The BOB & TOM Show - June 9, 2026

Summary

The BOB & TOM Show – June 9, 2026: Episode Summary

Overview

This episode of The BOB & TOM Show blends the troupe's signature comedy, news banter, offbeat stories, and live music with special guest Edwin McCain. The show covers a wide range of topics including personal experiences with colonoscopies, odd museum news, famous deaths on the toilet, and the adventures of touring musicians. Musical performances from Edwin McCain punctuate the show, along with their trademark playful ribbing and audience engagement. The overall tone is lighthearted, irreverent, and conversational.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. A Musical (and Comedic) Open

• The show kicks off with a satirical song, "Prison Bitch," setting the comedic, provocative tone.
• Tom and Josh banter about the song’s graphic humor and segue into colonoscopy jokes.

  "Now I know why they call you a hardened criminal." — Tom Griswold (03:50)

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2. Colonoscopy Experiences: Humor & Health

[04:33–09:32 | 35:34–41:47 | 45:51–54:58]

• Josh Arnold shares recent colonoscopy experience, jokes about Propofol-induced sleep and the awkwardness of waking.
  • “I was propofol’d. Is that the Twilight sleep for your colonoscopy?” — Tom Griswold (04:57)
• Host panel shares anesthesia stories—including waking from procedures and saying hilarious, inappropriate things.
  • “They said I can't masturbate… because I'm in the recovery room.” — Jeff Oskay (07:06)
• Ross Bennett’s comedic colonoscopy bit is replayed (38:09–40:28), detailing the notorious "night before" prep:
  • “The night before your colonoscopy should now be referred to as the evening of a thousand waterfalls.” — Ross Bennett (39:10)
• Message to the audience: Colonoscopies are important and lifesaving; consult your doctor.
  • “We urge everyone to talk to a medical professional and see if they need one. It can be very important.” — Tom Griswold (06:46)

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3. Touring with Edwin McCain: Musician Life & Tour Stories

Introducing Edwin McCain

[45:14 | 45:51–55:07; 58:46; 61:43]

• Edwin shares keys to lasting in a band: thick skin and bus camaraderie.
  • “If you're not being mercilessly tortured by your bandmates, no one likes you.” — Edwin McCain (49:15)
• Tourlife details: Edwin drives his own bus (“Queenie”), loves driving, and finds truckers prejudiced against tour buses.
  • “They won't even give you the man nod." (70:21)

Handling the Road

[75:21–79:08]

• Edwin describes buying his first tour bus at 18, gospel group stencils, and outsmarting police.
• “Queenie” (the bus) is now more famous than the band, and Edwin reminisces about the hipness of driving your own band.

Opening for Unexpected Acts / Odd Gigs

• Tells the story of subbing for the Village People at a fair: starts poorly, wins the crowd by the end.
  • “The bad news is the Village People were tangled up in a flood… The good news is you’re getting this guy right here.” (94:46)
  • “I never seen anybody turn a crowd from there to here. They loved you. My whole life, I never heard of you." (96:34)

Edwin’s Take on Performing

[117:40 | 128:53 | 129:00]

• Letting crowds sing along: sings off-mic with them, enjoys the collective moment in theaters.
• Shares song covers experience ("Forget You" by CeeLo), and how his band nixes bad ideas (the "bullhorn" bit).
• Talks about cruise-ship gigs ("90s Cruise"): fun to hang with old friends from other bands, plays special crew shows for Filipino staff due to “I’ll Be” being a national karaoke favorite in the Philippines.

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4. Light, Quirky & Offbeat News

Sports Chatter & World Records

[11:27–13:08 | 42:16–43:31 | 61:59–66:18]

• NBA Playoffs: Knicks lose to Spurs, courtside seats up to $60k.
• World Record: Florida man breaks Guinness record for most push-ups while sword swallowing (25 push-ups with a 17-inch sword).
  • “Sword swallowing combined with something of an athletic endeavor… a very small sphere of people." — Tom Griswold

Odd Museums Around the World

[12:26–14:12 | 79:14–85:48]

• Vagina Museum in the UK can’t keep the MILF magnet from being stolen; panel jokes about starting their own merch line.
  • "We are delighted that our MILF visitors feel represented but couldn't afford to keep replacing the MILF magnets." — Christy Lee (79:56)
• Highlights include: Idaho Potato Museum, Iceland's Phallological Museum, Indian Toilet Museum, Canada’s Gopher Hole Museum, Philly’s Mutter Museum, UK’s Dog Collar Museum.

Famous People Who Died on the Toilet

[155:38–158:10]

• Panel lists five notable figures who died mid-bowel movement (Elvis Presley, Judy Garland, Duke Jing of Jin, Godfrey IV, King George II), riffing on the indignity and history.
  • “I'm such a Lincoln fan, I won't sit in the booth.” — Tom Griswold (142:32)

Bizarre News Nuggets

• Fireworks truck catches fire in Tennessee—unexpected daytime display.
• Florida man arrested for public nudity, watering his lawn while “holding his genitals” (age 79).
• Abraham Lincoln documents lost off a car roof; panel laments giving originals to researchers.
• Black-market sperm: BBC Wales exposes shady sperm-donor trade; “Joe Donor” claims 180 children.
• Chiropractor’s “Licensed Crack Dealer” sign smashed by a humorless local.

More Standout Gags & Moments

• Panel recounts childhood catalogue nostalgia (Sears/JCPenney).
• Outdated car technology: manual transmissions as anti-theft devices, weird new shifters.
• Edwin shares his best/worst car stories (Porsche 928S as “dream car”).
• Brainstorming merch ideas and music tie-ins; Edwin jokes about self-branded hats; teases about Ford using "I'll Be" for their vans.

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5. Relationships with the Audience & Inside Jokes

• Listener letters spawn debates about the entertainment value of soccer/World Cup vs basketball, generational divides on manual transmissions, ring-around-the-collar, and more.
• Recurring comedy: product placement riffs (Aura Frames, Mint Mobile, etc.), playful shadings and inside barbs.

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6. LIVE Music: Edwin McCain Performances

1. “Don't Go Chasing a Memory”

[66:41–68:57]

• Soft acoustic piece about reflection on the past, performed with the warm, soulful delivery Edwin is known for.

2. “Radio Star”

[106:33–108:53]

• Tongue-in-cheek autobiographical song satirizing celebrity culture, fame, and fleeting attention.

3. "I'll Be"

[128:53–132:34]

• Crowd-favorite mega-hit, delivered acoustically.
• The panel admits it’s almost impossible NOT to sing along.

“I always make a point… to go down into the crew space and do a show for the crew because they’re all from the Philippines and they don’t all get to come to the shows. That’s awesome.” — Edwin McCain (135:08)

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments (with Timestamps)

• "Now I know why they call you a hardened criminal." — Tom Griswold (03:50)
• “The night before your colonoscopy should now be referred to as the evening of a thousand waterfalls.” — Ross Bennett (39:10)
• "If you're not being mercilessly tortured by your bandmates, no one likes you." — Edwin McCain (49:15)
• "Queenie's the main character now. Everybody pulls for Queenie." — Edwin McCain (77:30)
• "Sword swallowing combined with something of an athletic endeavor… a very small sphere of people." — Tom Griswold (43:09)
• "We are delighted that our MILF visitors feel represented but couldn't afford to keep on replacing the MILF magnets." — Christy Lee (79:56)
• "If you get pulled over, just slap 'Private coach' up on the front…my bus was so old when I bought it, it had 2 million miles." — Edwin McCain (75:44)
• “I'm such a Lincoln fan, I won't sit in the booth.” — Tom Griswold (142:32)
• "Sword swallowing while doing push-ups. Let's not forget the homosexual undertones." — Josh Arnold (62:18)

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Timestamps for Important Segments

| Timestamp | Topic/Segment | |------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------| | 00:15–03:55| "Prison Bitch" comedy opening song; establishing tone | | 04:33–09:32| Colonoscopy stories/Josh's experience | | 09:41–13:08| Sports news; NBA playoffs; game ticket prices | | 12:26–14:12| Weird museums; Vagina Museum's MILF magnet story | | 20:38–22:22| Listener mail; old TV commercials; nostalgia | | 35:34–41:47| Colonoscopy culture, anesthesia, and health message | | 42:16–43:31| Knicks/Spurs recap; sword swallowing news tease | | 45:14–55:07| Edwin McCain joins; band stories, garden talk | | 58:46–61:43| Touring, Knight Rider bus driving, life on the road | | 61:59–66:18| Sword swallowing pushup record; Tom Brady's "Good Nut" coconut water | | 66:41–68:57| [Edwin McCain Performance] "Don't Go Chasing a Memory" | | 75:21–79:08| Queenie: Edwin’s bus; driving history | | 79:14–85:48| More weird museums; interactive riffing | | 106:33–108:53| [Edwin McCain Song] "Radio Star" | | 128:53–132:34| [Edwin McCain Performance] "I'll Be" | | 155:38–158:10| Famous deaths on the toilet segment |

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Takeaways

• Humor and candid conversation rule the day: The panel spins everything—sports, health procedures, touring woes, music industry stories—through an irreverent, quick-witted lens.
• Message-mingling: Comedy with a public service: The hosts remind listeners of the importance of colonoscopies, blending comic storytelling with a clear health PSA.
• Guest-centered fun: Edwin McCain, a frequent guest, fits seamlessly—playing music, telling stories, and gamely accepting comic ribbing.
• Nostalgia and pop-culture touchstones: Listener letters and host anecdotes tether current topics to past media (TV ads, catalogs, old cars, music), giving the show broad generational appeal.
• Interactive audience: Listener emails drive content, from debates on soccer’s joylessness or car transmissions, to sharing odd family moments under sedation.

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For Listeners Who Missed the Episode

This episode offers a medley of outrageous humor, road stories from a touring musician, digestible news snippets, and genuine messages about taking care of your health. If you like deeply unserious conversations that nevertheless touch on real life, and want acoustic performances of a few Edwin McCain favorites, this show is for you. You'll leave laughing—and maybe booking your next colonoscopy.

Transcript

[Edwin McCain]

It's the Bob and Tom Show.

[Unidentified Singer]

They say our love is taboo. That what we're doing is wrong. But I don't care what they say. Cause my love is so strong. They tell us we should be ashamed we're not husband and wife. But I cherish each moment with you. I'm so glad you're in my life. You're my prison bitch. My prison bitch. You're not like other men. I'm glad we share a prison cell. When lights go out at 10 I can't escape. The way I feel now that would be a crime. As long as I am doing you, I don't mind doing time. Cause you're my prison bitch. My prison bitch. And I have no regret. I got you for a candy bar and a pack of cigarettes. At first you were resistant, but now you are my friend. I knew that I would get you in the end.

[Christy Lee]

Oh oh, oh.

[Unidentified Singer]

Prison bitch, prison bitch. I guess that you were sick from up above. Yeah, prison bitch. Do you prison bitch. And now you are my prisoner.

I'm your prison bitch. You're prison bitch. And you're a sex machine.

Uh huh.

I only have but one request. How about some Vaseline? Shut up. I'm tired of this prison cell. I need to get away. They sentence me to seven years, not seven times a day. I'm your prison bitch. Your prison bit, you nymphomaniac.

[Josh Arnold]

Come in.

[Unidentified Singer]

I really hate these knockers that you've tattooed on my back. I thought that I could break away. But now I'm losing hope. God, I'm tired of picking up the soap.

[Tom Griswold]

Bend over.

[Unidentified Singer]

Prison bitch, prison bitch. Turn out the lights. Cause I can hardly wait.

[Edwin McCain]

Bitch doo doo.

[Unidentified Singer]

A prison bitch. Doo doo.

When I get out I'm ready to go straight.

You're my prison bitch. My prison bitch. I'll never say goodbye. You're not like all the others. Too bad they had to die.

On second thought, I think I'll stay if you want me too. Your prison bitch is never believing you.

At first you were my cellmate, but now you're my soulmate. So come here, baby, come here.

[Tom Griswold]

Oh no, not again. Now I know why they call you a hardened criminal.

[Unidentified Singer]

Hang on. You're about to find out why they call this the poke.

[Josh Arnold]

Oh, a little, little romance to start the morning. Well, hello, this is the Bob and Tom Show. I just said that. Singers. Hey, there's Christy Lee at the news desk. Hi, there's Jeff Oskay across the way. Hey, man, Ace Cosby's there. Hey there, I'm Josh, Arnold. And there's Tommy.

[Tom Griswold]

Well, Josh, it's great to see you.

[Josh Arnold]

Hi. Nice to see you.

[Tom Griswold]

Would you be more comfortable standing? You see the butt, the tube and the sodomy? Ergo, the intro with the thing and the slamming against your will.

[Josh Arnold]

Yeah. They could have done whatever they wanted back there. I was propofold.

[Tom Griswold]

Oh, yeah. Now, is that the Twilight sleep for your colonoscopy?

[Josh Arnold]

It was. I was out. I was out.

[Christy Lee]

Okay, good.

[Tom Griswold]

Did you get any wallet size? They just transfer them right to your

[Josh Arnold]

phone these days, you know, it's funny. And they gave me some printouts, so. So there's, like a printout with everything they. They did and found, and then six nice color shots of some things.

[Tom Griswold]

Now, can you. Can you read them? Do they have, like, people read tea leaves? I see. I see a. I see a svelte brunette in your future. Well, apparently, she's. She's at a corn maze. Oh, no, no, that's wrong.

[Jeff Oskay]

Did you have any dreams while you were out, like spelunking or.

[Josh Arnold]

No. Yeah. No dreams of me. Just like sitting on a carrot or anything?

[Tom Griswold]

Okay, yeah, yeah, but you did, because you don't typically.

[Josh Arnold]

They said with propofol, some people dream, some people don't, so.

[Tom Griswold]

Oh. Do you remember what they were about?

[Josh Arnold]

No, I don't. But I know as soon as I woke up, I went, hey, I dream. I dreamt. So you can. I'm one of those. And they looked at me like, we don't care.

[Jeff Oskay]

We'll mark the charts.

[Edwin McCain]

Yeah, we.

[Jeff Oskay]

He's a dreamer.

[Tom Griswold]

Is this the one where you wake up relatively soon after it's over?

[Josh Arnold]

Yeah. Yeah. Well, at least. I mean, I was. It didn't. The lingering effects were. Were minimal.

[Tom Griswold]

Okay.

[Josh Arnold]

But I think they had to wake me up.

[Tom Griswold]

I know. There's the one. The one called Versed, where they say it's like a truth serum. You're talking for a while, then, but you don't know what you're. Then all of a sudden, you're sitting somewhere else. Wait a minute. How did I get here? That.

[Unidentified Singer]

That whole thing.

[Tom Griswold]

Oh, yeah, yeah. Be very careful, though. I just say.

[Christy Lee]

Gotten in trouble before?

[Tom Griswold]

No, no, no. I was warned. I've had that a couple of times. I'm not sure of the distinction, but I'm glad that contemporary medicine has developed such things. But, yeah, and. Well, congratulations on getting your colonoscopy. And we urge everyone to talk to a medical professional and see if they need one. Can be very. It can be very important. Stop certain really bad things from I

[Jeff Oskay]

was the pickup guy for my father because of the thing. And they wheeled him in from. Like, he had to wait. He was still in the bed or whatever. And he's laying there, and he looked over at me and he goes, they told me I can't masturbate. And I had never heard my father even use that term before. And I was like, oh, my gosh, why not? He said, because I'm in the recovery room. I was like, oh, my gosh, you're running material. He doesn't remember any of it.

[Christy Lee]

Are you serious?

[Jeff Oskay]

Yeah, I just reminded him of it, like, two weeks ago. He goes, I would never say that. I was like. I was sitting there for it.

[Tom Griswold]

Yeah. They say when you're coming out of that Versed stuff, you will. I mean, I'm. For example, I was told I was talking for, whatever, 30 minutes.

[Christy Lee]

Well, none of us are surprised by that.

[Tom Griswold]

No, but, I mean, this is a talk show. No, but I. And then I remember sitting at a restaurant and looking around going, when did I get here? So you were just talking about this. This. And so, yeah, very, very odd. But they warn you, if you have any secrets, make sure that you're picked up by someone who won't spread them around.

[Jeff Oskay]

Well, I got my wisdom teeth pulled and they put me under, and I don't remember this, but apparently I woke up and demanded pork cracklings.

[Tom Griswold]

Very common.

[Jeff Oskay]

Yeah. Which I've never even had before, but Maggie's like, you kept on demanding pork cracklings, insist.

[Josh Arnold]

Yeah.

[Tom Griswold]

The one time I did it, I had some procedure to my throat or something, and I had that, and my buddy Mark.

[Josh Arnold]

Yeah.

[Tom Griswold]

Took me to. There used to be a really good smoothie place that I just loved. I don't know why it never went under, but we went there, and apparently there was a grocery store nearby, and I made him take me over there, and we're walking through the place, and I said, let's just steal all this stuff.

[Josh Arnold]

Yeah.

[Tom Griswold]

I've never stolen anything in my life. Later on, he was telling me about what. Yeah. You were just thinking, be really funny to walk out with everything. So I. I guess various types of anesthesia have really odd effects, but, Josh, we're glad you went through that and hope the results were good. Did they cut anything out while they were in there?

[Josh Arnold]

No, no. They didn't have to remove anything.

[Tom Griswold]

They didn't give you a polyp to take home and.

[Josh Arnold]

No.

[Christy Lee]

See if you could grow more.

[Tom Griswold]

Yeah.

[Josh Arnold]

Yeah. No polyps, no tumors. So my garden's going to be slight this year.

[Jeff Oskay]

All right.

[Tom Griswold]

Yeah. How are the tomatoes coming? Now, coming up today, I think we're gonna get a visit from the great musician Edwin McCain. Look forward to seeing his bus. I know he was gonna stay over my house, but he got delayed, so he got in late. I'm not sure where he is at this point.

[Christy Lee]

So this is interesting. Have you started a vegetable garden that seems like right up your lips.

[Tom Griswold]

No.

[Christy Lee]

It seems like the kids would go,

[Tom Griswold]

hey, right now, the only thing I could grow would be more rabbits. I don't know what's going on.

[Christy Lee]

They would eat all your veggies.

[Tom Griswold]

There are rabbits and raccoons and chipmunks everywhere in my neighborhood.

[Christy Lee]

Okay.

[Tom Griswold]

So. Yeah, but we were talking with Jim Gaffigan just the other day, and he's become quite the avid gardener. And I mentioned to him it's amazing how many of these English rock stars you read about who spend all their time gardening. And of course, England, famous for its terrible soil. You can barely grow a weed in England.

[Christy Lee]

But not a lot of sunshine either, right?

[Tom Griswold]

Yeah. But a bunch of these super famous artists, they'll say, oh, you know, I was in my garden and I got the idea to write. To write this song, sympathy for the Devil, and. What?

[Christy Lee]

Relaxing.

[Josh Arnold]

Yeah.

[Jeff Oskay]

But don't they just call their backyard their garden?

[Josh Arnold]

Yeah, a lot of them use the backyard gardens.

[Tom Griswold]

Yeah, but, you know, they're doing their tending.

[Josh Arnold]

Yes.

[Tom Griswold]

Did you ever see the COVID of the album All Things Must Pass? George Harrison?

[Josh Arnold]

Yeah.

[Tom Griswold]

He's sitting in front of that big man that he apparently would spend, you know, 12 hours a day with the crew out there in the yard fixing it up.

[Jeff Oskay]

That's awesome.

[Tom Griswold]

Yeah.

[Edwin McCain]

Yeah.

[Tom Griswold]

Could have been nice and peaceful. Now, coming up today, we have a Sporting News big Game three last night, much to this dismay of the crowd at Madison Square Garden.

[Christy Lee]

Oh, that means the spurs one.

[Tom Griswold]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Christy Lee]

Interesting.

[Tom Griswold]

Well, because they were saying yesterday that if the Knicks had won and game four at Madison Square Garden would have been potentially the final, tickets were going to be going, you know, for tens of thousands of dollars, so. But there, I'm sure they'll still be quite steep.

[Jeff Oskay]

Yeah.

[Tom Griswold]

At this point. We'll get to all those stories and more coming up today. And I was not aware of this. We have a kind of a chart here of weird museums because there's a story today about the Vagina Museum and a theft problem there. But we have come up with a list of other unusual museums. We have sword swallowing in the news. There's a topic that'll be everywhere today. And A funny fireworks story. As we get ready for the 4th of July, we had another.

[Christy Lee]

Did you see this video?

[Tom Griswold]

Yeah.

[Christy Lee]

Jeff and I were talking about another

[Tom Griswold]

inadvertent daytime fireworks display.

[Josh Arnold]

Oops.

[Tom Griswold]

Yeah. Yeah. In the tradition of Harbor Springs, Michigan, back, and I believe it was 86 when the barge went off in the afternoon. Not witnessed by too many people. But yeah, they. Ideally, you want to, you know, shoot them off one at a time. A and B, do it when it's dark. And last but not least, coming up today, famous people who died on the toilet. Oh, come on.

[Christy Lee]

Well, Elvis.

[Jeff Oskay]

Yeah, that's the only one I know.

[Josh Arnold]

I'm having trouble thinking of any others.

[Tom Griswold]

Oh, there's a couple things.

[Josh Arnold]

Find out.

[Jeff Oskay]

Yeah.

[Josh Arnold]

Oh, yeah.

[Tom Griswold]

Yeah. Royalty.

[Christy Lee]

Really?

[Josh Arnold]

Oh, boy.

[Tom Griswold]

Yeah. In many cases. We will explore that. Right now I want to remind you that. Let's see. Now we are. What is the 21st? Is that Father's day?

[Christy Lee]

Yes.

[Tom Griswold]

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[Josh Arnold]

the O'Reilly Auto Parts Studios. This is the Bob and Tom show and Remember to thank O'Reilly Auto Parts for all your car care needs. Get the parts and service you need fast from most the professional parts people at O'Reilly Auto Parts. Christy Lee's at the news desk.

[Christy Lee]

Hi.

[Josh Arnold]

She's a professional person.

[Christy Lee]

Oh, thanks.

[Josh Arnold]

There's Jeff Oskay.

[Jeff Oskay]

I used to be.

[Josh Arnold]

Yeah, we all sort of used to be, Didn't. There's Ace Cosby. Hey, Josh. I am Josh Arnold. Ace is getting a kick out of Tom detailing his glasses, his readers.

[Jeff Oskay]

Yeah, with a Q tip.

[Tom Griswold]

These are readers.

[Jeff Oskay]

These are.

[Tom Griswold]

I have to wear these glasses with this computer. That's the only time I need them. But, yeah, I've been wearing the same.

[Edwin McCain]

You can read?

[Tom Griswold]

I can read just fine, but that thing is 52 inches from my face. A long.

[Christy Lee]

Why don't you move it closer?

[Tom Griswold]

Because I've got this machine in the way.

[Christy Lee]

The last thing you need is that machine.

[Tom Griswold]

So the thing that I. That I bring forth all the music and the sound effects with. I mean, without this. Without this machine, I couldn't do clever sound effects such as this.

[Edwin McCain]

Hello. There you go.

[Tom Griswold]

Thank you very much, Wolfman. You see how important this is to have. Or I could get this out for you. Hamburger. Thank you very much. Hamburger. I gotta have my machine right here with all the sounds.

[Christy Lee]

Fair enough.

[Tom Griswold]

Now, I just heard during the break, I. I heard a portion of a conversation. Jeffrey, you went fishing yesterday, is that correct?

[Jeff Oskay]

I went fishing, yeah. Yeah, I go fishing every day, pretty much.

[Tom Griswold]

Really?

[Jeff Oskay]

Yeah.

[Tom Griswold]

And you caught nothing?

[Jeff Oskay]

I did catch a few. I just didn't catch any with the new $15 lure I had purchased. The fish did not know how expensive it was, and so they did not go for it.

[Christy Lee]

So is that why you gave it to Josh?

[Jeff Oskay]

No, I got. I got one for me, and they're supposed. They're big in Japan. They're supposed to be the next new thing in bass.

[Josh Arnold]

That'll get. It'll get hit. Yeah, you'll be. You'll get plenty of bites.

[Christy Lee]

Yeah.

[Tom Griswold]

Okay. Then I also heard an exchange. Josh handed you some beard wash. Is that correct?

[Josh Arnold]

Yeah.

[Jeff Oskay]

A little too fragrant?

[Josh Arnold]

Yeah, yeah, it's too fragrant for me.

[Tom Griswold]

Now, is that a necessary thing you do beard wash as opposed to just using shampoo?

[Jeff Oskay]

I usually just bring the shampoo down from the top, carry it all the way down. I mean, I'm hairy enough. I just use shampoo. I don't even use bars.

[Josh Arnold]

Yeah. Oh, gotcha. Gotcha all over.

[Jeff Oskay]

Yeah. Full body shampoo.

[Edwin McCain]

Okay.

[Tom Griswold]

Is beard wash. Is that a. Do you think that's kind of a scam, I don't know, trying to.

[Josh Arnold]

No. I've noticed a difference. It's a beard and face wash. So even if you don't Have a beard. You can just use it for your face. Yeah. If you don't want to use that bar of soap that was just between your butt cheeks on the, on your face.

[Christy Lee]

Which makes sense.

[Jeff Oskay]

But you put it between your cheeks.

[Josh Arnold]

Are you not supposed to? Maybe I'm doing it. That's why I like those. Supposed to. That's why I like those hotel soaps.

[Tom Griswold]

You're supposed to take the pump, that's thing and just shove it right in once. Speaking of which, once again, Josh, fresh from his colonoscopy.

[Ross Bennett]

Hello.

[Tom Griswold]

And good for you for doing that. And mine's coming up.

[Josh Arnold]

Oh yeah, Oscar, have you been yet?

[Jeff Oskay]

They said I don't need one.

[Josh Arnold]

Yeah. No, I mean just listen to your doctor. Yeah.

[Tom Griswold]

So you don't need one.

[Jeff Oskay]

Yeah, they said I'm good till I'm like 85.

[Edwin McCain]

Really.

[Tom Griswold]

If you might want to check with medical professional, we have to get to a handful of letters here. Starting off. I've got one right here. I watched the Pat Godwin comedy special and I'll remind everybody after we've been kind of kidding Pat about it. It's finally been released and it's on the. What's it called? The Dry Bar channel.

[Jeff Oskay]

Yes.

[Christy Lee]

On YouTube called Identity Crisis.

[Tom Griswold]

Yeah. Us and got this nice letter about it. It. Pat was worried that he looked a lot heavier back then. Writes Todd. I don't think he has anything to worry about. He looked fine. Just remember Pat, the camera adds 10 pounds. From what I can see, it must have been a 10 camera shoot. Okay.

[Josh Arnold]

Wow.

[Christy Lee]

Whoa.

[Tom Griswold]

Any kidding? He says he loved the show. So it's, it's.

[Jeff Oskay]

That's great.

[Tom Griswold]

It's a clean. What is it? G rated. Pat Godwin filmed about. Filmed more than a year ago and Pat has since lost a great deal of weight. Steve was a little self conscious about that. But if you get a chance, watch Patty G's TV special. Pat is recovering right now from shoulder surgery and he thinks he'll be able to come back in coming up next Monday. So we'll see.

[Jeff Oskay]

Tom brought Josh, Tom brought Pat and Jimmy some food. Around 22 lobster tails.

[Tom Griswold]

Yeah.

[Jeff Oskay]

Is what he brought Sunday.

[Christy Lee]

It was great.

[Tom Griswold]

No, I, I brought him some chicken on both Saturday and Sunday.

[Josh Arnold]

Well, that's nice.

[Tom Griswold]

I'd forgotten that Jimmy is famous for his love of.

[Jeff Oskay]

He loves lobster.

[Tom Griswold]

Lobster. I'd forgotten that.

[Josh Arnold]

Man.

[Tom Griswold]

I've.

[Jeff Oskay]

I missed a bullet with that with my kids. Luckily they don't know what lobster is.

[Christy Lee]

Did you bring him kfc? What kind of chicken did you get?

[Tom Griswold]

I got him what are they called, these famous recipe chicken fingers. He enjoyed it very much. In fact, I came back the next day.

[Jeff Oskay]

Nice.

[Tom Griswold]

And got him too.

[Josh Arnold]

Oh, nice.

[Jeff Oskay]

Try the pot pie. Try the pot pie.

[Tom Griswold]

And I. I drove through sideways rain. But then it abated and there was a beautiful rainbow.

[Christy Lee]

True friend.

[Tom Griswold]

So I'm not sure what that means. Dear Bob and Tom Show, I started a new job in private security recently and I have to wear a white shirt. With regard to your discussion yesterday, ring around the collar has not been eradicated. I deal with it daily. Thank you, Chris. In Charleston, South Carolina, we were talking about that old commercial.

[Josh Arnold]

Sure.

[Tom Griswold]

Is that the ring around the collar?

[Christy Lee]

I believe so.

[Tom Griswold]

And Calgon was the ancient Chinese secret.

[Josh Arnold]

Yes.

[Tom Griswold]

And both those commercials ran for a long time. Constantly. And at one point, the rumor was that the Calgon commercial had been the longest running commercial on TV or had had the most penetration or whatever. And that, that turns out that was like a water softener pill or something. Or additive.

[Christy Lee]

Yeah. But then Calgon became bath soap or.

[Josh Arnold]

Yeah, it's Calgon. Take me away.

[Christy Lee]

Thank you. Yeah, it became bigger and better.

[Tom Griswold]

Wow.

[Christy Lee]

Oh, yeah.

[Tom Griswold]

Calgon, Take me away. Remember that?

[Josh Arnold]

Don't you remember those years?

[Tom Griswold]

Yeah, but I'd forgotten about that. I never knew what it was.

[Jeff Oskay]

Wasn't there like a knee popping out of the water typically?

[Josh Arnold]

Yeah.

[Jeff Oskay]

That was enough.

[Josh Arnold]

Yep.

[Tom Griswold]

Yeah. There's a whole show. There's a whole show for guys.

[Edwin McCain]

Yeah.

[Tom Griswold]

Commercial.

[Christy Lee]

Just enough.

[Josh Arnold]

Yeah.

[Tom Griswold]

Yeah. Every once in a while I'll be watching the weather and think, you know, there's some guy that's going to freeze frame this woman and couldn't wait for

[Christy Lee]

the old Sears catalog, could you?

[Jeff Oskay]

Oh, I took that to town, too.

[Christy Lee]

But we are a JCPenney family. We have the JCPenney catalog instead.

[Tom Griswold]

That money, they're still around, right? That's the distinction.

[Christy Lee]

JCPenney, yeah.

[Tom Griswold]

Is Sears completely gone?

[Jeff Oskay]

I think so.

[Josh Arnold]

Isn't that wild?

[Christy Lee]

It's sad.

[Josh Arnold]

I mean, it was a. A mainstay of every mall. It was an anchor store. Almost every mall you'd go to.

[Jeff Oskay]

I loved walking through a Sears. They would have that glass front dishwasher with it running. And you're like, how come all the dishwashers don't have glass fronts? This is awesome.

[Christy Lee]

Alliances were amazing.

[Jeff Oskay]

I love that.

[Edwin McCain]

Yeah.

[Tom Griswold]

I like the store that had the giant glass human being. You could see all the veins and stuff. What was that? The Invisible man or whatever.

[Christy Lee]

What store was that?

[Josh Arnold]

I mean, I remember that toy.

[Tom Griswold]

Yeah, it was a. It was like a toy. It had Like a. You could buy this little version of it, but they had a really tall. And it was a human being, but it was glass or plastic, so you could see through it and see all the organs.

[Jeff Oskay]

That's cool.

[Tom Griswold]

Yeah. No, that was really cool. Dear Bob and Tom show. I hate to say it. I agree with Tom. Soccer is boring. Jeff said, why they're running around for 45 minutes. Elliot writes, Correction, two to four guys running at any given time, 18 to 20 are standing around flopping.

[Josh Arnold]

There's a lot of flopping. Yeah.

[Christy Lee]

I have a story, a letter as well, about this.

[Tom Griswold]

And I'm really sick of hearing about the World cup now. What?

[Christy Lee]

This is from Butch. Butch writes, Tom. I'm torn. Part of me understands the way you feel, only that's the way I feel about basketball. Seriously, do not understand why I should cheer when the score is 32. 30. Knowing both teams are going to score another 50 points each makes no sense to me. The World cup is so much more than soccer. It's a whole month of people from all over the world getting together, having the most massive tailgate tailgates you can imagine.

[Josh Arnold]

That's not going to help Tom's opinion.

[Christy Lee]

Butch says it's so much more than a sport, so there you go.

[Tom Griswold]

Yeah, I just am not going to, I mean, great. I'm glad it's bringing in money to people and, sorry, the tickets are 3,000 bucks a piece or whatever they are.

[Christy Lee]

And this guy is even smarter than you, I think.

[Tom Griswold]

Why is that?

[Christy Lee]

Oh, my gosh. He. I don't want to give too much away, but he works at the Ohio State University and he has Fulbright after his name.

[Josh Arnold]

Anybody can type anything on an email signature. Yeah, you should see mine.

[Tom Griswold]

Yeah. Oh, yeah, mine's unbelievable. I, I, I even quote both of my papacies slugs lines of what I said while I was pontificating or whatever the hell it was. Yeah, no, I just don't find it interesting. I, I, I used to play it in high school. It's fun, but I don't like to watch it.

[Christy Lee]

To each his own.

[Tom Griswold]

Yeah. Hey, great. Have a nice time now. Anybody else got any letters or is that it for today?

[Christy Lee]

I don't have any more.

[Tom Griswold]

Okay, I've got a couple. Give me a chance to dig them up. Why don't we do a little bit of sporting news while we're at it?

[Christy Lee]

Do you have a letter to.

[Jeff Oskay]

Yeah, I got a letter here. Well, no, I don't.

[Tom Griswold]

You can't read them all.

[Jeff Oskay]

We talked about the manual transmission. Yes, and Jim writes in he's been listening for 30 years. He was 17 when his girlfriend's dad taught him how to drive a standard in an Opal. Cadet only took half an hour. Fell in love with it. He loves it. His favorite part about driving a manual is it's a built in anti theft device.

[Christy Lee]

That's true.

[Josh Arnold]

Which is. It really has become one. Yeah.

[Tom Griswold]

We've had a couple cases where the carjackers.

[Josh Arnold]

Oh yeah.

[Tom Griswold]

Got in.

[Christy Lee]

And you also can't valet park anywhere.

[Edwin McCain]

Oh yeah.

[Christy Lee]

A lot of LA's don't know how to drive a manual.

[Tom Griswold]

But also I was, I was actually talking to a guy. I was talking to a guy that was doing some valet parking this week and we got on the top topic. So many cars, my wife's car. You get in the car.

[Christy Lee]

Yeah.

[Tom Griswold]

And there's no stick. There's no thing down between the two seats. And if you didn't know what you were doing, it looks like it's the windshield wiper slot thing.

[Josh Arnold]

Yeah.

[Tom Griswold]

You know what I'm saying? That's what the transmission.

[Christy Lee]

It's on the.

[Tom Griswold]

Yeah. And to put it into, to put it into park, you have to press the end of it. You poke the end. I mean if you didn't know that, it's not something you'd. It's not really intuitive. But so many car. My car, it's a switch, you know, the size of the end of my pinky that it doesn't say anything on it. You have to know which one it is. So valet parkers have to memorize a whole bunch of different.

[Jeff Oskay]

I wonder if they ever. Once they get in and the person walks away, if they Google or YouTube how to start the car or put it in gear or get the parking brake off. Because a lot of those are, they're all different.

[Josh Arnold]

How would you know?

[Tom Griswold]

We had a story a couple weeks ago. The. I forget what they call it when you stop at a stoplight. A lot of cars now turn off or whatever. They. I don't know what's the term I'm looking for. They. And then when you, when you press the accelerator, they restart and take off. And that, that they're taking that feature off. Well, they're. That's no longer going to be required.

[Christy Lee]

Right. Because people hate it too.

[Tom Griswold]

My car, you can permanently disable that. The previous car that I had. Every time you got in, you had to. If you wanted to turn it off, you had to go reach for a button that was tiny and almost invisible and hit it. So. Yeah. But valet parking Can. That's got to be a tricky.

[Josh Arnold]

If I were a valet parker, do you know the amount of farting I would do just to. This is what you get.

[Christy Lee]

We just saw that sign from the episode about the BO and the car from a valet parker.

[Josh Arnold]

Oh, yeah, that was.

[Christy Lee]

Yeah, yeah.

[Josh Arnold]

This is park and walk, or else I fart in your car.

[Jeff Oskay]

Or.

[Josh Arnold]

I. I mean, honestly, don't go to places that have LA parking. That's my rule.

[Tom Griswold]

Really?

[Josh Arnold]

It means it's too fancy for me. Yeah, no business being in there.

[Jeff Oskay]

I've never. I've never valet parked a car.

[Christy Lee]

Never.

[Josh Arnold]

It's pretty awesome. I'm saying all this and it's. It's really rad.

[Tom Griswold]

Oh, I did a. I. I did a. I was hosting a big charity event and I don't particularly like to valet parks I. For a number of reasons, but I said, okay. Valet parked. And it was in the middle of winter and they couldn't find my car.

[Christy Lee]

Oh, my goodness.

[Jeff Oskay]

What do you mean they lost your car?

[Tom Griswold]

Yep. Hour and a half later, I'm standing in front of the theater and the head of the charity comes up. Hey, I understand they can't find your car. Yeah, that's right.

[Christy Lee]

Oh, my.

[Tom Griswold]

And they finally. They finally found it.

[Christy Lee]

Now when they have all the other cars.

[Tom Griswold]

No, it had been parked on the streets. It was covered in snow and thanks God, I did this for free. Okay. Oh, I'll be happy to dip them. But now you said the letter. The guy learned to drive a stick shift on an Opal Cadet.

[Christy Lee]

Opal Cadet is what Jeff said. Yeah.

[Jeff Oskay]

How cool is that?

[Tom Griswold]

Well, the cool one was the Opal gt. Yeah, I haven't seen one of those in years.

[Christy Lee]

They're hard to find.

[Tom Griswold]

We were talking about the Carmen Ghia. That the. The classic Volkswagen little sporty looking thing. I saw one of those two weekends ago and I just. I said, look, that's the carbon Gia.

[Jeff Oskay]

We were talking on the street.

[Tom Griswold]

Yeah, right by my house. Those are cool.

[Jeff Oskay]

Yeah.

[Tom Griswold]

But the Opal GT looked like a little miniature Corvette. Yeah, I haven't seen one of those in forever.

[Christy Lee]

Didn't have the cachet that a Corvette.

[Tom Griswold]

But who cares if you're 16 and you wanted a cool looking car? They were great fun to drive. But I have. Like I said, I haven't. I'm sure there's someone collecting them somewhere.

[Christy Lee]

So when you were 16, did you have a fun car to drive?

[Tom Griswold]

No.

[Christy Lee]

Me either. I had a boat.

[Tom Griswold]

Yeah. My mother had. My mother had a Pontiac. See, mostly I drove my brother's Buick. Then he's. Then I got. My other brother had a Volkswagen bug, the one I used to do the donuts.

[Christy Lee]

That's fun.

[Tom Griswold]

Yeah, those were cool. That's how I learned how to drive a stick. But now, now, coming up, we have a sporting news.

[Jeff Oskay]

Oh, man, we got world records. Tom Brady's up to some new stuff. The Spurs 1. Lots of good stuff going on.

[Tom Griswold]

Yeah. Do you think Tom Brady would not. Would he just have enough money to not have to?

[Jeff Oskay]

Man, I would have retired 10 years if I was him.

[Tom Griswold]

Water crap that he's got coming up,

[Jeff Oskay]

move to an island.

[Tom Griswold]

Christy, what have you got coming up in the news?

[Christy Lee]

Coming up, we have weird museums around the world. We have National Earl Day.

[Josh Arnold]

Earl.

[Tom Griswold]

Earl, if your name is Earl.

[Josh Arnold]

Yep, my name is.

[Tom Griswold]

Remember the TV show My Name is Earl.

[Christy Lee]

Sure, of course it's.

[Tom Griswold]

It is National Earl Day. What an. I didn't know about this one.

[Christy Lee]

Yeah. And we have another Florida man in the news. Boy. Oh, Florida. He was watering his lawn in a very special way. We'll talk about that.

[Tom Griswold]

Well, he was not with that.

[Christy Lee]

Yeah, don't go there.

[Tom Griswold]

Well, yeah, he was using water.

[Josh Arnold]

Oh, well, it is kind of water.

[Tom Griswold]

He could have easily accessed it since it was whipped out and everything.

[Christy Lee]

All right.

[Tom Griswold]

Okay. I want to talk to about. Maybe you've got those credit cards and you've noticed. Wow. All I'm doing every month to get by is just paying off the interest. Maybe you need some cash to pay those things off. Well, if you own your own home, that may be a lot easier than you think. American Financing, that's a company that specializes in helping you grab some of the equity out of your house without actually selling it. Because most houses, as I've said, are worth a lot more than they were just a few years ago. In fact, if you've owned your house for 10 years, it's probably doubled in value. This is typical. Depends on your situation. Obviously a five year old home in the United States worth 30 to 40% more on average. If this is your situation, maybe find out if it is. I guess by going to American financing in about 10 minutes, they can tell you if something might work for you. In other words, refinance that thing and take some of that cash out and use it for whatever you want to use it for. There are no upfront fees, no high pressure. You're dealing with salary based mortgage consultants that can work with you to see if this is something that would maybe work for your particular situation. So like I said, no upfront fees, no pressure. Go to americanfinancing.net to get some information. Once again, it's americanfinancing.net, you can actually call them 866-889-2611, but it's a lot easier just to go to americanfinancing.net do me a favor, add us Bob and Tom so they know that we sent you. Once again, it's AmericanFinancing.net yout've got weight loss goals, but hitting them is another story. That's why weight loss by HIMSS now offers access to the FDA approved WeGovy pill and the FDA approved WeGovy pen. With WeGovy at HIMS lose up to 20% or more of your body weight. When combined with diet and exercise, it helps you regulate your appetite and eat less, so success is within reach. Plus, WeGovy is the first ever GLP1 pill for weight loss, so there are no needles needed. And it doesn't stop there. HIMSS makes hitting your goals seamless by offering access to 24. 7 messaging with your care team and in app lifestyle and nutrition support like recipes, meal plans, fitness videos, sleep content and more. It's nice, simple and convenient, just the way I like it. Ready to reach your goals? Visit himss.com bobandtom to get a personalized, affordable plan that gets you. That's H I M S.com bobandtom hims.com BobandTom Weight LossByHims is not available in all 50 states. WeGovy is the registered trademark of Novo Nordisk. As to get started and learn more, including important safety information, WeGovy clinical study information and restrictions, visit HIMSS.com hey, welcome

[Josh Arnold]

to the Bob and Tom show live from the O'Reilly Auto Parts Studios. Christy Lee's at the news desk.

[Christy Lee]

Hello.

[Josh Arnold]

Jeff Oskay's across the way.

[Jeff Oskay]

Hey, man.

[Josh Arnold]

Next to him is Mr. Ace Cosby. Hello, I am Josh Arnold and there's Tom.

[Tom Griswold]

Thank you very much, Josh. Once again, Josh, fresh from his colonoscopy. A testing procedure to see what's going on back there and a very important medical procedure. Check with a qualified medical professional to see if you're up. See if you're due. It can help. Help save your. Well, literally save your ass.

[Josh Arnold]

Yeah. And nothing to be afraid of.

[Tom Griswold]

Yeah.

[Jeff Oskay]

Did you send any of your photos to your brothers?

[Josh Arnold]

No, no, I could, I could.

[Tom Griswold]

Do they give them to you digitally?

[Josh Arnold]

No, no, I only got printouts but I could easily take pictures of those and sent them.

[Jeff Oskay]

Do you have them hanging on your fridge like an ultrasound?

[Tom Griswold]

Send them to your mom. Get an aura frame and.

[Josh Arnold]

Yes.

[Tom Griswold]

Yeah, Surprise her. You've got nice pictures of you and your brothers fishing, and all of a sudden. Wait a minute, what's that?

[Jeff Oskay]

Yeah. You have the password to our aura frame, don't you?

[Josh Arnold]

Yeah, I could. I could put them up there. You guys would be shocked.

[Tom Griswold]

Yeah, but they're. If you don't know what they are, you're not going to know what they are. Does that make sense?

[Josh Arnold]

You'll know that it's something inside of a. You can tell it's, you know, anatomical. You can tell it's. It's body related.

[Tom Griswold]

Yeah. Do you remember the. What was the movie where they shrunk everybody and it was Fantastic Voyage. Yeah. And they. They swam around inside the body.

[Josh Arnold]

Inner space. They did that, too.

[Tom Griswold]

Yeah. I have a question. How much light would there be

[Josh Arnold]

on their ships?

[Jeff Oskay]

They had.

[Tom Griswold]

You'd have to have some. Pretty serious. Yeah. Because, I mean, you know, Christy, think about it.

[Christy Lee]

Right? I'm. I'm thinking about it, I guess.

[Tom Griswold]

Did they inject them or in that movie, or did they swallow them? How did they get into the.

[Josh Arnold]

Injected. In inner space and Fantastic Voyage? They must have also been injected because they would have seen that one in a while.

[Tom Griswold]

It would be rather unpleasant.

[Christy Lee]

Wasn't there a ride at Disney World?

[Tom Griswold]

It was a suppository of some sort.

[Josh Arnold]

There was something called Body wars for a while.

[Christy Lee]

Right.

[Josh Arnold]

And I think they got.

[Christy Lee]

And you wrote inside the body there were cells. Yeah. You didn't do that one.

[Tom Griswold]

I skipped that one. I get queasy. We. On the topic of the colonoscopy, comedian Ross Bennett weighed in when he had his. And the procedure was a little different. This goes back a few years. These days, it's gotten the, the, the prep has gotten a little bit easier. But I thought we'd share this.

[Edwin McCain]

Us.

[Tom Griswold]

Just a couple minutes of his experience with you. With us in the studio, comedian Ross Bennett. Ross, what are you talking about these days? What's on your mind? Anything about contemporary culture?

[Ross Bennett]

I just got my first colonoscopy.

[Tom Griswold]

Oh, my. That's very important. We have to emphasize that to guys listening. A lot of this stuff, men and

[Ross Bennett]

women, I mean, everybody needs a colonoscopy. It's not just men.

[Tom Griswold]

It's not just the prostate. There's more to it.

[Ross Bennett]

There's a lot more to it. I've looked at it. Here's the best metaphor I've been able to come. A man should imagine someone is entering the United States through New Orleans and they have to make a trip to Houston.

[Edwin McCain]

Check.

[Ross Bennett]

And they decide they're gonna go by way of Bangor, Maine. This is essentially what a colonoscopy is. They need to run a camera through your entire lower intestine and just check it out. So what they do the day before they give you a colon cleanse is what it is. They give you a gallon of a liquid.

[Tom Griswold]

It removes all the fluids from your

[Ross Bennett]

body, and it does it with great alacrity. I believe the night before your colonoscopy should now be referred to as the evening of a thousand waterfalls.

[Tom Griswold]

That's so poetic.

[Ross Bennett]

A gallon of this liquid every 15 minutes. I'm drinking 8 ounces of this liquid every 15 minutes. The next day, I spent $3,500 to have a colonoscopy from a female Asian doctor. Wonderfully talented lady, small handed. $3,500. Last time an Asian woman did this much work on my rear end. Only costs $75. It's so odd. Here's the thing. When they're telling you to get this thing, they're always selling it on. It's good for your health. It'll save your life. They need to sell it. This way. You get to take some Demerol.

[Edwin McCain]

Ah.

[Ross Bennett]

You get to shoot up legal heroin.

[Edwin McCain]

Oh, nice.

[Ross Bennett]

They put this stuff in me, which at that point. Point you could have. You could have driven a car.

[Tom Griswold]

You would have been okay with that.

[Ross Bennett]

I would have had no problem whatsoever.

[Jeff Oskay]

I.

[Ross Bennett]

About 10 minutes into it, I was an old black jazz musician.

[Tom Griswold]

Yeah, baby.

[Jeff Oskay]

Just driving home, baby oh, yeah.

[Edwin McCain]

Oh, the downtown girl Gonna take me

[Tom Griswold]

home do die do Ross Bennett. Now, when I had my colonoscopy, it was a different cleanse. It was just a sort of a normal size glass of some stuff. And it had the same effect, but it was a lot more pleasant.

[Christy Lee]

I had to take capsules.

[Josh Arnold]

Yeah. This time was the pills for me.

[Christy Lee]

Yeah. That's what I was.

[Tom Griswold]

24.

[Josh Arnold]

24 pills. You do it twice. And one pill every minute and a half, really. So I just had my stopwatch going and I. A minute and a half it went down a pill.

[Christy Lee]

Man.

[Tom Griswold]

I remember the first time I did it. And you have to drink that giant gallon of that or what, like orange juice? That was a lot harder. But. And. And I didn't really experience that. What did he call it? The evening of a thousand waterfalls? It was pretty quick, but that's how

[Josh Arnold]

it was when I did the fluid. The first colonoscopy. This time it was a bunch of trips to the bathroom.

[Tom Griswold]

But important once again. And well worth it.

[Josh Arnold]

Yeah, it's easy.

[Tom Griswold]

You got to get yourself checked. If they find something there, they can usually, you know, really help you.

[Christy Lee]

Yep.

[Tom Griswold]

And so I really can't emphasize how important it is. The late John Fox, one of the last letters I ever got from he emphasized the fact that he wish he'd gotten that done a lot earlier. Might have saved his life to get kind of serious about a guy. That was very, very funny. Perhaps we should play a little fox this morning.

[Josh Arnold]

Yeah.

[Tom Griswold]

Just to, just to bring back some, some great memories. Now I want to quickly touch on the sports page. If you didn't hear Madison Square Garden, what a shame. All those New Yorkers disappointed.

[Jeff Oskay]

Yeah, they, they lost 115 to 111. San Antonio cut the New York Knicks lead 2 to 1 and they handed the Knicks their first loss in 46 days.

[Edwin McCain (singing)]

Yeah.

[Christy Lee]

Not amazing. Yeah, Knicks were on a roll.

[Tom Griswold]

All the celebs were there.

[Christy Lee]

Of course they were. Yeah.

[Tom Griswold]

What do we hear? Courtside seats were going for 60,000. $60,000.

[Josh Arnold]

Holy cow.

[Christy Lee]

Yeah.

[Josh Arnold]

I mean, they've got the money. They, they can spend it however they want, but yeah, boy. Yeah, that's, that's wild.

[Tom Griswold]

Yeah. Yeah. So we'll see game four on the way. We're going to come back with more sporting news, including an interesting world record involving of all things, sword swallowing.

[Jeff Oskay]

Oh, yeah, and this was great.

[Tom Griswold]

Sword swallowing combined with something of an athletic endeavor.

[Josh Arnold]

Yeah.

[Tom Griswold]

Which is a, that's a very small sphere of people that. Well, first of all, sword swallowers.

[Christy Lee]

Yeah.

[Tom Griswold]

Small group. Anyway, sure.

[Josh Arnold]

I'm hoping it's javelin is the other component. And what it is is one person launches the sword, the other guy catches

[Tom Griswold]

it in his mouth.

[Josh Arnold]

Is that it?

[Tom Griswold]

I would have led with that. That would have been the opening story. Today we are in the O'Reilly Auto Parts Studios. This is the Bob and Tom Show. When people hear that Mint Mobile plans are only 15 bucks a month and a lot of people wonder, okay, what's the catch? Well, I can tell you from firsthand experience, there isn't one. There are no gimmicks, no gotchas. Just unlimited talk, text and data, fast, reliable coverage on the nascent's largest 5G network. And an award winning care team. I guess that makes Mint Mobile a catch. Mint Mobile took what's wrong with wireless and made it right with Premium Wireless for 15 bucks a month. Or choose from 3, 6 or 12 month plans and say goodbye to a monthly bill.

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[Josh Arnold]

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[Josh Arnold]

Hey, it's the Bob and Tom Show. We are live from the O'Reilly Auto Parts Studios. Christy Lee's at the news desk.

[Christy Lee]

Hello.

[Josh Arnold]

Jeff Oskar's at the sports desk. Hey, man, there's Ace Cosby. Hello. I'm Josh Arnold. And Tom, we're joined by, well, let's be honest, one of the family.

[Christy Lee]

Yeah.

[Tom Griswold]

Don't you hate it when your guests are more handsome than you? That's why we got a guy in here, a good looking guy, super talented. Get him out of here.

[Josh Arnold]

When the handsome hang out with us, it makes us more handsome.

[Tom Griswold]

It does.

[Josh Arnold]

Oh, yeah.

[Tom Griswold]

Oh, in that case, I'm here every day.

[Josh Arnold]

I will. And we appreciate it.

[Tom Griswold]

Edwin McCain is a fine singer and songwriter. He's joining us in the studio. And you could have a great plan B in life if you weren't a musician traveling the world, you could have been a mechanic or a farmer because you do both those things at your home, right?

[Edwin McCain]

I do all of that. I'm like a rash you can't get rid of. Look at y'.

[Tom Griswold]

All.

[Edwin McCain]

I was walking up the dark. I was walking up the ramp today. I was like, I could my whole life just coming in and out of this parking lot. Last 30 years of my life just waddling across this parking lot in Indiana, man. Love it.

[Tom Griswold]

Now, interestingly enough, you're doing a gig tonight with your band and the band Five for Fighting. And I'd like to clarify something. You guys are going to be at a place called the Brown County Music center, which is in Nashville, Paws, Indiana. Now that reminds me of a story because there are people who get confused and they think you're going to be playing in Tennessee tonight. You can see why.

[Edwin McCain]

Yes. I'd say we got about 30 tickets sold of people that are going to be upset.

[Tom Griswold]

So you'll like this because you're a gentleman from the Southeast. We did a show, a great show in Charleston, West Virginia. We had so much fun. It was just a great, great place, a terrific venue, great audience. And two folks in the audience had to make a little extra special drive because they, they drove.

[Christy Lee]

They thought it was in Charleston.

[Edwin McCain]

They went all the way to South

[Tom Griswold]

Carolina, but they came up, they made it.

[Edwin McCain]

Well, I bet that was a tense ride from Charleston, South Carolina to Charleston, West Virginia, depending on whose fault it was.

[Tom Griswold]

Yeah.

[Edwin McCain]

Listen, like what, what do you think? Like miles? Like, I don't know, Miles. 200 of that drive. Okay, listen, I know I messed this up. Let me just. Look, there's a Krispy Kreme and I'll buy us a dozen donuts if you'll just accept my apology, dear.

[Tom Griswold]

You know one of them.

[Edwin McCain]

I know who it was. It was the, it was the husband. I, I am sure.

[Christy Lee]

And she'll never let him know.

[Edwin McCain]

Never. Living that one down.

[Tom Griswold]

But we all live. I, I did. I had an appointment one day, a lunch appointment. And I, I went to the restaurant. I sat down and, and then I got a text message and I said, no, I'm. I'm here. I'm at the restaurant. And then he goes, well, I'm here too. Where are you sitting? And I said, I'm over by the big aquarium in the room to the left. He goes, where are you? Well, turns out that one restaurant was named Kona Jacks. The other was named Kona something.

[Christy Lee]

Kona Grill. Yeah.

[Tom Griswold]

Easily easy mistake.

[Christy Lee]

I did it two weeks ago. I was in a restaurant and I supposed to be somewhere else, but I guess.

[Tom Griswold]

But the difference between Charleston, South Carolina and Charleston, West Virginia, there's a lot of miles.

[Christy Lee]

Yeah.

[Tom Griswold]

And we're coming from Florida. Yeah, yeah, yeah. So they had a great time. I hope they survived the trip.

[Christy Lee]

I know. Then they drive all the way back to Florida together.

[Tom Griswold]

At least I think I gave the guy a T shirt. That'll help. Help. We're with Edwin McCain, who is a very fine musician and you probably could have made a career as a standup. Also.

[Edwin McCain]

I love. I'm. I haven't done a standup set, but I'm. That is on my bucket list. In the next 24 months, I'm going to walk onto a stage and try to do a stand up set.

[Tom Griswold]

You'd be surprised. There are a number of guys that are really, really funny that I'm trying to think. John Mayer, Matt Mayer is really funny. He, he. But I think he did a couple stand up sets. Mack McInalley, the great guitarist and singer from. Well, mostly well known From Jimmy Buffett's band.

[Edwin McCain]

I know.

[Unidentified Singer]

Mac.

[Tom Griswold]

Mac is hilarious.

[Josh Arnold]

Yeah.

[Edwin McCain]

You know what? You can't be in a band for more than five years and not have a sense of humor. Like, if you're sensitive, it's not gonna work. I mean, my wife is like, y' all are so mean to each other. I'm like, honey, if. If you get on the bus and everybody's being nice to you, you. You're five minutes away from being fired. Like, if you're not being mercy. Mercilessly tortured by your bandmates, no one likes you. We're like.

[Tom Griswold]

We're like. We're, like, both on and off the air.

[Edwin McCain]

And it has to. And it's always got to be the one thing you're actually insecure about. If they're not pouncing on that and really making you feel bad about it, they don't love you at all.

[Tom Griswold]

Yeah. Yeah. We're learning a lot today. I wanted to get off topic for just a second. Josh here had a colonoscopy yesterday. Very important.

[Edwin McCain]

Best nap ever.

[Jeff Oskay]

Yeah.

[Josh Arnold]

It's good, man.

[Edwin McCain]

It's a good nap.

[Tom Griswold]

Yeah. Yeah. Did you have the. What did we determine? There's the pro. Is it called Propofol? Propofil, yeah.

[Edwin McCain]

Milk of amnesia.

[Josh Arnold]

Yes.

[Tom Griswold]

And then there's Versed, and that's the one where you have the. You're talking for a while after you wake up, but you're not conscious of what's going on. And they say it's like a truth serum.

[Edwin McCain]

I did that.

[Christy Lee]

That.

[Edwin McCain]

Yep. Almost cost me my marriage. Thank goodness for the nurse. I was in the recovery room, and my wife was in there with me, and I said, honey, I'm so grateful to you for being here with me. I love you so much. And this redheaded nurse came walking in. I said, what's her name? And the nurse. And the nurse was like, nope, don't worry about that. That happens all the time. Don't listen to him.

[Tom Griswold]

And I was like.

[Edwin McCain]

I was like, no, I'm serious. What's her number? Yeah. That was a quiet ride home, too.

[Tom Griswold]

All the way to Nashville. Now, I thought I would feature something from John Fox. The late John Fox. John was a good friend of ours. He and I had the same exact birthday, as a matter of fact. And the last letter he wrote me.

[Josh Arnold]

Oh, you want.

[Christy Lee]

Yeah.

[Tom Griswold]

Now that you think about it, I

[Josh Arnold]

don't know why you're not looking at that.

[Tom Griswold]

The last letter he wrote me, he said, hey, would you always tell everybody to please get their prostate checked? And Get a col. Well, fellas, get your prostate checked. And ladies and gentlemen, make sure to get a colonoscopy. I know it's a serious topic. Don't listen to me. Ask any medical professional. For most people, it's very, very important. And I emphasize that. And John would have wanted me to emphasize that. But let's just hear a little bit of John. There never was a better street joke teller on earth than John Fox. He was. He would. Spent most of his time, he would hang out with Rodney Dangerfield. They were great buddies and he had so many great Rodney Dangerfield stories. The best one was he and Rodney were in a Cadillac convertible driving down the strip in Vegas. And he got pulled over and Rodney was smoking a joint. The cop walked up to the car. I said, all right, sir. He went, Rodney got a couple pictures and left. So this is just a little short bit of John from back in the day. Here we go.

[Edwin McCain]

This magician's on stage and invites this guy from the audience to gives him a sledgehammer.

[Tom Griswold]

The magician says, I want you to hit me in a temple as hard as you can with this ledge.

[Josh Arnold]

Guy goes, all right.

[Tom Griswold]

So the magician lays his head down his block of wood and this guy hauls back, bam, pops this guy to temple.

[Edwin McCain]

Ten years later, magician wakes up out

[Tom Griswold]

of a comb in the hospital and goes, ta da.

[Edwin McCain]

There you go.

[Tom Griswold]

That's your joke. Joke, ladies and gentlemen. You can tell that one whenever you feel like it. Thank you very much. Thank you very much. John. John Fox.

[Jeff Oskay]

Now, Edwin, you want to do stand up?

[Edwin McCain]

I'd love to.

[Jeff Oskay]

Well, as a fellow stand up comedian, we would like to ask you to stay in your lane and just do music. You're already great at one thing. Let us have something that's fair.

[Edwin McCain]

That's fair.

[Jeff Oskay]

Like if you were a bad musician, then come on board. But you're already amazing at one thing. Why can't you just be happy with that?

[Edwin McCain]

No, I'm happy. All right, so. All right, so what if I drive you guys to some gigs first and then I'll earn my. I'll earn my five minutes warm up set. Okay.

[Josh Arnold]

Yeah.

[Tom Griswold]

Jeff.

[Josh Arnold]

Yeah. You and I do comedy shows, but let's think about this. With Edwin McCain on the posters, you and I have a door deal, but we just pay.

[Jeff Oskay]

You know what? Welcome to this club, my friend.

[Edwin McCain]

See, I knew we could work this out. I knew I knew we could work this out. Josh, I'm interested in your call and ask him be. Let's explore that more. So is this your first one?

[Josh Arnold]

Second.

[Edwin McCain]

Second.

[Edwin McCain (singing)]

See, you know, it's.

[Edwin McCain]

The first one's weird. The second one. Man, I was looking forward to the nap. The nap is brilliant. It is fantastic.

[Tom Griswold]

Yeah. As a sober person.

[Edwin McCain]

Yeah.

[Tom Griswold]

Another friend of mine just had some surgery, and I said, hey, look, if nothing else, you know, enjoy that. Enjoy that deep, deep sleep. Unfortunately, last time I had it. They do that. I had some serious surgery, and they put the thing over your face, and they get to count down from 10. I distinctly recall going, I was kind of hoping for at least nine minutes of bliss, but I didn't get it. Well, now, once again, ask a medical professional about colonoscopy. Very important stuff. Christy, have you had yours?

[Christy Lee]

Yeah, I had it last year.

[Tom Griswold]

No photos?

[Christy Lee]

No, there was nothing to take a picture of.

[Edwin McCain]

Well, they gave me, like, I had a clean house. They gave me, like, a flip book.

[Josh Arnold]

Yeah, pretty much, yeah.

[Edwin McCain]

It was really unnerving, honestly. I was like, I don't nobody. I don't. Why do you give me that? I don't have any. It's not like I'm gonna go, hey, you missed a spot. Right?

[Josh Arnold]

That. And how do I know this isn't the same six photos you just gave everybody?

[Edwin McCain]

Yeah, it's just like Jiffy Lube.

[Josh Arnold]

Your.

[Edwin McCain]

Your air filter needs to be.

[Tom Griswold]

That'd be kind of a cool thing on a game show where they had, like, celebrity colonoscopy photos.

[Josh Arnold]

Yeah. Yes.

[Tom Griswold]

And then you have to pair the two.

[Edwin McCain]

That's got to be Brad Pitt. That's got to be.

[Tom Griswold]

That'd be funny.

[Christy Lee]

I wonder why they didn't give me. My husband got his pictures, but I didn't get mine.

[Josh Arnold]

Oh, they're floating around somewhere.

[Unidentified Singer]

There's some techn.

[Jeff Oskay]

It's just like.

[Edwin McCain]

Yeah.

[Tom Griswold]

And I've learned one thing doing this show. There's a perversion associated in some way with everything.

[Christy Lee]

Yes.

[Tom Griswold]

There's probably some guy that. That's. That's his jam, if you will.

[Christy Lee]

I hope not.

[Tom Griswold]

These are hot.

[Edwin McCain]

Our Google searches are getting ready to be. Not good. In about an hour.

[Tom Griswold]

Now, coming up, we have a little bit of sporting news. We got a great world record. We'll get a song out of Mr. Edwin McCain and Christy Lee. What do you got over there?

[Christy Lee]

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[Tom Griswold]

Thank you very much, Hyundai. Thank you very much, Christy Lee. Coming up, we have an article about the weirdest museums in the world. We have five famous people who died on the loo, if you will, on the toilet. What a way to go. And a little tour of the Vagina museum. Who knew it's out there? Oh, and we also have black market sperm in the news of all things. We'll find out about all these things from the O'Reilly Auto Parts Studios. We'll visit with I almost said it again. A musician wannabe comedian, Edwin McCain from the O'Reilly Auto Parts Studios, this is the Bob and Tom Show. You didn't start a business just to keep the lights on. You're here to sell more today than yesterday. You're here to win. Lucky for you, sh Shopify built the best converting checkout on the planet. Like the just one tapping ridiculously fast acting sky high sales stacking champion at checkouts. That's the good stuff right there. So if your business is in it to win it, win with Shopify. Start your free trial [e-mail] win.

[Josh Arnold]

Hey there, it's the Bob and Tom Show. Thank you for joining us. We sure do appreciate it. We are live from the O'Reilly Auto Parts Studios, Christy Lee's alive and well.

[Christy Lee]

Hey, handsome.

[Josh Arnold]

Well, hello beautiful. Jeff. Oscar's alive and kicking as in excess might tell us. Yes, sir, there's Ace Cosby, Simple Minds. Oh, it is Simple Minds. They're very similar. In my brain, in my simple mind, I am Josh Arnold. There's kick was the In Excess album. Yeah. So that's sometimes why I get them confused too.

[Tom Griswold]

Oh, that's interesting.

[Josh Arnold]

But thank you for pointing out my error. Yes, that's right. There's Tom. And Tom, we're joined by a musician who was not a part of In Excess or.

[Tom Griswold]

Yes, that would apply to almost most of our guests. In theory.

[Josh Arnold]

I know we get tired of saying it.

[Tom Griswold]

Yeah. Yeah. Edwin McCain is our guest. Edwin is on the road. Edwin, I'm looking at the schedule. You're gonna be all over the place. Nashville, Indiana this evening and then Wednesday, Grand Rapids, Michigan, Friday. Oh, this is. You're gonna be at a beautiful spot, St. Ignace, Michigan, get to cross the beautiful Mackinac Bridge. You'll be at the Coyden Casino in St. Ignace along with five for fighting. You guys are on a big tour then it'll be Northfield Park. That's a cool show Saturday coming up this weekend and Sunday at the Taft Theater. I've been there in Cincinnati, Ohio. Lots of other great stops coming up for Edwin McCain, Morgantown, West Virginia. You're going to be hanging out in Green Bay, Wisconsin. Omaha, Nebraska, Des Moines, Iowa. You're all over the place.

[Edwin McCain]

You know it's funny because when I was 25 and I was going to be on a co headlining tour, I would have angled in every way to be able to close as many shows as I could on the tour. And now at 56, I'm angling in every way to open every show.

[Tom Griswold]

Do you guys flip a coin?

[Edwin McCain]

No, we just flip flop every night. And it was funny because I called John right when they announced the tour and I was like, hey buddy, you know if it'll just make it easier, I'll just go on first for the whole tour and that way we don't have to fight over it. And he was like, oh no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. You don't get away. I was just trying to be nice.

[Tom Griswold]

Yeah, the, the, the ego tends to die.

[Edwin McCain]

All about going on at 7:30.

[Tom Griswold]

I want to talk to our friends in Colorado Springs. It'll be Pike Peaks center or Pikes Peak center as we say in English. The Pikes Peak Center. Let's try that again. Colorado Springs coming up Sunday, June 28th.

[Josh Arnold]

It's way up there, isn't it? It's, it's on the top.

[Tom Griswold]

Oh, is it right there? This is all really helpful. It'll be Edwin McCain and his band and Five for Fighting coming up Sunday the 28th in Colorado Springs. I want to say hello to. We have a lot of fans there. We got a lot of great email from there. So many cool stops coming up. You're going to be all over the place. Now I understand at some point. Oh, you're going to be in Utah now you're driving.

[Edwin McCain]

Yeah, I mean I, the. So I'm not the last week of the tour. I've got a buddy of mine who also is our mechanic and he's coming out. He's going to help us, help me drive from Utah back to South Carolina in 24 hours.

[Josh Arnold]

Oh wow.

[Edwin McCain]

Yeah, because I have to be there for like a July 3rd gig and it's going to be one of those Cannonball Run things. We're, we're going to pull it off though.

[Josh Arnold]

Those can be fun.

[Edwin McCain]

We can do it.

[Josh Arnold]

I had to do Seattle to St. Louis in 36 hours and it was so. It was a full 12 hours each day drive. And yeah, it's kind of fun. But I was also 24, I think.

[Edwin McCain]

Yeah, it's gonna, it's gonna be fun. We're gonna, we'll, we'll get it done, but. And thank goodness he's a mechanic, so.

[Josh Arnold]

Yeah.

[Tom Griswold]

All right, well, now let's get a little sporting news and we'll get a song out of Edwin. How about that? You got a couple quick things over there.

[Jeff Oskay]

Oh, sure.

[Unidentified Singer]

Stupid.

[Tom Griswold]

World record.

[Jeff Oskay]

A man from Florida has broken, broken the Guinness world record for the most push ups while sword swallowing.

[Josh Arnold]

Oh, boy.

[Tom Griswold]

Now again, to me this, this seems to be the, the, the Venn diagram of, of athletic endeavor and sword swallowing. I would think it'd be pretty.

[Josh Arnold]

Let's not forget the homosexual undertones as well of sword swallowing while doing push ups.

[Christy Lee]

Oh, is he lower lowering onto the sword?

[Jeff Oskay]

We have a picture of this guy, variety entertainer.

[Josh Arnold]

Oh, I got it. He's just got the sword. He's not constantly throwing the sword.

[Jeff Oskay]

He achieved the feat by sticking a 17 inch long blade down his throat and performing a total of 25 push ups to beat the previous record of 20.

[Josh Arnold]

This is easy. Once you swallow that sword, it's easier to play.

[Jeff Oskay]

He should have to be in a headstand.

[Tom Griswold]

Yeah, but I say let the guy do Jim jumping jacks.

[Josh Arnold]

We'll see how he does. I think with each it should be a dagger and he should have to go. Go down on it. Every time he does a push up

[Jeff Oskay]

or headstand push ups go down on the sword.

[Edwin McCain (singing)]

Oh yeah.

[Josh Arnold]

Even harder.

[Tom Griswold]

Yeah. Sword swallowing. A friend of mine learned how to do that at church camp. Very, very odd.

[Edwin McCain]

That's a weird brag at a party. You know what I mean? Like, you think, you think his wife is like, hey, you know, maybe tonight can his wife. Can we not bring this up?

[Jeff Oskay]

His wife.

[Josh Arnold]

You're being very generous. Nervous.

[Tom Griswold]

I have been at a event where the. Someone did that and I have to turn away the swords. I. That thing just creeps me out.

[Christy Lee]

Just how do you start doing that? Use a rubber sword?

[Josh Arnold]

Well, first you start by getting a club sandwich. You gotta start small.

[Tom Griswold]

I don't know if that's some kind of a trick.

[Christy Lee]

It has to be.

[Tom Griswold]

If they're a union

[Christy Lee]

school you go to. Is it a camp? Like a summer camp?

[Tom Griswold]

It says this what he's described as an entertainer. So he, I'm wondering, he Must juggle and do all kinds of stuff, but. Yeah, but who's the first guy that ever thought of doing that?

[Edwin McCain]

Yeah, I'm sure it wasn't voluntary.

[Josh Arnold]

Yeah, he lived.

[Edwin McCain]

Do that again sometime during the Mongol empire.

[Josh Arnold]

Right, right.

[Tom Griswold]

And then, sadly, a couple centuries later, porn was invented. Well, you know where that ends. Well, that's. And that's our classy world record for today. Thank you very much. Is that sports?

[Jeff Oskay]

No. Tom Brady has teamed up with Gopuff to release a premium line of organic coconut water called Good Nuts. And announcing the partnership, Mr. Brady said, hydration has always been a big part of my routine. And while coconut water has been a staple for me, I knew we could take it to a completely different level by teaming up with GoPuff. With Goodnut, we focused on keeping the ingredients simple and clean, making sure it's exactly what I'd want in my own fridge. Goodnut is currently available online. Comes in three flavors. Original coconut water, chocolate coconut water, and post nut clarity. I mean, sparkling coconut water.

[Josh Arnold]

Yep.

[Tom Griswold]

It's called Good Nut, Good Nut.

[Edwin McCain]

I feel like that's kind of how, you know, Tom doesn't have any really good friends.

[Josh Arnold]

Yes, exactly.

[Tom Griswold]

Yeah, they should have gotten Lance Armstrong for this one. He does have the One Good Nut. Although I guess his endorsement days are probably. Probably over. Well, on that note.

[Josh Arnold]

But what does he need the money?

[Jeff Oskay]

Is it.

[Tom Griswold]

What is organic water as opposed to organic coconut water? Oh, so the coconuts must be in

[Christy Lee]

the way they process it or.

[Jeff Oskay]

I love coconut water.

[Christy Lee]

So do I.

[Josh Arnold]

You like that Good Nut?

[Jeff Oskay]

I like that grit.

[Josh Arnold]

Does it spunky?

[Tom Griswold]

Does it taste like coconuts?

[Jeff Oskay]

It tastes like coconut and dirt. I mean. Okay, the good stuff does because it

[Christy Lee]

has little pieces of coconut still in it. Oh, you hate that.

[Tom Griswold]

I'm not a coconut fan. Sorry. Now good luck, Tom Brady, with your other adventure. I can't imagine he needs the money.

[Christy Lee]

No.

[Tom Griswold]

But who knows? Edwin McCain's hanging out with us right now. We mentioned the big tour. You're on with Five for Fighting. You got your guitar. Can you give me a strong one to see how we got that good, everybody? You can hear that good? Yeah, it sounds good. I feel like playing something for us.

[Josh Arnold]

Yeah.

[Tom Griswold]

Yeah. What do you got?

[Edwin McCain (singing)]

Now back in the day I was high Tesla gasoline. Maybe I'm more like last year's kerosene But I still burn.

[Edwin McCain]

I still burn.

[Edwin McCain (singing)]

You walked away while there was still a little left Making me feel like

[Edwin McCain]

a half smoked cigarette But I learned,

[Edwin McCain (singing)]

yeah, I learned don't go chasing a memory that's just your past Dressed up like your destiny? You're better off pressing on letting it be? Don't go chasing a memory? I remember the time you were the girl in every song?

[Edwin McCain]

And in my mind the one that can do no wrong?

[Edwin McCain (singing)]

That image of you is never gone from my mind?

[Christy Lee]

Mind?

[Edwin McCain (singing)]

Don't go chasing a memory that's just prepared? Dressed up like your destiny? You're better off pressing on letting it be? Don't go chasing a memory? Get you now would never be the same? I'm leaving you in that untouchable frame? Don't go chasing a memory that's just your past? Rest up like your destiny? You're better off pressing on letting it be? Don't go chasing on memory.

[Tom Griswold]

Yes, sir. All right, Edwin McCain and his guitar joining us this morning, getting ready for his massive tour. And you'll be driving the bus. Some of the time.

[Edwin McCain]

I just. I drove the bus the first week. The management company that we sign with now, the new managers are very much against me driving the bus. And they tried to guilt me a little bit about it. They were like, you know, you might be sacrificing some of your on stage performance. And I said, I've been driving the bus to the gig for 18 years. You don't have a control group to measure against. This is all. This is all it is. So, yeah, I do have a guy coming out to help us with one of the long drives. Said that will be legal. But I like driving the bus. It's fun when people come pulling up next to us and then they realize that I'm actually driving and they get all excited and pull away.

[Tom Griswold]

I mean, there's. There are a couple musical artists that fly their own jet.

[Edwin McCain]

Yeah, yeah. It was the dexterity. The guy from the Offspring.

[Josh Arnold]

Yeah, the Offspring. Yeah.

[Edwin McCain]

No, he's like. Isn't he like a rocket scientist, too?

[Josh Arnold]

Yeah.

[Edwin McCain]

About overachiever staying here.

[Christy Lee]

Metallica.

[Tom Griswold]

No.

[Edwin McCain]

Oh, no. It's Iron Maiden, Bruce Dickinson. He flies a 747s overachiever.

[Tom Griswold]

So driving the bus is not.

[Edwin McCain]

Yeah, I mean, it's not. I mean, it's not even that interesting. And you know the hate that I get from the truckers, too. There's a real little prejudice that the truckers have against the bus drivers. They won't even give you the man nod like, oh, yeah. We just get ignored. Like the little geeky kid in middle school come out there filling up. I'm like, I'm spending as much money as you are, Ernie.

[Josh Arnold]

I find the same thing. It's like, hey, just because I'm in a U haul doesn't mean I'm not gonna be. I'm doing what you do.

[Edwin McCain]

I'll be sitting there watching the window, you know, and I'll see the guy give him a little man nod, and

[Tom Griswold]

they just go, just look at me.

[Edwin McCain]

Get out of here, you hippie.

[Tom Griswold]

On this show, we don't typically solve too many serious issues in contemporary culture, and there are obviously a handful of them. But we have recently isolated the problem that depending on what state you're in, the fluid for washing the windshields, more and more of these gas stations are not attending to it. It's really disturbing to me that they can't. They don't have it. But we did get. We got a letter. What was the name of the place where they actually have a.

[Josh Arnold]

The Quick Trip Chain. But Kwik, because there's another quick trip. That's Q, U, I K. Yeah.

[Tom Griswold]

They have a machine that loads the. That loads the fluid, keeps it full, and they actually attend to it. And have you ever noticed the stench? Sometimes you take that squeegee and.

[Josh Arnold]

Oh, my God, that can get terrible. Yeah.

[Tom Griswold]

Yeah.

[Edwin McCain]

I suspect that people confuse the squeegee compartment with the bathroom.

[Josh Arnold]

You know, we had not theorized that, but, yeah, I'm not running in.

[Jeff Oskay]

We had quite a few people right in. That's why it stinks, is because people pee in those.

[Josh Arnold]

Can you imagine the cameras, though?

[Tom Griswold]

Yeah, I was gonna say they're gonna be on camera with Maria Menounos.

[Christy Lee]

Some of them are pretty high up. Up, Right. I mean, some of those squeegee.

[Josh Arnold]

Oh, they can be.

[Edwin McCain]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. But that just makes it more fun.

[Tom Griswold]

Yeah, sure.

[Josh Arnold]

Yeah, exactly.

[Edwin McCain]

Yeah, sure.

[Josh Arnold]

Right, Tom? I've never, never. Mario Lopez doesn't give me the urge to pee.

[Tom Griswold]

We're going to hang out with Edwin McCain once again. He's on tour, perhaps stopping at a place near you. We'll talk about that. And, Kristal Lee, what do you got coming up in the world of news?

[Christy Lee]

Well, we have a fireworks truck that caught fire in Tennessee. That was pretty spectacular. I don't know if you've seen this.

[Edwin McCain]

It was awesome.

[Jeff Oskay]

It was awesome.

[Tom Griswold]

During the day.

[Josh Arnold]

I like to think it was like the Naked Gun with the cops going, nothing to see here. There's a giant fireworks display going on.

[Christy Lee]

Really incredible.

[Tom Griswold]

It happens.

[Josh Arnold]

Everybody's cool, though.

[Tom Griswold]

Truck driver, nobody got hurt.

[Josh Arnold]

Probably some concert bus ran him off the road and he, oh,

[Edwin McCain]

I'm giving you three blinks, and then I'm coming over. I'M just letting you know now.

[Jeff Oskay]

Now, do bus drivers get the, from the kids, the whole, the horn thing, or is that strictly from the trucks?

[Edwin McCain]

No, we are completely shunned as a group. I know. I'm telling you, it's a, it's a sad, it's a, you know, it's an untold story. Everybody thinks this is all fun and games in the tour bus. It's not for the driver. No.

[Tom Griswold]

Now, which side of the bus is the gas access? Both. Both, Both.

[Josh Arnold]

A dual diesel type thing.

[Edwin McCain]

Yeah, yeah.

[Josh Arnold]

So you gotta, you do have to pull into those truck stops and get both tanks going at the same time.

[Edwin McCain]

Yeah, no, we have, we have one big tank and I'm. I had a 700 fuel up the other day and I'm anticipating a thousand dollar fuel up soon. It's gonna be interesting.

[Tom Griswold]

Wow. Yeah, I had the same thing with my Suburban.

[Edwin McCain]

I got.

[Tom Griswold]

That does not get great.

[Jeff Oskay]

Castle.

[Edwin McCain]

I went in there the other day and the girl, girl at the fuel counter, you know, she goes, golly, y' all must have been bone dry. And I was like, shut up, Shirley. Just give me my shower. All right? Don't rub it in. Just let me go.

[Tom Griswold]

A true Road Warrior. Edwin McCain is our guest. We're coming right back to the O'Reilly Auto Parts Studios. This is the Bob and Tom Show.

[Christy Lee]

Hey there. I'm Paula Pan. I help people make the smartest money decisions possible. If you don't control your money, it controls you.

[Tom Griswold]

If you're not in control of your

[Christy Lee]

finances and you have to look outside of yourself to you live the life

[Tom Griswold]

that you want, you're not in control of your life. Like, what is it that you actually want? Money should follow the dreams and goals because sometimes we make the dream and goal the money.

[Edwin McCain]

And you've overworked yourself and you've exceeded what you've needed for the actual thing you want.

[Josh Arnold]

Sometimes we forget, like, what's the actual thing you want?

[Christy Lee]

Afford anything. Follow and listen on your favorite platform.

[Josh Arnold]

Hey, it's the Bob and Tom Show. We are live from the O'Reilly Auto Parts Studios. Christy Lee's at the news desk.

[Christy Lee]

Hello.

[Josh Arnold]

I think we'll be getting to you in just a little bit here. Honey.

[Christy Lee]

I'm ready.

[Josh Arnold]

There's Jeff. Oscar.

[Jeff Oskay]

Good day to you, sir.

[Josh Arnold]

Good day to you. Ace Cosby over there. I'm Josh Arnold and Tom, we're joined by one of our favorite people.

[Tom Griswold]

He is musician Edwin McCain, who's been. You said you've been driving the bus for what, 18 years?

[Edwin McCain]

I started when I was 18. I bought an old bus off of this gospel group in South Carolina. It was out in a field and it was a former Greyhound bus. When I bought it, it had 2 million miles.

[Jeff Oskay]

18.

[Edwin McCain]

18. 18 year old me was like, I was just getting broken in. That bus was so. Oh, gosh, it was so old. It was a 1960 GMC 4104 and it was round on both ends. Looked like a torpedo.

[Josh Arnold]

Oh, those are cool.

[Edwin McCain]

Yeah, it was cool. And. And we'd go 55 miles an hour downhill with the wind behind you and. And then I never changed the oil ever. I just added it.

[Jeff Oskay]

Oh, yeah. I had one of those cars.

[Tom Griswold]

Oh, man.

[Edwin McCain]

And I'd be at the truck stop, like adding oil and I had these. I had to wear like coveralls because you'd just be covered, right?

[Tom Griswold]

And just.

[Edwin McCain]

And. And the truckers would gather around me. Why are you driving this old bus, you idiot? You know, just. I didn't have like a. They were like heckling me. I like a crowd of trucker hecklers while I was trying to get my bus to run. And. And because it was a gospel group that had owned it before me and they had put a stencil on the back and it said, God is my co pilot on the back. Which is really handy because you'd see the state troopers see us come by and be like, there's some hippies. Let's go shake them down for their weed. And they. They'd pull out and start racing up behind. I could see them in the rearview mirror and they get just close enough to see that we were Bible thumpers and pull off. Man, that sticker saved me so much hassle.

[Tom Griswold]

Now you're currently driving Queenie.

[Edwin McCain]

Queenie.

[Tom Griswold]

Queenie is your boss. You were mentioning to me off the air that people take pictures of Queenie. They come to. Not sure if they come to hear you sing or to see the bus.

[Edwin McCain]

Queenie's the main character now. Queenie's become the main character. Everybody pulls for Queenie.

[Tom Griswold]

You have to have a special license to be able to drive.

[Edwin McCain]

I do now. For a long time. For a long time, we got away with it. We would just slap Private coach up on the front of the thing and nobody hassled us. And, you know, that's why I remember when we had to get DAT numbers and I had this driver and I was like, hey, we're going to have to. And we're gonna have to be on random drug screens now. And he's like, well, today's my last day. Oh, man.

[Tom Griswold]

Well, you're a clean liver now, so.

[Edwin McCain]

Yeah, no, we were always good. And you know, it was funny is the, is you got to go do the, you know, I had to go do the driver test and it's funny to be doing a first time driver's test when you've already been driving the thing for 20 years. You have to pretend like you haven't been like, oh, thank you for taking me on this test drive.

[Tom Griswold]

You have to be able to climb underneath it.

[Edwin McCain]

And yeah, you got to do all that, you know, and, and now it's. What's interesting is we get, every once in a while we'll get spot checked by a dot guy or whatever. And the, and because of the Patriot act, the cops can come on the bus anytime they want. And so we have some cops that are fanned in Alabama. And I know if I'm playing in Birmingham, I know I gotta build in an extra 30 minutes because I know we're gonna get pulled over and I know he's gonna bring the dog on board. So, you know, we have dog treats and coffee ready and everything. I just already know the drill. He's coming, so might as well make the best of it.

[Tom Griswold]

Wow. Adam McCain on the road. Let's squeeze in a news story from Christy Lee. We'll get back to the action in a second.

[Christy Lee]

The Vagina Museum in the UK is no longer going to replace the MILF magnet that keeps getting stolen. In a social media post, the museum drew attention to a magnet display, part of an exhibit titled Menopause. What's changed? The display asks visitors to consider the language used to describe menopause and menopausal people, with a picture of the board showing which magnets have faded from being touched frequently. However, the museum said the magnet board once housed a MILF magnet it but it was stolen so many times that they have just given up. Officials added, we are delighted that our MILF visitors feel represented but couldn't afford to keep on replacing the MILF magnets.

[Tom Griswold]

Why don't they sell them?

[Christy Lee]

That's what I was going to say. Put them in the gift shop. You know they got to have a gift shop, right?

[Edwin McCain]

That's my favorite band. MILF magnet.

[Tom Griswold]

Oh yeah.

[Josh Arnold]

I like to think I'm a MILF Magnus. Yeah, I'm not.

[Christy Lee]

Yeah, sure you are there.

[Tom Griswold]

Really? The MIL stick you.

[Josh Arnold]

They do.

[Tom Griswold]

That's nice.

[Josh Arnold]

Which is fine with me cuz I love goldfish crackers. They've always got them.

[Jeff Oskay]

So you have this great thing a Vagina museum and you mess it up with menopause talk.

[Josh Arnold]

Yeah, I know. I was going to say you and I go there and it's like menopause. Is it change. Oh, where's the.

[Jeff Oskay]

Where are the vaginas?

[Christy Lee]

Did you think it was just a museum of different vaginas?

[Jeff Oskay]

Yeah, it's a vagina you should see, by the way.

[Tom Griswold]

By the way, it's not right.

[Josh Arnold]

Almost.

[Tom Griswold]

Next door is the Anus museum.

[Edwin McCain]

I told you we should have gone to that aircraft carrier museum.

[Tom Griswold]

That's the chart, apparently. Boy, that is as uninteresting. Who's going to want to steal the MILF magnet?

[Christy Lee]

Well, it's the most interesting one on there.

[Edwin McCain]

Yeah, next to in the faggotable.

[Josh Arnold]

Yeah. Please be careful.

[Edwin McCain]

That was real close enough.

[Christy Lee]

I can't even read that.

[Tom Griswold]

Indefatigable we say in the uk. Well, there's a vagina museum.

[Josh Arnold]

Have you ever been to the Vagina? I saw three days out of the year or three days out of the month. It's closed, the elevator opens and it's like that scene from the Shine Shining.

[Tom Griswold]

I thought you were gonna go with Carrie, but.

[Josh Arnold]

Well, if you're. Are you familiar with the stage?

[Edwin McCain]

Red Rum? Indeed.

[Christy Lee]

Well, if. If the Vagina museum doesn't float your boat. What about some of these? There's the Idaho Potato Museum in Blackfoot, Idaho.

[Josh Arnold]

I'd check that out.

[Christy Lee]

The Museum of Clean. This is in Pocatello, Idaho. Over 5,000 clean related objects in other another 50 hands on activities. Tom, you would love the clean music.

[Tom Griswold]

You get to go clean stuff up. Yes, that'd be fun.

[Edwin McCain]

Isn't there like a phallus palooza in Japan?

[Christy Lee]

Yes, there is a big festival of the Phallus.

[Tom Griswold]

Yeah, absolutely. They have parades and.

[Christy Lee]

Right. But there is a phallic museum.

[Tom Griswold]

That's in Iceland.

[Christy Lee]

Yes, it is in Reykjavik. Houses the world's largest display of penises and penile bodies. Parts parts.

[Josh Arnold]

Penile parts. Just the tip. Yeah,

[Tom Griswold]

that's in the. The lying wing. The wing of no truth.

[Christy Lee]

There's the Saluba International Museum of Toilets in India. That's ironic.

[Tom Griswold]

Yeah, no kidding. You just go out back.

[Christy Lee]

Contains toilets and bathroom memorabilia from over 50 countries.

[Tom Griswold]

Wow.

[Christy Lee]

Yeah.

[Tom Griswold]

You know that the. The Vagina Museum, funny enough, used to just be a big box store and then they converted it. Sorry, just came to me.

[Christy Lee]

The Museum of broken Relationships. That sounds fun.

[Tom Griswold]

Oh great.

[Josh Arnold]

The show has a wing, doesn't it?

[Christy Lee]

Yeah. Displays personal objects from former lovers along with brief synopsis. We talk about a downer day yeah,

[Josh Arnold]

but I bet there's some good stories.

[Tom Griswold]

Yeah.

[Josh Arnold]

Are you guys readers at museums?

[Christy Lee]

I am.

[Josh Arnold]

I have become one too.

[Christy Lee]

Yeah.

[Josh Arnold]

I used to be baffled by the old guys who were actually reading the plaques.

[Tom Griswold]

Oh, yeah.

[Josh Arnold]

Now I'm that guy.

[Christy Lee]

There's the Gopher Hole Museum in Torrington, Alberta, Canada. They feature 82 taxidermied gophers, or more specifically Richardson's ground squirrels. And 48 displays each a unique handmade vignette of Torrington's history with gopher.

[Tom Griswold]

Oh, God.

[Edwin McCain]

Wouldn't you have loved to have been there for the pitch for that idea? Hey, wait. You know how we can bring some people into Torrington, Alberta, Canada. Gopher Hole Museum.

[Jeff Oskay]

Well, you may have seen this in your tour. So it wasn't a museum, but if you took 70 out west, there was a place called Prairie Dog Town and it had the world's largest prairie dog at a pit of snakes.

[Josh Arnold]

Always wanted to go that.

[Jeff Oskay]

You just go. And it literally was a pit of snakes.

[Josh Arnold]

And did you go?

[Jeff Oskay]

Oh, I went. And they had a six legged cow and they had a two headed sheep.

[Josh Arnold]

And it.

[Jeff Oskay]

You think it's going to be awesome and it's the most depressing thing you've ever seen in your life. And I just looked it up. It has been closed for like 15. Do you remember seeing all the signs driving out west?

[Josh Arnold]

Yeah, we went there, man.

[Jeff Oskay]

It was just an animal freak farm. So depressing.

[Christy Lee]

Yeah.

[Tom Griswold]

I hope the Gopher Hole Museum has like a Bill Murray tribute.

[Josh Arnold]

Yeah, yeah, some sort.

[Tom Griswold]

So are these gophers. They're all posed like they're the founding fathers of this town.

[Josh Arnold]

And very odd.

[Tom Griswold]

Wow.

[Christy Lee]

There's the Mutter Museum in Philadelphia.

[Josh Arnold]

Oh, it's next to the Fodder Museum.

[Christy Lee]

Contains a collection of anatomical and pathological specimens, wax models and antique medical equipment.

[Tom Griswold]

Oh, okay.

[Josh Arnold]

I'd love to see some of that stuff.

[Tom Griswold]

Yeah, that's scary.

[Josh Arnold]

Antique medical equipment. Yeah.

[Tom Griswold]

What did they extract your bowels with? Oh, it's made of cast iron. That looks healthy.

[Christy Lee]

And don't if you're in England and I know there are a lot of museums, there's the V and A. There's a lot of lot going on there. If you go to Leeds Castle in Kent, England, don't miss the Dog collar museum. Over 130 rare and valuable collars. The oldest dates back to the 15th century.

[Tom Griswold]

Wow. Really?

[Christy Lee]

Really?

[Tom Griswold]

Hey kids, we have an option here. We can go see a concert in Hyde park or we can go to the Dog Collar Museum in Leeds. The who made a great out them there once. We're gonna come right back. We're hanging out with musician. He is Edwin McCain on tour right now? He will not be stopping at the Snake Museum, but he might be stopping at a spot near you that would include Nashville, Indiana, this evening. Then he's got a bunch of. You're gonna be on the road coming up. It'll be a beautiful spot. You're gonna be going all the way north in Michigan. You'll be in just across the Mackinac Bridge in St. Ignace. That'll be at the Quayton Casino. That's a great spot, Grand Rapids. I should point this out. Wednesday night, the Friday show is the one at the Kuwait and Casino. And then it'll be center stage in Northfield and then Cincinnati Sunday night. You can find all these dates if You Google Edwin McCain and the Tour with five for fighting all those shows I've just mentioned. We're going to return to the O'Reilly Auto Parts Studio. This is the Bob and Tom Show.

[Josh Arnold]

Hey, it's the Bob and Tom Show. We are live from the O'Reilly Auto Parts Studios. Think O'Reilly Auto Parts for all your car care needs. Get the parts and service you need fast from the professional parts people at O'Reilly Auto Parts. Christy Lee's at the news desk. Hello. There's Jeff Oskay.

[Jeff Oskay]

Hey, man.

[Josh Arnold]

Ace Cosby. How the heck are you alive and kicking? Alive and kicking, as simple minds told us. How did your. Was it the UF Championships coming this weekend? Okay. Did you enjoy the playoffs?

[Jeff Oskay]

Yeah.

[Christy Lee]

Who's in the championship?

[Jeff Oskay]

Yeah,

[Edwin McCain]

yeah.

[Josh Arnold]

Of course.

[Edwin McCain]

A lot of athletic activity, an exciting matchup.

[Christy Lee]

Yes.

[Josh Arnold]

Is the French Open over?

[Tom Griswold]

Yes.

[Josh Arnold]

Okay. Did anybody. Does anybody know who won that? Okay.

[Tom Griswold]

The Russian. The very young Russian.

[Christy Lee]

Yeah. Had no sponsors or anything. And now she's the million dollar tennis player. Yeah.

[Josh Arnold]

How about that? That's a fun story.

[Tom Griswold]

You can be a million dollar tennis player in Russia. Well, do they have the money?

[Josh Arnold]

She can have the money and make love to Putin or she can just give Putin the money. Christy, what would you pick? Million bucks? Sleep with Putin?

[Christy Lee]

No.

[Tom Griswold]

No.

[Josh Arnold]

What is it, some moral thing?

[Edwin McCain]

Fine.

[Jeff Oskay]

I don't sleep with monsters.

[Christy Lee]

No. It's not worth it to me.

[Tom Griswold]

Edwin, have you ever considered writing a book about you had an interesting fun life? You've had a number one hit song, one of the most famous songs in the world. There changed everything. Now, could you write a book or are too many of the people still alive?

[Edwin McCain]

I actually have been talking to a friend of mine who's A writer about doing that. And then I started sort of, you know, reminiscing through some of the stories I might tell. And then I thought, maybe not. Let's. I don't know. My rule was I was gonna, you know, while my mom was still alive, I was like, let's just leave her out of this. And then. And now I'm like, maybe I'll just leave my kids out of this. No, I mean, honestly, I think if. Be fun, but I, I, I, I. And I probably better do it before I forget all of them now, because people will come up to me and go, hey, man, do you remember? And I'm like, let me stop you right there. Are we talking pre 2007? Because if that's your question, then nope.

[Tom Griswold]

Yeah, there's a lot of cool stuff that you probably did that you don't want to.

[Edwin McCain]

I was leading. Leading a fairly colorful lifestyle, I must say. It was a good time. I mean, the 90s were, were. The 90s were ridiculous. Let's just all call it what it was. It was the last of the big music business. It was still the same people in the music industry that ran it from the 70s and the 80s, and we got to the 90s, and they were, you know, it was still the same music business. And so it was fun. It was so much fun. We rode around all the radio stations. You know, the, you know, the, the local radio reps for Atlantic were the same guys that drove Led Zeppelin around. And it was amazing. It was a great time. And now, you know, I've. I realized now at all, almost every gig I play with other musicians, that I'm the old guy on the gig, and I'm the oldest musician there. And I'm like. I toured with the Almond Brothers. Our buses were powered with goat milk.

[Tom Griswold]

You know, by the way, I want to say maybe this weekend the Greg Allman documentary it does is going to be released, and it's in theaters only.

[Edwin McCain]

Yes. And I got an advanced copy of it and saw it. Greg's management reached out to me and sent me a copy of it. And it is such a great documentary, and it really does. If you want to know about Greg and his legacy, and he's one of the cornerstones of Southern soul, and if you. You have any interest in that, this documentary is absolutely spectacular.

[Tom Griswold]

I think it's this, it's. It's called. It's called the Music of My Soul.

[Edwin McCain]

Yeah.

[Tom Griswold]

Greg Almond.

[Edwin McCain]

Yeah. And he was so kind to me. He used to take me on tour when we would tour with the Allman Brothers. We finished those tours, and then Greg would take me with him to go out on tour with Greg and friends. And he was just incredibly kind to me as a young musician and really did sort of model the. I mean, for a lot of ways, the way to be humble and honor what we're doing in a larger sense. Right. Because, like, if it was left to me, I would have put on spandex and tried to be David Lee Roth. So fortunately, Greg steered me in the correct direction.

[Christy Lee]

Did you ever do that? Did you ever try that?

[Edwin McCain]

No, I never did. And it's a. It's a good thing because I. I have a lot of friends in the hair metal space and 50 plus year old and hair metal and spandex. Nah, not good.

[Tom Griswold]

There's still guys out there doing it.

[Christy Lee]

I know.

[Tom Griswold]

Imagine you could be in Cinderella.

[Edwin McCain]

Well, you know what? Tom Keefer's amazing.

[Tom Griswold]

Sure.

[Edwin McCain]

Of all those bands, musically, they. That Tom Ker is a beast. He's a great. But I was like, really good friends with Kevin Dubro from Quiet Riot, you know, and he was still. He was still trying to put on the giraffe print spandex, and it just. It looked like he had a potato in the front of it. It was just not good. It was not good. It's like, bro, talk about your potato museum. That's what that was for sure.

[Tom Griswold]

One of the interesting things that you probably encountered is getting. Getting matched up with the wrong band on a bill. I think we've all been to those shows.

[Josh Arnold]

Yeah. I saw you with Rob Bass. That was an honor.

[Edwin McCain]

I'll tell you, the worst matchup ever. We opened up for LL Cool J. I opened up solo acoustic for LL Cool J at a Virgin Megastore in Compton. And I can't think of a time where I've been more hated by an audience than I was that day. I think I got through half of one song till somebody on the front row showed me the cat, and I was like, thank you for having me, and just ran off the stage.

[Tom Griswold]

Wow.

[Edwin McCain]

Yeah, it was a bad matchup, man. The. The Turns out, yeah, Old Cool James doesn't need an acoustic opener at all.

[Josh Arnold]

I'll be making my way out of here. I'll be leav Me. I'll go ahead.

[Edwin McCain]

Yeah.

[Josh Arnold]

Ladies love Cool James. Barely hate me.

[Edwin McCain]

Not so much.

[Tom Griswold]

That was that just the record label not getting it.

[Josh Arnold]

Yeah.

[Edwin McCain]

And it's funny too, because I know who exactly who did that. And she denies it to this day. She's like, that wasn't me. I was like, you were there.

[Josh Arnold]

That's so funny that you can call them out.

[Edwin McCain]

No, and. And because it's everybody, you know, most everybody I worked with at Atlantic I'm still friends with, you know, and. And I had a great experience, my time in the major labels. And so not like a lot of people complain about it, but I. I loved every second of it. I'm still friends with everybody I used to work with.

[Josh Arnold]

Oh, it's great.

[Edwin McCain]

Yeah, it's cool, man. So. But I also get to relive those memories with them. And I see them and I'm like, bobby, that was you. And she's like, it wasn't me. And it was like it was 100% you that told me to go play in front of El LL Cool J.

[Josh Arnold]

Have you.

[Tom Griswold]

We were talking about, though, this. Have you ever had to substitute for somebody at the last minute?

[Unidentified Singer]

Oh, oh, oh.

[Edwin McCain]

All the time. So. Got it. So, because I have my own bus and everything's in the trailer, we're ready to go at a moment's notice. So I got a call. It was like, you know, 10 o' clock one morning. Hey, how soon can you make it to Charleston? We need you at the North Charleston Fair. The Village People got tangled up in some flood somewhere, and they're not gonna make it. All right, I got it called the band. Everybody gets in the bus. We learned YMCA on the way down. And so you can imagine, it's like a fair. It's like an amphitheater is a fair. And they haven't had any time to announce that any of this is happening. And so I waddle out there on stage and the crowd's looking at me, and I go, hey, look, I've got some good news and some bad news. The bad news is the Village People were tangled up in a flood and they're not going to be here. The good news is you're getting this guy right here. And they did not accept that reality. They were not happy in any way. And there was. Was a round. We were roundly booed at the beginning of the show.

[Tom Griswold]

Boo.

[Edwin McCain]

But over the course of 75 minutes, I chipped away at him and then chipped away at him. And at the end of it, I had a bunch of people on stage and everybody's doing ymca and then. And we finished the show and everybody was just going crazy. And we went into the back room, into the. Into the dressing room area, and the old Jewish guy that books all the fairs comes running in and he goes, yeah, you. He goes, you look at you. He goes, you slayed him.

[Tom Griswold]

It was amazing.

[Edwin McCain]

I never seen anybody turn a crowd

[Edwin McCain (singing)]

from there to here.

[Edwin McCain]

They loved you. My whole life, I never heard of you.

[Christy Lee]

Never heard your name.

[Edwin McCain (singing)]

I never heard your name once.

[Edwin McCain]

And look at you.

[Tom Griswold]

Look at you.

[Edwin McCain]

Slayed him.

[Tom Griswold]

Last time I saw you, you were. It was a big, big outdoor thing. And you said, now for those of you that don't know, after playing couple things, you said something like, okay, for those of you that don't know who I am, I'm gonna play this one. And then.

[Edwin McCain]

Yeah, no, the one. If you've been in a Home Depot for more than 20 minutes recently, I'm sure you've heard it. Home Depot, Publix, Walgreens. It's like, you know, it's everywhere. I just stop whatever I'm doing and just look up at the ceiling and just think to myself, myself, this one's going to pay for one of my kids to go to rehab.

[Tom Griswold]

Edwin McCain is our guest. We're going to force him to play more music. When we return, Christy, you can give me a teaser. What's coming up.

[Christy Lee]

Well, actually, I have the UFL information for you. The UFL United bowl in St. Louis this weekend. Saturday, the D.C. defenders are taking on the Louisville Kings for the championship. So there you go.

[Jeff Oskay]

Halftime show from 50 Cent.

[Christy Lee]

50 Cent.

[Josh Arnold]

He's in Nelly territory. Oh boy. St. Lunatics aren't going to be happy about that.

[Tom Griswold]

I have no idea what they're talking about. Is this a regional rep issue?

[Edwin McCain]

Wait, I should open this show.

[Tom Griswold]

Right now. I want to ask you, do you get that, that credit card bill? And you go, well, this is interesting. All I can do is pay off the interest. They can charge you like 20% plus. And if you've been using your credit cards maybe a little too much, you need some extra cash. Perhaps if you own your own home, you may be able to do a refi and grab some of that equity. As you know, the average house in the USA has gone up between 30 and 40 and 50%. Depends on your situation. Of course, if you've owned your house for more than 10 years, it's probably doubled in value. You can take advantage of that without selling it if you do a refund. And the folks that do it are American financing. This is what they do. They have non. No pressure, no upfront fees. They have salary based mortgage consultants that can help you out. It takes about 10 minutes to figure out if this is something that might work for you. So obviously it depends on your situation. But if you're a homeowner and you need to grab some cash for a remodel or whatever, you can do a refi. Call American Financing today, 866-88-9260. Or it's a lot easier to remember this. AmericanFinancing.net do me a favor and put Bob and Tom so they know that we sent you. Once again, that's americanfinancing.net

[Josh Arnold]

hey, it's the Bob and Tom Show. We are live from the O'Reilly Auto Parts Studios. Hope you're having a great day thus far. There's Christy Lee.

[Christy Lee]

Hello.

[Josh Arnold]

You're at the news desk, aren't you?

[Christy Lee]

I am.

[Josh Arnold]

And you sure are adorable. There's Jeff Oskay.

[Jeff Oskay]

Am I adorable?

[Josh Arnold]

Equally adorable.

[Edwin McCain]

Oh, yeah.

[Josh Arnold]

Ace Cosby.

[Tom Griswold]

Am I sweet?

[Josh Arnold]

You're very sweet. I'm Josh Arnold. I'd like to think I'm a tasty treat myself. And there's filling. There's the number one. I was about to compliment him, too.

[Jeff Oskay]

Yeah.

[Josh Arnold]

So. But I'm not going to now. I'm just.

[Tom Griswold]

Sorry. What, am I supposed to be nice?

[Josh Arnold]

I'm just gonna say there's Tom.

[Christy Lee]

Yeah.

[Josh Arnold]

And Tom. We are joined by an actual artist,

[Tom Griswold]

so maybe we should stop embarrassing ourselves. Edwin McCain has joined us in the studio. He's a fine musician, singer, songwriter, bus driver. He does it all. And I wanted to ask you something. Do you have the, do you have the little trailer behind your bus?

[Edwin McCain]

We do. We do.

[Tom Griswold]

With the, do you have merch in it at all?

[Edwin McCain]

Oh, we have everything in it.

[Tom Griswold]

What do you sell on the road?

[Edwin McCain]

I actually wore out our old trailer and we got a new trailer and then we have it wrapped in it, you know, it says Edwin McCain lucky on it and the whole thing.

[Tom Griswold]

That's the new album, by the way, streaming right now. Yeah.

[Edwin McCain]

And what's, what's, and, you know, every, we always debate, you know, should we, should we keep putting my name on this trailer? You know, but it is, it's good. Except for, you know, two or three o' clock in the morning when fans go by and go, beep, beep, beep,

[Tom Griswold]

beep, beep, beep, beep.

[Edwin McCain]

Everybody's trying to sleep. But it helps me with the band whenever there's, you know, disagreements or arguments, I can just look at them and go, whose name's on the trailer? Tom often pulls this guy right here. Right here.

[Tom Griswold]

What's that like?

[Josh Arnold]

I don't know. Yeah.

[Edwin McCain]

Anyway, it's pretty fun.

[Tom Griswold]

What kind of stuff do you sell at the Shows.

[Edwin McCain]

We have T shirts. We have some vinyl. I saw the other day. We. We at one time had a prototype refrigerator magnet. And then. I don't know where that. Why that went away, but it probably

[Tom Griswold]

erased all of the digital.

[Edwin McCain]

Yeah, we got some. We got some T shirts and we carry. It's. You know, actually, basically that's what we are now. We're T shirt salesmen traveling the country.

[Josh Arnold]

James McMurtry, once, he goes, I'm a beer salesman who just happens to play guitar.

[Edwin McCain]

That's kind of what it is.

[Jeff Oskay]

It's.

[Edwin McCain]

It's so.

[Tom Griswold]

It's.

[Edwin McCain]

It's so much fun to have the band that I've had for. You know, the youngest member of the band has been 16 years. So, you know, and then Craig has been with me 35 years, and Larry's been with me 27. So it's been cool to be. To have the same band and crew for as long as we have because we've just, you know, it's a family, really.

[Tom Griswold]

So.

[Josh Arnold]

Have you ever worn a piece of your merch out and about?

[Edwin McCain]

Yes. I used to wear Edward McCain hats all over the place. And then Craig made me stop. He's like, it's embarrassing.

[Tom Griswold]

Yeah, I kind of get that. Yeah.

[Josh Arnold]

Yeah.

[Christy Lee]

But I'll wear a Bob and Tom shirt every now and then.

[Tom Griswold]

I once saw Larry Coriel, the great guitarist, wearing a Larry Coriel T shirt that had his picture on it. I mean, I kind of like that. And the picture was the exact same size as his face. And it was really. It was. It was a T shirt, was his face, and it just kind of freaked me out.

[Unidentified Singer]

Yes.

[Tom Griswold]

Yeah.

[Josh Arnold]

I. I sort of respect it, though.

[Tom Griswold]

Yeah.

[Edwin McCain]

I don't know.

[Josh Arnold]

I. I wouldn't do it, but I don't mind.

[Jeff Oskay]

I've worn my own merch, but just because I didn't have any clean lawn. Looks like it's going to be a snooze bar day for Jeff.

[Edwin McCain]

It's a valid solution.

[Tom Griswold]

I remember. Oh, God. What was the name of the band that had the song Battleship? Ch. Chains?

[Josh Arnold]

Georgia Satellites.

[Tom Griswold]

Yeah, the Georgia Satellites. The lead singer, Dan Beard. Dan. Dan Beard. Thank you very much. Nice guy. And he came through and. And. And we were doing some stuff with him, and he said, by the way, you'll love this line. He goes, well, yeah, I stopped playing with the Georgia Satellites because we became a Georgia Satellites cover band, which. That was kind of funny. But those things you fill out, the. What you need backstage when you, you know, the writer. The writer, they call it. Yeah. And there's the famous stories, the Van Halen, red M&M's, blah, blah. But all they wanted. Do you remember this? They just want. They wanted clean socks and water.

[Edwin McCain]

That's what we do. Clean socks. Clean towels and water. Yeah, you gotta get everybody to throw their socks away. Eight guys in a bus. Socks gotta go in the trash can, bro. It's not that important.

[Josh Arnold]

What about back in the 90s?

[Edwin McCain]

Yeah. I have no recollection of that. Senator,

[Josh Arnold]

my client is here on his own free will.

[Tom Griswold]

We had a news story yesterday about a. I guess it was an rv. Because you do drive the bus. And remember the story, Christy. This guy inadvertently or whatever stupidly emptied the sewage system, if you will, from the RV into a diesel tank.

[Christy Lee]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Josh Arnold]

Yikes.

[Unidentified Singer]

So.

[Tom Griswold]

And. And by the way, all the diesel fuel is no good.

[Christy Lee]

Yeah, it was in Colorado, at Montrose, Colorado. Yeah, they have to.

[Josh Arnold]

Sammy Hagar's from there, isn't he?

[Christy Lee]

They have to pump everything out of the tank and thoroughly clean it before it's operational.

[Tom Griswold]

Oh, yeah. So where do they. I mean, what kind of.

[Josh Arnold]

How do you dispose of that?

[Tom Griswold]

Yeah, where do they take that?

[Edwin McCain]

That just turns into good weed. Weed killer. Sell it to the farmers for his weed killer.

[Tom Griswold]

We're hanging out with Edwin McCain. The new project I just mentioned is called Lucky.

[Josh Arnold]

It's great, by the way. Thanks.

[Tom Griswold]

It really is dreaming out there. Beautiful cover.

[Christy Lee]

Yeah.

[Edwin McCain]

You know, it's funny because that. That. That cover is. Was a photograph of an old amplifier that had a shape of a guitar on it. It was like an amplifier for. From the forties. And then Jared Nieman put it through a bunch of photo filters. And he. You know, he was. He was recreationally enjoying himself one evening, and he sent. He sent me a photograph of all these filters. And I was like, oh, there's the album cover. Oh, nice. Well done, sir.

[Tom Griswold]

Right. Well, Edwin, you want to play a song for us? You got the guitar?

[Edwin McCain]

Yes.

[Tom Griswold]

All right.

[Edwin McCain]

I was thinking about the radio star thing.

[Tom Griswold]

Thing?

[Edwin McCain]

We're talking about the radio industry. I wrote this one. I don't even remember. This is back at the end of the 90s. This is pre rehab right here.

[Edwin McCain (singing)]

Well, I tell you my story on the H1 and all of my personal hit and how my dad beat me and how much he drank. If you think it'll help my record sell. I'm the radio star with the cars and the clothes, the princey guitars and the spoon in my nose. You know, in my world, not anything goes. You all wanna be me and I'll be gone in a week.

[Edwin McCain]

Well, I'll hang out with Brittany and Fred Durst.

[Edwin McCain (singing)]

And I arrived in a limo and I'll leave in a hearse.

[Edwin McCain]

And I can't decide now which part is worse.

[Edwin McCain (singing)]

Losing my life to the game or losing the fortune in vain. Cause I'm the radio star with the cars and the clothes, the fancy guitars and the spoon in my nose. You know, in my world now anything goes. You all wanna be me and I'll be gone in a wee.

[Tom Griswold]

This is.

[Edwin McCain]

This will date the song right here. This will really put it in. In context. You put me on TV with all the cool stars like Letterman, Conan and Jay. Because we're all experts at the art

[Edwin McCain (singing)]

of pr and nobody knows that I'm gay. Not that there's anything wrong with that. Cause I'm the radio star with the cars and the glows, the fancy guitars and the spoon in my nose. You know, in my world now anything goes. You all wanna be me and I'll be gone in a wee.

[Edwin McCain]

And I want it that way.

[Tom Griswold]

Edwin mccain, a real mother. That's great.

[Edwin McCain]

I think I was listening to a lot of Randy Newman leading up to the that. When all of a sudden, sarcasm became a thing.

[Tom Griswold]

Now we're going to go that way.

[Josh Arnold]

You know, you weren't gone in a week, and we're all better for it.

[Christy Lee]

Yes, yes.

[Edwin McCain]

Well, thank you. I appreciate it.

[Unidentified Singer]

And it's all.

[Edwin McCain]

You know, it all started here, really.

[Tom Griswold]

Do you remember, by the way, I forget why I was talking about this Cream magazine back in the day. One of the. One of the rock rags, if you will. A good one. But they used to have a feature called Stars Cars, which I always liked. It was. It would show whatever guys from Aerosmith next to these really cool cars. They don't do that anymore.

[Christy Lee]

Well, they don't have Cream magazine anymore. Do you?

[Tom Griswold]

Yeah, but I just thought it was kind of nice to see what they were driving and.

[Jeff Oskay]

Do you have a cool car?

[Edwin McCain]

I had the only thing, only time. The only car I ever really splurged on was, you know, in the. In 1986 when I was 16. The baddest car on earth was a Porsche 928S.

[Josh Arnold]

Yeah.

[Edwin McCain]

And so when I've cobbled together enough money to be able to afford one, I went and bought one and I had that car and sold it and bought it back. And sold it and bought it back. I did this thing with it for years. I would auction it off and give the money to this little school in Greenville called the Meyer center that helps developmentally challenged children.

[Christy Lee]

And.

[Edwin McCain]

And then whoever would buy it would always call me later and go, hey, you want to buy this car back? And I'd always buy it back home. And I said, and I recently sold it to a. To a guy in Maryland, and I have a feeling I will end up buying it back from him in a few years. But it's been my only.

[Edwin McCain (singing)]

That one.

[Edwin McCain]

And I had a. A 66 DeVille convertible, an old. An old. A big old land yacht Cadillac. That was a cool. That was a cool car. You know, Elvis. Elvis famously said one time that there's only two sure things in life. Hookers and devilles.

[Tom Griswold]

Because when I brought up the topic, I was thinking, when they have the stars, cars, they'd have, you know, Steven Tyler from Aerosmith, like, you know, badass Dodge, Edwin McCain with his bus.

[Edwin McCain]

Yeah, my bus. Still to this day. Yeah. No, and. And it's. You know, it's. It's a thing now. I mean, I can't. I'm so attached to that bus now. I'm like, she's a part of our family. I can't imagine having anything else.

[Tom Griswold]

How many miles? We're.

[Edwin McCain]

We're creeping up on a million. We're. We're at nine and some change now. So we're gonna have a party for her now.

[Tom Griswold]

Will you. Will you stop when it hit, when it crosses over and take pictures and.

[Edwin McCain]

Oh, yeah, yeah, we'll stop and have a. Have a party. But the thing about it is, the. The only.

[Unidentified Singer]

The.

[Tom Griswold]

The.

[Edwin McCain]

The dashboard odometer quit working at, like, 875. So now we have a hub Odon odometer. So I have two different clocks sticking, so I got to check the one on the rear and then add it to the one up front, and then that's how I know what my mileage is.

[Tom Griswold]

This is really complicated.

[Christy Lee]

Do you ever take her with the family on vacation?

[Edwin McCain]

Yeah, I. I've. I used to take the kids to camp in it, you know, and then, of course, I remember one time I took them to Hershey, Pennsylvania, to the park, and we did the whole thing. We were on. On the way up to Maine to take the boys to camp. And of course, they're in the back lounge of the bus cutting up or whatever. And I. And I realized, like, there were cars coming past, and they were kind of glaring at me a little bit, and I was like, oh, something's up. And these two knuckleheads were back there throwing stuff out the back window at the car.

[Tom Griswold]

We're going to.

[Josh Arnold]

Hey, that's my merch.

[Edwin McCain]

Yeah.

[Tom Griswold]

We're going to continue to Talk with Edwin McCain. We've got some cool stuff coming up in the world of news. A quick reminder, the band is five for fighting, and they're also on tour with Edwin. And you're going to some cool spots. I mentioned Colorado Springs down the road a piece. But also you're going to be in St. Ignace, Michigan, Grand Rapids, Cincinnati, all coming up in the next few days. So for some great live music, we'll get Edwin to play something you. You recognize something. One of the. One of the classics. There's a bunch of songs you'll know.

[Edwin McCain]

The one you know.

[Tom Griswold]

Oh, there's more than one.

[Edwin McCain]

The one that kept me from being your favorite pizza delivery guy.

[Tom Griswold]

Was that plan B. Yeah.

[Edwin McCain]

I mean,

[Tom Griswold]

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[Josh Arnold]

Hey, it's the Bob and Tom Show. We are live from the O'Reilly Auto Parts Studios. This is Josh Arnold. I cannot get enough coffee today. It's one of those mornings where I just want to chug gallons.

[Christy Lee]

Are you shaking?

[Josh Arnold]

My legs are moving okay. Yeah, but, yeah, it's. It's. It's been great today. And I have to say, it's. It's insistent without being naggy.

[Christy Lee]

Oh, okay.

[Tom Griswold]

So it's pretentious while being very douchey.

[Josh Arnold]

That's exactly right.

[Tom Griswold]

Okay, okay.

[Josh Arnold]

Just how I like it.

[Tom Griswold]

Okay.

[Josh Arnold]

There's Christy Lee at the news desk. Jeff Oskay. You drink beer? Yeah. You ever have that? You don't necessarily plan on getting drunk or anything, but you crack open a beer and you have that first sip and you go, oh, it's. No, no, this is going down too well.

[Jeff Oskay]

It tastes.

[Josh Arnold]

This is gonna be one of those

[Jeff Oskay]

nights that's made with a Corona.

[Josh Arnold]

Oh, okay.

[Jeff Oskay]

Yeah, I'll have one. And first sip, I'm like, well, I should have gotten a 12 pack.

[Christy Lee]

Well, that's vacation. If you're drinking Corona, you're on vacation.

[Jeff Oskay]

Oh, no, I'd drink it.

[Josh Arnold]

I'd drink it on the porch.

[Christy Lee]

Oh, yeah, but your mind's on vacation.

[Josh Arnold]

Yes, exactly.

[Christy Lee]

That's what I mean.

[Tom Griswold]

I know you fish. Fish all the time. You fish almost every day. Do you drink while you fish?

[Josh Arnold]

No, no. He gets real high before even. There's Ace Cosby, who gets high before everything. I am rock and roll. I'm Josh Arnold. And there's Tom.

[Tom Griswold]

Okay.

[Josh Arnold]

Oh, and Tom, we're joined by one of our absolute favorite people on the planet.

[Tom Griswold]

I have a question for him, and you want to introduce him then?

[Josh Arnold]

Edwin McCain, musician.

[Tom Griswold]

Or just leave his name on it.

[Josh Arnold]

Well, I was going to let you do it, but.

[Tom Griswold]

Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no.

[Josh Arnold]

You offered it to me.

[Tom Griswold]

I think it's a new way we do with guests. We let them promote themselves, whatever. Mentioning who they are, where they're going or what they do.

[Josh Arnold]

We should do that until the guest finally goes. By the way, my name is.

[Tom Griswold]

I drove all the way up here. I don't even get any plugs.

[Josh Arnold]

Edwin, what do you Tend to do when you're on stage and the crowd starts singing word for word, do you let them and do you stop singing or do you sing along with the them?

[Edwin McCain]

I, I sing along with them, but off mic.

[Josh Arnold]

Okay. Yeah. Okay.

[Edwin McCain]

Yeah. I, I, I join in, but you know, it, I mean, it happens. But when we play the small theaters, I like to do the thing where I shush them and then go out to the edge of the stage and just sing acapella. Just hear what the room sounds like. Because all of the, especially the older theaters were designed before speakers and everything. So they were designed to really have a nice sound. And so you get a little sense of what their room is like. But I've made the mistake of going out to the edge of the stage and not realizing that they had soundproofed and treated the room. Just out there just miming the song.

[Unidentified Singer]

Dope.

[Tom Griswold]

Or to get another song out of him in a second. But I guess you insist on doing a little bit of history today.

[Christy Lee]

Yes, we do.

[Tom Griswold]

Okay, someone want to sing the. There we go.

[Josh Arnold]

Time now. June 9th.

[Tom Griswold]

Oh, we'll do some, Want to do some birthdays?

[Josh Arnold]

Of course.

[Tom Griswold]

1672. Peter the Great.

[Christy Lee]

What made him so great?

[Jeff Oskay]

Well, I don't know, but he named himself.

[Tom Griswold]

Oh, that was on, that was on Jeopardy. It was Al looks. I'll take Peter the Great, was the answer. I'll take things that men name their penises for $600. Let's see now. Oh, Les Paul.

[Christy Lee]

Oh, he's, he's good.

[Tom Griswold]

The guitar does. You know, he was, that's a stage name.

[Josh Arnold]

Oh, yeah, yeah.

[Tom Griswold]

His, his, his real name was a little more awkward than that, but Ples

[Edwin McCain]

Machenko or something, right?

[Tom Griswold]

Yeah, but really.

[Jeff Oskay]

Oh, yeah.

[Tom Griswold]

Les Paul, if you're not familiar with it, is very fine, solid body guitar. Of course, many collectible.

[Josh Arnold]

Could he play?

[Edwin McCain]

Yes, I saw him play the Iridium one time. He's a great player.

[Tom Griswold]

He, he was in an accident and I want to say he had his right arm set so that he could. It was set like at an angle. Right angle. Cuz Ser. Because it was going to be kind of permanent.

[Christy Lee]

Oh, is that what they did to Pat?

[Josh Arnold]

That's right.

[Tom Griswold]

Hope you're listening.

[Edwin McCain]

Pat.

[Tom Griswold]

That was Christie.

[Edwin McCain]

Take Pat's Broken Wing.

[Josh Arnold]

Les Paul played a Gibson, Right.

[Edwin McCain]

The, he invented it.

[Tom Griswold]

The Gibson is a Les Paul.

[Josh Arnold]

Oh, that's how, how little I know about.

[Edwin McCain]

Yes, he invented.

[Josh Arnold]

I thought I was making a joke.

[Edwin McCain]

He, he invented the electric guitar.

[Tom Griswold]

Yeah.

[Josh Arnold]

Gibson is a Les Paul. Why doesn't it say Les Paul Gibson right there.

[Tom Griswold]

It says Gibson on the. Up there at the top. I. The point is, Les Paul, by the way, that was what John Lennon was saying towards the end of those Beatles albums. Les Paul. More Ringo. How about this? Happy birthday, Donald Duck. I didn't know. Wow.

[Josh Arnold]

Anybody do Donald Duck? No.

[Jeff Oskay]

Pat's hurt.

[Edwin McCain]

He's hurt.

[Jeff Oskay]

Yeah.

[Edwin McCain]

He's on. He's on the aisle.

[Josh Arnold]

He can only do the sneeze, right?

[Christy Lee]

Yeah.

[Josh Arnold]

He says he can't talk like him, but he can do. But it's great.

[Tom Griswold]

Yeah. God, Donald duck would be 90. 92 today. Or is 92. What am I saying? Somewhere with no pants on. Happy birthday, 1940. Dick Vital, good friend of the show. Although Dick Vital sounds to me like a gas station version of Viagra.

[Josh Arnold]

Got any of that Dick Vital left?

[Tom Griswold]

Yeah. See? Happy birthday. Oh, Jeff. Saturday, friend of the show.

[Christy Lee]

Hi, Jeff.

[Tom Griswold]

Great, great football player back in the day. A guy who, I guess Peyton Manning, has an intimate understanding of his taint. He was a center.

[Josh Arnold]

Yeah, you're right.

[Tom Griswold]

Probably should. On this date in 1973, Secretariat wins the Triple Crown.

[Josh Arnold]

Oh, yeah, we had the Belmont.

[Christy Lee]

Yeah. I can't believe we didn't talk about the Belmont. Did you see it?

[Josh Arnold]

No, I forgot about it.

[Christy Lee]

Golden Tempo, last to first again.

[Josh Arnold]

Oh, my gosh. That's amazing.

[Tom Griswold]

Yeah, but didn't run.

[Christy Lee]

Did not run. The Britz.

[Josh Arnold]

Right. Well, that's why there's a chance if it had.

[Christy Lee]

Yeah, yeah. Unbelievable.

[Tom Griswold]

The talk is that they're going to separate those races by more time, so that won't happen again. We'll see. Lastly, in history today. Oh, well, I mentioned. I mentioned Secretary Secretariat. I saw, was voted the athlete of the century.

[Edwin McCain]

What?

[Tom Griswold]

Yeah.

[Christy Lee]

Good horse.

[Josh Arnold]

That's right.

[Christy Lee]

Yeah.

[Josh Arnold]

But I mean, you try out running.

[Tom Griswold]

Good point. She was very. Came in third at the Indy 500. And after that, didn't go a day without having that groin area chafed. Oh, yeah, that is a great gig. Getting put out to passion. And that's our history lesson for today. Hope you you were enlightened to a degree. Now, Edwin McCain on the road. The Brown County Music center this evening, Grand Rapids, Michigan, tomorrow. And you're touring with Five for Fighting and your own band. It'll be St. Ignace, the event center at Coyden Casinos. I'm sorry. Coming up on Friday, Saturday, Northfield park center stage. That's right near Cleveland. And then coming up on Sunday, it'll be the Taft Theater in Cincinnati as you guys continue your swing through the Midwest. And you're all over the place. I recommend going to the Edwin. Edwin's website. And you can see what's going on.

[Edwin McCain]

Edwin.com.

[Josh Arnold]

you got Edwin.com.

[Edwin McCain]

yeah, we were first in line.

[Josh Arnold]

Nice.

[Edwin McCain]

I got. There's some company that tried to buy it from us. It was like a jeans company or something, but no dice.

[Tom Griswold]

That's kind of cool.

[Christy Lee]

Yeah.

[Edwin McCain]

I remember because I walked in the office and I. I asked my manager at the time, I was like, how's our mailing list going? Because we used to get mailing. You know, people write down in a notebook and they're like, we do that on the Internet now. And I went, Internet. This thing we use now. Okay.

[Christy Lee]

I have a tag for our history lesson.

[Tom Griswold]

Oh, what do you got?

[Christy Lee]

Well, today's June 9th. It's National Earl Day. The day officially honors those named Earl. It was submitted to the register at the National Day calendar by Robert Roger Slack in honor of Earl Battles, who was a band leader in 1954, transformed the Eldora Ballroom into the Eldora Speedway.

[Josh Arnold]

You don't say.

[Christy Lee]

Which expanded to its present day half mile length. If anybody is a dirt tracker, they know all about the Eldora Speedway. It's one of the most famous famous dirt tracks in the country. In 1962, he began promoting more tracks and events across Ohio and Indiana, some of which are still going strong 10 years after his death. Other notable earls include Earl Scruggs.

[Josh Arnold]

Sure.

[Christy Lee]

Les Paul, bluegrass musician, Earl Monroe, AKA Earl the Pearl, basketball player. And Earl Warren, who was the 14th superior court chief justice.

[Tom Griswold]

Yeah, but miss in the earl shy.

[Edwin McCain]

I just sitting here going, nobody going to say anything about Earl shy.

[Josh Arnold]

Friend of mine, Earl Slick.

[Christy Lee]

Well, I'm sorry I missed. I missed that one.

[Jeff Oskay]

Earl Gray. What about him? Nobody ever talks about him. Yeah, the Te Bar.

[Josh Arnold]

Yes.

[Christy Lee]

Nice.

[Tom Griswold]

And of course, Jean Chandler, Duke of Earl. I've always loved this song. Song is so stupid. When I was a kid and first heard this, I thought it was the greatest.

[Josh Arnold]

It's fun to sing along to.

[Tom Griswold]

Have you ever done a. Is a live show, Done a cover of a really stupid song that you just love.

[Edwin McCain]

Oh, God.

[Josh Arnold]

And now Purple People Eater. I'll give you a hundred dollars to

[Tom Griswold]

do Purple People Eater right after you do all be. You've got. You've got. Got the ladies swooning. I want to marry you.

[Edwin McCain]

I. I think. I think we did you remember that CeeLo song? Forget you.

[Josh Arnold]

Sure.

[Tom Griswold]

I.

[Edwin McCain]

For I became enamored with that song for a little while and started like segueing into it and. And you know, for the first Week. The guys in the van were tolerant of this ridiculousness. And then finally they pulled me aside and said, listen, that's enough. And that's the same thing they did. I got on this kick where I had this one song where I like to use a bullhorn to sing it because I thought it was like. Like all sort of angsty and indie.

[Josh Arnold]

Sort of Mainer James Keenan. Yeah.

[Edwin McCain]

And so. And then one. One. One week, they were like, oh, we. We accidentally left your bullhorn on the loading dock when we packed up last night. Really sorry about that. That. And I was like, dang it. And years later, I was going through a road case at our warehouse, and I found my bullhorn that they had hidden from me.

[Tom Griswold]

They tried to hide mine.

[Edwin McCain]

Exactly.

[Tom Griswold]

So I got a bigger one they couldn't hide.

[Christy Lee]

True story.

[Josh Arnold]

Tonight, in honor of Earl Day, you could do Earl had to Die.

[Edwin McCain]

Hey, can I borrow that

[Tom Griswold]

tonight? You can surprise the guy.

[Edwin McCain]

Oh, my God. If I show back up with a bullhorn right now.

[Tom Griswold]

Oh, testing, checking.

[Edwin McCain]

So. So I started. It became a feature of my personality, this bullhorn. And. And then I was invited not to attend soundcheck anymore, and they fired me from soundcheck, which was fine by me. And so, yeah, it was the bullhorn. The bull. You know what? I'm. Can I really borrow that? Because that. That.

[Tom Griswold]

That's a good one.

[Edwin McCain]

That bullhorn was part of a really good era in our band where I wasn't really expected to be anywhere very often. This is good.

[Josh Arnold]

You didn't point them the name of the trailer.

[Edwin McCain]

Exactly. This is gonna. Oh, this is back to me not having to do a whole bunch of anything.

[Tom Griswold]

Oh, that's great. Well, we're hanging out with Edwin McCain. We're going to hang, continue to do so. So I hope you can, too. We are in the O'Reilly Auto Parts Studio. This is the Bob and Tom Show.

[Josh Arnold]

Hey, it's the Bob and Tom Show. Thank you for being here with us. There's Christy Lee at the news desk.

[Christy Lee]

Oh, sorry. Hi.

[Edwin McCain (singing)]

Hi.

[Josh Arnold]

There's Jeff Oskay.

[Jeff Oskay]

Hey, Josh.

[Josh Arnold]

Ace Cosby's there. Howdy. I'm Josh Arnold. We are all live from the O'Reilly Auto Parts Studios. Tom is doing some organization over there at his workstation.

[Christy Lee]

He has to keep everything 10ft away.

[Tom Griswold]

No chaos over here. We got a lot.

[Josh Arnold]

Not at all. And we're joined by a terrific guest this morning, member of the family. Really.

[Tom Griswold]

He is. He is a musician, Edwin McCain. Also plan B, professional bus driver of the band. And he's got his guitar out. And a new project out there is called Lucky, which you can get streaming. And you want to play us a little something right now?

[Edwin McCain]

I'll play the one everybody knows.

[Edwin McCain (singing)]

The strands in your eyes that color them wonderful Stop me, steal my breath Emeralds from mountains thrust towards the sky Never revealing their damn and tell me that we belong together Dress it up with the trappings of love I'll be captivated. Hang from your lips Stare down the gallows of heartache that hang from above. And I'll be your crying shoulder I'll be love suicide and I'll be better when I'm old I'll be greatest fan of your life. In rainfalls angry on the tin roof will I awake in my bed? You're my survival you're my living proof my love is alive and I dare. And tell me that we belong together Dress it up with the trappings of love I'll be captivated. Hang from your lips Stare at all the gallows of heartache that hang from above. And I'll be your crying shoulder I'll be love suicide and I'll be better when I'm older I'll be the greatest fan of your life. Then I dropped out, burned up on my way back from the dead. Zoomed in, turned on Remember the thing that you.

[Edwin McCain]

You.

[Edwin McCain (singing)]

And I'll be your crying shoulder I'll be love suicide and I'll be better when I'm older I'll be the greatest fan of your life.

[Tom Griswold]

Yeah.

[Josh Arnold]

Almost impossible not to sing along.

[Christy Lee]

I know, I know.

[Josh Arnold]

And I have a confession. It wasn't until, boy, 10 years ago or so, when I actually looked up the lyrics to see if they were indeed meaningless. And they. They're not, by the way. But I had been singing I'll be the greatest man of your life almost. I mean, forever.

[Tom Griswold]

Yeah.

[Christy Lee]

Not fan, huh?

[Josh Arnold]

Yeah.

[Edwin McCain]

I've been waiting on Ford to call so it can be greatest van a year.

[Christy Lee]

What was that 90s cruise?

[Edwin McCain]

It was a lot of fun.

[Christy Lee]

Had you done that before?

[Edwin McCain]

No, I hadn't. I had never done a 90s cruise. But it was a lot of fun because we got to hang out with all the bands and we're all friends and we don't get to see each other that often, so I got to hang out.

[Tom Griswold]

Who else was on the.

[Edwin McCain]

Emerson Hart from Tonic was there and I love Tonic. Kevin Griffin from so, you know, it was cool because we. And then Mark from Sugar Ray and we, you know, because we were all kind of a. A pack of fools back in the day. And so you know now or you know now, it's like, hey, man, are. Are you. Are you holding Advil?

[Christy Lee]

Well, Kevin's out in his Airstream with his dog right now. Yeah. So you guys kind of are in the same.

[Edwin McCain]

It's so fun to see everybody at this stage. Stage of the game, you know, and then because we all have memories of.

[Tom Griswold]

Of.

[Edwin McCain]

Of stupid things we did back in the day. Kevin's got a few of those on me. And we, we had some good times laughing about that stuff. So it was. It was a great time that. That entire cruise.

[Tom Griswold]

Were you on the ship the whole time?

[Edwin McCain]

Yeah, I was. I was on there. I was on there the whole time. So I. And I don't. And it was a short one, though. It's only five days.

[Tom Griswold]

It's not.

[Edwin McCain]

It's not like one of the. Those eight day deals. Eight's a little too much. Five is perfect.

[Christy Lee]

How. How many times did you have to perform?

[Edwin McCain]

I don't. Like three. Three times. It was, it was cool. I mean, but for me, like, and. And I always make a point. So for whatever reason, we're huge in the Philippines because of karaoke. And all those cruise ships have like tons of Filipino workers. And so what I normally do when we do those cruises is I separate some time to go down into the crew space and do a show for the crew because they're all from the Philippines and they don't all get to come to the shows. So I always go down there and play for the crew.

[Josh Arnold]

That's awesome.

[Edwin McCain]

We have a good time.

[Tom Griswold]

And do they have a space that's.

[Edwin McCain]

So they have a separate crew bar. And sometimes depending on maybe in the cafe crew cafeteria, because there's a lot of the cruise ship workers that never interact with guests. They're on different spaces in the show.

[Tom Griswold]

I'll be a karaoke favorite.

[Edwin McCain]

So in the Philippines, they call I'll be the second Filipino national anthem because so many people sing it at karaoke. And so we didn't realize this was a phenomenon. And this promoter from the Philippines tracked me down and they were like, listen, we've been looking for you all over. We need you to come to Manila. And we've got two gigs booked. Manila and Cebu. And so we've. We went. We went straight. There was a great payday and we played like 20,000 seats. It was insane. It's the biggest venue we would ever play. But the thing is, is that the people aren't really. They don't really love me. They love that song. So it's like an awkward hour and 10 minutes until you get to the song. And so what if I go back? What I'm gonna do is I'm gonna go play I'll be 15 times in a row and then just have a different Filipino come up and sing it with me. And then just, literally just play the song 15 times in a row. And they would be totally fine with that because they were really not that interested in anything else I was doing. I could. I feel like me and Manny Pacquiao could make a run for it, honestly.

[Tom Griswold]

Have there been any quality cover versions of.

[Edwin McCain]

Oh, Kelly Clarkson crushed it.

[Ross Bennett]

Really?

[Edwin McCain]

Oh, Kelly Clarkson destroyed it. She was so good. She did it on her show and I was like, well, it's her song now. I'd like to hear that.

[Tom Griswold]

I think she's.

[Edwin McCain]

Yeah, look it up on YouTube. Yeah, she's a monster. And the arrangement was incredible. And her. Her band is fantastic.

[Josh Arnold]

She.

[Edwin McCain]

She really did. I mean, she's one of those singers. She's a once in a generation singer. Her, really. And because she's that good, she truly is.

[Tom Griswold]

Now, if someone did approach you and said, well, we're going to sell vans with this thing 100%.

[Edwin McCain]

So any of the automakers are listening.

[Tom Griswold]

Have you. Have you thought of any other options?

[Edwin McCain]

I mean, let's just do that. Let's do, like, I mean, town and country. Like, what do you want to do? Like, I got it. My daughter is so the. So when the 30th anniversary of the song is coming up, I was thinking about getting my daughter to sing, like, I don't know how many times musicians get to pass. Pass it down to their kids. Right?

[Tom Griswold]

She's a good singer.

[Edwin McCain]

Yeah, she's a good singer. More importantly, she's horrified by my existence.

[Christy Lee]

Love her videos.

[Edwin McCain]

The Internet loves that. So, yeah, it'll be fun.

[Christy Lee]

Their interaction on Instagram is priceless.

[Tom Griswold]

We're hanging out with Edwin McCain once again on the road Road. The stops include Grand Rapids, St. Ignace, Michigan, Greater Cleveland, Northfield, Ohio, Cincinnati, coming up on Sunday night. But those other shows are coming up in the next few days. We got a bunch of stuff to get to here. We're gonna hang out with. With Edwin right now. I want to remind you with Father's Day just a couple weeks away. What is it? The 21st? The Aura frame is something I highly recommend. There's one right behind Josh. And the way it works is you load it with photographs and you can load it from anywhere. I could load more on that thing right Here. Or I could do it from my house or you could do it from Colorado, whatever you want to do. And you can load it with videos and photographs. Really cool. And so we get, we get love letters about these things because people give them to their mom and then they'll send pictures of the kids or whatever. So instead of just looking at those photographs on a small, you get to see them in a nice frame as they rotate through. It's the aura frame and it's a U R A. I am a big fan, as I've always said. If I had three arms, I'd give this one three thumbs up. But wirecutter, and they're very picky. They gave that the number one rating. You can save big. Now if you go to auraframes.com for a limited time, Bob and Tom show listeners get 35 bucks off select frames with the code Tom. Once again, it's a U R auraframes.com the promo code is Tom. And please support the show by mentioning the Bob and Tom Show. And you check out Terms and conditions apply. It's a great thing to have and it'll make a great Father's Day gift. You can preload it if you want and then keep loading it from a remote location whenever you want to update that particular dad on what's going on in your life. When we return, we have Christy Lee at the news desk.

[Christy Lee]

Yeah, you do.

[Tom Griswold]

We have Abraham Lincoln News. We have fireworks in the news. And we have a forced nudity, if you will. Coming up from the O'Reilly Auto Parts Studios, this is the Bob and Tom Show.

[Josh Arnold]

Hey, it's the Bob and Tom Show. We are coming at you live from the O'Reilly Auto Parts Studios. Christy Lee is at the news desk.

[Christy Lee]

Yes.

[Josh Arnold]

With some very important stories coming up. Yes, probably regarding Orify.

[Tom Griswold]

There's Jeff Oscar, exposed genitals.

[Josh Arnold]

Oh, okay.

[Tom Griswold]

Not hers.

[Jeff Oskay]

Oh.

[Josh Arnold]

If so, we should have led with that. There's Ace Cosby. I'm Josh Arnold. And that's Tom. And Tom. We're joined by one of our favorite people on the planet.

[Tom Griswold]

He is the musician Edwin McCain, and he's on the road doing a whole bunch of gigs. We'll talk about that in just a second. We got to get this. We got to squeeze some news in.

[Christy Lee]

Yeah. One of the things we know about Edwin is you're a history buff. Like history. Well, several rare Abraham Lincoln documents have gone missing after a historian accidentally drove away with a folder left on the roof of his car. According to CT Insider, Samir Somal was Visiting Connecticut college to meet with two academics while researching a legal technology startup inspired by the 16th president. After the meeting, Samal placed a folder containing original, original Lincoln era documents and a book about Lincoln on top of his car, then drove off.

[Tom Griswold]

See, right there. I've got a problem.

[Christy Lee]

Yeah. Why'd they let him take.

[Tom Griswold]

Yeah. Wouldn't you take photographs of the documents or. Man.

[Christy Lee]

Yeah. He said it took only a few minutes to realize the items were gone. College staff and security searched the area, recovered the book, but the folder remains missing. Among the lost items are an original invitation to Lincoln's 1864 inaugural, a letter from General William Sherman discussing Lincoln's death, written just two days after the President's assassination.

[Tom Griswold]

I'm a big Lincoln fan.

[Edwin McCain]

I was going through some papers my grandfather left, and there was a paper, a newspaper from the day after he was shot. And the way it read was the assailant jumped from the. You know, they didn't have the name yet. And it was really. I was like, this has got to be worth some money. And I went, devil's, like, worth like $6.

[Josh Arnold]

Weird.

[Tom Griswold]

I think. I think you just missed it. I said, I'm a Lincoln fan.

[Josh Arnold]

I said, so am I. Yeah.

[Tom Griswold]

Thank you, Ace. I'm such a Lincoln fan, I won't sit in the booth.

[Josh Arnold]

Boy, that is a fan. Yeah, that's.

[Edwin McCain]

There's a great book called Team of Rivals that. That really is. It goes in depth about his presidency, huh? Yeah. I'll show myself now.

[Josh Arnold]

No, no, no. Did you.

[Tom Griswold]

There was a really good. I know. I'll never remember the name of it. A couple years ago, it followed. It followed Booth. It was a semi.

[Josh Arnold]

The book. Manhunt.

[Tom Griswold]

Yeah, that was.

[Josh Arnold]

It became a show, right?

[Christy Lee]

Yeah, it was good.

[Tom Griswold]

And the guy that played Lincoln, terrific actor, but he was the guy that was the. The brother on a sitcom.

[Josh Arnold]

A brother played Lincoln. I mean, wasn't Hamilton enough?

[Tom Griswold]

Julia Louise Dreyfus, whatever her name is, her brother on that sitcom of hers, but he played Lincoln.

[Josh Arnold]

That guy's great.

[Christy Lee]

Was she on V? Was it V?

[Tom Griswold]

No, the other one. In any event, that's the old Life

[Josh Arnold]

of Christine or whatever.

[Tom Griswold]

Yeah, that one. It's a. That was a good show. But he's a great actor. That's it.

[Josh Arnold]

It's like Hamish Linklater, I think, something like that. Yeah, he was a great actor. He played Link. Thinking man. Oh, man.

[Tom Griswold]

Yeah.

[Christy Lee]

Did you not see Manhunt? It's really.

[Tom Griswold]

No, I read.

[Josh Arnold]

I read the book. It's years ago.

[Tom Griswold]

Yeah, it's really A great, great series. But again, I don't understand why someone would give him original documents.

[Christy Lee]

I don't either.

[Tom Griswold]

Now, on the other hand, leaving stuff on the roof of the car.

[Christy Lee]

How many times have you done that

[Tom Griswold]

to show you how. What a careful driver I am. One time I had. I was driving the Suburban. And the Suburban has at the time, the old. It was one of my older. It has the. Like a big bumper on the back that's got kind of flat. I drove all the way to my house, got out of the car, was walking around the back of the car, and my phone was sitting on. The bumper hadn't fallen off.

[Josh Arnold]

I've only left one thing on the roof of the car, and it didn't damage it at all. It was totally fine. In fact, they should make commercials about that pumpkin seat and how it can. Actually, there's a.

[Jeff Oskay]

A prankster who glues a car seat to the hood of his car and then drives through mall parking lots and, oh, people are losing. I mean, they're. They're chasing him through.

[Tom Griswold]

Yeah, you got a baby on the

[Josh Arnold]

top of the car.

[Tom Griswold]

Oh, boy, man.

[Edwin McCain]

A friend of mine had a big work truck, you know, like one of those big, you know, roadside work trucks. And he welded a big wrench on the. On the. The rear bumper. So like. Like it was teetering, like it was about to fall off. And that way nobody was ever tailgating. It just kept everybody off his bumper because it just looked like it was going to fall off. And it never had a problem with tailgaters.

[Josh Arnold]

That's very.

[Jeff Oskay]

So smart.

[Christy Lee]

A truck speaking of carrying fireworks caught fire on I75 in Tennessee, creating quite the unexpected fireworks show for motorists. The Chattanooga Fire Department said is. Say is cruiser spot. Yeah, it is Tennessee. It says Cruz responded after the truck caught fire along the highway. The video and social media is pretty outstanding. Do we have that, Jason?

[Jeff Oskay]

Yeah, there it is.

[Christy Lee]

There it is.

[Tom Griswold]

You see the sad part? It's during the day.

[Christy Lee]

Yeah. Well, traffic was temporarily stopped in directions. Firefighters work to extinguish ambush the fire. No injuries were reported.

[Tom Griswold]

Yeah, but all the people standing by watching going, ooh, that happened at Harbor Springs, I think in 86. All the things were loaded onto the barge. They were going to shoot them off.

[Edwin McCain]

And they all went off at the same time.

[Tom Griswold]

They all went off like at noon or something. You're going to be playing right up near there. You'll be at St. Ignace coming up this weekend. Edwin McCain is our guest, and he's going to be with his band along with five for five. And you'll be in Grand Rapids, Michigan coming up tomorrow night. And then St. Ignace, that's coming up Friday night. And then near Cleveland, Ohio at Northfield park coming up on Saturday night and Sunday at the Cincinnati at the Taft Theater. The band is on the road. And look for some great shows.

[Christy Lee]

One of our favorites, a Florida man caught holding his genitals while watering his lawn in front of teenage girls. Recently Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd identified the man as 79 year old Gary Golter of Sunnywood Circle.

[Tom Griswold]

79.

[Josh Arnold]

Come on G. Born to be a sheriff, right? With that name.

[Christy Lee]

Yeah, yeah. Golter was charged with vulgar indecent public nudity and lewd and lascivious exhibition.

[Josh Arnold]

Well he wasn't. He was holding them, you know, covering himself.

[Tom Griswold]

By the way, I have a question. If you're the cop cops do you cuff them in back right now Everything is right there. Did they arrest him for watering on the wrong day? I know in some of those places you can only on the odd days. Wow, that is sad to be that age 79.

[Christy Lee]

You know better.

[Jeff Oskay]

He's got a hose in each hand.

[Christy Lee]

An investigation by BBC Wales has uncovered how some unofficial sperm donors or exploiting women trying to become parents.

[Josh Arnold]

BBC Wales is also a pornhub search Very large large men in very large

[Christy Lee]

reporter Gemma Dunston purchased sperm from a man known online as Joe doner for about $130. The sample arrived hidden in a carton of tomato sauce and a clinic later determined the sperm was no longer viable.

[Tom Griswold]

Why wouldn't you just go to a legitimate.

[Christy Lee]

But the donor claimed to have fathered 180 children worldwide.

[Tom Griswold]

Oh really?

[Christy Lee]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Jeff Oskay]

It's like 20, 30, $40,000 for a

[Tom Griswold]

sperm donation to get for a lot

[Jeff Oskay]

of those it's expensive.

[Edwin McCain]

I'm really pulling for the asteroid at this point. Come on.

[Jeff Oskay]

I mean she's lucky it was human.

[Christy Lee]

Yeah.

[Josh Arnold]

What is the problem here? Is it illegal to.

[Christy Lee]

A family court judge identified the man as Robert Al in an effort to warn the public about the risks of unregulated sperm donation. Apparently this guy found that women seeking donors online were often pressured for sex and asked to send intimate photos.

[Josh Arnold]

I see.

[Christy Lee]

Yeah. This is the reporter not, not that person but the reporter found that that some women seeking and like Jeff said you don't know if it's going to be viable where it really but is

[Josh Arnold]

it illegal for me to sell my. My sperm to a. To a somebody who wants it?

[Jeff Oskay]

I don't know.

[Tom Griswold]

Yeah, I don't Think so. But I mean, there was a famous case.

[Edwin McCain]

Forget the hats for the show.

[Tom Griswold]

Yeah, yeah. Well, I asked. Remember I asked the. I asked a couple weeks ago. We were talking about the Kentucky Derby and the. And the fact that these horses are then bred. Have we reached the point where someone could, a guy like Tom Brady discreetly sell his seed to someone, but then they would. Obviously they would. There'd have to be some legal stuff for one would sign off any parental rights. And there was a famous case.

[Christy Lee]

Yeah. Where a lesbian couple had a male friend donate and then. But they used a turkey baster. They didn't do it in a clinic. And they came back and sued him for paternity one. He had to pay.

[Tom Griswold]

Yeah, but I mean, have we come to the point in our culture where, you know, people are trying to create these super athletes if they would. If they would approach people with certain physical characteristics and, you know, buy their seed.

[Edwin McCain (singing)]

Sure.

[Tom Griswold]

And it would. I don't know if. Would that be. I guess I don't know how ethical would be, but I guess it would be legal. Now, Josh, what do you think you'd ask?

[Josh Arnold]

What would I charge per load, if you will? I'd have to think on that. I am gonna start selling it, though, after my show. And by the way, I am collecting baby food jars if you have any extras.

[Tom Griswold]

Oh, okay. So you're not just gonna put it in socks. Edwin has that look like I really should have left after.

[Edwin McCain]

Actually, I was just thinking I could sell and then, you know, the benefit would be. You don't really have to like worry about where your kids are. Just be laying in the front yard under the weight of their giant head. Kids, you know, just kids that are easy to take care of. Like, look at the size of my noggin. That kid ain't walking till he's three.

[Christy Lee]

The guy is in custody after allegedly vandalizing a Florida chiropractor's pun filled marquee sign.

[Josh Arnold]

He couldn't stand it. He hates puns.

[Christy Lee]

The clinic in Palm harbor harbor is known for its humorous messages. And until recently. Recently the sign read licensed crack dealer. Once again, he's a chiropractor. Police say a 23 year old man using landscaping bricks and a tree branch, he smashed the sign, damaged the letters, message board and interior lighting. Officers confronted the suspect, identified as Benjamin Fraggle, and he reportedly volunteered he believed the phrase licensed crack dealer was illegal. He didn't get the pun.

[Tom Griswold]

Didn't get the joke. No.

[Edwin McCain]

Yeah, I guess he's not down at Fraggle Rock.

[Tom Griswold]

I kind of like those punny signs.

[Josh Arnold]

Yeah, why not?

[Christy Lee]

I do too.

[Tom Griswold]

I get a kick. There was a. There was a place here in town that always had one, and I always got a kick.

[Jeff Oskay]

They're still the one downtown, right? Every week, right out of my office

[Edwin McCain]

window, they change it sign wars. When the place is like. Have, like, battles back and forth with each other. That's pretty fun.

[Josh Arnold]

There's a Jiffy Lube near me that they have got some witty signed people.

[Tom Griswold]

Have you ever in your career had an unusual marquee?

[Edwin McCain]

Oh, yeah. No. We used to take bets on. In the beginning, when we first got out on the road, we used to take bets on how badly my name would be misspelled. And most of the places we were playing, we were playing those places that would have the trailer with the arrow. Oh, love it. And we pull up to one of those places. Places, and it was like, tonight Ed Wayne Moane. And then we were like, well, screw it. Let's just be Ed Wayne Moan for a little while. And that's what we. We went by Ed Wayne Mocain for about a year until my agent was like, listen. And you're the only ones that get the joke.

[Josh Arnold]

This isn't helping.

[Tom Griswold]

That's why you haven't.

[Edwin McCain]

You're not helping by 40 dozen Ed

[Tom Griswold]

Wayne Mo T shirts that you can't unlike load.

[Edwin McCain]

So as a joke, I actually made Ed Wayne mocaine T shirts.

[Tom Griswold]

Oh, I was kidding.

[Edwin McCain]

I do have them, and they're all in a box in the warehouse. I will buy one. No one. I'll. You know what? I'll bring them all here next time I come because it's Edway Mocaine and the T shirt has the broken. The. The Arrow trailer and.

[Josh Arnold]

Oh, that's a great shirt.

[Edwin McCain]

Yeah, that's what I thought. And nobody liked it.

[Tom Griswold]

The last time I saw you, you were playing with Hootie. Yeah, And I think it was. I want to say it was at Christmas time. I was watching the. The evening news or something, and they showed Darius. I'm not sure what airport, but he apparently.

[Christy Lee]

I think it was Atlanta.

[Tom Griswold]

Yeah, I thought it was in North Carolina. South Carolina. Whatever. Anyway, Darius apparently walked into some airport and was busking.

[Edwin McCain]

Oh, yeah. No, that was a Nashville.

[Tom Griswold]

Oh, yeah.

[Edwin McCain]

So there's a. There's a guy that sings in the Nashville airport, and he's got. He's great. He's really good. And I'm sure Darius was traveling.

[Tom Griswold]

Darius was wearing a Dick the Bruiser T shirt. That's why I thought Freeze framed. All that is cool.

[Edwin McCain]

He's got a good collection of T shirts.

[Tom Griswold]

That one was very, very cool. Christy Lee is right over there. I can see her.

[Christy Lee]

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[Tom Griswold]

Thank you very much. We are coming right back. We are in the O'Reilly Auto Parts Studios. This is the Bob and Tom Show.

[Josh Arnold]

Welcome back to the Bob and Tom Show. My gosh, it sure is great to have you. There's Christy Lee at the news desk.

[Christy Lee]

Hello.

[Josh Arnold]

Jeff Fosque is there. That's right. There's Ace Cosby. Hello, I'm Josh Arnold. We're live from the O'Reilly Auto Parts Studio. And Tom, it's been a terrific day with a terrific person.

[Tom Griswold]

Well, thank you. Oh, you mean the guests. So sorry. Yeah. Edwin McCain has joined us here in the studio. And I thought we would end with something classy.

[Josh Arnold]

Oh, okay.

[Tom Griswold]

A list of five famous people who died on the toilet.

[Josh Arnold]

Oh, well, we can all name one, I believe.

[Christy Lee]

Yeah. The first one.

[Josh Arnold]

Who is the king.

[Christy Lee]

Yep. Elvis Presley, using the bathroom at his Graceland mansion when he collapsed and was later pronounced dead at the age of 42. His official cause of death was a heart attack. This is one I was surprised by. On June 22, 1969, Judy Garland was found dead on the toilet after she had overdosed on barbiturates. She was 47 years of age. I didn't know that. Did you know that?

[Jeff Oskay]

Yeah.

[Tom Griswold]

Sad.

[Josh Arnold]

I didn't know it was on the toilet.

[Christy Lee]

I didn't either. I knew was she had od' ed in the year 581 BCE Duke Jing of Jing Jing of Jin, a state in ancient China, accidentally fell into a latrine and drowned in the pit.

[Tom Griswold]

So much for the Duke, huh?

[Josh Arnold]

Boy, oh, boy. So he was interred

[Tom Griswold]

after. After his death, of course.

[Josh Arnold]

Right.

[Christy Lee]

According to a medieval account, Godfrey iv, Duke of Lower Lorraine, known as Godfrey the Hunchback, had excused himself.

[Tom Griswold]

By the way. Stop right there. I'm guessing, I'm guessing he got that nickname because he had a hunched back. Yeah, I Think.

[Edwin McCain]

Yeah.

[Christy Lee]

He excused himself, quote, because of a natural need. Oh, I like that. To be excused for a natural need.

[Josh Arnold]

That is nice.

[Christy Lee]

But an assassin was positioned directly under his privy. And when the Duke went to use the toilet, the assassin stabbed him up the backside with a spear.

[Josh Arnold]

That's brutal.

[Christy Lee]

It took a week for him to succumb to his injuries.

[Josh Arnold]

That's how Dahmer went.

[Christy Lee]

Wow.

[Josh Arnold]

Of course, his was a mop handle, but still.

[Christy Lee]

Yeah, but still.

[Tom Griswold]

This is rough. Yeah, that's where the word s. The, the, the word ass in assassin comes from that guy. So that guy had to be hiding under that. That had to be an elaborate setup.

[Edwin McCain]

That's dedication to your ass.

[Josh Arnold]

That's a good assassin.

[Christy Lee]

King George II, who ruled England during the mid-1700s, was 76 when he awoke one morning, drank a hot chocolate, then went to use the clothes stool, a portable toilet. But he was soon found dead on the floor. Modern doctors believe the monarch had died of coronary artery disease. Yeah.

[Tom Griswold]

Wow. Horrible way to go. Especially if you haven't finished Wordle.

[Josh Arnold]

Well, that's gotta be frustrating.

[Tom Griswold]

Yeah. The first two. I. I don't know if you would have gotten it or not. Am I the only one that.

[Christy Lee]

Yes.

[Tom Griswold]

Okay. Yeah. I think a lot of people do that though.

[Christy Lee]

I'm sure they do, but that it

[Tom Griswold]

kind of limits your time. And I'm not going to get up till I get this.

[Jeff Oskay]

You're going to be on the toilet a long time today.

[Tom Griswold]

Oh, is it a rough one today?

[Josh Arnold]

Oh, yeah.

[Christy Lee]

What did it take you, five?

[Jeff Oskay]

I didn't get it.

[Christy Lee]

Oh, really?

[Unidentified Singer]

Yeah.

[Josh Arnold]

That's rare, right?

[Tom Griswold]

Yeah, I'm really focused because I'm about to hit my one year mark.

[Christy Lee]

Oh, you've never missed one?

[Tom Griswold]

Oh, I have missed one. I missed one because I was doing. I was casual in line at a coffee shop in bail not. Oh, this is easy. Boom, there goes my streak. No, no, I'm gonna, I'll focus on it. I'll get it.

[Christy Lee]

A group of young Elvis Presley tribute artists ranging in age from 7 to 17, competed in the King's hometown last week as part of the Tupelo Elvis festival. The competitors credited the 2022 Elvis movie. It was Austin Butler, right? Wasn't that his. Yeah. As part of what inspired them to become Elvis tribute artists. And they hope to bring Elvis's music to a whole new generation of fans.

[Tom Griswold]

This is a. This story was everywhere.

[Christy Lee]

Well, they're so cute. Come on. When you see a little seven year old dressed up as Elvis, that's how Bruno Mars started.

[Josh Arnold]

That's right.

[Christy Lee]

Exactly.

[Jeff Oskay]

Really?

[Josh Arnold]

Isn't he in Honeymoon in Vegas?

[Christy Lee]

He is as a little kid. No kidding. I didn't know that. Oh, yeah, yeah.

[Tom Griswold]

They showed these kids, the kids, they have the big, huge, glued on sideburns and the.

[Josh Arnold]

That's funny. Yeah.

[Jeff Oskay]

Are they doing young Elvis or old Elvis?

[Josh Arnold]

Elvis.

[Jeff Oskay]

They're doing the, like, jumpsuit Elvis.

[Tom Griswold]

Yeah.

[Edwin McCain]

Oh, yeah.

[Christy Lee]

Oh, yes.

[Edwin McCain]

Little kids. Merkins glued onto their fences.

[Tom Griswold]

Little kid singing, are you lonesome tonight? That's a little weird.

[Christy Lee]

Jailhouse rock.

[Tom Griswold]

Yeah.

[Christy Lee]

Yeah, It's.

[Tom Griswold]

It's sweet.

[Christy Lee]

Maryland State Police were led on a highway chase recently by an escaped emu. According to the Patch, troopers were called to the Salisbury bypass Pass on a report of an emu holding up traffic. Footage from the scene showed the flightless bird running in between cars. Authorities said the emu was eventually roped in with a dog leash and reunited with its owners.

[Josh Arnold]

All right.

[Edwin McCain]

Salisbury emu is delicious, though.

[Josh Arnold]

Yeah. Yeah, that gravy.

[Edwin McCain]

All.

[Tom Griswold]

All the cars he hit were insured by Liberty Mutual.

[Josh Arnold]

That's.

[Christy Lee]

How ironic.

[Tom Griswold]

Yeah, that's. For some reason, those insurance commercials are all pretty good. Yeah, They've got that one and then

[Edwin McCain]

the gecko.

[Jeff Oskay]

Yeah, you got your gecko. You got flow.

[Tom Griswold]

And we talk and we talk. The guy. My favorites are the ones.

[Christy Lee]

Glass.

[Tom Griswold]

Yeah. With Mr. Glass doing the Dr. Rick. Dr. Rick? Yeah, the old guy. Preventing you from. And I. Every time I see that, I think, wait a minute. I do that.

[Christy Lee]

Well, I hate to.

[Edwin McCain]

Oh, never mind.

[Tom Griswold]

What?

[Christy Lee]

Nothing. No, no, I didn't say anything. You might be the old guy.

[Jeff Oskay]

Okay.

[Edwin McCain]

Okay.

[Tom Griswold]

Well, now, what else you got over there, Christy?

[Christy Lee]

A man in California investigating unusual droppings of animal poop on his roof ended up face to face with a mountain lion. Homeowner Bill Dabney told KABC he noticed the poop on the roof of his guest house. Must be a nice place. And knew that he had not been left by a bird.

[Edwin McCain]

So at that point, I'm out.

[Jeff Oskay]

Yeah, exactly. I'm calling someone else.

[Tom Griswold]

I think this house is built into a hill.

[Christy Lee]

Yeah. He's in Pasadena. Yeah.

[Tom Griswold]

So the roof is accessible by.

[Christy Lee]

You can kind of walk out on it, is what you're saying. Or you can get to the hill.

[Tom Griswold]

I think so, yeah.

[Christy Lee]

From the hill. Mr. Dabney said he soon discovered the source, a mountain lion, standing just 10 yards away.

[Tom Griswold]

that point, it would have been the Tennessee Williams play starring me. Shat on a hut as I leaped.

[Christy Lee]

Lucky for Mr. Dabney, the mountain lion took off running. The rare sighting now has Pasadena residents on alert for cougars. Not those kind.

[Josh Arnold]

Sure, there are plenty in Pasadena. Oh, yeah.

[Tom Griswold]

And you've encountered more than your sheriff.

[Josh Arnold]

I love those Pasadena Cougars.

[Tom Griswold]

And they love you right back.

[Christy Lee]

Back.

[Tom Griswold]

You ever dropped a deuce on the roof of any of their places?

[Josh Arnold]

Oh, well, no. I want to be invited back.

[Tom Griswold]

Okay. Okay. Very good. Very good. Thanks again. I'm Edwin. It's always a great pleasure. And you're going to be on the road, as I've mentioned. I certainly urge people to go see you and the band along with Five for Fighting. And once again, it'll be Nashville, Indiana, this evening. And then you're going to be in Grand Rapids on Wednesday. Friday, It'll be the St. Ignace Events center at the Kuwaitan Casino. That'll be a great show in beautiful Northern Michigan. And then you've got your Saturday show at Northfield park near Cleveland, Ohio, and the Taft Theater in Cincinnati coming up this Sunday evening. Thanks very much for joining us. These are the O'Reilly Auto Parts Studios. This is the Bob and Tom Show.

[Edwin McCain]

Full Send Golf.

[Josh Arnold]

You guys know how much I really, really love Golf.

[Edwin McCain]

Full send Golf 2v2 Me and VOD vs Big John, John and Kyle. Oh, it feels good to be back

[Tom Griswold]

on the links with the boys.

[Edwin McCain]

Join the party on the golf course.

[Christy Lee]

Back to golf in a big way.

[Tom Griswold]

Now what?

[Christy Lee]

Practice.

[Tom Griswold]

Let's go. Let's hit the range.

[Edwin McCain]

I was like, let's go to the range. We are headed to the golf cart, y'.

[Josh Arnold]

All.

[Edwin McCain]

You want to golf with us?

[Christy Lee]

No. You don't play golf?

[Tom Griswold]

No.

[Edwin McCain]

Try.

[Tom Griswold]

We gotta break par.

[Edwin McCain]

I'm very, very excited.

[Tom Griswold]

You excited?

[Edwin McCain]

Yeah. Full send Golf. Follow and listen on your favorite platform.