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This is just a small taste of the show overall, the bits and bobs that I found interesting, funny, insightful and relevant. To hear everything that happened, check out the podcast of today's show. However, if you're looking for 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
Monday already and the last week of March, it's crazy how time flies when you spend most of the week(end) (sure, let's go with that,) drunk. However, work calls us back once more and so we must return to the heavy lifting of dealing with reality. In reality, outrageous things tend to happen like thievery and no one understands that better than Jewel, the singer who announced that her mother had stolen 100 million dollars from her. That's right, Jewel, the singer who was relevant for about five minutes and used to live in her car (down by the river) somehow made that much cash during her biggest popularity stint. It was during that time that the grandest steal of them all happened and she didn't realize until she was in her 30's and $3,000,000 in debt that it occurred to her. Reckoning with what was told to her and what was true is clearly going to be something that will be discussed in therapy for the rest of her life I'd assume. So, with that bag in hand, Angi wanted to hit closer to home and look into roadies whose family members had stolen from them. As always, we turned the spotlight on Abe first who made the most shocking of all revelations. It turns out, Abe was the thief and he played the role of Jewel's mother when he stole a ton of money from his brother Sam. During a baseball card obsession stint, Abe would sneak into Sam's secret cash stash and lift a few bucks here and there. This went on for some time until fellow AV Boyz crew member Joe Gaska ratted Abe out to Sam. Some money was given back (keyword some) but the rest was apparently paid back in blubbery tears of sadness as Abe cried (probably because he got caught.) In other words, Abe clearly owes Sam a ton of money and now that Abe is going to be an uncle, payback will definitely be coming in spades. As for Angi, well hers was left a theft from her and more a borrow $10,000 to her sister and just know that it's never being returned. Right, with the sins of the host (or against the host) revealed, lets see what the roadies had to say on the Request Line. When Jessica was 9, her stepmom stole all her dead grandmother's jewelry that was meant for her. This was no cheap stuff either as the overall worth was $50,000 and she had the audacity to melt down the generational family jewels and turn them into gaudy ugly pieces for her pleasure. Southside Andy's brother came over to hang out, went to the bathroom and stole his wife's wedding ring. Word on the street got back to him, the ring got sold and his brother got a deserved ass beating and house lifetime ban. Lisa's ex husband stole a jar of silver dollars she had been saving with her father that was more sentimental value than monetary. Julian's brother once stole his car while he was on a camping trip and ended with the cops getting both of them in trouble. Patrick's wife took out credit cards in his name and maxed them out. He didn't realize this until the bill collectors started calling. Mark had a cousin borrow $600 to pay off a parking ticket and then poof, like magic just disappeared and hasn't been heard from in 7 years. If you are looking for more roadie comments or have your own, hit up our FB group and read up or drop us a comment.
Other Stuff from Today's Show
So it's Monday and we tend to be hit or miss on whether or not we get weekend updates from these two. Instead of being treated to a recap of what Angi & Abe did this weekend this morning, we were given our first glimpse of magic (it seemed to be the recurring theme of the morning in a sense.) You see, Abe apparently has magic fingers (hell yeah brother) that he uses to make the computers and screens at iHeart work. I mean, it wouldn't be this show without something being broken all the time, right? This is nothing new because the power of illusion (and delusion) has always been strong in Angi's life. Her father used to point at street lights and seemingly make them change on a whim. It would take years for her to realize he was just looking at the other lights and predicting the pattern. As for Abe, somehow he just points at the screens and they suddenly just work. It's something that apparently needs to be done daily because the Rock 95.5 studio is something akin to an old school Nintendo cartridge. With that in mind though, perhaps magic truly is real as there is no rhyme or logical reason on how Abe can do this so maybe this is the start of something special (or realistically, we're just nuts.)
Onward we go to a viral video of a woman who was prepping her house for her husband to have some work friends over. She did things like clean the bathroom, make cookies, set aside popcorn and beer and order pizza, all to make sure her husband and his boyz (thanks Abe, now I can't stop) had a fun movie night. Of course, seeing this meant she is now getting slammed for taking upon old school domestic gender roles. In a world where everything is clearly black or white, this woman was shamed for doing too much and having her husband take advantage of her. The ire seemed to be that she was doing it at all and that she was essentially raising her husband. As someone who doesn't have a wife, I just assumed shared goals of presenting a nice house and doing things for one another was a common occurrence. It seems Angi agreed with my thought process because she doesn't see this as that big of a deal. Honestly, she thinks it's nice. Funny enough, I expected Abe to swerve here but he agreed. Hell, the one time Angi & Maria came over, Abe was spraying down The Ivory Tower and screaming to make sure they didn't think he lived in squalor. He needed to make sure that the pair thought it was nice in his minimalist cell. Angi got heat for her cleaning to impress people because she apparently does it for the accolades. Turning back to the couple, the husband bought the wife flowers as a show of appreciation for her doing this thoughtful gesture. We capped this with Abe wishing someone would come clean his condo as he doesn't want to clean his (or his girlfriend who he forces to live an hour away for that matter.)
Finally, in a segment that seemed a little fluff but turned into a reoccurring point on the show this morning, Monopoly can cause fights even when not being played. I, of course, am referring to the shoe/top hat debate that was peppered all throughout the show all morning but that was sparked by this point. A driver was pulled over by the cops in Minnesota and did not use Abe's go to excuse of diarrhea when asked why he was speeding. The excuse does not matter because as he handed over his drivers license, he hid an actual Monopoly "Get Out of Jail Free" card under it. The thing must have been waiting forever to be used because it was quite worn but I'm sad to report, it did not work. Instead of allowing him to go, the police made a point of it and recognized the humor (so that's something right?) Since this didn't work at all, Abe has decided to attempt this by buying a copy of Monopoly and if the "Get Out of Jail Free" doesn't work, he'll just sweeten the deal with all the railroads. In other words, please don't trust this incredibly stupid thing.
Request Wars 2.0
Champion: Angi (Streak: 1)
Angi's (repping Ernie) Song Choice: "Love Song" by Tesla
Abe's (repping Jericho) Song Choice: "Teenagers" by My Chemical Romance
Smack Talk Recap:
Abe saw MCR at Riot Fest and loved them. Abe loves Ernie, his brother Sam loves better. Who in their right mind likes Bert better than Ernie. Angi broke out an oldie that is a goodie.
Winner: Angi
10 O' Clock Toast:
Viagra.
It's National Viagra Day which means tons of old people and steroid users will be getting some today. There was also a discussion on fetishes.
Show Quotes and Tidbits:
"Why can't people just bang anymore?" - Abe