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, it's hump day and that usually means we've hit our stride and we are hitting it out of the park. This morning though, the only thing hitting anywhere was the ceiling in a combination of Angi's blood pressure and Abe's anxiety. Before I even get into the nonsense that would commence with a well being check on me, let me first tell you about Angi's morning. Normally, her day starts around 3 A.M. when she gets up, drives to the show and hunkers down on the floor for two hours until the show commences. However, a little after midnight this morning, Angi was awoken by a clatter. It was not reindeer hooves and a fat man bouncing on her roof but something else. Immediately, Angi went into panic mode assuming that the rats were finally coming for her but she initially attempted to dismiss the noise. It was the second time though that made her jump up in bed, forcing the equally tired Jay the Straight to get up as well. She demanded that he go out onto the roof to discover the source of the noise. Worst case scenario, he would get knifed and she could finally get with Michael B. Jordan. Instead of arming himself with a weapon, Jay the Straight brought his fists and went up to see what was occurring. After spending a few minutes up on the roof, avoiding his clearly unstable wife, Jay the Straight returned to reveal the noise was nothing but lawn chairs blowing around. Now, any rational person would dismiss this and go back to bed. Obviously that is not the case here and so instead of getting precious sleep, Angi went to the studio to lay on the floor. Arriving at 1:30 A.M. though had a small disadvantage in that once she arrived, she had to pee. Being half asleep and tired, she went to the clean bathroom and proceeded to almost fall in the toilet. Apparently an indication that the bathrooms are clean at iHeart is to leave the seat up. Luckily, her ass did not touch the water so everything was great. Abe chimed in about blue water but that only exists in the mens room. Also discussed during toilet time was Abe's usage of the bathroom on the 27th floor because every bathroom on the studio floor looks like a crap bomb went off in it. This is only made worse on Tues and Thur when the floor is so full, you would think that the bosses announced free food for the day. With that all behind us though, we now arrive to Abe's panic that sent Angi's blood pressure reeling. You see, I'm currently dealing with a small cold/sore throat/impending doom brought on by having relatives visit for Thanksgiving week (damn kids!) That sore throat led me to go and gargle salt water when Abe texted me at 7 A.M. because I hadn't chimed in on our group text in the first two hours (again due to feeling like garbage.) Abe immediately assumed that I was dead and started running around the studio screaming and had to call me on air to make sure I was alive. Yeah, this is the insanity that occurs on this show both on and off air (is it winter break yet?)
Other Stuff from Today's Show
Right then, since I'm not dead, that just means the notes must continue (damn.) Today we kicked off our big daily discussion looking at weird jobs celebrities had before they were famous. Now whether or not we consider Angi a celebrity is up for debate but we have all heard her infamous bait shop stories (and still deal with her boss Minnesota Barb every Friday morning.) For those looking for a refresher, when she worked in the bait shop, she would wear tank tops and daisy dukes while she dug deep for nightcrawlers for creeps. On to real celebrities, here's a few that had some ridiculous jobs. There was Megan Fox, who worked at a smoothie shop in Florida and was forced to dress as a banana. Ultra hunk Brad Pitt also donned dress up, playing a chicken for El Pollo Loco. Noted weirdo Christopher Walken was once a lion tamer. Ashton Kutcher used to work at the Cheerios factory and swept up Cheerio dust. Beloved stoner (and Abe man crush) Matthew McConaughey spent a year cleaning out chicken coops in Australia. Enough about people that we'll never be though, this is a show for regular joes like the roadies so we went to the Request Line to hear about the weirdest jobs they ever worked. We kicked it off with Carla, who used to work at an adult bookstore as the peep show booth cleaner. Needless to say, her time there came to an end when she once slipped and fell on some left over uh yogurt. Joshua used to catch electric eels that were used in meals over in Asia. Mike was a deicer for planes over at Midway. Larry used to put chrome plating on tail pipes. Maureen was a camp counselor for men over 40. If you are looking for more roadie comments or have your own, hit up our socials (FB group, Twitter, Instagram) and read up or drop us a comment.
Living legend and AC/DC frontman Brian Johnson called in this morning to discuss his new book The Lives of Brian. Here's some highlights of what was discussed:
- He called Angi darling, which was adorable.
- Angi discussed the "Back in Black Challenge" on social media. This was in reference to the frying pan discussion from yesterday's show.
- Brian found the challenge to be hilarious (Angi played a clip of it for him.)
- Angi suggested flying in Angus Young and hitting him in the head with a frying pan.
- Brian's memoir, The Lives of Brian, is out now.
- He actually started writing it by hand 3 years ago. He felt that it was time to tackle things and squash any kind of rumors and the like.
- He also used the book as an excuse to talk to friends and hear stories while he was still mentally together. For example, when his grandfather died, he refused to speak to him because his mother was Italian. He wanted to grasp what kind of man he was but didn't get the chance for that nonsense reason. The same type of thing existed for his father's grandfather.
- The opening of the book is dedicated to his great grandchildren that he will never get the chance to meet.
- He actively avoids social media because reading things that are untrue causes mischief and hurt.
- Another thing he wanted to do with this book was inspire people.
- There was also a discussion on his first meeting with Angus Young and joining the band.
Finally, as if the morning hadn't been nuts enough, Angi wanted to check in with Abe about his underwear situation. For reasons I can't imagine why she forgot, Abe is a notorious clean freak and takes multiple showers a day. If he does anything, if he eats, if he works out, he jumps right in the shower. The only time he's sticking with the same drawers if he has the flu. As for Angi, she doesn't wear underwear because she feels that they are gross. Then again, she'll go sans drawers and sit in sweatpants for days when on vacation and doing nothing so she's essentially wearing long underwear. The reason this came up had to do with a sort of version of "Never Have I Ever." According to Angi, 40% of people say they have never worn the same underwear multiple days in a row. Cheating on a test, 23% have never done it (which they don't believe.) 10% say they have never shared a secret (both of them have.) In fact, there's a vault for secrets between Angi and her girlfriends that is only allowed to be opened to their husbands and it works the same way with Jay the Straight and his tea. Well, him and Abe, who she spills everything to each morning. Lying about their age, they assume that it was underage lying but as an adult, never. How about Googling themselves? Both have definitely done that (same for me.) Peed in the shower, 11% say they haven't' but Angi and Abe sure have (Abe loves it.) Last, dropping the phone in the toilet has never happened for Angi but Abe has multiple times. Good God, that boy truly is messy I swear.
Request Wars 2.0
Champion: Abe (Streak: 1)
Angi's (repping Donna) Song Choice: "Monkey Wrench" by Foo Fighters
Abe's (repping Reggie) Song Choice: "Grind" by Alice in Chains
Smack Talk Recap:
Another dated reference from Abe while Angi is doing Steel Magnolias again. This led into a discussion on Small Wonder. Abe will call you if he assumes you're dead and check in on you. Abe discussed his absolute worry about people being dead. A discussion about using your phone in the toilet. Yes, smack talk went out the window today.
Winner: Angi
10 O'Clock Toast:
Brian Johnson.
He called in this morning to promote his new memoir and he has to be one of the nicest, most down to earth rock stars. He's nothing like that awful Shifty Shellshock.
Show Quotes and Tidbits:
"If I ever saw Rob Lowe, I'd slap him in the face and take it (his McDonald's Gold Card.)" - Abe