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.)
Because it's Monday and it's already a bad thing because well it's Monday, Angi was looking to bring us down. She was seeking to soul crush people by pulling out memories of movie scenes that absolutely destroyed us. For Angi, she had a couple right off the bat. I should add here thatSpoiler Alert, spoilers are all abound after this point. In fact, Angi ruinedTitanicfor Abe by letting him know that the ship sank in the end. It's a shame too because he had finally intended to watch the movie this weekend. That said,Titanicwas on Angi's list and her devastation scene is the part where the old couple goes to bed knowing that they're going to die regardless. Speaking of dying old people, her other wasThe Notebookwhich if you've never seen, is about a woman with Alzheimer's being told the story of her life with her husband. In the end, they both end up dying in bed together as well ironically. I feel compelled to add that my best friend who recently passed loveThe Notebookas well and it was his favorite tearjerker movie. Abe, who hates watching movies that make him sad (hence why he's seenSwingers800 times,) has one that always gets brought up. The scene where Artax ends up drowning in the quicksand inThe Never Ending Story. Angi feels that most of our childhood movies will end up bringing out soul crushing feelings. She then proceeded to explain to Abe that inOld Yeller, which he's never seen, the dog is shot. That was another movie that she still could not get over. Other mentioned examples areToy Story 3(that fire scene,)Bambi(another shot animal,) andThe Lion King(when Mufasa dies.) Since they had enough of sharing their own sadness, Angi took to the phones to hear what gets to the roadies. Brian is saddened by the ending ofCarlito's Way, which is a movie that Angi has never seen. Abe, who loves mobster/gangster movies has seen it and decided to also throw in Santino dying inThe Godfather.Jennifer called to add inSophie's Choicewhen she has to pick the son or daughter. Obviously she picks the boy because she's smart. Maddie was devastated byDumboin the scene with his mom and her trunk and wanting to protect him. Abe just assumed that Dumbo ends up getting killed for his ivory. Chad was wrecked byThe Transformers Moviewhen Optimus Prime dies (of AIDS.) Angi, being the soulless monster, finds it hard to get sad over cartoons. As for me, my soul crush is two fold in both scene and a movie. For the scene, easily it would beBrokeback Mountain, which was notorious for the memeing of it but in reality is devastating. The "I wish I knew how to quit you scene," while goofed on relentlessly is actually like five minutes of pure devastation followed by tragedy and lost love. It's a heartbreaking movie but it's nothing compared toA Ghost Story, which in my mind is an emotional wrecking ball the whole film. Watching that left me stunned, devastated and still considering the message of it enough to where if I think on it, I find myself falling into an emotional vortex of sadness.
All the Rest:
As I usually do on Monday's (if they feel the weekend was worth discussing,) I tend to start off the excess of the notes with a recap. Luckily for the audience (but not Angi and I who will hear about it forever,) Abe went viral this past weekend. By viral I mean buzzworthy video btw and not running around spreading a deadly virus (because he's vaccinated!) So Abe was at the AEW Rampage show here at the United Center on Friday night and as expected due to it being the world's worst kept secret, CM Punk reemerged like a 7 year groundhog. As someone who watched it on my TV, I did my fair share of losing my mind (I was also very drunk at that point as well.) Anyway, Punk gave out ice cream bars to everyone in attendance, which was a throwback payoff to something that occurred like 15 years ago. As they were leaving, Abe was smart enough to take a video of himself getting his ice cream bar and from there, things went nuts. AEW retweeted him, it ended up on ESPN, countless other websites, etc (I saw it being reposted all over Twitter and Instagram myself.) At last count, roughly 3 million or so people had seen the video (directly from Abe, this isn't counting other places it appeared.) The thing is, Abe didn't think to promote the show or the podcast after it all happened. This didn't matter as it was because even though he went viral, he gained maybe 20 followers at most and like 7 new listeners out of it. When one goes viral, no one cares about the source, they just care about the content (which in a way actually makes sense.) The other big thing that occurred though was during the post Rampage interview that involved CM Punk and Tony Khan. During his question, Punk actually acknowledged Abe and exchanged pleasantries with him. If you go to Abe's social and watch the entire video, you'll see he pretty much ignores everyone else and treats them like nobodies but lights up when Abe addresses him. Angi was excited by all of this and she wants Punk to come visit the studio, which is something Abe is currently working on. Roadie Mark called in to say that he was there as well and that the whole thing was amazing. He also mentioned he had seen some guys who drove in all the way from Pittsburgh just to see Punk. Angi noted there were dudes crying but Abe is a strong man with no emotions so he did not cry. He did note though that everyone wanted to hug him because you know, the overall excitement of things. Abe also saw our Head Roadie of Wrestling who was decked out in 95.5 gear and signs there. Angi was thrilled that Abe got to be there for the event and more so that he went viral, a real feel good moment on this show for once. Turning to Angi, she spent the weekend in Philly where she went to go see her best friend. She made a point of how she lived there for 4-5 years while working there and her old job is the reference point of our story. While there, she ran into Joe, an old friend who is now openly gay but was living in the closet while she was there. While all of them were talking, he recalled a story that Angi had forgotten all about (that early onset of hers rearing its ugly head.) Angi apparently had a real thing for him back in the day and she decided to act on it one drunken night. She was working at a club gig and she was too drunk to drive home (shocker.) During the ride, she went to reach in for a kiss but he blocked her. He had just come out of a 10 year relationship (with a woman!) and Angi, well she's Angi so we know how that goes. This mess btw was like 20 years ago, could you imagine how things would have gone today. Back then she had a bad memory, was arrogant and well today, she's ... wait.
Next up, though their awful show was finally canceled, The Kardashians are still somehow drumming up irrelevant news that people care about for some reason. Their latest foray into rotting people's brains with inane things came in the form of father/mother Caitlyn who was doing a press tour as part of her press driven bid to be governor of California. While surveying wildfire scarred land, she let slip that she had an 18th grandchild on the way. Bean counters knew that there were only 17 monsters in this nightmare family and so the assumption was one of them was preggo. Spinning the endless daughter dial landed everyone one Kylie's name and low and behold, it was her who is having another kid with rapper Travis Scott. This mess inspired Angi's curiosity and gave us one of many topics this morning. Have you ever accidentally ruined a big surprise? Abe told an incredible story that made this section of the show worthy of the notes. It involved his grandmother attending a funeral for a woman who she knew that died. While there, she proceeded to tell the daughter of the woman (who was either in her 60's or 70's) that she was adopted. That's right, the woman in the box that she was mourning was actually her "mother." Needless to say, the woman was absolutely devastated and everyone was furious at Abe's grandmother for spilling the beans. Abe said that the woman also ended up being mad at the truth being revealed to her but was unsure if she bothered to try and find her actual mother. Seeing as she was that old, there was a good chance that her actual mother would be in her 90's and honestly, why bother at that point imo. As for Angi, she was the ruiner of a surprise when she was drunk (I know, I know, you're shocked.) She was at a party when a friend and his girlfriend had gathered people around for an announcement. Angi, three sheets to the wind and then some, yells out "what are you, pregnant?" Turns out that they were and the couple was pissed that she ruined their big moment. Let's face it though, everyone should know better than to invite Party Keg Taylor to a party and not expect it to end in some form of disaster.
Finally, Angi wanted to discuss bad bosses and their terrible behavior. This was all induced by new boss Todd the Toddler, who if you've been following along lately would know took their fridge last week. Now this wasn't a big fridge or anything but one big enough to store Abe's mayo and chill Angi's Jack Daniels. Plus they kept water and cheese in there as well. Since Todd feels that they are not offering up enough traffic to the website, he pulled their fridge from the office and chained it up in his own. Following up this heinous act on Friday, when approached about him taking their fridge away, he said he was "just joshing" while laughing and walking away. For some reason, I have this feeling the fridge is not returning anytime soon. It should be noted that this loser is from a small town in Texas and that he's one of the three bosses. His position on the totem pole is the lowest and even the other two bosses talk smack about him. The main point that I'm trying to make here is that Todd is an absolute Rod or as we would love to call him, a total D. Since they are dealing with an absolutely bad news boss, Angi decided that a new poll/list was worth going over. This list gives the top 10 things most people hate about their bosses.
10. Bad Temper
9. Self Serving
8. Gossip Queen (Abe discussed a boss he had who would openly talk about firing people in front of them.)
7. Doesn't Listen to What You Say
6. No Empathy
5. Super Condescending
4. Rude
3. Imcompetent
2. Unavailable (They're busy jousting on horses when you need them.)
1. Micro Management
On the phones, the roadies had their fair share of bad behavior to share. Andrea has a female boss who hates all the other females in her office. She is nasty to each of them but when it comes to the boys, she is one of them. She hangs with them, tells them jokes and attends happy hour with them. Angi refers to a person like her as a "pick me bitch" while Abe suggested we need more female bosses. While they were moving on to the next call, Todd the D sent an email to Angi and Abe with a smiley face (and a blackmail picture of their fridge with a pair of bolt cutters resting on the cord.) It should be noted btw he also feels like Angi says Rock 95.5 too fast (remember WNBC.) Marcy hates her boss because he always puts the schedule out the day before the week starts which basically negates the ability to make plans. Patrick has a boss who is 6'7/6'8 who picks on him all the time and has threatened to kick him in the forehead. Angi and Abe both suggested that HR should be brought in for that mess. Jessica has a married boss who is a scumbag that is banging everyone in the office. As for myself, Angi and Abe are the best bosses anyone could ever ask for so I have nothing to complain about.
Request Wars 2.0:
Champion: Angi (Streak: 1)
Angi's (repping Steven) Song Choice: "Du Hast"
Abe's (repping Anna) Song Choice: "Love Gun"
Observation: Abe was a bit over confident today. After becoming a viral celebrity, he assumed he didn't need any help taking down Angi and her pick. Angi and Steven however ganged up and gave Abe a nice smacking. Point goes to Angi as she improves her streak to 2.
Winner: Angi
10 o' Clock Toast:
Joey Mac. This is Angi's gay friend who tossed her off him when she tried to drunkenly kiss him.
Show Quotes and Tidbits:
"I promise you I will never do a backflip." - Abe
PSAbe: Mitch Trubisky still sucks.