Mancow's 2003 book

Erich Matthew Muller (born June 21, 1966 in Kansas City, Missouri) is a United States radio and television personality known as Mancow and Mancow Muller. He is an American of German, Italian and Apache heritage. Cover of 2003 Mancow book, Dad, Dames, Demons, and a Dwarf : My Trip Down Freedom Road , ISBN 006054872X This image is a book cover. ... Cover of 2003 Mancow book, Dad, Dames, Demons, and a Dwarf : My Trip Down Freedom Road , ISBN 006054872X This image is a book cover. ... June 21 is the 172nd day of the year (173rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 193 days remaining. ... 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1966 calendar). ... Nickname: City of Fountains or Heart of the Nation Official website: http://www. ... Group of Apaches Apache is the collective name for several culturally related tribes of Native Americans, aboriginal inhabitants of North America, who speak a Southern Athabaskan language. ...

He is best known as the controversial shock jock on Mancow's Morning Madhouse, a Chicago-based radio show that has, in recent years, been syndicated across the U.S. A shock jock is a slang term used to describe a type of radio broadcaster (sometimes a disk jockey) who attracts attention using humor that a significant portion of the listening audience may find offensive. ... Nickname: The Windy City Motto: Urbs In Horto (Latin: City in a Garden), I Will Official website: http://egov. ...

He is married to Sandy Ferrando, a former publicist (February 14, 2003) with twin daughters, Ava Grace Muller and Isabella Sofia Muller. February 14, 2003 Four ex-Symbionese Liberation Army members are sentenced to prison for the 1975 murder of Myrna Opsahl during a bank robbery in Carmichael, California. ...

Early life

Mancow was raised a Roman Catholic until his teens when his parents left the Church, and experimented with other denominations, such as evangelical and Nazarene. He was expelled from a Catholic school in Missouri for assaulting a nun.

He attended Central Missouri State University and received a Theatre degree in 1990. His career in radio began at KOKO in Warrensburg, Missouri. Then, he worked as an assistant at KBEQ-FM in Kansas City, Missouri for local disc-jockey, Randy Miller. Later, he became a part of the morning show, Holy Moly & Maxx, for station KMOK in Kansas City. While Mancow often claims to have attended Seminary, there is no verifiable confirmation of this claim. Central Missouri State University is a 4-year public institution offering a diverse range of academic concentrations. ... Warrensburg is a city located in Johnson County, Missouri. ... Nickname: City of Fountains or Heart of the Nation Official website: http://www. ... Nickname: City of Fountains or Heart of the Nation Official website: http://www. ...

Pre-Chicago notoriety

After a stint at KDON (the first radio station to feature UFO Phil) in Monterey, California Mancow headed north to San Francisco. In 1993, Mancow made national headlines while working for radio station KYLD-FM in San Francisco, California. At the time, a story had been circulated that President Clinton had tied up traffic on an LAX runway for over an hour because of a haircut on Air Force One. Mancow staged a parody of this incident on the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge during rush hour. He used vans to block the westbound lanes of the bridge while his sidekick, Jesus "Chuy" Gomez, got a haircut. KDON is a Rhythmic Top 40 station based in Salinas, California. ... Phil Hill, better known as UFO Phil has gained moderate fame and a cult-following as a novelty songwriter, appearing frequently on the nationally syndicated Dr. Demento radio show as well as on Coast to Coast AM with George Noory as a guest and contributor. ... Looking north from Cannery Row toward Fishermans Wharf The City of Monterey is located on Monterey Bay along the Pacific coast in northern California. ... Nickname: The City by the Bay Official website: http://www. ... Order: 42nd President Term of Office: January 20, 1993–January 20, 2001 Preceded by: George H. W. Bush Succeeded by: George W. Bush Date of birth: August 19, 1946 Place of birth: Hope, Arkansas Date of death: Place of death: First Lady: Hillary Rodham Clinton Political party: Democratic Vice President... LAX may refer to Los Angeles International Airport LAX (TV series) Lacrosse (sport) This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Air Force One is the air traffic control call sign of any U.S. Air Force aircraft carrying the President of the United States (it is a common misconception that Air Force One refers to a single airplane). ... The San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge (, ; known locally as the Bay Bridge) is a toll bridge which spans the San Francisco Bay and links the Californian cities of Oakland and San Francisco in the United States. ...

As a result of this publicity stunt, Mancow was prosecuted and subsequently convicted by a San Francisco Municipal Court judge of a felony. His sentence included three years probation, a $500 fine and 100 hours of community service. The radio station eventually paid $1.5 million to settle a lawsuit filed by a bridge commuter.

Mancow's Morning Madhouse

After leaving California, Muller came to Chicago, where he created his now-famous radio show in 1994. Originally, he broadcast from now-defunct WRCX-FM (Rock 103.5) studios in the John Hancock Center located at 875 N. Michigan Avenue. In 1998, he moved to WKQX-FM (Q-101) 101.1, the city's foremost alternative rock station. Currently, he is heard from 5:30-10am (CST) in twenty-one nationwide radio markets. The show is currently broadcast from the WKQX studios located on the second floor of the Merchandise Mart at 350 N. Orleans Street in downtown Chicago. Several buildings bear this name. ... The terms alternative rock and alternative music were coined in the 1980s to describe punk rock-inspired music genres which didnt fit into the mainstream genres of the time. ... The Merchandise Mart is the world’s largest commercial building, largest wholesale design center and one of the premier international business locations in Chicago. ...

The radio show's cohorts currently consist of:

• Turd, the Bartender (real name Jeff Renzetti, discovered by Mancow while working at Pauly's Pub, a Chicago south side tavern)
• D.J. Luv Cheez (real name Midge Ripoli, Mancow's Technical Producer)
• Al Roker, Jr. (Mancow's Sportscaster)
• Jim Jesus, the Yelling Guy (real name Jim Lynam, Mancow's Traffic Reporter)
• Prison Bitch
• Ryan, the Gay Mexican (real name Ryan Manno, Mancow's Music reporter and a heterosexual Italian)
• Marisa Sanchez (Mancow's Entertainment Reporter)
• Bob Noxious
• Big Goony
• Mini-Freak
• Crazy Mary, from the Insane Asylum
• Dewey, Lord of the Fat Chicks (Mancow's Webmaster)

Former cohorts of the show include:

• Cowboy Ray (last name Hochstetter, killed in an automobile accident)
• Irma Blanco, the Cuban Bombshell (Mancow's former News Reporter and the "voice of reason")
• Freak (real name Wally Kozielski, Mancow's former Traffic Reporter and a former rock band roadie)
• Carrie Ann DeYoung
• Vic the Prick
• Amy Bristle
• Angie (last name Congine), the Phone Girl
• Casanova Ace (real name Clemine Girard)
• John Wayne Gacy, the Killer Clown on Sports (real name Bill Hainsworth)
• Brian, the Whipping Boy
• Scotty Ferrell
• Kathy, Freak's Niece
• Period Face
• Rice (first name Daniel)
• Wade the Gimp
• Ballz (real name Dan Levy)
• Crazy Cory
• Todd Bridges, Former Actor from the U.S.-based TV sitcom, Diff'rent Strokes
• Psycho Steve, the Sports Slob
• Kramer (real name John Desjardins, producer for a short time)
• Industrial Joe (Rock 103.5 era)
• Retard Bill (Rock 103.5 era)
• Biohazard Boy (Rock 103.5 era)
• Virgin Boy, aka "coop" (Rock 103.5 era)
• Plummer (Rock 103.5 era)
• Phil Ostermann (Rock 103.5 era)
• Mick (Rock 103.5 era)

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Incidents

While the Mancow show has refrained from stunts on the scale of The Opie and Anthony Show, it has had its moments. Opie and Anthony Opie (Gregg Hughes, b. ...

Muller began a long-term rivalry with Howard Stern shortly following the death of the former's father. After claiming Stern made nasty statements about his deceased father, Muller responded furiously. Howard Stern, circa 2000. ...

In 1996, Muller faked his own death. This incident led indirectly to the aforementioned New City critique of his work.

Comedian Chris Farley appeared on the show several times. Mancow claims Farley was slated to appear on the show the morning after his death by drug overdose. Incidentally, Farley's Chicago apartment (where he was found dead) is located in the Hancock Center as well, only floors away from where Muller broadcast at the time. Chris Farley in a scene from his 1996 film Black Sheep Christopher Crosby Farley (February 15, 1964 – December 18, 1997) was an American actor and comedian (born in Madison, Wisconsin) . He was best known as one of the cast members of the popular Saturday Night Live television series, who went...

For many years, the show hosted unusual contests for listeners, including putting contestants through humiliating ordeals, such as eating cat food and other disgusting items. (A listener even ate out of a cat's litterbox during a live event.) On other occasions, the show played pranks on Chicago businesses, such as walking into a Chinese dry cleaner with a bloody shirt and pretending to be nervous over a supposed murder. Still other contests were specially designed to scare passersby, such as "Grand Theft Auto,", where contestants would be issued car keys, then told an expensive automobile would be parked on a (preferably) busy Chicago intersection. However, only one of the keys actually worked; other contestants trying to win the car would appear to be would-be thieves to the uninformed observer. Such contests were slowly weeded out over the years. It has been suggested that Cat breed be merged into this article or section. ... Dry cleaning is any cleaning process for clothing and textiles using a solvent other than water. ... An automobile is a wheeled vehicle that carries its own motor. ...

Mancow once used a prank call created by Howard Stern Show personnel ("Is your turban dirty?"). He called it "the greatest prank call ever", not knowing it was created by Stern employees. However, the same thing happened to Stern himself at the hands of Opie and Anthony. This article is about the radio personality; for Anna Nicole Smiths attorney, see her article. ... Opie and Anthony Opie (Gregg Hughes, b. ...

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Muller caused controversy on December 6, 2005 when he went on a rant on the Fox News morning show Fox and Friends attacking Howard Dean as a "vile" "bloodthirsty" and "evil" and called for him to be "tried for treason" for comments he made days earlier in regards to the Iraq War.[1] Fox News Channels slogan is We Report, You Decide The Fox News Channel is a U.S. cable and satellite news channel. ... Fox & Friends is a morning television show on the Fox News Channel, from 7 a. ... Howard Brush Dean III (born November 17, 1948) is an American politician and physician from the U.S. state of Vermont. ... The Iraq War or War in Iraq, is an informal U.S. term for the military conflict in Iraq including the 2003 Invasion of Iraq by the United States, United Kingdom and Australia, overthrow of the Iraqi government, occupation and subsequent military activities by US, UK and other forces. ...

Cowboy Ray

In November 2005, Ray Hochstetter (aka Cowboy Ray), a frequent Mancow guest, was struck by a car in a hit-and-run accident. Because of the incident, Muller has offered a $23,000 (as of mid-January 2006) reward pertaining to the arrest of the driver. Although this story was eventually confirmed by the Chicagoland news media, it was initially greeted with skepticism - about two years earlier, Muller faked Ray's death for several months to explain his absence from the show.

On January 11, 2006, Mancow announced on his show that Cowboy Ray's life support was terminated. The show that day was dedicated in his memory. The unsolved hit and run death of Cowboy Ray was featured on Fox's America's Most Wanted television show on February 26, 2006. The case remains unsolved to date. January 11 is the 11th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Americas Most Wanted is a long-running TV show produced by 20th Century Fox and running on Fox that profiles fugitives wanted for violent crimes, often including those currently on the FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list. ...

FCC Problems

Mancow ran afoul of the FCC's indecency regulations in at least 6 separate incidents during 2000 and 2001. As a result of these incidents, the FCC levied $42,000 in fines on Emmis Communications, the licensee of Mancow's then-home station WKQX-FM. In 2004, Emmis Communications signed a consent decree with the FCC sharply restricting indecent content and requiring the payment of $300,000 to the US government. The abbreviation FCC can refer to: Face-centered cubic (usually fcc), a crystallographic structure Federal Communications Commission, a US government organization Farm Credit Corporation/Farm Credit Canada, a Canadian government organization Families with Children from China, an adoption support organization Florida Christian College, a college in central Florida Fresno City... Emmis Communications is an Indianapolis, Indiana-based radio and television group. ...

Running Jokes

• Muller's new wife is considerably younger than him, and both staff members and callers often try to get in a dig at his expense. Before his marriage, when Muller pondered where to hold the reception, Turd sarcastically suggested Chuck E. Cheese. After his marriage, when he complained his wife couldn't cook, a caller managed to say the following before being cut off: "Well, Mancow, in a few years, when your wife goes to high school, they have this class called home ec..."
• Turd is considered by other staff members to be an alcoholic, so the others try to find ways to stop him from drinking, such as looking for booze so disgusting that he couldn't consume it.
• Sometimes, Turd will start to tell a story, only to be stopped by Muller, who reveals that the "story" is actually ripped off of a popular movie, fairy tale, or television show (in this sense, it resembles numerous comedic acts, such as those on Late Night with Conan O'Brien). The show then invariably plays an audio loop which involves Muller slapping Turd.
• Callers and staff members alike call Turd's mother a whore, which invariably elicits the response, "My mom is not a whore!"
• Al Roker, Jr. an obese African-American who was created as a parody of the real Al Roker, plays to the stereotype that all black men want sex with white women. The words have become somewhat of his catchphrase - he uses them even in his reporting outside of the morning show.
• Anytime the name 'Menominee' or the word 'phenomena' is mentioned, or any other such word that sounds like those, the background crew members respond with a "Do-do-do-do" tune. This is a reference to the infamous song Mahna Mahna regularly played on The Muppet Show.

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Lawsuits

Mancow spear-headed two major lawsuits: one against the antics of Limp Bizkit's Fred Durst and his disrespectful behavior towards fans at a radio concert in Chicago, and another suit against a man who reported Mancow to the FCC for alleged indecency on the air, which Mancow cites as totally unfounded. Mancow has recently withdrawn his second lawsuit because it was a publicity stunt. Limp Bizkit (pronounced limp biscuit) is an American rapcore band who, with Korn, is often credited with starting the popularization of the genre sometimes dubbed nu metal. ... Fred Durst (born William Frederick Durst, on August 20, 1970, in Jacksonville, Florida, USA) is the lead singer of the rapcore band, Limp Bizkit. ... Nickname: The Windy City Motto: Urbs In Horto (Latin: City in a Garden), I Will Official website: http://egov. ... The FCCs official seal. ... A dictionary definition of Indecent not conforming with accepted standards of behaviour or morality. ...

External links

• MANCOW.COM, Official site
• MANCOW.ORG, Discussion forum
• MANCOWMILITIA.COM, Discussion forum
• FCC order fining WKQX $14,000 for indecent content on Mancow's show
• FCC order fining WKQX $21,000 for various 2001 broadcasts by Mancow