The Lionel Show Blog

You had to do it your way , or no way at all

-          Loverboy

This is why you should eat dessert first…

It was supposed to be a LEFT at the broken bureau sitting atop the pile of holey argyle socks.  Duh!

F**k that!  (in a related story, an Air America call screener nicknamed “Doobie” was fired for almost typing the “F” word.  Details of his planned lawsuit are forthcoming.)

In the second hour, Lionel welcomes author David Alexander to discuss his new book The Building: A Biography of The Pentagon. Tune in for a peek behind the window dressings of the most mysterious building in the world.

In the third hour, Lionel will speak with Gordon Goldstein. Gordon's book Lessons in Disaster: McGeorge Bundy and the Path to War in Vietnam takes a cold hard look at the dubious motivations for America's entry in to the Vietnam War. Dubious motivations for a war? I smell a contemporary parallel! So does Gordon...

An Interview with Larry Winget, author of People Are Idiots And I Can Prove It

In the second hour, Lionel will speak with Allison Samuels of Newsweek to discuss her new article When Bling Was Still King.

In the third hour, LIionel welcomes Larry Winget, The Pitbull of Personal Development, to discuss his new book People Are Idiots And I Can Prove It.

Shock the Monkey

-          Peter Gabriel

The Net hath no fury…

You need “LifeAlert” ™ - Recommended by former Surgeon General C. Everett Koop

What, were these some kinda rocket pants or something?

They’re called socks woman!  Use Them!

In the second hour, Lionel welcomes NY Post Theater Columnist Michael Riedel, for the skinny on Broadway's goings-on. Check out Michael's Year-In-Review and many more columns here!

In the third hour, Lionel welcomes show veteran Jackie Kucinich of Roll Call to discuss Al Franken's belated victory in his Minnesota Senate race. He won, but he can't sit down - not yet, at least.

And later in the third hour, Brian Katulis of the Center for American Progress will give us a primer on the apocalyptic situation developing in the normally fun and frivolous Middle East.