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Michael Floorwax
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Michael Floorwax (born November 3, 1959) is an American morning disc jockey on a Denver, Colorado FM rock station 103.5 KRFX (a.k.a. The Fox) In addition to that he is also the lead singer for a Denver area rock band named The Groove Hawgs. Floorwax was at the center of controversy in 2003 while during his morning show, co-hosted with Rick Lewis, rock star Ted Nugent made what were perceived as derogatory remarks towards Asians and Blacks. Nugent later apologized for the comments stating that they were taken out of context.
While a very popular morning host in the Denver area, on a national stage Floorwax may be most recognized and remembered for his appearance in the 1990 Steve Garvey Celebrity Billfishing Tournament, which is aired perodically on ESPN Classic's Cheap Seats. At that time Floorwax was a "rising" comedian. He is the butt of many jokes on that and other episodes of the series by the hosts, brothers Jason and Randy Sklar.
Subsequently, he made an appearance on another Cheap Seats episode in July 2006, which made fun of the Steve Garvey Celebrity Skiing Classic that took place at the Stein Eriksen Lodge in Park City, Utah in 1989.
In that episode, Floorwax is shown at the tournament banquet doing his standup act, which consisted of fish voices, doughnut eating, and a Vicki Carr reference. At the end of the show, the Sklars are shown having financial difficulty and are losing everything that they possess in their studio, which was done to mock Garvey's financial problems. The present day Floorwax, from his radio studio under the pseudonym "Waxy Lou," comes to their aid by using his cash and gas card to buy back all the repossessed studio items and bring the brothers back on their feet.