Thursday, February 28, 2008
TV/Radio / Humor Steve Harvey: Radio-friendly
Posted by David Lee Simmons on Thu, Feb 28, 2008 at 6:02 PM
Why wait until Steve Harvey hits Philips Arena on Saturday night, along with Mo'Nique, for some down-home hilarity? (Tickets are $39.50-$49.50; show's at 8 p.m.) For my money, Harvey's morning show on WAMJ (102.5 FM, "Grown Folks Radio"), weekdays 6-10 a.m., is the most entertaining drive-time show carried on local radio. My wife keeps staring at me blankly while I laugh at his shtick, which admittedly can grow tiresome when he's little more than cranky. But when he's on, the dapper Harvey has a comedic sensibility that I think is better suited for morning radio than his uneven stand-up act. A lot of this has to do with this sensibility; spend some time listening to his show, and you get the feeling Harvey's more about creating positive role models in the African-American community and holding people to account as much as he is goofing on guests and fellow staffers. He always sounds like he's about to totally go off on a subject, as if he needs holding back. And while Shirley Strawberry sometimes relies too much on her "You so crazy!"-style of straight-woman co-host, you really do get the sense that he's cracking everyone up in the booth.
Then there's Nephew Tommy, who's the king of the crank phone call. Check out this classic example ...
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