Madd Hatta Morning Show

(Edison, NJ)  —  The Sweathogs are in mourning.  Robert Hegyes, best known for playing Juan Epstein on TV’s “Welcome Back Kotter,” has died. The New Jersey “Star Ledger” says Hegyes passed away after suffering a heart attack Thursday.  He was 60.  Playing proud “Puerto Rican-Jew” Juan Epstein in “Kotter,” Hegyes was a member of James […]

The annual Lingerie Bowl football game will have female players hitting the field in lace and leather.  This Sunday, the Las Vegas Sin will battle the Los Angeles Temptations for a spot in the final game.  The Lingerie Bowl will air on MTV from the Orleans Arena in Vegas  on February 5th. ### Georgia Snover/at […]

On some highways in Texas we’re going to be seeing higher speed limits. The last legislative session gave the Texas Department of Transportation the ok to establish 75 mph speed limits on certain roads where it can be done safely. Some areas where the speed limits are being raised are near Houston. It’s segments of […]

A South African strip club is helping men lie to their better half.  According to the “Metro,” Mavericks has created a line of scents called “Alibi” which smell like several different lies men can tell women after a night of lap dances.  “My Car Broke Down” combines the smells of fuel, burnt rubber and grease, […]

(Houston, TX) — Forbes lists the Houston Rockets as the seventh most valuable NBA team. The numbers are based on the new collective bargaining agreement and television deals. The Rockets are worth 453-million-dollars, while the San Antonio Spurs ranked number nine with a 418-million-dollar value. The Dallas Mavericks came in at number four on the […]

Fun Stuff

The origins of the Globetrotters took place in the South Side of Chicago, Illinois in the 1920s, where all the original players grew up. The Globetrotters were initially a serious competitive team, and despite a flair for entertainment, they would only clown for the audience after establishing a safe lead in the game. The Harlem […]

(Undated)  —  President Obama’s Al Green moment has become a ringtone.  At a campaign appearance last week the president performed a bit of Green’s hit “Let’s Stay Together.” The Obama campaign is tapping into the popularity of the moment and making the snippet available as a free download for both iPhones and other smartphones.  Green […]

(Undated)  —  Former NBA great Dikembe Mutombo is being implicated in a shady gold deal involving a Congo warlord.  ABC News reports a United Nations investigation found Mutombo, along with a Houston-based oil company owner and another investor, planned to buy a thousand pounds of gold from mines in the Democratic Republic of Congo, in […]

J Mac’s Words of the Day™ is dragon. Mythical firebreathing creature. What this is the year of. Some say Bruce was the last.

I came across a video I thought was interesting that tells the story of how some of your favorite products got their interesting names. Check it out.

J Mac’s Word of the Day™ is fuliginous. Sooty. Having a dark or dusky color. Industrial cities. Overworked chimney sweeps. Wesley Snipes.

Club managers in one U.K. town apparently believe that, at age 28, Lisa Woodman is simply too old to be wearing the sexy outfits she’s been wearing to their clubs. According to the “Daily Mail,” Woodman has been banned from all three clubs in Worcester, West Midlands. The mother of four says she’s just looking […]