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 Point:
(This is the broadstroke canvas on which I base my call, obviously these notes are going to be longer and more detailed.)
It all began with a tease, a little hint drop that something big was coming this morning. Obviously it wasn't going to be anything absolutely crazy, right? After all the station is still new and there are pieces of wood and drywall that have yet to be posted up in the studio. No, this was something different, something special. It was simply calledThe Envelope, which we would have unveiled to use in the 8 A.M. hour. So what did this mystery tease turn out to be. Well, it's a game, that's right, our first game here on The Angi Taylor Show. Conceived out of the bosses wanting a game and Angi being high as a kite, fifteen minutes later she createdThe Envelope. This is the ... dumbest game ever made and you will feel stupider for evening knowing it exists. It's like "The Secret," where you put all your wishes into a scam and you get what you deserve, garbage in return. However, this stupid little game is now a permanent fixture of the show and will be played daily. To celebrate the inaugural event, Angi and Abe went on Instagram live to showcase thatThe Envelopeis not rigged in any way, it's just dumb. Also, there is a prize, though there is no guarantee it will be good. Today was Korn live stream passes, tomorrow could be a half eaten doughnut that Abe pushed away since he's svelt now. So how do you playThe Envelope, it's simple. Two callers will call in and each will pick a number from 1 to 10. Whoever gets closest wins. If they both go over or under, whoever is closest wins. That it, it's that simple and as we said, tht stupid. Yeah, this is riveting, I know. As an added bonus, in the video you can see on Instagram and the show FB Page (which I moderate,) we were hit with an Amber Alert. Once that was done though, it was revealed that contestant Jade was the winner, nailing the 4 spot on and beating poor Tony. However, everyone was a winner today because for the initial go round, both contestants got prizes.
All the Rest:
Much like myself, Angi had barely any sleep last night because she was woken up at 3 A.M. by Jay the Straight. No, not for sex but instead by having both of his knees slammed into her backside. You see, he had been out yesterday watching the Michigan State game because that's his team but also because his close friend is the head coach of UCLA. Just in case of the either or outcome, he had to make sure he wore both shirts to the game as well even though his heart belongs to Michigan and he was sitting with the coaches family. Instead of staying the night in Indiana, he had to come home because he had something to do for work this morning that needed to be done here. So as I said, he jumped into bed and smack dab into her spine, waking her up for the morning and leaving her sore (and not in the good way.)
Our dear Abe is losing weight and this is an amazing thing (one step closer to that shirtless mayo eating calendar.) So far he has lost 15 pounds and he has moved from his fat clothes pile to his normal clothes pile. Yes that's right, there are 3 (5) piles for clothing. Much like Goldilocks, you can choose skinny, normal or fat. If you're real lucky there's a fourth pile obese and of course, I'm a disgusting fat pig who should be shunned by society pile (I'm holding up a panel, just so you know.) Angi on the other hand is in her fat pile which in Abe's standard is his normal pile. She knows that at some point it will be time to clean out the closet and toss out the size 2's because that's never happening again probably. For what it's worth, Abe has an obese pile just in case. Angi's obese pile consists of leggings, sweats and enough booze to make every day tolerabe as you lose yourself to the fat void. Anyway, Angi was curious as to what piles the roadies were in. For some during the quarantine, they got skinny and fit. For us normal people and Angi, she put on like 15 pounds and now the idea of returning to normal is terrifying. Roadie Steve called in to mention that he is now in the skinny pile, having put on 15 at the start of the pandemic and then lost 60. Abe didn't care about the weight loss but more about the extra skin, was it stretched out and disgusting, was it everywhere, does it work like silly putty? The last thing we took away from this was a discussion on Atkin's and meat and for some reason, Angi is against just having piles of meat shoved in her mouth (which is weird, all things considered.)
Finally, let's tackle something worth celebrating today, shall we. Angi and Jay the Straight's 10 year wedding anniversary is coming up (6 weeks from now.) The original plans had something fun to do like being drunk in New Orleans and probably degenerate sex on top of those graves that are sitting out in the open. Alas, that pesky covid has claimed yet another thing to do because we obviously can't have nice things ever. The idea then being tossed around was going to Vegas, something that they had done for their honeymoon. Angi described that go round as "fun" and by fun I mean that Jay the Straight worked the whole time while Angi laid poolside and downed bottles of wine while trying to hide her secret gambling problem (I'm assuming, not the working stuff, the other stuff.) So the thought right now is to do Vegas again but this time do it right. Have a romantic time, do what they should have done on the honeymoon. This was dilemma number one. The second came in the idea of a gift, what does one give for a 10 year wedding anniversary? Girls expect diamonds, guys probably just want to be left alone to play some Call of Duty for five minutes I'd assume. Things that were listed as viable gifts like celebrating with family and friends and going to a concert are not currently so Angi needs help. Since May 14th is right around the corner, Angi is desperate for the roadies opinions. If you had your ten year, what did you do with your significant other, did you end up having a big party to celebrate? Angi is already assuming that this trip will turn in Jay the straight golfing the whole time and she'll be drunk poolside or drunk playing blackjack. Roadie Corey said that Angi should give Jay the Straight a threesome as a gift. Jokes on Corey, Angi already gave him that on their first year wedding anniversary! Pat went to a little place called the Red Rock Resort Casino for his. It's a nice place that has everything and is only 30 minutes outside the strip. Head Roadie Rob, well he did absolutely nothing and planned for his 20th instead. Angi was shook because in her mind, making it to 10 years is a miracle. In the end, Angi settled on asking Jay the Straight for therapy as a gift because let's face it, after 10 years I'd assume he's tired of listening to her problems. My solution to this whole thing is simple, do a staycation. Let Jay the Straight buy a golf simulator and Angi can just lay on her back and drink wine while playing her blackjack app on her phone because that's what this trip would have ended up being anyway.
Request Wars:
Current Champion: Rachel (4x)
Challenger Song Choice: "Pyschosocial"
Champion Song Choice: "Killer Queen"
Observation: The "queen's" torch has officially been snubbed out. Weak smack talk, reused jokes, yeah this should be the part where her head gets lopped off. Trenton brought the fire today and should rightfully be our new Request Wars Lord (as Mario is our king.)
Winner: Trenton
8 o' Clock Call Out:
(Since I'm not going to pad these notes with like 10+ different call outs each day, I will pick a handful that I felt were really good and post those. To hear all of the call outs, check out the podcast of today's show.)
Abe called out himself for making his first mortgage payment yesterday, realizing he'll die before he pays it out.
Angi called out her dogs for always snail trailing her couch.
Shannon called out her soon to be ex best friend Julie for borrowing her $450 Michael Kors sunglasses, which she ended up losing.
Jamie called out the family and friend's of this guy Michael for coming into his bar to celebrate his life.
10 o' Clock Toast:
Angus Young. He's 66 today so Happy Birthday Angus!
Show Quotes and Tidbits:
Quote: "I don't understand how you could sit and eat meat all day." - Angi
Quote: "I love that that whole sports thing was about how much money you're (Abe) making." - Angi
Quote: "What do we call him (Andy Dalton,) The Red Junk or whatever." - Abe