This is a small taste of the show overall, the bits and bobs that I found interesting and funny, insightful and relevant. To hear everything that happened, check out the podcast version of the show. If you want a quick read along with random self inserts and my personal thoughts, you've come to the right place.
Call in Points:
(This is the broadstroke canvas on which I base my call, obviously these notes are going to be longer and more detailed.)
Another day, another way to count down the minutes until the weekend finally arrives. There's plenty to cover and hopefully these notes are coherent because there were plenty of "sus" shots this morning. So, take a moment to sneak away from your significant other and lock yourself away to read up on what you missed today.
Hey, married people (see not Abe) and cohabitating people (again not Abe,) you love alone time right? Like this is something that everyone needs, there isn't a single person who doesn't want to be alone sometimes. More so, if you're a parent, it's even more necessary, sometimes mom and dad need to just lock themselves in a room to scream. So, what do you do when you get that time away from your significant other. Obvious examples are going into the garage to work with tools, a woman escaping to her she shed, taking a bath. This was brought forward because there was a couple who were seeing a therapist to deal with their issues and a compromise was suggested, called the 3x3 rule. Each person in the relationship was allowed 3 hours to themselves a week, either in a full streak or broken up into chunks. Angi and Abe thought this rule was just beyond stupid and made no sense. Angi said that it seemed like this amount of time was literally nothing and Abe said it sounded like being in prison. A question was posed which I agreed with, why is it that people need to be on top of each other at all times? In the Taylor household, Angi and Jay the Straight are very vocal about needing alone time. Abe responded that the situation sounds mean but it makes sense to vocalize your needs imo. For example, when Angi has her alone time she likes to go to an empty room and diddle herself while listening to the Klinger Show. Other times, she just likes to go and sit in a dark room. Abe loves to spend 6 or 7 hours watching Pawn Stars, probably shirtless and eating mayo. Turning to the roadies, Riley will go and play drums in the basement or have a beer in the garage when he needs to get away. After pointing out that she's never banged a drummer, Abe offered up Angi to Riley, who turned her down as he's happily married. Anthony likes to drink beer and listen to Metallica when he wants to get away. His wife, she loves to craft. Joe likes to go and playCall of Duty: Warzoneon XBox. Then of course there was another Abe analogy, a carefully crafted version of The Shining hedge maze where he walked through a point about John Goodman guys that left Angi (and probably the listeners,) confused.
Next up, a guy in England was fined the American equivalent of $3,800 because he was charged with torturing his neighbors every Saturday night by playing ABBA songs. Well, not only playing them but also singing along to them in a karaoke nightmare. The question being posed her was, if your neighbor wanted to torture you by playing a song over and over, what song would be the thing that broke you. For Angi, it was "Blue" by Eiffel 65 and there was apparently no contest, you could hear her teeth grinding while listening to it on air. As for Abe, he hates "Shake It Off" by Taylor Swift. Roadies checked in with theirs which included Chris who could not stand "In the Air Tonight" by Phil Collins because his boss and his best friend (the bosses) would play it once an hour all the time. For George, it is the infectious nightmare child fuel that is "Baby Shark." As for me, apparently "Takin Care of Business" will be my new trigger song.
Finally, in what turned out to be an absolute unintentional celebration of being Balkan, Angi posed a question. Brought on by a girl on TikTok realizing as an adult that not every family came home and got nude, it turned out that her family were a bunch of nudists. So, what was something weird that your family did when you were a kid but as an adult realized, well, that's just crazy. In Angi's family, every weekend was a pig roast, it didn't matter what was going on as it always occurred. In fact, her grandfather has something he called The Pigmeister that got used all the time. Abe's curiosity peaked and he wondered why there was always a pig ready to go at all times. Angi went on to explain that her aunt would always chase Angi around with an eyeball from one of the pigs. Roadie Rachel called in to say her father would take her to the bar with him and then have her drive him home, she was 13 mind you. This seemed absolutely normal to Angi, who had been down that road before. Abe's dad would take them to really bad neighborhoods and then leave them in the car while he went to do shady stuff. Melissa's dad would take her out on car rides and it turned out, he was selling drugs. Mike's family would go up to Wisconsin and pick peppers. There were other examples but the whole thing eventually turned into a literal celebration of being Balkan, which was kind of hilarious.
Request Wars:
Current Champion: Jay the Gay (1x)
Challenger Song Choice: "Be Quiet and Drive (Far Away)"
Champion Song Choice: "Takin Care of Business"
Observation: I don't know what to say, mainly because I had no idea what Brad was saying for the most part. Shrug, I thought I was better, guess not.
Winner: Truck Driver Brad
Other Topics:
The morning started with a bit of scandal, caused in part by me. You see, last night I discovered that one of Abe's tweets was lifted, not by some common thief but another DJ on Rock 95.5. Instead of keeping it hidden or at least concealing the name, Abe went all out. Angi went on to explain that there was a person who would literally go on their website, copy the content and post it to their own blog. Abe continued the thievery theme by explaining that he used to steal papers in college (realistically, who didn't?) Angi was astounded by this whole thing overall, said people should just go out and do their own thing. Basically, the whole thing is just a literal a hole move. Back to the tweet that caused this, it only takes a second to steal a tweet, it would take an extra second to at least reword it. Abe checked to see if his original tweet had even been liked and no big shock, it wasn't. There was a dismissed question of if people at your job steal your work and take credit for it. The moral of this section of the notes, don't steal or if you do, at least do it better.
Another early morning discussion revolved around Angi, who is having construction done on her house today. You see, after the nightmare that was snowmageddon that dumped a ton of it and ice on Angi's roof, the shaking structure turned into a melting palace. With the water having nowhere to go when melting began because of clogged up gutters, it decided to enter the house. As the trickle down took effect, it ended up messing up 4 of Angi's rooms, including her master bedroom and a downstairs room that needs a brand new ceiling. That means full ceiling gut out, a blow out by air fans to stop any mold and then finally the reconstruction can begin. Basically, everything is absolute hell. Angi was seeking a place to stay, perhaps Abe's condo but he's in the same boat when it comes to renovations. So Angi may end up sleeping at work tonight on a couch, which is fine by her because everything she needs is within reach. I'm assuming she means the new installed mini fridge that she can just fill with wine.
Lastly, if you were stuck at a particular age for the rest of your life, what age would that be? Abe was quick to answer 25. Angi saw a poll asking about the best years of a person's life and the average answer for most people was 36. After explaining that, Abe said that he would agree that right now is pretty good. Angi got married at 36 and so it made sense to her as well. Personally, I would go 35-36, that sounds good actually so I think that makes sense. Abe was thinking back to high school which he honestly doesn't remember. Angi said that if you consider that you peak was high school, then that is just sad. As it tends to happen on this show, there was a shift and Abe started to talk about being 22. Apparently, this was the year that he was closest to dunking a basketball. He then went on to discuss his devastating hook shot which sent Angi absolutely spiraled. We hit the break and reached full on delusion when Abe suggested that he could hook shot on any member of the Chicago Bulls. There was yelling, there was rage, there was just insanity that was hard to take in. It ended with people actively telling Angi that Abe does have a devastating hookshot but the push was to get Abe on the Bulls court at some point. Btw, if Abe had a book written about him, it would be called6 Inches to Greatness.
10 o' Clock Toast:
Professional Basketball Players. Who can dunk, hit 3's, etc. Abe is a chump who goes on about his basketball skills and he's delusional.
Show Quotes and Tidbits:
Quote: "I have no problem stealing a speech." - Abe
Quote: "Abe you should start your own line of mayo, it could be your next get rich quick scam." - Angi
Quote: "That's when you know that you have a problem, when you find a random scratch off in your pocket." - Angi
Quote: "I do, I wanna hear about that." - Abe
Quote: "I can hit the hook shot on any Chicago Bull, I can guarantee it." - Abe
Quote: "I would watch a sex tape of any guy I know." - Abe