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This morning on the Adam Carolla Show, Isaac Hayes did a phone interview.

It was kind of a trainwreck. I don't have time to break it all down, but I think it might have been better if they knew in advance that he was still recovering from a stroke.

I'd go further to say that if it weren't for the Scientology controversy, the stroke would have caused him to quit South Park. I don't think he could voice act anymore.

Adam Carolla was sick today, so Danny Bonaduce took over his morning show. And at some point, he gave his phone number out over the air, quite deliberately. As in, they dumped the delay the first time he said it, and they told him it was OK if they left it in, and then he said it again.

So, which is worse: this, or the time Penn Jillette accidentally gave out the password to the show's gmail account, and the dump guy didn't notice at all? (The same dump guy who thought you couldn't say "a monkey bit off my nipple" on the radio.)

On the radio, Gene Simmons just pointed out that observation is the best teacher, not experience, as most people think.

He said this to explain why he didn't drink, and watching other people get bombed seems to be a common theme among those who've never tasted alcohol.

But I wonder if this philosophy might be helpful in other ways. It certainly matches the way I've avoided seeing bad movies for a long time. I hear people complain about them, and I can't shake the feeling that they should have known better than to go pay to see them.

KZON has hired Dave Dameshek, formerly of the Adam Carolla show, for a weekend show from 12noon to 2pm. He did the sports and the weekly Jerk List, and was also the show's only geeklike presence, with his Star Wars undertones.

He amps up his Midwestern accent for the show, hailing originally from Pittsburgh. With that in mind, I'll give five dollars to anyone who calls into his show and manages to say "jorb" on the air. This can be independently verified through the unofficial podcast.

When I was growing up, my dad used to add the same R to the word "wash" which I found hilarious. He had traces of Illinois in his voice even though he mostly grew up in Florida.

In early 2006, Penn Jillette used his radio show to tell us about the time he suffered a bunch of bee stings during a TV special, resulting in the skin coming off his scrotum the following day. It was a brutal story. I'd link to it if I could only remember which day it was.

It was at this point he mentioned another story in his repetoire, which he referred to only as "the Blow Dryer Story," which, he claims, makes the bee sting story sound like a fairy tale. Apparently, it is a story that is so special, it would have to wait until 2007.

Well, 2007 is here, and tomorrow is the anniversary of the first show, he is packing as many witnesses into the studio as he can, and telling the blow dryer story. And you can listen to it, noon MST, on January 3, online. Gather your friends in the cubicle and grab some cupcakes.

I'm hooked on Loveline reruns.

I think I've been listening to them too much, in fact. It's just too fascinating listening to the hosts suss out callers so consistently. Realizing how predictable human behavior really is, makes me all the more ashamed that I'm so bad at predicting it myself.

On the other hand, it took Adam and Dr. Drew years of phone calls to be able to read the voices of callers the way they do, not to mention the additional decade of life experience Adam has, and the medical and psychological training Drew has, that give them the ability to not only spot problems, but find solutions. And their most common advice is either "get into therapy" or "get into a twelve-step," which have the common element of external help from other human beings, for the specific reason that self-diagnosis is dangerous, and people who are in trouble need the guidance of people who aren't in as much trouble.

Because people routinely fool themselves about themselves.