B&T Extra: Comedian Brian Bates

Summary

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Episode: B&T Extra: Comedian Brian Bates
Date: October 10, 2025
Guest: Comedian Brian Bates

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Episode Overview

This episode of The BOB & TOM Show Extra features comedian Brian Bates in a lively studio discussion with the cast. The main theme centers on the ups and downs of being an "older" parent, comedic perspectives on marriage and family, pet antics, the aging process, funny personal stories, and the classic banter that characterizes the show's mornings. The group also dives into offbeat news stories and the food chain for bald guys in comedy.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Brian Bates: Late-in-Life Dad and Husband

• Bates discusses becoming a father at 50 and the challenges of having a toddler in his fifties.
• He jokes about the dual purpose of having a child late in life: “We just need a caregiver." (05:26)
• Bates and his wife reconnected eleven years after first dating, marrying later and starting a family. “We're gonna put a tourniquet on this, stop the bleeding. It's the best thing that one of us is gonna do.” (07:39)

2. The Struggles and Humor of Older Parenting

• The group riffs on babysitting challenges for older parents: young parents drop kids off with grandparents, but for Brian, it's not feasible. “Okay. I'll just drop her off at Harpeth Hill Cemetery.” (06:29)
• Folkloric parenting advice from older generations: “Put a piece of parsley between her butt cheeks to cure the hiccups.” (06:53)

3. Reconnecting Relationships and Modern Romance

• Bates and his wife met through Match.com after 11 years apart.
• The myth of fate in romantic reconnections is cheekily debunked: “We both thought we could do better.” (07:33)

4. Kids’ Perceptions and Generational Gags

• Bates on hiding his age from his daughter: “Her first sentence was, ‘I think I pulled something.’” (08:25)

5. Baldness, Vanity, and Comic Identity

• An extended, self-deprecating riff on going bald, baldness in comedy, and the acceptance of hair loss.
  • “Now when I picture myself or when I dream, I don't know. I'm not always bald.” (12:47)
  • “I just now identify as a bald guy.” (12:45)
• Humor about going for hair implants in Turkey, and the “food chain” for comics with bald haircuts—“Larry David, Bill Co..." (13:34)

6. Quirky News Segment with Christy

a. Ice Cream Man on a Colorado Mountain

• Hikers on a 14,000-foot summit encounter a man giving out ice cream sandwiches in costume. Quick wit ensues:
  • “This man is not to be trusted.” (09:18)
  • “I'd be terrified if all of a sudden you looked over and there was a man dressed as an ice cream cone.” (10:21)

b. The Most Expensive Milk—Horse Milk

• British farmer selling mare’s milk at over $17 a pint spawns riffs on taste, marketing, and horse-related hair care products.

c. Baldness Technology and International Solutions

• Extended banter on baldness solutions: “Comedians are going to Turkey for a cheap implant.” (16:41)
• The (un)reality of turkey in Turkey and beef in Iceland.

7. Pets, Behaviors, and Specialists

• Bates shares a story about his small dog, Hazel, developing behavioral issues after the baby arrived, leading to an expensive but anticlimactic trip to a dog behaviorist:
  • “She doesn't want to be picked up.” (18:24)
  • Rich in comic irony over the lengths people go for their pets versus the simple solution.

8. Mistaken Celebrity Identity

• Bates recounts mistaking comedic song parodist Cledus T. Judd for Larry the Cable Guy at a charity golf tournament—giving out Nate Bargatze's contact info in the process:
  • “The point is, Cledus T. Judd’s as nice as he can be... apparently I'm so racist, I can't tell the difference between two white guys.” (21:02)

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Memorable Quotes & Moments

• “The truth is we just need a caregiver.” — Brian Bates (05:26)
• “Her first sentence was, ‘I think I pulled something.’” — Brian Bates (08:25)
• “We both thought we could do better. Realized we couldn't.” — Brian Bates, about rekindling his relationship (07:33)
• “I'd be terrified if all of a sudden you looked over and there was a man dressed as an ice cream cone.” — Christopher (10:21)
• “I just now identify as a bald guy.” — Christopher (12:45)
• “She doesn't want to be picked up.” — Brian Bates (18:24)
• “Apparently I'm so racist, I can't tell the difference between two white guys.” — Brian Bates, on his comedy of mistaken identity (21:02)

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Timestamped Segment Highlights

| Timestamp | Segment | |-----------|---------------------------------------------------------------| | 04:42 | Brian’s Nashville origins and the Lebanon/Cracker Barrel joke | | 05:17 | The “caregiver” gag—a reason for late parenthood | | 06:29 | Bates on the impracticality of old grandparents as babysitters| | 07:10 | Match.com & “We both thought we could do better” | | 08:25 | Daughter’s “I think I pulled something” joke | | 09:03 | News: Hiker gets ice cream at mountain summit | | 10:56 | Discussion on Britain’s pricy horse milk | | 12:45 | “I just now identify as a bald guy” monologue | | 16:41 | Comedy and hair implants in Turkey | | 18:24 | Pet story: expensive dog whisperer’s very basic advice | | 19:38 | Mistaken identity: Larry the Cable Guy vs. Cledus T. Judd | | 21:02 | Bates’ punchline on mixing up the two comedians |

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Tone & Style

True to The BOB & TOM Show’s hallmark, the episode is rapid-fire, irreverent, and overflowing with good-natured ribbing. Comedic exaggeration and banter keep the tone light, with genuine moments of self-awareness, especially around topics of aging, family, and the quirks of everyday life as seen through a comedian’s lens.

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For New Listeners

This episode offers a perfect blend of stand-up-style riffing, genuine life observations, and offbeat news. Brian Bates brings relatable laughs about midlife fatherhood, marriage, and the little humiliations—and joys—in being part of a family. If you enjoy comedy that pokes fun at the realities of adulthood (with a touch of absurdity), this B&T Extra is a great listen.

Transcript

[Christopher]

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[Brian Bates]

When did making plans get this complicated?

[Christy]

It's time to streamline with WhatsApp, the.

[Brian Bates]

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[Christy]

It's time for WhatsApp message privately with everyone.

[Brian Bates]

Learn [e-mail].

[Christopher]

Welcome back. It's another Bob and Tom extra. This is Christopher. Not only is the Bob and Tom show live every weekday morning, but every afternoon. We'll give you a little extra in case you missed anything. Coming up on today's show, comedian Brian Bates. It's coming up right after this.

[Brian Bates]

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[Mike Toomey]

Mike Toomey is our guest. So how'd you get here? Did you drive, fly, take money?

[Pat]

Yeah, we pitched in. I've had to take a Greyhound number of yeah, which is to me still the worst experience of my life was doing it because the drivers tend to not want to shut up. I don't know if you've ever been on one or if you blocked it out of your mind completely, but you're pulling out. And this is three o'clock in the morning. Home from Cleveland. Welcome aboard Greyhound bus number 1117. We should be arriving in Chicago approximately 10:30am the bathrooms are located in the far rear of the bus if you have to use them for any reason. Also the smoking mug. Would you shut up? You know, you think you can fall asleep like 45 minutes later. You do that thing where you're not sure if you slept or not and you wake up and it's like. Because marriage is a big step.

[Mike Toomey]

That's right.

[Pat]

Yes. That's a. Six hours later, still talking. You know, you wake up trick or treating with Always fun by my house. We all never seem to get none of the candy we wanted. We was always hoping for stuff like Snicker bars and peanut butter cups, Whoppers and Junior Mints, Snow Cap, Razor Neck Goobers, Slowpo Milk Dud, Buddy Finger Baby Woo. Kit Kat, Red Lemon Hip, Red Hot Smarties, Sweet Tart Hiking, Mike Gooden, Plenty Good and Broody Starburst now and Later, Tangy Tassel, Wacky Wafer, Bottle Cap, Big Buddy, Bubs, Teddy, Sour Boy.

[Brian Bates]

Oh, yeah.

[Pat]

Cleveland Country Marathon, Milky Way, Free Musketeer Bar, Hershey with Nuts, Chunky with Raisins, Chuckles Bitter Honey, Payday, Zagnut, Powerhouse Milk. You get the idea, Pret.

[Christopher]

We know what you need. Here's another healthy dose of Bob and Tom Extra.

[Mike Toomey]

We have a special guest in the studio. It's the one, the only, Brian Bates.

[Brian Bates]

Hello. Hello. Headphones not working, Brian.

[Christy]

Turn them up right there. Turn them up.

[Mike Toomey]

There's a little knob. There.

[Brian Bates]

You go.

[Christopher]

There's a lot going on. There's a lot going on and you.

[Christy]

Got to talk right into that microphone. Sorry.

[Brian Bates]

She is the news director.

[Christopher]

Yes.

[Mike Toomey]

She boss you around? There's no getting around it.

[Christopher]

You just gotta deal with it. Nice to see you, Brian.

[Christy]

Bossing you around.

[Brian Bates]

Thanks for having me.

[Christopher]

Yes.

[Mike Toomey]

So what have you been doing? Changing oil in the car, Hanging out.

[Pat]

Yeah.

[Christopher]

Where are you from exactly?

[Brian Bates]

Nashville. Oh, okay, cool.

[Christopher]

Yeah. Born and raised.

[Brian Bates]

And just outside of Nashville, Lebanon. Home of Cracker Barrel.

[Christopher]

Oh, yes.

[Mike Toomey]

How did you feel about the logo changing you probably up in the arms, you're irritated.

[Brian Bates]

I didn't care. I know that's great radio, but really killed that, didn't I?

[Christopher]

Brian, you're 53, married, lost.

[Mike Toomey]

Are you lost yet?

[Brian Bates]

I got lost coming here.

[Christopher]

Oh, that'll happen.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah.

[Christopher]

Oh, yeah.

[Mike Toomey]

We're in the woods, it's confusing.

[Christopher]

And you have a young kid, right?

[Brian Bates]

I do. I have a three year old daughter. Oh, okay.

[Christopher]

So you waited a little bit.

[Mike Toomey]

Well, now Christie has some thoughts on that.

[Brian Bates]

Okay.

[Christy]

What do you mean I have thoughts on that?

[Mike Toomey]

Well, you and I stopped having children.

[Christy]

Oh. At a normal age.

[Mike Toomey]

At a normal.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah. That's fair. That's fair. People love to ask why, you know, they overanalyze it. Because that's our first child. I was 50 years old, had our first child and they're like, was it a calling from God, was it a midlife crisis? And the truth is we just need a caregiver. Oh. And we don't have kids when we were young because if we live to be really old, they'll be old, too. They won't be able to take care of us. We wanted a 50 year head start.

[Mike Toomey]

That's nice.

[Brian Bates]

But I watch her with those baby dolls. I'm like, why don't you try putting an adult diaper on just to see if you could do that.

[Mike Toomey]

Boy, that's love, isn't it?

[Christy]

Yeah.

[Mike Toomey]

Knowing. Looking at that person and thinking, you're going to change my diaper one day.

[Christy]

Oh, I don't want to think about that.

[Brian Bates]

I mean, we treat her like any other child. She can go to any nursing school in the country she'd like.

[Mike Toomey]

That's really nice.

[Christopher]

Are there other challenges with being an older parent? Because I. I'm 47 and you don't have any kids. I don't have kids, but I'd eventually like to.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah, there's a lot. Well, young parents don't understand the challenges that old parents have. Like. Like parties. We can never go to parties anymore because we can never find a babysitter. And the young parents are like, oh, just let her stay with the grandparents. Okay. I'll just drop her off at Harpeth Hill Cemetery. My mom's still alive, but she's 81, so we ain't letting her stay with her. She's. My mom's got some old school remedies.

[Christopher]

Oh, really?

[Brian Bates]

Yeah. She's like, put a piece of parsley between her butt cheeks to cure the hiccups.

[Christopher]

No, no, we're not.

[Mike Toomey]

I'm going to try. That's some of that old, folksy remedies that I really like, though.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah.

[Mike Toomey]

Yeah.

[Christy]

Have you been married a long time?

[Brian Bates]

No, I got married. That's the real reason why we had kids so late in life. I've only been married for five and a half years.

[Christy]

Oh, okay.

[Brian Bates]

So we do it. I do everything late. So we got married late in life, and people have, you know, we dated and it didn't work out. And we reconnected 11 years later.

[Mike Toomey]

Wow.

[Brian Bates]

On Match. And people think that's some romantic story now, like, oh, is just the timing. Right. And you knew God's plan. And we're like, no, we both thought we could do better.

[Christopher]

Realized we couldn't.

[Brian Bates]

And then got back together 11 years later. We're like, we're gonna put a tourniquet on this, stop the bleeding. It's the best thing the One of us is gonna do.

[Christopher]

Does your daughter, who's 3, does she realize that you, you know, her mom and dad are a little older than her friends? Moms and dads or.

[Brian Bates]

We try to hide that from her, but she's starting to catch on. Now she's getting more. My daughter's first words were.

[Mike Toomey]

That is Drew. Our buddy Drew has stand up comedian. He his son. Because Drew was 60 something when he had.

[Christy]

Yeah. Late 60s.

[Mike Toomey]

And his son, when he first started to talk like two, three years old, every time he would stand up, he'd.

[Pat]

Go.

[Mike Toomey]

That'S like dad does. Yeah, yeah. Oh, my gosh.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah. Her first sentence was, I think I pulled something.

[Christy]

It'll keep you young. That's great. I'm happy.

[Brian Bates]

That's what I'm here. That's what I hear.

[Christopher]

Pat, how old were you when your son was born? 52. Okay.

[Pat]

Yeah.

[Brian Bates]

All right.

[Christy]

Well, I was 42 when my last child.

[Brian Bates]

Whoa, whoa.

[Christy]

I mean, that's old for a woman.

[Mike Toomey]

It is old for. That's old for anything. I wouldn't even date somebody 42 years.

[Christopher]

Old, let alone pregnant.

[Mike Toomey]

I wouldn't give you a Second look at 42. What are you talking about? Am I right on that, guys?

[Pat]

Oh, yeah.

[Christopher]

Oh, kid.

[Christy]

Yeah, yeah, right.

[Brian Bates]

Christy.

[Christopher]

Yeah. What do you got over there?

[Mike Toomey]

Yeah.

[Christy]

Hikers who climbed a Colorado mountain were treated to more than just a sweeping view.

[Mike Toomey]

A Coors Light?

[Christy]

No, but that's a guess.

[Unknown Male Guest]

That'd be nice.

[Christy]

Nope. It was a man doling out frozen snacks.

[Mike Toomey]

Huh.

[Christopher]

Really?

[Christy]

A guy wearing an ice cream cone costume?

[Christopher]

This man is not to be trusted.

[Mike Toomey]

How about they spend all week climbing and you get to the. And there's a guy selling ice cream.

[Christy]

He offered hikers. He didn't, you know, he was giving them away.

[Christopher]

Lynch movie.

[Christy]

He offered hikers ice cream sandwiches once they reached the 14,000 foot summit.

[Mike Toomey]

What took you so long?

[Christy]

Members of a Facebook group for people dedicated to climbing the state's 14ers called him a hero with one declaring him a legendary ice cream man.

[Mike Toomey]

Weird.

[Christy]

Yeah.

[Unknown Male Guest]

You gotta hike back down, though. And then you got a tummy full of ice cream. One of that dairy kind of gets.

[Brian Bates]

You on the way down.

[Mike Toomey]

I don't know. Well, if you're lactose intolerant. Do you tolerate lactose?

[Unknown Male Guest]

I. I don't think that I do. It just makes me fart a lot. But I persevere through adversity. You know, I just, I believe in myself. I'm not going to stop myself from a few farts.

[Christopher]

Ah.

[Mike Toomey]

And I Do like ice cream sandwiches.

[Unknown Male Guest]

Yeah, man.

[Christy]

Organizers say that this was meant to highlight joy, community, and a bit of whimsy in the outdoors.

[Christopher]

All right.

[Christy]

Yeah.

[Brian Bates]

Odd, though.

[Christopher]

I'd be. I'd be terrified if all of a sudden you looked over and there was a man dressed as an iced cream go.

[Christy]

Yeah.

[Brian Bates]

Like, how long had he been up there?

[Christy]

I don't know how long he'd been up. That's a great question.

[Mike Toomey]

Well, they're trying to make a 14,000foot climb sound like something. Everest is like, twice that high.

[Christy]

Have you climbed 14, 000ft?

[Mike Toomey]

I do it all the time.

[Brian Bates]

Okay.

[Christy]

All right.

[Mike Toomey]

That's how I warm up.

[Christy]

You deserve that ice cream sandwich.

[Mike Toomey]

I do.

[Christy]

Speaking of dairy, a British farmer has produced the world's most expensive milk at more than $17 a pint.

[Christopher]

Thanks a lot. Obama.

[Mike Toomey]

Strikes again, huh?

[Christy]

Frank Shellard runs the only farm in the UK that commercially produces horse milk. Mare's milk has a sweet, nutty taste and has a much lower fat content.

[Christopher]

Maybe has a nutty taste because it's not milk.

[Mike Toomey]

A hint of bleach.

[Brian Bates]

You think that's.

[Mike Toomey]

You think that's right? It smells like bleach, too.

[Pat]

You.

[Christopher]

You ask this a lot.

[Brian Bates]

I. I think it does. I.

[Christopher]

There is no.

[Brian Bates]

No, no.

[Mike Toomey]

But I wonder.

[Pat]

All.

[Mike Toomey]

All mammals.

[Christopher]

Oh, seeds.

[Mike Toomey]

Smells bleachy.

[Christy]

Bleachy.

[Mike Toomey]

Smelled all mammals. Well, seed. Have you smelled your seed?

[Christopher]

You know, I can safely say I've never smelled any animals. Seed.

[Brian Bates]

Not.

[Christopher]

Not that I know of.

[Mike Toomey]

Well, you haven't.

[Christy]

You haven't lived his farm. Com.

[Christopher]

Hay.

[Christy]

Mare's milk has lemon mares, producing about half a gallon to three gallons a day to make milk, hand cream and lotion.

[Mike Toomey]

Mostly hand cream.

[Christy]

Though Mr. Sheller said he got the idea when his daughter's eczema cleared up with horse milk and lotion.

[Brian Bates]

Wow.

[Mike Toomey]

Isn't that like a sh. Isn't that a shampoo? Horse milk or something?

[Christy]

Horse mane.

[Mike Toomey]

There's mane and tail.

[Christy]

Yeah. Man and tail.

[Mike Toomey]

That's a shampoo for horses, right? No, it's for us.

[Christopher]

No kidding.

[Mike Toomey]

Mane and tail.

[Christy]

I don't think there's anything horse related in mane and tail.

[Christopher]

Oh, it's just a weird name.

[Mike Toomey]

Yeah, I'm pretty sure it's horse semen.

[Christopher]

I imagine you shampoo shiny.

[Christy]

It makes your mane and your tail pretty, which is tail. Yeah.

[Brian Bates]

Guys like you and I don't care that much about shampoo. Right.

[Unknown Male Guest]

Yeah.

[Christopher]

He's looking at. Yeah, yeah. Brian Bates is looking at me because I. I'm also. Yeah.

[Brian Bates]

I have you follically challenged.

[Mike Toomey]

What are you calling that? Yeah, Are you balding? Are you bald? Are you.

[Christopher]

I now just identify as a bald guy.

[Mike Toomey]

Okay.

[Christopher]

Now when I picture myself or when I dream, I don't know. I'm not always bald.

[Mike Toomey]

You have a flowing hair, Fabio.

[Christopher]

But I. No, it's not. It's just I, you know, I had the hair that I had when I was 25. Did you start going bald young?

[Brian Bates]

No, it's been a very slow progression.

[Christopher]

Yeah, same here.

[Brian Bates]

In my head, I still think. No pun intended. I still think I have a full head of hair.

[Christopher]

Right, right. So you're not. But you know, you're bald.

[Brian Bates]

I mean, I see pictures.

[Christopher]

I've been told when I see video or pictures of me, I. It's. That is always, oh, I am way balder than I think I am.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah.

[Christopher]

Even though I've now. I do now just go, yeah, I'm a bald guy. But you look good.

[Pat]

Oh, thanks.

[Christopher]

I'm not too worried about it.

[Mike Toomey]

I checked this out on YouTube and I said, oh, I got a bald spot in the back. Holy hell. I've never, never noticed that you guys.

[Unknown Male Guest]

Have the best haircut for comedy, too. It's all the funniest people have that haircut. Larry David, Bill Co.

[Christopher]

It's a real comfort. No, I know.

[Unknown Male Guest]

I'm going to go to my friends and I go, no, man, I'm not going to shave the whole head. I'm not doing the Vin Diesel thing. I want the best haircut in the world for comedy.

[Mike Toomey]

You're not. You're not going to go?

[Christy]

You're not going to go.

[Christopher]

Already? He already has this. He has the signs that I had when I started going bald.

[Brian Bates]

Oh, really?

[Christopher]

His dad won't admit it, but.

[Unknown Male Guest]

No, man, because my every. Every other guy in my family went Bald at like, 22. I'm still holding on to this.

[Christopher]

I know, but when you get to be 45, 50, you're. You will. You will be a bald guy.

[Unknown Male Guest]

I think I've got nothing to worry about.

[Christopher]

It's these points right here, just about.

[Brian Bates]

Here's the thing.

[Unknown Male Guest]

I heard that it's the maternal father that matters. No, here's the thing about my. My mom's dad.

[Christopher]

Your mom, he had a full head.

[Unknown Male Guest]

Of hair, gorgeous, when he died of a heart attack at 52. So I've got no genetics to worry about, dude. Genetically, I'm doing real well.

[Christopher]

Medicine's got a lot better.

[Mike Toomey]

I say your uncle, the tall one, I forget his name. Jim or John. I'M not sure, but he has a gorgeous head of hair.

[Unknown Male Guest]

Yeah, man. I think I'll be okay, but if I lose it.

[Brian Bates]

Great.

[Unknown Male Guest]

I want to get rid of it. I don't want to do the. I don't like that look.

[Christopher]

You know that.

[Brian Bates]

That's.

[Christopher]

That's. That's hair talk.

[Brian Bates]

Where do you lose cocky talking?

[Christopher]

You make them lose your mind in the beginning.

[Mike Toomey]

Tell you what, why don't you shave it right now?

[Christopher]

It's.

[Unknown Male Guest]

No, I'm not going to shave it.

[Christopher]

Right.

[Unknown Male Guest]

Hold on to it, man. I like this stuff. I did find a gray hair in my eyebrow. And I did cry. I shed one tear in the mirror. That's a tough day. I do see my mortality in front of my own eyes every day.

[Mike Toomey]

Yeah, we're all going to end up there.

[Brian Bates]

Are you married?

[Unknown Male Guest]

I'm not married.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah, see? Are you good?

[Christopher]

Yeah.

[Brian Bates]

Got to get married before the hair. Yeah.

[Mike Toomey]

Falls out.

[Christopher]

Get it?

[Brian Bates]

Now look at us.

[Christopher]

Nail it down. Now look at us while you have the hair. Yeah, but just barely, apparently.

[Mike Toomey]

I mean, just from rubbing your head.

[Christopher]

Right. There are differences. I can definitely tell I'm bald. The sun is hotter. Cold is colder.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah.

[Christopher]

Rain is louder.

[Christy]

Do you wear a hat more out?

[Christopher]

Yeah. In the summer? Yeah.

[Mike Toomey]

Do you find you have to cover up your head when you're sleeping? You wear a knit hat.

[Christopher]

No, I'm not a nightcap man yet. No yet.

[Unknown Male Guest]

You got to get a nightcap. You got to get an old candle.

[Christopher]

I was going to say, if you buy a nightcap, does it just come with a candelabra until you get the.

[Christy]

Flap in the back on those pajamas?

[Mike Toomey]

Walk around hallways.

[Brian Bates]

Who goes there?

[Mike Toomey]

Yeah. Suggested phrases. Who? Who goes there? The journal up yet?

[Christopher]

Stuff like that. I think you look better with thinning hair than with hair. It just seems to fit you. My mirror disagrees.

[Christy]

Oh, you're a handsome guy. Come on.

[Mike Toomey]

You never hear about women going bald. Although I know they do.

[Christopher]

Yeah, that's a bad look.

[Mike Toomey]

Would you ever get like an augmentation? You too, Brian. Would you get.

[Christopher]

No, I've been offered a few times and no, it's not for me.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah, sure. Let me try today. Yeah. You mean like a toupee?

[Mike Toomey]

Yeah, I guess. They're doing amazing technology. Yeah, you can't tell.

[Christy]

I'm not interested.

[Mike Toomey]

You know who's doing the best? Chinese.

[Christopher]

Really?

[Mike Toomey]

The Turkish people.

[Christopher]

That's. Comedians are going to Turkey for a cheap implant.

[Christy]

People are going to Turkey for a lot of things. You got to be careful with that shortening.

[Christopher]

Go to Turkey. For turkey. Do we know how their turkey is? They don't have turkey in turkey. They don't?

[Mike Toomey]

No.

[Brian Bates]

I've been there.

[Mike Toomey]

No turkey.

[Christopher]

Oh. So it's like Iceland. It's like Iceland is actually quite green.

[Mike Toomey]

Yeah, it's true.

[Christopher]

And they have roast beef.

[Pat]

Turkey.

[Christopher]

Weird. You can get roast beef with two sides. Comedian Brian Bates. Do you regret coming in? Where's Tom?

[Mike Toomey]

You probably heard a lot about us. He's getting surgery.

[Unknown Male Guest]

They sent me. I'm the best we got today.

[Christopher]

Pets.

[Brian Bates]

I do have a pet, actually. We have a little 7 pound maltipoo.

[Mike Toomey]

Very small, cute little dog.

[Brian Bates]

And we had her before we had our. She was kind of like our first child, but. But since we've had a child, she's lately started showing some behavior issues.

[Mike Toomey]

Oh, yeah.

[Brian Bates]

The point where our vet said we should take her to see a behavior specialist. And he said he recommended this woman in Knoxville, which is about three hours from where we live in Nashville. He said this woman's like a dog whisperer. She's the best there is. If anybody could help her with her.

[Christopher]

Issues, it'd be her.

[Brian Bates]

So we go to Knoxville. My wife takes a day off work, me and her and Hazel, our dog. And so one of her issues is she started whenever we sit down on the couch at night after we put our daughter to bed and she'll fall asleep on the couch, my wife likes to pick her up and kind of cuddle her and hold her like a baby, which lately she started growling, showing her teeth, growling when my wife tries to pick her up. And behavior specialist said the reason she growls when my wife tries to pick her up. And I did think this was interesting. She doesn't want to be picked up. And.

[Christopher]

You'Re three hours to a specialist, right?

[Brian Bates]

Yeah. And she said, what you do in this case is don't pick her up.

[Unknown Male Guest]

Yeah.

[Christopher]

Problem solved.

[Brian Bates]

And then she charges a lot of money. We drove home.

[Mike Toomey]

Nip that problem in the butt.

[Christopher]

You just mentioned that you kind of met Larry the Cable Guy.

[Brian Bates]

All right, so our friend Reno Collier. Yeah. Does an annual charity golf tournament every year called a Soldier Child. Very great organization. He asked me to come play as a celebrity in the golf tournament.

[Christopher]

Nice.

[Brian Bates]

Which I'm not a celebrity or a golfer, so 0 for 2 there. But he convinced me to do it. And you can only imagine how disappointed my group was when they found out I was a celebrity in their group. To make matters worse, who's the copy of the celebrity in front of me in our group? Larry the Cable Guy. Now I'VE never met Larry the Cable guy. Always wanted to meet him. I go over, introduce myself. Could not have been nicer. So nice. Act like we were old friends. And as I tend to do when I meet celebrities, I pretty quickly name drop Nate Bargazzi, who I do a podcast with. So I was about to say, nate says you're a great golfer. Before I could even say that, he says, I'd love to meet Nate sometime. And I'm like, oh, you've never met him? And I'm like, he's like, no. And I'm like, oh, well, we should make that happen. And I said, let me give you Nate's phone number. And he said, okay. And I said, in fact, you should come on our podcast. And he's like, I'd love that. So I'm thinking, this is great. We got Larry the Cable guy coming to our podcast. Nate's going to be so excited. And we keep talking. And based on some of the things he said, I was like, you know what? This may not be Larry the cable Guy. I'm not sure who this. I think it's just a fan.

[Pat]

Who.

[Brian Bates]

I've now given Nate's phone number, his home address, because that's where we were doing the podcast at the time. But I'm not sure. So I'm still trying to get clues and asking him things. So I finally go back to my cart, I call Nate, and I was like, hey, are you friends with Larry the cable guy? And he's like, oh, yeah, Good friends. I was like, oh, boy. And I told him what happened. He's like, you couldn't recognize one of the most recognizable faces. Stand up comedy. So the rest of the day, I just avoid the guy because I'm like, I can't get near him. I might give him a Social Security number if I keep going. So I just avoid him. I'm not sure still who it is. And I got home that night, and I texted Reno and I said, hey, who was the celebrity in the group in front of us? And he said, it was Cletus T. Judd, another very funny comedian.

[Christopher]

Right, right.

[Brian Bates]

Who acted like we're old friends.

[Christopher]

Yeah.

[Brian Bates]

Because we are. We've worked together plenty of times. We've known each other for years. So the point is, CLE C. Judd's is nice as he can be, and he's probably gonna come on our podcast.

[Christopher]

He's gonna be on. I think he has got the address.

[Christy]

Yeah.

[Brian Bates]

It's been the night and eights, and apparently I'm so racist, I can't tell the difference between two white guys. So.

[Christopher]

That'S it for another Bob and Tom show. Extra. Catch us on itunes, Google play and stitcher for Bob and Tom. Extra. This is Christopher. Take care, everybody.

[Pat]

Action.

[Christopher]

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[Brian Bates]

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[Christopher]

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[Brian Bates]

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[Christopher]

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[Brian Bates]

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[Christopher]

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