(All the following quotes unless otherwise attributed are of course Shaun Micallef, believe it or not I got fed up of having to type or paste ‘Shaun’)

Shaun's intro: ‘Good morning, its 6.04...6.09 is lighting up time... good news for smokers’

Today’s show name: ‘Up nice & surly’

Peter (he is ‘trenchant’) suggested ‘Vega Borealis’

‘Word of the Day: Shaun is avuncular today

Discussion topics

Research by the British Cheese Board revealed that eating cheese gives you good dreams, and eating cheddar makes you dream about celebrities. Denise tried this: she dreamt Shaun interviewed Sean Connery whilst impersonating him...

‘Eat an entire wheel of brie & see what happens...’

Cricket, cricket & more cricket

Shaun Facts: Shaun saw the Sex Pistols at the Festival Hall (the comeback) "from a chair"

‘Anastasia suffers from strabismus’

‘A Lifetime achievement award to Shirley Temple? Didn’t she peak at five?’

She also co-starred with Ronald Reagan in a story of incestuous unrequited love ‘That Hagan Girl’ which he suppressed when running for office.

Selected serious bits: Israel withdrawing from the Gaza strip

Melbourne being a possible terrorist target

Gameshow segment:

'Is it a Rip Off?' Did Nirvana pinch the riff for ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’ from Boston?*

'Beatles Backwards' was ‘Free As A Bird’

Guests: John Birmingham on his new book Designated Targets: "a book that improves with altitude" John Birmingham

'Doug Larder Hollywood Correspondent' rang in.

‘I’ve learned Shirley Temple-Black was responsible for the break up of Czechoslovakia, & to get the best from FM radio, don’t get Jim from Sunbury to play a CD down phone.’

Quotes of the day:

(Jingle) ‘Melbourne radio reborn’

‘We’re here to clean up after the rebirth’

‘It’s 8.50. If you’ve just joined us: where the hell have you been?! If I sound grumpy, I am’

YAY of the Day: Shaun mentioned Douglas Adams