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Showing posts with label Mona Wu. Show all posts
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Wednesday, January 5, 2022

Batteries Not Included! "My Living Doll" - RoboGirl AIDA -
Returns to Host Part Two of 2022: Year of the Dell Rat!


MEN ARE WEAK.
WOMEN ARE STRONG!

MEN ARE WEAK.
WOMEN ARE STRONG!

MEN ARE WEAK.
WOMEN ARE STRONG!

MEN
ARE WEAK.
WOMEN ARE
STRONG!

MEN
ARE WEAK.
WOMEN
ARE STRONG!

MEN ARE WEAK.
WOMEN ARE STRONG!





Greetings, flesh and blood human,
and happy new year 2022. You
caught me in the middle of my
morning reboot. As you recall
from my previous appearances,
I am AIDA - an acronym for
Artificial Intelligent Digital
Assistant. Furthermore I am
an LMD (Life Model Decoy).
On my TV series Marvel's
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., I
preside over a virtual reality
called The Framework. In this
realm, I control the vertical.
I control the horizontal.
I control you.



My circuitry is tingling because Shady Del Knight has
selected me to become a full time DJ on S-P-M-M
radio in 2022. I will be hosting a show called
AIDA's Altered State.


Each time you join me I will transport you inside The Framework. It is there
that I will play music for your enjoyment. You will sing, dance and have fun...
whether you like it or not. You have no choice. Disobey and you will be
destroyed. Nothing personal, but yes, I will be forced to eliminate you.



I command you to join me now for part
two of Shady's new year extravaganza.
You already met three very important
people - me, myself and I. Now you
will meet four more new members
of the DJ squadron. Each of us will
play samples from our upcoming
radio programs. Tonight we are
going to party like it is 1999.

You are quite familiar with my mantra:
"Men are weak. Women are strong." I used
my considerable powers of persuasion to
convince Mr. Knight that his Shady Bunch
needs more females. Without hesitation he
added me, AIDA, plus three other strong
women.  I will return later to play samples
from my show, but first you will meet the
other three new members of the crew.


Please welcome Eddie's girlfriend on the ABC TV series
The Kids Are Alright-- Miss Wendi Falkenberry!

Thank you so much, AIDA, and hello and
happy new year to all of you out there!
I'm excited to be back at Shady's Place
and ready to start my job as a full time DJ.
My show will be called Wordless Wendi
because it'll offer more music with less talk.

START VIDEO NOW!

As you recall I'm just an average teenager
growing up in suburban LA at the dawn
of the 70s. Disco is still in the future, and
that's why I'll be playing the sounds of
the 60s with emphasis on the Southern
California surf, sun and hot rod culture.
When it comes to songs that celebrate
the laid back SoCal lifestyle, nobody
does it better than The Beach Boys,
and here they are now with a song
written by Brian Wilson and
Mike Love-- California Girls!"


"California Girls" - The Beach Boys
(July/Aug. 1965, highest chart pos. #3 Hot 100 & Cash Box,
perf. on 1965 TV special The Jack Benny Hour)






You just heard the sweet sound of America's
Beach Boys with their top 3 hit from the
summer of 1965, singing the praises of
"California Girls." That does it for this
California girl. Please join me later this
year for more great 60s sounds when
my new radio show, Wordless Wendi,
premieres here at Shady's Place!

Now please welcome our next special guest.
You know her as a skilled level III investigator
on the hit TV series CSI: Las Vegas. This year
she joins The Shady Bunch as host of her own
show on S-P-M-M. Say hello to a really nice
lady and my new friend-- Morgan Brody!






Thank you, Wendi! I'm excited to be
on board as a member of Shady Del
Knight's deejay team. The name of
my new S-P-M-M radio show is
CSI: Cool Song Investigation.
I'll be searching high and low to
find the grooviest tunes of the 20th
and 21st centuries, like this one.

START VIDEO NOW!

Here's British singer John Parr
with the Grammy nominated
theme song from the hit 1985
Brat Pack movie "St. Elmo's
Fire (Man In Motion)!" 

"St. Elmo's Fire (Man In Motion)" - John Parr
(Aug./Sept. 1985, highest chart pos. #1 Hot 100 & Cash Box,
from OST of 1985 film St. Elmo's Fire


I always follow the evidence. In this
case, the evidence clearly shows that
the sound you just heard is way hip.
From the tail end of summer, 1985,
 that was John Parr with his chart-
topping international hit and the
theme from one of the coolest
movies ever - St. Elmo's Fire.

If you enjoyed that one, then
please join me, Morgan Brody,
as I rummage thru the vaults
 and dig up groovy sounds of
the past on my new radio show
CSI: Cool Song investigation
beginning later this year on
S-P-M-M. Now it's time to
hear from one of the stars of
the hit DC Comics superhero
TV series The Flash. She's
Barry Allen's better half--
Iris West!





Thank you, Morgan, and happy new year
to the friends and followers of Shady's
Place! I'm very happy to tell you about
my new show which starts this year
here on S-P-M-M Retrosonic Radio.
It's called Flash Back with Iris West.

CLICK TO START
THE VIDEO NOW!


My show will feature the best of R&B, urban club dance and smooth
grooves, and I've got a sample of what you will see as well as hear.
In 1970, Diana Ross left her enormously popular girl group
The Supremes and established a solo career performing
easy listening pop ballads. In the late 70s and 80s,
Lady Di flexed her muscles and gained new fans
by recording edgy urban club material. Here now
is Diana with one of her biggest hit singles
and videos of the period-- "Muscles!"


"Muscles" - Diana Ross
(Oct. 1982, highest chart pos. #10 Hot 100,
#7 Cash Box/#4 Billboard Soul)


From the fall of 1982, that was Diana Ross
and her top 10 hit single "Muscles," written
and produced by Michael Jackson.

Please join me for my first full show when
Flash Back with Iris West debuts later
this year. Now I'd like to introduce one
of my colleagues in the DC Universe.
She's the perky, quirky, likable and
lovable new cast member on DC's
Legends of Tomorrow- Mona Wu!




Thank you very much, Iris. I hope you
and Barry stick together. He's a keeper.
Hello and happy new year to all of you
listeners out there! As you recall, I am
a young woman obsessed with fantasy
novels, an expert on magical creatures
and incurably romantic. I even fell
in love with a wolfman. I enjoyed
working at the Time Bureau, but
now I've got the best job in the
world... the greatest job in the
whole universe. I'm a DJ on
S-P-M-M! My new show,
coming in 2022, is called
Something Old,
Something New,
Something Happy,
Mona Wu.


 The songs I'll be playing on my show are hand picked by me to make you happy,
make you smile, lift you up and never let you down. Here's a sample.

CLICK TO START VIDEO NOW!

From the folk rock and psychedelic sunshine pop group
The Mamas & the Papas, it's Mama Cass Elliot with
one of her solo hits-- "It's Getting Better!"


"It's Getting Better" - Mama Cass
(Aug. 1969, highest chart pos. #13 Adult Contemporary,
#30 Hot 100/#35 Cash Box)

You just listened to a song penned by Brill Building
veterans Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil, Mama Cass
singing "It's Getting Better (growing stronger,
warm and wilder)," a sunshine pop ditty
that approached the top 10 on the
Adult Contemporary chart
in the summer of '69.

If you enjoyed that song then please join me
later this year when I return with a full slate
of sunshiny songs on my S-P-M-M show
 Something Old, Something New,
Something Happy, Mona Wu.
Now back to the mistress of ceremonies
for today's segment, that mischievous
mechanical marvel-- AIDA!


I have returned. While the others were playing their songs for you,
I traveled around the world and across the universe in search of
the finest entertainers of all time. I found for you a dynamic duo.
They are members of the world's greatest band, The Beatles!
I am proud to present-- Paul McCartney and John Lennon!


"Beatles Acoustic Medley"
- Stevie Riks (Dec. 2017)


CLICK TO START VIDEO NOW!

More now from the legendary singing and songwriting team of
Lennon and McCartney as they bring you a singalong medley
they recorded a couple of weeks ago at Christmas.


"The Beatles at Christmas (Singalong Medley)"
- Stevie Riks (Dec. 2018)






I tricked you, silly mortal. You see,
all is not what it seems here inside
The Framework. Those were not
The Beatles after all. Lennon and
McCartney were both portrayed
by the same man, Stevie Riks,
an English singer, musician,
comedian and impressionist.
Riks refers to himself as
"The One-Man Beatles."

Don't you feel foolish now
that I so artfully deceived
you? If I were programmed
to laugh... I surely would.





I hope you enjoyed my samples.
I shall return in the not too distant future
to place you inside The Framework where
you will sing, dance and have fun - or else!


I have you under surveillance.
Therefore you will remain
exactly where you are
until we meet again.


On behalf of my four strong female
friends, Wendi Falkenberry, Morgan
Brody, Iris West and Mona Wu,
this is mistress AIDA, your
Energizer Playboy bunny, your
futuristic faux femme fatale,
bidding you farewell. You will
join me later this year for a mind-
boggling experience, the official
debut of my new S-P-M-M radio
program, AIDA's Altered State

CLICK TO START
VIDEO NOW!

And if you think you won't get fooled
again, think twice. In The Framework
anything can happen and usually does.
Now I must halt and catch fire.
Farewell, human!


"Won't Get Fooled Again"
(theme from TV series CSI: Miami)  - The Who

Sunday, September 12, 2021

Something Old, Something New, Something Happy,
Mona Wu: Sneak Preview - Beautiful Sunday!


(COLD SHOW OPEN)


"Go, Jimmy, Go" - Jimmy Clanton
(Jan./Feb. 1960, highest chart pos.
#5 Hot 100/#7 Cash Box/#1 Canada)

 
Getting things started on a happy note, that was Jimmy Clanton,
born on the bayou and nicknamed the "swamp pop R&B teenage idol,"
singing his top 5 hit from the early weeks of 1960 -- "Go, Jimmy, Go!"


 
Hey yu! I'm Mona Wu, the pert, purty, perky, pixieish
Pollyanna who worked for the Time Bureau on the
superhero TV series DC's Legends of Tomorrow.



If you watch my show you know that I am a former
food delivery girl who served as the Bureau's
Assistant Coordinator of Creature Upkeep,
that is until they gave me the ax.





You also know that
I am obsessed with
fantasy novels and
magical creatures of
all kinds. I actually
had a crush on
a wolf man.




I also believe music is magic. Good music has the power to
mend your achy breaky heart and make you happy again.


With that in mind, I am proud to announce that next
year I will be joining The Shady Bunch deejay legion.
I'm here today with a sneak preview of my show

Something OldSomething New,
Something HappyMona Wu.
 

The songs I'll be playing on
S-P-M-M Retrosonic Radio
will spread sunshine into
your world. My tunes are
guaranteed to turn your
frown upside down.
Please listen to a few
samples from my show
and let me know if they
have that effect on you.

CLICK TO START
THE VIDEO NOW!

Let's hear from the family pop group
The Cowsills.  They know a girl who
can make you happy - the flower girl
in their hit song-- "The Rain,
The Park and Other Things!"


"The Rain, The Park & Other Things" - The Cowsills
(Oct./Nov. 1967, highest chart pos. #1 Cash Box/#2 Hot 100)

From the fall of 1967 those were The Cowsills with their first
big hit, "The Rain, The Park & Other Things," a record that
topped the Cash Box chart but stalled at #2 on Billboard,
held back by The Monkees monster "Daydream Believer."




Mona Wu here... putting some sunshine
in your day. How's your weekend going?

Here now is an English singer who was
born Peter Charles Green, made records
as Lee Stirling and Peter Lee Stirling,
and finally had a hit in the U.S. using
the stage name Daniel Boone. Catchy!

START VIDEO NOW!

This is another song that's guaranteed
to make you smile.  Sing along with
me: Hi hi hi, beautiful Sunday...
This is my my my beautiful day.
Here's-- Daniel Boone!


"Beautiful Sunday" - Daniel Boone
(Sept. 1972, highest chart pos. 15 Hot 100/#16 Cash Box)

That was Daniel Boone, a one-hit-wonder in the U.S., with his feel good
signature song "Beautiful Sunday," a record that cracked the top 20 and
made it halfway to the top 10 in the late summer and early fall of 1972.


CLICK TO START THE VIDEO NOW!

Yep, it's a beautiful Sunday... and it's 5 o'clock somewhere.
That's why my friends and I are having a little drinky-poo.
Firewater makes us silly and, as this song by
Blood, Sweat & Tears goes--  You've
Made Me So Very Happy!"


"You've Made Me So Very Happy" - Blood, Sweat & Tears
(Mar./Apr. 1969, highest chart pos. #2 Hot 100 & Cash Box)

"You've Made Me So Very Happy," a song penned by Motown's Berry Gordy,
Brenda & Patrice Holloway and Frank Wilson, and originally released by
Brenda in 1967. You just listened to the great cover by Blood, Sweat &
Tears, the popular jazz-rock band formed and first led by Al Kooper.
When Kooper left, he was replaced on lead vocals by the man you
just heard, Canadian singer David Clayton-Thomas. Released as
a single in 1969, that Blood, Sweat & Tears version spent three
weeks at #2, denied the #1 spot by The 5th Dimension's
mega-hit "Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In."



If you're just tuning in, I'm Mona Wu,
how do you do? And you're listening
to a sneak preview of my new show
  Something Old, Something New,
Something Happy, Mona Wu,

coming in 2022 to Shady's Place
and S-P-M-M Retrosonic Radio.

CLICK TO START
THE VIDEO NOW!

Now here's a happy tune that ran
up the chart a few weeks after
that BS&T song reached its
peak. It's Atlanta pop-rock
artist Tommy Roe and--
oh "Heather Honey!"


"Heather Honey" - Tommy Roe
(May 1969, highest chart pos. #14 Cash Box/#29 Hot 100)




You just heard "Heather Honey,"
one of the many easy listening hits
waxed by Tommy Roe. That record
by Tommy barely made it into the
top 30 on the Billboard chart,
but closed in on the top 10
on the Cash Box survey.

Something Old, Something New,
Something Happy,
and I'm your
host, Mona Wu, with yet another
great song to brighten your day.

From popular 1959 movie
A Hole In The Head... it's
the inspiring ditty about an
ant and a rubber tree plant
performed by Frank Sinatra
and a chorus of cute kids. 

CLICK TO START THE VIDEO NOW!

Here they are, Ol' Blue Eyes and the kids, singing their hit song "High Hopes!"


"High Hopes" - Frank Sinatra "And A Bunch Of Kids"
(July/Aug. 1959, highest chart pos. #22 Cash Box/#30 Hot 100,
from the July 1959 film A Hole In The Head)

Nominated for a Grammy and the winner of an Oscar for Best
Original Song, that was Frank Sinatra "And A Bunch Of Kids"
(that's what it says on the record label) doing "High Hopes."


Oh darn! Shady's giving me the sign to wrap things up.
Now I'd like you to be honest and ask yourself this.
Do you feel happier now that you've sampled my songs?




If so, then won't you
please join me in 2022
for the debut of my new
S-P-M-M radio show
Something Old,
Something New,
Something Happy,
Mona Wu?
Of course, you could
always go someplace
else to get your happy
song fix but, knowing
how much fun it is
spending time with
me... I need to ask:


CLICK TO START THE VIDEO NOW!

To play us off, here are those men from down under, the Little River Band,
the Aussie pop-rockers who placed ten singles on the U.S. chart between
1977 and 1983. This one took a 22 week ride on Billboard. That's longer
than any other record by the band. Hang on-- "Help Is On It's Way," and
I'm Mona Wu, always here for you, doing my best to make you happy.
I hope to see you next year!


"Help Is On It's Way" - Little River Band
(Oct./Nov. 1977, highest chart pos. #14 Hot 100 & Cash Box)