WHMI’s Mike and Jon reveal on the way out that Marshall from Fowlerville isn’t a real person

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Among the revelations that came out this morning when WHMI’s Mike Marino and Jon King announced they were ending their affiliation with the station effective immediately was this bombshell: Marshall from Fowlerville, one of the most popular contributors to their morning show, isn’t a real person.

“Marshall,” they revealed, is actually Dion Clark, WHMI’s creative director. He’s been doing the Marshall character since the beginning, along with several other recurring characters he did on WHMI.

It’s a well-kept Livingston County secret that they’ve kept for about 12 years, since “Marshall” first called into the show.

Until today, everybody in Livingston County thought that Marshall was an impossibly stupid guy from Fowlerville who had a Joe Dirt-style mullet and lived in his mother’s basement. Marshall first popped up about 12 years ago when he called into the show and couldn’t answer the most basic of questions.

The fake Marshall

That turned into a twice-weekly segment on Mike & Jon in the Morning called “Are You Smarter Than Marshall?” Callers would be pitted against Marshall in a quick game of trivia. WHMI even gave Marshall his own page on their website, which included a fake photo of some guy in a mullet.

As they announced this morning at 9:45 a.m. that today would be their final day on the air, Mike and Jon ended the ruse they’ve maintained for the last decade or so, revealing for the first time that Marshall isn’t a real guy. They announced that Clark was the real Marshall, saying that he’s been the “third member” of the morning team for years.

The real Marshall, Dion Clark.

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8 Comments

  1. I have stopped listening to WHMI as well. Listened every morning to years. Not the same. They were a great team. As soon as I find out which station is going to grab them up, I will start listening to that station.

  2. We always began our day with Mike &John. Since we retired in 2010 and began spending our winters in Florida we continued to listen 6 days a week on our internet radio. Very sad. Looks like we’ll be changing our 7-noon routine to WAVV here in south Florida. Bye bye WHMI you were like an old friend until the Krol troll’s stepped in.

  3. I’m extremely disappointed in WHMI firing Jon King. I’ve already stopped listening after they let go Buzz and Julie.

  4. I liked hearing “Reege” first thing in the morning. He had to speak softly so as to not wake Joy. I always wo Derek how they could afford him as a guest. Now I know.

    No more bits, then?. No more of Fenton’s famous BBQer Joe Seefus? No Tigers report from the front office? Geez, this is sad. But onward and upward Mike & Jon.

  5. Jeeze oh Pete’s! I’m devastated! Here, all these years, I thought there really WAS a Marshall from Fowlerville, and I was hoping to actually meet him in town someday.

  6. Glad “Marshall” thing over. I was offended that they said Marshall was from Fowlerville. Why not Hartland? Or Pinckney? Or our county seat; Howell?

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