The BOB & TOM Show – December 16, 2025

Podcast Summary & Highlights

Overview

This lively episode of The BOB & TOM Show blends signature comedy, pop culture discussions, sports updates, audience letters, and a playful look at holiday traditions – both classic and quirky. The team delivers their irreverent humor and banter, encounters technical mishaps, and spotlights everything from NFL records to KFC-fueled Christmas in Japan, all wrapped up with favorite show bits and audience interaction.

Tone: Playful, irreverent, fast-paced, and camaraderie-laden
Cast: Tom Griswold, Chick McGee, Christy Lee, Josh Arnold, Pat Godwin, Ace Cosby, Jeff Oskay
Guest: Kostaki Economopoulos (NFL correspondent)

Table of Contents

1. Cast & Episode Structure
2. Key Segments and Discussion Points
   • Sports Highlights & Letter from Listeners
   • Comedy Songs & Christmas Bits
   • Letters: Cashless Culture and Merch Memories
   • Hamilton Tangent & Theater Experiences
   • Sex Robots, TV Actors’ Songs, Slang for Cannabis
   • Christmas Traditions Around the World
   • Menopause & Women’s Libido-Boosting Medication
   • NFL Analysis (with Kostaki Economopoulos)
   • Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments
3. Select Timestamps
4. Conclusion

1. Cast & Episode Structure

• Hosts: Tom Griswold (B), Chick McGee (C), Christy Lee (D), Josh Arnold (A), Pat Godwin (A), Ace Cosby (A), Jeff Oskay (A)
• Format: Interspersed segments with team banter, musical/comedy sketches, letters, topical news, and themed holiday content.

2. Key Segments & Discussion Points

Sports Highlights & Letter From Listeners

• NFL Recap & Steelers’ Record
  [05:21]

  • Steelers beat the Dolphins (28-15), marking a 23-game home win streak for PIT on Monday Night Football.
    • Chick: “Always take the Steelers at home on Monday Night Football...” (05:52)
    • Reminder of the ongoing B&T Show NFL contest, $500 Steven Singer gift card on the line.

• Breaking Sports News
  [14:51, 80:01]

  • Discussion of Patrick Mahomes’ injury and its impact on the Chiefs.
    • Chick: “Kansas City Chiefs...out of the playoffs and without their quarterback Patrick Mahomes, who had surgery last night...” (80:22)

• Fantasy Football & Letters
  [06:39 - 09:02]

  • Listener mail sets a comedic, personal tone (“hello, my rays of sunshine”) and drives riffs about show merchandise and theatrical concessions.

Comedy Songs & Christmas Bits

• Classic Parodies & Poems
  [20:07, 21:24]

  • Paul Gilmartin’s “Christmas Poem” performed, satirizing holiday dysfunction:

    “Shopping hours long and hard, Visa phones and cancelled card. Unpaid bills and mounting debts — family gathers, depression sets...” (20:11, Tom reciting)

  • Tim Wilson’s “Uncle BS” as a poetic modern nativity riff.

• Musical Tributes & Requests
  [23:22, 29:17, 38:02]

  • Haywood Banks’ “Christmas at Betty Ford”
  • Pat Godwin’s grunge parody (“Jack Cast” style)
  • Pat Godwin ukulele song: “A little ukulele goes a long, long way...” (38:02)
  • Discussion of Albert King’s cheeky “Santa Claus Wants Some Lovin’”

Letters: Cashless Culture and Merch Memories

Major theme throughout opening hour (10:22 - 13:25)

• Cashless Theaters & Everyday Transactions

  • Tom recounts taking his 12-year-old daughter to “Hamilton,” surprised to find cash isn’t accepted at the concession stand.
    • Tom: “I gave her 20 bucks...she said, ‘they don’t take cash’...I didn’t know that was legal.” (10:52)
  • Listener commiserates about SeaWorld San Antonio’s cashless policy.
    • Chick: “Cash days are over, man!” (11:36)

• Change Jar Memories & Breakup Theft

  • Anecdotes of giant coin jugs and breakups leading to “jug theft, might have been a felony.” (12:53)

Hamilton Tangent & Theater Experiences

[07:19 - 09:02]

• Tom describes seeing “Hamilton” for the fourth time:
  • Praises “the staging, the dancing, the lighting,” notes theater bathroom design flaws.
• Panel takes comedic tangents about non-white casting and historic inaccuracy.
• Related digressions: credit cards vs. coins, cash safety, generational differences.

Sex Robots, TV Actors’ Songs, Slang for Cannabis

Sex Robots Letter

[13:30 - 27:04]

• Letter about people buying robots resembling lost loved ones, leading to Jetsons Rosie robot impressions and jokes about mortality.
  • “If Josh ever gets one...I imagine it’ll be Rosie from the Jetsons.” (27:15, Tom)

TV Actors as Pop Stars

[48:02 - 46:00]

• The crew debates songs performed by actors not known for singing:
  • Don Johnson’s “Heartbeat” (extended comparison with DeFranco Family, Eddie Murphy, David Soul)
  • William Shatner’s “Rocket Man” (“He’s talk singing!” (60:13, Christy))
  • Discussion expands into actor “hits” lists: John Travolta, Bruce Willis (“Bruno”), Patrick Swayze, Rick Springfield, Jack Wagner, etc.

Cannabis Slang

[66:16 - 75:31]

• What do smokers call it?
  • “Jazz cabbage,” “devil’s lettuce,” “weed,” “loud,” “Reggie,” etc.
  • Jeff: “In my old neighborhood, they would call it loud...and loud costs more than the Reggie.” (70:49)
• Deep-dive: blunt vs. spliff, Acapulco gold, tie stick, ganja, regional slang.

Christmas Traditions Around the World

[98:11 – 164:00]

• Japan:
  • “Christmas in Japan means KFC...sparked by a hugely successful ‘70s ad campaign.” (162:07)
• Catalonia, Spain:
  • El Caganer – “a small figurine squatting to poop” appears in nativity scenes for good luck.
    • Christy: “If you’ve been to Spain, this is a huge deal...famous actors and queens, squatting and pooping.” (164:12)
• Sweden:
  • “Donald Duck Christmas special is a huge tradition.”
• More…:
  • Pooping elves, Donald Duck in Swedish, “naked” Christmas tree trend (trees with only lights, no ornaments), debated by the crew.

Menopause & Women’s Libido-Boosting Medication

[143:25 – 149:53]

• Topical arousal creams and pills for female sexual health discussed with the usual Bob & Tom ribald flair.
  • Christy: “A so-called Viagra for women is now available for pre-order.”
  • Product names skewered as “Dare to Play,” “Addyi,” and suggestions like “Moist Triangle,” “Swampy Bush.” (145:37 & following)
• Factoids: FDA recently expanded Addyi approval to postmenopausal women, conversation veers into cultural taboos.

NFL Analysis with Kostaki Economopoulos

[88:09 – 97:23]

• Rivers Jokes Galore:
  • Rivers’ return to the field, his ten children and the expense of Christmas, with a barrage of quips:
    • “He calls that old TV show the Brady Few!” (90:21)
  • Mahomes’ injury, playoff picture, Taylor Swift references.
• Holiday Wishes: Kostaki details Christmas plans, poker nights, and upcoming tour dates.

3. Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

| Timestamp | Quote / Moment | |--------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 05:51 | “This is the equivalent of a sure thing...Always take the Steelers at home on MNF...” – Chick | | 10:52 | “She goes, ‘they don’t take cash.’ I didn’t know that was legal!” – Tom | | 20:11 | “Shopping hours long and hard, Visa phones and cancelled card. Unpaid bills and mounting debts…” – Paul Gilmartin’s poem (Tom reciting) | | 27:15 | “If Josh ever gets one of these sex robots, I imagine it’ll be Rosie from the Jetsons.” – Tom | | 70:49 | “Do you have that loud? Or do you have Reggie? ... loud costs more than Reggie.” – Jeff Oskay | | 80:22 | “Kansas City Chiefs...out of the playoffs and without their quarterback Patrick Mahomes, who had surgery last night…” – Chick | | 143:44 | “You don’t need a Keurig machine. Just water!” (Java House coffee ad, leading to jokes) | | 145:37 | “How about Moist Triangle?” – Chick | | 149:36 | Josh: “You know how to make a hormone? — Don’t pay her!” | | 162:12 | “In Japan, Christmas means KFC... sparked by a hugely successful '70s ad campaign.” – Christy | | 164:12 | “If you’ve been to Spain, this is a huge deal...they have the queen, famous actors, all squatting and pooping.” – Christy Lee |

4. Select Timestamps for Key Segments

• 05:21: Steelers' home streak and football contest talk
• 10:52: Cashless concessions and culture tangents
• 13:30: Sex robot letter, “Jetsons” riff
• 20:07: Paul Gilmartin’s Christmas poem reading
• 21:24: Tim Wilson’s “Uncle BS” poem
• 23:22: Haywood Banks' “Christmas at Betty Ford”
• 38:02: Pat Godwin ukulele song, “A little ukulele goes a long, long way”
• 48:02 & 49:56: TV actor song debate ("Don Johnson, Heartbeat")
• 66:16–75:31: Cannabis slang, “jazz cabbage,” “loud,” “Reggie,” etc.
• 88:09: NFL jokes barrage from Kostaki Economopoulos
• 98:11–164:00: International Christmas traditions
• 143:25: FDA-Approved “Viagra for Women,” naming jokes
• 162:12: Japan’s KFC Christmas tradition
• 164:12: Spain’s pooping nativity figures (“el caganer”)

5. Conclusion

This episode of The BOB & TOM Show showcases the hosts’ chemistry and quick wit, blending topical news, audience engagement, holiday goofiness, and classic Bob & Tom irreverence. Highlights include deadpan poetry, first-rate NFL zingers, hilarious audience letters, and a spirited tribute to weird holiday traditions from around the globe. For fans and holiday drop-ins alike, it delivers a rich dose of laughs and a break from December seriousness.

Missed the whole show? Start with these segments:

• Holiday “Christmas at Betty Ford” (23:22),
• Hamilton theater banter (07:19),
• Kostaki’s monologue (88:09),
• TV actors’ pop songs debate (48:02),
• International Christmas traditions (98:11 & 162:12).