B&T Extra: Stupid World Record, 113th Birthday & Pho Kups

Summary

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The BOB & TOM Show Extra: Stupid World Record, 113th Birthday & Pho Kups

Date: November 10, 2025
Podcast: The BOB & TOM Show Free Podcast
Hosts/Contributors: Tom Griswold, Bob Kevoian, (Christopher as announcer), Christy Lee (guest check-in), assorted regulars

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Episode Overview

This BOB & TOM Show Extra dives into a blend of classic show hallmarks: wry banter around odd news (including a new "stupid" world record), playful mockery, listener letters, generational humor, and a dash of caution about ever-trending viral challenges. The tone is irreverent and fast-paced, with topical detours, running jokes, and the occasional descent into gleeful absurdity.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. "Spit Take Theater" and Comedy Bit

• The episode opens with a darkly comic skit entitled “A Death in the Family,” centering on gallows humor over a mother’s passing and unexpected confessions over dinner.
• Notable Quote (as the punchline drops):
  “You never really cared for Mother? You’ve had two helpings!” (03:18)

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2. Stupid World Record: Oldest Living Man (113th Birthday)

• Segment Start: [04:20]
• The team highlights the Guinness World Record for the world’s oldest living man: Marino Nito, recently turning 113 in Brazil.
• The group riff on his photo and physical appearance, mixing genuine awe with darkly comic observations and jabs:
  • Bob: "That's no way to live. Boy, it looks like one of those scary Halloween masks with a melting face..." [05:01]
  • Tom: “If he had an orgasm, he would just dust away. It would be a puff of smoke and there'd be nothing. Right? That’s… Poof. That’s one old man.” [07:26]
  • Bob: “He’s wearing the same shirt I’ve got!” [06:18]
• Lighthearted speculation about Guinness’ internal process for ‘passing the crown’ as these records change.

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3. Pho Noodle Cups & the Viral "K Pop Noodle Challenge"

• Segment Start: [07:45]
• Listener shares a photo of a packaged noodle cup labeled "Pho Kup" (prompting puns around its pronunciation and packaging design).
  • Bob: “Do you suppose that’s deliberate?... Don’t they get that?” [13:53]
  • Tom: “No, I don’t think so.” [14:08]
• Side discussion reveals this product’s similarity to “Cup of Noodles”. Cue banter about imported foods and grocers.

Public Safety Discussion:

• [09:23] Tom Griswold: raises a recent TikTok trend — The “K Pop Noodle Challenge.”
  • Inspired by the animated film K Pop Demon Hunters on Netflix, kids are mimicking characters eating hot noodles from microwave cups—leading to an uptick in pediatric burn injuries.
  • Tom: “Doctors say the risk isn’t in the noodles. It’s in the flimsy microwavable cups they come in. When children slurp the hot broth on camera, the cups can tip over, spilling scalding liquid…” [10:04]
• Bob: “They say the instant noodles have been linked to a third of pediatric burns. Oh my gosh. So, yeah, it’s not a joke. It’s very serious.” [10:25]
• Layered with characteristic humor but a clear warning to parents.

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4. Christy Lee Checks in from the UK

• Segment Start: [11:09]
• Guest Christy Lee appears via Zoom, checking in from a British Landscapes tour group in London outside Buckingham Palace.
  • UK food commentary: “I think the UK are now in deficit on mushy peas and sticky toffee pudding because the group have been devouring it…” [11:50]
• Wry travel recommendations, and the group jokes about the tour guide possibly being related to the 113-year-old Brazilian—“For a second, I thought that was the guy from Brazil. It could have been his brother. A younger brother!” [12:30]

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5. Listener Letters, Calls, and Generational Jokes

• Segment Start: [14:15]

  • On retro technology:

    • Listener "Nate in Joplin" details restoring an old flip number clock—prompting musings on clocks as horror movie props.
      • Bob: “Sounds like: This is the hour you will die. Yes, manifest. This is the exact time. But I can't tell you the date. It's jammed…” [15:21]

  • Housekeeping chatter: Daylight Savings Time.

    • “When does daylight savings time? November 1st. First Sunday in November.” [15:43]

  • Food tip from a Green Bay fan in Toledo: “Orange slice in iced tea is absolutely amazing.” [15:58]

  • “Beach flannel” mix-up:

    • Listener’s son requests a "beach flannel" (meaning Hawaiian shirt)—the team pokes fun at generational language slips. [16:13]

  • Old-school party lines and "beep line":

    • Jess/Will in Iowa: Whether party lines were actually swinger hookup lines.
    • Bob: reminisces about “the beep line”—a primitive group-call system.
      • “You’d hear these long beeps and then between the beeps anybody who had called could start talking… obviously pre-Internet… a weird way one could hook up.” [17:51]

  • Phone number nostalgia:

    • Jokes about using names (like Klondike) for early phone exchanges, lamenting the end of that quirky era.
      • “I heard, I was watching an old movie in black and white and they went KL5…” [18:00]

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6. Wrap-Up and Tone

• The episode wraps in typical BOB & TOM fashion—stories half finished, humor overlapping, and the acknowledgment (with mock irritation) that carefully crafted bits have been derailed by live banter and technical interruptions.

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Memorable Quotes (with Timestamps)

• Bob (about the world’s oldest man):
  "That's no way to live. Boy, it looks like one of those scary Halloween masks with a melting face." [05:01]

• Tom (on what’d happen if Mr. Nito had an orgasm):
  “He would just dust away. It would be a puff of smoke and there'd be nothing. Poof. That's one old man.” [07:26]

• Bob (about Guinness prepping successors):
  “I'm sure that the Guinness people have the next four or five of them ready to go. Probably just pull the trigger. We're ready to go.” [08:24]

• Tom (public safety alert):
  “Doctors say the risk isn’t in the noodles. It’s in the flimsy microwavable cups they come in. When children slurp the hot broth on camera, the cups can tip over, spilling scalding liquid…” [10:04]

• Bob (retro phone lines):
  “It was obviously pre Internet and … I suppose a weird way one could hook up. 'Who are you? Where are you now?’” [17:51]

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Notable Moments with Timestamps

• Spit Take Theater bit: [01:20–03:18]
• World's oldest man jokes: [04:20–07:45]
• Pho Kup puns/packaging: [07:45–13:53]
• K Pop Noodle Challenge safety warning: [09:23–10:46]
• Christy Lee from UK with food & travel gags: [11:09–12:39]
• Old technology and party lines stories: [14:15–18:20]

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Closing Thoughts

This episode typifies BOB & TOM Show Extra: topical oddities, listener engagement, absurd comedy, and unscripted camaraderie. The quick pivots from news of centenarians and viral dangers to nostalgic recollections and dad-joke-level riffs ensure there’s something for every longtime fan or casual comedic listener.

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Transcript

[Tom Griswold]

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[Bob Kevoian]

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. A stupid world record, a 113th birthday, and a pho cup. You'll hear that coming up in just a minute. AI Agents are everywhere, automating tasks and making decisions at machine speed. But agents make mistakes. Just one rogue agent can do big damage before you even notice. Rubrik Agent Cloud is the only platform that helps you monitor agents, set guardrails and rewind mistakes so you can unleash agents, not risk. Accelerate your AI [e-mail] that's R U B R-I K.com hello, and welcome to Spit Take Theater. This week's Spit Taker Theater presentation, a death in the family. Hey, listen, thanks a lot for letting me stay here until we get Mom's memorial service put together. Oh, no, no. No problem. Really appreciate it. After all, you're my little brother. Well, thanks. Okay. And it's just all so sudden. Night. Last time I talked to her, she was. She was in great health. No, she was sick. Kind of sick. But she just wasn't one to. Yeah. Wasn't one to complain. Really. I had no idea. I enjoy you, you know, being here. Kind of lonely here without mom around. I bet. So. Yeah. Pretty quiet right here. Yeah, it's very, very quiet. And by the way, this is delicious. I didn't realize what a cook you are. That is Good, isn't it? Wow. This one of the best meals I've had in a long time. Meat is most unusual. More peas? No, none for me, thanks. Listen, while we're on the subject of Mother, I. Something I've kind of been needing to tell you. What's that? Well, I've got a confession to make. I, I, I never really cared for Mother. You never really. I never really cared for mother. I mean, I, I know I never talked about it, but. What do you mean? You've had two helpings. This has been spit. Take Theater. Join us next week for another edition of. Oh, my God. We know what you need. Here's another healthy dose of Bob and Tom. Extra. Now, I thought we'd kind of break the format for just a second before we get to letters. Is that right? Because I mentioned a few minutes ago that I. I wanted to show you guys a photograph that I thought you might recoil from. This is our world record for today. Okay? Oh, no, that's not the world record. That's. That's today in history. Wait a minute. This isn't. That's today in history. Hang on. Extra. Keep going. Okay. Hang on. Oh, no, that's not it. There we go. World record. I got it. I'm okay. Ok. Go ahead, dad. The world record. Oh, you want me to do it? I thought I indicated that if you. I'm totally. I thought you had it. I thought it was part of your surprise package. It is the surprise. The world's oldest man recently celebrated his 113th birthday. Yeah. Yao J. O a O. Yo. I think. I assume it's a J. Is it like in Juan? So it'd be wow. Wow. How old am I? Wow. Christopher Walken. Wow. Wow. Marino Nito. Wow. And Nido in the same. Yeah. His last name is N E T O. He's from Brazil. Turned 113 on October 5th. Ladies and gentlemen, we have a photograph of. That's one of the XY's. See, I told you you'd recoil. That's no way to live. Boy, it looks like one of those scary Halloween masks with a melting face. I mean, the one on the right, he looks exactly like Gollum. Yeah, he has one. One of Tom's shirts on, too. Yeah, he's wearing a nice, nice black golf shirt. He's got the same shirt on I've got. Oh, that is. Somebody put him down. Somebody. We need. He's not a happy human. We need a side by side of. But the Guinness people. The Guinness people checked his. The Guinness people checked his. What do you call it Birth certificate. Yeah, yeah, Birth certificate. They better check his pulse. Yeah. Mr. Nito was named. He was named the oldest man living in November last year, following the death of. Of course, you remember the United Kingdom's John Tennis Wood. Lucky son of a. He was age 112. I long for the relief that death will bring. Oh, man. Although the guy's got more hair than I do. Did he have a full head of hair?

[Tom Griswold]

He did.

[Bob Kevoian]

Let's see it again. Let's see it again. Put it up again. Once again. And he's in. He's in Brazil. Is that correct?

[Tom Griswold]

He put an emoji over his face.

[Bob Kevoian]

I don't know why I'm making fun of him. That's how I'm gonna look at 64. Yeah, he's got hair. Plenty of hair up there. Yeah. Look at me. It's. It's nice. Look how big. It's got a photo of his wife. He's holding up. You know, I've heard that your ears.

[Tom Griswold]

And your nose, it's their happy anniversary.

[Bob Kevoian]

She's alive. Never.

[Tom Griswold]

I don't think so.

[Bob Kevoian]

Never stop growing. No. If his wife was alive, he'd already be long dead.

[Tom Griswold]

That's really.

[Bob Kevoian]

That's right. Women. Women with them can't kill him. Am I right, Josh? Am I right? Am I right? I lived long enough to lick one of those Brazilian butt lifts. How was that, sir? You enjoyed it? Tasty? Added. Added a few years. Did it to your life? I'm sorry. It's time to get to the letters. If he had an orgasm, he would just dust away. It would be a puff of smoke and there'd be nothing. Right? Yeah. That's. Poof. That's one old man. Yes, that is one old dude. I would suspect he'll be losing that crown shortly. Yeah, King is down. I'm sure that the Guinness people have the next four or five of them ready to go. Probably just pull the trigger. We're ready to go. We've got big, big doings about. This is from Dean. I was listening to the discussion. You guys were talking about how to pronounce the noodle dish far. And I thought you guys would get a kick out of what I found at our local Safeway grocery store in Pendleton, Oregon. This is ph. Okay. And you know how we have cup of Noodles here? You know, you've seen. Everybody's seen a cup of Noodles. A couple noodles are great. Well, evidently, the Phoenix, they also have have a cup. And it was in the grocery store. How about that? And do we have a photograph of it. We do. I was. I was told we did. He's standing in the Safeway in Pendleton, Oregon, holding the cup up. How is it spelled? P H O K U P O fa Oh, a real cup. Yeah. Well, this was in the news last week. As in, why did I hire my son in law? He's a real. Yeah, exactly. There's this, actually. While you're digging for that photograph, which he apparently can't find, we had a really serious story regarding a social media trend that's causing severe burns in children. Oh, yeah, this is, this is no joke. It's. Yeah, it's a. It's one of those moronic TikTok things called the K Pop Noodle Challenge. And it's from the. Apparently the. The movie K Pop Demon Hunters is the most viewed film in the history of Netflix.

[Tom Griswold]

Yeah. Health experts are warning parents about a dangerous viral trend tied to a new animated film. According to Shriners Hospital for Children, the so called K Pop Noodle Challenge spread on social media after the release of the Netflix movie K Pop Demon Hunters. Is this like a. An animated band? Like they, they sing songs and stuff. Right. Are you guys familiar with it?

[Bob Kevoian]

Contextually, it seems like it. Yeah. I was being serenaded with the album yesterday. There's lots of singing.

[Tom Griswold]

Okay.

[Bob Kevoian]

And it's. It kind of reminded me of Hamilton. A lot of words. Oh, a lot of words per minute, the songs. And I was impressed that my 9 year old was able to just spout them.

[Tom Griswold]

The stunt encourages kids to eat instant noodles the way the film's characters do while filming themselves for social media. Doctors say the risk isn't in the noodles. It's in the flimsy microwavable cups they come in. When children slurp the hot broth on camera, the cups can tip over, spilling scalding liquid. That can cause serious burn injuries.

[Bob Kevoian]

Yeah, those microwaves get sneaky hot as far as food. They say. They say the instant noodles have been linked to a third of pediatric burns. Oh, my gosh. So, yeah, so it's. I mean, this is not a. It's not a joke. It's very serious. So if. Yeah, it's. They come that they come out very hot and they tip over. So now you don't treat your, your daughters, your little daughters like you do everybody else when they try to share a song with you. You don't, you don't tell your girls. Oh, that's. That's derivative. Allman brothers did that 40 years ago. The. That really is awful. The K Pop Stuff is far from the Allman Brothers. Okay, we do have the video now. No, we don't.

[Tom Griswold]

Something else.

[Bob Kevoian]

Oh, our special guest already. Okay, there we go. There we go. It's Christy Lee. Hi, Christy. Say hi.

[Tom Griswold]

Hello.

[Bob Kevoian]

We can see you. Go ahead, start talking. I said, this is our group. We are from Colette Travel's wonderful British Landscapes Tour. We've wrapped up right outside of Buckingham Palace. This is our tour guide, Shane. Shawn. Shawn. Love it. Love everything about it. So is Terry Bradshaw. Sean spells his name with an e, so I got it wrong every frigging day.

[Tom Griswold]

Yes.

[Bob Kevoian]

Don't worry, I'm used to it.

[Tom Griswold]

Yes.

[Bob Kevoian]

Bye now.

[Tom Griswold]

Yes.

[Bob Kevoian]

Good morning, everyone. Good morning. Well, good morning from here, anyway. Don't pad your. I don't know what time you're on. Yes, but he. Chick. He did want to tell you that we did have quite a bit of. What? Mushy peas. Oh, mushy peas. Mushy peas. And sticky toffee pudding. Yeah, yeah. I think the UK are now in deficit on mushy peas and sticky toffee pudding because the group have been devouring it. Really? Yeah. And fish and chips. Yeah, yeah. I think the. You. The UK fishing industry is now saved just from the amount of fish and chips that's been devoured. All right, so we're good? Yeah, all good. No, this is our last day. We've had a wonderful, wonderful trip, everybody. Did you have a great time?

[Tom Griswold]

Yes.

[Bob Kevoian]

All right. Bob and Tom, they're all yelling. Trust us. I love Bob and Tom also. They love Bob and Tom. Thank you very much. Never met you before. Well, that's why you still love us. But we wanted to call in and just say hello and thanks, everybody for making this possible. We had a great time and we highly recommend you come. Coming to the uk, right? Yeah. Come to the uk. Yeah. When you get to passport control, just ask for Sean and they'll contact me and I'll come and get you. Excellent. All right, thank you, Sean. For a second, I thought that was the guy from Brazil. I didn't know what was going on. It could have been his brother. Yeah, a bit of a delay there. A younger brother. Where were we? Oh, yeah, we were talking about the. The. The pho noodles. And did we ever find that. You mean the pho noodles? Oh, far. It's spelled pho, but it's pronounced pho. That's the. The pho cup. Yeah, yeah. She was pronouncing it as it's written. Right. That's all. It's a cup. But that Was a little too close. A cup of fa. Yeah, yeah.

[Tom Griswold]

Okay.

[Bob Kevoian]

In any event, be careful if you. There, there's the guy holding him up. And it's, and it's cup spelled as you mentioned, with a K. Nice. Wow. That is. Hello. Do you suppose that's deliberate? Do you think they get that?

[Tom Griswold]

No, I don't think so.

[Bob Kevoian]

No. Remember, they, they think didn't Donkey Kong. Was that supposed to be Monkey Kong? But they don't know how they misspelled monkey. Yes. Yeah, yeah. So we, we can move forward. Whoever scheduled that Zoom threw him off for the rest of the morning. And I, we are gonna have a meeting. I, I, I'm calling a meeting. Oh, yeah, hang on. We'll be right back after this. From a. The kids are in school. Dear Bob and Tom show Chick mentioned something about flip number clocks at the start of the show I did last week. I love the flip number clocks. I am the owner of a late 60s, early 70s General Electric Electric flip number clock I had found in the woods by my house when hiking one day. Oh, odd. That sounds like a horror movie. Sounds like. This is the hour you will die. Yes, manifest. This is the exact time. But I can't tell you the date. It's jammed. And then one day the date pops up. It's today. If it hits midnight, you have an hour to leave. I took it home, cleaned it up, clean the inside out. It works perfectly fine. It's still going today. And yesterday, for instance, it was a pain in the ass to change it at daylight savings time. That's Nate in Joplin, Missouri. Okay, the flood clocks are out. When does daylight savings time? November 1st. Sunday in November.

[Tom Griswold]

November 1st.

[Bob Kevoian]

Okay. All right. I've got a letter over here. Go, baby, go. First time emailer. Hello. Want to let you guys know the orange slice in iced tea is absolutely amazing.

[Tom Griswold]

That's weird for you to email your own show.

[Bob Kevoian]

Yeah, why would you do, you know? But this is from Cody. It would be. Where's Cody? Listening. He's listening in Toledo. And then he says, go, pack, go.

[Tom Griswold]

Oh, okay.

[Bob Kevoian]

So a Green Bay fan in Toledo, Ohio. Once again, I recommend an orange slice rather than the common lemon. So are we talking wedge or. Yes.

[Tom Griswold]

Okay.

[Bob Kevoian]

Well, yeah, I mean, like they do with Blue Moon. Yeah, either. Either way is, is very, very effective. I got a little Tom speak from Joshua. Joshua writes, I took my two kids to Myrtle beach for our family vacation. My older two sons live in North Carolina. They drove down to meet us. My 14 year old son wanted his brother to bring him A Hawaiian shirt. Okay. He couldn't remember the name, Hawaiian shirt, so instead he asked his brother to bring him a beach flannel. Very nice. I like that one, Joshua. That's. That's a good one. Joshua from Piqua, Ohio. Piqua. I think the Tri Cities. I think that's Miami County. Pick with Troy. Sydney. Well, pick with Troy Covington, actually. The Tri City area. Okay. Sydney's just down there. Then he says, search, organize, conquer. Okay. Well, thank you, Joshua. We appreciate the letter and the sentiment. What else you got over there? Dear Bob. Jess, do you have a letter?

[Tom Griswold]

I do. Friday morning, Ms. Hooker mentioned that she. She had stumbled upon her mom's party line and she would pick up the phone and hear people talking. Not to ruin your childhood or anything, Jess, but most likely you stumbled upon your mom's swinger hookup line.

[Bob Kevoian]

Oh, swinger.

[Tom Griswold]

That's from Will in Iowa.

[Bob Kevoian]

Hookup.

[Tom Griswold]

Is that a thing? Was there a swinger hookup line?

[Bob Kevoian]

Is that a. I would think I would say so. I mentioned there was some. Something we called the beep line.

[Tom Griswold]

Okay.

[Bob Kevoian]

And it was a number you would call and then you'd hear these long beeps. And then between the beeps, anybody who had called it could start talking.

[Tom Griswold]

Okay.

[Bob Kevoian]

It was obviously pre Internet and it was a. I suppose a weird way one could hook up. Who are you? Where are you now? Yeah. Do you remember what word you used in Cleveland for the first three digits in your phone number? Like Skyline. Skyline. Skyline. And then the numbers. Yeah, skyline. 762 1. It was 85 2. And in London, the first. But there wasn't UL2 is what we used. I wonder why they stopped doing that. I don't know. Because Klondike's a famous one. Klondike 974. Yeah, I heard. I was watching an old movie in black and white and they went KL5. Well, that's still 555. We know you're not pulling anybody. We know what you're doing. Oh, I like that, though, because the 555 always ruins movies. That's probably KL5. That's how Klondike got so famous, I guess. Probably K. See how I. I did that? What would you do for a Klondike bar? Anybody? Never mind. I just buy one, check out and just get a box. Yeah, I'm not gonna get nuts. In any event, I was. We kind of got interrupted halfway through that. That is a serious thing, by the way, about the. Those noodles. So just be careful. Moms and dads. He's so mad. More letters. It ruined two different stories that I spent an hour editing, so thanks. More letters coming up. I thought that was the surprise he presented us. Was it? It was supposed to be. Well, and then the week is. He couldn't. He couldn't. 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. As a raider scavenging a derelict world, you settle into an underground settlement. But now you must return to the surface, where ark machines roam. If you're brave enough, who knows what you might find. Arc Raiders, a multiplayer extraction adventure video game. Buy now for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X and S and PC. Rated T for teen.