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.)
Ah, Monday, the second worst day of the week (I'm looking at you Tuesday.) While the rest of you were sleeping off your hangover, we were there bright and early (and probably still drunk, at least the guy taking notes was/is.) As expected, there will be lots of Super Bowl talk in here today and not much else so let's dive on in.
As I said, it's the day after the Super Bowl so that's pretty much all the show was going to be about today. I'm going to do a big swatch here and break off into a few smaller sections in the other notes. So, since Tom Brady won the game yesterday, Angi and Abe were offered the day off. The Big Boss loves Tom Brady, the Patriots, subs, mayo, a plethora of other things. He loves them some much; he even has replica rings. Since his GOAT won, everyone was told they could take off if they wanted to. Angi and Abe though are committed to all of us and so they showed up. This led to Abe discussing that he's actually never met The Big Boss, in fact he hasn't met anybody that works at the station in the 4 months they've been there. Moving on, let's get to and get the Best Bet of the Week out of the way. He won and so in his mind, he closed out the season strong (I consider the season overall and feel like my notes should be checked to get a better feel how the season went.) Speaking of notes, Abe took advantage of a particular unnamed restaraunt's deal (check my notes to see which) that gave him 40 boneless wings that were absolutely disgusting. It was essentially barely sauced chicken nuggets to go with his boney stegosaurus ribs. Overall, it was an unpleasant experience and he won't BEE eating there again. As for Angi, she went to Jerry's house. Oh Jerry, you know Jerry, of course you do. There she watched the game and hung out with her godson's, one of which punched her in the crotch when he saw her. Abe went on to recall his own trauma of being punched in the crotch by his brother when he was 3.
As we learned last week, Rock 95.5 is giving out a divorce consultation for Valentine's Day. The stories were submitted and finalists were chosen. Today was contestant number #1: Cliff. He and his wife were high school sweethearts and have been married for a combined 34 years. While he was in the navy, the wife broke off and married someone else and had a kid with this guy. When he returned, they eventually got back together and Cliff adopted the daughter his wife had with this other man. 30 years later, the daughter wants to find her biological father. It turns out that he lives close by and after getting to know him (her biological dad,) the daughter wanted them all to be a big happy family. They all worked out their differences and everything seemed great.... However, Cliff's wife ended up cheating on him with the ex husband, aka the biological father of her daughter (yea, it gets confusing.) Cliff ended up discovering the affair by tracking through Google and seeing where his wife was going while he was at work. This had been going on for at least 6 months, if not more, mind you. The last time he was actually together with his wife was November of 2019. This was sad and messy and I can't imagine what the rest of the week has in store.
Finally, on today's edition of Roadie Roundtable, Gia has a problem that sprung up last night. There was a small Super Bowl party at her house with a few of her husband's friends. While they were watching the game, an indication was alerted to her by said friends that her husband had bet on the game. After doing a little digging, she found out that her husband had lost $1,000 bucks on the game. Because of the way the friends were reacting though, Gia thinks that he might have actually lost a lot more. In fact, had the friends not acted up, she wouldn't have known that he lost anything at all. Her question was, should she attempt to find out how much he actually lost or should she bite the bullet and accept it? Roadie Scott said that she should mind her own business, the he could have spent the money on a hooker and that he should just take her out for wings with Abe. (This whole call was just wildly stupid.) Head Roadie Sandy said that damn right she should be asking about it. Abe closed out the segment by saying he doesn't like to ask permission for anything.
Request Wars:
Current Champion: Patrick (2x)
Challenger Song Choice: "Cemetery Gates"
Champion Song Choice: "Liberate"
Observation: Greg might have only been food hungover but it felt like there was no effort on his part here. Patrick talked ish all weekend and continued running his mouth this morning. Gotta give credit where it's due and tip my hat toward him.
Winner: Greg
Other Topics:
In the first of the three lesser but related topics about the Super Bowl, even though Abe hit his Best Bet of the Week, he failed on the Gatorade color. Here's the thing though, he had heard from 2 reliable sources that the color was going to be purple, this was supposed to be a sure thing. Well, as we came to find out, the Gatorade was red. Abe decided, as he does, to throw his source under the bus. This source was Head Roadie Trash Man Tim. As Abe ranted and raved, Trash Man Tim called in to defend himself. According to him, he knew a guy who worked at Gatorade who now works for Powerade and was the one that told him the color. Abe called him out on said friend and yeah, it was just basically the blame game that normally goes on during the Best Bet of the Week. It should be noted btw that Abe lost all of his bets yesterday outside of the Best Bet of the Week.
Next up was conspiracy theory time. Angi and Abe discussed a video of Tom Brady where he was unable to wink. In fact, any time he tries to wink, he ends up blinking. This led the pair to believe that Tom Brady is either an alien or a robot (at least we're not going with a lizard person.) There was a small talk about things people can't do outside of winking, like whistling, snapping their fingers and knowing when to shut the flipper up. Abe went on to talk about an old boss who would always wink and point (which sounds irritating.) The crazy thing is Abe pulled an example from the 80's showSmall Wonderabout how Viki the Robot could not wink and she blinked a lot. Perhaps they are right, maybe Brady really is a robot and now that we've become aware, they better reboot The Matrix.
Lastly, Eric Stonestreet, who played Cam onModern Familywas at the Super Bowl yesterday. Actually, it was his cutout that was inserted there because aside from health care workers, only really big name celebrities were pushed through the gates. However, there was a problem, his cardboard cutout was situated around a group of Buccanner's fans. Aside from probably being worried that his cutout would catch covid from those Florida bumpkins, he assumed that they would end up destroying and defacing the cutout. He is a massive Chief's fan so he had apparently reason to worry. He ended up calling up security and they actually moved him to another section of the stadium. This reminded Abe that he actually used to follow Abe on Twitter and after checking, Abe says he doesn't anymore. Devastated and throwing a small fit, Abe was able to contain himself. I personally am waiting for the day that Drew McIntyre unfollows him, god that meltdown will be absolutely epic.
10 o' Clock Toast:
Tom Brady, even if you hate him, you can't deny that he's the GOAT. In fact, he has had rings in the last 3 decades.
Show Quotes and Tidbits:
Quote: "If you're driving to work right now, your boss doesn't care about you." - Abe
Quote: "I'm known for my winning ways and stuff." - Abe
Quote: "Don't they like put jock straps on the heads of nerds in high school." - Abe
Quote: "Use your Lover's Lane gift card to buy a lot of ointments." - Abe / "Ointments, ointments are for disease!" - Angi