7/11 - Mark Burnett, Loquecia, A School of Rock, Fantastic Four Powers, and a Crazy Proposal

1:40 - Loquecia Recaps The Surreal Life
I only caught the end of it, but another season of the craziest reality show ever has started, to Loquecia's glee. And they have the ultimate drama queen of all time in Janice Dickinson, who broke down in tears and threatened to leave (claiming she was harrassed by Bronson Pinchot) , and then mentioned how she wanted to get into Pepa's pants. Bean: "Boy, what's she like when she's drunk??" What's This year, they may have topped themselves yet again when the housemates go bowling against retarded kids next weeks!

2:18 - A School of Rock
Matt Wilczynski, president of the The Hollywood Rock Academy, talked about they teach kids how to play instruments, be a DJ, or be a producer. Bands who attend will also produce their own CD, which will be sold at Tower Records, and have an in-store performance! Money for concerts and CD sales will go to new instruments for underprivledged kids. Nice.

2:40 - Mark Burnett
The reality show genius talked about his latest one, Rock Star: INXS, which premieres tonight. It's a search for a lead singer of the Australian rock band. To ensure it won't suck, Mark talked about how he made sure to license cool music from bands like Nirvana, Foo Fighters, The Who, etc, instead of crappy old pop stuff, like American Idol. He also talked about finding great performer/contestants and the lack of women lead singers. So would he have done Dancing With the Stars? "No, not my thing, but it would have been my mistake." They also talked about Martha Stewart, star of the next Apprentice. "So has she struck you?" "Not yet." Bean: "Lemme ask you this: is she hot or not?" Mark, after a moment's pause: "I think she's hot!" Kevin: "NO!! You're just saying that because you have SHOW with her! So UNBELIVABLY NOT hot!!"

3:10 - You Make Me Hot!
Todd Grannis' friend is a stuntman, who, for a Fourth of July stunt, set himself on fire, and dove into a pool. The surprise was,  when the guy did it, and and pulled his fire-retardant hood off, it was actually Todd, who then proposed to his girlfriend! Both called in. Bean: "Todd, you did NOT say to her, 'Honey, you make me hot' did you??" He did! "Oh my god. Malissa, you should have said no on that!" Kevin: "Fire thing cool, corny joke, not cool!" Bean: "Are you sure you're doing th eright thing, marrying this doofus??" Yes, she still is!

3:40 - Listener Call-In: Which Fantastic Four Power Would YOU Want?
Seeing the Fantastic Four movie, Bean sat next to a guy who grunted the entire time, and kids who kicked his chair behind him. But even so, he was still able to appreciate the power of the Human Torch. He's also Ralph and Kevin's favorite, but Money was dismissive: "Gay. Flamer!" Oddly, he likes Mr. Fantastic's stretchy powers, so that he can...well grab stuff without getting up. Ralph: "It's the lazy man's power!" Mike, naturally, likes to see women "quivering in pain" in front of him, as Thing. Money argued: "You can punch Stretch Guy as hard as you can, boing!" Ralph: "But I come around and melt BOTH of you!"

Listeners called in with their thoughts. Finally, someone wanted invisibility, for an odd reason though: "So I can streak without being caught." The others mocked him for this pointless reason. Ralph: "Dude, I was SO naked - just trust me on this one!" Money pointed out: "I'd be the greatest athelete ever!" A caller agreed with Mike: "It's a scientific fact - rock never dies!" Money still tried to argue his weak case: "Think of all the bar bets I could win!" Ralph: "You have the LEAST ambition of any superhero!" Bean: "Boy, you think SMALL!"

4:10 - Ralph Showbiz Report

"I gotta go after this report: I'm trying out for Rock Star: The Monkees! I'm SO gonna be a Monnkee!"

Fantastic Four was #1 at the weekend box office, but probably not for long, as Ralph thought that although really well done, the story was really weak. Bean also pointed out how he had no emotional involvement with any of the characters.

The NY Daily News is promoting Judge Judy as a candidate to replace retiring Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O' Connor!  Of course, Bean's a fan of Sandra: "HOT! And she's got nuthin' on under that robe!"

Oprah is selling her Hermes products. She said that being shut out of the Paris store after they had closed was the "most horrific" moment of her life. And this coming from someone who grew up in abject poverty, and was abused/raped as a kid. "This could be the crack in her foundation, just like Tom!"

Speaking of Tom, other celeb Scientologists are coming to his support, and they claim that kids are using Ritalin more to get high now, than any other street drug! Where do they get that statistic?  Ralph guessed, "A...spaceship in the dessert?"


Tomorrow: an update on the Rodney on the Walk campaign, Lightning Strikes, OJ, and highlights from Rock Star INXS.