AM Show Hr 3 | No Chicken, No Peace: The Popeyes Panic Episode
The Michael Berry Show
KTRH
4.8 • 2.3K Ratings
🗓️ 6 November 2025
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
Michael Berry dives into the chaos of chicken shortages, the mystery of missing dirty rice, and the cultural quirks of southern fast food. From Doctor John’s jingle legacy to voicemail rants and Dixie debates, it’s a crispy, spicy, and unapologetically southern ride.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:07.7 | It's that time. |
| 0:11.6 | Lock and load. |
| 0:14.9 | The Michael Derry Show is on the air. |
| 0:32.9 | Yeah. is on the air. I got a message and put Saunders in our newsroom, and he said, |
| 0:38.5 | Erica Smith is the name of the new weekend anchor. |
| 0:42.6 | I listened to most of her casts. |
| 0:45.3 | I'm pretty sure I didn't hear her say that. |
| 0:48.2 | The guy called and said that she said millions of people had died in the Caribbean during the storm. |
| 0:54.0 | But he is pulling that news report to see if, in fact, she did or not. |
| 0:59.6 | I'm not saying it makes it okay, but apparently she is a newbie. |
| 1:03.0 | So I would imagine if she did say it, pretty sure she knows better and pretty sure she was nervous. |
| 1:11.2 | And I'm not saying that you shouldn't have to be accurate, but that would account for it, wouldn't it? |
| 1:19.8 | So I got a message from Chris Sitz, who said, you were talking about Al Copeland. |
| 1:27.0 | When Dr. John was down and out in the early 80s, |
| 1:29.9 | Al Copeland hired him to develop a jingle for Popeye's commercials. |
| 1:35.7 | Dr. John came up with Love That Chicken from Popeye's |
| 1:38.9 | and sang the jingle in Popeye's commercials for several years. |
| 1:43.9 | Chicken, Kimmelk, get ready for a big surprise.'s commercials for several years. King, Kim and Filkins. |
| 1:45.3 | You're ready for a big surprise. |
| 1:46.8 | We're trying for Pop-Fi. |
| 1:48.6 | Chicken and biscuit from Pop-Fi. |
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