Mojo In The Morning

5 Lies to Tell Your Mom: Cruise Cancelled

9 min
Apr 1, 202618 days ago
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Summary

The Mojo in the Morning show hosts a prank segment where they call Ashley's mom Vicki to tell her five lies about her upcoming Caribbean cruise being cancelled due to air conditioning failure. The prank escalates through increasingly absurd scenarios including a stationary cruise with fans and fake island smells, before revealing the truth and wishing Vicki an early happy 60th birthday.

Insights
  • Prank-based entertainment remains effective for building audience engagement and social media sharing on radio shows
  • Family vacation planning and cruise travel are relatable topics that resonate with radio audiences
  • Multi-person phone pranks with escalating scenarios create comedic tension and listener investment in outcomes
  • Birthday celebrations and family bonding moments are leveraged for emotional payoff in entertainment segments
Trends
Radio shows using family-focused prank segments to drive social media engagement and listener participationCruise industry as a popular topic for consumer entertainment content and lifestyle discussionsMulti-generational family travel planning becoming more common in casual conversation and mediaBirthday milestone celebrations (60th) as anchor points for family vacation planning and entertainment
Topics
Cruise ship vacations and Caribbean travel destinationsFamily vacation planning and multi-generational travelRadio prank segments and entertainment formatsBirthday celebration planningCruise line customer service and refund policiesTravel insurance and airline ticket refundsCruise ship amenities and onboard experiences
Companies
Cruise Lines (generic reference)
Referenced as the fictional cruise operator in the prank scenario involving air conditioning issues and refund policies
People
Ashley
Initiated the prank call to her mother Vicki about a cancelled cruise for her 60th birthday celebration
Vicki
Target of the prank call; celebrating her 60th birthday with a planned Caribbean cruise to Bahamas and Grand Turk
Shannon
Called in during the segment to validate the stationary cruise scenario as a fellow passenger
Quotes
"Nobody goes on a cruise to actually see what the islands look like. They go on the cruise to drink their faces and eat their faces off."
Host (Bob character)Mid-segment
"I don't sign up for no swing your cruise. And I've already asked other people, they have not heard of this."
VickiLate segment
"The only thing that's going to be swinging is my fist on Ashley."
VickiConclusion
Full Transcript
It's Mojo in the morning. Sweet. Five lives to tell your mom. Ashley. Hello. Five lives to tell your mom. You guys going on a cruise together, huh? Yes, we are. Man, where are you guys cruising? What part of the world? It's either the Eastern or Western Caribbean, so we're going to like the Bahamas and Grand Turk. So it'll be fun. I like it. Is family vacation? Yep. So we're going with my dad and my fiance as well for my mom's birthday. All right. We're gonna make mom feel like this vacation may not happen and there might be some issues. Okay. Five lives to tell your mom. Lie number one. You're gonna say, Mom, I just got an email from the cruise line. Lie number two. Say the air conditioning stopped working again. Lie number three. We can still go on for the stationary cruise, though. Lie number four. The boat won't leave the dock. And lie number, by the way, this is the Bobbleau boat. And lie number five. Say they'll make the boat feel like it's moving when it's not. Oh, okay. This is fun. This is like a ride at Disney or something here. We're going to call mom and have some fun with her for five lives. Okay. Hello. Hey, what? Oh, I just got an email from the cruise. What? It says that the air stopped working again. Are you kidding me? Yeah. And I guess the boat's not going to leave the port now. So what do we do? So they're offering to do like a stationary cruise, I guess, where the boat is still on the dock so that it can be connected to generators so that the air works. Yeah, but I guess that they make it feel like you're like still on the cruise. Like they have wind going to make it seem like you're like sailing. And I guess they blow like sun through so that you think that you're like in the Turks and Caicos still. Are they going to send you money back? I don't know. They didn't say anything about money. I mean, do you still want to go on it if the boat doesn't move? Well, my airfare isn't enough. It's refundable. I mean, I guess we can still use the drink package on it. I'll call the f***ing. All right. It might not be bad if they, you know, make it still feel like you're moving. I can't f***ing believe this. Yeah, I don't know. That's where it got in my life. Yeah. I mean, do you think that I'm making this up? A stationary cruise, really? One that doesn't move, but they blow fans and make it smell like you're in the Turks and Caicos? I just put it on that group. Has anyone received an email? Some f***ing thing the ship has no air will be stationary. Yeah, maybe somebody will write back to you on there. All right. I'll call them. Bye. Sorry. Bye. Let's call her back real quick. Where's she called? Hold on. I'll say it. Hello. Vicky. Yeah. Hi. I just called your daughter on the other line. How you doing? Good. How are you? Good. This is Bob. I'm from cruise lines. Yep. Yeah. Your daughter had called to talk about your guys' cruise, your pending cruise that you're going on. Right. We're having an issue with the ship. Some issues with keeping the air on while the boat is sailing. Is this a joke? No, it's not. It's a, I know it's, this is tough for you guys planning a family vacation and this happens, but we're willing to give you a refund. We can't refund obviously your airline tickets. That's on you. Yeah. And my scooter and my drink package and... Yeah. But with the drink package, we'll be able to double your drink package. We'll give you the premium alcohols. I cannot believe this. What are you celebrating? My birthday. Oh, happy birthday. If you don't mind me asking, what do we celebrate? What number? 60th. Oh, 60th birthday. Sitting at port would be a lot better than hanging out in Lincoln Park, Michigan. I've been there before. I can't believe this. Yeah. We'll still do all the normal stuff too. You know, conga lines and how about we give you a little extra spin through the buffet line at midnight? They have those late night buffets. No. Listen, nobody goes on a cruise to actually see what the islands look like. They go on the cruise to drink their faces and eat their faces off. I don't know. What are other people doing? I don't know. Let me, you know what? Let me, I got some people on the phone line here. I'm going to conference a couple of people in. Okay. This, hi. Nice lady, Shannon here. Shannon, you're going on the cruise. You agreed to go? I've got on the phone with us. Vicki and Ashley from Southgate and Lincoln Park, Michigan. Oh, hello. Will you tell them how excited you are to go on this cruise? Yeah, actually, I'm really excited. I don't know how to swim anyway. So this is, this makes me feel a lot more comfortable and I'm going to make the best of it. Fantastic. Yeah. See what I mean, Vicki. I know, but I'm not going to be eating at midnight. You know, one of the reasons why I'm going on this cruise is to go to the other port. I mean, and to have fun in it on the cruise, but Oh, we'll have fun. Vicki, you can come to my room instead of going to the other ports. Why? You can scoot on over to my room instead of going to the other ports. Oh, I don't think these guys even realize Vicki and Ashley, you don't understand this is the swingers cruise. Right. You're poor mom. How do we end up there? Your mom reminds me of Aunt Pat. I'm listening to this going this woman is not even this woman won't even be happy in Turks and K guys. You know that on this cruise, your mom's going to still be miserable because Hello, Hello, Vicki. This is a joke. Vicki. I don't sign up for no swing your cruise. And I've already asked other people, they have not heard of this. What did you do? Did you text them and say, did you hear about the swingers cruise? No, I mean, it's not funny. I don't know who you are. Vicki, we're here to wish you an early happy 60th birthday from your daughter, Ashley. This is the mojo in the morning show. Oh my God. I'm, you know what mojo? I cannot. She's dead meat. Vicki, no, I'm crying. Vicki, you are not crying. Yes, I am. Oh, Vicki. Oh my God. Ashley, you ass. I can make us do this. Now I can tell these people on Facebook is a joke. I think they're going to be very happy to find out that the cruise isn't going to be stationary and full of swingers. I was thinking I bought my husband a pineapple shirt. You know what? The only thing that's going to be swinging is my fist on Ashley. Vicki, happy early birthday. Thank you, mojo, Shannon, everybody. Oh, you're welcome. Yes. Let's say no. You're going to have fun on this cruise and the air is going to work. Well, at least we think. Hopefully, we can jinx you. Now I got to explain to all these people on Facebook. Oh my God. All right, Vicki, we're going to give you a prize for being on Five Lies to tell your mom. Oh, thank you. It's mojo in the morning. Sweet. Five Lies to tell your mom.