Michael Joins John Phillips WEDNESDAY Night 11-23!

Radio's John Phillips

UPDATE: Michael's appearance has been rescheduled for Wednesday, November 23rd @ 8pm PST

Our own Michael Higby will be hanging in studio with KABC's John Phillips on the talkshow host's weeknight show, Thursday, November 17th at 8:00 p.m.

John Phillips is the troublemaking host of "The John Phillips Show" on Talk Radio 790 KABC. Whether he is in trouble himself, (like for hatching a plan to bus bums out of Los Angeles) or making trouble for others (like exposing the deep craziness of the Octomom before anyone else) he’s always unrestrained, tactless, informative, and entertaining. There is nothing John loves more or does better than tell the uncomfortable truth about all the most fascinating— and sometimes shocking--- stories in the news. There are a lot of self-important people who are just begging to be satirized, and we are all exposed to a lot of smugly sanctimonious mass media. John sees it as his God-given mission to tear these people down!

Until they decided to give John his own show, making him the youngest major-market Talk Show host in the country, John was sports anchor and executive producer for "McIntyre in the Morning”, producer for "The Al Rantel Show", news writer for the KNX Morning News with Frank Mottek and Gail Eichenthal, and a guest host on virtually every show ever cancelled by KABC.

After earning a magna cum laude B.A. in Political Science from Cal State Fullerton and a MA in American Politics from Claremont Graduate University, John learned that he had no desire to produce meaningful scholarly research in political science, but was truly meant to be a piano player in the Bordello of Politics, a Talk Radio Host. As he told his graduate advisor, “The world has enough academics… I belong on the Radio.”

Michael will join John to cover whatever the news of the day is and knowing both John and Michael, there will be no sacred cows. Or chickens. Free range or otherwise.

Listen at 8:00 p.m. PST on KABC AM 790, listen live on the web or on your mobile device.

Show Rewind: Marielou, Dez and the Boys

Saturday Night, NoHo Style
Frank Sheftel, Marielou Mandl, Dez Mandl, David Hernandez

Last Saturday, November 12th, our guest in studio for was Marielou Mandl, producer and reporter of the Sassy Survival Guide, a series of reports that air on NoHoArtsDistrict.comand on the web. Marielou, along with her sister, Dez, spoke about the first annual "Experience NoHo" theatre and arts festival showcasing the creative spirit that is the NoHo Arts District. Marielou recapped the event whose intent was to "open our doors so L.A. can experience the talent, art, uniqueness, kookiness and just plain FUN of the NoHo Arts District...our booming one-mile neighborhood in North Hollywood."

Marielou got to sample all of the sights and sounds of NoHo from fashion to theatre to music to food and even a flash mob led by a Michael Jackson look-alike.

In the meantime, the boys also took calls from co-host Michael Higby, who was enjoying margaritas from friends at Joselito's Mexican Food in Tujunga, regular caller and Deputy District Attorney David Berger, and our regular contributor, funnyman Rip Taylor.

You can listen to a repeat of the show by clicking here!

November 12th: 'Sassy' Marielou Mandl Recaps Experience NoHo

Marielou Mandl
Sassy Survival Guide

Saturday, November 12th is the first annual "Experience NoHo" theatre and arts festival showcasing the creative spirit that is the NoHo Arts District. Organizers of the event say the plan to "open our doors so L.A. can experience the talent, art, uniqueness, kookiness and just plain FUN of the NoHo Arts District...our booming one-mile neighborhood in North Hollywood."

Our guest in studio for LiveLASaturdayNight (Saturday evening at 8:00 p.m. PST) is Marielou Mandl, producer and reporter of the Sassy Survival Guide, a series of reports that air on NoHoArtsDistrict.com and on the web. Marielou pulls back the curtain on all that is NoHo, whether it's the theatres, great art galleries, happening events, rocking music or epicurean delights. A self-described "experience junkie," Marielou says "My life has seen a lot of adventure, I have travelled the world, survived almost every kind of natural disaster, and I still cannot get enough. I want to go to every festival, taste new cuisine, explore new territory and maybe even get into a little trouble."

Marielou Getting 'Sassy' in NoHo

Marielou will be pounding the pavement during Experience NoHo looking for stories to tell at Sassy Survival Guide and will be in studio with us Saturday evening to share some of the good ones.

Be sure to listen to us on LATalkRadio.com, Channel 1, Saturday at 8:00 p.m. PST.