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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. We're rocking on the show today with comedian Kelly Collette. She's coming up in just a minute.
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Comedian Kelly Collette
Why do people pick their nose and watch that stuff between your toes? And why can't men wear pantyhose? I don't know. Why do we drool whenever we sleep? Do shepherds really mate with sheep? And if I had the chance, could I do both? Peep? I don't know, I don't know, I don't know if I did I'd tell you so But I don't so where I'll go Oh, oh, oh, oh. No one asked me I don't know. Oh, right in there. Okay, what's underneath your overalls? And where do we go when nature calls? And why do cats cough up fur balls? I don't know. Why does father always know best? Does Larry Bird sleep in a nest? And how do you study for a pregnancy test? I don't know where does a circle end or start? And why won't meatloaf fall apart? And if I pulled your Finger. Would you have to. Well, let's not go there. Don't ask me. I don't know.
Bob
Missed something. Here you go. We'll try to catch you up.
Kelly Collette
This is Bob and Tom.
Bob
Extra.
Tom
Hello, Tom.
Christy
We have a special guest.
Bob
We do indeed. Joining us in the studio, comedian Kelly Collette.
Kelly Collette
Hi, guys.
Tom
Casey.
Kelly Collette
Hi. Happy Rapture Day. Oh, you didn't know that?
Comedian Kelly Collette
No.
Kelly Collette
Yeah. You guys aren't on Rapture TikTok.
Tom
No, I was unaware.
Bob
What time?
Kelly Collette
I don't know. See, I was thinking we still had time get to know each other.
Tom
Yeah. Before it actually.
Bob
Okay.
Josh
I got a really busy day today. I'm getting a haircut. Should I not get my haircut and save the money?
Kelly Collette
Why not? Look spruced up.
Christy
I gotta drive.
Bob
I gotta drive my car down to.
Josh
Oh, this is not time for the Rapture.
Kelly Collette
Yeah.
Bob
Do I have to open the sunroof?
Christy
How does that work?
Kelly Collette
That's a lot.
Tom
Oh, that's right.
Kelly Collette
A lot of semantics to playing around.
Christy
Remember it's six feet under when the lady thought that was a rapture.
Bob
Yes.
Christy
Remember that plot point?
Bob
Yeah.
Christy
They accidentally put helium in some of the blow up dolls and they got away from a truck. And Sheila comes out, they're flying and she thinks it's angels. So she gets out of her car and walks out in the middle of the street, gets hit by a bus. She dies. So it was for her, I guess it was kind of sort of the Rapture.
Tom
Yes. Yeah.
Christy
There you go.
Bob
Wow. Fun stuff. Kelly, do people tell you that you resemble a certain famous actress?
Kelly Collette
I do. I get Christina Applegate.
Bob
Oh, that's. That's good.
Kelly Collette
The one you were thinking of.
Bob
No, I was thinking from the television show Friends.
Kelly Collette
Oh, Phoebe.
Bob
Yeah.
Kelly Collette
Oh, I get Phoebe personality a lot, but never looks wise. But I love Lisa Kudrow. She's fantastic.
Josh
Yeah, she is.
Bob
Yeah. And tell us about what is your background? You're a stand up comedian. Now, what was. Did you have like normal jobs?
Kelly Collette
I had a normal job for a very long time. I was. For 13 years. I was a safety engineer. So my job was to be like a professional buzzkill. I would go into businesses and just tell them how people could get hurt or how they could get sued.
Bob
That's what I do.
Christy
That would the perfect job for you.
Bob
Fun job.
Kelly Collette
You're just negative. All the. It's affecting me a little bit, but.
Christy
I've got the ultimate. I know who she looks like. Well, I don't think you. You never saw the Office. Did you know as Angela from oh.
Kelly Collette
My Gosh I get that sometimes. I don't like that.
Bob
The English. The English one or the American one?
Christy
The American one. Right now we're in the United States of America.
Bob
Wait a minute. Hang on a second. In my defense, off the air, all he ever talks about is Brit box and every English.
Christy
We talk about the British office.
Tom
Yeah, he would have said the British office.
Christy
I certainly would.
Bob
Okay, well, I'm sorry. Sorry to argue in front of company osha.
Kelly Collette
I did. I was OSHA certified, but I didn't work for them. I worked for, like, insurance companies.
Tom
Gotcha.
Kelly Collette
So, yeah.
Bob
Well, do you have any cool stories, like something you said was going to be dangerous? They didn't believe you, and then somebody got killed.
Kelly Collette
Sort of. I got sued personally. Three years.
Christy
Great story.
Kelly Collette
Three years after I left, they had called me in and they're like, hey, you did this report. This building actually burnt down. So let's go back and look at your report to make sure you weren't liable. And it turns out I did everything right. So that was really good. But it was really scary for a while. I was like, was I feeling lazy that day? Like, could I have.
Bob
You shouldn't. I. I told you, don't make the smoking shack out of straw. That's got to be the brick one.
Tom
Did I write building will never burn down?
Kelly Collette
No, I. I think they were under construction at the time. And I was like, okay, well, when they finish, they should this and this. Let's go back and check on it. And then no one ever went back and checked on it. I left the company. So they had a fire and they were like, somebody should have done something. I was like, not my job anymore.
Bob
Well, when we break it about 15 minutes. Would you mind doing a quick.
Kelly Collette
I'll do a quick run. Got any deep fat fryers or open flame cooktops in this place?
Christy
Yeah, well, I. You don't get to that part of the building.
Josh
Oh, I don't.
Kelly Collette
You guys don't have that back there?
Josh
Yeah.
Kelly Collette
Fire up some frontal cakes in the back.
Christy
I got to get back there and clean the grease wrap.
Kelly Collette
That's a big one.
Tom
Yep.
Kelly Collette
Watch out for those.
Bob
Does this apply to your personal life?
Kelly Collette
No. Well, I'm pretty. I'm pretty. I was told by a lot of comedians that I tour with that I'm a neurotic. And I didn't know that. I didn't. I thought they were calling me, like, narcoleptic. At first I was like, I get plenty of sleep. But I didn't know what a neurotic was. But I guess I see things from kind of a negative lens, which I didn't know until they all pointed out to me, and I was like, that makes sense with the job that I had for a very long time.
Bob
Do you live in an apartment or a house?
Kelly Collette
I live in a house.
Bob
Do you have a fire extinguisher?
Kelly Collette
I do.
Bob
Do you have one of those fire blankets?
Kelly Collette
I don't. I. My. My fire extinguisher is actually from, like, the 1950s. It's decorative. I got it at antique stores, so it's not functional. I do have a carbon monoxide detector, though. I thought that was pretty.
Bob
I'm huge on those because, believe me, I needed them.
Kelly Collette
I got one of those. I got a ring camera.
Bob
You got to have fireworks. I've actually on two occasions used a fire extinguisher. I almost burned down one of my houses.
Kelly Collette
Oh, my goodness.
Bob
You know, like an idiot.
Josh
Well, you're a pyro. What are you talking about?
Bob
Pyro? I got one of those Christmas baskets.
Josh
Yes. And what did you decide to do with it?
Bob
Light it on fire, throw it in the fireplace?
Kelly Collette
I hate ham and cheese.
Bob
It was. It was this. This huge Christmas basket full of fruit. I took the fruit out, then I had a nice fire going. It was Christmas time, of course.
Josh
Yes.
Bob
And I went to my. My. We're in my older house, and I. I shoved the basket in there. Had a big, big hoop handle on it, and it was some kind of acrylic paint, glowing.
Kelly Collette
Oh.
Bob
And what happened was the wand of the basket, whatever it is, the handle hit the thing and closed the flue.
Christy
Yeah.
Bob
Had to repaint the whole room.
Christy
And it wasn't your fault, was it?
Bob
Oh, it was completely my fault. Really?
Christy
I think that's the first time in decades that you've admitted that was.
Bob
Yeah, but I had to put it out with a fire extinguisher.
Christy
You're somewhat of a firebug.
Josh
Was there a fire extinguisher right next to the fireplace?
Bob
No, it was in. I had to go to the kitchen together.
Josh
Oh.
Bob
I've got about six of them in my house now, and I get laughed at all the time. Just wait.
Christy
Six? What?
Tom
That's better to have fire extinguishers.
Christy
Is that so when you show off for the kids in the morning with your spray vegetable shortening that you spray into an open flame so you can have your fire extinguishers there, ready to put the fire out.
Bob
That could be helpful. I got a lot of fire.
Josh
Have you caught something on fire in your Microwave. I've done that.
Bob
Yeah.
Kelly Collette
Foil or something?
Josh
It was a decorative plate.
Kelly Collette
Yes.
Josh
That had like gold on it or something. Yeah, it was a little higher.
Kelly Collette
Barked. It scared me.
Josh
No, mine was on fire.
Christy
Hey, Josh, you hear she's got gold plated.
Kelly Collette
Well, I ain't played.
Tom
So ain't you?
Josh
Yeah, I am something.
Bob
I just use an old Del Monte can lid.
Christy
Me and the dog will eat out of the same bowl.
Bob
We are speaking to comedian Kelly Collette and let's fuss. You live in a house? I live in a house as opposed to an apartment. Good to know. Are you single? Are you married? You have a boyfriend? Do you have a girlfriend? What's happening?
Kelly Collette
I have a dog.
Bob
Okay.
Kelly Collette
That's the most long term relationship I have.
Bob
Male or female?
Kelly Collette
She's a girl. It's my first girl. I'm very excited. Oh, nice.
Bob
What kind, what kind of dog?
Kelly Collette
She's a. She's a wiener dog. I. I collect senior dogs. That's like my personality. So if you guys see those women walking around with the dogs and the baby strollers, like just trying not to get hit on, that's what I do. Okay. Just most disgusting dogs you can think of.
Bob
Like, you have the short hair or the long hair.
Kelly Collette
I got the short hair. Yeah. So she, she keeps it short. But a lot of people were asking me, they're like, is this a support dog? And I was like, that's just too, too hard of a job for a dog to have. You know what I mean? Like, can you imagine being an emotional support dog? Like your ancestors are hunters and wolves, but like, oh, you're like, I gotta wake morning and just make sure Britney isn't sad. Like, that's my entire personality. It's just I gotta wake up every morning and be like, did he text her back?
Comedian Kelly Collette
No.
Kelly Collette
Okay, let's hide the knives. Let's hide the knives. It's gonna be a bad day.
Bob
What's the name of your wiener dog?
Kelly Collette
Her name is Luna. And when she's bad, I call her Tuna. So you guys have that where you like, nickname your dog and it morphs into something else 10 degrees down the road. That's what everybody does. Bubby.
Josh
We have Bubby. Leo's name is Bubby.
Tom
When he's bad, do you say Leo?
Josh
Yes.
Kelly Collette
Do you have a full name? Like Leonardo?
Josh
He's Leonardo DiCaprio.
Kelly Collette
There you go. Yes.
Josh
The kids named him. I did not.
Bob
Bigger one is Mr. Fletcher. We call him Fletchy Boy. When he's a good boy.
Kelly Collette
When he's a bad Boy, what is.
Bob
He usually sleeping next to me in the bed again? This weekend I woke up, oh, look, Kelly's here. Not you. My.
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Bob
And no, it's a large white dog breathing in my face. Oh, well. Well, once again, we're talking to the lovely Kelly Colette and the woman of many faces. Have you ever been. Have you ever been married?
Kelly Collette
I was. I was married for 15 years, so that was a very, like, developmental time. Like, I got married when I was 23. It's a very Midwest thing to do, which is, like, really funny because, like, you don't know how to be a person at 23. So when I got, like, married, I, like, registered for the funniest things to get married. I remember registering for, like, a ice cream maker and a bicycle and, like, a hammock, and I was like, you can't get married without a bicycle. You know what I mean? Yeah. So that's just wild that they let. I think they shouldn't let. You should be like a driver's license. Like, you should have to pass a test to get married. Like, I think you should have to pass tests to do multiple things in life.
Bob
Now, that's a. That's actually a pretty good idea, I think so.
Kelly Collette
I think you should have to take a test to have a gun. I think you should have to take a test to have a baby. You know, those are the two things I think you should test people on.
Bob
Maybe, I think to give a dog.
Kelly Collette
Yeah, I'll pass all the tests.
Tom
Christie, in a way, because you're Catholic, don't. Don't you kind of have to take at least a. A verbal interview test?
Josh
Oh, yeah.
Bob
Yeah.
Josh
You have to go to a. You have to go away to. To camp.
Bob
What?
Tom
I don't think everybody has to do that.
Josh
Or if you don't, you have counseling from a married couple within the church, for sure.
Tom
Okay.
Bob
You have to go to a camp with. With your phone.
Josh
I never got married in the church, remember?
Tom
Oh, okay.
Bob
There's still time.
Josh
I know. And all mine have been an old. So I could get married in the church, so.
Bob
Okay. Well, yeah. This would be the first you could invite us since we've never been to any of them.
Josh
No, I'm not doing.
Christy
I almost got to one. A slot opened up.
Josh
Yeah.
Christy
Afternoon, the wedding.
Josh
We only had 50 people.
Christy
The groom called me up. Hey, it would really mean a lot to Christy if you could come to the wedding. Oh, so much that she invited me.
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Josh
Yeah.
Christy
So. Yeah.
Josh
No, but you do have to sit down with a Priest, you take a test, they go over the answers with you and you, you know, like, you take the test separately, like how you're feeling about raising children and money. And then you sit down, the three of you, and they go over the tests and you discuss that.
Bob
Weird.
Josh
Yeah.
Kelly Collette
What happens if you don't, like, have the same answers?
Josh
If you. Well, I mean, obviously you're not.
Tom
Is it like the newlywed game?
Kelly Collette
They just bring out option number four. They're like, oh, well, you can meet Tony.
Tom
Sounds like you and Tony.
Kelly Collette
Tony.
Josh
I. I don't know if a priest can say I won't marry you. He might. I don't know. He doesn't feel you're compatible. I don't know if that's happened. Our priest did not say that. He did get to that point.
Bob
Ever get, like, any serious eye rolling?
Josh
No.
Bob
You're going to be a great couple. The guy goes.
Josh
And in our defense, this was the kid's dad. So we'd already been married for years. And then we were going to get married and renew our vows and get married in the church. And so it was.
Kelly Collette
Make it official.
Josh
Yeah, I see.
Comedian Kelly Collette
Lord.
Bob
Well, the weekend away thing, you're obviously not sleeping together.
Josh
No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
Bob
Kind of counterproductive. Okay. Just asking. We're talking with comedian Kelly Collette. Why don't we squeeze in a news story we've been promising the Catholic church. Yeah.
Josh
A nun in Ohio celebrated her 105th birthday with a round of golf. WKBN took her 12 weeks. Wait, it gets better. Sister Renee Parman has been celebrating her bir decades. This year was no exception.
Christy
She goes downtown, buys a shots liquor 95.
Josh
She's legally blind, but she and her fellow sisters from humanity of Mary hit the links at no run golf course.
Christy
Legally. Legally blind.
Bob
Got another hole in one there, lady.
Kelly Collette
Yeah.
Christy
What's taking these people so long? Is that. Is she blind or something? How many people.
Josh
Imagine being behind this sports.
Christy
How many people can we play through?
Bob
Now, what's interesting this is. Where's the. What's the name of the golf course?
Josh
It's called Noel Run Golf course in Lowellville.
Comedian Kelly Collette
Lowell.
Bob
Sounds like Louisville.
Josh
Lowell. Lowell. Like my grandfather's name. Lowell.
Bob
There's a Lowellville and a Louisville.
Josh
Yep. Lowellville, Ohio.
Tom
You're having fun over there at all.
Christy
Totally different sound.
Bob
No, it's got the same thing.
Christy
No, it's not just.
Bob
So where are you from?
Christy
It's like Chicago and New York. It don't sound the same.
Bob
You've got enough of A slushie in your mouth. It's also the same word.
Christy
Okay, now you're changing the parameters.
Josh
Congratulations to her sister Renee.
Christy
That's fun.
Bob
You gotta. I mean, look, she's legally blind and she's still out there playing golf.
Josh
Is she actually playing.
Tom
That's a hole in one.
Bob
Sure.
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Josh
Or she just being driven around on a golf cart. That would be my.
Kelly Collette
She just. Weekend at Bernie's in the back.
Bob
Yeah.
Josh
Grabbing a beer from the beverage cart. Sure. Yeah.
Bob
This apple juice.
Kelly Collette
Yeah.
Christy
Yeah.
Bob
Yes. Well, that's. That's nice. I wonder if. I wonder if she hit under her age.
Josh
If she hits over under 105. I. And she's blind. I'm pissed.
Bob
Did you see the kid yesterday that hit the. Here's the. Oh, she's not wearing the habit.
Christy
Oh, boy.
Kelly Collette
She's 105. She looks great.
Bob
Is that a beard?
Christy
No, no, no, Tom, I think you're.
Tom
Her beard is under the mask.
Christy
Absolutely.
Bob
Oh, there she is.
Tom
Oh, that's actual audio.
Bob
Wait a minute.
Christy
Okay, wait a minute. There was.
Bob
There's a picture of her in her uniform.
Josh
In her uniform.
Christy
Look at that.
Kelly Collette
Oh, I love that movie.
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Bob
She's got the Sister Betray hat.
Josh
That is old school.
Christy
Sister.
Tom
Bet the one on the very left looks exactly like the one Sister from Sister.
Christy
Yes.
Tom
That's a plunging necklace.
Kelly Collette
Those go out. Those are the ones that jump off the roof and fly right. Get some speed under those.
Josh
That's what I grew up with. Ladies and gentlemen.
Kelly Collette
Can you imagine eating and getting something on that white bib and just having to walk around with that shame?
Josh
No, it's a lot of.
Kelly Collette
It's a lot.
Josh
I wonder if I put a bib over their bib.
Kelly Collette
They probably keep it pure.
Bob
Wow.
Kelly Collette
They look happy.
Tom
They sure do.
Christy
Yeah.
Kelly Collette
Yeah, they might have getting something right.
Tom
Yeah, they may be on.
Kelly Collette
They might be.
Bob
But take a picture of them after they played 18 holes. I bet the cursing comes out.
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.
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Josh
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Date: October 27, 2025
Guest: Kelly Collette (Comedian)
Main Theme: Comedy, curiosity songs, past careers, neuroticism, marriage, dogs, and playful banter
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.
“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)
“Happy Rapture Day. Oh, you didn’t know that? You guys aren’t on Rapture TikTok.”
—Kelly Collette (03:05)
“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)
“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)
“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)
“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)
“What happens if you don’t like, have the same answers?”
—Kelly Collette (13:42)
“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)
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.