the Flea Website www.theflea.co.nz and I’ll get it on between midday and 6 and remember to come listen with me for the 60s at 6 followed at 7 by tonight’s Classic Album  The Very Best of Glen Campbell, who of course is touring here shortly and don’t forget to send the love.

Back in the Day – Today’s History Lesson

1920 Whanganui mayor shot poet Walter D’Arcy Cresswell who alleged that Mayor Charles Mackay had made homosexual advances to him. Mackay was convicted of attempted murder and sentenced to 15 years’ hard labour.

1901 New Zealand’s First conviction for motoring offence happened when Nicholas Oates appeared in the Christchurch Magistrates Court charged with driving ‘a motor car within the city at a speed greater than four miles an hour’ on Lincoln Road, Christchurch

1888: The swinging washing machine was patented. The machine was attached to a large swing, which children could swing in and power the machine.

1974: Mr. & Mrs. Frank Zappa announced the birth of their third child, Ahmet Rodan. He was named after a Japanese movie monster that lived on a diet of 707 jets.

1978: Willie Nelson released Stardust, an album of pop songs. The LP stayed on the music charts for 10 years and sold over 5-million copies.

1990: A Pittsburgh man sued his insurance company for cancelling his health insurance after confusing his medical history with that of his dog.

2003: June Carter Cash died at age 73, producer Brian Eno turns 64, singer Trini Lopez blows out 75 candles.

Today is Relive Your Past By Listening to the First Music You Ever Bought No Matter What It Was

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May 14th

Red-faced television bosses have ordered last-minute changes to a new comedy series following a complaint that a dog in the show had been named after a trio of men accused of the country’s most notorious murders. It’s made by the company that makes 7 Days and has a greyhound called Lundybainwatson. How bad is that and what a total lack of imagination, and the makers came up with the excuse that they wanted to push the boundaries, the big question is: whose boundaries and who set the boundaries? They were also surprised that Joe Karam found it offensive… What a pack of absolute egotistical tossers in fact they are such egotistical tossers that they call out their own names when they reach orgasm.

New York says it’s thinking of is cracking down on pedestrians who are talking on cell phones and texting while walking. People were shocked. There are pedestrians in New York?

Prince Charles appeared as a guest TV weatherman on the BBC. His forecast called for “cold, wet and windy”. And that was just what it was in his bedroom with Camilla.

A survey says that 12% of all mums use their cellphones during sex. Which makes you wonder how they became mums in the first place. But it’s really embarrassing for their partners when they find out they have the phone ringer set to “vibrate”.

And finally, the Met guys say we are in for some bad stormy weather with some possible tornadoes, in fact its going to be so windy it will blow the pricks off barbed wire fences, and could blow at least three dogs off their chains.

And thats it for today Oh faithful ones, don’t forget to look after those hatches and remember to send some love.

Back in the Day – Today’s History Lesson

1936 NZ National Party was Established at a conference in Wellington on 13-14 May 1936,

1947 Mabel Howard becomes first woman Cabinet minister First elected to Parliament in the Christchurch East by-election in February 1943, she was to become one of the first Labour government’s ‘high-profile and sometimes flamboyant’ ministers. She won the new electorate of Sydenham in 1946 and held the seat until her retirement in 1969

1907 The Society for the Promotion of the Health of Women and Children was founded at a meeting in the Dunedin Town Hall. It came to be known as the Plunket Society after its first patron, Lady Victoria Plunket, the wife of the governor.

1870 First game of rugby played in NZ Around 200 people were on hand at Nelson’s Botanic Reserve to watch a new version of rugby football brought to New Zealand by Charles Monro

2006: Psychic Uri Geller and two partners bought the Tennessee house Elvis lived in before moving to Graceland, with a winning bid of $905,100 on eBay. They trio hoped to turn it into a museum. Presley bought the four-bedroom, two-bath house with an outdoor swimming pool at 1034 Audubon Drive in Memphis in 1956 with a down payment of $500. He lived there for 13 months before moving to Graceland, where he died in 1977.

Birthdays:
Filmmaker George Lucas is 68;
Actress Cate Blanchett 43;
Actor Tim Roth 49;
David Byrne from talking heads turns 60;

1936: Walden Cassotto was born in the Bronx. As Bobby Darin, he made great hits like “Splish Splash,” “Dream Lover,” and “Mack the Knife”

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May 9th

The big news is the story that the government is offering free birth control to beneficiaries and their daughters, to put it in a nutshell. Of course there is always the rhythm method but you know what they call people who practise the rhythm method, don’t you… Parents!! And then there was the teenager from Mangere who said to her doctor that she thought she wouldn’t get pregnant if she did it standing up to which her doctor replied “Yes, that’s a common misconception”.

A cat named Meow that weighed 39 pounds has died. Multiply that by nine and that works out to more than four pounds for each life.

Well with the news yesterday that Michael Jackson is going to appear on Pepsi cans for the fiftieth anniversary of the drink, the latest news is that the heirs of the bloke who invented the Pepsi formula are fighting to be able to tell his story in a book, which would include the recipe for the drink. OK – sugar, water, food colouring. I just gave away the formula for Pepsi right there.

A new report from a Wellington telemarketing company says that older pakeha men have the fewest number of smart phones. Mostly because these are the blokes who never could figure how to get their VCRs to stop forever flashing “12:00”.

And thats it for today oh faithful reader, remember to spread the love but with birth control of course and remember to listen in to my daily show on www.theflea.co.nz between midday and 8pm you can hear Waki Leaks at 12.45pm and History at 1.45 and 6.45pm  and of course tonight its the 60s at 6, non stop 60s favourites and then todays classic album at 7 is Michael Jjackson’s Thriller, non stop, uninterruped. Put on the Coffee Bubbles.

Back in the Day – Today’s History Lesson

It’s May the 8th and in 1907 Our First School Journal was published. The School Journal was initiated by Inspector-General of Schools George Hogben to provide New Zealand schoolchildren with a free publication containing information on history, geography and civics.

1915 New Zealand’s most successful tennis player, Anthony Wilding Kiwi Wimbledon champ was killed in battle he was one of the sport’s true stars in the period before the First World War.

1945 NZ celebrated Victory in Europe Germany surrendered on 7 May, New Zealand time, but acting Prime Minister Walter Nash insisted that celebrations should wait until Winston Churchill officially announced peace − at 1 a.m. on 9 May New Zealand time.

2000 The owner of a small Dutch tobacco shop won $4.1 million in the lottery by mistake. Having accidentally printed up more tickets than he could sell, he was forced, by law, to buy the remainder himself. One of the extra tickets was a big winner.

Birthdays:
Candice Bergen is 66;
Billy Joel is 63;
Actress-politician Glenda Jackson 76;
Actor Albert Finney 76;
Today is Dagwood Bumstead’s birthday, but no one seems to know how old he is.

1964: Louis Armstrong hit #1 on the Billboard pop chart with “Hello, Dolly!” It was Satchmo’s first #1 hit in his 41-year career.

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May 8th

First of all his just in, apparently reminders of death can improve people’s lives. Mostly people who are in line for a big inheritance. So people can relax knowing there is no way they will live long enough to have to finish paying off their mortgage or children’s student loans.

Well no suprise that France has a new President and a new poll French adults have lowered their life ratings in 2012. Mostly because their economy is so bad they only have enough money to take their holidays in France

And WINZ reckons that the average length of time people 55 and older are out of work is 60 weeks. Apparently that’s how long it takes them to convince themselves that flipping burgers at McDonald’s beats sitting on the couch watching daytime TV

And thats it for today Oh faithful reader, all you couch potatoes, get into the chip potatoes and then send the love and remember topnight from 6 non stop 60s Music followed by tonights classic album at 7 tonight it’s The Travelling Wilburys Volume 1 and you can hear it at www.theflea.co.nz or in Devonport at 88.2FM

Back in the Day – Today’s History Lesson

1970 ‘Cheryl Moana Marie’ hits No. 1-John Rowles wrote this hit single, which sold a million copies worldwide, about a younger sister. It was lovingly parodied as ‘Share your  banana with me’

1847: Robert W. Thompson patented rubber tires, which he called “air wheels”.

1886: John Pemberton made the first batch of a new health tonic flavored with coca leaves. The mixture flopped as a tonic, but did pretty well as a soft drink called Coca-Cola.

1940: Son Eric Hilliard was born to Ozzie and Harriet Nelson of Teaneck, New Jersey. At 16 “Ricky” became an instant rock star when he sang “Im Walking” on the family TV show in 1957. He died in a Texas plane crash in 1985.

1956: Alfred E. Neuman first appeared on the cover of Mad magazine. His slogan: “What, me worry?”

1970: The Beatles released the album “Let It Be.”

1977: County Commissioners in Parker County voted Buck Naked, Texas, out of existence. They decided that Buck Nakeds road signs caused too many misunderstandings. Residents had chosen the name as a joke.

1990: The U.S. issued patent #4,922,921 for the Self Breath Tester, a plastic mask that allows you to smell your own exhaled breath.

1999: Tesco, Britains largest supermarket chain, began testing its lemon meringue pies, fruit tarts, and egg custards to make sure they were safe to throw at people. A new pie-flinging craze prompted the chains concern.

Birthdays:  Melissa Gilbert 48; Don Rickles 86; Alex Van Halen 56; Toni Tennille 69; Enrique Iglesias 37.

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May 7th

A poll says that one in seven people, world-wide, think the world will end during their lifetime. The other six are waiting for a sign of the apocalypse, like the Blues topping the Super Rugby Table or will Pat Lamb still  be around next year, which brings to mind that old saying its not about  winning or losing its who to blame.

Do you realise that iPhone users tend to stay with their provider even if the service is bad. Which explains every customer who uses Telecom.

From The Oh My God departtment it seems jogging regularly can add years to a person’s life. So who needs all those extra years to deal with ankle, knee and hip problems and keeping fit with a Zimmer Frame.

Have you ever read a book by the late David Niven called the Moons a Balloon, and after last night that has to be true  true did you see the Super Moon last, which reminds me do you know what the 2nd thing spoken on the moon was… hey look its a full earth tonight.

And thats it for today Oh faithful reader and don’t forget my daily show on The Flea at www.theflea.co.nz and every weekday during Kiwi Music Month this May after the 4pm news, I play the awesum foursum, four great songs from 4 Great Kiwi Artists, and every evening from 7, uninterrupted Albums, talk and commercial free

This week I have
Monday  –  Madmen Across the Water  Elton john
Tuesday  –  The Travelling Wilburys  Volume One
Wednesday  –  Thriller Michael jackson
Thursday  –  Pet SoundsThe Beach Boys
Friday  –  Rod Stewart Live at the Royal Albert hall so tune i8n and remember to send the love.

Back in the Day – Today’s History Lesson

1846 The Ngati Tuwharetoa village of Te Rapa on the south-western shore of Lake Taupo was obliterated in a landslide. Sixty people were killed, including the paramount chief Mananui, Te Heuheu Tukino.

In 1881 with a climate of widespread hostility towards non-white immigrants, a meeting in Dunedin − presided over by the mayor − unanimously called for a ban on further Chinese migrants.

1985: The first pig racing season began in Tulsa, to culminate 10 weeks later with the Arnold Ziffel Sweepstakes. First-year favorites included Marvin Hogler and Bruce Pigsteen.

1991: A bandit tried to hold up a Jacksonville, Florida, supermarket wearing a paper bag over his head with eyeholes cut so he could see. But when he moved, the bag shifted and he couldn’t see. While he adjusted the bag it tore, exposing his face. Which a checker recognized as one of the store’s regular customers.

1927: Deejay Jim Lowe was born . At New York’s WNEW he was the “King of Trivia.” He had one hit record, which hit #1 in 1956. He played piano and recorded this song at his apartment.

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May 6th

Edvard Munch’s painting “The Scream” was sold for a record $120 Million at a New York auction. Apparently it is worth so much because so many people can relate to the painting’s emotion when they open their Tax statement.

Some Wellington researchers with nothing better to do reckon that one in ten babies are born prematurely. To which most women complain that is also the way the babies were conceived.

This just in too – did you realise that frequent marijuana smoking is up 80% in teens? Which means their Baby Boomer parents need to do a better job when they are hiding their stashes.

And thats my Lot for today oh Faithfull readers and dont forget to stash some love and if you love the 60s listen every weeknight between 6 and 7 for the 60s at 6 a whole hour of classic 60s songs at www.theflea.co.nz and if you live near Devonport we are on 88.2FM and 107.1fm in Takapuna and Milford

Back in the Day – Today’s History Lesson

1772 Marion du Fresne arrived in Bay of IslandsThe following month the French explorer and 24 of his crew were killed in an act of utu (revenge) by local Ngāti Pou. In the reprisals that followed, the French killed up to 250 Māori.

1937 An Avalanche killed two workers at the Homer Tunnel this was the second avalanche to hit the Homer tunnel project in less than 12 months struck without warning

1927: The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences was founded in Hollywood.

1956: Gene Vincent and his group, The Blue Caps, recorded “Be-Bop-A Lula.”

1959: The first ever Grammies were awarded for: best single Domenico Modugnos, “Volare;”best album Henry Mancinis Peter Gunn; best C&W the Kingston Trios “Tom Dooley;” best R&B “Tequila” by The Champs.

1968: “Yummy, Yummy, Yummy” by Ohio Express entered the Billboard Hot 100. It sold a million and hit #4, though Ohio Express had nothing to do with it. It was a demo with studio musicians; co-writer Joey Levine was lead vocalist.

1975: Moe Howard, the last of the original Three Stooges, died of cancer at age 78. His real name was Moses Horwitz. Moe, with his brothers Curly and Shemp, created the Three Stooges as a vaudeville act. They made 190 short movies. And look out for the Movie about the Stooges its on release now.

Birthdays: singer Randy Travis 53; singer Chris Tomlin 40; singer Lance Bass (NSync) 33

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May 3rd

Did you hear that some of those PC crazy research obsessed medical types in Wellington reckon that stressed moms are more likely to overfeed their babies. Unfortunately, the one thing that really stresses Mums out is how heavy their baby is to carry around all the time.

A Sydney dentist removed all her ex-boyfriend’s teeth when he came in for some dental work. He’s just lucky she isn’t a doctor and he was coming in for a vasectomy.

A London tabloid, probably one that’s owned by mad old Murdoch, says that Michael Jackson and Whitney Houston had an affair at the Neverland Ranch. The only question is did she feel the need to start on drugs before or after having sex with Michael Jackson?

The Maori Party is pushing hard for an increase on the tobacco excise tax, but the Government is remaining tight-lipped on its plans which will be unveiled on May 28th, well, you may be interested to know that smoking has finally been proved to be the leading cause of statistics, I wonder if the new taxes will make smokers toss it in, mind you giving up smoking a really easy all you need is an iron will, supportive friends and a packet of wet matches, and that’s it for today oh faithful readers remember take your last puff and then send the love, and turn on the flea for tonight’s 60s at 6 followed by the entire Who album The Who Sell Out from 7 at www.theflea.co.nz.

Back in the Day – Today’s History Lesson

It’s May the 3rd and back in 1897 Margaret Cruickshank became the first woman to be registered as a doctor in New Zealand. She practised in Waimate until her death during the 1918 influenza epidemic.

1929 Charles Ewing Mackay, the ‘disgraced’ former mayor of Whanganui, was shot dead by Berlin police during May Day riots.

1654: America’s first toll bridge was competed over the Newbury River at Rowley, Massachusetts. Humans crossed free but had to pay a toll for animals.

2003: President Bush told a news conference in Crawford, Texas, it was a matter of when, not if, weapons of mass destruction would be found in Iraq.

Birthdays:
Christopher Cross who sang sailing and ride Like the Wind is 61

Engelbert Humperdinck (Arnolde Dorsey) was born in India 76 years ago, he’ll be plucking away at his Ten Guitars

Mary Hopkin, South Wales, singer (Those Were the Days) turns 62

Frankie Valli is 78, from The Four Seasons and of course is one of the Jersey Boys – the theatre show is currently on stage at The Civic in Auckland

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May 2nd

Ok couch potatoes this is just for you, Toyota has unveiled a personal “sofa on wheels” futuristic car capable of speeds up to 15kph. I guess this means people will be able to make it to the fridge and back to the TV in plenty of time during commercial breaks.

Now this is a worry for me and you, a research team reckon techno addicts go sometimes as long as 48 hours without speaking to someone else in person. And that doesn’t even include yelling for their Mum to bring them a new can of V and some pizza.

An Australian billionaire is planning to build the Titanic II, an exact replica of the first… And my Aussie sources tell me the rumour is he has approached the captain from the Costa Concordia to pilot the first voyage.

And just in case you haven’t heard, this could be good news for lovers, OR weirdoes, the moon will appear larger this weekend than any other time of the year, so my advice is lock up your daughters, their chastity will be at stake, and on the other hand, don’t forget, everybody is someone else’s weirdo.

And that it for today Oh faithful reader, remember expect to see a big moon this weekend so don’t forget to spread the love and then tune in to my radio show each weekday from Midday on www.theflea.co.nz and today, and every day during May at 4, as part of Kiwi Music Month I play the Awesum Foursum four great Kiwi songs, and later at 6, non-stop 60s songs in the 60s at 6 and from 7, another Classic Album, tonight its Morrison Hotel from the Doors.

Back in the Day – Today’s History Lesson

The 2nd of May 1964 was a sad day for us tram Lovers Tram #252, displaying the message ‘end of the line’, travelled from Thorndon to the Zoo in Newtown, Wellington, bringing an end to the use of electric trams in New Zealand. Of course since then they have been revived somewhat.

It’s King James Day, marking publication on this date in 1611 of the King James Version of The Bible.

Today, I have decided, is the Great Kiwi Grump Out, So all Kiwis are asked to go 24 hours without being grumpy, crabby or rude. So sour pusses, suck it up!

1956: For the first time in “Billboard” chart history, five singles were in both the pop and the R&B top 10: Elvis Presley’s “Heartbreak Hotel,” Carl Perkins’ “Blue Suede Shoes,” Little Richard’s “Long Tall Sally,” the Platters’ “Magic Touch,” and Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers’ “Why Do Fools Fall in Love.”

1997: 44-year-old Tony Blair became Britain’s youngest prime minister in 185 years. Lesley Gore turns 66, David Beckham 37; Lou Gramm (Foreigner) 62 – their biggest hit was I Wanna Know What Love is.

And in 1964: The Rolling Stones appeared on Kiwi charts and radio for the first time with “Not Fade Away.”

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May 1st

Scientists have discovered a planet 22 light years away which they say is capable of supporting life. My god we must really be in bad shape here on old Mother Earth if we are looking for a new location that far away.

Here’s something interesting to talk about over tea or if you are really flash over dinner tonight – apparently blokes want flashy cars, while women prefer smaller imports. Of course middle-aged blokes prefer smaller imports to ride along with them in their flashy cars.

Well now this is true, so they tell me, LOL! Auckland women supposedly overestimate the effectiveness of the pill and condoms for contraception. But then they also underestimate the effects of alcohol getting them in the situation in the first place.

Having lost eight matches from nine, with their latest poor performance coming against the Reds at Eden Park, it is hard to see if next victory will ever come for the Blues. That’s kind of like saying John Key/John Banks will stop side-stepping their various ways way out of sticky situations.

And that’s it for today. Oh faithful readers, remember if you like a wide variety of music listen to my daily show between midday and 8 on www.theflea.co.nz and don’t forget to send the love.