Good Morning Wisconsin - Lake 961

25/07/2025

FOR ERIC’S CASSETTE COLLECTION, we’ve lost a lot of people lately, and the news about Chuck Mangione, who passed away at age 84, means we should bring up his huge hit, “Feels So Good.” The song was also the name of the album, which came out in December 1977. World-renowned for his playing of the flugelhorn and trumpet, as well as song compositions, Mangione released more than 30 albums starting in the 1960s. “Feels So Good” was over 9 minutes long on the album, the shorter edit for radio - which Chuck described as “major surgery” - is about 3 ½ minutes. It hit #4 on the Billboard HOT100 in June 1978, one of the few instrumentals to go top 5. Fans of the show King of the Hill certainly got a taste of Chuck Mangione! Let’s feel so good and give Chuck a salute just after 8am on Lake961! – Eric Paulsen

25/07/2025

𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐞'𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐈𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐐𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲:
🤔: Doing THIS before a meal makes you eat 25% more… what is THIS?

Whether you're right or wrong, you'll be entered to win a $50 gift card to Popeye's On Lake Geneva! ⚠️ We will pick a winner on Friday and contact you directly via FB Messenger!
⚠️🆘 𝗕𝗘𝗪𝗔𝗥𝗘 𝗢𝗙 𝗦𝗣𝗔𝗠𝗠𝗘𝗥𝗦. 𝗪𝗘 𝗪𝗜𝗟𝗟 𝗡𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗥 𝗔𝗦𝗞 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗬𝗢𝗨𝗥 𝗙𝗜𝗡𝗔𝗡𝗖𝗜𝗔𝗟 𝗜𝗡𝗙𝗢𝗥𝗠𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡. 𝗣𝗟𝗘𝗔𝗦𝗘 𝗥𝗘𝗣𝗢𝗥𝗧 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗕𝗟𝗢𝗖𝗞 𝗔𝗡𝗬𝗢𝗡𝗘 𝗣𝗥𝗘𝗧𝗘𝗡𝗗𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗧𝗢 𝗕𝗘 𝗨𝗦!

24/07/2025

🎶 ERIC’S CASSETTE COLLECTION 🎶

Let’s “Creep” into things with TLC, performing at Genesee Theatre August 2nd - and don’t forget you can win tickets around 8:25!

The song “Creep” from their 1994 album CrazySexyCool, was a sneaky tune in itself. Written by TLC’s Tionne "T-Boz" Watkins and producer Dallas Austin (whose middle name is probably Houston of San Antonio or something), it’s based on Watkins' experience with infidelity. The lyrics portray them as women who cheat on their unfaithful lovers for "some affection". It was controversial within the group; Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes reportedly threatened to wear black tape over her mouth on its accompanying music video. But eventually, she didn’t.
“Creep” became TLC’s first #1 hit on the Billboard HOT100, topping the chart for four weeks. Lopes is no longer with us, but the others are and they’ll be in Waukegan on August 2nd - let’s show them some affection with “Creep” just after 8am on Lake961! – Eric Paulsen

24/07/2025

𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐞'𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐈𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐐𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲:
🤔: 9% of people say they hate THIS when attending a large event… what is THIS?

Whether you're right or wrong, you'll be entered to win a $50 gift card to Popeye's On Lake Geneva! ⚠️ We will pick a winner on Friday and contact you directly via FB Messenger!
⚠️🆘 𝗕𝗘𝗪𝗔𝗥𝗘 𝗢𝗙 𝗦𝗣𝗔𝗠𝗠𝗘𝗥𝗦. 𝗪𝗘 𝗪𝗜𝗟𝗟 𝗡𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗥 𝗔𝗦𝗞 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗬𝗢𝗨𝗥 𝗙𝗜𝗡𝗔𝗡𝗖𝗜𝗔𝗟 𝗜𝗡𝗙𝗢𝗥𝗠𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡. 𝗣𝗟𝗘𝗔𝗦𝗘 𝗥𝗘𝗣𝗢𝗥𝗧 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗕𝗟𝗢𝗖𝗞 𝗔𝗡𝗬𝗢𝗡𝗘 𝗣𝗥𝗘𝗧𝗘𝗡𝗗𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗧𝗢 𝗕𝗘 𝗨𝗦!

23/07/2025

welcomes BLAZE! 🐾

"𝘏𝘪! 𝘔𝘺 𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘉𝘭𝘢𝘻𝘦! 𝘐'𝘮 𝘢 𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘪𝘹, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐'𝘮 𝘢𝘭𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 2 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘰𝘭𝘥. 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘺. 𝘐'𝘷𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘢 𝘵𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘩𝘴. 𝘐'𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘺 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘮𝘺 𝘰𝘸𝘯𝘦𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘯𝘰 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘦. 𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴? 𝘚𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘬𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘮𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯. :(
𝘐'𝘮 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘺 𝘯𝘰 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘮𝘦, 𝘐'𝘮 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘢 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘨𝘶𝘺. 𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘢 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘨, 𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘥𝘰𝘨. 𝘙𝘶𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘦𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘐 𝘦𝘯𝘫𝘰𝘺. 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘣𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘶𝘥 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘮𝘺 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 - 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦. 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵, 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦. 𝘐 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩𝘺 𝘯𝘰𝘸! 𝘐 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘢 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘵 𝘢 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘺. 𝘗𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘦."

Make an appointment to meet him at Lakeland Animal Shelter, but be sure to fill out an adoption application at lakelandanimalshelter.org right away! ❤ Applications are good for 6 months, so even if you're not quite ready for a furever friend now, get in your app so you're ready when the right one comes along! 🙂

🆘 𝑵𝑶𝑻𝑬: 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒉𝒆𝒍𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒏𝒆𝒆𝒅𝒔 𝑨𝑫𝑶𝑷𝑻𝑬𝑹𝑺! 𝑺𝒐 𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒚 𝒂𝒏𝒊𝒎𝒂𝒍𝒔 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒍𝒚 𝒃𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒇𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅 𝒐𝒓 𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒅.... 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚'𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒆𝒂𝒈𝒆𝒓𝒍𝒚 𝒉𝒐𝒑𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝑭𝑼𝑹𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒉𝒐𝒎𝒆!

23/07/2025

𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐞'𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐈𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐐𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲:
🤔: 25% of people would like to see this technology go away in the next 10 years… what is it?

Whether you're right or wrong, you'll be entered to win a $50 gift card to Popeye's On Lake Geneva! ⚠️ We will pick a winner on Friday and contact you directly via FB Messenger!
⚠️🆘 𝗕𝗘𝗪𝗔𝗥𝗘 𝗢𝗙 𝗦𝗣𝗔𝗠𝗠𝗘𝗥𝗦. 𝗪𝗘 𝗪𝗜𝗟𝗟 𝗡𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗥 𝗔𝗦𝗞 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗬𝗢𝗨𝗥 𝗙𝗜𝗡𝗔𝗡𝗖𝗜𝗔𝗟 𝗜𝗡𝗙𝗢𝗥𝗠𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡. 𝗣𝗟𝗘𝗔𝗦𝗘 𝗥𝗘𝗣𝗢𝗥𝗧 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗕𝗟𝗢𝗖𝗞 𝗔𝗡𝗬𝗢𝗡𝗘 𝗣𝗥𝗘𝗧𝗘𝗡𝗗𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗧𝗢 𝗕𝗘 𝗨𝗦!

23/07/2025

🎶 ERIC’S CASSETTE COLLECTION 🎶

Today we remember the godfather of British metal, the Prince of Darkness, and semi-regular ol’ dad: Ozzy Osbourne. 🖤

Less than three weeks after his final concert performance with the other original members of his band Black Sabbath, Ozzy passed away at age 76 after a long battle with Parkinson’s.

Today, we salute him with a cut off his Diary of a Madman album: “Flying High Again,” which was also one of the last cuts to feature guitarist Randy Rhoads too, before his 1982 passing. “Flying High Again” was presumed by many to be about drugs, while Ozzy said the song was about his re-emergence as a solo artist after thinking his career was over after Black Sabbath fired him in 1979.

While not a single on the Billboard HOT100, “Flying High Again” hit #2 on the Rock Tracks chart in 1982 and remains one of my favorites by him. Let’s salute Ozzy and fly high with him just after 8am on Lake961! – Eric Paulsen

22/07/2025

tomorrow, Thursday AND Friday - I'll be giving away tickets to see TLC at Genesee Theatre! :) Plus, if you head to this original post on the Lake961 page, you could WIN a pair of tickets to the show!

UPDATE: WINNERS HAVE BEEN CHOSEN & CONTACTED!
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With so much success, these ladies are no scrubs. TLC is coming to Genesee Theatre... Tionne "T-Boz" Watkins and Rozonda "Chilli" Thomas are back on tour, tastefully honoring the late Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes with each performance. And YOU can be there too! 🤩

Comment below with PICK ME for your chance to win a pair of tickets to the show - Saturday, August 2 at 8pm! We'll randomly select 2️⃣ lucky winners to each get a pair of tickets! 🎟🎟

We'll select/contact the winner on Wednesday 7/23/25.

⚠️🆘 𝗕𝗘𝗪𝗔𝗥𝗘 𝗢𝗙 𝗦𝗣𝗔𝗠𝗠𝗘𝗥𝗦. 𝗪𝗘 𝗪𝗜𝗟𝗟 𝗡𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗥 𝗔𝗦𝗞 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗬𝗢𝗨𝗥 𝗙𝗜𝗡𝗔𝗡𝗖𝗜𝗔𝗟 𝗜𝗡𝗙𝗢𝗥𝗠𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡. 𝗣𝗟𝗘𝗔𝗦𝗘 𝗥𝗘𝗣𝗢𝗥𝗧 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗕𝗟𝗢𝗖𝗞 𝗔𝗡𝗬𝗢𝗡𝗘 𝗣𝗥𝗘𝗧𝗘𝗡𝗗𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗧𝗢 𝗕𝗘 𝗨𝗦!

22/07/2025

FOR ERIC’S CASSETTE COLLECTION, bow wow wow yippie-yo yippie-yay! It’s the funkmaster George Clinton’s birthday, so let’s groove with “Atomic Dog.” This classic funk song explains why men are always going after women: It's because they have a little dog in ‘em, and dogs chase cats. Released in 1982, the “bow wow” theme throughout this jam resonated through the emerging hip-hop community, influencing eventual rappers like Snoop Doggy Dogg and Lil’ Bow Wow. “Atomic Dog,” the last release off their Computer Games album, was the last P-Funk record to hit #1 on the R&B charts after their hge run as George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic in the 70s. Clinton admitted many of the lyrics were ad-libbed during the song’s recording; the unique rhythm is a simple two-bar drum beat, played backwards using tape. It’s been in tons of movies and commercials, and with George celebrating his 84th birthday, let’s bark along to “Atomic Dog” just after 8am on Lake961! – Eric Paulsen

22/07/2025

𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐞'𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐈𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐐𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲:
🤔: Roughly 10% of people say THIS does not need to go in the fridge... what is THIS?

Whether you're right or wrong, you'll be entered to win a $50 gift card to Popeye's On Lake Geneva! ⚠️ We will pick a winner on Friday and contact you directly via FB Messenger!
⚠️🆘 𝗕𝗘𝗪𝗔𝗥𝗘 𝗢𝗙 𝗦𝗣𝗔𝗠𝗠𝗘𝗥𝗦. 𝗪𝗘 𝗪𝗜𝗟𝗟 𝗡𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗥 𝗔𝗦𝗞 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗬𝗢𝗨𝗥 𝗙𝗜𝗡𝗔𝗡𝗖𝗜𝗔𝗟 𝗜𝗡𝗙𝗢𝗥𝗠𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡. 𝗣𝗟𝗘𝗔𝗦𝗘 𝗥𝗘𝗣𝗢𝗥𝗧 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗕𝗟𝗢𝗖𝗞 𝗔𝗡𝗬𝗢𝗡𝗘 𝗣𝗥𝗘𝗧𝗘𝗡𝗗𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗧𝗢 𝗕𝗘 𝗨𝗦!

21/07/2025

FOR ERIC’S CASSETTE COLLECTION, let’s put on the Ritz this Monday with a classic 80s hit from Taco, who celebrates his 70th birthday today. Not to be confused with “Rizz,” which da kids say today, to be “Puttin’ on the Ritz” means to dress very fashionably back in the day. And I do mean BACK - this song was written in 1927 by Irving Berlin! Harry Richman and Fred Astaire did versions of the song back in the day and it was featured in a number in Mel Brooks’ 1974 classic Young Frankenstein. Taco Ockerse (who just went by “Taco”) put his synth-pop version out in 1982 and it hit #4 on the US Billboard HOT100 in 1983; it topped the charts in Sweden and New Zealand, and entered the top 5 in Australia, Norway, Austria, and Canada. Even though Taco updated a few lyrics, the success of the song made 95-year-old Irving Berlin the oldest living songwriter ever with a single in the Top 10 of the Hot 100 at that time. Let’s put it on just after 8am on Lake961! – Eric Paulsen

21/07/2025

𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐞'𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐈𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐐𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲:
🤔: Nearly 60% of Americans say doing THIS every week makes them happy… what is THIS?

Whether you're right or wrong, you'll be entered to win a $50 gift card to Popeye's On Lake Geneva! ⚠️ We will pick a winner on Friday and contact you directly via FB Messenger!
⚠️🆘 𝗕𝗘𝗪𝗔𝗥𝗘 𝗢𝗙 𝗦𝗣𝗔𝗠𝗠𝗘𝗥𝗦. 𝗪𝗘 𝗪𝗜𝗟𝗟 𝗡𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗥 𝗔𝗦𝗞 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗬𝗢𝗨𝗥 𝗙𝗜𝗡𝗔𝗡𝗖𝗜𝗔𝗟 𝗜𝗡𝗙𝗢𝗥𝗠𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡. 𝗣𝗟𝗘𝗔𝗦𝗘 𝗥𝗘𝗣𝗢𝗥𝗧 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗕𝗟𝗢𝗖𝗞 𝗔𝗡𝗬𝗢𝗡𝗘 𝗣𝗥𝗘𝗧𝗘𝗡𝗗𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗧𝗢 𝗕𝗘 𝗨𝗦!