To demonstrate the world-wide scope of All The Excess!, here is select dirt from our global correspondents.France: Popular 104.2 The Frog/Marseilles programme commissioner Marcel Duvet is off the air and under arrest, charged with scheming to import California table wine and English language-teaching CD-ROMs. He is being brutally tortured in advance of his trial, set for June 2. In Duvet's on-air slot for now is Ryan Seacrest.
Australia: Adelaide's 4QNU breakfast team becomes the first Australian show to prank Alaska Governor and ex-VP candidate Sarah Palin by posing as France's Nicolas Sarkozy. The global total is now up to 36 Palin-Sarkozy pranks from stations and networks in 21 countries. 4QNU also adds Ryan Seacrest for 5-9pm.
Burundi: National Government Radio Qoki announces that Ryan Seacrest will handle 9am-1pm on days when the prime minister's daily address is canceled.
The Netherlands: Radio Snaat/Den Haag greets new affiliates in Naasal and Faartnojl, and welcomes Ryan Seacrest for 1-5pm.
