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.)
Today's show was absolutely packed with learning and truly offered something for everyone. We found out about The Yellows, Angi's dance trope with her cousins when she was a kid. Abe spent a small chunk of the morning screaming about how all the snow in Chicago belongs to him. There was even a suspect fact about what they do with your kidneys when they get replaced. Curious, read on.
In today's round of Request Wars, which after this week will get its own little section in my notes, had another pretty good battle today. Reigning champ Angry Bob, the old man who has a flip phone, put his belt on the line against Case, the Hot Topic sounding kid from Columbia College. With song choices that really showed their ages "I'm Not Okay (I Promise)" vs "Mean Street." Case was able to do what I could not and put the old man away. However, when he announced his choice for tomorrow would be The Cure, you could literally hear the collective eye roll from the studio. Will he be the first two day champ or will I be writing about someone new tomorrow, tune in to find out.
So, are there any embarrassing gross behaviors that you do (and are willing to admit to?) For example, 93% of people admit to picking their nose (who doesn't do ths.) How about washing your hands after using the bathroom? This is absolutely disgusting and anyone who doesn't do this needs a literal beating. Have you ever pooped or peed yourself? Angi has and it was fairly recently, poor thing. If I remember correctly, I think Abe did once but that was a story I heard years ago and you know, old memories fading. Worn the same underwear 2 days in a row? During the early days of the pandemic, the roommate and I would go days without showering so. For the record so have 68% of other people and Abe is in there as well. How about peeing in the shower? Abe, Angi, myself and 83% of other people do. In fact, I once took a very drunk poll about it at a family party that resulted in me verbally accosting this poor woman. Lastly, how about popping another person's pimple? Here's where I draw the line and close this portion of the note because I may throw up if I don't.
Finally, what are the best jobs to have for happiness in 2021. Going backwards, they are veterinarian, dentist, data scientist, speech language pathologist, statistician, doctor, medical services manager, nurse practitioner, software engineer and physician's assistant falls into number 1. As for the best paying job, that belongs to your local anesthesiologist. This led to the real meat of the topic which was Angi's love of getting gassed. That's right, the female reincarnation of Michael Jackson over here loves to go under and will willingly skip sleep so she can be put down for a good rest. According to her, this is easily the best sleep she ever has. Then again, we've all heard about how Jay the Straight punches and kicks her in his restless sleep so it kind of makes sense why she loves it so much.
Other Topics:
In a move that tends to go down as "oops," and or "happens far too often and yet he never learns," Abe ordered Hooters at 9 P.M. and he needed to get up at 3 A.M. Obviously, this is going to go wrong because Abe is a monster when it comes to eating and he ended up getting heartburn this morning. We know how it goes btw, those first 7 bites are just absolutely amazing and after that, it's just all downhill from there. This led into a discussion on how it feels to eat after having covid, when you have no taste or smell and food is just absolutely unappealing to you. Angi and Abe had both lost their taste and smell for five days and when it finally came back, they ate like absolute pigs. Like go and eat all the appetizers and then still eat that whole rib eye steak. You're completely stuffed but you need it (probably to feel anything, that's how I view food.) Anyway, this led us into a Abe induced slob moment, where he discussed his love of Hooters blue cheese. If they sold it like they started doing the Chick Fil A sauce, he would buy it every week. Now I'm thinking about Abe sitting shirtless on his couch, just drenched in blue cheese sauce and I think this part of the note needs to be cut off as well.
Continuing on the Abe train, he had a "little" rant/meltdown this morning about sports teams and then snow. You see, he doesn't want anyone to have either of them. I guess I should explain that a bit better because even though that sentence makes 100% sense if you know Abe, there's a bit more to it. It started with PSAbe (which you can read below) about people moving and not being allowed to love the teams from their old cities. It began as a general directive toward basically everyone and though he would come around and clean it up to only include celebrities, we all know he did mean everyone. You see, Abe hates celebrities more than normal people (I'm confused, who doesn't?) Listener James called in to yell at Abe but of course he remained unconvinced because if Abe is anything, it's definitely stubborn and stalwart. Continuing onward, Abe found another thing he was hell bent on yelling about, snow. That hated white stuff that we all get sick of the moment it touches the ground, well Abe was here to not only defend it but also claim it. That's right, all the snow in Chicago belongs to King Abe and he went off on a literal tangent about how it belongs to him and no one else. Keep this in mind please, if you come to visit and try to steal the snow, Abe will find you and probably kill you.
Lastly, what are some things that you found out as an adult that absolutely blew your mind? This started with something Abe refused to accept. Winnie the Pooh is a girl. To back it up, Angi explained that the original Winnie the Pooh was a black bear from Canada. An iPhone user can text pew pew pew to another iPhone user and lasers will show up on the other persons phone. Fez fromThat 70's Show's name stood for Foreign Exchange Student. The painting American Gothic is of a farmer and his daughter, not his wife. Chuck E. Cheese's full name is Charles Entertainment Cheese. If you're not there, your square cause you're not around (eye roll.) Tinder's logo is a flame because you get matches. The phrase "break a leg" is said because people were hoping you would end up in a cast. Listener John called in to say that he had no idea that Marky Mark was Mark Wahlberg. Listener Dave explained this incredible fact (that we are not 100% not sure is true,) that when you get a kidney transplant, they throw the new one in and leave the old one in there as well.
10 o' Clock Toast:
Elaine La Russa, since she's a real metal fan and knew the lead singer of Machine Head. They want her to have a metal show on Rock 95.5.
Show Quotes and Tidbits:
Tidbit: Angi had a dance group (for her family/relatives) with her cousins as a kid called the yellows.
Quote: "People who had cameras (back in the day,) felt like molestors to me." - Abe
Quote: "You go in the bathroom and you flush the Spanx down the toilet?" - Abe
Tidbit: PSAbe: If you left a garbage city for another city, you don't get to represent those teams anymore.
Quote: "As my grandmother said, 'dirty house is dirty vagina.'" - Angi
Honorary Head Roadie: Elaine La Russa - Head Roadie of Manager Wives