Friday, February 27, 2009

Undercover Gay Ravers!

Lisa Sweetingham is here with her now (BIG!) book about the DEA's fight against ecstasy. The book is called Chemical Cowboys.

Thursday, February 26, 2009

The Jewish Elvis

David Wild is the author of He Is...I Say, a tribute to his favorite artist of all time--the Jewish Elvis--Neil Diamond!

Plus, a Me & Vinnie salute to One-Armed Heroes.

Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Wednesday

It's hard to find pictures of monkies smoking with their feet. So this picture of a chimp smoking will have to do.

Sports columnist Scott Oster has a new book out about how to cheat in sports. The book has lots of cool diagrams.

Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Tuesday

Baseball spring training is now under way. We're looking back at one of the greatest baseball games ever played. Author Richard Bradley joins us in studio. His new book is The Greatest Game.
Former American Idol contestant Antonella Barba is here. You can hear some of her new music on her MySpace page.

Monday, February 23, 2009

Karaoke master Brian Raftery is here to talk about his new book, Don't Stop Believin': How Karaoke Conquered the World and Changed My Life.

Also, Doris Miller is with us. Doris sells male chastity belts. Visit her website HERE.



Vinnie experiments with the male chastity device.

Friday, February 20, 2009

Tony Danza!

Michael Billy had a chance to speak to his fantasy father, Tony Danza. Danza is hosting a boxing reality show and the finale is next week. Check out the Contender. You can keep tabs on everything else he's up to these days at DailyDanza.com.

Michael Billy has redesigned his website. Visit the *!NEW!* MichaelBilly.com.

Thursday, February 19, 2009

Vinnie's back from D.R.

Jason Dobkin, author of Snobbles the Great is here. He's written a book for kids about how to deal with bullies. There's a website too.

It's legal insanity Thursday. We'll discuss the Caylee Anthony case and the role of Roy Kronk, the world's most famous meter reader.

Wednesday, February 18, 2009

What Was I Thinking: 58 Bad Boyfriend Stories

Barbara Davilman and Liz Dubelman have put together this great new book where female authors share their stories about bad boyfriends. It's not man-bashing, this is a genuinely entertaining read. There's something in here for everyone--women and men--to relate to. Also, Davilman and Dubelman have created a new holiday: Come to Your Senses Day.

Legendary celebrity journalist Robin Leach has a new project: VegasDeluxe.com. He joins us from Vegas to tell us about the new website.

Friday, February 13, 2009

Friday

Comedian Marina Franklin is here.

Nicky Buttons has prepared a list of music for you to listen to with your lover on Valentines Day. Download these songs, put them in your playlist and turn down the lights. It's Me & Vinnie's Valentine's Day gift to you.
10 - Nice and Slow - Usher
9 - Bump and Grind - Rkelly
8 - Cupid - 112
7 - Let's Stay Together - Al Green
6 - All My Life - KC and JOJO
5 - Love - Musiq Soul Child
4 - Playin those Games - Barry White
3 - Turn off the Lights - Al Green
2 - Between the Sheets - Isley Brothers
1 - Into the Night - Benny Mardones

Thursday, February 12, 2009

Zwack!

Sandor Zwack, Chairman of Unicum Zwack was in the studio yesterday. Zwack is the national shot of Hungary. Like Italian Amaro drinks, it's an bold infusion of a secret mix of over 40 spices. We all liked it. Ask your bartender to stock some.

Sandor Zwack

The Zwack Perfect Serve set up in Sirius Studio.


A video of the Perfect Serve in action.

Nick likes it.

Thursday

Who do you think paid more for their kids? Nadya Suleman, the octuplet mother has launched a website where you can donate money or kind words. Unfortunately, she's been so diluged with death threats that she's actually gone into hiding.

Dale Koppel is here today with advice for online dating. Her book and website is the Intelligent Woman's Guide to Online Dating.

Relationship expert Amy Spencer has advice for doing Valentine's Day on the cheap: Gift ideas under $30.

The Passion for Christ movement, a church group in California, says people should stop masturbating. TQ Sunkungu, a minister from the church, joins us to explain the campaign.

Tuesday, February 10, 2009

Monday, February 9, 2009

Lose Weight with Fad Diets

Dan Radice is fat. To lose weight, he's trying 14 different fad diets in 18 weeks. See more pictures, and learn about the different fad diets at his blog.

Me & Vinnie legal correspondent Janell Weinstein tells us about a kid who ate a used condom at a hotel.

Want to hire a chick to help you meet chicks? Try WingWomen. Founder Shane Forbes is on the show.

The second season of DEA premiers on Spike tonight. Al Roker is the executive producer.

Are You Sick of Me Yet?

Captain Sully....2009 Man of the Year.

Are you depraved? In the Purity Test, Joselin Linder has assembled 2000 questions so you can test yourself at home.

If you love Pluto, you'll hate Astrophysicist Neil DeGrasse Tyson. His latest book, the Pluto Files, retells his quest to redefine Pluto.

Friday, February 6, 2009

Friday

Tribute song to Captain Sully. Check out the amazing cockpit audio from flight 1549.

Here's a GREAT Valentine's Day gift. Put you and your loved one into the action of a custom romance novel. At YourNovel.com you can order your own personalized romance novel!

Thursday, February 5, 2009

Food Network star Alton Brown joins us with tips for Valentine's Day. The secret is...Salt! His latest book is I'm Just Here for the Food, Version 2.0.

Richard Zoglin, Time Magazine theater critic, has a new book out about how stand-up comedy in the 1970s changed America. Comedy at the Edge discusses George Carlin, Richard Pryor, Steve Martin, Robin Williams and all the other greats.

Rachel Ehrenfeld is the Director of the American Center for Democracy, and an expert on narco-terrorism. She is at the center of a major international free speech case.

Playboy Playmate Daphnee Duplaix is the host of a new Playboy TV gameshow, Show Us Your Wits. Do you think you could answer trivia questions while getting a lap dance?

Wednesday, February 4, 2009

Wednesday's Show

It's Vinnie's birthday! In honor of Vinnie, bake some diabetic-friendly cookies.

Charles Dunn is hosting the Ronald Reagan Symposium at Regent Unversity. In honor of Vinnie's birthday, Michael Billy has agreed not to challenge Vinnie's belief that Ronald Reagan is the greatest President we've ever had.

Basketball great Alonzo Mourning is on the phone. His new book is Resilience.

Alonzo Mourning takes partial credit for teaching coach Pat Riley to dance. Check out the video of Pat Riley dancing after the Heat's championship. (He starts dancing around 2:20)

Michael Billy, Actor


Michael Billy as a teenage thespian.

Do You Believe in Ugly Babies?

Vinnie says there's no such thing as an ugly baby. We bed to differ. Tell us what you think.

Recent Pictures from the Studio

Vinnie with Jimmy Destri of Blondie.

Vinnie's Super Bowl XIII shirt. How do you say that in Hungarian?

Vinnie and Michael Billy with Me & Vinnie's good news correspondent, Daryn Kagan.

Michael Billy (Team Gay) with his adversary, comedian Wali Collins (Team African American/Black). Wali and the African Americans/Blacks defeated Michael Billy and the Gays in the first ever Diversity Bowl. Notice Wali's cool Y'Nevano T-shirt.

Tuesday, February 3, 2009

Thursday

Lucas Widbin, the genius behind the Diabetes rap on Youtube joins us today by phone.

Plus, the debut of our new game show, Diversity Bowl: Battle of the Stereotypes. Wali Collins is playing for Team Black, Michael Billy represents Team Gay.

Monday, February 2, 2009

Happy Groundhog Day

Mr. Groundhog from Mental Floss Magazine is with us with a report on Groundhogs.

And check out John Gray's new book, Why Mars and Venus Collide.