So two weeks ago, the JV and Elvis Dog House morning radio show crank-called a local NYC Chinese take-out. The DJs ordered "shrimp flied lice," asked about the Chinese man's "tiny egg roll in (his) pants," surmised that he "probably can't drive for shit," and my favorite, requested to "tap (the) ass" of the "hot Asian girl that answered the phone."

While it is hardly surprising that morning "shock jock" talk show hosts use this kind of tiresome "humor," and that this same brand of triteness runs rampant in society, I am rather amazed by the fact that it's aired not once, but twice (April 5 and 19) on the CBS-owned station -- after the whole Imus scandal. Imus was fired on April 12 for his April 4 "nappy-headed hos" comment about the Rutgers women's b-ball team.

Of course, everyone knows Imus wasn't axed by CBS purely over ethics --advertisers were pulling out. This is America after all, a country built on free speech, greed and racism. Not to mention slaves, Chinese railroad workers and endless immigrant labor.

Anyway, the Chinese restaurant worker, who sounded like a Brooklyn-native, played it impressively cool. My theory: he's either used to this crap and doesn't have the energy to get into it, or a decent guy with no interest in pissing off customers, even if they are douchebags. Meanwhile, an Asian-American advocacy group is attempting to take the hosts down.

Here's the radio show's blog text:

"Jeff Takes Kung Fool:

JV calls a Chinese food restaurant using voice software. Honestly, this was absolutely hilarious. The entire office here as cracking up for the entire call. Podcast? Hells yeah!"

And is it just me, or do you often get the feeling that when people preface a statement with words like "honestly" or "to be honest" or whatever, everything else they've been saying is bullshit?

Read this Times article, too.