B&T Extra: Nicknames, Letters, & Cats

Summary

Podcast Summary: B&T Extra – Nicknames, Letters, & Cats

The BOB & TOM Show Free Podcast
Date: November 11, 2025

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Overview

This "B&T Extra" episode offers the signature blend of comedy and banter among the BOB & TOM crew, featuring hosts Bob Kevoian and Tom Griswold, with Josh Arnold and guest Kelly Collette. The main themes are the power (and absurdity) of workplace nicknames, listener mail, and an extended riff on the quirks of cats and cat ownership. Spirited exchanges, playful teasing, and tangents about band nerds, freak shows, and Christmas tree disasters punctuate the conversation.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Nicknames in the Workplace (04:07 – 06:53)

• New team member Aaron is being branded "AA," much to Tom’s pride in what he calls a “catching on” nickname phenomenon.
  • Bob: “I’ve said hello to AA twice today.” (04:13)
  • Josh: “Tom says it’s catching on because Tom said it twice.” (04:30)
• Kelly Collette is dubbed "KC" on the spot, signaling how easily the crew creates and shifts nicknames.
• Tom’s philosophy: prefers nicknames rooted in incidents or personality, not just initials.
  • Tom: “But I’ve always been against nicknames that derive from your name. Like Griswold for Grizz.” (04:45)
  • Josh: “You want something that has to do more with personality. With an incident, perhaps.” (04:53)
• The segment includes jokes on past nicknames, like “Buck Turd,” and a dig at teacher-bestowed nicknames:
  • Ace (on his own nickname): “School teacher called you Ace. That’s cool.” (05:41)
  • Tom: “I was kind of smart, so I could answer all the questions.” (05:43)

2. Listener Letters: Family Nicknames, Humor, & Red Flags (06:03 – 07:34, 13:49 – 14:29)

• A letter from Aaron’s mother reveals his embarrassing home nickname, “Kitten,” referencing “Father Knows Best.”
  • Tom (reading): “Aaron’s nickname at home is Kitten. It’s my way of paying homage to ‘Father Knows Best.’” (06:11)
  • Laughter ensures as the group riffs on the irony: Aaron is a “husky gent”—very not kitten-like (06:45).
• Kelly suggests playful reasons for the nickname, getting absurd:
  • Kelly: “Maybe it’s because he’ll come up to you and let you pet his paws if you’re sweet enough to him.” (07:08)
  • Josh: “If you scratch his ass, he lifts it up.” (07:18)
• Audience engagement continues with a breakup story: a woman ends a relationship after her date confesses dislike for the show’s “bickering.”
  • Tom (reading): “…he exclaimed how much he did not like the Bob and Tom show because of all the bickering.” (14:01)
  • Kelly: “Is that bickering?” (14:14)
  • Tom: “That was the biggest red flag to me.” (14:18)

3. Cats, Stores, and Cat Owners (08:31 – 13:22)

• Several letters from listeners launch a deep dive into cat habits and cat owner woes:
  • Josh recounts his cats’ personalities, with Biscuit as the “organizer” and Gravy (his other cat) as a persistent schemer for table food.
    • Josh: “She doesn’t speak great English, as you know. Cats. There’s a lot of Rs and M's…” (09:09)
    • Josh (doing the cat voice): “She wanted part of my burger. And I said, ‘No, Gravy, this is for me.’ And she said, ‘Well, this is Beauce. This is just beauce.’” (09:37)
• Listeners want a cartoon based on Josh and his cats:
  • Tom (reading): "Why has no one come up with the idea to do a bunch of quick cartoons—Josh and his cat?” (09:42)
• News story: a missing “store cat” named Francine gets national coverage after accidently hitching a ride to another state and being returned by loyal employees.
  • Bob: “Francine is the name of the cat. A calico cat had disappeared…found at the company’s distribution center in Garysburg, North Carolina.” (11:27–11:52)
  • Cat fact:
    • Tom: “If it’s a calico, it is a girl. All calico cats are girls.” (11:38)
    • Kelly: “Yes, it is true.” (11:43)
• Cats and Christmas trees:
  • Tom: “I had to wire the Christmas tree to the floor and the ceiling because the cats would just run up the tree.” (13:01)
  • Josh: “Cats and Christmas trees don’t necessarily get along.” (12:42)

4. Band Nerds and Freak Shows (16:09 – 19:03)

• Responding to accusations of “making fun of” Rush fans, the team jokes about nerd pride and band stereotypes:
  • Josh: “I was calling them nerds. I wasn’t necessarily making fun of them.” (16:19)
  • Tom: “They know they’re nerds and they’re proud of ’em.” (16:23)
• The crew riffs on the idea of bands replacing deceased members with women, referencing Rush, Lincoln Park, and even inventing the idea of a bearded lady joining ZZ Top.
  • Kelly: “A lot of bands are doing that. They're replacing the dead members with women.” (17:05)
  • Bob: “Bearded lady in ZZ Top…that I want to see.” (17:29)
• Freak shows and the movie Freaks are discussed, with the hosts reflecting on what fascinated and disturbed them about sideshow culture.
  • Bob: “It was essentially, you’re walking through a disease ward.” (17:51)
  • Tom: “Lobster Boy, of course, Lobster Boy was the king of those shows.” (18:09)
  • Kelly: “Did you hear—see the documentary?” (18:13)
  • Tom: “There’s a guy in that [movie]—the guy doesn’t have any arms or legs and he gets a match out of a matchbox and lights a cigarette.” (18:47)

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• “Tom says it’s catching on because Tom said it twice.” – Josh Arnold on Tom’s self-promoted nickname (04:30)
• “Maybe it’s because he’ll come up to you and let you pet his paws if you’re sweet enough to him.” – Kelly Collette on why Aaron’s “Kitten” nickname might fit (07:08)
• “If you scratch his ass, he lifts it up.” – Josh, cat behavior riff (07:18)
• “Cats and Christmas trees don’t necessarily get along.” – Josh (12:42)
• “I had to wire the Christmas tree to the floor and the ceiling because the cats would just run up the tree.” – Tom (13:01)
• “They know they’re nerds and they’re proud of ’em.” – Tom about Rush fans (16:23)
• “I prefer the scorpion woman, the one with extra legs.” – Kelly Collette, on freak show attractions (17:43)

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• [04:07] Nicknames in the workplace—initiation of “AA” and “KC”
• [06:11] Listener letter: Aaron’s home nickname (“Kitten”)
• [07:34] Kelly moves to NYC, subway anxiety
• [08:31] Cat letters and owner dilemmas
• [09:37] Josh impersonates his cat asking for burger
• [11:27] Missing store cat Francine’s grand adventure
• [12:42] Cats vs. Christmas trees
• [13:49] Listener breaks up over Bob & Tom “bickering”
• [16:09] Listener feedback: Rush fans, nerds, and band replacements
• [17:43] Sideshow culture and experiences at freak shows

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Tone & Takeaways

The episode exemplifies the Bob & Tom Show’s style: quick-witted, irreverent, and full of in-jokes riffed off everyday topics. Listeners are reminded of the cartoonish world of work nicknames, the universal experiences of pet ownership, and the enduring pleasures of poking fun at one another—gently, and with a wink.

Closing Thought:
The light-hearted banter demonstrates why the show has enduring appeal—whether it’s inventing a new workplace nickname, swapping weird cat stories, or roasting each other’s musical tastes, every subject becomes a playful, communal opportunity for laughter.

Transcript

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[Bob Kevoian]

Welcome back.

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[Kelly Collette]

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[Kelly Collette]

Smells like chicken.

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[Kelly Collette]

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[Bob Kevoian]

For those of you who always need something extra, well, here you go. This is Bob and Tom. Extra. Good morning.

[Tom Griswold]

Yeah.

[Bob Kevoian]

Hello, babies.

[Tom Griswold]

Yeah, tell them, babies.

[Bob Kevoian]

The nickname thing for the new guys. Catching on.

[Josh Arnold]

By catching on, I want you to know what Tom means.

[Tom Griswold]

Oh, I can't imagine.

[Bob Kevoian]

I've said hello to a A twice today.

[Josh Arnold]

Right.

[Bob Kevoian]

That's the new guy. We should explain to Kelly, who's sitting in today. The. The fellow that was over there that I was talking to behind the glass. Yeah. AA Is our new. His name's Aaron. So I'm trying to get the name a. A To stick.

[Kelly Collette]

A Ron.

[Tom Griswold]

Yeah.

[Kelly Collette]

Okay.

[Bob Kevoian]

Just a.

[Josh Arnold]

A Tom says it's catching on. Because Tom said it twice.

[Tom Griswold]

Yeah. Oh, yeah, I know.

[Bob Kevoian]

I noticed you walked in here and you said hello to Kelly Collette. You said, hey, Casey.

[Kelly Collette]

Yeah, love it.

[Bob Kevoian]

Is that your nickname?

[Kelly Collette]

It is now. See, it's catching on.

[Bob Kevoian]

It's catching on.

[Tom Griswold]

But I've always been against nicknames that derive from your name. Like Griswold for Grizz.

[Josh Arnold]

You want something that has to do more with personality. With. With an incident, perhaps.

[Tom Griswold]

Like we could call Aaron Nails or something. No, because he's tough.

[Bob Kevoian]

So you're saying you say we should call Godwin A.A. well, that would be mean. Or Rehab or. Or the Rehab.

[Josh Arnold]

Maybe it's a little funnier than AA.

[Tom Griswold]

Or the Anonymous part I guess is over. Right.

[Josh Arnold]

This also happened in the green room. Tom goes, aa Is starting to like AA And AA goes.

[Bob Kevoian]

No, that. He said, no. It's better than Chick's nickname, which was Buck Turd.

[Tom Griswold]

No, that was the last name I used.

[Bob Kevoian]

That's a good one.

[Tom Griswold]

That fell out of my head yesterday. George Buck Turd, I believe.

[Bob Kevoian]

You know, Ace, Your nickname has always been Ace. I've never known you as anything but Ace. Who named you Ace?

[Josh Arnold]

School teacher.

[Bob Kevoian]

School teacher called you Ace. That's cool.

[Tom Griswold]

I was kind of smart, so I.

[Bob Kevoian]

Could answer all the questions.

[Josh Arnold]

You're an ace. Well, that's better than my theory.

[Tom Griswold]

Oh, God. Once upon a time. That's. Well, we have a bulletin. Good morning, gang. From the letter department.

[Bob Kevoian]

All right.

[Tom Griswold]

I'm new guy. Aaron's mom.

[Bob Kevoian]

Yep.

[Josh Arnold]

Mama.

[Tom Griswold]

Mama. Aa. Mrs. Aa I will have you know Aaron's nickname at home is Kitten. It's my way of paying homage to Father Knows Best. Oh, there you go. That's just for Tom, I'm guessing. Love the show. Glad he's working with the best. Well, thank you, Tina. That's very nice of you. And I think. Is that really your mom?

[Josh Arnold]

We've called. His window's been sealed off.

[Tom Griswold]

Oh, okay.

[Josh Arnold]

Allow him to see.

[Tom Griswold]

No sunlight yet.

[Kelly Collette]

I think Kitten should still dick. That's a cute nickname.

[Josh Arnold]

Yeah.

[Bob Kevoian]

By the way, a kitten is a husky gent.

[Kelly Collette]

Oh.

[Bob Kevoian]

Well, I mean.

[Kelly Collette]

Oh, I thought.

[Bob Kevoian]

Is that fair?

[Kelly Collette]

I thought you meant dog, and I.

[Bob Kevoian]

Was like, no, no, no. That's really. He's a big guy.

[Josh Arnold]

Yeah.

[Bob Kevoian]

What's your point, Kitten? Kittens are little and small and cute.

[Tom Griswold]

Well, that's what. That's what? That's a nick. That is a nickname. Curly. For a bald guy. Curly.

[Kelly Collette]

So maybe it's because he'll come up to you and let you pet his paws if you're sweet enough to him.

[Bob Kevoian]

Okay.

[Josh Arnold]

If you scratch his ass, he kind of lifts it up.

[Bob Kevoian]

Oh, really?

[Kelly Collette]

He walks along the keyboard when you're trying to work.

[Tom Griswold]

And when he walks away from you, see his butt, you know?

[Bob Kevoian]

Okay, you're talking about aa. Good. And sitting at the news desk is once again, Ms. Kelly Collette, who I understand, Big adventure. You're about to move to New York City.

[Kelly Collette]

Damn. Splitting some time there. I'm very excited.

[Josh Arnold]

That is exciting.

[Kelly Collette]

Yeah. We were talking about how I'm kind of afraid of the subway. I'm a little afraid of getting stuck on it.

[Bob Kevoian]

You'll be fine. You'll be fine.

[Kelly Collette]

Yeah.

[Tom Griswold]

Or you should be afraid of the subway. What?

[Bob Kevoian]

What are you doing?

[Josh Arnold]

Absolutely. You'll actually pick up quicker than me.

[Bob Kevoian]

I spent years in New York City and never had any in the 30s.

[Tom Griswold]

When there were half as many people.

[Bob Kevoian]

I was just in New York last year, and I took the subway several times.

[Tom Griswold]

Well, but you're probably one of those weird guys.

[Kelly Collette]

You're a tall guy, though.

[Tom Griswold]

You're.

[Kelly Collette]

You know. I wouldn't mess with you.

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[Bob Kevoian]

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[Kelly Collette]

Yeah.

[Bob Kevoian]

That guy.

[Tom Griswold]

Oh, he's a. I'm robbing him blind.

[Josh Arnold]

Yeah. Boy, oh, boy.

[Tom Griswold]

Oh, yeah. I'm beating him till I hit subway floor.

[Bob Kevoian]

Okay, well, we'll Try to.

[Tom Griswold]

I'm sorry.

[Bob Kevoian]

Talk you into having more fun. It's time now to check in with letters. Do you have any letters over there?

[Tom Griswold]

I do. Dear Bob and Top show, there was a new cat in my area.

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Oh, that's always fun.

[Tom Griswold]

Kitty cat. And I. I did not give him a can of tuna.

[Josh Arnold]

Okay.

[Tom Griswold]

I did not. He has now brought all his friends to my back door and they are picketing outside my house with this is Beauce signs.

[Josh Arnold]

Oh, sure, yeah, yeah. Cats know beast when they see it.

[Tom Griswold]

Now, Josh, if you know is your. That comment.

[Bob Kevoian]

Is your kitty an organizer?

[Josh Arnold]

No, she's. She is a schemer, but on her own. Although we think Biscuit might. The other cat might be the organizer.

[Tom Griswold]

Yeah, that's his sister.

[Bob Kevoian]

Brother.

[Josh Arnold]

Her sister? Yeah, yeah. Their sisters, Biscuit and Gravy are my.

[Bob Kevoian]

Do you have both of them at your place?

[Josh Arnold]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. And Gravy is often accusing me. She doesn't speak great English, as you know. Cats.

[Kelly Collette]

Yeah, yeah.

[Josh Arnold]

There's a lot of Rs and M's and. And when she picks things up. Yeah, yeah. So she's always asking for things. Like the other day, she wanted part of my burger. And I said, no, Gravy, this is for me. And she said, well, this is Beauce. This is just beauce.

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[Josh Arnold]

So now it's. It's catching on.

[Tom Griswold]

And. Dear Bob and Tom show. This is from Crystal in Mason City, Iowa. I love listening to Josh imitate his cat. Why has no one come up with the idea to do a bunch of quick cartoons? Josh and his cat. Oh, all right.

[Bob Kevoian]

Great idea. Happy to do that. We got a cat news story for you.

[Tom Griswold]

Chat.

[Bob Kevoian]

GBT headline, associated Press missing Virginia store cat found after hitching ride to another state.

[Josh Arnold]

Whoa.

[Kelly Collette]

Bodega cat I love.

[Josh Arnold]

Don't you love bodega cats and store cats?

[Bob Kevoian]

Yeah, but this cat. This cat.

[Tom Griswold]

What about a dog?

[Josh Arnold]

I love store dogs, too.

[Bob Kevoian]

Store dog.

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[Bob Kevoian]

Oh, yeah, I love stor. Yeah, I'm. In fact, next week, by the way, we're going to have a dog here.

[Josh Arnold]

Oh, why is that?

[Bob Kevoian]

It is a technical issue that I can't discuss. But one of my dogs has to be here all next week. Oh, okay.

[Tom Griswold]

All right.

[Josh Arnold]

Breaking your own rule of no dogs.

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[Tom Griswold]

Yeah. How did that happen? We can't bring dogs in. Who's at the bottom?

[Josh Arnold]

What he meant to say was only certain breeds of dogs.

[Bob Kevoian]

Well, that's of course true.

[Tom Griswold]

That is true.

[Josh Arnold]

He thinks Boston terriers are ugly. So you Won't have. That's you.

[Bob Kevoian]

Yeah, no, I like Boston terrier.

[Tom Griswold]

Bug eyed freaks.

[Bob Kevoian]

So here's the story. A store cat went missing from a Lowe's or the giant hardware store in Virginia.

[Josh Arnold]

A cat would love a Lowe's.

[Bob Kevoian]

Yeah, no kidding.

[Tom Griswold]

Is it a nationwide in the chain of Lowe's that every store has to have birds in the ceiling? Is that.

[Josh Arnold]

I think it just happens.

[Bob Kevoian]

Well, I think that's why you want the cat. Yeah, I know you think that that cat is climbing up stacks of lumber going, okay, Mr. Bird, I was there.

[Tom Griswold]

The other day and I hear a.

[Josh Arnold]

Bear, a big bird.

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I love that.

[Josh Arnold]

Don't you store birds?

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I love store.

[Bob Kevoian]

Francine is the name of the cat. A calico cat had disappeared from the store in Richmond, Virginia. Apparently had hopped on a truck while they were bringing in items for the upcoming Christmas sale.

[Tom Griswold]

If it's a calico, it is a girl. All calico cats are girls.

[Bob Kevoian]

Is that true?

[Kelly Collette]

Yes, it is true.

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[Kelly Collette]

I thought I heard that too.

[Bob Kevoian]

Now we're going to get letters. Stop making stuff up.

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[Bob Kevoian]

What? Ms. Francine, the cat was discovered at the company's distribution center in Garysburg, North Carolina. Oh, well traveled Kitty. Two Lowe's employees made the 90 minute drive to retrieve the beloved feline and bring her back home to the Lowe's hardware store.

[Josh Arnold]

That's a fun ride, huh?

[Bob Kevoian]

That's a sweet story, little kitty having. Having some fun.

[Tom Griswold]

Garysburg, North Carolina, huh? Isn't that the New York of the eastern seaboard?

[Bob Kevoian]

I bet it's beautiful there.

[Kelly Collette]

Maybe it was trying to leave like.

[Josh Arnold]

Do you think, you ever think that.

[Kelly Collette]

They'Re just like, all I see is the store?

[Bob Kevoian]

Oh, that would be heaven for a cat. As Chick said, you've got birds everywhere.

[Josh Arnold]

I know, but cats do they? They love being where they're where they're not to be. Yes, yes.

[Bob Kevoian]

And I. Cats and Christmas trees don't necessarily get along.

[Josh Arnold]

Yeah, I got lucky. Yeah. I had a couple ornaments knocked over and then she got it out of her system.

[Kelly Collette]

You had to re home the Christmas trees. Get them out.

[Tom Griswold]

There was a point in my life where I had to. This high strength wire, you had to nail it to the Christmas tree to the floor and end to the ceiling because the cats would just run up the tree.

[Josh Arnold]

Oh yeah, yeah.

[Tom Griswold]

And there you couldn't correct the cats because they had a better life than possibly the guy that was living in the house. Oh yeah. Oh yeah.

[Josh Arnold]

One doesn't correct.

[Bob Kevoian]

No, don't correct in your parlance. Was there A calico person involved.

[Tom Griswold]

It might have been a female.

[Bob Kevoian]

Okay, okay, very good, very good. But. Well, that's a sweet little kitty story this morning. Now, can I tell Mike?

[Tom Griswold]

Can I tell my no kitten story? I love that snow.

[Josh Arnold]

It's not quite the season yet.

[Bob Kevoian]

No. Especially in front of company. Okay, okay, go ahead.

[Tom Griswold]

Dear Bob and Top Show. I dated a guy briefly a few months ago. He was showing so many red flags that I went ahead and I kept ignoring him.

[Josh Arnold]

Oh, boy.

[Tom Griswold]

One morning we were driving into town and I turned the Bob and Tom show on and he exclaimed how much he did not like the Bob and Tom show because of all the bickering and heckling that goes on between us.

[Josh Arnold]

I get it.

[Tom Griswold]

Oh, I get it.

[Kelly Collette]

I don't. Is that bickering?

[Tom Griswold]

Well, we're gonna have to bicker. The story, needless to say, that was the biggest red flag to me. So I broke up with him immediately. Yeah, that is Tony with an eye from Cincinnati.

[Kelly Collette]

All right, Tony.

[Bob Kevoian]

Oh, so we're helping people. Dear Bob and Tom Show.

[Tom Griswold]

Go, baby.

[Bob Kevoian]

Autonom from our 12 year old.

[Josh Arnold]

Oh, good.

[Tom Griswold]

Is this a letter by the 12 year old?

[Bob Kevoian]

No, this is from Alex. Okay, dad. While asking for coleslaw, she referred to it as ranchy salad. Yes, yes, Perfectly valid.

[Tom Griswold]

But isn't there coleslaw dressing that's specifically for coleslaw?

[Kelly Collette]

Isn't it just mayonnaise?

[Tom Griswold]

I guess you could just dump a bunch of ranch in there, but I think Marzetti's, I believe, makes a coleslaw. Oh, nice solid dressing. It says coleslaw.

[Bob Kevoian]

And the secret to coleslaw is not too much of the liquid.

[Tom Griswold]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. You don't want to.

[Bob Kevoian]

Yeah, you don't want. No, you don't want it too runny?

[Tom Griswold]

Too wet. Yeah, I like it wet.

[Josh Arnold]

Yes.

[Bob Kevoian]

One of the. One of the things we don't like wet.

[Tom Griswold]

You put coleslaw on a sandwich.

[Josh Arnold]

Oh, dude. On like a barbecue brisket sandwich kind of thing.

[Tom Griswold]

Like a Reuben.

[Bob Kevoian]

It comes in a Reuben, doesn't it?

[Josh Arnold]

No, that's Thousand Island Gross. Says the incorrect.

[Kelly Collette]

I have never eaten coleslaw in my entire life. I avoid it. Look at it.

[Tom Griswold]

Oh, it's good, though.

[Bob Kevoian]

If it will make you feel any better, I do. Was at least 50 before I realized it wasn't cold slaw.

[Kelly Collette]

I'd probably eat cold slo before.

[Tom Griswold]

That sounds like something I would make. Yeah. What does Cole even think?

[Bob Kevoian]

C. I. I don't know what the.

[Rubrik Agent Cloud Announcer]

Oh.

[Kelly Collette]

Dynamite.

[Josh Arnold]

It was originally coleslaw roasting over an open Fire.

[Tom Griswold]

That's right. Merry Christmas, everybody.

[Bob Kevoian]

It's messy.

[Tom Griswold]

And now it's time for my cat story.

[Bob Kevoian]

One more Dear Bob Time show. Put a fire out from Grand Island, Nebraska. Dear Bob and Tom show.

[Josh Arnold]

I didn't know there was an island in Nebraska.

[Bob Kevoian]

I heard Josh and Tom. I wasn't making fun of. I heard Josh and Tom making fun of Rush fans, calling them nerds.

[Tom Griswold]

No, that was me.

[Josh Arnold]

And by the way, I was calling them nerds. I wasn't necessarily making fun of them.

[Tom Griswold]

And I might point out that they know they're nerds and they're proud of them.

[Josh Arnold]

That's kind of what I was saying, too.

[Tom Griswold]

And I would imagine all their apps work, and they know how much they're spending every month because they're nerds.

[Rubrik Agent Cloud Announcer]

I don't.

[Bob Kevoian]

Well, Vern from Grand island writes, I've seen them live twice. I've never played Dungeons and Dragons or watched Game of Thrones. Peace.

[Tom Griswold]

Okay, right in back. Say, winter's coming.

[Bob Kevoian]

What we're talking about is the band. Rush is there. The two surviving members have chosen a wonderful. What's her name? Nikita or something? Some German. German. Okay. I was close.

[Tom Griswold]

Nikita Hoff.

[Bob Kevoian]

Her name is Khrushchev. Hofbrauch.

[Kelly Collette]

A lot of bands are doing that. They're replacing the dead members with women.

[Josh Arnold]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Kelly Collette]

Lincoln park did that. Yeah. Maybe that's just one other band.

[Rubrik Agent Cloud Announcer]

Sorry.

[Kelly Collette]

It's a trend. Everybody's doing it. One other person.

[Bob Kevoian]

It's the same thing when the Allman Brothers replaced Dwayne with a keyboard player.

[Tom Griswold]

Right?

[Kelly Collette]

ZZ Top. Just as one bearded lady.

[Bob Kevoian]

Oh, that would be. Now we're talking.

[Kelly Collette]

Yes, I'd watch that.

[Bob Kevoian]

The new band, bass player, a bearded lady that. I want to see that video.

[Tom Griswold]

Were you strangely attracted to the bearded lady, Josh?

[Josh Arnold]

No, it was never my thing.

[Tom Griswold]

Yeah, me either. Anybody like the bearded lady?

[Kelly Collette]

I prefer the scorpion woman, the one with extra legs.

[Bob Kevoian]

The only one time I went to one of those freak shows, it was at the fair.

[Tom Griswold]

Oh, you.

[Bob Kevoian]

Those freak you out.

[Tom Griswold]

I know they do.

[Bob Kevoian]

And it was essentially, you're walking through a disease ward. You know, what is it?

[Josh Arnold]

The.

[Tom Griswold]

The Alligator Woman.

[Bob Kevoian]

Alligator Woman has horrible psoriasis. It's just so.

[Josh Arnold]

So you saw. With actual people.

[Bob Kevoian]

Oh, it was awful.

[Kelly Collette]

They're just trying to spin what ailment they have.

[Tom Griswold]

Lobster Boy, of course. Lobster Boy was the king of those shows.

[Kelly Collette]

Did you hear. See the documentary? Yeah.

[Bob Kevoian]

Yeah. With unusual hands. Yeah, I. That stuff kind of freaks me out.

[Josh Arnold]

The only freak show I went to was just stuff in jars it was at like a state fair and like. Oh, let's go into the freak show.

[Tom Griswold]

Like the baby with three heads.

[Josh Arnold]

Yeah, it was like a doll and like an alligator tail sk. Sewn together.

[Bob Kevoian]

Yeah, yeah. Not good.

[Tom Griswold]

It was good effect.

[Bob Kevoian]

Have you seen the movie Freaks?

[Josh Arnold]

Yeah, of course. Yeah.

[Bob Kevoian]

Have you ever seen that, Ms. Kelly?

[Kelly Collette]

I have not. Is it a horror movie?

[Josh Arnold]

It is. It's a.

[Bob Kevoian]

It's.

[Tom Griswold]

There's a guy in that.

[Kelly Collette]

I've seen Freaky Friday that was scary. This is a sequel too.

[Bob Kevoian]

It's vastly different.

[Tom Griswold]

Yes. The guy doesn't have any arms or legs and he gets a match out of a matchbox and lights a cigarette.

[Josh Arnold]

And he's squirming around with a dagger in his mouth.

[Tom Griswold]

Amazing. Oh, yeah, it's.

[Kelly Collette]

I'm going to have nightmares.

[Bob Kevoian]

It has. It has real.

[Josh Arnold]

Back then, what they would have called freaks.

[Bob Kevoian]

Yeah, but people who have various freaks, anomalies, maladies.

[Josh Arnold]

Right, but it's worried about the 1929 freaks.

[Bob Kevoian]

I don't not come in here.

[Christopher (Producer/Announcer)]

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.

[Bob Kevoian]

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[Tom Griswold]

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[Christopher (Producer/Announcer)]

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[Tom Griswold]

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[Christopher (Producer/Announcer)]

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[Josh Arnold]

Uh, Limu is that guy with the binoculars watching us?

[Tom Griswold]

Cut the camera.

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[Bob Kevoian]

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