GADZOOKS! If you come to Philadelphia on any given day and ask what radio station to tune into, you will hear only one answer, 93.3 WMMR. The biggest attraction to WMMR is the award winning morning show Preston and Steve. On January 14th the highly regarded radio program in Philadelphia had listeners turning up their volume saying "WHAT THE HELL JUST HAPPENED?"Around 10:30 am Steve Morrison, known as the funny bald guy who looks like Mr. Clean on steroids, tried holding back a bad cough. Followed by a hard fall to the ground from his chair. Members of the show were worried after seeing his head bounce off the floor.
Preston Elliot who is Steve's long time partner on The Preston and Steve show reacted as anyone would after seeing a friend go down. "O CRAP." Luckily this did not make it to air due to the time setback radio requires.
The rest of the crew did what they could to help. Preston, Casey boy, Nick and Marrissa did whatever they could to bring Morrison back to consciousness while Kathy ran to the sales room and yelled for someone to call for help.
Eventually Morrison did awaken and tried to figure out what was happening. When asked by Casey to pronounce his name, Morrison let out a "Steve moor..son."
After sitting up and downing a bottle of water Steve felt that he was able to go back on the air. Morrison made it back on the air for about a minute and explained that he had been fighting a cold and hadn't had breakfast. Paramedics took him to the hospital for precautionary reasons.
That night a swarm of people took to http://www.prestonandsteve.com/ to read about what happened. Many people left comments as to believe it was a publicity stunt.
These were people who decided to trash the show where they should have been wishing Steve a quick recovery. My question is, if they despise this show so much, why is it that they know every host and co-host of the show and even different skits? Must be the fans of the radio show that was kicked off the air from the other channel who have decided to crawl out of the sewers.
The next day Steve Morrison was back on the air at 6am ready to start another day of perfoming one of the greatest jobs on earth. Morrison's doctor called in to share the diagnoses with the fans of the show. It came down to as Steve put it best himself "I basically put myself in a sleeper hold."
Morrison does not remember anything about the incident. He says he remembers doing the last segment of the show before he had to hold back his cough. He also does not remember waking up and going back on the air.
Luckily for all us loyal Preston and Steve listeners (and for Nick who was truly worried...about what he would do for a living if Steve was not okay, don't worry Nick, you could always make time to take down your Christmas tree) Steve is alright. He is happy to get back to work doing what he loves, making people laugh on the radio.
In my final words for this article, I would like to make one last statement... MATT DAMON!
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