What a crazy week on The Catholic Guy Show! To recap:

- Lino and Fr. Rob get a new producer named Scott, who is married with two kiddos, according to our friends at twitter.com/linorullidotnet. Work has been nutso busy this week, so I haven't got a chance to hear much of Scott, except for yesterday when Fr. Rob was "lashing out" at him for asking a more educated question than the priest did (Which Wine Bar did you go to, as opposed to Fr. Rob asking if Lino went to McDonalds on a date).

Scott has prior radio experience, which should certainly help him keep up with Lino and Fr. Rob. Scott, we pray for your sanity and wish you the best!

- Fr. Jim Chern is going on a pilgrimage...we think. Fr. Jim is adamant that he's going, but Fr. Rob and Lino have a side bet they made on-air Monday where Fr. Rob gets $100 or so if Fr. Jim drops out. Personally, I think a bet like that is ridiculous and just makes everyone look mean, so I really hope Fr. Jim goes on the trip. It will be good for Fr. Jim and the listeners to hang out for a week.

You can find out more about the pilgrimage at www.catholictraveler.com.

We should be thankful that God has allowed Fr. Jim to go in the pilgrimage. Being the chaplain on a college campus is probably one of the more time-consuming jobs a priest can have, especially when you're the only one. The kids need Fr. Jim more than radio show listeners, and the fact that he is so devoted to them speaks volumes about the integrity he has.

- As far as other news goes, it's about time for our annual predictions for 2012! Over the next few days, we'll recap what we got right and wrong in 2011, and we'll offer some predictions for 2012. It should hopefully be a good year, and I pray to God we don't lose any other staff members!

Unlike the song that this slightly-talented Garth Brooks wannabe sings, Lino did have answered prayers. He revealed on his Facebook wall that he had an answered prayer at 7:27 p.m. Friday, most likely in the form of a new producer.

We think its a new producer because when Maureen left the show, he specifically said he had someone in mind, and asked the audience to pray for that person to say yes. And he left another comment on his wall Friday that read, "Oh and I forgot to mention...yeah it's good news. Prayer answered affirmatively."

We have some guesses as to who this might be, but we'll keep our trap shut, mainly because we don't want to mention someone awesome, then someone less-awesome takes the job and fails to live up to the hype.

If Lino mentioned it on his wall on Friday though, there's a very good chance we'll get an update on Monday's show.

I was a little aggravated at Jughead today, when he said he'd been invited to participate in this blog, but he doesn't have the time. Guess it's beneath him ;-) This makes me miss Lino's first producer, a WOMAN, named Maureen McMurray.

For you newbies, there is still a My Space Group (inactive) The Unofficial Lino Rulli Fan Club. Dan started it, but it did have some issues, so the blog is easier to manage and keep spam-free. Anyway, Maureen used to be good about sending pictures and news for Dan to post on the group.

A classic: there was a contest to write Lino Rulli's obituary. Oh my, that was a lot of fun! Maureen wrote a great piece:

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Listing 1-8 of 8 1 of 1 Author Message maureen F/29 , New York Instant Message Send Message Posted: Jul 25, 2007 11:13 AM 3 time Emmy Award winner Angelino Gino Armando Rulli, Jr. whose successes included “Generation Cross” and failures included a drawn out 10 year stint at Sirius Satellite Radio, has expired. Rulli died Tuesday of cardiac arrest at the office of his therapist Dr. Pazzo. He was 45. “He clutched his chest and said he felt like he was about to die,” Pazzo said. “I told him his feelings were not facts. I didn’t realize that he was actually feeling death pangs. I am totally distraught. This has ruined my entire practice. Not only have I discovered that feelings CAN be facts, I’ve also lost my only patient.” Rulli got his professional start in television as a religion reporter somewhere in the backwoods of Minnesota. His career blossomed, and pretty much peaked, from 1998-2004 when he was host and executive producer of "Generation Cross", a nationally syndicated religious television show that earned Rulli two Emmys. He earned the third for producing something. In 2006 Rulli was hired by Sirius Satellite Radio to host “The Catholic Guy” on The Catholic Channel, Sirius 159. On air, Rulli often joked that this fateful decision was “the worst mistake of my life.” “I didn’t find that joke funny,” remarked program director Rob Astorino. “I mean, I’m here busting my hump 12 hours a day. The last thing I need is some big nosed clown talking on the air about contract negotiations and how much better television is. I can’t believe we kept him on staff for 10 years….but he’ll be missed…I guess.” Although Lino Rulli’s efforts to evangelize through his radio program were mostly unsuccessful, they did bear one small, bittersweet fruit. After a 10 year-running segment called “Lets Convert Tom” Rulli managed to convert the show’s professional phone answerer Tom Falcone. “Lino always thought the segment was dumb, but in the end it worked,” said Falcone. “Yeah, I’m Catholic now. I just turned Catholic today, in fact. It’s a shame Lino died and didn’t get to see the final results.” The rest of Lino Rulli’s staff shared in Tom’s mild grief. “I get paid peanuts for my work here,” quipped technical director Lou Ruggierri. “But at least I got some pocket change for my work with “Lino at Large”. Looks like its back to the bar in Jersey. Such a bummer.” Rulli’s producer Maureen McMurray was on vacation at the time of his death and unavailable for comment. Lino is survived by his on-and-off girlfriend of 10 years Toni, and his parents who STILL have his big screen tv from his old condo in Minnesota. Dave Konig, co-host of Speak Now, is slated to takeover Lino’s desk. “It has a great view of the Empire State Building,” he said with an unmistakable and inappropriate degree of glee. Services will be held at St. Patrick’s Cathedral.