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Episode: B&T Extra: Wizard of Oz at The Sphere, Letters

Date: October 7, 2025
Host(s): The BOB & TOM Show Crew
Produced by: Cumulus Podcast Network

Overview

This extra segment of The BOB & TOM Show blends accessible comedy and conversational banter as the cast discusses the exciting "Wizard of Oz" screening at Las Vegas’ Sphere, reads humorous listener letters, and dives into personal anecdotes—with plenty of running jokes and playful ribbing. The tone remains loose and irreverent throughout, providing fans with both pop culture discussion and classic BOB & TOM rapport.

Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Wizard of Oz at The Vegas Sphere (05:42–15:24)

Christy’s Vegas Dilemma:
Christy shares she’s debating whether to attend the remastered “Wizard of Oz” experience at Las Vegas’ Sphere, citing cost and changes to the movie. The crew encourages her to seize the opportunity, emphasizing "life is short—you gotta go." (08:51)
Sphere Venue:
- Tom remarks on the Sphere’s impressive visuals: "I went there to see the Eagles. It was really great.” (06:38)
- Ace drops the info: the Sphere’s version is 27 minutes shorter than the original, sparking surprise.
  
  "Apparently they cut one of my favorite songs, the Cowardly Lion’s ‘If I Were the King of the Forest.’" – Tom (07:45)
Ticket Pricing Debate:
The team's sticker shock is evident:
- "They're proud of it. 250 per. That's 300 if you want the VIP thing." – Christy (09:20)
- VIP package ($450) includes a stay at the Venetian, but Christy is a "fly in, fly out, same day" person.
- General Admission: $104 (Washington Post cited).
Visual Effects and Adaptation:
Tom describes the show as "baffling...incredible looking," with rumors of drones and foam apples dropped on heads (08:20).
Movie Nostalgia:
- The group reminisces about watching "Wizard of Oz" on TV with commercials.
- Discussion of the rarely-seen deleted “Jitterbug” song.

2. Reading Listener Letters (15:30–27:58)

Tom-isms and Chick-isms:
Listeners relate quirky moments inspired by the show’s hosts:
- Kevin from Kentucky recounts his wife drunkenly saying, “Can we please turn down the volume of the lights?” – the cast explodes with laughter (16:33).
- Another listener shares his wife’s funny name for ultralight aircraft: “airplane go karts.” (20:50)
Playful Banter on Aggressive Moves:
Tom jokes about relationships and bedroom antics:

"No response. I got to the bedroom, she had passed out and was snoring. Well, I think happy birthday. That's an implied yes, right?" – Tom (18:21)
- The cast jokingly debates gender roles and assertiveness in relationships, letting the humor go a little risqué but remaining tongue-in-cheek.
Marijuana Slang (“Bogarting”): A listener (Jesse) clarifies:

“Bogarting is still a thing… in the world of marijuana smoking, apparently.” (21:30)
Retro Toy Memories:
Listener Harvey Hart references a model Chris Craft express cruiser—prompting the crew to reminisce about assembling model boats and toy lines, adding a nostalgic vibe (22:10).

3. The Great Cowboy Hat Saga (23:30–30:07)

Tom’s Sun Protection Solution: Tom shares he needs to “cover [his] ears” due to dermatological concerns and unveils his new cowboy hat, purchased from a specialty store.

“You know what this is made of? Gold beaver. Beaver.” – Tom (24:20)
Hat Banter:
- The crew cracks jokes about the hat’s case ("like a lampshade!"), its cost, and how it might fit in an airplane overhead bin.
- Tom mentions the case has "locks like luggage," and the TSA agent quipped, "You got an animal in there?" (24:45)
Beaver Material Innuendo:
Classic BOB & TOM bawdiness erupts:

“Now you've had your head in a beaver.” – Cast member
“Oh, yeah, that's right. I enjoy it very well.” – Tom (24:58)
Fashion advice:
The team suggests Tom should go full “Clint Eastwood” with a poncho and spurs, perhaps even ride a horse to work (28:05).
Closing Jokes:
End with Christy joking, “Ladies are gonna like it,” and Tom retorting he might need a pickup truck instead—classic riffing until the segment ends.

Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

“Apparently they cut one of my favorite songs, the Cowardly Lion’s ‘If I Were the King of the Forest’… that is a great song.”
– Tom (07:45)

“Can we please turn down the volume of the lights?”
– Kevin from Kentucky’s wife via letter (16:33)

“No response. I got to the bedroom, she had passed out and was snoring. Well, I think happy birthday. That's an implied yes, right?”
– Tom (18:21)

“You know what this is made of? Gold beaver. Beaver.”
– Tom (24:20)

“Now you've had your head in a beaver.”
– Cast (24:58)

Important Timestamps

00:00–03:10: Ads, sponsor messages, and humorous song about wiper blades.
05:42–15:24: Wizard of Oz at the Vegas Sphere—cost, changes, Spectacle, and nostalgia.
15:30–21:30: Listener letters: drunken “Tom-isms,” aggressive moves, airplane go karts.
21:30–23:30: More letters: “bogarting,” model boats, and retro memorabilia.
23:30–30:07: Tom’s cowboy hat reveal and running jokes about hats, beavers, ponchos, and horses.

Podcast Tone & Style

Casual, playful, slightly irreverent—a blend of camaraderie, good-natured teasing, and a touch of cheeky adult humor. The cast speaks candidly, drops spontaneous jokes, and cycles rapidly between pop culture and personal anecdotes.

Conclusion

This episode of BOB & TOM Extra is quintessential to the show’s enduring appeal: offbeat pop culture discussions (like the Vegas Sphere’s cinematic wizardry), relatable banter, and goofy listener stories, all wrapped in the group’s signature, self-aware humor. Listeners walk away entertained—and, perhaps, with a sudden urge to buy a cowboy hat or revisit “The Wizard of Oz.”

Transcript

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I can make out headlights, daylights frosted shapes but down by the dash is the clearing where both blades do scrape I can see fine if I lay on the passenger seat My wiper, wiper wiper plane My wiper, wiper wiper blades My wiper, wiper wiper blades I wish that I'd replace my wiper blade New verse, Summer's hair with depressed bugs and flies all committing windshield suicide in smears of green and yellow gizzard goo Only Brillo wiper blades would do My wiper, wiper wiper blade My wiper, wiper wiper blade My wiper, wiper wiper blades I wish that I'd replace my wiper blades One more time My wiper, wiper wiper blade My wiper, wiper wiper One time on delay Here we go. My wiper, wiper wiper blade I wish that I'd replace my wiper blade the Bob and Tom show is still trying to wake up. In the meantime, more Bob and Tom extra. We have a lot to get to today. Want to clarify something? Christie's probably going to be going to Vegas to see the wizard of Oz. Yeah, I think so. I was on the fence last night, but if you guys think I should go, I should go. If you haven't heard about this, they're showing it at the Sphere, right? Which is this huge globe. I. I went there to see the eagles. It was really great. But interestingly enough, and Ace was mentioning this off the air. The wizard of Oz version they're showing is 27 minutes shorter. Oh. In the original. And. Well, there. It could. There's some fat. Some fat on the. Apparently they cut one of my favorite songs, the Cowardly lion. If I Were the King of the Forest. What song in the whole movie they cut that? That's what it says. Wow. So much for you going to see says reviewers note, many sequences have been shortened or reimagined, if not outright removed. Oh, well, maybe I won't go. I saw some video. Have you guys seen some of the video of it? It's baffling. It's incredible looking. And it did look reimagined because they had to reimagine it for the setting. Of course. I guess there are drones flying around. Are there winged monkeys above the crowd? It looked really impressive. They drop. I got it right. Foam rubber apples on your head. Yeah, I think it'll be great. I. I didn't realize they'd cut that much of it out. Yeah. Geez. Half an hour. But I mean to cut that one song. Yeah. That is a great song. Are you sing that for us? Working great. Wait a minute. Don't you. You do a song as the Cowardly Lion? Which one do you. I think we do something like about the hippos. Oh, that's right. Oh, maybe we can dig that up. Just, just in honor of the wizard of Oz in Vegas. A tribute to the hippos. I think it would still be worth going to. Yeah, but so you have an opportunity to go. Is that correct? When? The 18th of this month. What do they want for it? They're proud of it. 250 per. Yeah, that's. That's 300 if you want the VIP thing. Oh, that's what you want. How much are the Imax tickets? Like 20, 20 bucks now maybe, or. Yeah, I knew they were more. Maybe more General Admissions, 104 bucks. According to. This is from the Washington Post. Yeah, they do get. Apparently more expensive. It's Vegas. Yeah. The VIP package goes for 450 bucks a person. Oh, wow. But you know how you look at Vegas, it's just a big atm. You're going out there to pick up money. I mean, it's just waiting for you. I'm a fly in, fly out, same day. I'm not going to miss one day. Now, Christy, the VIP package that they have here, you get a one night stay at the Venetian. Well, we're not staying. We're flying in. You got to stay because as Chick says, you got to turn 100 bucks into 10,000. That's right. What's wrong with you? Easily done. You're leaving money on the table. On the table. Not staying overnight. You're going in and. Yeah, in and out. Wow. It look, I'm just looking at some of the visuals. It looks wonderful. So. Yeah, it'll be fun. It's one of my favorite movies. Yeah, it was on last night actually, on amc. Quite a different experience. It's quite a different experience, especially with commercials. People watching it on their phone. But that's how we grew up. We watched it with commercials. Remember it. Was there a version of it that they include that. That they made a big deal out of? The song that wasn't. It's called the Jitterbug or something. Yeah, I've never seen that included in the full movie. Right. Yeah. But in any event, it should be fun. And Christy, so you're going. Well, I haven't pulled the trigger, but I'm thinking, hold that trigger. That's an experience. Life is short. You gotta go. Yeah. And you know how, Tom, when We take time off. Take a month. It'll be fun. I'm taking a lot of time off in September. Hey, you know what? Hey, hey, hey. We'll see in 26. Go ahead. Hey, come on. No problem. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Oh, you read the memo that I wrote to you. What? We were supposed to both take the rest of the year off. I don't know what. There goes the whole show. Now we have letters to get to. This one involves a problem created by Chick Magee. Oh, I have one created by Tom Griswold. I'll go first. It was my wife's birthday, writes Kevin from Winchester, Kentucky. Happy birthday, lady. We had a long day of drinking to celebrate. My wife came into the family room feeling real good. Oh, yeah. She had a Tom ism. Yeah. Can we please turn down the volume of the lights? Oh, I thought she was gonna say, hey, my. My baby area is aching or something. I thought you was gonna say, by the way, after. After a day of drinking, I got out of the shower that night and yelled into the bedroom, nana boy, you want some of this before I put it away? There you go. Right. No response. I got to the bedroom, she had passed out and was snoring. Well, I think happy birthday. That's an implied yes, right? Oh, Jesus. No answer is a positive answer. No means maybe. Has a woman done that? Like grabbing her crotch and say, you want to eat this for. Put it away. I'm sure we did get a letter. I. I believe you were gone, though. Woman did do that. That's nice. Yeah. Yeah. Would you like that? Do you like it when women make that. That move, like. Yeah. Aggressive. Aggressive? Oh, absolutely. Yeah. You know, I. I like it when they say, hey, get off me. Stuff like that. Yeah. Tell me what they want. Yeah. It ain't gonna eat itself. That's right. Right. I wish you could breathe through your ears. Stuff like that. I got another time isn't before we move on. All right, sir. An ultralight aircraft went flying by. My wife looked up and she said, oh, look, it's those airplane go karts. Thank you, Pete. Wow. I mean, that's a good description. It essentially is. Yeah. In Mitchell, Indiana. Well, thank you very much, Pete. We appreciate your listening. Astronaut from Mitchell Short. Lesser letter here from Jesse says, yes, Bogarting is still a thing. Oh, it is. No kidding. In the world of marijuana smoking, apparently don't bogart that joint. As they say in the song, you have a letter over there. Dear Bob and Tom show. I have something for Tom as a boy. This is From Harvey Hart. Harvey Todd. Can you imagine Tom as a boy having this toy in his house? Yes. It's a model of a express cruiser. Chris Craft. There it is, Tom. Oh, that's nice. Oh, it's part of the Lindbergh line. Yeah, sure. Paul Lindbergh. Yeah, he, he, it is. It says the Lindbergh line. A workhorse of the industries, what that is. Yeah. Man, oh, man. I guess you put that together and it really floats. 76 parts, it says. So that's a little, little mini cabin cruiser. Yeah. Look how excited he is. And they've got the two. It's one guy with his captain's hat and of course, two ladies waving in the back. Tom, the answer you're. You needing a hat. Has caught the imagination of the country. We. The answer has been staring us right in the face. What's that? You need the Hugh Hefner captain's hat. Cover his ears. Yeah, but I, I still. You, you don't see those very often. No, exactly. Yeah. Which is, which is fine. Seriously, they wear those. Oh, yeah. Are you kidding me? Now? I. As you know, I informed that I have to cover my ears outside now. Yes. Have a technical issue involving sun and skin stuff. I won't go to too many details. I'm about to have part of my ear removed, by the way, my ear flap. But I went and I saw. I went and I got a cowboy hat this weekend. All right. Was this at the famous cowboy hat store? Yeah, yeah. And I got. It comes with a case. Oh, look. Oh, my God. Wow. The case is like a lampshade. I couldn't afford the case when I went. When I went through. It's got locks on luggage, but I wear it out and save 90 bucks. The preliminary person at TSA. When you walk through and you show your ID, the guy goes, you got an animal in there. I know. Looks like something you'd have a mock wire. Do you have to pay extra for the case? I don't know. I didn't pay attention. Are we gonna see the hat? One way or another, you pay extra for the case. That is just insane. That fit in the overhead bin. Yeah. I'm surprised. Oh, look at it. Look at this. Oh, you didn't have to buy a seat for it. No, hang on a second. Look at this. All right, so Tom is actually taking his headphones off. He's taking off his ball cap. There we go. Getting on a very sharp looking man. That is amazing. That's a terrific choice. That works. Yeah, that's a great hat. Now, she helped you, didn't she? I learned that hate. That is insane. This is. I know. This is. Sounds like I'm making this up. You know what this is made of? No. Gold beaver. Beaver. Ah. How about that? This is made of beaver so it can get wet. It looks like it has a. Like a blunderbuss on the front. Like those Old Timey rifles with a huge bell at the end. Oh, yeah. But this. I thought there was an odor when you took it out of the box. It looks really good. It's. It's kind of. It looks great. It's like a. They call it a grayish color. Yes. Like I said, this is made of beaver. Now you've had your head in a beaver. Oh, yeah, that's right. I enjoy it very well. I think we all. Well, you, of course, would never comment, but I think we all pretty much enjoy. I haven't. Christy, you want to put your head in the beaver? College. Yeah. I didn't go to college. Well, I only went a semester. I wasn't there. Once again, this will make my dream dermatologist happy. Yes. Yeah. And the ladies. Are you gonna start wearing, like, you should wear headphones that go in your ears so that you gotta wear that on the air. Yeah, so you can wear it on the air. You mean wear it on the air. Great. I don't need it in the rain. I need it outside. If you're not going to take my suggestion. Wearing a captain's hat. If you wear the cowboy hat, your next purchase is a poncho. That's all I'm saying. Yeah, let's go all in like Clint Eastwood. Big trench dusters. Like, that looks amazing. Ladies are gonna like it. Pat's right. Maybe the duster. Yeah, the duster I could pull off. That's too serious. Like an old gunslinger. Just stick with it. Don't. Don't quit and get self conscious, because that looks good. Walk the dogs with it. Last night, however, in spurs, we want to hear you coming. The threatening spur noise. Can I. Can I put spurs? You can do whatever you want. That jingle, dangle, jingle. Did anybody say anything to you while you're walking the dogs? No. No, just walk by and. However, this medium, this world has been ruined for the cowboy hat because what's his name always wore one and he looked like it. Who? Who? The Crypt Keeper, Imus or whatever. Yeah, this is. This is the new look for. I like it. Walking the dog. Yeah, walking the dog. Just being outside, driving in the car, being outside, walking the dog and chasing the tail. Can you drive in the car with that? I haven't gotten in my car yet. I just. I just. No, you don't. No. I'm off. I'm full of good ideas today. You get that cowboy hat. You get the poncho. You get a horse. You draw. You ride your horse to work. Please get a horse. Get some press. Yeah, I think. I think a pickup truck. Now there's something. There you go. Well, that's. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Not a new one. Will you take me to McDonald's on the horse? Yeah. Josh, behind you. One saddle. You're both on the horse. Did you actually do that? I love it. I don't think they will smell it. They kind of frown when you try to walk through. I know. Yeah, they don't. Well, they'd rather us go in with the horse. I guess. It's up to you people. I'm having a Big Mac. 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. The United States Soccer Federation presents the U.S. soccer Podcast. Searching for an inside look at the people, stories, and passion that fuel the state of soccer in America. Who's going to be the key man for the US Men's national team? 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