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Narrator
Two hours ago, Kyle arrived at the bar.
Bob Kevoian
Hey, what's everyone drinking?
Narrator
Thirty minutes ago, Kyle got his friends another round of drinks.
Tom Griswold
Cheers.
Narrator
Five minutes ago, Kyle decided to drive home drunk. A minute ago, a law enforcement officer pulled up behind Kyle.
Guest Host or Producer
Sir, have you been drinking tonight?
Narrator
A chain of events that began two hours ago is about to change Kyle's whole world. Drive sober or get pulled over. Paid for by NHTSA.
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Christopher (Producer/Announcer)
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, comedian Joe Dombrowski is on the show today. It's coming up in just a minute.
Tom Griswold
Drinking and driving will change your whole world. The next time you're out with your friends, consider what would happen if you got pulled over after drinking. Like the legal fees, the time in court, or a DUI on your record. Your decision to drink and drive could change someone else's world too, if you hurt them or even kill them in a crash. Instead, what if your decision to call a sober ride changed your world for the better? Drive sober or get pulled over. Paid for by nhtsa.
This is a song I wrote for a special person.
Bob Kevoian
All right.
Tom Griswold
Each time I need a trusted friend, you're there. With tears to dry and a heart to mend, you're there. And when I'm down in misery and the whole world turns, it's back on me and I need some love and sympathy. You're there. Nice, isn't it?
Bob Kevoian
Oh, yes.
Tom Griswold
And when I'm weary and tired of trying, honey, you're there. And anytime I need a shoulder to cry on, you're there. And sometimes when I come home with a heavy heart and weary bones and I need a little time alone.
You'Re there.
I want to turn the stereo on, but you're there. I gotta get in to use the john, but you're there. When I wake up lovingly and turn on my pillow hoping to see Kim Basinger smiling back at me.
Bob Kevoian
Are there.
Tom Griswold
Oh, this is more of a good thing than I ever planned. How much damn Togetherness. The one man stand. Don't get me laughing here.
Bob Kevoian
All right. Sorry.
Tom Griswold
I want to flop down in my favorite chair. But you're there. I can't see in the mirror to comb my hair. Cause you're there. And when I want a little snack at night, I sneak down to the fridge to get a little bite. I see a big fat ass blocking out the light. Cause you're there.
Bob Kevoian
Our way of making sure you haven't missed anything. This is Bob and Tom Extra.
Tom Griswold
We're talking about some news story. It's. What is it called? Cinderella Sex.
Guest Host or Producer
Cinderella rule.
Tom Griswold
Oh, the Cinderella rule. You set a time limit, you got to be out. Okay, Y. I know Bill Cosby was into that Sleeping beauty sex.
Kristi Lee
Boy, wasn't he different.
Tom Griswold
Different fairy tale.
Kristi Lee
What a rascal. He was a rascal.
Tom Griswold
May still be. Who knows? We are doing some stuff electronically. Through the magic of contemporary science.
Bob Kevoian
We'Re.
Guest Host or Producer
Trying to hook up with our guest. Why don't you just say it like a normal human being?
Tom Griswold
Because, like, people forget, the great engineers in our culture are often overlooked. And we can thank them for so many wonderful things.
Kristi Lee
No, no, no, no. Remember, Tom talks like he's trying to hit a word count on an essay. So many times I have wondered along with you as not.
Tom Griswold
Sure, take that.
Kristi Lee
What do you think about this situation currently going on?
Tom Griswold
What we're trying to do is hook up with comedian Joe Dombrowski. He's a great comedian. I'm looking forward to talking to him.
Kristi Lee
We sure had a great morning with him when he was in, didn't we?
Guest Host or Producer
Yes, we did.
Tom Griswold
Very.
Kristi Lee
I guess he didn't want to come back in.
Tom Griswold
I believe he's out west. Ergo, the need for the electronic gizmo thing. Thingamajig, if you will.
Guest Host or Producer
But first, we returned something light hearted. In Ohio. Had to be rescued.
Bob Kevoian
What? In Ohio?
Guest Host or Producer
A child in Ohio.
Kristi Lee
Okay.
Guest Host or Producer
Had to be rescued after getting stuck in a community center claw machine.
Kristi Lee
Oh, sure, yeah.
Guest Host or Producer
We have this story about once a year, don't we?
Kristi Lee
Boy, it's amazing.
Guest Host or Producer
First responders were called to the Mason Community center to help remove the child from a stuffed animal claw machine.
Tom Griswold
I heard it took them. I heard it took them almost a hundred dollars in quarters before they. One of the guys was able to nail it.
Kristi Lee
Oh, man.
Bob Kevoian
All right, be cool.
Tom Griswold
I almost got it.
Bob Kevoian
Be cool.
Guest Host or Producer
Police and EMS worked to open the back of the machine and let the uninjured child out. Security footage captured the rescue showed the child holding onto a large white stuffed animal afterwards.
Kristi Lee
No, you don't get to keep it.
Guest Host or Producer
No, no, you're sending a wrong message.
Bob Kevoian
Yes.
Kristi Lee
Yeah.
Tom Griswold
I got an idea, Christy, for one of your next parties where you have your girlfriends over.
Guest Host or Producer
Yeah.
Tom Griswold
How about a white claw machine?
Guest Host or Producer
There you go.
Tom Griswold
You don't get to drink until you drop that gizmo down and pick up.
Guest Host or Producer
Pick up your white cloth.
Tom Griswold
Are those things rigged? Is there some kind of a, like loose. Loose hinge that like every 40th time it actually kicks in?
Kristi Lee
I don't know.
Guest Host or Producer
There was a guy in the Pork Pistols, though, that could hit those things every time. When we were on the road, we'd be on tour, he would win so many really duck animals. It was crazy.
Tom Griswold
Yeah.
Guest Host or Producer
So there must be some kind of trick to it.
Tom Griswold
I was just wondering if they were. If there was, if they were rigged or.
Guest Host or Producer
Todd Boner was his name.
Tom Griswold
Okay. Okay. Interesting.
Guest Host or Producer
I know. This wouldn't be in a claw machine. A grotesque looking teddy bear prompted police to respond at a California store because they thought it was made of human skin.
Tom Griswold
Have you seen this thing?
Kristi Lee
Oh, yeah. Have you seen the picture?
Tom Griswold
This is. This is right up your alley.
Guest Host or Producer
According to the San Bernardino sun, police were called to a convenience store in Victorville after someone found a teddy bear that looked as though it had been made of human flesh. Sticks stitched together.
Kristi Lee
I believe that's home of the Bun Boy.
Bob Kevoian
Victorville. Victorville, is it? I think so.
Guest Host or Producer
The coroner determined the bear contained no human remains.
Kristi Lee
My goodness.
Guest Host or Producer
The bear, valued at $165, was traced to horror artist Robert Kelly.
Kristi Lee
Oh, all right, so they were. It was meant to look like.
Guest Host or Producer
Right. Of South Carolina, who sells such creations through his business, Dark Seed Creations.
Tom Griswold
Do we have a photograph of this thing? Josh, you would love this.
Guest Host or Producer
Kelly.
Kristi Lee
I've seen these. These kind of things at horror conventions in the booths.
Guest Host or Producer
Have you? Yeah, he sells his on Etsy, I believe.
Kristi Lee
Gotcha.
Guest Host or Producer
Kelly said the bear was part of a recent Etsy order that was shipped to Victorville. Authorities arrested a 23 year old man in connection with the incident.
Kristi Lee
Arrested?
Guest Host or Producer
Yeah, Charging him with causing a false report and intentionally planting false evidence.
Kristi Lee
Oh, so the guy was okay.
Guest Host or Producer
On purpose.
Kristi Lee
Gotcha. Well, that's even weirder.
Tom Griswold
Yeah, and it. It looks like it's kind of a gruesome looking.
Kristi Lee
Oh, yeah, yeah.
Tom Griswold
Be like if Ed Gein were at Build A Bear.
Kristi Lee
Yeah. Yes.
Tom Griswold
And he built it.
Guest Host or Producer
Yeah. Yeah. That's horrifying. If you found that, you would be traumatized.
Tom Griswold
Oh, the name of it should be Teddy Bundy.
Kristi Lee
More like Build A Scare. Huh?
Bob Kevoian
Huh? Yeah.
Kristi Lee
No, I don't know. I don't know which one's worse.
Tom Griswold
Okay, I do believe we have got Joe Dombrowski joining.
Bob Kevoian
There we go.
Guest Host or Producer
Joe.
Bob Kevoian
Oh, hello, Joe.
Tom Griswold
Are you awake and alert and alive somewhere on the West Coast?
Bob Kevoian
You know what? I am. I'm so. I was so happy when your producer texted me because he texted me, he's like, hey, do you, do you want to come back on Bob and Tom? And I said, he's still alive. I'm excited.
Tom Griswold
What are you having?
Kristi Lee
A Moscow Mule.
Bob Kevoian
Yeah, you know, Morning Juice.
Kristi Lee
Oh, it looked like one of those copper.
Tom Griswold
Since we last.
Bob Kevoian
No, no, no.
Tom Griswold
Since we last saw you, you've been out on the road, out and about. Are you actually home now?
Bob Kevoian
Yes, I'm in Seattle for I think 12 more hours before I head to Springfield, Missouri. The land of promise. Let me tell you, one of my.
Kristi Lee
Younger brother lives there.
Tom Griswold
What's the name of the place you're going to be playing, Joe?
Bob Kevoian
I'm going to be at the Blue Room, which actually is one of my favorite rooms in the country because they have caves in Springfield. Did you know about this?
Kristi Lee
Absolutely. Have you taken the tram through the Fantastic Caverns?
Bob Kevoian
So I. The Fantastic Cavern. So the club owner picks me up, he takes me to the Fantastic Caverns.
Kristi Lee
Okay, Right, right.
Bob Kevoian
And he goes, he goes, you want to go down in some caves?
Kristi Lee
I'm like, sure.
Tom Griswold
Wait a minute.
Bob Kevoian
This guy, this guy sends me down in the caves. I'm in the little cart to go into the Fantastic Cavern. He's like looking up at me. I'm in here by myself. Then I realized I was in the caves. Just me. And I had a mustache in the time, which is important in a cave full of fourth graders on a fourth grade field trip. I came out. I came out of this cave after a herd of fourth graders. A 6 foot 3 man with a mustache wearing a shirt that said, I just rode the Fantastic Cavern. This is. There's something not okay.
Tom Griswold
Joe Dombrowski is our guest. Joe, it's a great pleasure to see you. Is that. Are you currently in your home?
Bob Kevoian
I'm in my house. I live in a house that's trapped in the 60s.
Guest Host or Producer
I was gonna say, do you live.
Bob Kevoian
In a. Forgive my paneling.
Tom Griswold
Yeah, I would think a man of your taste. I would think that the. If nothing else, a black curtain over that, over the hideous fake walnut paneling.
Kristi Lee
It looks like a church rec room.
Guest Host or Producer
It looked like my bedroom.
Bob Kevoian
Well, I really wanted the theme in here. I was really going for something that reminded me of the AA meetings at the vfw. So I think I hit it on the head.
Tom Griswold
Oh, wow. That is. Is that an electrical outlet by the ceiling there? What is that?
Kristi Lee
Or an intercom?
Bob Kevoian
Yeah, this is an intercom. Tom, I don't know if you know, but when your house is gigantic, you can have an intercom.
Tom Griswold
My place is relatively large.
Bob Kevoian
All.
Tom Griswold
I just run to the stairs and scream and they don't hear me.
Bob Kevoian
Well, God, don't say that out loud. Now they're gonna listen and it'll be on Dateline.
Kristi Lee
Joe, in Springfield, Missouri, there's a restaurant called Lambert. I don't know if you've been there yet, where it's home of the throwed rolls.
Tom Griswold
This is famous. We're not making this up, Joe. This is. They throw the rolls at you.
Kristi Lee
Yes.
Tom Griswold
Now, were you very athletic in school?
Bob Kevoian
Wow. Way to judge a horse by its butthole. I don't know if you need to know. I can catch a roll or two.
Tom Griswold
Yeah. We keep threatening to go there and.
Kristi Lee
Wonderful. Yeah.
Tom Griswold
And are you allowed to bring in a mitt boy?
Kristi Lee
I, you know, I think it's frowned upon. Okay.
Bob Kevoian
You know the role fast. I'm really fascinated with this story, but can, you know, last time I was on the show, we were talking about your shirt. Can we address it this time around? Because last time you've had.
Kristi Lee
I was wearing a. One of my. A car heart. A flannel car heart shirt.
Bob Kevoian
Yeah. And we've upgraded to something with Kohl's cash.
Guest Host or Producer
Well, this is his summer Dickies.
Kristi Lee
Yes, I wear the Dickies brand. The work shirt. Yeah, yeah.
Bob Kevoian
You know, I'm feeling it. I'm feeling it. I think we've found. Found our niche.
Kristi Lee
I think.
Tom Griswold
Let's give. Let's give comedian Joe Dombrowski a question he's not expecting. We were talking about this earlier, the so called walk up music in baseball in which the player will. They'll pick a song that is appropriate, has a certain maybe action level so they could walk up. And. And now in the world of comedy, often they play walk up music. Do you have a thing that you usually choose or was there somebody you've ever given this any thought at all?
Bob Kevoian
I don't know if you guys remember, I'm originally from Detroit. Mm. So my song actually is back that ass up and I walk out to very proudly because I do got a little junk in the trunk.
Tom Griswold
Do you know?
Bob Kevoian
Oh, I do. I do. And I. And I know how to use it. It knows how to catch a roll.
Tom Griswold
Well, wow. I hope.
Guest Host or Producer
Tom.
Tom Griswold
Very uncomfortable you might want to get that tightened up.
Bob Kevoian
Being on this show has been helping. Oh, my God. Can I tell you guys something?
Tom Griswold
Okay.
Bob Kevoian
Last time I joined you, I was in Indianapolis. Okay. And I'm not gonna lie, I didn't quite realize how intensely popular the show is.
Kristi Lee
Okay.
Bob Kevoian
And I went. I had just gotten done watching this murder mystery about this gay bar called Gregg's. Okay. There's a bunch of people who were murdered there.
Kristi Lee
Sure.
Bob Kevoian
So I went to. I went to Greggs after my show sidebar. I think they should have T shirts that say, I survived Greggs. They don't. That's on them. These big ass, burly, corn fed, Indianapolis gay guys come up to me. I think I'm about to be murdered. And they look at me, they go, heard you on Bob and Tom this morning. Great job. We're going to come to the show tonight. I was like, this is incredible. Everywhere I went in the city, people were like, heard you on Boba Tom. Heard you on Boba Tom. I'm like, what show did I go on? It was fantastic. Your fans are ravenous. Ravenous.
Kristi Lee
Yes.
Tom Griswold
I enjoyed it. I've seen that documentary, by the way.
Guest Host or Producer
Yeah, yeah.
Tom Griswold
That's scary. And it's not quite done there. There may be more to that murder thing. Very, very scary. Very scary.
Bob Kevoian
But I hopped on it. I think you were talking about Ted Bundy, and now we're talking about this guy. So this is the Halloween episode.
Tom Griswold
That T shirt idea is actually pretty good. They. I mean, the fact. The fact that they didn't change the name and might be worth doing now.
Kristi Lee
Joe, last time you were here, weren't you remodeling your house? Weren't you and your husband?
Bob Kevoian
Yeah.
Kristi Lee
So you've never made it to that room. Yeah.
Tom Griswold
Okay, we're back to the room.
Bob Kevoian
Well, actually, you know, we did. We are remodeling a house. Let me just make sure there's no incriminating information on this, but we just got done remodeling our nursery. We're having a baby.
Kristi Lee
Yeah.
Tom Griswold
Hold that back up. I couldn't see that.
Guest Host or Producer
It was. It's just the ultrasound. Ultrasound.
Bob Kevoian
Oh, wow.
Kristi Lee
Yeah. Yeah.
Bob Kevoian
Oh, cool.
Guest Host or Producer
Right?
Tom Griswold
Very good.
Bob Kevoian
Yeah, yeah.
Tom Griswold
Did they do the standard. Did they do the standard thing where they go, do you want to know if it's a boy or a girl? Did they ask you that? And did you say yes or no? And you don't have to answer any of these questions.
Bob Kevoian
They did ask us that, but we actually, we. We did IVF and surrogacy, which Is, you know, just as the Lord intended it. But they, we, we knew. We knew going in. Oh, okay. We, we were, you know, and you.
Tom Griswold
Don'T have to tell us every time. I have never known.
Kristi Lee
Oh, okay.
Bob Kevoian
You never out of that.
Guest Host or Producer
He's always surprised.
Tom Griswold
It's always a surprise.
Guest Host or Producer
50, 50.
Tom Griswold
But yeah, no, I've never known. It's in. It's. It just. I don't know you like that. Yeah. But also I understand that it's you. One should not ask someone to. If they, you know. Now we did. We do the big. The so called. We never did the gender reveal thing, which those big parties, I don't approve of. They usually end up in some kind of forest fire because of the. Yeah, well, the blue, the blue fireworks set the forest on fire. Yeah. I, I don't get it.
Bob Kevoian
But the most amazing gender reveal that I saw was somebody put a. A big balloon on the back of their motorcycle. And they kept revving the engine, revving their engine. And the balloon got bigger and bigger and bigger until it popped and let out some colorful smoke. Let me tell you what, tell me why they did this inside their living room. You're all gonna die. And the house that it was in did kind of resemble. This says a lot.
Tom Griswold
Did you see the one where the. Wasn't it an alligator? And there was the grandma in the wheelchair.
Guest Host or Producer
Oh, yeah.
Tom Griswold
And it got a little bit too close to her. Yeah. That was a ballsy.
Bob Kevoian
Wait, what happened?
Guest Host or Producer
Oh, she survived. Don't worry.
Kristi Lee
Why did they have the alligator? Was it gonna. They threw like a ball and when they bit through it, it released. Okay.
Bob Kevoian
Yeah.
Kristi Lee
But it did get close to grandma.
Bob Kevoian
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Tom Griswold
People are insane. And congratulations, I guess, are in order here, Joe.
Kristi Lee
Yes. That's wonderful.
Bob Kevoian
Yeah, thank you. Thank you. Very excited.
Guest Host or Producer
When's baby coming? One month.
Bob Kevoian
November. So it feels like tomorrow. Yeah. I don't know. I don't know if I'm. I'm ready to be a dad. I still still feel like a little boy myself.
Kristi Lee
It's crazy.
Tom Griswold
Again, a question you don't have to answer. You can give this a yes or a no. Have you picked out a name and. Or a set of names? And are you on the same page with it, with your husband?
Bob Kevoian
Let me tell you what. Okay. For the new listeners. I was a teacher for 10 years, so now I'm an alcoholic. But it is very, very hard to name a baby when you used to be a teacher because my husband will throw out these names and I have to shut them all down. He's like me talker, Jenna talker, Jillian. She pooped herself. But then he made. He was like, well, why don't you make a list of celebrity names and maybe that will jog something within us. And I said, chaka Khan, and he hates it. He thinks it's racially insensitive. I love it because can you picture two gay dads with a Chaka Khan? And it's not a French bulldog. Like, that's a good name for baby. And I just want to go. I just to go to school and be in the pickup line at parent pickup so I can look at this baby and yell for her and say, sh. Gone. Everybody sh.
Tom Griswold
Ladies and gentlemen, that's closer.
Christopher (Producer/Announcer)
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.
Tom Griswold
Drinking and driving will change your whole world. The next time you're out with your friends, consider what would happen if you got pulled over after drinking. Like the legal fees, the time in court, or a DUI on your record. Your decision to drink and drive could change someone else's world, too, if you hurt them or even kill them in a crash. Instead, what if your decision to call a sober ride changed your world for the better? Drive sober or get pulled over paid for by nhtsa.
Original Air Date: August 26, 2025
Podcast Host(s): Tom Griswold, Bob Kevoian, Kristi Lee, Guest Hosts/Producers
Guest: Joe Dombrowski
This "B&T Extra" episode features comedian and former teacher Joe Dombrowski joining The BOB & TOM Show crew for an energetic, joke-filled conversation. The episode moves quickly between absurd news stories, personal house renovation tales, stand-up road stories, and a big reveal about Joe’s current life milestone. True to BOB & TOM form, the humor is fast, sharp, and peppered with playful roast-style banter.
Claw Machine Rescue:
The hosts share a recurring quirky news story about a child getting stuck in a claw machine in Ohio, delighting in the absurdity and riffing on party-themed variations.
Horror Teddy Bear Incident:
Discussion of a grotesque teddy bear in California mistaken for being made of human skin, tracing it back to a horror artist.
Joe talks about his road comic life, being home in Seattle (“for 12 more hours”) and prepping for a set in Springfield, MO at "The Blue Room.”
Springfield’s "throwed rolls" restaurant, Lambert’s, also gets a shout-out, with everyone trading stories about catching (and dodging) rolls.
Joe describes his 1960s-style house, complete with old paneling and an intercom:
Joking critique of Kristi’s wardrobe gets its own moment:
Joe recounts his surprise at the depth and enthusiasm of the Bob & Tom fanbase:
He briefly references watching a murder mystery about a local gay bar, Gregg’s, and major documentary vibes in Indy.
On Walk-Up Music:
On Parenting as a Former Teacher:
On Bob & Tom Fanbase:
On Outlandish News:
Staying true to The BOB & TOM Show's blend of irreverence, fast ensemble chemistry, and guest spotlight, this episode is both a breezy catch-up and a window into the regular absurdities comedians encounter on and off the road. Joe Dombrowski’s stories are quick-witted, honest, and cheerfully self-deprecating, especially as he shares nervous joy about impending fatherhood. Listeners get insights into his comic process, road adventures, and personal milestones, all spiked with the show's signature punchlines.