B&T Extra: Missles & JFK, Letters, & Corn talk

Summary

The BOB & TOM Show Extra: Missiles & JFK, Letters, & Corn Talk

Episode Date: September 15, 2025
Hosts: Tom Griswold, Bob Kevoian, Chrissy Lee, John Evans

Overview

In this lively installment of The BOB & TOM Show Extra, the crew dives into a classic blend of irreverent comedy and relatable nostalgia covering a range of topics: Cold War fears and the Cuban Missile Crisis, generational trauma, personal finance, quirky discussions about corn (and skewers), listener letters, and childhood memories about bikes—all sprinkled with quintessential BOB & TOM banter.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Scat Singing, Satellites, and the Cuban Missile Crisis

[02:39 - 06:12]

• John Evans jokes about learning to scat sing via tapes themed by rock bands, kicking off the banter.
• The conversation pivots to nostalgia regarding the early space age (Telstar satellite, Sputnik), evoking Cold War anxieties.
  • Tom Griswold recalls seeing satellites as a child:

    “I can remember being a little boy and standing on the beach in Harbor Springs and looking up at... called Echo. It was very scary.” (04:46)

  • Jokes about seeing satellites as foreboding, referencing the "communist moon."
• The group reminisces and semi-seriously explores generational trauma, notably the impact of the Cuban Missile Crisis and the Kennedy administration.
  • John Evans:

    “I went down that rabbit hole… I’m fairly convinced if anyone but JFK had been in office…” (05:32)

  • Bob Kevoian relates a sci-fi series where the Cuban Missile Crisis triggers global destruction in an alternate history.

2. Generational PTSD and Wealth Anxiety

[06:12 - 07:21]

• Conversational riffing about how every generation has its own unique anxieties and “PTSD,” connecting past fears (nuclear war) with current events (COVID).
• Light-hearted speculation on whether even Jeff Bezos has mundane worries.
  • Tom Griswold:

    “Even Jeff Bezos probably wakes up with a little bit every once in a while.” (06:34)

• Jokes about Bezos’s personal life lead to playful, offbeat discussions about prenups and marital dynamics.

3. Corn News and Skewered Humor

[07:45 - 14:43]

• The hosts read listener letters, with a special focus on the quirks of corn consumption.
• Hilarious debate erupts over proper corn eating techniques, corn skewers, and the mystery behind baby corn.
  • [Video/photo discussion] Dachshund-shaped corn skewers are celebrated, spurring laughter.
  • Chrissy Lee clarifies the truth about baby corn:

    “Many corn, also known as baby corn, refers to the immature ears of corn harvested before the kernels fully develop.” (10:19)

  • Bob Kevoian:

    “Are you kidding me? … I thought it was some kind of beat or something.” (10:27)

• Food nostalgia surfaces as the group swaps methods for buttering corn (including spinning corn on buttered bread—a detail from the movie War Games).
  • Chrissy Lee:

    “We used to use the heel of the bread…you could eat the bread. But we used it to butter the corn the whole time.” (13:16)

  • Tech gadgets for buttering corn prompt more gentle ribbing about “fancy” approaches.

4. Listener Mailbag: Tradesman Wisdom & Bike Nostalgia

[14:59 - 20:11]

• Listener letters prompt discussions ranging from old blue-collar expressions (“I’d rather shave a bobcat’s ass in a phone booth...”) to practical cycling tips.
  • Bob Kevoian:

    “When I was a new mechanic, I was messing with the older guy…he told me I would rather shave a bobcat’s ass in a phone booth than f with him.” (15:24)

• Conversation about bike accessories (bells, programmable horns) and e-bike modifications.
  • Tom Griswold admits his bike is “like three different bikes thrown together,” and the group relives childhood humiliation about bike baskets and banana seats.
  • John Evans:

    “If you were a girl with a basket, though, it was fine.” (18:44)

  • Tom Griswold:

    “But I had a paper route…Just relentlessly mocked.” (18:48)

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• Tom Griswold on Satellite Anxiety:
  “I can remember being a little boy and standing on the beach in Harbor Springs and looking up at... called Echo. It was very scary.” (04:46)

• Bob Kevoian’s Sci-Fi Note:
  “I’m watching a sci-fi series right now…in their alternate reality, the world did end in 1963.” (05:50)

• Chrissy Lee’s Baby Corn Factoid:
  “Many corn, also known as baby corn, refers to the immature ears of corn harvested before the kernels fully develop.” (10:19)

• Listener Letter, Classic Working-Class Saying:
  “I would rather shave a bobcat’s ass in a phone booth than f with him.” (15:24)

• On Being Mocked for a Bike Basket:
  “If you had a basket on your bike…you would just be mocked.” (18:31)

• Generational Humor:
  “You're not riding down dirt hills and jumps now.” — Chrissy Lee (19:15)

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Important Timestamps for Key Segments

• 02:39: John Evans scatting, segue into Cold War technology and Telstar nostalgia
• 05:17: Cuban Missile Crisis discussion and alternate history
• 06:16: Generational PTSD and Bezos riff
• 07:45: Opening listener letters; focus on corn news and corn skewer humor
• 10:19: Chrissy Lee’s explanation of baby corn
• 13:02: Methods of buttering corn, inspired by War Games
• 15:24: Email about blue-collar idioms and phone booth expressions
• 17:37: Discussion about types of bikes and modifications
• 18:48: Tom recalls being mocked for a paper route bike basket

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Tone & Takeaways

The tone is characteristically warm, self-deprecating, and fast-paced, with the comedians showcasing their knack for bouncing between silliness and real nostalgia. The episode is a mix of generational reflection (Cold War/Cuban Missile Crisis), food fun (corn bibelots), and relatable life details via lively listener correspondence. If you’re looking for playful banter with a touch of Americana, this episode delivers plenty to smile about!

Transcript

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[Tom Griswold]

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 talking missiles on the show today and JFK letters and corn talk. It's coming up in just a minute.

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[Tom Griswold]

And John Evans is here with us. Anything else we didn't know about your life? Well, the last time I was here, I just picked up those Learn how to scat audio tapes. I don't know if you remember that I Did not know that. You don't remember that I. They send alphabetically. They send you a new band each month. So the first one I got was AC dc and I've pretty much got that one down. It's like click, click, click, click, click, click. The guy in the airplane is like, can I move away from this jackass? Did I get it right?

[Bob Kevoian]

Is it Wayana?

[Tom Griswold]

Got a phone call here.

[Bob Kevoian]

Wow.

[Tom Griswold]

Morning, Bob and Tom show. Hey, fellas.

[Bob Kevoian]

Hey, Floyd. I enjoyed your scatting.

[Tom Griswold]

Dang.

[Bob Kevoian]

Thanks, Floyd.

[John Evans]

That was.

[Tom Griswold]

That was comedian John Evans.

[Bob Kevoian]

You got a lot of songs, I bet, don't you?

[Tom Griswold]

Oh yeah, I got. You want to hear Cat Scratch Fever?

[Bob Kevoian]

I sure would enjoy. It's a gift or a curse. Can you do Legend of Willis Fog?

[Tom Griswold]

It's our way of making sure you haven't missed anything.

[Bob Kevoian]

This is Bob and Tom.

[Tom Griswold]

X Extra.

[Bob Kevoian]

Hey, welcome back to the Bob and Top show. Chrissy Lee at the SILAC Insurance news desk.

[Chrissy Lee]

Hello. I'm news ready.

[Bob Kevoian]

They don't do that anymore.

[John Evans]

It's a shame.

[Bob Kevoian]

Yeah. What was that? Was that Morse code? Tom? Or was that Telstar? Or is that Sputnik? What? What was that?

[Tom Griswold]

That's a good question. Telstar, that was. There was a big hit song called Telstar when I was little.

[Bob Kevoian]

That was the first one of the first satellites, if not the first satellite. Telstar. Yeah.

[Tom Griswold]

I can remember being a little boy and standing on the beach in Harbor Springs and looking up at. And you could see something going overhead called echo. It was very scary.

[Chrissy Lee]

Why satellite?

[Tom Griswold]

It was a satellite.

[Bob Kevoian]

You didn't see it as the advancements in technology future.

[Tom Griswold]

I saw it as the rust. The Ruskies.

[Bob Kevoian]

You saw it by going to sleep by the light of a communist moon. That's right. That's right.

[Tom Griswold]

I saw the guy saw those big missiles being shipped to Cuba. I know what's going on.

[Bob Kevoian]

How many people who got together of your age group would say that John Kennedy just scarred them for the rest of their lives?

[Tom Griswold]

Well, he didn't.

[Bob Kevoian]

Well, he made the big announcement.

[Tom Griswold]

What's he supposed to do?

[Bob Kevoian]

You know the missiles there in Cuba?

[Tom Griswold]

Yeah.

[John Evans]

I went to boy years ago. I went down that rabbit hole and read like three different books on it and the Cuban Missile Crisis and all that stuff. And I'm fairly convinced if anyone but JFK had been in office.

[Bob Kevoian]

Oh yeah.

[John Evans]

Because everyone was telling him to do opposite what he ended up doing.

[Bob Kevoian]

I'm watching a sci fi series right now. It's. They have a time machine but they use it for good and It's. It's not. It's not bad. But in their alternate reality, the world did end in 1963.

[John Evans]

Oh, wow.

[Bob Kevoian]

With the Cuban Missile crisis. Yeah. And. Yeah. So then they back the. They back time up before and they try to stop it.

[John Evans]

It's pretty good.

[Bob Kevoian]

Wow.

[John Evans]

He must not have slept for 13 days.

[Bob Kevoian]

Oh, my gosh.

[Tom Griswold]

Now, we are going to move forward here.

[John Evans]

Do you think your generation has ptsd? I think every slight case, I think.

[Bob Kevoian]

Everybody has ptsd, you know, because I.

[John Evans]

Think younger generations will have sort of a Covid PTSD as well. And there will be everybody.

[Tom Griswold]

Everybody's.

[Bob Kevoian]

Yeah.

[Tom Griswold]

Is. Mary Tyler Moore famously said, everybody's got something. Yeah.

[John Evans]

Yes. Yeah. Yeah.

[Bob Kevoian]

I look to her to guide me.

[Tom Griswold]

I mean. I mean, even Jeff Bezos probably wakes up with a little bit every once in a while.

[John Evans]

There's a chance he knows way more than any of us. Clever. So here.

[Bob Kevoian]

You think he worries about reconciling his checkbook?

[Chrissy Lee]

No.

[Bob Kevoian]

I'm off 9 cents.

[Chrissy Lee]

Do you do that balance your checkbook?

[Bob Kevoian]

Who, me?

[Chrissy Lee]

Yeah.

[Bob Kevoian]

Oh, God, no.

[Chrissy Lee]

Me either.

[Bob Kevoian]

Hell, no.

[Tom Griswold]

He probably worries about the power of his erections. And if he keeps. If he keeps getting the C LS IV if it's going to eventually make his eyeballs explode.

[Bob Kevoian]

I think he should worry about what. What face his wife comes home with. That's what I would worry about if.

[Tom Griswold]

I heard he hurt his back.

[John Evans]

Oh, really?

[Bob Kevoian]

Yeah, yeah.

[Tom Griswold]

He was picking up the prenup off.

[John Evans]

The ground and I don't blame him.

[Tom Griswold]

Somewhat weighty.

[Bob Kevoian]

Now, now, how'd that conversation go? You're gonna laugh, okay, But I got a document I need you to sign. Well, you know, there's no real. It's standard. It's a boilerplate, you know.

[Tom Griswold]

No, that's an M, not a B. Yeah, right. Well, it's time to check in with your letters here in the Bhavaton program. Coming to you from the O'Reilly Auto Parts Studios.

[Bob Kevoian]

Many and varied letters over here today.

[Tom Griswold]

A lot of corn news.

[Chrissy Lee]

A lot of corn news.

[Bob Kevoian]

I have a lot of corn news. As a matter of fact. Let's start with corn news. We were talking about fresh sweet corn yesterday. And that, of course, if you talk about sweet corn, you always end up talking about corn skewers.

[John Evans]

Oh, yeah.

[Bob Kevoian]

And they are many and varied as well. And let's see a picture of the latest corn skewer. This is a dachshund on one end, his head on one end of the. The corn and his tail on the other end.

[Tom Griswold]

That's wonderful.

[Bob Kevoian]

Just wonderful.

[John Evans]

Somebody stole the plates from a Chinese buffet.

[Bob Kevoian]

That's possible. That's absolutely possible.

[Tom Griswold]

Did someone send us that? Yeah, yeah, yeah, absolutely. That is so sweet.

[Bob Kevoian]

Do.

[John Evans]

Funny. That's, that's, that's acceptable because I pat. I said if they don't look like little corn on the cobs, they're not corn on the cob. Skewers. Yeah.

[Tom Griswold]

Now when you go to a Chinese restaurant and they have those little mini corn on the cobs, no thank you. Do. Yeah, I never eat them.

[John Evans]

Yeah. I don't like the flavor.

[Bob Kevoian]

Oh, no. Todd. I admire Tom for this opinion.

[Tom Griswold]

I just think it's the same reason I don't like ordering veal. Oh, I like those corns to have a full life, grow into big corns. Please don't write a letter again saying.

[John Evans]

Hey, dumbass, they're not baby corns.

[Bob Kevoian]

You think there's a. Some corn conglomerate out there? This is too large for the mini corn. You let it grow too long. Go back.

[Tom Griswold]

Do they grow those things in like. They're like little teeny corn stalks. Stalks. I don't know. Where do those come from?

[John Evans]

Oh, yeah, they're a little like corn.

[Tom Griswold]

Does any other. I've never eaten one.

[Bob Kevoian]

I think they do taste corn.

[Tom Griswold]

Is it.

[John Evans]

There's a little bit of corn, but it's. I. I just don't care for them.

[Tom Griswold]

What are they?

[Chrissy Lee]

I'm gonna look that up.

[Tom Griswold]

Does any other food type use those things?

[Bob Kevoian]

Probably some kind of damn nightshade or something.

[John Evans]

I don't know. I only really see it in like, Asian cuisine.

[Tom Griswold]

Yeah. Now we were talking about. Because I got some sweet corn over the weekend. It was the first sweet corn that was absolutely great that I've had this year. And we talk about the seasonality of certain foods, and corn is certainly one of them. And that got us to talking about our friend Greg Warren, the great comedian. Greg has a comedy special out there called where the Field Corn Grows. Among other things, he talks about the difference between field corn, sweet corn, etc. Etc.

[John Evans]

Doesn't that sound funny?

[Chrissy Lee]

Well, he makes it funny.

[John Evans]

Oh, God, I know he does. He's one of my best friends. I can say stuff like.

[Tom Griswold]

And I got a letter about that, about eating field corn, which I'll get to in a second. Did you find the answer?

[Chrissy Lee]

Yes. Many corn, also known as baby corn, refers to the immature ears of corn harvested before the kernels fully develop.

[Bob Kevoian]

Are you kidding me?

[Chrissy Lee]

Essentially the same type of corn as the ears we typically eat, but are picked at a much younger stage age no way.

[Bob Kevoian]

I was kidding.

[John Evans]

Yeah, that's no idea that.

[Bob Kevoian]

I thought it was some kind of beat or something. Are you kidding me?

[Tom Griswold]

Doesn't taste anything like corn.

[Chrissy Lee]

I'm just saying it does.

[Bob Kevoian]

Pat, stop saying that. Your tasters are off.

[Tom Griswold]

So who else uses that? What other cuisine has the.

[Bob Kevoian]

I, I, I like the way you say cuisine.

[Tom Griswold]

Cuisine.

[Chrissy Lee]

I don't know who. Essentially, same type of corn as you eat. Yep.

[John Evans]

Weird.

[Chrissy Lee]

Yeah, they're picked at a much younger stage, typically when they're only a few inches long.

[Bob Kevoian]

Yeah. Too long. And then throw them out. And that goes down on your permanent record as a tiny baby.

[Chrissy Lee]

Nobody wants the teenage corn harvested before it's fully pollinated.

[Bob Kevoian]

There's the, there's the full. Look at the dachshund on one end.

[Tom Griswold]

That's pretty funny. And what are those called?

[Chrissy Lee]

Is that a hot dog on the end?

[Tom Griswold]

That's sweet corn.

[Bob Kevoian]

Skewers.

[Tom Griswold]

Skewers. Okay, so. And then S K e W E R s. And then I had a technical question. Is it okay to, to eat your corn right to left or left to right and then, you know, slip it around a notch and then eat the next level?

[John Evans]

Of course. Or do you go, you were unfairly criticized.

[Bob Kevoian]

Wait a minute. You're. You don't deep throat it and bite.

[John Evans]

And go halfway down like a cartoon cat with a fish.

[Tom Griswold]

Yeah, but the other technique, of course, is you take a bite and then rotate. And take a bite. Rotate. Take a bite. Rotate.

[Bob Kevoian]

You've got me thinking now. I don't remember how are you exactly.

[Chrissy Lee]

Me too. I gotta. I'm gonna have some corn tonight.

[Tom Griswold]

I do an old fashioned typewriter style.

[Chrissy Lee]

I thought I did, but now that you're talking about.

[Bob Kevoian]

Do you hum that song?

[Tom Griswold]

What? I do I burn my hands.

[Bob Kevoian]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Chrissy Lee]

You don't have skewers at my apartment.

[Bob Kevoian]

We don't have nothing.

[Chrissy Lee]

Do you even make corn, though?

[Tom Griswold]

I did for Jimmy two weeks ago.

[Chrissy Lee]

Okay.

[Tom Griswold]

Yeah. You boiled it and everything? I did, yeah.

[Bob Kevoian]

Yeah.

[Tom Griswold]

Good for you.

[John Evans]

Listen to this.

[Tom Griswold]

Oh, and Christy pointed, so. I did not. I was not aware of this. You. You put sugar in the water when you boil your sweet corn.

[Chrissy Lee]

I do, yes.

[Bob Kevoian]

According to taste. Yeah.

[Chrissy Lee]

I mean, some people put salt, some people put nothing.

[Bob Kevoian]

I use somebody. Some people dunk it in sugar and then butter.

[John Evans]

Angie. After it's made, she says, I just wanted to share with you all. I grew up eating sour cream on my corn on the cob.

[Bob Kevoian]

Oh, hell.

[John Evans]

Rather than buttering it, I think maybe she butters and sour cream.

[Tom Griswold]

That sounds right.

[John Evans]

Really?

[Tom Griswold]

Good.

[John Evans]

Says it's the best way to enjoy it.

[Chrissy Lee]

I've never even thought it.

[Tom Griswold]

And then I, I, I believe it's the movie, the one about the bomb and the.

[Bob Kevoian]

Here we go.

[Tom Griswold]

Where the beginning of the movie, the mom takes the. Someone takes a piece of bread, puts butter on it.

[Chrissy Lee]

We've always done that.

[Tom Griswold]

And then, and then spins the corn in it to put butter on it.

[Chrissy Lee]

Always. We used to use the heel of the bread.

[Tom Griswold]

I think it's the movie War Games.

[Chrissy Lee]

The heel of the bread was what we used every time.

[Bob Kevoian]

Oh.

[Tom Griswold]

With Matthew.

[John Evans]

Now, would somebody eat the bread?

[Chrissy Lee]

If you wanted to, you could eat the bread. But we used it to butter the corn the whole time.

[John Evans]

But then, but somebody in your family didn't go, now give me that piece.

[Bob Kevoian]

Did you pass the bread around?

[Chrissy Lee]

Yeah. You're just.

[Tom Griswold]

I've never seen that. You've never seen that? Never. Are you following the logic here? Piece of bread, butter in the bread, spin.

[Bob Kevoian]

Are you following the logic?

[John Evans]

Oh, I got a brush that would get sat in the middle of the table.

[Bob Kevoian]

This question I asked this many times. I need you to answer me, please.

[Tom Griswold]

Yes.

[Bob Kevoian]

How stupid do you think we are?

[Tom Griswold]

I was addressing Pat.

[John Evans]

Pat, were you a Kerrygold family? The Irish?

[Bob Kevoian]

No, no, I am now.

[Tom Griswold]

We didn't hear about that. As kids. We use the cheap stuff.

[Bob Kevoian]

Yeah.

[Chrissy Lee]

There's also a thing that a company called Pampered Chef makes. That's great. You put a pad of butter in it and then it's kind of curved and you can pull it, push it around you on your corn like that. And then as the butter melts, you just push the little plunger down and it pushes the butter out.

[Bob Kevoian]

Look at Gilded Age over there.

[Tom Griswold]

Would it be, wouldn't it be great if girly girl over here.

[Chrissy Lee]

Corn butter.

[Tom Griswold]

Some family had like some massive Rube Goldberg. Goldberg device that had like a spray paint thing. Pick up the word.

[Bob Kevoian]

Like Peewee Herman's.

[Tom Griswold]

We would have meals of just corn and Kool Aid.

[John Evans]

Swear to God, we've all had.

[Bob Kevoian]

Then you also have a candy bar.

[Tom Griswold]

And a bowl of soup. Oh, yeah.

[John Evans]

Those end of the month meals were, were pretty wild, weren't they?

[Bob Kevoian]

What did you say? Sometimes end of the month. What is it? There's more month than.

[John Evans]

More month than money.

[Bob Kevoian]

That's right.

[Tom Griswold]

Oh, well, let's keep going. You got a letter over there.

[Bob Kevoian]

Dear Bob at Top show, first time emailer. Been listening since seventh grade in 1997. Last century kids. I was listening today to Craig Warner and his and the Warner report close on Phone booths. I had to mention he forgot the phone booth references we use in blue collar trades the new kids don't get. I'm a field mechanic in the coal mines of West Virginia.

[Tom Griswold]

Wow.

[Bob Kevoian]

When I was a new mechanic, I was messing with the older guy training me, and he told me I would rather shave a bobcat's ass in a phone booth than f with him. Now that I'm the old guy, we changed it to a Porta John because when we say phone booth, they have no idea what we're talking about. Thank you for all the laughs. Enjoyed seeing you in Charleston last year. Charleston, West Virginia. Josh keeps supporting new metal music.

[John Evans]

Will do.

[Bob Kevoian]

Tom, you may want to look into a three wheel bike. We would all feel safer with you on three wheels.

[Tom Griswold]

No, thank you. What was the. What was the expression again? I'd rather shave. What is it?

[Bob Kevoian]

I'd rather shave a bobcat's ass in a phone booth than F with him.

[Tom Griswold]

That's a great. Great.

[Bob Kevoian]

Or F with him. I think another coworker.

[Tom Griswold]

I'd rather shave a bobcat's ass and a Porta John than.

[Bob Kevoian]

Right.

[Tom Griswold]

That's a good one.

[John Evans]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Tom Griswold]

That guy must be a bad.

[John Evans]

You're gonna get scratched.

[Bob Kevoian]

Yeah, yeah.

[Tom Griswold]

It's gonna be rough.

[Bob Kevoian]

Dear Bob and Tom show, you need an air horn for your bike. Not one of those prissy bike bells. More bang for your buck. Tom.

[Tom Griswold]

Tom has a bike bell.

[Chrissy Lee]

He's. We're talking about getting him one. He wants.

[Bob Kevoian]

He wants.

[John Evans]

If I buy you a La Cucaracha horn, will you.

[Bob Kevoian]

You know, they have tiny little programmable that you attach to your handlebar and you can.

[Tom Griswold]

That would. That would scare people.

[Bob Kevoian]

Choose any tune you want because what you traditionally Columbia fight song.

[Tom Griswold]

When you. When you come upon someone, you go on your left.

[Chrissy Lee]

Right.

[Tom Griswold]

But correct. I think would be. I think maybe getting some kind of a bell.

[John Evans]

The problem that I.

[Tom Griswold]

My girls have them on their bikes. But again, they're sure.

[John Evans]

When I hear somebody on a bike, my. My habit though is to turn around and like I inadvertently step into their path. Right on your left. What was that? It always scares me.

[Bob Kevoian]

Hang on a second. Before we break. Here comes Tom on his bike. Hang on. Nice day today.

[Tom Griswold]

Hope you're enjoying it.

[Bob Kevoian]

Dear Bob and Tom show, as a fellow cyclist. Tom.

[Tom Griswold]

Check.

[Bob Kevoian]

I'm curious. Can you. Would you. Will you share what kind of bike you ride? That Scott in Lansing, Michigan.

[John Evans]

It's a Huffy.

[Tom Griswold]

I'm gonna go with Huffy. Is it a Schwinn track It's a. A hybrid.

[John Evans]

I have a track.

[Chrissy Lee]

I have a track.

[Tom Griswold]

It started.

[Bob Kevoian]

Gas, electric?

[Tom Griswold]

No, no, it's. It's been modified drastically. So what does that mean as an engine on the back? It's like a Franken bike.

[John Evans]

You can just say, I don't know.

[Bob Kevoian]

Yeah, yeah.

[Chrissy Lee]

But he put it together for you at a bike?

[Tom Griswold]

No, no, it was one thing. Did you had it altered?

[Bob Kevoian]

Did you put it together?

[Tom Griswold]

Yeah.

[Bob Kevoian]

You did?

[Tom Griswold]

I mean, I had my friends at the bike line do it, but. Yeah.

[Bob Kevoian]

So you didn't put it together?

[Tom Griswold]

Special brakes or something? Just some exotic stuff.

[Bob Kevoian]

Yeah, if the exotic stuff was a basket and those streamers, you know, like. Like peewee with the lion sound.

[Tom Griswold]

I can remember when I was a little boy, if you had a basket on your bike.

[Bob Kevoian]

Oh, yeah.

[Tom Griswold]

You would just be mocked.

[John Evans]

Oh, yeah, of course. Hey, Dorothy, where you headed?

[Tom Griswold]

Yeah, but kids are so awful in general and to each other.

[John Evans]

If you were a girl with a basket, though, it was fine.

[Bob Kevoian]

Right.

[John Evans]

Isn't that interesting?

[Tom Griswold]

But I had a paper route, so I had. I had a, like this big double basket on the back of my Schwinn Tornado.

[John Evans]

Yeah.

[Tom Griswold]

Just relentlessly mocked.

[John Evans]

Sure. But yours was. You had a reason, but you're still gonna get mocked.

[Tom Griswold]

Yeah.

[Bob Kevoian]

Hey, Tom, does your husband have a bike?

[Chrissy Lee]

Well, you're not gonna ride that bike down dirt hills and ramps and jumps. No, no, I'm just saying that's why they mocked you.

[Tom Griswold]

Please tell me. There are a lot of reasons they mocked me.

[Bob Kevoian]

You're not riding down dirt hills and jumps now.

[Chrissy Lee]

No, when he was a kid.

[Tom Griswold]

Yeah. No, that. I had a. I bought a, like a thirty dollar bike and then I modified that and I put the banana seat on it.

[Chrissy Lee]

Oh, yeah.

[John Evans]

See, you remarked if you had a banana seat when my.

[Tom Griswold]

Yeah, same girl. Yeah, we didn't do the banana seat. Chick and I both wanted to get the one that. The stingray that had the stick shift on it.

[Bob Kevoian]

Stick shift. And the. The leopard seat.

[Chrissy Lee]

Yeah.

[Bob Kevoian]

Oh, yeah.

[Tom Griswold]

Very bad.

[John Evans]

We would have made fun of you.

[Bob Kevoian]

So bad. Oh, yeah, baby.

[Chrissy Lee]

Well, it's a different time.

[Bob Kevoian]

Yeah.

[Tom Griswold]

In any event, my bike. So it's like three different bikes thrown together.

[Bob Kevoian]

Of course it is. It's very hard to find.

[Chrissy Lee]

Yeah.

[Tom Griswold]

Why wouldn't you just buy one?

[Chrissy Lee]

Why? What's wrong with the one?

[Tom Griswold]

I did have it, and then I kind of started using it for different things and changed it.

[Bob Kevoian]

Like a cross trainer. Only a bike.

[Tom Griswold]

Yeah.

[Bob Kevoian]

Okay.

[Tom Griswold]

You know, it makes sense.

[John Evans]

Oh, yeah, I sure hated that answer.

[Tom Griswold]

I wouldn't have read the letter.

[John Evans]

Nobody liked that answer.

[Bob Kevoian]

All I know is we need a horn that can be attached to a bike that makes this sound. That's all we need. Yes, sir.

[John Evans]

In your neighborhood.

[Bob Kevoian]

In your neighborhood.

[Tom Griswold]

I found this news story.

[John Evans]

ICE agents running from between the houses.

[Bob Kevoian]

Hello, Mr. And Mrs.

[John Evans]

Walls jumping off the roof.

[Tom Griswold]

There are. 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.

[John Evans]

Mike and Alyssa are always trying to outdo each other. When Alyssa got a small water bottle.

[Tom Griswold]

Mike showed up with a 4 liter jug.

[John Evans]

When Mike started gardening, Alyssa started beekeeping.

[Tom Griswold]

Oh, come on. They called a truce for their holiday.

[John Evans]

And used Expedia trip planner to collaborate.

[Tom Griswold]

On all the details of their trip.

[John Evans]

Once there, Mike still did more laps around the pool.

[Tom Griswold]

Whatever. You were made to outdo your holidays.

[John Evans]

We were made to help organize the competition. Expedia made to travel.