B&T Extra: Listener letters, One-Man band, & Plate spinners

Summary

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The BOB & TOM Show Free Podcast

Episode: B&T Extra: Listener letters, One-Man Band, & Plate Spinners
Date: May 4, 2026
Hosts & Guests: Tom Griswold, Bob Kevoian, Perrin, Larry, Christopher

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Episode Overview

This B&T Extra delivers a lively, joke-filled segment focused on listener letters and classic variety acts like the one-man band and plate spinners. The cast uses the letters as jumping-off points for their signature banter, riffing on topics ranging from Hawaii trivia and personalized license plates to the lost art of plate spinning. Throughout, the tone is playful, fast-paced, and filled with comedic asides, layered references, and unfiltered quips.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Listener Letters: Hawaii Edition

(04:52–15:53)

• The show opens letter mail from Steve, a listener in Hawaii, which launches an affectionate and comic exploration of life on the islands.
• Hawaii Travel & Legendary Law
  • The cast ponders doing the show from Hawaii, debating how long would be worthwhile ("You need at least three weeks if you did your show from the Hawaiian Islands." – Steve via Bob, 05:47).
  • Comedy scene in Hawaii: Steve recommends exploring Oahu and the Big Island; Pat might earn his "comedy card" by performing there.
• Hawaii Trivia & Myths
  • Language quirks, the abundance of vowels, and lawless vibes joked about:
    • "I heard the air is so damp, you don't even have to lick stamps." (Perrin, 07:01)
    • "You can legally ride in the bed of a truck in Hawaii." (Christy Lee via Bob, 06:47)
  • No Snakes in Hawaii:
    • "There are no snakes in Hawaii." (Bob, 10:55)
    • The crew questions this, leading to dissection of animal quarantine, rabies absence, and male cats ("The female cats have learned to reproduce on their own." – Tom, 11:30).
  • Corrections & Wikifacts:
    • "Snakes are not native to Hawaii and are illegal to own. But a few non-native species do exist." (Mint Mobile Advertiser, 12:01)
  • Gasoline Prices:
    • "Current price is $5.07 a gallon for regular." (Mint Mobile Advertiser, 13:20)
• Time Zones & Sports:
  • The complex time differences:
    • "If you come in the fall after daylight savings, it’s an hour closer." (Bob, 09:39)
    • The benefit of "breakfast football" for early games on the islands.
      • "10 in the morning in LA...So it would be 7 in the morning in Hawaii." (Bob & Perrin, 10:22-10:28)

2. License Plate Lore (13:01–15:41)

• The group riffs on vanity plates, including a real example:
  • "Do you notice that the plate is... Christy, it's MUF DVR." (Bob, 13:51)
  • "Word would be muff." (Mint Mobile Advertiser, 14:00)
  • "Muff diver. What the hell is that?" (Perrin, 14:03)
• They joke about state DMV censors, how certain plates slip through, and whether the state can forcibly recall a plate ("Can the state take it back? Yes." – Bob, 15:15).

3. One-Man Band Returns! (16:30–19:19)

• Listener Mark Dobson ("Mr. One Man Band") writes in to say thanks for his "most fun performance" on the show.
  • "Being a part of the happy 6th anniversary, Josh, was my most fun performance ever." (Reader letter via Perrin, 17:29)
• The crew remembers Dobson’s prior visit, noting both their surprise at his talent and their hope he’ll return to future events, possibly with his robot sidekick Bot ("I’ve heard rumors of infighting between Bot the Robot, Dobson, and Bot." – Perrin, 17:52).
• They joke about Mark having his own roadie and about the logistics of one-man bands at fairs.

4. Plate Spinners & Variety Show Nostalgia (19:19–21:10)

• Bob expounds on his love for plate spinners and laments their vanishing:
  • "I’ve decided if I make it for my 50th anniversary in radio, I’m going to have a plate spinner on the show." (Bob, 19:34)
• Discuss the metaphor:
  • “If you don’t pay attention to one of the plates, it’s going to fall down and break.” (Bob, 20:19)
• They touch on the "notch in the plate" trick and debate why variety acts like this have faded.

5. Rapid-Fire Pop Culture & Book Club Sidebar (21:10–22:13)

• Respond to a tongue-in-cheek letter ("Ludy") referencing the Artemis 2 mission film set—"Do you know at which Hollywood studio the Artemis 2 footage is being filmed? I believe it’s MGM." (Letter via Tom, 22:16)
• The cast banters about famous Hollywood brothers: Ron and Clint Howard, their book The Boys, and their dad Rance.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On stamp-licking customs:
  • “I heard the air is so damp, you don’t even have to lick stamps. It just happens.” — Perrin (07:01)
• On personalized license plates:
  • “What do you think that is?” — Bob
    “Word would be muff.” — Mint Mobile Advertiser (14:00) “Wait a minute. Muff diver. What the hell is that?” — Perrin (14:03)
• On nostalgia for plate spinners:
  • "I’ve decided if I make it for my 50th anniversary in radio, I’m going to have a plate spinner on the show. Now you’re saying first off, you will second." — Bob (19:34)
  • "If you don't pay attention to one of the plates, it's going to fall down and break." — Bob (20:19)
• On multitasking/life:
  • "And you got to run around and hustle and it's up to you. It's all about multitasking. Which I'm incapable of doing." — Bob (20:28)

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Timestamps for Important Segments

• 04:52 — Listener letters begin
• 05:58 — Hawaii, comedy scene, time zones
• 10:55 — Hawaii "no snakes" debate
• 13:01 — Personalized license plate (MUF DVR) discussion
• 16:30 — One-man band Mark Dobson email
• 19:34 — Bob’s love of plate spinners & reflections
• 21:10 — Artemis 2 studio joke & Howard brothers sidebar

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Tone & Takeaway

True to its morning show roots, this B&T Extra is a punchy, loosely structured blend of audience participation and classic variety show nostalgia. The crew’s chemistry shines through rapid-fire jokes, gentle ribbing, quirky facts, and playful myth-busting. The segment will appeal mainly to listeners who enjoy witty, spontaneous comedy and off-beat Americana, with a healthy dose of the hosts’ own memories and musings.

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Transcript

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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 the Big show today. Listener letters plus a one man band and plate spinners. It's coming up in just a minute.

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[Perrin]

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[Mr. Insinuation]

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[Caller]

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[Mr. Insinuation]

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[Caller]

And it's with my wife.

[Mr. Insinuation]

Okay.

[Caller]

And while she.

[Mr. Insinuation]

She's not letting you, you know, or, or she's not giving you.

[Bob Kevoian]

Well, yeah.

[Caller]

And. Oh, you know, I was wondering how long that would.

[Mr. Insinuation]

She's not doing the.

[Bob Kevoian]

Yeah. Okay.

[Mr. Insinuation]

Okay. Okay. Have you tried.

[Caller]

Yeah, we did that.

[Mr. Insinuation]

Okay. Okay. Have you tried this?

[Caller]

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[Mr. Insinuation]

Okay. Have you followed. Now if you try that, follow it up with one of these and then immediately after that give it one of these.

[Bob Kevoian]

Okay.

[Mr. Insinuation]

Don't forget that.

[Podcast Host]

All right.

[Caller]

Well, thank you for every.

[Mr. Insinuation]

That ought to get you well. Yeah, you know. Okay.

[Perrin]

All right.

[Mr. Insinuation]

Well, I see by the. The way we were shortened show today and thanks for calling today. And it's been the Mr. Insinuation show. The show, you know.

[Perrin]

You know, right now.

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[Caller]

you asked for it. You got it. More Bob and Tom. This is Bob and Tom.

[Bob Kevoian]

Extra time for our letters as you.

[Perrin]

Yes it is.

[Bob Kevoian]

And if you don't mind, I'd like to lead things off with this letter coming to us.

[Mr. Insinuation]

Yeah.

[Perrin]

Now what is this supposed to be?

[Bob Kevoian]

This is from our friend Steve in Hawaii.

[Tom Griswold]

Oh, thought it was Bikini Bottom.

[Bob Kevoian]

That's nice.

[Perrin]

A few hours later,

[Bob Kevoian]

Steve on the big Island. Oh, this is.

[Tom Griswold]

Which one's that?

[Perrin]

Yeah. What's the name of the big.

[Bob Kevoian]

Is a trick. It's like Iceland and Greenland. The big island. Very small. We were talking about doing our show from Hawaii because we've been getting a lot of letters from different folks in

[Tom Griswold]

Hawaii telling us to jump into a volcano.

[Perrin]

There are a lot of nookie and muka lakanaka and stuff like that in Hawaii speak. Right.

[Bob Kevoian]

They've only got like beautiful language, three

[Perrin]

letters in their Alphabet or something.

[Bob Kevoian]

A lot of vowels, I'm not sure. But the point here is for you guys, this has got something for everybody. Okay, Steve said Josh mentioned you need at least three weeks if you did your show from the Hawaiian Islands.

[Tom Griswold]

That's right. We're gonna go. Let's go.

[Bob Kevoian]

I just gonna go for a Monday morning and then head back. There's a great local comedy scene in the Big island and Oahu. Then he says, pat, you can get your comedy card stamped for performing in Hawaii.

[Larry]

I've done all 50 states, but I haven't performed in Hawaii. I've been there for work but not performed on the island.

[Bob Kevoian]

All right, which ones haven't? You didn't. What, what else? Like Delaware or all of those?

[Larry]

Yeah.

[Bob Kevoian]

Oh, you've.

[Larry]

Oh, yeah, 50 states.

[Bob Kevoian]

So the only one you've never done a show in is Hawaii.

[Larry]

Yeah, I've been there for. To get on a cruise ship. Yeah. Anchorage. And we. I performed at 2 o' clock in the afternoon before the ship left. So technically. And I did the club in Anchorage.

[Bob Kevoian]

Okay. Okay, good. So there's something for you in Hawaii.

[Perrin]

Someone. Someone in Hawaii loves you. Tomorrow.

[Bob Kevoian]

Well, that's nice.

[Perrin]

Have you heard of that? Have you?

[Bob Kevoian]

Yeah, Christy Lee said you'll like this. You can legally ride in the bed of a truck in Hawaii.

[Mint Mobile Advertiser]

Oh, there you go.

[Tom Griswold]

Fun.

[Mint Mobile Advertiser]

Nice.

[Bob Kevoian]

I'm not sure we can get that verified, but. I know.

[Perrin]

I think probably all bets are off in Hawaii. Right? I don't care.

[Tom Griswold]

That should be fairly lawless. Georgia.

[Perrin]

Yeah, 85 degrees. I heard the air is so damp you don't even have to lick stamps. It just. Oh, no, it just happens.

[Bob Kevoian]

That's where that happens here too.

[Perrin]

Oh, really?

[Bob Kevoian]

Yeah. Did you ever get one of those stamps that they're pre moist and you'll lick it? Never mind.

[Perrin]

Do they sell the stamps now that you have to lick?

[Mint Mobile Advertiser]

They don't even sell stamps you have to lick, do they?

[Tom Griswold]

No, he didn't say they did. He just said. He just said he licked a sticker.

[Perrin]

You look like the kind of guy who wants to make sure that the stamp's going to stick to the letter.

[Bob Kevoian]

I don't think I've. God, I don't know. The last time I mailed a letter

[Mint Mobile Advertiser]

you mail thank you cards and stuff.

[Bob Kevoian]

Well, I kind of have somebody else do it.

[Perrin]

So you've got the. I see you in the Wetted sponge and your writing station.

[Bob Kevoian]

Those were the days.

[Perrin]

Yeah.

[Bob Kevoian]

Helping my mom do Christmas cards with the wet sponge. Absolutely.

[Tom Griswold]

I'm a rebate man, so I still send.

[Perrin]

Yes, you do.

[Bob Kevoian]

Oh, yeah. Speaking of, my mom, I. She had this thing. I think it was called, like, Mr. Snippy. And when you were wrapping gifts, you'd put this thing in your hand, and you could grip it and you'd slide it along it. It would cut the paper.

[Tom Griswold]

That thing's great.

[Perrin]

Yeah.

[Mint Mobile Advertiser]

I have one of those.

[Tom Griswold]

I have one of those in my office right now.

[Bob Kevoian]

Is it still called Mr. Snippy?

[Tom Griswold]

It didn't say it.

[Mint Mobile Advertiser]

I don't think it was.

[Perrin]

I've got one. I got two of those. Oh, I gotta get one right now.

[Bob Kevoian]

I know. Because, by the way, you know, Chick's too modest to say this. I have never seen a heterosexual man pack. And. And no rapid gift.

[Tom Griswold]

Oh, sorry.

[Bob Kevoian]

I do.

[Perrin]

I do.

[Bob Kevoian]

All right.

[Tom Griswold]

Packing rarely do a heterosexual man pa.

[Perrin]

I do. Okay.

[Bob Kevoian]

Maybe they get drunk enough. You know, he's an amazing gift wrapper.

[Mint Mobile Advertiser]

Yes, he is.

[Bob Kevoian]

It's astonishing. No extra paper?

[Perrin]

Nope.

[Bob Kevoian]

God, when I do it, it's just

[Perrin]

like, oh, you're a mess.

[Bob Kevoian]

Oh, God. I get it half wrapped, and I just have to start cutting and cutting again.

[Perrin]

There's a lot about a man, the way he wraps a gift. A lot.

[Bob Kevoian]

A lot of. A lot of tape.

[Mint Mobile Advertiser]

You can't concentrate that long.

[Bob Kevoian]

Good point. Now, also, of course, for you, Josh.

[Perrin]

Yes.

[Bob Kevoian]

Fishing in Hawaii.

[Mint Mobile Advertiser]

Oh, yeah. Spearfishing. No, they do.

[Tom Griswold]

No, I know, but, boy, that's dangerous.

[Perrin]

Well, so is regular fishing.

[Mint Mobile Advertiser]

Yeah.

[Bob Kevoian]

I mean, spearfish, you're underwater, where the sharks live and you don't have to be. And the fish start bleeding and they come.

[Tom Griswold]

I was thinking I'd do a Tom Hanks style.

[Bob Kevoian]

And coming up, we have sharks in the news versus fishermen.

[Mint Mobile Advertiser]

Sure do.

[Bob Kevoian]

Interesting new stat on sharks and fishing.

[Perrin]

Take the sharks, give the points. Yeah.

[Bob Kevoian]

You called it. You read it, huh?

[Perrin]

Yeah.

[Bob Kevoian]

Then it says pps, and this gets really confusing. Steve from Hawaii says if you come in the fall after daylight savings time, the difference is an hour closer.

[Mint Mobile Advertiser]

Oh.

[Bob Kevoian]

Because they don't go on daylight savings

[Mint Mobile Advertiser]

time, so it'd be fine.

[Bob Kevoian]

What is it? Who else?

[Perrin]

Six hours, Utah.

[Bob Kevoian]

Who else doesn't? Arizona.

[Perrin]

Okay.

[Bob Kevoian]

That's got to be a pain in the ass if you're in business. It never matches up. Okay, I'm sorry. This says Chick will like this because he can enjoy breakfast football.

[Tom Griswold]

Oh.

[Mint Mobile Advertiser]

Oh, yeah.

[Perrin]

Yeah.

[Bob Kevoian]

You've been in LA during.

[Perrin]

I lived In San Diego we had. Yeah, everything started early. It was great.

[Bob Kevoian]

So what time does the first football game start?

[Perrin]

10. 10.

[Bob Kevoian]

10 in the morning in LA?

[Perrin]

Yeah.

[Bob Kevoian]

So it would be 7 in the morning in Hawaii.

[Perrin]

Something like that? Probably. Yeah.

[Bob Kevoian]

And that and the. And then the overseas games.

[Perrin]

Oh, don't even get me started.

[Mint Mobile Advertiser]

They'd be the next day.

[Tom Griswold]

No, they'd be the night before.

[Bob Kevoian]

Yeah. Wow, this is confusing.

[Tom Griswold]

So.

[Bob Kevoian]

Well, thank you, Steve. Maybe we can be Hawaii bound. I have never been there. I've certainly purchased a lot of air tickets for other people to go.

[Mint Mobile Advertiser]

I've been there for three days.

[Bob Kevoian]

Lots of pictures of members of my family in Hawaii.

[Perrin]

I've heard that the cockroaches in Hawaii, you can ride them and rope them. That's what I've heard.

[Bob Kevoian]

No snakes.

[Perrin]

Very large.

[Mint Mobile Advertiser]

What do you mean no snakes?

[Bob Kevoian]

There are no snakes in Hawaii.

[Mint Mobile Advertiser]

Really?

[Larry]

Is that true?

[Perrin]

You want to. That's a blanket statement. Yeah.

[Larry]

No snakes in Hawaii.

[Mint Mobile Advertiser]

No snakes.

[Perrin]

Are you going to follow it up with the fact as to why there are no snakes?

[Mint Mobile Advertiser]

How do you know that?

[Perrin]

Are you gonna crazily get mad and tell it? I bet you $10 million.

[Bob Kevoian]

Just thought I heard it.

[Tom Griswold]

There's no rabies in Hawaii. Did you know that?

[Bob Kevoian]

No.

[Tom Griswold]

Rabies has not made it to Hawaii.

[Mint Mobile Advertiser]

Well, let's hope it doesn't.

[Tom Griswold]

Yeah.

[Perrin]

There are no boy cats in Hawaii. Isn't that. Isn't that weird?

[Tom Griswold]

The female cats have learned to reproduce on their own.

[Perrin]

Yep.

[Larry]

No crime.

[Bob Kevoian]

And by the way, did you see that story last week?

[Tom Griswold]

No, what was this?

[Bob Kevoian]

I don't. I forget the scientific name for it. Snake at a zoo. And I forget, I think it was in England for the second time. Has given birth and there were no other snakes in there.

[Tom Griswold]

So they don't know what the hell happened.

[Bob Kevoian]

Yeah, yeah, I'll dig it up.

[Perrin]

Couldn't a snake be in the ground somewhere and they wouldn't see it?

[Bob Kevoian]

Who knows where they live?

[Mint Mobile Advertiser]

Snakes are not native to Hawaii and are illegal to own. But a few non native species do exist.

[Tom Griswold]

Ah, okay. Yeah, Interesting.

[Bob Kevoian]

Oh, so it's like the Everglades. They bring in the.

[Mint Mobile Advertiser]

But they're tiny little things. They look more like earthworms. But they call them snakes.

[Bob Kevoian]

Do we have the visual of the license plate?

[Tom Griswold]

That's a Hawaiian license plate.

[Perrin]

That's another topic.

[Mint Mobile Advertiser]

We're not talking about Hawaii anymore.

[Tom Griswold]

No, no. Hawaii license plates. 13 figures long.

[Home Depot Announcer]

Isn't that something?

[Mint Mobile Advertiser]

Yeah, the personalized plates there. Can you imagine?

[Tom Griswold]

And they're longer than bumpers.

[Perrin]

The first five Letters have to be A's. Yes, A, A, A, A.

[Bob Kevoian]

There's a guy in my neighborhood that has one.

[Perrin]

One Hawaiian.

[Bob Kevoian]

Hawaiian license plate.

[Tom Griswold]

Really?

[Perrin]

Yeah. Do you think he's decided that you've told everyone this?

[Bob Kevoian]

I'm not gonna.

[Mint Mobile Advertiser]

How many people in our neighborhood have or in our area have a Hawaii? Now we know. Everybody knows.

[Bob Kevoian]

Well, everybody knows if they see his car, it's got a Hawaiian license plate, plate or front, a back.

[Perrin]

They didn't know until you said it. Now they're gonna be looking for it now.

[Mint Mobile Advertiser]

The police will pull him over.

[Bob Kevoian]

That's a.

[Perrin]

It's illegal, Tom. It's illegal.

[Bob Kevoian]

Okay, what is the current price of gasoline in Hawaii? I can only imagine.

[Perrin]

Well, you know, prices are slightly higher in Alaska and Hawaii.

[Bob Kevoian]

Yeah, well, of course it's an island. They got to bring everything in.

[Tom Griswold]

All the gas stations over there, instead of a number, it just says, nope,

[Bob Kevoian]

you don't want to know.

[Mint Mobile Advertiser]

Current price is $5 and 7 cents a gallon for regular.

[Tom Griswold]

Okay, it might be that in California. Yeah, exactly.

[Bob Kevoian]

It's more than that.

[Perrin]

You can collect six dinner glasses.

[Bob Kevoian]

Oh.

[Perrin]

All the service stations.

[Bob Kevoian]

I see.

[Perrin]

So that's a good deal.

[Bob Kevoian]

Okay. Do we have a photograph of this license plate? There we go. Can you see that from.

[Tom Griswold]

Sure can.

[Perrin]

Yep. Sir.

[Tom Griswold]

Yeah, that's a bragger is what you got there.

[Bob Kevoian]

It's a nice Audi.

[Perrin]

Adept. It's the Audi wagon, I believe.

[Bob Kevoian]

Yeah. And what state is that? Can you see?

[Perrin]

I'm gonna yellow New Mexico maybe.

[Larry]

It's got a racy plate.

[Bob Kevoian]

Do you notice that the plate is. Christy. It's MUF dvr.

[Perrin]

What do you think that is?

[Mint Mobile Advertiser]

I have a guess.

[Bob Kevoian]

What's your guess?

[Mint Mobile Advertiser]

Word would be muff.

[Bob Kevoian]

There you go.

[Perrin]

Wait a minute. Muff diver. What the hell is that?

[Mint Mobile Advertiser]

I didn't know if I could say that.

[Tom Griswold]

Now, Christy, what is a muff? Don't tell us, show us.

[Bob Kevoian]

It would have been much funnier if that car had been a Subaru and there was a lady getting into it.

[Perrin]

It's a fur lined softball tonight. Put your hands in, keep them warm. Muff keeps your.

[Tom Griswold]

Okay.

[Perrin]

Thank you. Yeah, and if you can put your hands in and flip a coin. That muff's too big.

[Bob Kevoian]

Thank you very much.

[Tom Griswold]

The old joke. Now try clapping. I can't. Tight.

[Perrin]

Huh? Huh? Oh, that is. That is the rest.

[Bob Kevoian]

That is a fine joke. Almost as good as the one about I left it in the sink. Yes, that is. That is from New Mexico.

[Mint Mobile Advertiser]

Somebody was asleep in New Mexico at the driver's license brand yeah, they've got that one through. I got that one passed.

[Bob Kevoian]

And probably not for long.

[Mr. Insinuation]

They.

[Bob Kevoian]

They. Apparently the. The various. I'm not sure what the name of that gig would be. If you work for the license branch in a given state, they share lists of.

[Perrin]

So. So you have muff diver. Okay. It's on your car.

[Bob Kevoian]

I don't.

[Tom Griswold]

Right.

[Perrin]

Can they as a person.

[Tom Griswold]

Theoretical.

[Perrin]

Shut up. Now can.

[Bob Kevoian]

Can the state take it back? Yes.

[Perrin]

Take it off your car.

[Podcast Host]

They can.

[Christopher]

They probably could.

[Perrin]

Right.

[Tom Griswold]

And then you'd have to get a bumper sticker that says, I'd rather be muff diving.

[Perrin]

I see about. About 7 ICE agents in masks coming to get down. That's what I see.

[Tom Griswold]

They charge up.

[Perrin]

That's right.

[Tom Griswold]

And a little screw.

[Bob Kevoian]

The guy goes. I say it's a Phillips, you jerk.

[Perrin]

Give us some plate.

[Bob Kevoian]

Give him some plate. Don't give me a flathead. Oh, dear God. This guy's got an allen wrench. Oh, okay, okay. Sorry. So send us your letters.

[Perrin]

We've got the rundown on the snakes in Hawaii.

[Bob Kevoian]

Okay. But good to know. Now let's move forward here. Do you.

[Perrin]

You worse. You wear slippers at home?

[Bob Kevoian]

No, never.

[Perrin]

Just barefoot or just.

[Bob Kevoian]

No, I can't go barefoot.

[Mint Mobile Advertiser]

You wear those boots all over.

[Tom Griswold]

The toenails clack against the tile like a velociraptor.

[Bob Kevoian]

No, I actually have put orange insoles.

[Perrin]

You have foot odor. You have a foot odor problem, yes or no?

[Christopher]

Not at all.

[Perrin]

I don't believe you.

[Bob Kevoian]

No, I don't have footholder problem. Would you like to smell my feet? They're currently. They're currently swimming in powder.

[Perrin]

I have an email. Something that will. Will make Josh happier. Dear Bob and Top show. Hello everyone at the Bob and Tom show. I hope all is well, especially Josh.

[Tom Griswold]

Oh, that's nice. Yeah, I'm feeling better. We're getting back on track.

[Perrin]

I wanted to let you know my name is Mark. Mark Dobson. That's right. I'm Mr. One Man Band.

[Bob Kevoian]

Oh, nice. Oh, Mark was here.

[Perrin]

That's right. Love him. He will be doing his one man band all across the country, including some state fairs very close to U.S. inc. With strolling the grounds with Bot the robot.

[Bob Kevoian]

What is he gonna.

[Mr. Insinuation]

Is he.

[Bob Kevoian]

Is. Are we gonna get him to come by again?

[Perrin]

Well, it's up to you, dude. I understand you guys usually take part of your show at a state fair. I'd be. It'd be great to see everybody catch up and maybe do a couple songs on the. On the old One Man Band with you.

[Bob Kevoian]

Josh. Has expressed his love of one man bands. So was it your birthday? We arranged this.

[Tom Griswold]

Yes.

[Perrin]

Being a part of the happy 6th anniversary, Josh was my most fun performance ever. And I'm grateful for being part of that. See you down the road. I got his phone number right here.

[Tom Griswold]

Very nice. Well, we hope to see him again. Especially with Bot.

[Perrin]

Bot the Robot. That's right.

[Mint Mobile Advertiser]

Familiar with Bot's work.

[Perrin]

Are you scrolling?

[Tom Griswold]

No, but I don't know if he works exclusively with Mark or.

[Perrin]

I know they. They hope to work together. I. I've heard rumors of infighting between Bot the Robot, Dobson and Bot Dobson and Bot. Something about billing separate flights.

[Bob Kevoian]

I think he's upset because our one man band friend has his own roadie which seems really.

[Tom Griswold]

I put that on my back.

[Bob Kevoian]

He was great.

[Tom Griswold]

Yes, legitimately good.

[Bob Kevoian]

Yeah, we were.

[Perrin]

We were absolutely right.

[Bob Kevoian]

We were kind of wondering because it. Is it going to be kind of cheesy, right?

[Larry]

It wasn't.

[Perrin]

It is a one man band.

[Tom Griswold]

Oh, he's the man's got talent.

[Perrin]

Yeah.

[Bob Kevoian]

Although I was disappointed.

[Tom Griswold]

No.

[Bob Kevoian]

Monkey.

[Perrin]

You want to. No, that. Not that doesn't necessarily.

[Tom Griswold]

More of an organ. Organ grinder monkey.

[Mint Mobile Advertiser]

Man band.

[Bob Kevoian]

Yeah, it's. But it's like one of those crossover things, you know on TV where they'll have, you know, like Jean Luc Ponty will join some country band. Electric Violence.

[Perrin]

You know what they say about people.

[Podcast Host]

Got that.

[Perrin]

Tom Griswold, Perrin, Mr. Relatable.

[Bob Kevoian]

Oh, I saw Jean Luc years ago. He was amazing.

[Tom Griswold]

You know what I'm talking about?

[Bob Kevoian]

You'll have. You'll have some. A classical musician might sit in. In a pop band, sure.

[Tom Griswold]

Yeah. You'll hear a symphony play.

[Bob Kevoian]

See, I'm just saying occasionally you'll get a one man band guy who will have a traditional organ grinder monkey with him.

[Tom Griswold]

You've seen this?

[Bob Kevoian]

Oh, absolutely.

[Perrin]

You've seen a one man.

[Bob Kevoian]

My phone broke. I couldn't take pictures.

[Larry]

It was.

[Tom Griswold]

It was.

[Bob Kevoian]

I mean it would be, you know, it just be unbelievable.

[Tom Griswold]

That would be a lot like if

[Bob Kevoian]

a John Mayer were to walk on the Lawrence Wel show. You know, you've got a genius and a. And I've been a genius, I guess.

[Tom Griswold]

Oh boy. That's a lot of genius for one TV screen.

[Bob Kevoian]

I've decided if. If I make it for my 50th anniversary in radio, I'm going to have a plate spinner on the show. Now you're saying first off, you will second.

[Tom Griswold]

Yes.

[Bob Kevoian]

I mean it's that. That defines my life. The plate spinner. And you've got that. That music. I love plates spinners. You never see them anymore. Anymore. When's the last time you saw plates? Yeah.

[Tom Griswold]

So there. Yeah. When demand stops, those jobs go away.

[Caller]

Right.

[Perrin]

What do you think the reason is? That you don't see plate spinners very often anymore.

[Bob Kevoian]

Lazy Gen X people.

[Perrin]

Is that right?

[Tom Griswold]

Yeah, Somewhat of a trick to it. Right. There's a notch in the plate.

[Larry]

Oh, is that true?

[Perrin]

Oh, sure, yes. But I think.

[Tom Griswold]

But you still need to keep it balanced.

[Bob Kevoian]

But it's analogous to one's life.

[Tom Griswold]

Right.

[Bob Kevoian]

If you don't pay attention to one of the plates, it's going to fall down and break.

[Perrin]

Break.

[Tom Griswold]

Yeah, yeah.

[Bob Kevoian]

And. And you got to run around and

[Perrin]

hustle and it's up to you.

[Bob Kevoian]

It's all about multitasking. Which I'm incapable of doing.

[Mint Mobile Advertiser]

Correct.

[Perrin]

And you continue to try.

[Bob Kevoian]

I know, it's terrible.

[Tom Griswold]

You know, that's. That's a. A cleaner analogy than Nikki Glazer's. I don't know if you've heard her. Life is like a gang bang analogy. There's a lot to do.

[Mint Mobile Advertiser]

Yeah.

[Tom Griswold]

And you're trying to balance all of it.

[Bob Kevoian]

Yeah.

[Tom Griswold]

So yours is a little more random,

[Bob Kevoian]

mine's a little more family friendly.

[Tom Griswold]

Big news, of course, with the Artemis.

[Mint Mobile Advertiser]

Yep.

[Tom Griswold]

And I didn't see the first one, so I've been a bit lost this whole time, but. Oh, nothing for that. I. Oh, I'm sorry.

[Bob Kevoian]

I thought you were serious, too.

[Perrin]

I think Bruce Willis was in the first.

[Tom Griswold]

Oh, that's right. Well, Ludy writes in.

[Perrin]

Ludy?

[Tom Griswold]

Yes. Spelling L, U, D, Y. It's a play on his last name.

[Bob Kevoian]

Oh, okay.

[Tom Griswold]

So he goes by Ludy like I would go by. Oh, very nice.

[Bob Kevoian]

Larry Grant, Carrie's lesser known brother. Just as handsome, but couldn't act at all.

[Tom Griswold]

The Clint Howard.

[Bob Kevoian]

Oh, I love Clint.

[Tom Griswold]

I do, too.

[Bob Kevoian]

Clint's great.

[Tom Griswold]

And actually he can act. Yeah. Yes.

[Bob Kevoian]

And Perrin, if you're looking for a great book that's going to make you feel good, is it called Brothers? I think.

[Tom Griswold]

No, the Boys.

[Bob Kevoian]

The boys. Sorry. It's Ron Howard and Clint Howard. It's such a heartwarming, great book.

[Perrin]

Anyway, Ron Howard and Clint Howard are brothers.

[Bob Kevoian]

Yes, sir.

[Perrin]

Son of a guy.

[Bob Kevoian]

It's a really good book.

[Tom Griswold]

Revealed in the final chapter of that

[Perrin]

book, by the way.

[Bob Kevoian]

And their father's name was Rance.

[Tom Griswold]

Yes.

[Bob Kevoian]

R A, N, C. Very awkward introducing him to Asian folks.

[Tom Griswold]

Well, they just thought he was Lance,

[Perrin]

but I don't think his name really was Rance, was it?

[Bob Kevoian]

It was a cowboy name he. He picked up from some old movie. I'm sorry. Back to your letter.

[Tom Griswold]

Ludy wants to know.

[Perrin]

This is the longest letter ever.

[Tom Griswold]

Do you know at which Hollywood studio the Artemis 2 footage is being films? I believe it's MGM.

[Mint Mobile Advertiser]

Oh, okay.

[Bob Kevoian]

Oh, you loser.

[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.

[Podcast Host]

The Hammer alley podcast. 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 was one band that had it all. Hammer Alley. Whatever happened to Hammer Alley?

[Podcast Host]

How did they go from top of the rock? I'm looking for a music video. They're a band from 1987. Hammer Alley. Ever heard of them? To rock bottom.

[Caller]

Dude, I was born in 1987.

[Bob Kevoian]

Oh, I can't believe he's doing this.

[Podcast Host]

Hammer Alley.

[Bob Kevoian]

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