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.)
Are you excited yet, are you feeling that amazing sensation coursing through your veins. Why yes, I am talking about seeing and hearing Angi drunk all morning tomorrow and her hopefully forcing an entire bottle of Jack down Abe's throat during the Kegs and Eggs broadcast.
So let's start our discussion with everyone's favorite show husband, Jay the Straight, who was giving Angi crap yesterday per usual. You see, Angi is an absolute hypochondriac, like she goes overboard. Everything gets a Google search and she can't help but assume she is going to die. After all, she has been cheating death for years now. Jay the Straight thinks that she is absolutely nuts for acting like this (which I could understand.) So, a person like her should definitely not be watching true crime shows, right? Well, last night on Discovery Plus, former popular newscaster Paula Zahn was hosting her showOn the Caseand Angi tuned in. The story was about a girl from Michigan who moved to LA to make it big. While at the mall she met a guy who told her that he was casting for the next James Bond movie. Aside from all these red flags being thrown around and screaming out loud, this girl went with him. Turns out, he was a serial killer who used that same mall, outfit and lines to lure victims. They ended up meeting up somewhere and he killed her, which is sad but expected. How this all ties into Angi's insanity was that when the police sketch of the guy was shown, it looked like someone Angi knew from Philly who was essentially stalking her. Angi may or may not have been on his casting couch btw. While Googling, aka moving into the next crazy phase, it turned out this serial killer was from Philly. She immediately sent the picture of the killer to a guy friend of hers from Philly and he confirmed that it was the guy. After hurriedly telling Jay the Straight that she escaped the clutches of a serial killer, he simply rolled his eyes at her and went back to watching wrestling (I'm assuming.)
Speaking of dead people, the guy who invented cassette tapes has died. This inspired almost Mrs. Murdered to pose a question for the audience. What is the first tape or CD that you bought? Abe was eager to jump right on this and has two great choices. Abe went to former mega chain Coconuts and bought two CDS, both Guns N' Roses -Use Your Illusionas well as Dr. Dre -The Chronic. Angi, the older of the pair, actually had a first cassette in Prince -Purple Rain. As for her first album, it was Michael Jackson -Thriller. In fact, she loved that album a ton and played "Beat It" so much at her house, her mother threatened to beat her if it didn't stop. Angi then came to the realization that most of us have as we got older, she probably owes Columbia House 8 million dollars. Head Roadie Bill's first cassette was Huey Lewis and the News -Sports. His first CD was Whitesnake's -Whitesnakealbum. Head Roadie Jim's first cassette was Bon Jovi -Slippery When Wet. His first CD was Skid Row -Skid Row. Head Roadie Ferrari's first album was Supertramp -Crime of the Centuryon vinyl! Roadie Bill's first cassette was Guns N' Roses -Appetite for Destruction. This led to a small detour where Abe argued with Angi after he said it was the greatest album ever. Roadie Cliff's first cassette was Scorpions -Tokyo Tapes. Eric's first was Run DMC -Raising Hell. Mark had Black Sabbath -We Sold Our Soul for Rock and Rollon vinyl. My own was also Dr. Dre -The Chronicon CD, I can't remember my first cassette offhand. When it was all said and done, Angi was upset by the absolute lack of Debbie Gibson -Electric Youthshowing up.
Finally, as I vaguely mentioned and we've talked about now all week, tomorrow is the first annual Rock 95.5 virtual Kegs and Eggs party. Obviously, this is something they want to do live from a bar but since that damned covid has kept everyone home, we're going to have to settle for this for now. There will be eggs (and bacon, sausage, toast, etc for Abe) and obviously plenty of booze. There will also be a live performance in studio from Hairbanger's Ball, which will also be on the Rock 95.5 Youtube page as well. For that reason, lead singer of Hairbanger's Ball Mick Jäger, checked in to talk to Angi and Abe. Even though he's referred to as the new lead singer, he has been singing with the band for 5 years now. It was also pointed out that Abe was the one who suggested that they play. This interview was a bit choppy, blame it on being early and Mick apparently having a phone that is worse than mine so that's a total win imo.
Request Wars:
Current Champion: Mick (3x Champ)
Challenger Song Choice: "Lightning Strike"
Champion Song Choice: "Breakdown"
Observation: What in the holy hell did we just experience this morning, I almost dozed off waiting for something to happen. They both deserve to lose and Vacant needs to be our new champ.
Winner: Mick
Other Topics:
In a double dose topic that started at the beginning and rounded back around toward the end, nostalgia was a big point today. It started with the discussion ofThe Real World: Homecoming, the reunion show that was put together for the original season ofThe Real World. Angi wanted to see it but she did not want to sign up for yet another streaming service (can you blame her, they are out of control. Plus, Paramount Plus is kinda hot garbage.) Luckily for her, Abe pointed out that the episode was streaming free on Youtube (more than likely as a draw in to pump up those numbers.) That turned to talk of Rock 95.5, which is essentially a warm blanket for nostalgia and remembering all these amazing songs. Drawing that point further, Angi spent all day yesterday just watching TV.New Jack City,The Real World, she went in deep and did not want to let go. This brought up talk of MTV News andThe Grind, things that could never exist today because 140 episodes ofRidiculousnessneed to be played instead. While discussingThe Grind, Angi pointed out that was where she first saw Camille Grammar, before she ended up on one of those many Real Housewives spin offs. Abe did offer up that if they added a season ofThe Challengeto Paramount Plus, he might have to sub. Boy, do I have bad news for him. Anyway, come back around later and there was more talk of amazing old MTV shows. Back in the day, that was all Angi ever watched. She wasn't wrong for doing so, they used to have everything. The first reality TV show inThe Real World. In fact, that was the first non music related thing that they actually did. Who could also forgetThe MTV Music AwardsandThe MTV Movie Awards(before they both became trash.) Talking up the awards brought back the reminder that Fred Durst used to smash really hot girls. Boy, we've really come so far.
Onward to another daily detour as Angi started to discuss all the trash that is laying in front of her house. Now that the snow is gone, all the dibs items are piled up and forgotten and are now just eye sore litter scattered about on the street. Somehow, this inspired Abe to walk into his favorite topic, Angi's boy Prince Harry. You know, that dirty ginger from the Nazi family, that guy. Today's royal attack moment was goofing on Prince Hot Ginge crying about having no money. All the while literal billionaire Tyler Perry is letting Ginge and his fake annoying bad actress wife Meghan, live in one of his houses for free. Abe said that Prince Hot Ginge needs to get a job but Angi fought that back. He can't get a job because if he did, he would probably get kidnapped while flipping burgers at Burger King. He would get ransomed off but according to Abe, no one would pay for that crybaby. Abe said they should just go back to the UK because he is tired of hearing him cry all the time. Abe mentioned that Diana left him 20 million dollars and that should be worth at least 500 million now. Angi said she hopes he invested his cash but I have this feeling that this isn't the last we're going to hear about this anytime soon.
Lastly, we took a moment to get into a really touchy subject. Most people would be embarrassed to walk their fingers over this topic but Angi dove right in. That's right, with just one touch Angi revealed that people have spent the past year really getting down and dirty with their cash and prizes. In what could be considered a callback to yesterday when Abe said you should be manhandling your business before calling or texting a girl to see if you really want to talk to her, there were some stats to go along with this solo topic. It seems that 3 out of 10 people were going for a skin dive more than once a day during the pandemic (god, who has the time and stamina for that.) The actual average rose to the attention of 3 times a day even (crazy.) In fact, half of those people were greasing up the fire poles more than that. Abe turned this into an Abeism that basically equated a trip to the skin factory against how much of an absolute alcoholic Angi is at White Sox games.
10 o' Clock Toast:
Kings of Leon. For having the first NFT for a music artist. They ended up making 2 million bucks in 1 week and they're contributing some to Live Nation workers.
Show Quotes and Tidbits:
Quote: "I'm going to get it and run around the city with my mouth open, inhaling everybodies spittle." - Angi
Quote: "Mick Mars can't move, it would be funny to set him on fire." - Abe
Quote: "If the Bears get Russell Wilson, I don't care if they go 0-16 next year." - Abe
Quote: "Put that green food coloring in your toilet or whatever, it's kind of like dying the river green." - Angi
New Head Roadie: Troy - Head Roadie of Bourbonnais