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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 Opening Point:
(This is the broadstroke canvas on which I base my call, obviously these notes are going to be longer and more detailed.)
A fresh week has arrived once again and we are one day from the best time of all, Spooktober. Angi will get a chance to talk about spooky snakes and spiders every day for a month and I will be indulging in daily horror movies so I am excited but before we get to that, we have to hear about Marris' date night. While nothing scary occurred (that we were alerted to,) Marris went Across the Spider-Verse with an orchestra. I know Angi kept referring to it as the Spider-Man opera but it was more an immersive soundtrack experience which for Mike was something he could not imagine enjoying but loved the idea of it for Spider-Man. As for Marris' "not a date" date, she enjoyed it though neither of them dressed up as Spider-Man or Spider-Gwen. Instead, Marris wore a Venom shirt and his Adidas Spider-Man kicks. He did say that the feeling of live music and a DJ blending in with the film is another world experience and when the music hits, you feel it. Even the conductor was kind of a badass and when she came out, she told people that they were part of the movie/experience. They were encouraged to cheer and live it up as they saw fit so when the different spider-folk made appearances, people went crazy and the energy was just so on point. While singing the Spider-Man theme song, Angi pondered just how many "Spider-Men" there are and in the movie alone, there were at least 200 according to Marris. The actual total by the way, as I fact check everything, is 630 with 150 being unique and named. Anyway, as Marris explained there was Spider-Men, Women, Animals, Pig, Cat, T-Rex and Horse (with Spider-Cowboy,) Angi tried to amass a web count (that is definitely a sex joke.) Marris highly recommends the experience and said it was insanely cool. Funny enough, Angi took her daughter for her permit test on Friday (she passed) and Angi ended up waiting outside the Cadillac Theater (where the Spider-Verse spectacular was being held.) While standing there, people were looking up at the marquee and questioning the Spider-Verse thing but obviously, she could offer nothing useful about it. So yeah, go see Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse if you want a live musical spectacle to indulge in and you might see Marris with a hollowed out Spider-Man head bucket in his lap (extra butter....)
Call in Main Point:
With Marris' date settled, we have another date type thing to tackle in our Daily Discussion Topic. After digging into the new Netflix series Nobody Wants This (which is great btw, I'm on episode 5,) Angi found a compelling talking point based around an episode. When meeting the parents of his love interest for the first time, the main guy comes wearing basketball shorts, a sweatshirt and a suit jacket. The overall appearance is too much for the main girl (I'm explaining it this way because you clearly won't know character names and do you care that it is Adam Brody and Kirsten Bell?) and she finds herself getting "the ick" from the look. With this established, Angi wanted to know how people got "the ick" from someone they were dating. For example, Angi once dated a guy who, when she called him, got his answering machine and was taken aback by him saying "yellow" instead of "hello" to open the message. It bothered her so much that she dumped him (which in itself could easily be a Seinfeld episode.) There was also a second guy who bought Angi a blouse (remember, she's like 100) and it was black with batwing sleeves. When she put it on, she looked like Stevie Nicks (the witch motif thing fits so....) Marris was less about ick and more about issues (she didn't like Spider-Man, the Ninja Turtles, she owned a dog, etc) so we turned it over to Mike for his ick. Apparently, he once dated a girl who had dreadlocks and those big old braids of hair absolutely stank so she had to go. With our studio thoroughly covered in the ick, we moved on to the Request Line to get an extra dose of it. Deanna was dating a guy who loved his dog just a bit too much as in, he started to kiss his dog like he would her. Now Angi understands doggie kisses and boops but like her Frenchie eats poop and the pittie has mangled teeth so she is not French kissing hers like this weirdo did. Angi also tossed ball licking (which led to a great Coach Joe text) and we moved on to Maureen. She was headed to a show with a guy who was hotboxing the car with farts that were released in a side lean. It was all well and good until he had to pull over because a fart was getting close to transforming into a shart. As for Clint, he was 23 and with a girl when they went out to dinner. In her drunken state, she thought it was a good idea to reach over and eat food off another table. Obviously, this makes sense for college age people to probably do (and Marris would have done) but even then it is really kind of gross so she had to go. If you are looking for more roadie thoughts or have your own, hit up our Facebook group (Angi Taylor Show) and drop us a comment.
Other Stuff from Today's Show
After we broke the news that Chicago will host one of the only 3 announced Oasis shows, we were lucky enough to have the first pair of tickets to give out for the show next year. To snatch up the prize though, we wanted to hear from roadies who are currently feuding with a sibling and we had two INSANE answers in the pile. Head Roadie Troy started us off by telling us that he hasn't talked to his brother in years because in high school, he got away with everything and Troy did not. Colin has divorced parents and a younger and older brother (Colin also missed the point of the assignment.) As a teen, he put his younger brother in a sleeping bag, duct taped it shut and put him in the basement. He then kicked him, told him the house was on fire and left him to try to escape (and in turn probably gave him PTSD.) They are on good terms now so that basically disqualified him. Maddie hosted the Canelo fight and her sister in law's father got drunk, decided to drive, rear ended her car and destroyed a mailbox. This caused Maddie to smack talk her brother's wife and now, they are on bad terms. Mike was our first insane story as he explained that his brother's current wife used to be his. That's right, she cheated on him with his brother, they got divorced and then she married him. For this reason, they don't talk anymore. Lena also missed the mark when she explained her brother put her in the dryer as a baby and turned it on. Everyone in the family finds it funny though and sings "I'll Tumble 4 Ya" to her at all the gatherings. Robert was the other crazy story when he explained he was married for 10 years, got divorced two years ago and now his brother is also marrying his wife. What makes his story even worse is that they are doing it on their wedding anniversary. They haven't spoken in years but to add insult to all of this, he was invited to the wedding which is on 10/11/24 (as their wedding had been 10/11/12.) As for the family, they keep it out of sight, out of mind but yeah, this guy took the proverbial cake when it came to a messy situation.
Finally, in a forever divided nation, we have something we apparently agree on (spoiler: we don't.) A list of the Top 20 American foods (which is why, even though Mike was shocked, that pizza did not make the list as it is not an American food.) As to what was picked:
1. BBQ
2. Fried Okra (which Marris likes if done right.)
3. Cobb Salad
4. Peanut Butter and Jelly
5. Fry Bread
6. Red Beans and Rice
7. Hamburgers
8. Apple Pie
9. Poke
10. Chili
11. Clam Chowder
12. General Tsu's Chicken
13. Reuben Sandwich
14. Grits
15. Chocolate Chip Cookies
16. Gumbo (This led to Angi discussing going to an international potluck at a friend's recently and someone brought gumbo, which was another mark miss it seems.)
17. Mission Burrito
18. Banana Pudding
19. Spaghetti and Meatballs (Wut, and yet no pizza?)
20. Egg Benedict (Marris is not a fan but Angi loves them but it's also all about the sauce with her. She also likes a runny egg whereas Marris and myself enjoy a nice scrambled egg.)
Request Wars 4.0
Theme: British Rock Song Battle
Current Champion: Marris (1x)
Marris' Song Choice: "Breathe" by The Prodigy
Mike's Song Choice: "Black Dog" by Led Zeppelin
Winner: Mike
10 O' Clock Toast:
Toastee: The Drunk Lady at the DMV
As you know, Angi took her daughter to take her permit test on Friday and Angi was promptly thrown out of the DMV (she is not the drunk lady in this equation for once.) Instead, as she stood outside for her proud momma video moment, it was ruined by a drunk woman being thrown out of the DMV and just going Worldstar as Angi's daughter came out. After hugging her daughter and having an adorable moment, the drunk woman told Angi to put the video on Facebook (coming soon.)
Show Quotes and Tidbits:
"You (Angi) just dont tongue your dog down?" - Marris