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.)
This morning, instead of a discussion, Angi and Abe decided to play a little game. This involved posters and your age. The simple explanation was this, tell them posters you used to have on your wall and they would guess your age. I know right, groundbreaking radio right there. Before getting into the game with the roadies, Angi and Abe discussed their posters. Angi's mom used to always tear hers off the wall because Angi had wild stuff like Mötley Crüe "Shout at the Devil" and 2 Live Crew. As for Abe, he had what every young boy does. KISS, Jim McMahon, Jim Morrison, a poster of himself, his brother and their art teacher doing the DX sign (hmmm,) and of course, a Sheryl Crow Poster (sus it up if you're reading this.) While Abe sang Sheryl Crow, Angi commented on how her looks essentially hit the wall. Anyway, let's try to dissect some roadies posters and see who wins this mess.
Brad had Aerosmith, Farrah Fawcet in her red swimsuit and hard nips, Cheryl Tiegs. Of course Abe had to ask if Brad flogged the totem pole to the poster because we clearly need a second sus shot this morning. As for their guess Angi went 52 and Abe went 58. Brad was 61. Angi 0 - Abe 1
Cindy clearly missed the point of the game as she said she wanted a Joan Jett poster as a kid but has one now. She also revealed her age after Angi's guess so no one got a point here. Angi guessed 48, Abe guessed 46. Cindy was 46. Angi 0 - Abe 1
Evelyn had a room filled with posters of Mötley Crüe, Megadeth, The Scorpions, etc. Angi guessed 48, Abe guessed 47. Evelyn was 42. Angi 0 - Abe 2
Cory had a Dr. Feelgood poster, Kathy Ireland Budweiser ad poster, and didn't have Abe asking him about whacking it. Angi guessed 47, Abe guessed 43. Cory was 32. Angi 0 - Abe 3
Heather had KoRn, Papa Roach and Staind. Angi guessed 35, Abe guessed 38. Heather was 35. Angi 1 - Abe 3
Jesse had Kerry King, Metallica's Ride the Lightning. Angi guessed 46, Abe guessed 45. Jesse was 25. Angi 1 - Abe 4
Congrats Abe Kanan, a winner is you today!
All the Rest:
"Sometimes It Snows in April," like for example, yesterday. With nothing better to do, Angi decided to take a trip to Northbrook with her daughter to return some shoes Jay the Straight bought her. The literal inside of the mall was dead, like one would hope to see during a pandemic. However, traversing the empty halls did make Angi feel like one of those old people mall walkers. The contents within were not impressive, with half of the stores shut down or shuttered with the words "Don't Open Dead Inside" painted on them. As she told this riveting story, a pause occurred because she caught Angi on his phone which she chaste him for, as all women do to us men. Abe contributed that he had gone to Chicago Ridge Mall pre pandemic and it was packed (you don't say.) The assumption here was aside from the whole pesky pandemic, the snow was also keeping people home. Since every other location of the particular store Angi was seeking is currently shut down, she had to trek out to unload the gift. As I said, Angi was returning boots from Christmas, not because she's ungrateful but because they didn't fit (though let's face it, I had to add that in because you probably assumed otherwise.) Jay the Straight bought them and unfortunately for him, they were too small. I wouldn't blame him though as we learned this morning, Angi has monster huge feet. She wears a 9 1/2, the average woman's shoe size is an 8. Abe wears a size 13 (hey daddy,) but that makes sense, because men always seem to want bigger shoe sizes. You know who has a huge foot, local celebrity gossip bitch Danny Gaga with a whopping size 17 (Angi stop drooling if you're reading this.) This turned into an excuse for Abe to tell us how he's schooled Danny Gaga in basketball a ton, 1000 games in a row to be exact. Then Danny Gaga got lucky with a 3 and won one game before Abe went on to win another 1000 in a row. Angi closed out this discussion by pointing out three Abe attributes: loves mayo, big feet and a killer hook shot. He's literally a woman's perfect man (who secretly likes men ... probably.)
Today also brought forward a special guest in the form of Jackyl front man Jesse James Dupree. Before you ask: yes, they did refrain themselves from going on about "Lumberjack Song" and yes, I was disappointed as well. Angi opened with asking as to whether he is a boob, ass or leg man? He's an ass man but more so in it for the conversation (funny, I've heard Abe say that as well....) He was checking in to promote a show tonight at the Afterlife (in Lombard) and a show tomorrow night in Hobart. Btw, the Afterlife is a dump apparently but fear not, Jackyl will be playing so hard it will remodel the place (as long as it doesn't end up looking like a Great White show after that's good.) Abe jumped in to explain to Jesse that his first concert was a show that they played with Aerosmith. In turn, Jesse went on to explain how fortunate they have been as a band to play with many of these great bans and how it only made them better. There was talk of how people are thirsty for shows now (because of that pesky covid thing) and then talk of real thirst as Angi mentioned when Jesse was in Playgirl magazine. Angi asked if he had been fully naked inside the issue and I'm assuming the answer is yes as he went on to explain the reason it came up initially was he had been arrested for indecent exposure. He initially turned down the offer but was persuaded to do it after his record company basically forced him to. They decided to do the shoot at the Long Beach Arena, which was the same place Jim Morrison had been arrested for indecent exposure. During the last song, he stripped completely down, put his boots back on and played naked. Angi was curious if copies of the issue still exist, she needs one to bookend against her copy that she has with Brad Pitt in it. Talk then got a bit golden as Abe mentioned that the show he was at, Jesse had peed all over the audience. Overlooking this disgusting mess, the talk turned to censorship and how Walmart and Kmart would not carry their records (though if you're R Kellying people, no one should carry your stuff imo.) The last bit of the conversation was a trip down memory lane with Abe asking Jesse if he remembered that time he was at Angels & Kings with Kiefer Sutherland. That had come about because he was doing a radio tour with Kiefer since he was managing Kiefer's band. It should be pointed out that he loves Gibsons btw. They had gone from Gibsons to Angels & Kings and get this, not only does he remember Abe's incident, he tells the story all the time. In fact, he jogged a bit of Abe's memory about how Abe and Kiefer were arguing over hockey later in the night. The thing was, the fight that could have been did not need to happen because Kiefer was on probation at the time. That said, Kiefer will not be at Afterlife tonight but who knows, crazy things happen with this band all the time.
Finally, on a show with two degenerate gamblers, we were bound to have a topic about the most gambling addicted states. Before revealing the top 10, Angi asked Abe who he thought number 1 was. "Las Vegas" he declared, unaware apparently that Vegas isn't a state (at least physically, it's definitely a state of mind. This then turned into a discussion of how to properly pronounce Nevada and Oregon. Anyway, the list goes Nevada, Mississippi, South Dakota, Montana, Louisiana, Oklahoma, New Jersey, Minnesota (you can't drink there, what's the point,) West Virginia and Oregon. There was a discussion of would you rather live in the middle of the ocean or in Mississippi (the ocean obviously.) Angi also told us about Utah, where drugs are apparently everywhere and Angi was offered them all the time. Illinois and Indiana were low on the list. Abe went on to ask if Angi intended to buy a place in Vegas, not as retirement property though but a place for them to live together. Angi made a point of the (in my mind) required asking of whether or not Abe was the big or little spoon. Silly woman, you should have known that he would be in a separate bedroom with all his "other spoons." This roughly translated means that Angi will be sleeping on the couch while he and a bunch of shirtless guys he met at the pool talk about Stamos and hit each other with pillows.
Request Wars:
Current Champion: Megan
Challenger Song Choice: "Liberate"
Champion Song Choice: "What I Got"
Observation: Smacktalk was good today, a little more weighted toward Jules imo and honestly, Jules has the stronger song. I'm throwing my hat toward him for today. The saga continues/concludes tomorrow with Best Friend Wars.
Winner: Megan
The 8:30 Call Out:
Abe called out a Popeyes franchise because the chicken in his sandwich was small.
Blair called out her husband for being a big sweaty sweatbox.
Will called out the lead singer Eric of the band Hospital Bracelet because he stole money from him (when he was in the band.)
10 o' Clock Toast:
Jesse James Dupree. Have a shot of his bourbon while checking out Jackyl at the Afterlife tonight.
Show Quotes and Tidbits:
"You're (Abe) the man and you have big feet." - Angi
"I don't F with haunted houses, I don't need you touching me with a chainsaw or whatever." - Angi
"If you're a person whose urine can pass, I don't wanna hang out with you." - Angi
"Brad, did you take care of business looking at that poster?" - Abe