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Michelle Kube
Executive Producer, Bill Handel
Disclaimer
This blog may contain profanity and/or material considered inappropriate. The views expressed in this blog are the opinions of the individual writer and do not necessarily reflect the views of KFI AM 640 and Clear Channel Radio.
Bio
In 1993, I was a 21-year-old college student (community college) working full-time in the world of retail.   At the time, I had NO interest in radio. I thought talk radio was for “old people” (sorry, at the time, that was my 21-year-old brain’s perception). I had dreams of finding an internship at a television station and making it big in the world of TV.  It didn’t happen.  So I turned to radio and ended up at KFI.

I spent my internship opening mail, answering phones, doing the peon work.  When it was over, I was hired as a “screener” on Bill's show...for a whopping $5.25 an hour. Never mind that I had to drive an HOUR at from “The OC”’ every morning. At the time, $5.25 an hour and my big 20 hours a week barely paid for gas. Needless to say, I had to keep my full-time job in retail AND manage to go to school.

Little did I know that screeners were just a step up from pond scum and my job served three basic purposes…#1 get breakfast, #2 get snacks and #3 screen the calls that came into the show and, whenever possible, get as many people on the line as I could that DISAGREED with Bill. Why? Bill loves to yell at people and call them morons.

Eventually, my part-time thing turned into working many more hours than I should for no additional pay to learn about the wonderful world of producing. 

Then, Bill’s producer went on maternity leave and when she decided not to return, I was asked if I wanted the job for a pittance. Against my better judgment, I said yes. Because of that, I missed out on the real experience of a four-year college…you know what I’m talking about... slacking off and stumbling home half-naked with puke in your hair after getting rip-roaring drunk at fraternity parties, but now I work at KFI, so there's no difference.

With the exception of about 2 years when I worked on other projects here at KFI, I’ve been with Bill’s show my entire KFI career. Why? I like the fact that Bill’s the same off the air as he is on the air....a big ASS.  It's also fun for me becuase I'm part of the fact that all the women in Bill's life control every aspect of his life.

So that’s it about me except that I’m a native New Yorker, brought forcibly to California by my parents at the tender age of 15. Half Italian/half German, boobs are 40DD(Bill said to add this) and I’m reasonably OK looking.

I currently live happily with the former host of the Tim & Neil show, Tim Kelly... also known as “Dick Cabeza,” (producer of some of the most famous parody bits and songs the Handel show featured for many years like OJ and Bill Clinton) and we've been together for over 6 years now.

We have a  new dog named Princess, a 4 pound chihuahua that rules our lives, and I would like to dedicate this bio to the memory of two other very loving pets, my cat Dakota and my boyfriend’s dog Jake. 

It's over...
Tuesday 08-26-2008 8:34am PT

The 'Indiana Jew and the Temple of News' big extravaganza show is over.

Thank God.

There's so much preparation involved with this show, in addition to what we all do everyday to put the show together that the weeks prior to it are very stressful.  So I've been bitchy, cranky and in general not fun to be around...and I'm usually a pretty fun gal!

As the show is happening, it's fun, but I've got to tell you, I'm not a performer, I don't like to put myself out there in front of people and do this kind of stuff, but hey, Handel wants us to do this so we have to.

Hopefully, we at least moderately entertained people for the evening.

There are always some people who get pissed off at us and write us emails saying how 'disappointed' they were, how 'untalented' we all are, how they expected a 'professional performance'.

GIVE ME A BREAK PEOPLE!!!  We're just radio people, not professional performers...Bill's pretty clear about that.  So just kick back, relax and have a little fun, even if we're making fun of YOUR guy or gal, just go with it.

People take themselves WAY too seriously.

Today's apologies
Monday 08-25-2008 8:46am PT

Everyday the Bill Handel Show offends someone or something, so while we’d like to say we’re sorry to Marjorie Handel and any and all possible people, organizations, races, aliens, religions or animals we could have possibly offended during the course of this show. 

 

Today, we especially apologize to :

 

Sen. Ted…my dog’s name is SPLASH Kennedy

JoeBama. John McCain, drunk broadcasters and Madonna

The Russians, the Chinese and the grammar police

Led Zepplin, fat kids, and pretty nuns

Parents who name their kids AUTUMN LEATHERS

 

Anyone who offers a prostitute two cents for sex

Hari Puttar

Tree virgins

 

AND

 

Women who drop a deuce in protest of the church

SO SAD...
Tuesday 08-19-2008 10:07am PT

To describe how ANGRY this story makes me... Here's another version.

Look, I KNOW these people were driving too fast, and yes they should have been pulled over, they were endangering lives and they should have gotten a ticket or whatever.  But this cop in assessing the situation acted like he didn't care at all.

Maybe after finding out what was happening he could have HELPED them get to the vet so they could have tried to save their dog...and THEN write them a ticket?  Ya think?

Instead this cop made them wait on the side of the road for 15 minutes, while their precious little pup Missy choked to death. 

I know the cop didn't 'technically' do anything wrong, but there's something wrong here.  It's not 'just a dog'...you can't 'just get another one'.  Every pet is unique and there's no way 'just getting another one' makes up for the one you lost.  Anyone who has ever loved and lost a pet knows that first hand.