The BOB & TOM Show Extra – Comedian Kelly Collette

Date: October 27, 2025
Guest: Kelly Collette (Comedian)
Main Theme: Comedy, curiosity songs, past careers, neuroticism, marriage, dogs, and playful banter

Overview

This episode of BOB & TOM Extra welcomes comedian Kelly Collette to the studio. The hosts engage her in a lively, wide-ranging conversation covering Kelly’s background as a safety engineer, her neurotic tendencies, experiences with pet ownership and marriage, and reflections on daily life and comedy. The tone is fast, playful, and filled with both heartfelt and absurd moments.

Key Discussion Points and Insights

1. Kelly Collette’s “Curiosity Song”

• Timestamp: 01:55–02:52
• Kelly opens with a comedic song—a medley of odd questions, riffing on childlike curiosity and the mysteries of life. The hosts and audience laugh along.
• Quote:

  “Why do people pick their nose and watch that stuff between your toes? ... And if I pulled your finger, would you have to—well, let’s not go there. Don’t ask me, I don’t know.”
  —Kelly Collette (01:55–02:52)

2. Welcome and Rapture Jokes

• Timestamp: 03:00–03:41
• The group jest about “Rapture Day,” referencing Rapture TikTok and joking about the logistics of being raptured from daily errands.
• Quote:

  “Happy Rapture Day. Oh, you didn’t know that? You guys aren’t on Rapture TikTok.”
  —Kelly Collette (03:05)

3. Celebrity Lookalike Comparisons

• Timestamp: 04:08–05:10
• Kelly discusses often being told she resembles Christina Applegate and, personality-wise, Lisa Kudrow’s “Phoebe” from Friends, sometimes “Angela” from The Office.
• Notable Moment: Playful bickering between hosts over British vs. American The Office.

4. Kelly’s Previous Life as a Safety Engineer

• Timestamp: 05:10–07:16
• Kelly reveals she spent 13 years as a safety engineer, describing herself jokingly as a “professional buzzkill,” and tells a suspenseful story about being sued over a building fire.
• Quotes:

  “For 13 years I was a safety engineer... I would go into businesses and just tell them how people could get hurt or how they could get sued.”
  —Kelly Collette (04:38)
  “I got sued personally. Three years after I left, this building burned down. Turns out I did everything right, but it was scary for a while.”
  —Kelly Collette (05:43)

5. Safety Paranoia in Private Life

• Timestamp: 07:16–08:53
• Kelly admits to being deemed “neurotic” by fellow comedians, not realizing it for years. The conversation turns to fire safety at home, with Bob describing near-miss home disasters and fire extinguisher habits.
• Quotes:

  “I'm a neurotic. I thought they were calling me narcoleptic... but I guess I see things from kind of a negative lens.”
  —Kelly Collette (06:52)
  “I've got about six [fire extinguishers] in my house now, and I get laughed at all the time. Just wait.”
  —Bob (08:44)

6. Dog Ownership and Collecting Senior Pets

• Timestamp: 09:41–11:47
• Kelly shares that her closest relationship is with her senior, short-haired wiener dog named Luna ("Tuna" when she's bad). She jokes about the pressures emotional support dogs must feel, riffing on anthropomorphized canine anxieties.
• Quotes:

  “I collect senior dogs... just the most disgusting dogs you can think of.”
  —Kelly Collette (10:01)
  “Imagine being an emotional support dog. Like your ancestors are hunters, wolves, but now you just have to wake up every morning and make sure Brittany isn’t sad.”
  —Kelly Collette (10:16)

7. Kelly on Marriage Young, Registries, and Life’s "Tests"

• Timestamp: 11:47–12:38
• Kelly humorously reflects on getting married at 23 ("a Midwest thing"), registering for impractical wedding gifts, and proposes life require tests for marriage, gun ownership, and child-rearing.
• Quotes:

  “I got married when I was 23... you should have to pass a test to get married, like a driver’s license.”
  —Kelly Collette (11:47; 12:24)

8. Catholic Marriage Preparation Banter

• Timestamp: 12:38–14:29
• The crew discusses Catholic pre-marriage interviews, tests, and classes, injecting plenty of sarcastic jabs about compatibility and counseling.
• Notable Exchange:

  “What happens if you don’t like, have the same answers?”
  —Kelly Collette (13:42)

9. Offbeat News: 105-Year-Old Nun Plays Golf

• Timestamp: 14:40–17:53
• The hosts riff on a news story about a legally blind, 105-year-old nun who celebrates her birthday by golfing, triggering jokes about slow play, habits, and nuns flying with their wimples.
• Quotes:

  “She’s 105. She looks great.”
  —Kelly Collette (16:48)
  “Can you imagine eating and getting something on that white bib and having to walk around with that shame?”
  —Kelly Collette (17:27)

Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• Comedic Curiosity Song: “If I had the chance, could I do both? Peep? I don’t know, I don’t know, I don’t know...” —Kelly Collette (01:55)
• On Emotional Support Dogs: “Imagine being an emotional support dog... I have to wake up every morning and be like, did he text her back? No? Okay, let’s hide the knives.” —Kelly Collette (10:16, 10:47)
• On Young Marriage: “You should have to pass a test to get married, like a driver’s license.” —Kelly Collette (12:24)
• On Nuns and Stains: “Can you imagine eating and getting something on that white bib and just having to walk around with that shame?” —Kelly Collette (17:27)

Timestamps for Important Segments

• 01:55 Kelly Collette’s curiosity song
• 03:05 “Rapture Day” banter
• 04:38 Kelly’s safety engineer background
• 05:43 The building fire story
• 06:52 Neuroticism explained
• 09:52 On dogs and support animals
• 11:47 On getting married at 23, registries, and life tests
• 12:38 Catholic wedding class and compatibility tests
• 14:40 The 105-year-old nun’s birthday golf

Tone and Style

The episode is jovial, conversational, and quick-witted, with Kelly Collette matching the show’s playful, offbeat humor while also adding poignant moments about her life and career. The hosts are consistently supportive and game for Kelly’s comedic bits and stories, creating an engaging and eclectic show.

For listeners who missed the episode, this installment provides a mix of comic songs, “real life” behind-the-scenes tales from a standup, endearing pet stories, and characteristically tangential—but always funny—group banter.