{"id":15798,"date":"2019-11-20T18:34:43","date_gmt":"2019-11-20T18:34:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cmshub.wpengine.com\/?p=288201"},"modified":"2024-11-03T15:16:52","modified_gmt":"2024-11-03T15:16:52","slug":"radio-hosts-test-sanity-for-charity-by-listening-to-baby-shark-on-repeat-for-24-hours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/radio-hosts-test-sanity-for-charity-by-listening-to-baby-shark-on-repeat-for-24-hours\/","title":{"rendered":"Radio Hosts Test Sanity For Charity By Listening to \u2018Baby Shark\u2019 On Repeat For 24 Hours"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span itemprop=\"articleBody\">If you\u2019ve had a young child in your life in the past year or two, chances are you\u2019re familiar with \u201cBaby Shark.\u201d The viral children\u2019s song took over everything for a while there.<\/span><span itemprop=\"articleBody\">Parents quietly prayed for an end to the craze, which, while adorable, lost its charm somewhere around the 10,000th listen. It\u2019s for that reason that a Connecticut radio host\u2019s quest to listen to the song on repeat for 24 hours sounds totally insane until you learn it\u2019s for a good cause.<\/span><span itemprop=\"articleBody\">AJ of 99.1 PLR\u2019s \u201cChaz and AJ in the Morning\u201d stepped up to the challenge to raise money for a holiday toy drive. It began on Thursday morning at the McDermott Lexus Dealership in East Haven, Connecticut.<\/span><span itemprop=\"articleBody\">AJ had to sit in the glass box and listen to the song over and over for 24 hours without falling asleep. He brought some crucial supplies with him to get through.<\/span><span itemprop=\"articleBody\">\u201cIt\u2019s been living on Monster energy drinks and eating pizza,\u201d AJ explained in footage provided by <a href=\"https:\/\/fox61.com\/2019\/11\/15\/connecticut-radio-host-listens-to-baby-shark-for-24-hours-on-repeat-inside-glass-box-for-charity\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Fox 61<\/a>.<\/span><span itemprop=\"articleBody\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span itemprop=\"articleBody\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-288279\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.thebreastcancersite.greatergood.com\/lt-baby-shark-song\/\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"627\" class=\"size-full wp-image-288279 lazy\" data-src=\"https:\/\/d1dd4ethwnlwo2.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/baby-shark-post.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/d1dd4ethwnlwo2.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/baby-shark-post.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/d1dd4ethwnlwo2.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/baby-shark-post-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/d1dd4ethwnlwo2.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/baby-shark-post-600x314.jpg 600w, https:\/\/d1dd4ethwnlwo2.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/baby-shark-post-768x401.jpg 768w, https:\/\/d1dd4ethwnlwo2.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/baby-shark-post-1000x523.jpg 1000w\" data-sizes=\"(min-width:1600px) 992px, (min-width:1200px) 768px, (min-width:518px) 480px, (min-width:325px) 320px, 300px\"\/><\/span><span itemprop=\"articleBody\">Photo: YouTube\/FOX 61<\/span><span itemprop=\"articleBody\">There was a crowd of dozens there to cheer AJ on, including a state trooper and a group of Girl Scouts.<\/span><span itemprop=\"articleBody\">\u201cI would do it because it\u2019s fun and people would come to sing to you and it would be funny \u2026 I would not want to stay in the box,\u201d noted 9-year-old Amaris Santini of West Haven.<\/span><span itemprop=\"articleBody\">\u201cWe have people coming all throughout the day all through the night and it\u2019s been very fun,\u201d said AJ of the unique experience.<\/span><span itemprop=\"articleBody\">The event raised $32,000 for the toy drive.<\/span><span itemprop=\"articleBody\">Learn more in this video.<\/span><span itemprop=\"articleBody\"><span class=\"empty\">Proper BCS greatergood_ctg_abovevideo<\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.thebreastcancersite.greatergood.com\/lt-baby-shark-song\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you\u2019ve had a young child in your life in the past year or two, chances are you\u2019re familiar with \u201cBaby Shark.\u201d The viral children\u2019s song took over everything for a while there.Parents quietly prayed for an end to the craze, which, while adorable, lost its charm somewhere around the 10,000th listen. 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