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.)
It's Manuary, it's chainsaw Friday, throw on your best makeup and clothes and get ready to ... wait, I'm being told Nancy Pelosi is preempting these notes. (20 mins later) Okay, well now I'm in sweatpants so I guess I'll just be sloppy while I write these. Someone fetch me a drink and let's get going.
Rock icon John Fogerty, lead singer of CCR checked in to discuss his new single "Weeping in the Promised Land." Angi led off wondering whatever happened to protest songs, especially in a time like this. Fogerty said he's proud of this new song and wrote it because he was wondering if he still had it or not. It's been 15 years since he last wrote a topical track. When questioned if he would sell his for 100 million dollars, like all the other old rock stars recently, he told an amazing story. All the CCR songs were essentially given away. Following the advice of their father, they signed a contract and all their catalogue was basically taken from them. After being burned from losing these songs, he'd consider selling his solo material but the lingering pain of the CCR stuff still stings deep. He's learned to become cautious because when he was young he believed anything. Abe chimed in wondering how Fogerty got so good at social media. He said that he finds it delightful and his kids are the facilitators of his posting on it. If you're curious to hear the new song, check it out on all streaming services.
It's Friday and normally that would mean routine Jack, chainsaws, Dunkin, etc but something incredible has happened. The Best Bet of the Week has returned for the Playoff Edition. So, you're going to want to call up newly minted world's richest man Elon Musk and ask him for a loan (or tell him to make this bet,) cash out what's left of your 401k, go find an unattended Brinks truck, hop inside, grab a bag of cash out of it and leave an IOU note behind. Cash will be raining from the sky this weekend if you take the Tampa Bay Buccaneers -8 vs the Washington Football Team. Remember though, if you lose, you can't blame Abe but if you robbed the armored truck, you can be one of our fans from prison.
Finally, Angi figured she should go over a list of bad financial habits that have developed during the pandemic. She figured she and Abe could go over them and see if it fits either of them. Impulse buying things that you don't need. Angi and Abe were both guilty of this, both before and during the pandemic (then again, who isn't.) Paying for subscription services that you don't use. Neither fit this one. Paying the minimum balance on credit cards. Not tracking your credit score. Abe was all over this since he's buying a condo soon. Missing payments on bills or not doing enough to save. What basically came from this whole discussion is that we're all poor.
Other Topics:
Angi was curious this morning, how did Abe learn about sex? His answer was (at least in my mind) not shocking because it's Abe so. It was a VHS tape calledWhere Did I Come From?They also went to the Robert Crown Center as well to raise their knowledge. This was supposed to be a top 6 list of the top sources for 18-24 year olds to learn about sex. Porn is obviously number 1, as it should be. The second is from a partner, which sidetracked into a trip down memory lane. Abe was curious if Angi lost her virginity to a guy named Spider and if he looked like Mark fromRoseanne. Sadly, the answer here was no but when she was 16, she lost it to her boyfriend at the time. He then dumped her right after so he could go get tons of strange and she was so devastated, she didn't have sex again until four years later. As I said, there was supposed to be 6 tips but Angi apparently got confused, much like the rest of the audience did when Abe gave us a terrible tip and the topic ended up hitting a wall.
Today welcomed a new type of segment to the show, the Roadie Roundtable. After receiving an anonymous email from a listener with a question, Angi opened the responses to the roadies. The listener has a neighbor who has a special needs son in his 20's. Sometimes he will show up randomly at the listeners house to visit the listeners dog. When the neighbor asked for her number, she gave it and that led to her being added on Facebook, as well as her husband. He would relentlessly request to come see the dog. It got a little worse because he started to sort of stalk the listener because he wants to visit all the time. She wants to know how to deal with it, like should she go to the family of the guy and tell them or what. Abe's advice was to fake a conversation on the phone, which really doesn't work here so let's just move on. Listener Brian has an autistic son who is 30 and he said she should just be honest and tell the parents. Tim said that she should talk to the parents and be honest, explain the whole situation to them. Head Roadie Sandy agrees with the rest of the callers and they should try to come up with a solution, like setting up a schedule. Listener Marie also agreed with the schedule idea and said the parents should be spoken to.
Lastly, in today's Drunk Ninja News, we had yet another Florida story (shocker.) This one took place in a McDonald's drive through at 4 A.M. There was a police report of a suspicious vehicle. In it was a 28 year old who was passed out and snoring so loud that they added it to the police report. He was awoken, couldn't walk, failed the field sobriety test and drank a ton of rum runners among other things. This led to a question as to why cops aren't just parked in White Castle parking lots at all times because no one is eating that mess sober.
10 o' Clock Toast:
The rock god John Fogerty, who apparently has gout or bursitis.
Show Quotes and Tidbits:
Quote: "Couldn't she just use a paper towel or whatever?" - Abe
Quote: "When I bleed, I use a paper towel and it's fine." - Abe
Quote: "I ain't a bitch" - Angi / "I am" - Abe
Tidbit: Abe's Tip of the Day: If you send an accidental text talking smack about a person to that person, confuse them.
Quote: "This is the most important item of the morning ... money!" - Abe
Tidbit: The show is number 1 in prisons.