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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.)
OMG OMG OMG, Spooktober is here and I for one could not be more thrilled. My favorite time of the year and my overall favorite month, we are going to get spooky all month here on The Angi Taylor Show I'm sure. Funny enough, it seemed Hollywood decided to get a jump start on the trend by having everyone die in the last few days. With the double sports world passing yesterday of Pete Rose and Dikembe Mutombo, it seems that Death is in no mood to take a holiday. With all this running through people's minds, it felt proper to question which celebrity passing rocked the roadies the most for the Daily Discussion Topic. Especially in this age of social media and rampant parasocial feelings due to access, it tends to be hard when someone we only know from afar eats proverbial pay dirt and you could never imagine your world rocked by the death of a technical stranger and yet there you are crying over Pete Rose like Jay the Straight last night. It can be shocking to be so emotionally wrecked but it just means that person had an impact on you and at the end of the day, they would probably smile knowing how many people loved them. Anyway, enough rambles, for Angi the death was obviously Prince. In fact, she was on a plane when she found out and when the flight attendant asked if she was okay because she was bawling, Angi explained it away as a death in the family. To her though he was, seeing as he was from her childhood home and she spent every other weekend seeing him at Paisley Park. Also high on her list is Whitney Houston and she will yell "damnit Whitney!" to this day. Mike was actually in Seattle when Chris Cornell died and the city was basically at a standstill for days, much like it had been when Kurt Cobain died. Marris had two on his card with the first obviously being Chester Bennington and the other Pelé. Pelé to him was someone he grew up reading about, a literal superhero who you would never imagine could die so it rocked him to the core. Angi too was preached the gospel of Pelé by her father, who loved the deceased superstar. As for mine, it was definitely David Bowie and I can honestly say I spent literal days in a daze after it occurred because the man was a musical genius. Now that we've spoken our words, let's let others memorialize their favorites. Mark picked Kris Kristofferson because he loved his songs and music. Will said Kobe Bryant, while a while ago still feels like yesterday. Angi's bestie Cari was in town and basically almost fell out of the car on the way to the airport when she heard the news. Ben was saddened by Macho Man's death and Angi found herself shook when Miss Elizabeth went down. Jim was 8 when he found out Elvis died and he realized that people die that day and he was the king. Jimmy chose Paul Walker but was happy that he still lives on in the movies. Freddy picked Robin Williams and even though that was also still a while ago, it still hits home. His death, especially because you would have never assumed he was in a bad way, was particularly shocking. 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.
Call in Main Point:
Right, here's a phrase you'd probably never imagine you'd hear in this lifetime again, roller skating is making a comeback. For this trip down nostalgia lane, we started with Angi and her ode to the roller rink of olden days. Every Saturday morning she would get up, have a bowl of cereal with her cousin and watch cartoons. Once Jacques Cousteau (this seems either an incredibly dated reference or like she's got the wrong guy) came on, it was time to hit the rink. She'd spend the afternoon rolling around and then when free dance happened in the middle, watch out kids. Of course, she also spent a ton of time annoying the DJ by asking him to play "Thriller" over and over again. Anyway, we took this saunter down memory lane because as I said, roller skating is apparently coming back, thanks to Joanna and Chip Gaines. Bored of not only monopolizing remodeling houses, the pair are now remodeling skating in their new reality show coming to Max on Oct 10th called Roller Jam. Hosted by Jordan Sparks (what a career she had after Idol eh) and with judges like Johnny Weir (Olympic ice skater) and Terrell Ferguson (I guess he was a roller skater or something) and a guest judge panel including Michelle Williams (Destiny's Child,) Maureen McCormick (The Brady Bunch,) Debbie Gibson and Joanna Gaines herself. The winner of this mess will be given $150,000 and have $10,000 donated to renovate their local roller rink. Now, this is a good thing because it's a safe place for people to go, especially in the winter and don't forget that cheap ass pizza. While Angi isn't sure that she will explicitly tune in, she did love the idea of the campiness of it all. Marris then let on that he too was a roller rink guy (even if he couldn't remember the name of the rink he would go to) but that he was a speed skater. Get in his way and everyone is getting mowed down. Mike though was not a fan of getting on any form of skates because he's tall enough as is and that height difference when applied to wheels and blades is a bit too much (see: no coordination.)
Other Stuff from Today's Show
Since things are finally getting scary, it's time to dig into some horrifying stuff like a lack of wine maybe happening or your partner dressing up as Minnesota Barb...(ooooohhhh Spooky.) We begin though with show friends The Wiener's Circle who found themselves involved in a second smash and grab recently. Apparently the thieves were not looking for hotdogs and chocolate shakes but an ATM and a safe. In response to this happening, Wiener's Circle put out a tweet to discuss it. (This will be a paraphrase by the way, I don't go on that horrible site Elon owns.) "We had a second smash and grab last night by hamburglars. We've hired Akeem from Zamunda and he will thrash you with a mop handle." Marris didn't understand the purpose of them stealing the ATM because aside from ending up in jail, what are they getting out of it? The thing is hardwired to be impossible to open and keep the thieves from getting the cash by being locked down with fail safes. Mike pondered how they actually got it out and of course, all the trackers built in, it feels futile. Angi said that businesses like those on the Gold Coast get hit all the time. You know, places like (she had a brain malfunction and offered duh, duh, duh) before finally coming up with Chanel and YSL. Basically, what we're saying is don't steal, it's not worth it (especially from our friends at The Wiener's Circle.)
Speaking of robbery, Halloween season is here and that means you're going to be robbed of your hard earned money buying a costume at a place like Spirit. Though you can get a generic costume at Spirit, you can't get Generic Costume as an item at Spirit (missed opportunity imo.) However, if you are lazy (Angi) and don't want to get off the couch (Angi,) you can now order your Halloween costume through Uber (Angi, it's not just for wine from Liquor Barn anymore.) Uber is partnering with Spirit to have its drivers fetch you a costume because they are attempting to become a one stop shop for everything on Demand. Now that they've absorbed Postmates, UberEats wants to steal the spirit of Spirit by hitting up one of their 1,125 locations (sidenote: who knew there were so many.) Of course, there are problems for people like Marris who can't get his costume from Spirit because they don't fit papa's belly. Mike too has the issue as he is like 6'5 and rail thin so unless he's dressing as Slenderman, he's SoL. Marris added that like one leg kick and boom, the costume is splitting (thankfully he has those Ninja Turtle costumes.) Angi suggested just doing a homemade one (which kind of negates this whole segment doesn't it?) and we were told how to throw together a Minnesota Barb. Get yourself a shirt with a fish on it, throw on some fish oil so you stink like trout, curly gray wig, some glasses, capri slacks and ugly Teva shoes and you're good to go.
Finally, sound the alarm, all of them because the end is near (probably.) For the first time since 1977, 45,000 port workers are on strike and the union is threatening a crippling. Now, this is problematic and scary because unless this is resolved fast, imports are not coming through and will be rotting in hold. Seeing as we've barely just dug out of covid related stuff, this would be a massive blow on many fronts. Things the import strike would affect are vehicles, holiday goods (though we should have enough for now but once Christmas is over it's uh oh,) bananas, beer and wine. When the magic "w" word was dropped, Angi demanded that we pay them anything they wanted because without her daily wine fix, she might die. Also on the list is cocoa, coffee and agriculture. Going back to bananas, 3/4th of ours are imported so I hope you weren't looking forward to banana bread anytime soon. Coffee and wine though are the big ones for Angi and she's lucky there are local vineyards but how will there be enough for anyone else once she gets in there. This would be a good time to say support and buy local but you know, sometimes we need knock off chargers from Temu and Shein so hopefully this doesn't take too long to get over.
Request Wars 4.0
Theme: Misheard Song Lyrics
Current Champion: Mike (1x)
Marris' Song Choice: "Sugar, We're Going Down" by Fall Out Boy
Mike's Song Choice: "Even Flow" by Pearl Jam
Winner: Mike
10 O' Clock Toast:
Toastee: The Guy Who Stuck a Glass Jar Up His Butt
We've been over this time and time again, stop sticking things up your butt. In part 17 of our documentary, Angi told us of a guy who had a pint glass get lodged in his back passage. Now, Angi knows there are glass toys for women and even those scare her and this is a hollow glass. The doctors removed the glass and lubed up condom from the man (he was afraid the glass had STI's) without breaking it luckily but Angi implores men to go back to sticking hockey sticks and footballs up there.
Show Quotes and Tidbits:
"She (Dazzler) is a stripper right? She works at the Cooter Cabin in Hammond." - Angi