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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)
Well, this is yet another interesting turn of events on this show. If you listened to the show last week or the podcast of the show last week, you would have heard Abe's dilemma. In fact, it was a week ago to the day that Abe came running into the studio screaming how he got a jury duty summons. After consulting with the roadies and a lawyer, Abe decided to cover the summons in ketchup and throw it out. It was during this that Angi bragged that she has not gotten called for jury duty in 20+ years. Well, this morning, all that changed when Angi got a text from Jay the Straight that sent her from pleasant to livid in ten seconds. Low and behold, sitting in the Taylor mail pile was a jury summons not only for her but also Jay the Straight. Angi was absolutely furious with Abe because she assumed that the cause of this summons was him. Clearly, a judge listened to the show and he was taking it out on her for keeping such awful company. While Angi wallowed in the misery of "this is what I get" and "we can't have nice things," Abe started to formulate an idea. You see, he's not a jury duty mush at all but the fault lies in the ID's they recently got. In a literal page torn from the conspiracy theorist playbook, Abe started rambling off that he got this ID and the ID people are working with the government to force people into jury duty. Don't get a new ID he declared because you too will be sucked into this nightmare hell. This continued to spiral into madness as Angi explained that her and Jay the Straight are both standbys and if they don't call, they should totally be safe. Let's overlook the fact that this is all being announced on the radio, just like it was last week. Remember, Abe "never had his arrive" even though he was the first person to bring this version of Ringu into our lives. As we continued to explore how to lie about not seeing this horrific paper, Angi said that calling is the one thing no one should do. If you call, they have you locked and then you're screwed. She asked Abe if anyone had called him after he flame grilled his soaked summons but he doesn't answer calls from numbers he doesn't know. In another tempt of fate, Abe said he would love to get arrested for dodging the summons. If they had the nerve to arrest Abe for this, it would be laughable to him. Besides, they wouldn't want him in the jury pool anyway as he would be a horrible juror and he doesn't want people to have their fate in his hands. Angi too pondered her fate, especially if she got into a long trial. In a flashback to last week (check the podcast,) let's all recall when Angi suggested Abe do a long trial so he could get a book deal (the irony.) We closed all this out with a bag of excuses from Angi: she never saw the mail, the dog ate it, Angi moved yesterday. As for Abe, the only mail he ever got was Arby's coupons. Honestly though, as I typed all this out it occurred to me that this whole situation is basically The Ring. Abe showed Angi the summons 7 days ago, 7 days later she got one. So basically, she just needs to go show it to Panterica and the curse will move along to her and Angi will be free from this hell.
Other Stuff from Today's Show
Well, another snow day is here and it's hard on those streets for all of us. After packing her backpack this morning for her jaunt into morning radio land, Angi opened her front door and found Kiki, the orange kitty sitting on her doorstep. For those unfamiliar, Kiki is a scrapy outdoor cat that has been frequenting Angi's front stoop since summer time and she had arrived this morning to say "sup bitch." Luckily for Kiki (and to an extent Angi,) Angi had ordered some soft dog food recently but when it arrived, it turned out the DoorDasher had brought her some Fancy Feast cat food nonsense. Angi brought some food out to the scrappy alley cat who ended up taking 4 bites before walking off. Angi was a bit offended since it was nice food she had offered up but she also realized that Kiki had probably been feasting on winter rats. She's got these fat meaty treats and then Taylor over here brings out this processed trash for her to eat, no thanks. The assumption of rat eating comes from the fact that cats are known for clearing the hood of rats but also because Angi never sees any anymore. That isn't to say that the cats aren't suffering in these fights as well because Angi has seen some mangled cats out there. Rats are dirty players and don't fight fair and bring knives to their fights. Speaking of fighting, Angi & Abe both would not want to fight a rat. If one was even to hiss in Abe's general direction, he would literally run off screaming. Abe mentioned how he saw one trying to jump into a planter near the Chicago Theater and it was so fat, it couldn't get in there. This is not a problem for the agile rats of Angi's neighborhood as they will jump on top of the garbage cans and eat the plastic to get to the sweet trash inside. Right then, I think we've had enough rat talk for one day.
Up next, we're moving on to moving on. Death, the harbinger of fate that seeks to consume us all was also a hot topic this morning. With Angi considering how to get out of jury duty, it wouldn't be unreasonable for her to straight up fake her own death and move to Palm Springs. With all this in mind, we talked about the epitaphs of some famous people. For example, Merv Griffin's said "I will NOT be right back after this message." Bob Ross' has a picture of him that says "Television Artist." Mel Blanc (voice actor for Looney Tunes) says "That's all folks!" Jimi Hendrix has a picture of himself on his. Taking it one step further, Johnny Ramone has a statue of himself on his. Corey Haim has his nickname "Haimster" on his. Dimebag Darrell and Vinnie Paul have paragraphs written on theirs. Chris Cornell's says "Voice of our generation and an artist for all time." Let's not forget the most famous grave of all Jim Morrison that people tend to leave flowers and gifts on on the regular. Now that we've tackled celebrities, let's look at what the headstones of us common folk would read. Abe's is simple and sweet "My compliments. Thank you for coming." This is under the guise that people will show up because Abe just assumes that no one is going to the cemetery to see him. Before getting to Angi, we envisioned that Chad Kroeger's would read "I like your pants around your knees." Angi's would read "Here lies Angi Talyor in her period outfit, she wanted to be comfy in her box." Now it should be noted that Angi would be cremated and so Abe would need to be at the wake to explain the joke. As for me, mine would say "Oh, so you CAN drink too much Captain Morgan White." or "I finally got all the hot dogs, now what?" Enough about us discussing how we're going to end up dead and let's go to the Request Line to see what the roadies have to say. Patty's would say "She finally shut the hell up." Oddly enough, Angi could use that one on hers as well. Brian's would have a keg on his headstone and he would have an air pointing up to it saying "have one on me from this ice cold keg of beer." Someone would have to be hired and posted in the will to make sure it was always filled. Tiffany' would say "I had a hell of a ride and I'll see you on the other side." Speaking of Hell, Angi will be working the VIP lounge down there so come say hi to her and I when you drop. Speaking of Hell, Dom said his would simply read "Straight to Hell." 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.
Finally, we took a look at the most popular rock and metal bands in not only the US but also other countries. As it stands, metal tends to be bigger in Europe so they are going to make up some of these lists. For this silly little list, we're looking at Youtube play counts to see the top 3 most listened to.
AC/DC is the biggest in the US, Canada and Australia and number 3 in the world.
Guns N' Roses are massive in South America but also everywhere else for number 2.
Queen though holds the distinction as the most massive as they are number 1 in 63 countries including the UK and Mexico.
The rest of the talk turned to frontmen. Abe suggested that everyone see Queen with Adam Lambert as he's pretty incredible. The same can be said for Journey with their "Asian guy" lead singer. Bands that are bad though include Lynyrd Skynyrd with their 800th lead singer. Also bad was Mötley Crüe when Vince Neil was out and the guy whose name they couldn't remember to save their lives was brought in instead.
Request Wars 2.0
Champion: Abe (Streak: 1)
Angi's (repping Ron) Song Choice: "Look What the Cat Dragged In" by Poison
Abe's (repping Greg) Song Choice: "Plowed" by Sponge
Smack Talk Recap:
Ron heard Poison the other day and said they don't play "Look What the Cat Dragged In" and he wanted to hear it. Abe wanted to hear something that rocked harder. Abe's asserted that he's going to plow everyone and Greg. Angi did her Sponge impression. Abe really wanted to win today, so did Angi.
Winner: Angi
10 O'Clock Toast:
Oreo Cookie.
New The Most Oreo Oreo cookie is coming Jan 30th and it's stuffed to the brim with creme and cookies. The cookie edition to the creme gave Abe a reason to complain, of course.
Show Quotes and Tidbits:
"You don't ride horses with someone you're not banging." - Abe
"Do you (Abe) know what 7 inches looks like in your mouth, cause I do." - Angi