If you’re suffering a bout of hiccups on WFAN, be ready for an influx of callers eager to share their remedies. On Thursday, with Boomer Esiason feeling unwell on the morning show alongside Gregg Giannotti, he was temporarily replaced by Jerry Recco, who soon passed the baton to Chris Lopresti. Unfortunately, Lopresti was grappling with hiccups throughout the entire four-hour show—having woken up with a bad case on Tuesday morning that he couldn’t shake.
While it might be frustrating for a radio audience to hear an anchor struggling with hiccups for such an extended period, listeners seemed to relish the situation, calling in with various solutions to help with Lopresti’s diaphragm spasms. Suggestions ranged from Thorazine and Nexium to a variety of spoon tricks, but none were as assertive as Barry from West Orange, New Jersey.
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“I get this all the time,” Barry explained to Lopresti and the entire WFAN morning show. “You’re just gonna have to pull the trigger, take two fingers, stick them down your throat and reverse motion. You might throw up, you might not, but just reversing the motion in your diaphragm will guarantee relief. The rest of this fugazy stuff, Thorazine? What are you, outta your mind? Just stick your fingers down your throat and it’s over. Go to the bathroom, you’ll be fine in 10 minutes. Trust me.”
No radio show illustrates the potential value of callers quite like Boomer and Gio. Last year, it was Dr. Joe hinting that Dave Sims was destined to be John Sterling’s successor in the New York Yankees radio booth, and now it’s Barry in West Orange trying to reset Lopresti’s diaphragm. Although Lopresti didn’t take Barry’s advice to stick his fingers down his throat during the show, he did attempt one of the suggested spoon tricks, though it proved ineffective. After battling hiccups for days, anyone is bound to get desperate.
