Post-AGT Appearance 1111: The Morgan Show December 12
Forever’s getting closer every Day would drop to 81 and Time of our Lives to 89 last weekend.
There would still be more than 10 House seats in doubt. In states that Trump was suing he would be joined by losing candidates at all levels, including some people who conceded as early as election night. Meanwhile New Hampshire would have won its appeal to get its 4 Electoral Votes reinstated. Maine would not have won, so it would look like a 275-259 Biden victory. Beginning on December 7 all national news networks would agree to call Biden President-elect in every first reference. That would be called a cease-fire in the second news wars. Some would still complain about Rachel Maddow though.
By December 7 I would be healthy enough to risk short live interviews but with whom? With Attack of the Lysol Rabbit due for release in theaters December 18 this week would seem the right time, but Colbert would insist that he be the first tv show and his staff would demand that I use the interview to announce whether Phillip will be out of his coma after Trump’s defeat. We would explain once again that Phillip gets sick just hearing the names of the people on his list and Trump doesn’t stop being a famous celebrity after a loss. The more practical concern for my agent would be that people would be betting that Joe Biden was the last name on the list. Some would even start betting that Kamala Harris was the last name on the list. Since Phillip started getting sick in 2015 he doesn’t know who she is, but not everyone would know that. This would be an increasingly disturbing situation unresolved at week’s end.
So I would need a short friendly interview and it would fall into my lap last Sunday when I called my mother and learned that The Morgan Show had returned to WBZ after being suspended early in the lockdown. Though he had guests scheduled, he would start the second hour with me for one segment at 10:05 eastern time Saturday night.
White: Welcome back to the second hour of The Morgan Show on WBZ. My name is Morgan White, Jr., with you each and every Saturday night from 9 to midnight. This is a call-in show. You can reach us at 617 654-1030, but not in the next five minutes. After the first commercial break this hour we will be joined by Donna Halper, an expert on all things pertaining to Boston radio and television, but first we’re spending a few minutes on the phone with a Boston native, now living in California, a guest ho spoke with us in the past about things like the Boston Celtics and other matters: Phil Cole of Phillip and Cole’s Variety Team. Are you there, Phil?
White: And how are you feeling? I know you’ve been ill.
PBC: Yes, smoke inhalation from the California wildfires. The whole family got sick. I got it worse.
White: Yes, and you’ve been fighting the fires, symbolically for a couple of years now with this song.
(He plays a brief segment of California Wildfires.)
PBC: Yes, we’ve raised over $4 million with that song, but some of them are still burning.
White: And you had to flee your home out there for the second time, right?
PBC: Yes, we’ll be moving to another state as soon as the corona virus restrictions are relaxed. We can’t keep going through this.
White: Will you be returning to New England?
PBC: I don’t think so. The west coast appeals to me, so maybe Oregon or Washington state.
White: Well, I wish you all the best.
PBC: Yes, and I wish you all the best. I couldn’t wait to greet you on your return to radio in Boston. Mother told me last weekend. She’s so happy to hear you again.
White: And you were a caller at times, before you were famous, right?
PBC: Yes, I called Talking Trivia on a few nights near the end, then tracked you down on another station, the day you interviewed a man about milk paint.
White: Wow! You remember that! Well, Phil you have a movie out called Attack of the Lysol Rabbit. It’s already available on blu-ray and dvd but it’s going to theaters this Friday. Is that correct?
PBC: Yes, that’s right. I’m hoping for some Oscar and Golden Globe nominations.
White: Do you think you have a chance?
PBC: I’m very pleased with all the acting. The olden Globes has a newcomers award and either Haley Pine or the little girl _____ _____ might get a nomination. That’s the best shot, plus some technical awards.
White: Now just last year you did a movie called Attack of the Flying Oysters. Is this a sequel?
PBC: No, it’s not a sequel. We did use several actors in both. Katie Cassidy and Tom Holland are the stars once again, but a very different relationship. William Shatner, Matthew McConaghey and Amy Schumer all returned. The rabbit is not menacing and-spoiler alert-doesn’t kill anyone.
White: So is this a comedy?
PBC: I hope so, but comedies end in marriage and...I’m not telling where the relationships stand at the end of this one.
White: So it’s not quite boy meets girl?
PBC: Boy meets 2 girls and...spends the rest of the movie deciding which he likes best. The rabbit is a catalyst and, kind of a subplot, but I hope somebody will give the rabbit an award, maybe MTV ha ha.
White: Animal actor of the year.
White: Well, it’s time for a break, so I have to say goodbye. Your voice held up. I know you were concerned about that.
PBC: Yes, thank you and good luck.
White: Best of luck to you and happy holidays.
PBC: Thank you and goodnight.
White: Coming up after the break, my friend Donna Halper. Stay tuned.
