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.)
Let's take another trip down memory lane, where we recall the good old days. Well, good for most people, I vaguely recall my road being paved with ridiculousness. Anyway, Angi was talking to one of her girlfriends and she went on to tell her about something that occurred recently. Her son, who is now 18, basically went on a confession spree telling his mom bad things he had done as a younger teen. This took us back to the life of young Angi Taylor, who used to sneak out all the time through her bedroom window (the ladder worked both ways btw.) The thing was, she used to share her room with her little sister so to keep everything together, Angi would have to pay her sister off to stop the snitching. The same thing happened with her brother as well (which shows us that every problem can be solved by throwing money at it.) As for what her brother did, well Angi was a bad girl when it came to school as well and so she would need to have someone intercept her report cards. Because her parents didn't trust her (with good reason,) they wouldn't allow her to get the mail. Out came her purse and once more, a bunch of wadded up singles were tossed out to keep her secrets safe. Now Abe, he was a completely different story. He had no secrets because (well aside from he doesn't do anything) there were no rules in his house. Abe was allowed to do whatever he wanted. There was no curfew, he never got grounded at all (welcome to my life as well.) Angi was always grounded, as was Abe's friend Adam. This kind of explains why she would rebel so hard against things when they started pushing the grounding narrative. So, with their pasts pulled out and displayed like a gutted fish, Angi wanted to know what the roadies lied to their parents about as a teen. Roadie Stacy and her friends once went out looking for unlocked cars. Once they found one, they stole it and went to her house to pick up cash to go to the mall. When her dad saw the car, she lied and said it was her friend's parents' car. Dave and his friends would coordinate sick days with each other so they could all skip school. Once the lie was locked in place and the day was off, he would steal his parents car. Joshua would put his cell number into the school file so when the school called to tell that he was ditching, it would go to him instead of the parents. Then there's Josh, who was in a trailer park fight club and since you don't talk about fight club, he would say he got banged up at the skatepark. As for me, like Abe I had no rules so there was no reason to lie. There was also no reason to explain the guys crawling into my bedroom window or coming in through the back door late at night so we could go to my room and "do stuff."
All the Rest:
It's Black Thursday apparently as a ton of people are being fired today. I'm not entirely sure if this is specific to just radio or if Angi and Abe have tapped into a secret source that gives them this powerful knowledge of canning. This led to a story from Abe about how at his former station, he was told that he was on a raft (while other co-workers were being drowned like rats.) I actually distinctly remember this, not Abe's raft but that time Angi and I shared a door when we jumped off the Titanic together but that's a story for another time. Anyway, the station had a plan, they would furlough for a few weeks, then bring people in for a month, then furlough, then rinse repeat this cycle because they assumed their listeners were idiots who would indulge this trash. Turns out that they were playing the wrong game because when Abe's three week furlough ended, his boss called to tell him that he had gotten the chop. So essentially, Abe was lied to which helps explain some of his trust issues I'd think. It should be noted that Abe was in the midst of buying a condo at that point but luckily the transaction had yet to complete and he was saved from poverty for a handful of months. Abe did note that this was not his bosses fault, it was just the powers that be at the Radio Variance Authority decided to prune all the hosts from their station. This was also a double whammy as he was working at a station here in Chicago and one in Indiana and got zapped at both. Luckily, Angi came along with her Titanic door and threw a life preserver to Abe and the two of them are floating safely together. He has his condo, The Ivory Tower, which he finally moved into and things are good. It should be noted that working in radio is a wonky thing so buying a place to live is something you have to consider. Angi didn't buy her first house until she was 38 and Abe didn't get this condo until he was 39. This also wasn't Abe's first brush with a condo buy and way back in 2006, he was going to buy one and he was fired. Luckily for us roadies, if they were to fire Angi and Abe, they're going to go all rebel radio. They will run through the building, find an empty but working studio and barricade themselves in it and do the show. Plus if this doesn't work out, there's also podcasting because let's face it, we (aside from Angry Bob) can't get enough of Angi and Abe talking. It should also be noted that these firings are comparable to how Joe Pesci was killed inGoodfellas, which clearly makes a ton of sense when you consider it. One last piece of advice before I move on, if you happen to see a lady with a clipboard at work, you'd better make sure you start running.
So, basically streaming is the only thing people seem to care about these days. We get ourselves wrapped up in tons of subscriptions and just tend to forget we have them. This was the case with Angi today, who discovered a secret problem that she did not realize she was suffering from. Before getting to it, Angi asked Abe about his subscription usage. He has access to every streaming service and most of them belong to either family or some random person. (Transparency, who doesn't have access to every streaming service through someone else and offset that by paying for one or two yourself to give to them.) Anyway, what happened was Angi's former co-worker Kaelin has been using Angi's Hulu account. Before we could further dig up where Angi was going with this, Abe had to ask who actually watches Hulu? Angi did/does forThe Morning Show, which is a dramedy that stars Jennifer Aniston and Steve Carell. Anyway, Kaelin asked Angi if she happened to change the password on Hulu because the last time she tried to log in, it wasn't working. Curious, Angi pulled herself away from non show sponsor Discovery+ to discover (see what I did there) that someone had hacked into her Hulu account. Not only was someone using it, no this monster had the audacity to create his own username there. Lan the Man added his own name next to Angi, Jay the Straight and Daughter of Angi. Even more ridiculous though was that Lan the Man had the child filter set to his created profile as well. How or why this jobber got so comfortable that he figured he could create an account and no one would notice makes no sense to Angi (or me for that matter.) Plus, he has no problem breaking into people's Hulu's but when it comes to nudity and swearing around kids, he draws the line ... what!? Angi is no stranger to her accounts being hacked, as she once told before that Netflix had been hacked once as well (by me but let's look past that.) The person who hacked into the account basically only watched Spanish drag queen competition shows and it sent Angi's recommendations spiraling. Abe suggested that Angi change her profile name so that she could tell off Lan the Man. She would but Angi lives a life of passing indifference. You see, she was offended that someone dared to do this to her but at the same time, she doesn't care. On the other hand, Abe doesn't want anyone using any of his stuff. In short, a big FU to Lan the Man.
Finally, hilarious (and at a point confused as Angi) comedian Whitney Cummings called in to the show this morning. She was on to promote her upcoming tour, simply titled Touch Me. There will be a show here in Chicago sometime in December. In fact, the shows in general have been selling out wildly (because people are desperate to leave the house) and for the Chicago show, there might be a second one added. Diving into the discussion, Whitney mentioned how she tries not to say that certain places are her favorite (it makes sense because let's face it, who's going to say like Des Moine is good) but she actually really does like Chicago. She says that Chicago has always treated her great and went as far as to say she'd like to live here one day. There was a small snafu when it came to jersey discussion though and Whitney went all Angi. While attempting to say that she has a Cubs jersey, she first said Red Sox and then White Sox. She knows the error in saying the wrong team in a city as this becomes an instant chance at cancelation. Like once she was in Boston and said the Boston Patriots and they basically wanted to lynch her. Now that she's messed up, she's done the worst thing she can do and so things should be okay. Angi immediately started to assume that she and Whitney are besties. In fact, Angi is already plotting the ridiculous speech that she would give at Whitney's wedding. They then wondered if Whitney was perhaps jealous of our city because our teams actually have names. It should be pointed out, if you didn't know, Whitney is from Washington where they apparently have a football team. This led to a discussion how the name Washington Football Team is just super passive aggressive and petty. The biggest insult though is just how much time it takes to actually say the stupid name. Really though, with all things considered, every name they were throwing around sucked anyway. Back to the tour, the reason it is called the Touch Me tour is that she literally wants to touch everyone. Angi, being the generous soul that she is, wants Whitney to be the first person to touch her new boobs. (Sidenote: Hey Whitney, get in line because if I'm not on the top of the list, someones getting cut.) There was a discussion of what led to Angi's new tits (I'm not rehashing that, it's been done to death.) As for the offer, Whitney would love to touch Angi's mammary cannons. In fact, she has touched a lot of boobs lately. So much so that if girls touching girls was a #metoo thing, she would be canceled (again.) One last point, she really wants to do Zanie's while she is here. Okay, one more one last point, Whitney and Angi are totally besties now.
Request Wars:
Current Champion: Tom
Champion Song Choice: "For whom the Bell Tolls"
Challenger Song Choice: "Bodies"
Observation: Tom wins by default again so good for him. That said, a new rule was enacted today. If you want to play Request Wars and you don't show, you get dragged by me. That's right, I will hop on and me and your opponent will give you grief for being a no show loser. You don't want this.
Winner: Tom
10 o' Clock Toast:
Whitney Cummings. She was such a fun interview and her show here in December should be amazing.
Show Quotes and Tidbits:
Quote: "If you're a good drug dealer, your clients will use you forever." - Abe
Quote: "When there's a murder somewhere, I don't wanna be there." - Abe
Quote: "I'm afraid the axe is going to hit me in the face ... I have such a powerful throw." - Abe