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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 on today's big show. Listener letters, a coffee cup and alpaca shimmy. It's coming up in just a minute.
Bob Kevoian
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Kristi Lee
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Chick McGee
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Random Caller/Guest
going to hear at a party. Hey, when you're done throwing up, can you drive me home?
Bob Kevoian
I' that at a party.
Random Caller/Guest
Hey, who knows how to play some folk guitar? The clogged toilet. That was me. Hey, the keg's dry. But I think we've all had enough. Oh yeah. Listen, I hate to waste time, so who here besides me has herpes?
Chick McGee
Same because then you can match up.
Random Caller/Guest
Yeah, the neighbors are on the phone. They want to hear some Skinner. I can't hear the coked up guy talking. I want to hit on her, but she's so drunk and finally put down the gun. Or no more Yahtzee.
Christopher
We know what you need.
Bob Kevoian
Here's another healthy dose of Bob and Tom extra time. Now for us to get to our letters.
Chick McGee
Dear Bob and Tom show. This is from Joe in Columbus. Oh no. Columbus, Indiana.
Tom Griswold
Hey, Joe.
Chick McGee
Hello and sorry to bother you at work. I just wanted to show you my work coffee mug. And I've been listening since the 1980s when you first started.
Bob Kevoian
Says it's got a picture of a doctor and then it says, what chick?
Chick McGee
Hey, have you seen my wiener? Joe says I even took cassettes with me when I was stationed in Germany.
Tom Griswold
Nice.
Kristi Lee
Thank you, Joe.
Tom Griswold
Great.
Chick McGee
Thanks for all the line.
Bob Kevoian
Now, if you had that at this. At the station. Sorry? If you had that at your place of business, would that be considered sexual harassment?
Tom Griswold
Yeah, some would say.
Random Caller/Guest
Absolutely.
Tom Griswold
Hopefully he works with cool people.
Chick McGee
A trigger or something.
Bob Kevoian
There was an incident. I can't give too much detail. There was an incident here a few years ago.
Tom Griswold
Coffee mug or.
Bob Kevoian
No, someone had a collection of magazines. Oh, in a. In an. In a bathroom that was a men's room technically. Sure. In a different part of it. This is a very old building with four or five sections and somebody finally.
Chick McGee
Did you say had?
Tom Griswold
Like it was.
Kristi Lee
Oh, yeah.
Bob Kevoian
Oh, yeah, yeah.
Tom Griswold
There's. There's. But there's still.
Chick McGee
There's still.
Tom Griswold
Yeah. I wouldn't touch one with a hazmat suit on.
Chick McGee
Oh, yeah.
Bob Kevoian
But I can't comment on the. Let's just say the. The person who was offended is no longer here.
Kristi Lee
Right.
Bob Kevoian
Oh, alive, but no longer here. Oh, I see.
Chick McGee
Are you sure? Are you sure? She's.
Tom Griswold
I imagine that person is making some other office miserable. I don't know this person, but I. Let's. Assumption of mine.
Bob Kevoian
More letters. You can reach us, of course, Bob and Tom at bob and tom.com.
Tom Griswold
must have been some no discuss clause.
Chick McGee
Dear Bob and Tom show. I gotta look I that feeling too.
Kristi Lee
Yeah, we'll tell you.
Bob Kevoian
Trust me. Trust me on this.
Kristi Lee
What he's talking about.
Tom Griswold
Trust me on this job.
Chick McGee
My name's Scott, from Lexington. Lexington, Kentucky, in the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Beautiful country.
Kristi Lee
Hi, Scott.
Chick McGee
Lexington.
Bob Kevoian
I love Lexington.
Chick McGee
Oh, somebody wants to move to Lexington.
Tom Griswold
I like the Athens of the West.
Chick McGee
Have a string of polo ponies.
Bob Kevoian
By the way, what do you think? You mentioned Columbus, Ohio, and Columbus, Indiana. What do you think the closest cities with the same name are in America? Because there's. There's Lexington, Virginia, man. I don't know. Something to contemplate. We'll get to that coming up. I'm sorry.
Chick McGee
Back to your letter from New York and Rome.
Kristi Lee
Stick to one thing.
Chick McGee
I was in high school back in the 80s. I was on the football team. And if you were caught sitting with a girl at lunch, the coach would come up, sit down, look the girl straight in the eyes, and would Say, you better watch out for this young man. He has two nationalities, Roman hands and Russian fingers. The coach would get up and walk away laughing.
Tom Griswold
Oh, that's all new.
Chick McGee
Just blocked me.
Bob Kevoian
Is there a guide to coaches? Because every coach in America, I love them. That is so funny. What a classic.
Tom Griswold
That's so great.
Christopher
Great letter.
Bob Kevoian
Thank you very much once again.
Chick McGee
If you'd like to use it in your day to day life. Roman hands and Russian fingers.
Tom Griswold
You guys want a golden retriever story? This comes to us from Jay in Lake Mills. Oh, the other day, I was driving home from northern Wisconsin and got pulled over by the state patrol. Oh, boy, is statey. As I pulled over and stopped, one or both of my golden retrievers let go of some gas. Oh, I started laughing. When the officer knocked on the window, he asked what was so funny. I said, my dogs just farted, and it smells like death in here. The police officer caught a whiff, turned around and said, have a good day. No ticket, says Jay.
Bob Kevoian
Wow, that is a rare, rare occurrence. But what a great day. You're gonna have a great day.
Tom Griswold
Yes. That doesn't get much better, you know,
Bob Kevoian
hey, the cop's a working guy. He doesn't have to look. He's got to put up with a bunch of jackasses all day long, right? He goes, you know something? I'm not gonna put up with dog farts. And I'll tell you what, there are certain dog farts that I have actually gotten up in the middle of the night because I. I went, okay, there's been an accident. Something has pooped in the.
Tom Griswold
Yes, exactly.
Chick McGee
And it's.
Bob Kevoian
It's. It's just dog flatulence.
Kristi Lee
It happened yesterday to my husband. He was taking the dogs to doggy daycare, and the older dog, Leo, got in the car and he said, I honestly thought he had had an accident. It was so bad. The fart was so bad.
Tom Griswold
The Boston terrier I lived with, you
Chick McGee
imagine what happened there. Oh, you better get up and take those dogs. I'm just about. Andy, why don't you do something around.
Kristi Lee
Oh, my gosh.
Tom Griswold
The Boston I lived with for a while would fart like Nell Carter, and he couldn't stand it. Oh, he was.
Bob Kevoian
He'd get up and leave.
Tom Griswold
And leave. Yeah, thanks.
Chick McGee
My. My beautiful big sweetie. She's gonna be 13 and she started to have some gas. We call her your highness.
Random Caller/Guest
Yes.
Chick McGee
And boy, it's. Yeah, it's not that it's so real. It's, like, so offensive.
Tom Griswold
Yeah, it really is.
Chick McGee
It just unbelievable. That's what I mean about it being vindictive. Y' all wait till dinner. They know the door dash is here.
Tom Griswold
This is really something.
Chick McGee
Yes. Dear Bob and Tom Show. Hello, Christy.
Kristi Lee
Hi.
Chick McGee
Do yourself a favor. I know you love alpacas, but go online and search for something called the alpaca shimmy. Oh, have you heard about this?
Kristi Lee
I have not.
Chick McGee
When an alpaca gets a treat that they love, specifically food, they actually shimmy. It is very cute.
Kristi Lee
Do they shake their butt?
Chick McGee
Genie from Ocala, Florida, we have a video depiction. Watch your shimmy.
Random Caller/Guest
Oh, man.
Tom Griswold
Kind of shakes like she's. Oh, got good chills.
Bob Kevoian
What is.
Chick McGee
What is a quick treat?
Kristi Lee
They've been shorn. Those alpacas have been.
Bob Kevoian
No, but I mean, it's like they're having a seizure. Maybe a yummy reaction to the food.
Tom Griswold
That's what you call excitations.
Chick McGee
Yeah, yeah.
Bob Kevoian
Oh, in the. In the great Beach Boy song.
Tom Griswold
That's right.
Bob Kevoian
Good Vibrations. That's what Excitation.
Tom Griswold
I love it here.
Chick McGee
Give it here. That's another one.
Bob Kevoian
What is the evolutionary meaning of boom?
Tom Griswold
Don't you love that? Just a sign of happiness.
Chick McGee
Yeah.
Kristi Lee
How could you not want those?
Tom Griswold
You guys, I kind of do that immediately after
Bob Kevoian
coitus.
Tom Griswold
Yeah, you kind of shake it off a little bit.
Bob Kevoian
What, do you throw that. You throw the T shirt on the floor, or do you look?
Tom Griswold
He said, well, that would be coitus. That wouldn't be coitus, would it?
Bob Kevoian
That'd be so loose, you don't wipe yourself down. Okay, I'm sorry. Oh, I see we have more. More mail. Of course. What this is comes to us from Mike in Virginia Beach. Hey, Mike.
Kristi Lee
Hi.
Bob Kevoian
Mike had to travel.
Tom Griswold
He wanted to weigh in at VA Beach, I call it.
Bob Kevoian
Then, of course, you want to go to VB beach, then VC Beach. But be very careful at VD Beach.
Tom Griswold
You know what? Be careful at VC Beach.
Bob Kevoian
Yeah.
Chick McGee
Hey, there.
Bob Kevoian
That's true, too.
Tom Griswold
I saw that show with Dana Delaney. Yeah.
Bob Kevoian
I love the smell of napalm in the morning. Okay, where was I? China Beach.
Tom Griswold
Remember China Beach? That was a good show.
Kristi Lee
Yes. Somebody was just talking about it the other day. I think you can find it.
Chick McGee
It's about time that came back. Said no one ever. Tom, what's up?
Bob Kevoian
It's like a more serious version of mash.
Kristi Lee
Yeah.
Bob Kevoian
Mike from Virginia beach, which I had to travel to Washington, D.C. last week.
Chick McGee
Okay.
Bob Kevoian
So I jumped into the shower at my hotel room, and I noticed the shower valve had a label on it, ladies and gentlemen. It was a Fister. I immediately saying out loud to myself, yes, I'm a 59 year old man. It was 5am and I sang, including the silly laugh at the end, the Mr. Fister jingle. Mr. Fister.
Tom Griswold
Oh, Mr. Fister.
Chick McGee
You're.
Bob Kevoian
You're welcome, Mike.
Chick McGee
I don't remember the silly laugh at the.
Tom Griswold
It's you.
Chick McGee
Is it me?
Tom Griswold
Yeah. Play it again.
Bob Kevoian
Oh, Mr. Fister.
Tom Griswold
Oh, Mr. Fister. Oh, yeah, you.
Chick McGee
That's my Ed McMahon.
Tom Griswold
Oh, no. Yeah.
Bob Kevoian
Now are we allowed to play the entire Mr. Fister piece anymore?
Tom Griswold
I think so.
Bob Kevoian
Perhaps we can dig that up.
Chick McGee
Dear Bob and Tom show, you got
Tom Griswold
to break a few eggs.
Chick McGee
This is from. This is Matt from Dallas County, Iowa. Hey, chick. My wife is making me do the dishes. I'm standing here doing the dishes and I can't. I can't help but think, ain't no way to live, boy. Thank you, Matt. I appreciate it.
Tom Griswold
Remember, did you guys see the movie the Breakup with Vince Vaughn and Jennifer? It's really good. And she is upset with him because he wouldn't do the dishes. And then he did the dishes and she was still mad and he was like, what are you mad about? I did the dishes. And she goes, I want you to want to do the dishes.
Chick McGee
That's a big deal.
Kristi Lee
Not just to do them because I asked or wanted you to do it. Want to do it.
Bob Kevoian
See, it's kind of the semi opposite. I like doing the dishes.
Tom Griswold
I do too.
Bob Kevoian
And then I'll do them. And I'm the type, I pretty much clean them completely, then put them in the dishwasher.
Chick McGee
And then you don't want anyone else to.
Bob Kevoian
I don't want anyone near me touching the dishes except the dogs who are licking them.
Chick McGee
And I could see why you put them in the dishwasher.
Bob Kevoian
Yeah. I'll go into my office to do something, come back, and someone's rearranged the dishwasher. Oh, boy.
Kristi Lee
Really?
Tom Griswold
Do you re. Do you re rearrange it?
Bob Kevoian
No, because the new. The new arrangement is probably significantly better.
Tom Griswold
You think so?
Chick McGee
I think so.
Bob Kevoian
Oh, wow. But I like to. I like to. I don't like to overfill that my sister could put my entire kitchen in a dishwasher.
Tom Griswold
Yeah, it's.
Bob Kevoian
It's like, it's like the gag where the clowns get out of the car. You know, she just crams. I liked a lot of air in there.
Chick McGee
If.
Tom Griswold
I know.
Chick McGee
If you ever would want to take a therapist seriously, you place a lot of importance. This is casual observation on my. On my behalf you place a lot of importance on experiences and goings on that your mother and your sister going on around.
Bob Kevoian
You know, I've mentioned this story before. My mother had a serious problem, and she was recovering.
Chick McGee
Yeah.
Bob Kevoian
And she was staying in an assisted living facility, which she loved, by the
Chick McGee
way she was trying to hide from you.
Bob Kevoian
I thought she had her own kitchen and she'd been recovered. My mother never cursed at all. And I went to see them. And my sister had been staying with my mom. And Jan is the type that would spend an entire week of dishes before she'd run it.
Tom Griswold
Oh, okay.
Bob Kevoian
And I could tell my mother was recovering when she said, GD Jani, start the GD Dishwasher, for God's sake. Hey, Mom's back. Okay, very good.
Kristi Lee
Okay, I've solved the lady marmalade problem. All right, Christina Aguilera, pink. Missy Elliot, that's the intro. And Lil Kim, little Kim is the
Chick McGee
person we were forgetting.
Tom Griswold
Yeah, how could we forget Lil Kim?
Kristi Lee
How could we forget her?
Bob Kevoian
Is it lady marmalade or Marmalade? Marmalade. Marmalade.
Tom Griswold
Yeah. They go. They go full marmalade.
Kristi Lee
What does that do?
Bob Kevoian
Is that Frenchie?
Chick McGee
I believe it's a hookah. Much like.
Bob Kevoian
Oh, I know, but I mean the word marmalade, Miss Kitty.
Tom Griswold
Oh, is that how they say it in France? Maybe.
Bob Kevoian
I don't know.
Kristi Lee
Maybe not.
Chick McGee
Sure it's all based on Miss Kitty
Bob Kevoian
and Gunsmo, but I do like the original.
Kristi Lee
Okay.
Bob Kevoian
Dear Bob and Tom Show. Every time Tom uses the word chuckle, I want to drive into an embankment.
Chick McGee
Well, please don't. Don't do that.
Tom Griswold
Yeah, no, don't, because.
Bob Kevoian
So I Googled it.
Chick McGee
Enjoy the show.
Bob Kevoian
Pothole is by far the preferred term, unless you live in certain parts of the Midwest, which Christie said. Yeah. When I grew up, it was chuck hole.
Tom Griswold
Okay. Yeah, I always. I love stuff like that.
Bob Kevoian
It's worldwide. We had the story out of England with the. The guy, the graffiti artist, drawing the phalluses, the primitive phalluses around Chuckles in order to draw attention to them. And they were getting filled.
Random Caller/Guest
Yes.
Tom Griswold
But you know what the problem was?
Chick McGee
Primitive. They were.
Tom Griswold
We saw the photo, they had filled it, but now that penis was still there.
Chick McGee
Yeah, that spray paint, if anything, it drew more attention to it.
Tom Griswold
Yeah, you're right.
Bob Kevoian
We got a couple doozies right in your hair, I'll tell you that.
Tom Griswold
Yes, for sure. They're working on them.
Bob Kevoian
This guy Todd in Wichita goes on to say it's almost like most states with hallway water access, meaning a drinking fountain or A water fountain. He said in Wisconsin and Rhode island they call them bubblers.
Tom Griswold
Oh, yeah, yeah. I've heard of the water fountain called a bubble.
Chick McGee
Never heard of a bubbler.
Bob Kevoian
I haven't either. There's a water fountain in this. Oh, they took it out. I forgot.
Kristi Lee
There's a water fountain here.
Bob Kevoian
Yeah, they took it out.
Chick McGee
There was. Yeah.
Bob Kevoian
Yeah. Well, I think they took it out because it was.
Chick McGee
It was put in after you left the first time, and then they took it out before you got back.
Kristi Lee
Oh, okay. Cool.
Chick McGee
Yeah.
Tom Griswold
Weird. I would use it a couple times. I used it a couple times.
Bob Kevoian
Really?
Tom Griswold
Yeah. You guys never.
Bob Kevoian
In all the years I never used it.
Chick McGee
I peed in it one.
Tom Griswold
I don't even know.
Kristi Lee
Where was it?
Bob Kevoian
Right there. I'll show you.
Tom Griswold
Actually, the one I use.
Kristi Lee
You don't have to finish.
Bob Kevoian
Are you going? No, no, go.
Chick McGee
Are you going to insult yourself?
Tom Griswold
No, but I. I'm setting myself up potentially for insults or doubts or something. There's a gym and I. I will use the water fountain. There's annually. There you go.
Bob Kevoian
The anniversary trip to the gym.
Tom Griswold
No, I just go in there when I'm thirsty. When I just need a little water, I just. I pretend like I am a member and I just get a drink and leave.
Random Caller/Guest
Sorry.
Chick McGee
You're Bob and top show immediately.
Tom Griswold
No, we got to applaud how quick Tom was annually.
Chick McGee
It was quick and it was as predicted.
Bob Kevoian
Yeah, it was amazing. Interpreted.
Chick McGee
Dear Bob and Tom show. Hey, Chick. This email for you. I was dropping my dog off at the groomer this morning. A big milk truck parked across the street. Oh, right on. That's from Ben in Michigan.
Tom Griswold
Thank you.
Chick McGee
Oh, there you go.
Bob Kevoian
Pasteurized.
Chick McGee
Oh, dear Bob, it's hot.
Bob Kevoian
This is up to your neck.
Chick McGee
This is for Tom. I was on vacation last week. Tom. What did I miss?
Bob Kevoian
Oh, it's a long list.
Chick McGee
You. You love doing it, catching people up.
Bob Kevoian
That's. I'm happy to do that. You want to sit yourself? This is an interesting request. This comes to us from a guy first name Nelson. Ah, that is a distinguished Nelson.
Tom Griswold
Yeah. But there is the bully in the Simpsons named Nelson.
Bob Kevoian
Yes.
Tom Griswold
Yeah.
Bob Kevoian
Yes. And of course, probably based on the. The half Nelson or the full Nelson.
Kristi Lee
No, there's the band on I Dream of Jesus.
Chick McGee
Admiral Nelson.
Kristi Lee
Admiral.
Bob Kevoian
There's the band Nelson.
Tom Griswold
Sure.
Bob Kevoian
I hear they broke up. So they're. They're each going out with their own tour called Hefnils. Interesting.
Chick McGee
You know, how can you not love that guy?
Bob Kevoian
I know.
Chick McGee
Just unbelievable.
Bob Kevoian
This guy has a very unusual Request, which I'm going to feature for you right now. This is. I can't really read the record. I'm just going to play it.
Chick McGee
Okay.
Bob Kevoian
Would you please play this clip?
Chick McGee
I thought you weren't gonna read anything.
Bob Kevoian
Well, no, I.
Tom Griswold
You're not gonna read what it is.
Bob Kevoian
Would you please play this clip? Then there's a colon with the title of the clip.
Chick McGee
Well, just go ahead.
Bob Kevoian
It's a three. It's three seconds long.
Chick McGee
This is almost here.
Tom Griswold
Weird.
Bob Kevoian
I'll count to three.
Kristi Lee
Why would you do something like this?
Tom Griswold
Oh, yeah, we loved that lady. It was like a drunk driver or something drove off. Yeah, yeah. And she just could not believe.
Chick McGee
Oh, remember, we should start a list of these. Like that one. And look at all these cars.
Kristi Lee
They're all mess.
Bob Kevoian
Oh, I love that one.
Chick McGee
The non sequitur of audio. And. And just saying hello. How are things in the produce department, Amy?
Bob Kevoian
That one.
Chick McGee
I mean, random. The list goes on.
Tom Griswold
Are you seek?
Chick McGee
Are you seek?
Bob Kevoian
We'll give. This will give the boys something to do.
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.
Chick McGee
The Hammer ALLEY podcast.
Tom Griswold
An 80s flashback mockumentary.
Bob Kevoian
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.
Kristi Lee
Whatever happened to Hammer Alley?
Chick McGee
How did they go from top of the rock?
Bob Kevoian
I'm looking for a music video.
Tom Griswold
They're a band from 1987, Hammer Alley.
Bob Kevoian
Ever heard of them?
Chick McGee
To rock bottom?
Random Caller/Guest
Dude, I was born in 1987.
Bob Kevoian
I can't believe he's doing this. Hammer Alley.
Tom Griswold
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Episode: B&T Extra: Letters, a Coffee Cup, & Alpaca Shimmy
Date: May 7, 2026
Hosts: Bob Kevoian, Tom Griswold, Kristi Lee, Chick McGee, Christopher
In this lighthearted and lively episode of B&T Extra, the BOB & TOM crew dives into listener letters, reminisces over quirky workplace moments, shares hilarious animal stories, riffs on regional terminology, and discovers the viral "alpaca shimmy." The show’s legendary banter is in full force, with topics ranging from suggestive coffee mugs at work to breed-specific dog flatulence and nostalgic office drama. As always, the team blends offbeat humor, nostalgia, and calls from quick-witted listeners into their signature morning show style.
Coffee Mug Humor
High School Pranks
Dog Flatulence Tales
Jay from Lake Mills shares how his golden retrievers’ “gas” got him out of a ticket (06:19).
The crew shares their own dog fart stories, including Kristi’s Boston terrier and Chick’s aging “highness.”
Alpaca Shimmy Phenomenon (08:33)
Chuckhole vs. Pothole
Drinking Fountains: “Bubbler”?
Mr. Fister Jingle
Pop Culture Tangents
Classic Complaints
Audio Non-Sequiturs
On Workplace Appropriateness:
On Dog Flatulence:
On Regional Vocabulary:
On Nostalgia:
The show’s conversational style is riddled with self-deprecating humor, callbacks, puns, and zingers tailored to their long-time audience. The group’s willingness to riff on seemingly mundane topics elevates listener stories to comedic gold. Their camaraderie and quick-witted asides make routine topics (like dishwashers and dog farts) genuinely funny.
This B&T Extra episode is a quintessential BOB & TOM experience, meandering delightfully through listener letters, workplace misadventures, animal hijinks, and peculiar regionalisms, all peppered with offbeat humor and nostalgia. Whether you’re a longtime fan or new to the show, the episode guarantees laughs and a healthy dose of relatable everyday absurdity.