The 405 Coffee Break with O.K. Solberg

It's Jay and Joe's Motor Monday. Today's best of the story is on the General Motors Corvair

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This replay of Season 4, Episode 334, 1st aired Nov 30th, 2021.  In a rare appearance Todd Smith hosts The 405, friends since the fall 1964, Todd does his best to help O.K. and us the listening audience live a long and prosperous life.  

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O.K. has an interesting story for you today. It highlights Chuck Berry

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This program was brought to you by sorry, O.K. asks that you tell him, what the episode is about.

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Today O.K. tells you about the good perfect storm that he lived through.

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The games people play. Dan Snyder had an infected tooth, today hear the best of the story.

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It's Jay and Joe's Motor Monday and today O.K. has the real Best of the Story on muscle cars, before they faded away into automotive history.

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Update to the Vicky Lawrence story, some weeks back on the 405 we aired a show about her, this adds allot of background to how Carol Burnett discovered Vicky. She was on the Carol Burnett show for the full 11 seasons, and had a #1 hit song too.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkralgeB00o

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Today's feature story is that of Catherine Elliott, whom not only road her horse across America to get here, soon after she arrived in Malta on July 23rd, 1956 she started a Taxi service that served our community for many years.

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The word today is Obtuse, a whole different cat. If you had to choice between 3, which would it be stupid, ignorant or obtuse?

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Gonna have to call this one the Flat Tire Doughnut show!

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It's time again for another Jay and Joe's Motor Monday. Today's show is on the Rambler Scrambler, AMC's one true muscle car built in 1969.

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Today is Good Friday, just before Easter and O.K. takes us through 4 different passages from the bible discussing Jesus during that time of his crucifixion.

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Today O.K. highlights man's return to the moon with the launch of NASA's Artemis II moon mission.

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O.K. zooms back to when the Vietnam war drafts was taking place, and then how suddenly in 1975 that ended in the U.S.A. 

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Back in 1966 on the Country & Western charts was the #1 hit sung by David Houston, titled Almost Persuaded.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKmVgaqmRFQ
Also covered is Marty Robbins titled My Woman, My Woman, My Wife. Links below:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gZ1LfqEb-w

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It's Jay & Joe's Motor Monday and today we're gonna be looking at the American Motors Company.

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Today O.K.'s gonna tell you about morale.

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Today is Baseball's opening day, and O.K. tells us about Don Larson, a mediocre baseball player whom found greatness once upon a time.

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Flashback to the summer of 1966 here in Phillips County, as O.K. reads from the local paper and covers the going on's.

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Mike Rowe needed a job, way back about 1990 he was asked to talk to the camera and sell a Pencil handed him for 8 minutes, to get the job. Could you do it?

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It's time for another Jay and Joe's Motor Monday, and this is a special edition. Today O.K. combines baseball and cars.

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Another fun Friday, with trivia galore!

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Ever need patience?  O.K.''s story is about how a quick stop at the grocery store, and then stop a the post office to get the mail, can turn into a long, very long road.

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Have you ever wondered why pirates are seen wearing an eye patch?  Yeah. What's the deal? And more, much more...

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Today O.K. dives deep into the story of Saint Patrick.

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It's Jay and Joe's Motor Monday, the day we look at horsepower one Monday at a time. Today O.K.s celebration is The GMC Sprint.

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Have you every lost or left behind your cell phone? O.K.'s got some therapy for you in this episode. 

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Today, baseball. Yep. O.K.'s given us the 2 week heads up on Major League Baseball starting in 2026.

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The nickel candy bar.

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Today O.K. starts out with a song. Well, I woke up Sunday morning with no way to hold my head that didn't hurt....

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Time again for Jay & Joe's Motor Monday.  Today O.K. covers the 3 top selling engines in N.A. Each produced by the Big 3 for over 3 decades.

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O.K.s got another sweet tooth, what's it gonna be today then? Jelly Belly, the White House and Cold War.

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Today its movie lines, and much more!

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The Candyman Can. 
Zoom back to 1976 with O.K. to the public controversy over food coloring dyes, like Red dye #2 and the effect on our beloved M & M's candy, over the years since then.. 

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Today O.K. looks into the comedian Vicky Lawrence, mama from on the Carol Burnett Show. She also sang The Night The Lights Went Out in Georgia? Going to #1 on Billboard in 1973.  

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It's another Jay and Joe's Motor Monday, today O.K. is highlighting the Honda 50, also known as the Honda Super Cub. 

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O.K.'s sharing bible trivia today and boy is it fun to listen too.

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Today O.K. gives us some fun facts on music, machines, kitchens, ball fields, and open range in ways that span generations, it's just fun to hear them together. 

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From rock and roll to ranch work, from quilt frames to ballparks, the details matter with O.K.

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