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The Matt and Dan Show left WMTU with a blast, playing a continuous show that was 64 hours long. This is their story.

The Matt and Dan Show


    • Jul 11, 2011 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 1h 18m AVG DURATION
    • 49 EPISODES


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    Segment 49

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 11, 2011 29:24


    Our 64 hour long radio power weekend gets extended to 64.5 hours. Dan talks about how his basement flooded; he lives in hell. The Goof arrives and speaks about how flooding has impacted his life. We sing along to Come Sail Away; it's beautiful."

    Segment 48

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 11, 2011 90:35


    We play a good portion of the Garden State soundtrack. Matt can't write things when he's tired.

    Segment 47

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 11, 2011 128:19


    Matt talks about how fast his facial hair grew during the radio power weekend. Matt sings a song because we've reached 60 hours of continuous radio. DJ Erin shows up and holds a conversation with Matt but this just confuses him. Matt talks, but he gets very few words correct.

    Segment 46

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 11, 2011 58:59


    Dan's back. Music. Matt and Dan would like to apologize for any inconsistencies you are feeling in the air.

    Segment 45

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 11, 2011 75:03


    Dan leaves for breakfast and Matt takes over the show. A variety of music gets played. Matt starts finding the post-it notes from last night and gets confused. Talks about verification of rotary phone callers.

    Segment 44

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 11, 2011 57:00


    Hazardous weather warning. We play clips from our "The Best of the Matt and Dan Show Collection".

    Segment 43

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 11, 2011 92:47


    Dan takes over the show and probably plays music that he's already played before. We play a comedian on radio who tells jokes about smart phones. DJ Elissa Barris helps out with the music selection because I've forgotten what I've played already. Just before the end Dan ruins Billy Joel's - Longest Time by turning the microphones on.

    Segment 42

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 11, 2011 78:45


    Good music. Matt thinks the phone cord turned into a snake. Sometimes he forgets what he's saying and just says the station ID. Matt says the number 5, 5 times; It's everything a guy could ever dream for.

    Segment 41

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 11, 2011 75:47


    Matt reads Nicki Minaj's "Superbass". Dan goes to sleep for a couple of hours and Matt fights the good fight and stays up and mans the radio station.

    Segment 40

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 11, 2011 91:42


    It is now 1 AM and Matt is starting to lose it. He keeps finding sticky notes that tell him to do things. Matt reads 'Where the Wild Things Are', and then we take turns reading poem requests. Curious George squeezes his way in there too.

    Segment 39

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 10, 2011 71:36


    Intern DJ Jordan Wojdula is bringing down the house-y and then he tells you stories about Hitler. Then we start reading everything we can find in the station. Some great rock/indie covers get played.

    Segment 38

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 10, 2011 51:29


    Party music. Get jiggly wid' it.

    Segment 37

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 10, 2011 64:47


    We play 2112 through a fire drill. Then Matt and Dan talk about how many school bus lengths long 2112 is. Some harmonica and tambourine effects added to some songs. A lot of youtube videos are interspersed throughout this segment.

    Segment 36

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 10, 2011 78:00


    We need more cowbell. Bill Cosby shows up, but we have to tell him to shut up. More comedy stuff and some music. We finish with stories from Matt's childhood.

    Segment 35

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 10, 2011 69:42


    Forty Fifth Hour. Matt took karate to increase his reflectivity. This segment is full of goofy songs full of humor.

    Segment 34

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 10, 2011 61:22


    Matt tells a reoccurring joke about Johny Depp and John C. Reily playing Beauty in our future radio drama 'Beauty and the Beastiality' which never happens. A really awesome PSA is played about skin cancer at the end, which we discuss in the next segment.

    Segment 33

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 10, 2011 160:35


    Spatula city. Will "Chaz" Fruin takes over for the Vinyl Frontier.

    Segment 32

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 10, 2011 69:44


    Public Service announcement (40 hours): Matt and Dan still take showers and have impeccable hygiene. Music. Matt thinks that the accordion is probably a cool instrument to learn how to play.

    Segment 31

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 10, 2011 18:04


    We interview a real, live, (totally unemployed) philosopher!

    Segment 30

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 10, 2011 39:59


    Dan is playing music.

    Segment 29

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 10, 2011 49:58


    We play a bunch of cartoon theme songs and get a few requests. Dan is so tired he can't say words.

    Segment 28

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 10, 2011 74:20


    Matt can't do math because he can't see through metal. Conversation about movie trailers that completely give away the plot of the movie.

    Segment 27

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 10, 2011 72:41


    All music. Variety.

    Segment 26

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 10, 2011 77:03


    So far, ALL MUSIC ALL DA' TIME EH'. Playing a sampling of music being played on WTHS 89.9 (Hope College), it turns out they have really good taste in music. William Shatner and Leonard Nemoy show up.

    Segment 25

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 10, 2011 71:09


    A large block of seriously good classic rock music (probably got some requests from parents). We also tap into some serious Alice's Restaurant.

    Segment 24

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 10, 2011 126:59


    Matt takes over after the Ambien(t) hour, falls asleep after saying a bunch of really stupid stuff, and Dan takes over for a while.

    Segment 23

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 10, 2011 164:19


    Harvey and Will play their second Ambien(t) Hour, this time they play more post-rock and Dark Side of the Moon.

    Segment 22

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 10, 2011 36:51


    Matt plays some of his favorite songs wile actually falling asleep.

    Segment 21

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 9, 2011 140:41


    Doofer and The Goof take over and play their "Rock and Roll Around the Alphabet," where they play some of their favorite songs from A to Z.

    Segment 20

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 9, 2011 69:52


    Matt reads a book titled "I am a T-rex," based on the show by Craig Bartlett, and later (by request) reads a poem called "I Like You" by Sandol Stoddard Warburg.

    Segment 19

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 9, 2011 157:33


    Harvey and Matt play some of the longest progressive rock tracks ever recorded. The listeners really liked this segment, hopefully you will too.

    Segment 18

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 9, 2011 55:00


    We play 2112, later (at the end of the segment) we tell really terrible jokes.

    Segment 17

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 9, 2011 72:43


    Matt and Harvey have a heated discussion on Nature vs. Nurture involving Schr

    Segment 16

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 9, 2011 54:26


    Our second Word of the Day.

    Segment 15

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 9, 2011 93:22


    Matt talks about lack of sleep and people talk about other times they've stayed awake for long periods of time.

    Segment 14

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 9, 2011 67:19


    We play a bunch of TV show theme songs.

    Segment 13

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 9, 2011 160:25


    Will Fruin's first Vinyl Countdown

    Segment 12

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 9, 2011 99:37


    Still more top 50. Dan talks about dead philosophers. Some traffic updates.

    Segment 11

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 9, 2011 51:24


    More of the top 50 playlist. Antics include a totally off-the-cuff performance of a song from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.

    Segment 10

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 9, 2011 51:46


    Dan starts off his Top 50 playlist. Later, we tell stories of how we needlessly accidentally hurt ourselves or our ego or both at the same time. These stories are really funny.

    Segment 9

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 9, 2011 63:38


    Not much to say other than we play music and Matt starts to sound really stupid between tracks.

    Segment 8

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 9, 2011 99:19


    The Morning Zoo, later on we have a discussion about donkeys and the pledge of allegiance. Following that we talk poorly about astronomers.

    Segment 7

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 9, 2011 46:18


    We play a bunch of one hit wonders and closer to the end some more eclectic music.

    Segment 6

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 9, 2011 116:49


    The first Ambien(t) Hour. Harvey and Will play (mostly) post-rock and try to soothe people who are (supposedly) tripping on Ambien.

    Segment 5

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 9, 2011 43:56


    Harvey and Dan talk about movies, and we mostly just play more music. You can sort of tell that we're getting a little sleepy. Matt reads you a book about astronomy.

    Segment 4

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 9, 2011 72:20


    A few of the guys tell college stories, and we play more music.

    Segment 3

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 8, 2011 57:22


    Dan and Harvey take over for a while, behind the scenes I tried to get my computer working so we could play some music but it wouldn't connect to the local network and we gave up.

    Segment 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 8, 2011 63:28


    We play some pretty good tunes, but really we're still setting up. The first Word of the Day is in this segment.

    Segment 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 8, 2011 63:05


    Intro to the weekend and normal radio stuff.

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