Everyone has a morning routine. Some people get up and work out before getting ready for work, others roll out of bed and are ready within 10 minutes of leaving the house. Mine, however, includes the best radio show in the entire world during my morning commute.
HALLO LADY! Enter Z100's (or whatever your local station that they chime in through) Elvis Duran & The Morning Show, the best morning show ever.
I've listened to Elvis and the rest of the morning show for the past six years during my morning commutes, during my internship which was close to two hours, to my first job out of college which was only a 15 minute commute, and now, during my one hour morning commute and there is not a morning I have missed in between. It's honestly the best morning show for anyone that wants real-world updates but wants to be happy when they walk in to work in the morning.
They bring in some of the most talented people to do interviews and perform in the morning in both the music industry and across all industries. Just recently they had on Niall Horan, Halsey, 98 Degrees, P!nk, Bruno Mars, and beyond that, they have Bobby Flay on (occasionally), Dr. Oz, and Barbara Corcoran. They bring on so many interesting guests that you're always up to date across all industries and they genuinely have something for everyone.
They have Danielle doing The Danielle Report which is all celebrity gossip and entertainment news and Greg T's Topic Train which is always an awesome segment. They have Bethany do the news report and I can't ever miss Garret who is a GREAT American, doing sound. Skeery's phone taps always are hilarious and Froggy talking about his wife is just the cutest. It's just so awesome how they pull everything together and interact with listeners to make every show so unique and fun. Personally, my favorite it when you hear Nate (who may or may not be a serial killer... It's still up for debate) strangle a microphone and throw his headphones because a segment is going so off the rails that he can't get anyone on track. Also, who can forget Uncle Johnny getting everyone drunk on Fridays and telling lame (and by lame I mean usually hilarious) jokes?
This show is so entertaining to listen to that I can't miss it before work in the morning. It's so much fun and no matter what is going on in your life, I promise you that if you listen to them in the morning for even just a little bit, you'll feel so much better. They take ordinary, every day things and make them completely hilarious. Elvis has a way of putting things into perspective and making things fun and light that you forget you're sitting in traffic.
They have helped so many people, myself included, to turn things around and be happier that it sounds stupid but their listeners are so grateful that they wake up every morning and do what they do. If it wasn't for Elvis Duran & The Morning Show, so many people would not be where they are today (okay, I'll stop being cheesy now).
Seriously, if you don't have a podcast or something you listen to regularly every morning before work, I highly suggest tuning in to this show. It may seem stupid at first but just wait for Danielle to start laughing, Bethany to tell you it's your hourly reminder to take a deep breath, Greg T to be sent somewhere outside of the studio to do something ridiculous, Garrett to play a sound that gives you goosebumps, or Elvis to flush the format - or just be Elvis in general.
To the morning show themselves, thank you for what you do. You kick ass and trust me when I say that you do so much for so many people. Don't stop doing your thing. Peace out, everybody!
