The BOB & TOM Show Extra: Featuring Costaki Economopoulos, Jeff Oskay, and News We Failed to Mention
Date: November 17, 2025
Length: ~36 minutes (ad and non-content sections excluded)
Tone: Classic BOB & TOM blend of quick-witted banter, playful ribbing, and broad comedy with moments of juvenile irreverence
Episode Overview
This installment of The BOB & TOM Show Extra offers listeners a dose of the show’s signature comedic news and sports commentary. Special guests include comedian and “NFL guy” Costaki Economopoulos (with a batch of fresh “All Pro Lines” jokes), and contributor Jeff Oskay, who shares another dose of his hilariously wayward life stories. The team covers goofy world records, questionable sports scandals, and the eternal mystery of towel usage.
Key Discussion Points and Insights
1. Costaki Economopoulos' NFL Comedy & Jersey Fashion
- 00:06-08:45
- Costaki joins the show in a notably garish custom Falcons jersey, prompting the panel’s good-natured ridicule (“That is one of the ugliest shirts I’ve ever seen. But that’s the NFL.” – Tom Griswold, 01:46).
- Humorous discussion of impractical hats, comparing Buckingham Palace guards and the Pope.
- Costaki’s “All Pro Lines” segment: a rapid-fire roast of the struggling New York Jets, with his signature tongue-in-cheek sports puns and cultural comparisons.
Notable Quotes:
- Costaki Economopoulos (03:21):
“The Jets are so bad, even those stone-faced guards outside of Buckingham palace were giggling.” - Costaki (04:02):
“The Jets are considering going dressed on Halloween as a professional football team.” - Costaki (05:01):
“They’re now flying non-stop to 0-6.”
2. Playful Barbs and Personal History
- 08:46-10:30
- Lighthearted banter about finding personalized merchandise with unique names; Tom recalls gifting Costaki a custom keychain.
- The group reflects on obscure car names, remembering the Isuzu Impulse and swapping tales of youthful car ownership.
Notable Quote:
- Tom Griswold (09:44):
“When you hit the freeway in that thing, if there was a mild puff of wind, you had to grab that steering wheel.”
3. News We Failed to Mention: The “Meth Kiss” Tennis Doping Scandal and Jeff Oskay’s Legendary Courtroom Tale
- 10:31-21:47
- Discussion of a real-world case: a professional tennis player claims a positive meth test was caused by a kiss from a partner (“Kissing a meth mouth last week…” – Tom, 10:45).
- Review of similar cases, including a French Olympic fencer and tennis player Richard Gasquet, both alleged to have failed drug tests due to kissing.
- Jeff Oskay shares a raucous and self-deprecating courtroom story about his ex-girlfriend testing positive on probation due to their sex life.
- Panel analyzes the “contamination via intimacy” defense – is it real or just creative lawyering?
Notable Quotes & Moments:
- Tom Griswold (11:33):
“Did the woman he kissed have any teeth?” - Jeff Oskay (14:41):
“She goes up in front of the judge, and the judge says, ma’am, you tested positive for marijuana. You’re going to go to jail. What is your defense? And she says, well, my boyfriend smokes a lot of pot and I give him a lot of oral. This is probably how I tested positive.” - (Whole court erupts in laughter, except Oskay and the girlfriend’s dad, 15:14)
- Tom Griswold (16:54):
“We know one thing about your former girlfriend. She didn’t spit.” - Panel (17:12):
“She took it like a champ. Yeah. Took it like a champ. And the jail sentence.”
4. Musical Interlude: “It’s From Her Kiss”
- 17:49-18:30
- Pat Godwin delivers a parody song summarizing the meth-kiss saga:
“If you wanna know why I’m on meth or blow, it’s from her kiss, it’s from her kiss…”
- Pat Godwin delivers a parody song summarizing the meth-kiss saga:
5. Stupid World Record: The Longest Crocheted Scarf
- 18:41-22:26
- The team riffs on the news of a California woman’s Guinness World Record for crocheting a 981-foot scarf.
- Jokes about the utility of a scarf that size, the cost of yarn, whether giraffes might want it, and assorted gentle goofing about the record holder’s size.
Notable Quotes:
- Panel (20:12): “Still can’t get it around her waist.”
- Panel (21:07): “You’d have to name a giraffe Jeffrey … No. That’s a little hacky, isn’t it? … Dave the giraffe.”
- Panel (21:23):
“How did you hear about this? It wasn’t word of mouth, I can tell you that.”
6. Scarf and Towel Habits: Domestic Oddities
- 22:27-27:48
- Digression into personal towel and napkin habits; Chick admits to using “three or four” towels per shower, prompting incredulity.
- Detailed, mock-earnest debate over acceptable towel usage, including wrapping towels like women and the infamous “perineum scrub.”
- The group pokes fun at Tom’s single-use towel rule and pokes gentle fun at each other's quirks.
Notable Moments:
- Chick McGee (23:44): “I like a lot of towels. I’ve always been teased about it since I was a kid, yet love it.”
- Pat Godwin (25:51): “I think I realize what I’m going to get Pat for Christmas: a Turby towel … you can wrap.”
Most Memorable Quotes
- Costaki Economopoulos (03:21): “The Jets are so bad, even those stone-faced guards outside of Buckingham palace were giggling.”
- Jeff Oskay (14:41): “She says, well, my boyfriend smokes a lot of pot and I give him a lot of oral. This is probably how I tested positive.”
Timestamps for Important Segments
- 00:06-08:45 – Costaki’s NFL jokes, jersey fashion, childhood anecdotes
- 10:31-21:47 – Drug test news, Oskay’s courtroom story, parody song (“It’s From Her Kiss” at 17:49)
- 18:41-22:26 – Longest crocheted scarf discussion, crowd jokes
- 22:27-27:48 – Towel usage debate, Turby towel talk
Overall Tone and Takeaways
This episode exemplifies the BOB & TOM approach: irreverent, quick-witted exchanges and smart-dumb humor, spotlighting everyday absurdities—even in world records, sports fandom, or drug test loopholes. The camaraderie, clever callbacks, and ability to make even mundane topics funny shine throughout, making it both accessible and entertaining to newcomers or longtime listeners alike.
