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Christopher (Intro/Outro)
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 on the big show today. Iggy Pop, the Rock and Roll hall of fame class for 2026 and listener letters. It's coming up in just a minute.
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Unknown filler speaker
You know what I mean. There's no need to explain it goes without saying if you know what I mean. What more can I say if you know what I mean? I think it goes without saying if you know what I mean.
Tom Griswold
Thank you.
Christy
What's that called?
Tom Griswold
I think you know what I'm saying. It's our way of making sure you haven't missed anything. This is Bob and Tom. Extra.
Chick McGee
I'm Chick McGee. Hello, Tom.
Tom Griswold
How are you, buddy? Good. To answer your question, I forget if this was on or off the air. We were talking about the Rock and Roll hall of Fame. Iggy Pop, friend of the show. Iggy is in the Rock and Roll hall of Fame as a member of the Stooges, not as a solo artist.
Podcast Host
He was on the.
Chick McGee
I didn't know he was.
Christopher
Oh, yes.
Josh Arnold
He's the third Curly.
Chick McGee
Maybe that's where. Maybe that's where he got hurt.
Tom Griswold
He's the only stooge with abs.
Christopher
Well, ribs.
Chick McGee
Yeah, scars and ribs.
Tom Griswold
He's looking rough. I think that the. If you're familiar with the Mr. Pop, who was it? Coachella.
Chick McGee
Is that correct?
Tom Griswold
Mr. Pop, as Mr. McGee, I'm about to give you a compliment. As Mr. McGee just mentioned.
Christy
Yes.
Tom Griswold
As he runs about the stage, it does look like he's just fallen off a horse. Okay, some Kind of issue with his leg or something.
Chick McGee
Need to persuade you. But here's the video that I was referring to. There's Iggy. There he goes.
Christopher
I love him.
Chick McGee
I love him. There he goes. Oh, yeah. And then he walks back and gets into a coffin. I. I'm pretty sure Alice Cooper's done that. Right?
Christopher
He walks like he needs a platform shoe.
Josh Arnold
And he normally has one leg.
Chick McGee
Is.
Josh Arnold
He has one in real life. He wears one. I've seen.
Christopher
Oh, okay. Yeah. Yep. And I love him. Remember, I'm a real wild one. Wild one.
Josh Arnold
That song on Letterman is possibly the finest life performance I've ever seen, and I'm not a fan. I saw that and lost my mind.
Christopher
Really?
Josh Arnold
So good. I saw it in this.
Christopher
This last year and Lust for Life
Tom Griswold
and another one about the walking.
Unknown filler speaker
Yeah, man.
Christopher
Demand does walk.
Unknown filler speaker
Yeah, you know that one?
Tom Griswold
You familiar with that?
Christopher
Okay, Very good. That didn't get much radio.
Tom Griswold
No, it did not.
Josh
No, I didn't.
Chick McGee
We played it.
Josh
I thought we beeped it a lot.
Tom Griswold
Yeah, we had to be.
Christopher
We had.
Tom Griswold
We had Iggy on the phone and we. We said, hey, by the way, we can play this. Because he goes, you can't play it on the air, man. Yes, we can. So it sort of went.
Chick McGee
I don't.
Tom Griswold
We pro. Can you. I doubt if it's in the system. I don't know that one.
Josh Arnold
What's that one?
Chick McGee
It's.
Tom Griswold
Write it down for him. While we're. We're discussing this, I should say, because the Rock and Roll hall of Fame has released the new inductees.
Chick McGee
And why can't they just call it the Music hall of Fame?
Tom Griswold
Yeah, I know.
Josh
The Rock and Roll hall of Fame has announced the artist that will be inducted in 2026 and include Phil Collins.
Chick McGee
Yay.
Josh
Iron Maiden, Billy Idol.
Tom Griswold
Yeah.
Josh
Queen Latifah, Oasis.
Tom Griswold
Yay.
Josh
Sade.
Tom Griswold
Sade. And she rocks. And by the way, I will not allow them to call her Sade.
Chick McGee
You want. You want Sadie?
Tom Griswold
How the hell do they get that out of there?
Josh
Joy Division slash New Order?
Chick McGee
Oh, how do they get Rafe out of Ralph? I don't know.
Josh
Wu Tang Clan. And the late Luther Vandross.
Chick McGee
Wu Tang.
Josh
The ceremony will be held November 14th at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles. Next year, it returns to the hall of Home in Cleveland. Tom. So maybe we should all go.
Tom Griswold
Chartay rocks.
Christopher
Any glaring omissions?
Josh
I will tell you who came up short. Thank you for asking. Josh, Mariah Carey, Lauryn Hill. In Excess, Melissa Etheridge, Jeff Buckley, Pink, New Edition, and Shakira man.
Tom Griswold
I mean, pretty good.
Christopher
If we were to do rock and roll.
Chick McGee
Yeah.
Josh
Yeah.
Christopher
Obviously in excess.
Unknown filler speaker
Over.
Christopher
Say, Luther.
Tom Griswold
In excess is great.
Josh
They are great.
Chick McGee
Yeah.
Josh
Must have released their first commercial recording at least 25 years before they're eligible for induction. They were voted on by more than 1200 artists, historians and music industry professionals.
Josh Arnold
Are you telling me Pink goes back 25 years?
Chick McGee
Yeah.
Christopher
Yes.
Chick McGee
Oh, God.
Josh
Isn't that hard to believe?
Christopher
Yeah. Huge fan, unabashed fan.
Chick McGee
It was really pink back. Boy, she can sing, man.
Christopher
Yeah.
Josh
Tell you, she is gonna host the Tony Awards in June.
Christy
Oh, really?
Josh
Yeah.
Chick McGee
Tony.
Josh
She's never been on Broadway, but she was announced one of her.
Tom Griswold
A couple of her tunes are in one of the shows.
Chick McGee
Don't you think probably only a guy named Tony should host the Tonys? I don't know who every year can be a different Tony, different tone.
Tom Griswold
A lady Tony.
Christopher
Tony, Tony Collette.
Tom Griswold
That maybe the same thing for the Oscars. This is the kind of thing the president should get on Oscar.
Chick McGee
Oh, yeah.
Christy
You could get Tony, Tony, Tony.
Christopher
Yes.
Tom Griswold
Is that three guys still out there? It is three guys.
Christopher
Yeah. But would you have one? Would you have get three years worth, or would you have them all do it at the same time, all at
Christy
once and all talk at the same time?
Chick McGee
Yeah.
Tom Griswold
Are they. Are those guys or ladies?
Christopher
All different spellings in the Tonys, Tom.
Chick McGee
Yeah.
Christopher
Each Tony is its own Tony.
Chick McGee
Yeah. If you. If you want to be irritated, look that group up.
Tom Griswold
I'm not familiar with their work.
Christopher
I want to say it's Tony. Tonai tone.
Chick McGee
Yeah. There's an E, there's an eye, there's a Y. There's an exclamation point, I think.
Tom Griswold
Are there songs any good?
Christopher
They had a couple singles. Which one was Feels Good. Feels Good. Yeah, we know. We all love that.
Tom Griswold
Yeah.
Christopher
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Chick McGee
It took them all day to come up with a time,
Tom Griswold
so. I like your idea of a Tony hosting the Tonys.
Chick McGee
Thank you. I don't know.
Christopher
There's not a. Oscar's tough.
Tom Griswold
Emmy's going to be tough. You got your Oscar Wilde, deceased. Oscar Hammerstein dead. He's gone.
Christopher
Well, Oscar Isaac would have to do it most every year.
Chick McGee
Yeah.
Tom Griswold
Terrific actor.
Chick McGee
I bet he'd be.
Podcast Host
I bet he'd be good.
Josh Arnold
He would be.
Chick McGee
Yeah.
Christopher
Yeah.
Tom Griswold
Is Oscar De La Hoya still alive?
Josh Arnold
I think he might be.
Christopher
Can you read a teleprompter?
Chick McGee
Well, who do you.
Tom Griswold
Yeah. Oscar the Grouch.
Christy
Yeah, Oscar the Grouch.
Christopher
Oh, he'd be terrific.
Christy
Go to.
Christopher
Yeah.
Chick McGee
Well, let's now talk about best picture.
Christopher
And you'd have that weird giant muppet carrying him out. Remember that guy that would carry him around every now and again?
Chick McGee
The garbage man.
Tom Griswold
If you give the guy his fake legs, you get Ostro Pastorius out there.
Josh
Oh, no.
Tom Griswold
Might be kind of controversial.
Christopher
Well, especially if there's a Blade Runner movie.
Tom Griswold
Yeah, he shot one of the nominees through a door. It was an accident.
Christopher
Oscar Wilde. Excuse me, where's the bathroom for you? Oscar? Outside.
Chick McGee
Oscar Wilde is the most famous Oscar on this list so far. Then Oscar Isaac.
Christopher
What was chick? Do you remember Oscar Wilde's so called famous last words?
Chick McGee
Either this wallpaper goes or I do. Yeah, I love.
Christopher
Gayest thing ever said.
Chick McGee
Yeah, I love. I love that.
Tom Griswold
Hilarious. It's time to. Is it time to check in the sporting scene or do you have more letters over there?
Chick McGee
Dear Bob and Tom Show. I'm a cross country truck driver. The other day, while sitting in a traffic jam in a beautiful countryside, I saw several horses in a field gathered in a circle, shaking their heads up and down with their teeth showing. It looked like they were laughing. It's because they were a chick and they were talking about you.
Christopher
Oh, no.
Chick McGee
Son of a.
Christopher
This is really starting to.
Chick McGee
Yes, it's starting to take off. That's Marvin.
Tom Griswold
Marvin gets it.
Chick McGee
Marvin from Louisiana. Thank you, Marvin.
Christopher
Oh, God.
Tom Griswold
If he could only write one of those about God when he'd be spending the whole day worried about it.
Chick McGee
This kind of up Godwin's Alley. Dear Bob and Tom Show. My wife doesn't know I bought another guitar last week. Oh, that's just.
Josh Arnold
That's right up my wheelhouse. That's right in my wheelhouse.
Josh
Hiding things from your other significant other that you've purchased.
Tom Griswold
Say it again.
Josh
Now you hide things from your significant other that you've purchased.
Tom Griswold
Hey, Christy.
Josh
What?
Tom Griswold
Could you go. I left. I left. I left a hundred dollars on your desk.
Josh
Does everyone do that?
Christopher
No. Oh, no.
Christy
I just watched a guy buying a new Lamborghini and it had to be the same color because his wife wouldn't know that it was a year newer.
Tom Griswold
Where the hell were you?
Christy
It was on tv.
Christopher
Jeff, does your lady listen?
Christy
Oh, no.
Christopher
Okay, you've admitted that I think that you don't hide what you buy, but you have altered the price.
Christy
Yeah, sometimes I do that.
Podcast Host
That's a good one.
Christopher
I think you said, I got a new fishing pole. And she was like, you did? Yeah, but it was only.
Christy
Yeah, it was on sale for 19.99. Oh, that's all they Cost.
Podcast Host
Yeah.
Tom Griswold
Christy, as you know, I. I will. If you see a package that arrives here.
Chick McGee
Ah, there's no way to live. Boy, that's great.
Josh
I got you.
Josh Arnold
I got a new guitar case in that room there.
Tom Griswold
So the answer is maybe.
Christy
Okay.
Chick McGee
Dear Bob and Tom show. My name's Corey and Chick and I have the same birthday. Oh, does anyone know my birthday?
Christopher
November.
Chick McGee
No, October 11th. It's November 26th.
Christy
Oh, by a month.
Christopher
My phone absolutely knows when your birthday. Dear chick. Yeah, says J.P. i did not get my oil changed over the weekend. Now they're writing in to let us know things they did, they didn't do.
Tom Griswold
I got one.
Christopher
Chick, that guy comes from. Is it Monticello, Indiana or Monticello?
Chick McGee
Monticello, baby.
Christopher
You never know. Really, do you?
Chick McGee
Yeah, you never know.
Tom Griswold
I can never remember. It's a local thing. Jefferson's is Monticello. The Jefferson.
Christopher
It is.
Tom Griswold
Damn it.
Christopher
But yo ma plays the cello, which is weird.
Tom Griswold
Well, they only have Jellary.
Chick McGee
They have Jello at Mont.
Josh Arnold
And he plays Celtic music. Not Celtic.
Chick McGee
The Monticello.
Tom Griswold
The Celtic. Celtic thing pisses me off.
Josh Arnold
It's not right.
Chick McGee
I have a yellow Jello.
Tom Griswold
Celtic is like Kegel and Kegel.
Josh
You are correct about the kegel.
Tom Griswold
Kegel is supposed to be Kegel, not Kegel.
Chick McGee
You have to say, hello, can I have the yellow Jello here at Monticello?
Tom Griswold
Have you been to Monticello?
Chick McGee
Hello. Sure.
Christopher
Tell me all about it.
Chick McGee
Yeah. Don't leave anything out and slightly offend us.
Tom Griswold
Yeah, well, I think it's.
Christy
Do they have horse carriages there?
Tom Griswold
It's fascinating. Yes. Because he had quite a collection. Jefferson. Jefferson famously had a 12 car garage.
Josh
12 cars, really? Yeah.
Tom Griswold
And you can. You wouldn't walk by. It's amazing. I mean, it's a. It's an estate.
Josh
Yeah.
Christy
Okay.
Tom Griswold
And I mean, because, you know, the labor was inexpensive. This is longer than I even had.
Chick McGee
You know, this isn't helping. You adding to it.
Tom Griswold
Yeah, he had a bumper sticker on one of them and said, ask me about my slave children. Very good. You're welcome.
Christopher
That was very good.
Tom Griswold
Very good. He gave himself a.
Chick McGee
Very good.
Tom Griswold
I like to give the kids a little history. Dear Bob and Tom.
Chick McGee
Who does that remind you of? Okay, go ahead.
Tom Griswold
Oh, this is great. Dear Chick. Yes, I saw two turkeys and a squirrel at the side of the road just hanging out.
Chick McGee
I bet they. I've often wondered the wildlife. They hang out and swap stories and I almost got hit by a car here. Oh, let me tell you about getting hit by a Car. Yeah.
Christopher
Willie Griswold said one of his favorite things, unlikely animal friendships. Yes, I agree.
Josh Arnold
That is cool.
Josh
You see that on Instagram every now and then.
Chick McGee
You know, like a dog and a cat.
Josh
Of course, there's a great Pyrenees yesterday that brought home a wild turkey. Did you see that?
Christy
Oh yeah, that.
Josh
That was so cute. This little turkey just following the dog, very confused. I loved it.
Chick McGee
Turkeys are like stupid, aren't they? Aren't they the stupidest animal turkeys?
Christy
Yeah, they got the ugliest heads.
Christopher
Yeah.
Christy
They got the brain showing.
Josh Arnold
What?
Christopher
Yeah, they have scrotal heads. Yeah.
Chick McGee
No, they do.
Tom Griswold
I wonder what the evolutionary advantage of that is. Well, coyotes look at them and go, too ugly to eat.
Christopher
You know what?
Tom Griswold
I ain't going down on that thing.
Christopher
No one's going to eat us.
Chick McGee
Say the turkeys, when they teabag someone, they just got to bow their head.
Tom Griswold
No, you, you were a chicken guy. You had. You had a chicken. What do you call it?
Christy
A 12 dozen head.
Tom Griswold
A chicken house.
Christopher
Yeah.
Tom Griswold
What do you call it?
Chick McGee
Why did you not. Why are you not a chicken guy anymore?
Christy
Because I got tired of running. Or you could eat buffet for the neighborhood critters.
Christopher
Now, did you have a chicken, Cooper? A four door. Oh, that's cute, right?
Josh
Yeah.
Christy
Yes.
Christopher
Yeah.
Tom Griswold
That reminds me. I got to renew my Reader's digest humor and uniform book sedan. So, Jeffrey, I've read this. I don't know. I don't know if it's true. My knowledge of, of. Of animals and farms is close to zero. I just know it's a lot of work. I have read that if you put like a 12 foot fence up just in a line. Not, not a circle, not a square, just a line of fence.
Christopher
Yeah.
Tom Griswold
And you put a chicken right in the middle of it and you put chicken feet on the other side. It's not smart enough to walk around the fence to get to it.
Christopher
Is that true?
Christy
Dumbest thing in the world. Yeah. No.
Josh
And they won't cross a road because you see chickens, they'll cross a road. I've never seen them crossover. I mean, they're. There's somebody by ass that has all those chickens that.
Christy
Oh yeah, no, they'll. They'll cross a road. They'll fly. They'll fly over, man.
Chick McGee
I've got a chicken in the neighborhood. It's a rooster. And he crows all day long. All day long.
Christy
That's what they don't tell you is we got one. Because they say they'll protect your. Your chicks and. But what they don't tell you. Is they alert so that the birds know to hide. Well, anytime it's not just in the morning when the sun comes up. It is all day long. And ours apparently was a huge pussy, because all day long, just for hours on end.
Tom Griswold
How did you get rid of it?
Christy
That or that one was called Oreo and it got pulled through two slats and eaten from both sides by.
Chick McGee
I don't know, but that sounds so
Christy
hot, I had to clean it out.
Christopher
That's what happened to Angela White once in a video.
Tom Griswold
Well, I think on that note, I think we can all say that maybe it's time to retire from both sides, please.
Chick McGee
I haven't eaten from both sides.
Tom Griswold
Now I've looked at pots and genitals. That needs work. I need a one syllable. That's clean enough.
Christopher (Intro/Outro)
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.
Podcast Host
The Hammer alley podcast. An 80s flashback mockumentary.
Tom Griswold
Back in the 80s, there were a thousand bands trying to make it in the world of rock. But there was one band that had it all. Hammer Alley.
Josh
Whatever happened to Hammer Alley?
Podcast Host
How did they go from top of the rock? I'm looking for a music video. Video. They're a band from 1987, Hammer Alley. Ever heard of them? To rock bottom.
Chick McGee
Dude.
Tom Griswold
I was born in 1987.
BetterHelp User 2
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Podcast Host
Hammer Alley.
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Episode: B&T Extra: Iggy Pop, the R&R Hall of Fame, & Listener letters
Date: May 12, 2026
Hosts: Tom Griswold, Chick McGee, Christy, Josh Arnold, Christopher
Theme: A playful, fast-paced dive into Iggy Pop’s legacy, the new Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductees, and hilarious listener letters—delivered with BOB & TOM’s trademark humor.
This episode blends music talk and banter, starting with reflections on Iggy Pop and his storied career, then shifting to a spirited roundtable about the 2026 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame class. The laughter continues as the hosts riff on artist names, awards show MCs, and listener-submitted letters, finishing with classic Bob and Tom-style comic observations about the quirks of animals and life.
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On Iggy Pop’s stage presence:
About the Hall of Fame:
Regarding secret shopping:
Animal musings:
This episode is a classic BOB & TOM blend—music nostalgia, awards show absurdity, and sharp observational comedy. The show’s signature is audience engagement—reading and riffing on listener letters, poking fun at themselves, and finding humor in even the everyday details of pet ownership and spouse “budgeting.” Even if you miss the broadcast, this quick “extra” captures the show’s unique humor and camaraderie.