Morning Show with Bill & Amy

Television Show Remakes

2009-04-17T08:24:00.000-07:00

They are remaking The Golden Girls in Turkey.

What show would you like to see come back? Amy votes for Battle of the Network Stars. For Bill, he wants to see Carol Burnett or a variety show like that make a return.

Listeners voted for: Mash, The Muppet Show, The Man from UNCLE, Seinfeld, The Lone Ranger.

How about you?

When Not to Talk

2009-04-02T16:40:00.000-07:00

When Not to Talk in 8 Contexts

1. Grief Situations…Sometimes, it’s better NOT to say anything to a grieving person, especially when he/she does not want to talk about the tragedy. Allow the grief-stricken person to guide the discussion and conversation when they are ready to talk. Meanwhile, show them much support and engage in nonverbal communication with them… like a loving touch or hug.

2. Athletic Events…If you are a coach or a person in charge of a team performance, when the athlete or performer has made a ghastly mistake, such as dropping a ball, or forgetting a line, etc…..you don’t need to verbalize their mistake; they know they made a mistake and they feel badly enough about it anyway…words of encouragement are great, but, no need to reinforce, with words, their error.

3. Training Classrooms...Student/teacher context: when a question is asked by you and you are looking for an answer from the students…..don’t talk, they’ll come up with something, you just have to give them enough time. “Think, pair, share,” is another teaching technique where you might ask the students, or whoever is in your audience, to think about their answers first, then pair up with someone else to discuss, and then share that discussion at-large after a few moments.

4. Sales Environments...If you are a salesperson, of any kind, you need to know when to be quiet. First, you will inform your prospective buyer of the product or service, and then you ask for the sale, right? okay, then, let the buyer communicate next….you’ve heard that adage, “ He/she who talks first, loses.” Generally, there’s some truth to that. For example, if I try to sell you a mountain ski pass package, first I am going to explain the package and then ask: “What else do you need from me to help you make your decision? It is here where silence can pay off….Pause…and then wait until that other person talks….don’t jump in there with more information, because it is confusing and may thwart the sale.

5. Interpersonal relationships…Usually, it is best to be silent when your remarks or answers to your loved one(s) would likely hurt or harm them. Sounding cruel is not something that should be anyone’s aim; also be aware of sarcastic statements – sometimes your “funny” words can be misinterpreted as rude and offensive.

6. Problem solving situations….Often times we are faced with problems that require time to manufacture solutions….so when there aren’t any good or reasonable answers to be announced, wait awhile before you say something. Periods of silence can be helpful in creating better answers, at a later time.

7. “Pause for effect”….It is fantastic when you can orchestrate your silence to make a solid point; hence, “pause for effect.” Not saying anything can emphasize your message, or allow you and the other communicator to collect your thoughts and words for another time.

8. Gesture moments…We can all think of times when we experienced a gesture that was much more effective than words, ie, when “actions spoke louder than words.” Such gestures as eye contact, hand holding, a special gaze, appropriate hug or touch, even a firm handshake, can make more of an impact than any choice of words we could ever speak.

So, in conclusion, remember there are times when it is best NOT to talk. When those opportunities present themselves, you will be amazed at how effective of a communicator you will be by saying nothing at all.

2009-03-05T09:29:00.000-08:00

Come see us in Phyllis Madonna's Musical Review!!!!

Principal Gordon's Apple Cinnamon Ornaments

2008-12-11T07:46:00.000-08:00

Mix 1 cup cinnamon and 1 cup applesauce with 1 Tablespoon of white glue.

You want a consistency that can be rolled with a rolling pin but not quite as sticky or it will stick to your counter! Sprinkle counter with cinnamon and roll out dough and cut with cookie cutters. Cut a hole in shape with the straw so you will be able to hang them.

Let dry about 24 hours. They shrink as they dry. Cut lengths of gold thread, make loops and hang. they will keep their scent for a few years. Refresh scent with cinnamon fragrance oil.

OR HERE IS ANOTHER ONE

1 cup cinnamon
1 tbsp. ground cloves
1 tbsp. nutmeg
1 tbsp. allspice
1 tbsp ginger
3/4 c. applesauce

In medium bowl, combine cinnamon, cloves, allspice,
ginger & nutmeg. Add applesauce, stir to combine.
Work mixture with hands 2 to 3 minutes or until dough
is smooth and ingredients are thoroughly mixed.
Roll out dough to 1/4 inch thickness.
Cut dough with cookie cutters.
Using straw or pencil, make small hole in top of ornament.
Bake on an ungreased cookie sheet at 150 degrees for 1 hour
Remove from the cookie sheet and bake on the oven
racks for another hour and a half.

7 Mistakes to Guarantee an Awful Holiday

2008-12-04T08:42:00.000-08:00

1) Be sure to solve ALL family problems on the holiday… in front of a crowd using accusations if possible.

2) Forget the reason for the season

3) Put the commercial aspects in the foreground and run up as much credit card debt as possible trying to buy love.

4) Spend a lot of time around the family trouble-makers, make sure you are tired and crabby.

5) Shoot your mouth as often as possible judging everyone, don’t think before you speak

6) Carry a report card with you and judge family members harshly

7) Whatever you do, don’t be around children who love the holiday.

Pass It On

2008-11-18T07:37:00.000-08:00

We had a listener who emailed us saying her sewing machine that she uses to make her Christmas presents and clothes for her kids was broken. So we asked our listeners if they had an extra sewing machine or an old one they weren't using. And our listeners came through. We were able to Pass It On.

Is there something you need that someone else may want to get rid of? Drop us a line: amy@kstt.com

Other great websites:

http://www.freecycle.org/

http://slo.craigslist.org/

8 Ways to Obama-Thrive Your Family

2008-11-06T08:18:00.000-08:00

Barack Obama will be the next president of the United States. Our communication expert says his family is a good role model for us and has lessons we could all learn. Here are 8 tips to Obama-trive your family.

1. Verbalize to your partner how much you care about them in front of someone else.

2. Non-verbally show that you care, an arm around their waist, picking up the children.

3. Construct stories together and retell them again and again.

4. Be realistic of your expectations.

5. Reach out to others for fun, help and validation. (It takes a village.)

6. Be honest with your family.

7. Keep the hierarchy. Equal partner parenting

8. Buy the puppy! Reward your family when goals are reached.

Things That Scare You

2008-10-31T08:10:00.000-07:00

Kimberly says this is a ghost that she saw at St Patrick's Cemetary in AG. What do you think?

Central Coast Survey: Movies

2008-10-24T08:35:00.000-07:00

We want to know what movie you saw over and over again when you were growing up? For Bill it was Billy Jack, for me it was Top Gun.

Here are some of the votes we got from our listeners:

ET
Gone with the Wind
Dirty Dancing
Grease
Jaws
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Fiddler on the Roof
Rocky Horror Picture Show
American Graffiti
Longest Day
Saturday Night Fever
Grease

Are any of these the movies you loved, or would you like to add to our list? Add yours to our list!

Tips to Managing Family Stress

2008-10-09T09:14:00.001-07:00

We talked with Dr. Sher this morning about managing your stress in these turbulent economic times. She shared with us 8 tips.

Tips to Managing Family Stress

1. Take a deep breath, admit you are stressed
2. Assess the stressor, what is causing the stress
3. Picture yourself without the problem, visualize the end result
4. Talk about your stress with someone you trust
5. Make a decision if you need professional help or if you can manage the stress yourself (like an accountant, minister, counselor)
6. Plan the work and work the plan. Create a coping plan customized for you.
7. Reframe the stress in a positive light
8. Seek out humor… you should listen to Bill & Amy every morning.

2008-05-28T08:24:00.000-07:00

Should you be allowed to take a day off without giving your boss a reason? Do they have the right to know why you need the day off? We want to know what you think.

2008-05-21T08:31:00.000-07:00

You Be the Judge:

Today Bill and Amy talked about the latest problem with middle and high school children. Young girls are taking pictures naked pictures of themselves with their cell phones and sending them to the boys in their class. It is happening across the country. What do you think? Is there a way for parents to stop this? You be the judge.

2008-01-11T08:15:00.000-08:00

Movies that Make You Cry

Steel Magnolias

Titanic

The Notebook

Terms of Endearment

Pursuit of Happyness

Honorable Mention:

Talledega Nights (laugh so hard you cry)

Pay It Forward

Dragonfly

What do you think?

Tubby Tax

2007-11-14T08:38:00.000-08:00

On Southwest Airlines people who do not fit in the seat with both armrests down are charged for a second seat. In Europe, they are instituting a "tubby tax" and people who are deemed overweight are charged by the kilo. What do you think? Is it discrimination?

Dancing with the Stars

2007-11-01T08:27:00.000-07:00

Dancing with the Stars

Who would you like to see on Dancing with the Stars? We asked that question and some the people you picked were:

Simon Cowell
Zac Efron
Cuba Gooding Jr
Orlando Bloom
Gary Coleman
Barbara Walters
Donald Trump
Hugh Jackman
David Hyde Pierce
Ellen DeGeneres
Donny Osmond Alfonzo Ribiero
Drew Barrymore
Andrew Firestone
Ewan McGregor
Antonio Banderas
Michael Buble

2007-09-27T07:53:00.000-07:00

If you could sit down and have lunch with anyone dead or alive, who would it be?

Bill would choose his mother. She died when he was 10 and would like to get to know her as an adult. Amy would like to have lunch with her grandfather, he died when she was a toddler. If not her grandfather, Amy would like to have lunch with Gilda Radner.

Who would you choose?

2007-09-26T08:31:00.000-07:00

Bill is going on a trip with his two sisters, they were going to fly to Michigan together. But his sister's dog is has a tumor on his heart and the vet gave him 6 weeks to live, so Bill's sister is going to rent an RV and drive out to Michigan. Bill says they should just put the dog down before the trip. What do you think?

2007-08-22T08:26:00.000-07:00

Brooke Shields says the trouble with Brittany Spears, Paris Hilton and Lindsey Lohan is bad parenting, what do you think? You be the judge!

2007-08-02T09:15:00.000-07:00

Does this look like us? We don't think but we just aren't sure.

Seven Wonders

2007-07-20T08:14:00.000-07:00

What are the seven wonders of the Central Coast?

Morro Rock
Hearst Castle
Monarch Grove
Dunes
Wildflowers
Schnoors Wharf
Montana de Oro
Salinas River
Atascadero zoo & lake park
Climate

2007-06-08T08:54:00.000-07:00

FAVORITE FIVE: Game shows

1. Gong Show

2. Hollywood Squares

3. Match Game

4. Price is Right

TIED:
Super Market Shopping Spree

Let’s Make A Deal

The Newlywed Game

Lingo

Family Feud

What’s My Line

To Tell the Truth

What to Watch

2007-05-31T09:00:00.000-07:00

So American Idol is over. No more Dancing with the Stars. The question left for us to ponder... what now. We have considered The Next Big Thing- it is the one with celebrity impersonators and Hell's Kitchen- a cooking competition. Last Comic Standing starts June 13th and we are waiting for that. Do you have any ideas? What should we watch? Tell us!

2007-05-18T08:14:00.000-07:00

Favorite Five: Animated Movie

1. Finding Nemo
2. Happy Feet

Everything Else Tied:
Toy Story
Cars
Fantasia
The Incredibles
Mulan
Jungle Book
Alladin
Snow White
Mosters, Inc
Madagascar
Shrek 2
Little Mermaid
Beauty and the Beast
Shark Tale

2007-05-16T08:18:00.000-07:00

Amy has two friends that have lived together for 17 years. So this morning we asked you, what do you call them. Boyfriend/girlfriend doesn't seem to quite cover it and there is no such thing as common law marriage in California.

Favorite 5 Fast Foods

2007-05-04T10:27:00.000-07:00

Favorite 5: Fast Food Gotta Haves

1. In-N-Out
2. Taco Bell
3. McDonald’s

Tied: Out of the Box
Foster’s Freeze
Kentucky Friend Chicken
Subway

What do you think?

2007-04-25T08:25:00.000-07:00

You Be The Judge: Bribing Children for Good Behavior

Bill was recently at the store with a friend who told his two children that if they were good they could have a toy from the store. The kids immediately started behaving. But is this the right answer or is it a bad standard to set. We want to know what you think.

2007-04-20T08:22:00.000-07:00

Favorite 5: Celebrities You Would Like To Bandish

1. Paris Hilton

2. Tom Cruise

3. Lindsey Lohan

4. Michael Jackson

5. Howard Stern

Tied:

Rosie O’Donnell

Lisa Marie Pressley

Joan & Melissa Rivers

Gun Control?

2007-04-18T08:17:00.000-07:00

This shooting at Virginia Tech has many people talking about gun control, but what do you think? Is gun control the answer or it is just the easy answer?

Favorite 5: Worst Movies

2007-04-13T08:59:00.000-07:00

Favorite 5: Worst Movies

Cocktail

Closer

Shanghi Knights

Magnolia

Punch Drunk Love

The Hills Have Eyes

Honorable Mentions:

The Village (though some listeners disagree)

Blazing Saddles (though we disagree)

Airplane (though we disagree)

What do you think?

Grocery Store Strike

2007-04-11T09:33:00.000-07:00

If there is another grocery store stike, will you cross the picket line? That was our "You Be the Judge " segment today. The majority of listeners said they would NOT cross the lines. But about a third of the callers said they would. We want to know what you think.

2007-04-10T12:57:00.000-07:00

It's official. Larry Birkhead IS the father of little Dannielynn Hope. Dannielynn is daughter of Anna Nicole Smith and Larry Birkhead. Birkhead walked out of the coursthouse and said, "I told you so!"

I would like to take this opportunity to also say, "I told you so." I called this months ago. How about you? Are you surprised?

Bill is upset that no one believes that he is the father. He maintains that he still could be Dannielynn's father saying, "Science schmience!"

We Visit A & W

2007-04-04T09:42:00.000-07:00

So Bill and I took this week's coffee break to the nice people at Heritage Oaks Bank Central Services. On the way back from Paso Robles, Bill spotted a sign for A & W, "Do they still have those? Remember the Papa Burger and the Mama Burgers, Amy?" By now he is in full flashback mode. "When I was a kid you could take the frosty mug with you. They would bring the tray to your car." So there was only one option... Bill and I had to stop by A & W. So once inside Bill was in his glory, root beer in a frosty mug and a papa burger. He was so overjoyed by the experience, when we went to leave I took my tray over to the trash can. Bill took his back up to the counter... cutting in front of some woman on his way.Then as if he hadn't done enough, we are walking out the door and Bill turns to the whole restaurant and says, "Thanks, you've been great!" It was as though he was making a public appearance there and about to introduce the band. Then he turns back around, sees a bell by the door and rings and walks out. I am used to Bill embarrassing me, but he just raised the bar.