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CCA's

Best New Caller of the Year

Mike in San Diego

Jim said, "Mike is like the Jeff Spicoli of smack."

Mike called in to accept his award. Many Twitter comments that I saw said this call was better than the one that got him the award. I happen to agree. He started out with, "Romey, I'm freaking out, bro." Addressing the other nominees, Mike said to Jerry in San Antonio, "...mix in some xanax." To Monroe in Milwaukee, "I don't speak Mizzlewaukee." And finally to Israel, "Strong work, homes......I always thought Israel was in the Middle East."

Best New Guest

Brian Wilson

The Giants reliever also called in to accept. "This is ultimately awesome....I don't even know how to react....I'm at Starbucks...," he said in part.

Drop of the Year

Fabian in Los Angeles, for "Youknow Youknow Youknow!"

He called in to accept. He threw in several "Umkay's" and said it was an honor to be a part of the Jim Rome Show.

Manual Buzzer of the Year

Ray Ray in Tampa

In his call to accept, he answered Jim's question of where he would put the award, "MANTLE!" He went on to "explain" his call, saying that he had trouble with his phone, heard two beeps and lost his train of thought. Notwithstanding, Ray said he deserved to get run.

Best JRIB Correspondent

Dana White

The UFC President called in! He said he was honored and talked about how the UFC is accessable to it's fans.

Song of the Year

Better Man...as performed by call screener and show booker Jason Stewart.

J. Stew came on air and said he was "stunned". He talked some smack, telling Sandstorm artist Darude that if he wants to win next year, "Mix in some lyrics."

Rant of the Year

Top Gun Sequel

Jim accepted the award as the one who did the rant.

Bit of the Year

Brett Favre's playoff interception bit with "Why do you even ponder passing?..and "Hey y'all, watch this..."

Broadcaster Pete Bercich who uttered, "Why do you even ponder passing?" called in. 

JRIB Moment of the Year

Brian Wilson and "machine"

E mailer of the Year

In the tightest race of the day....Stu in Manhattan won. He sent in an acceptance via E mail. It was straightforward and thanked Jim and the voters. He said he is glad to be a part of the show each day.

Interview of the Year

Bill Romanowski

He called in to accept. He talked about there being a period where he and Jim weren't connecting, but at Super Bowl he made a point of asking to talk to Rome.

Jungle Moment of the Year

Henry Winkler calling in to acknowledge that he did say, "I told Potsie I'd do this!"

Henry Winkler called in to accept! He said he was overwhelmed to know he got 61% of the vote. He recounted the events of the day he called and was very cool.

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2010 Year in Review

A Year in One Day

Rome's one day year in review meant rapid fire with little clone commentary. A few got in however.

Some Clones mentioned

-  Vic in NoCal's editing had Brad in Corona "admitting" to reverse engineering Vic's smack.

-The cut off of Mike in Albuquerque by J. Stew and his "stupid ergonmic water bottle" was covered.

- Some Hack Off RSVP's were played. Eddie in Boise was mentioned as well as Vinny Mac and Jolene.

-Parts of some Hack Off calls:

 Jolene's "your momma in bulk, yo!"

 Vinny Mac's "I'll stay on hold 'cause I know I won"

Smack Off

Rome talked about the numbers of callers taking shots at Brad in Corona. Jim said Doc Mike's call put him up with Donald Trump and his Rosie O'Donnell rant.

Of course, part of Vic in NoCal's winning call and acceptance speech were played.

Clones that got in today

-Cheryl in Austin wrote in that she would have a "Michael Vick like comeback" in 2011.

-Mike in Indy tweeted that he was honored to be considered for Run Call of the Year. He promised that if he won, he would get run during his acceptance speech.

Dustin in (???) texted in with his new phone number after getting BLOCKED! Today he wrote something to the effect of, "Rome did you mention the Boom Town Shanahans? (Boom Town Rats)

He was promptly BLOCKED again! Jim said, "...you are perpetually BLOCKED!" The BLOCKED! clip was played repeatedly.

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Correction to yesterday's post: I mistakenly attributed the "I'm going to Burger King" quote to Brendan in Wilmington, when it was Ryan in Wichita. It has been corrected. Thanks goes out to Josh.

Clones on today's show

Mike in Chicago, non-7 wood user sent an E mail and warred something to the effect of "...Jim asking me for stock opinions in 2011". (Jim joked that he was putting his money in a safer investment: Horses!)

Clones Choice

   Jim said all the categories have close races. Voting will end at the close of tomorrow's show.

Caller

Mike in Cleveland

   He blasted the MNF crew. He said Jon Gruden was "dry humping Favre's leg". He was starting each of his thoughts with "War". It was for that reason, that the hammer fell: "AAAAAHHHHHH!"

E mailer Rick in (???) wrote in about Rome and Marty with stockings for each other and enjoying a moment under the mistletoe.

Jim sarcastically asked Rick to call in an accept his E mailer of the year award for that E mail.

Callers

Dustin

   He apologized for getting run on his last call. Today he thanked the U.S. Armed Forces for what they do and gave props to the SoCal callers on the show.

Israel in Los Angeles

   He is a New Caller of the Year Nominee. He called out Smack Off winners and said he was coming for them in 2011. Also, Israel mentioned Mike in San Diego. He called him "the man" and used some "chron" vernacular.

Cory in El Paso

   When ask by Jim how he was, Cory mentioned getting his wisdom teeth pulled. He also mention his brother turning him on the show. However, Jim's reaction to Cory was his take on "How are you?". He did a little rant about how it's more of a greeting and how you should say "good" and move on.

Text Contest Selections

"Unwar the guy who leaves his door open with his radio blasting when getting gas. You make like REO Speedwagon, but we don't."

Triple U: "Hey Rome. I'm not dreaming of a white Christimas. I'm dreaming of white cheddar Christmas." -Mike

A late E mail or text suggested clicking on all of the clips on jimrome.com of the "Laugh of the Year" at once. I did it. Pretty creepy!

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Brief notes on Clones on Today's show

Callers

Boatie in Pearland

   Boatie got in with some year end thoughts and thank you's to Rome.

John in Green Bay

   First of all,.....John was unhappy with the Packers and especially Charles Woodson for not getting an interception when he had the chance against the Patriots. Second of all......(Then Jim came on and said it was "his bad" for bringing John on too close to a commercial break. The music came up. He was out of time. He added that it's his clock, and he has to manage it. Then, the music died down and Rome took another call!!)

Rob in Edmonton

   He told Jim he was driving a propane tanker and honked his horn. Rob also called Rome on his promise to do an appearance in Detroit since they ran the table in reverse a few years back.

(Later, an E mailer suggested Rob shouldn't be talking on his cell phone when driving a propane tanker!)

Clones Choice Awards

   Jim announced another category today: Best New Caller of the Year

The nominees:

-Monroe in Milwaukee: "Fear the Deer"

-Israel in Los Angeles: "...The Lakers bench is garbage..."

-Jerry in San Antonio: (Why is he here??? He was nervous and breathy...!)

-Mike in San Diego: "Romey!"

E mail Contest

The first one was about Al Michaels believing in miracles.....then to believing in Miracle Whip by "Weigh Stew". (Jim called out Kyle Brandt and J. Stew for "whatever was going on with them between the glass".)

The second was Mike in San Diego praising Vic in NoCal and predicting he would win the E mailer of the year. Mike then told Vic to "get off his ass" and call the show!!)

Mike won.

Text Contest Selections (paraphrased)

"War Philly fan thinking DeSean Jackson't return was %&*% amazing."

"...What did 300+ pounder Dan Connolly say on the way off the field?...'I'm going to Burger King!' " (Jim reset Ryan in Wichita's call regarding Mark Mangino.)

Triple U Sponsor: "...Guys who wear sports jerseys over business attire."

"Hey Rome......Rex Grossman.......I especially like the way that he nibbled at the defense....Coach Shanahan...." Dustin in Milwaukee

Result: You're BLOCKED!

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Extra Extra! A new Jungle parody by GSV

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Friday Post

I haven't been posting on Fridays.....

...but a few shout outs:

-To the XR4ti shouters

    Since it was the last live Friday show of the year for Jim, he rolled out the 

    music, hit the Deca-Yeah, and had the crew come on air with their "YEAH"

    yells! The opinion of the E mailers was that "Little Alvie's" YEAH was the 

    "manliest".

-To my Facebook friend, John Niems for being nominated for the "Jungle Moment

 of the year for his return to the show after a 10 year hiatus with his song, 

 "Niems from Home".

And a question.....

   Where was Brian in Syracuse's nomination (at least) for E mailer of the year?

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Notes on Today's Show

Funny Comment

   Jim commented on Cortland Finnegan saying something to the effect of "...I want to get this off my heart". I believe Finnegan was saying he may apologize to Andre Johnson. Rome said, "...You don't take a beat down like that and not be slightly rattled." I like Jim's use of the term "rattled". If you listen to the full "Toby in Houston/Larry Brown" call on YouTube, Rome says he is "badly rattled" after that call!

New CCA category

Another category was revealed by Jim today. It was "The Drop of the Year".

The nominees are:

-"Ronnie" for: "That's one shot kid. One shot!..."

-"Ron Burgundy" for: "Hey-O!"

-Jim Lampley for: "Bang, bang bang!" (During a Manny Pacquaio fight.)

-Axl Rose for: "Time to die-eeee"

Callers

Deon in Detroit

   He cracked on Matt Millen, then ended with, "...If he comes here, it's going to be a short trip to the blood bank, and it's time to die-eee."

Israel in Los Angeles

   He called to say how the show has helped him this year during some tough times. He said the time during the show's 3 hours would be "gravy". He also shouted out to Fabian, asking him to hold it down for SoCal-ers.

It wasn't all positive. Israel added that losers were in "NoCal". I presume he was taking a shot at Vic in NoCal.

E mail Contest winner

   It was Christian in Nova Scotia. He decried the new "guy"...."E-mail Guy". He was not impressed in the last few days by all the E mailers writing in to prop themselves for "E mailer of the Year."

Scott Brooks

   The head coach of the Oklahoma City Thunder ended his interview with, "...got a game coming up with Charlotte...anything the clones want me to say to Larry Brown?...." When questioned by Jim, Scott also referenced Toby in Houston.

Text Contest Selections

"War laughing when you see someone slip on the ice."

"War Janet calling in to ask for the Toby call."

Triple U: (paraphrased) "...Did Israel say that the next 3 hours are gravy?...all my time is gravy. Signed, Weigh Stew"

Result: Jim said he was not going to warn or BLOCK the texter...."...What? For being great?" Rome was amused by the term "Weigh-Stew".

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Clone topics on the show today

Clones Choice Awards

Jim gave out one of the categories and the nominees for the year end show.

"Manual Buzzer of the Year" (aka "Call Run of the Year")

...and the nominees are:

-Dennis in Oklahoma City

   ...He of the "I'm blowing up...Uh..REACTION...I'm out!" fame.

-Mike in Indy

   The 2 time Smack Off runner up is nominated due to his call where he got 

   run for his ill-advised reset of a LeBron James' mom joke.

-Mike in Grand Rapids

    His offense was the "Ain't No Jungle When Jim's Gone" song.

-Ray Ray in Tampa

   His recent famous flame out included such gems as, "...Court Canaveral...not

   of the human DNA.....trophy...on your momma's uh, whatever it is..."

Toby in Houston Shout Out

Marc J. Spears, an NBA Yahoo Sports writer gave the shout out to the reclusive caller from 2005 (I believe) at the end of his interview.

Question??? Is Toby in Houston actually reclusive or has he tried to call back and been turned away?

E mail of the Day winner

Stu in Manhattan wrote an "old school/long form" E mail regarding the E mailer of the year category for the CCA (Clones Choice Awards). He gave his thoughts on Vic in NoCal, Craig in Tampa, Dave in St. Louis, Blaise in KC, and Burd in Chicago.

Text Contest Selections

"Unwar medical sales reps that come to the gym in their pajamas, errrr 'scrubs'. You're not a doctor....."

"Did guy just give a shout out to 'Tony' in Houston? Signed JoPa." (Clip was played of JoPa asking, "Can you hear me, Mad Dog?")

"....a Canadian and a Russian on 'The Price is Right'?...Signed, Canadian Bacon and Trapper..."

Triple U sponsor: "Guy at the mall wearing a 'Tap Out' shirt while shopping for another 'Tap Out' shirt."

Triple U: (paraphrased) "...What's all the 'hub ub' about guys forming a wedge on the sideline? ...I love a good wedge...num num num. -Shanny"

Result: "You're BLOCKED!...don't even text me if you get a new phone..."

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Briefest of notes...

End of Favre's streak

 

Rome said Brett Favre looked like a "silver side burned hobo". He added, "...that's not a good look..."

Caller

A caller named David did a rap....and DIDN'T get run! In fact, he got the huge call of the day!

Joe Paterno

   The legendary Penn State coach did, or tried to do a radio interview (with another hosts show). He couldn't hear the interviewer, "Big dog". JoPa said, "...Can you hear me, "Mad Dog?" Old "Big dog" sounded a little frustrated, saying, "Can you hear me know?..." It sounded pretty funny.

Jim said, "...He's 83...Who knows?...He probably doesn't know at this point."

E mail Contest

   Today's three finalists were:

-Mike in Chicago

   He cracked on Dave in St. Louis, non-hunter

-Chris in Canada

   He reminded Jim that he was the one that started the whole "I told Potsie I'd do this!" thing.

-Burd in Chicago

   He listed his "stats" of getting E mails read, and how they were received by Jim at times this year.

Text Contest Triple U

"The Yankees are in need of an are? So are we. -A heavy metal band"

Jim said, Your BLOCKED!...in the 508 (I think).

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Notes on today's show

A few topics

"Dirty" Jets

   Jim talked about the Jets second loss in a row. Worse than that, he had to cover the actions of one Sal Alosi. Mr. Alosi, the Jets strength and conditioning coach stuck his knee out to trip Dolphin return man, Nolan Carroll during a return. He tried to do it covertly but the cameras caught it and it's, well, viral.

   Rome said, "...Get out of their way and let them play.....Why don't you just get one of Tonya Harding's goons to bang his knee with a pipe?...

"Can I have your autograph?"

   After getting beat at home, Cowboy Tashard Choice went to ask Michael Vick for his autograph...for his nephew. Rome said, "...That's a bad look, my man. Time and place..." Jim was OK with the autograph, but didn't think on the field, at home after a loss was the right place.

Callers

   John in Green Bay

    He called to complain a little about the Packers' coach. After mentioning 

    Vince Lombardi, John said Mike McCarthy never gets on players like he did

    the refs on Sunday during the Packers loss.

  Jeff in Tampa

    He referenced Sal Alosi's actions and mentioned it could have been a worse 

    injury result. He said Sal was messing with Carroll's livelihood.

  Nick in Reno

    In part of his call, he said his wife "gave him the foot"..."like saying, 'That's

    weird'." - regarding the knee by Sal Alosi.

  Joe in Green Bay

    Joe said others are making "Packer fan" look like an idiot by calling for coach

    McCarthy's firing.

The return of the E mail Contest winner

   Jim said he wants to name a winner of best E mail of the day again. Today the finalists were Victor by Broadway and Mike in San Diego (The Giants win the pennant. The Giants win the pennant.)

   Vic cracked on E mailers like Stu in Manhattan, Craig in Tampa, and Blaise in K.C., saying they just sit behind their computers while legends have taken car of business on the phones as well as E mails.

   Mike referenced some old school "faxers". One in particular was "Gaucho" Bill, the founder of the Rat Family.

Mike won.

Text Contest Selections

Triple U Sponsor: "People who put Christmas decorations on their cars...."

Triple U: Jim said, "Ugly Bob tried to send me a text on Def Leppard....You know what you are?...You are BLOCKED!....You're now BLOCKED Bob, not Ugly Bob..."

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Mike won.

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From an undisclosed location 265 miles from Sun Valley....

Brief notes on Today's Jim Rome show

subjects covered:

- Brett Favre "will he or won't he play" drama

- Derek Jeter still unhappy

- Josh McDaniels firing by the Denver Broncos

- A new low standard in National Anthem renditions

- Keith Fitzhugh chooses long term work with a railroad over a shot at the NFL

- Adrian Gonzalez is now on the Red Sox

  (Amazing how much he sounds like Vic in NoCal!)

Rome on Eli Young's National Anthem rendition: "...You can't just take a mid-song Mulligan and start over again!..."

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Dear Readers,

 I am on a road trip this week. I have only brief notes today.

Jim covered the beat down of the Jets by the Pats. "That's one of the all time beat downs....," he said.

E mail: (paraphrased) "The Jets didn't even look like they were of the human DNA. Signed, Ray Ray."

"Hey Rex. Knock knock.

Who's there?

Fort.

Fort who?

Forty five-three, bitch!" (The Hoodie to Rex Ryan) - Mike in Union

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Brief notes on today's show

Early E mail: (paraphrased)

"...still haven't forgotten Ray Ray. Don't call call this week!..."

Caller

   Mike in C-Town

     He said, "...Friday's show...You had two guys call...I don't think they were from Cleveland. The first sounds like he use to be on MTV.....the second was from the '95 Smack Off, Jason from Fullerton..."

Rome said, "AAAAHHHHH!.... Are you trying to say that was KB and J. Stew?....You're entitled to your opinion....." Jim then played part of the calls again and compared them to Kyle's and Stew's voice in other settings and calls. i.e. "VAAAANNN SMAAAACK!"

(I was busy loading my mail truck last Friday and heard the calls but wasn't paying close enough attention to notice it was them on my pocket radio. I was made aware of the fact that those two callers WERE KB and J. Stew by Vic in NoCal via Twitter over the weekend.)

Jim on some NFL topics

-  Green Bay Packers throwback uniforms: "...looks like they vomited all over the uniform and slapped a number on it!..."

-  "MVP is Dallas Clark...look how the Colts were with him, and now without him..."

E mail and "Clones Choice"

 (paraphrased) "Dear Jim Jim, did you see that contract extension for Derek Jeter?...He acts like he's the greatest Yankee.....better than Mickey.....Uh, Uh, whatever...." (Reset of Ray Ray's 'whatever' call)

This led to Jim resetting that there will be a "Clones Choice" awards show on the 2nd day of this year's "Year in Review" #callrunoftheyear

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