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Josh Innes and Tony Bruno made their official debut at 1 today. Innes on Mike Missanelli’s clown comments:

JI: “You were the first person to do a show with me, and after that last show I went in and said I think the combination of me and Tony Bruno would beat Bitchinelli and be the number one sports radio show in the city. And I still believe that. And I understand that we might be a couple of clowns on the radio right now — I gotta get my slide whistle and my kazoo — but I have no concerns whatsoever that the loyal people that listened to you for years, listened to my night show on the radio station as well are going to listen to this show.”

Mocking Missanelli’s General Knowledge Wednesdays:

JI: I got a general knowledge Wednesday question for ya”

TB: “Oh you do?”

JI: “This is good. Just to start things off here I got a general knowledge Wednesday question…”

TB: “Francisco Franco.”

JI: “I got a general knowledge question and then we’re gonna get to some phone calls … Who is outdated, dyes his hair, and tries to be 30 years younger than he actually is, and is about to be the former number one afternoon radio show in Philadelphia?”

TB: “Do I have Final Jeopardy music?”

JI: “Matinez help with the uh … Martinez”

TB: “Do I have Final Jeopardy music that I can play so I can try to think about this one? It could be any number of people actually.”

JI: “Well I got one in mind, and I know the people that listen to this radio show are gonna be loyal and I’m looking forward to this man.

And on that – as I told you – fake suspension:

JI: “If we’re gonna be real here, I was in there on Wednesday … So I walk in to Andy and he says ‘I have an idea since Tony can’t be here for a couple of days. Why don’t I come out and say that we put this promo out there that makes it sound like you got suspended or makes it sound like there’s a question. People will be talking about it.’ So I say I don’t know if I really wanna do that … Program Directors of radio stations want you to be so edgy but not too edgy. They want people to like you, but you can’t do this because people won’t like you and that’s what this was. I had a promo I wanted to run for the show and he goes ‘Oh, that’s just too edgy, the afternoon crowd just can’t handle that.’ So then he comes in and says ‘I got an even better idea: Why don’t we make it sound like you did something anonymous that got you suspended to get people talking.’ And I said: I guess?”

TB: “Yeah I got copy sent to me in Arizona and I recorded the thing and I still didn’t know what it meant.”

Well, at least everyone is aware that that last one is a stupid 90s rock radio gimmick.

And on Mike punching his producer at WIP:

JI: “To me, the more clownish thing to do is to cold-cock your producer at a remote. That’s more of a clownish thing to do than get on the air and laugh a little bit. Or have aspiring white rappers call your radio show and try to do rap songs about your stupid show.”

At some point, presumably, the sports talk will begin. Mike didn’t address the competition during his opening. HIT IT: