The BOB & TOM Show November 7, 2025

Summary

The BOB & TOM Show - November 7, 2025

Podcast: The BOB & TOM Show Free Podcast
Host: The BOB & TOM Show | Cumulus Podcast Network
Date: November 7, 2025

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Episode Overview

This episode features the BOB & TOM cast in classic form, delivering a sharp blend of comedy, banter, news, sports, clever musical interludes, and quirky storytelling. Highlights include inventive takes on the holidays, farm life, wild animal encounters, outrageous campus escapades, and guest performances from acclaimed singer-songwriter Paul Thorn.

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Main Segments & Discussion Highlights

1. Early Holiday Season Blues (01:05–06:47)

• "Way Too Early Christmas" Song Parody (01:05)
  Jess Hooker performs a poetic song lampooning the rush to Christmas, showcased by malls putting up decorations immediately after Halloween.
  • Notable Quote:
    "Try to tell that to the folks down at the mall, Jesus in his manger cradle, plus a little Tolkien dreidel in a big display next to the Cinnabon..." – Jess Hooker (01:05)
• Crew debates the etiquette of when to put up Christmas decorations vs. Thanksgiving.
  • Christy Lee: "I have friends now that are starting to decorate for Christmas. Like when do you start?" (05:07)
  • Tom: "The Friday after Thanksgiving you pull the trigger. Or Thanksgiving night you can turn them on." (05:16)
• Jokes about Thanksgiving fashion, with Jeff Oskay in “buckle shoes.”
  • Tom: "I imagine you like to wander around... with nothing on but your buckled shoes." (05:49)

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2. Farm Life, Dairy Cows, and Animal Daycare (06:47–09:39)

• Revisiting a letter from Fred the dairy farmer and the daily realities of farm life.
• Laughs over creative names for cow daycare:
  • "Moo Lin Rouge," "Deja Mu," "Utterly Pampered," etc.
• The hard work of farming, with Christy sharing authentic experiences.
  • Christy: "I'm the only one in this room that had to kind of live this. My aunt and uncle owned a huge farm..." (08:41)
• Pat Godwin shares his toughest job: working in a foundry.
• Literary tangent with “Johnny Tremain” jokes.

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3. Deer Collisions & Song Parody (10:03–13:15)

• Ongoing discussion of deer–car collisions, sparked by news on the effects of daylight saving.
• Pat Godwin debuts an original song lamenting his car accidents with deer.
  • “Dear, dear, I hit two of you one year/The damage was severe…” – Pat Godwin (11:13)
• Banter about car colors and driving awareness, with Jeff Oskay tailing Pat unnoticed.

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4. Sports Recap & NFL Woes (13:21–15:56)

• Ace Cosby’s Raiders had a historically bad game—the only one since 1950 where both teams had more penalties than first downs.
  • Tom: "Statistically. They did something last night that hasn't been done since the mid-70s." (14:03)
• Christy’s husband bailed at halftime: "He said, 'I can't take anymore.'" (13:51)

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5. Listener Letters & Animal Tales (21:00–28:43)

• Will from NY writes: “Vacation and milking cows are not used in the same sentence.” (21:00)
• Funny tombstone description: “dead body parade” for funeral processions.
• Listener recounts putting a dazed deer in a convertible, only for it to revive and escape.
• Amish culture chat—confusion about which technologies Amish communities can use.

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6. Yodeling as a Swiss Intangible Heritage (57:53–61:47)

• Christy Lee recounts news: Switzerland campaigns for yodeling to gain UNESCO recognition.
  • Tom: “Does anybody care if the UN recognizes yodeling?” (58:44)
• Comedy bit: Mary Schneider’s “Australia’s Queen of Yodeling” (audio played, 59:36)
• Discussion ensues: “Do you think yodeling is cool?” Tom: “No, no.” (62:27)
• Notable Song Interludes: Focus’s “Hocus Pocus” and talk of the Walmart yodeling “cowboy kid.”

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7. Campus Peanut Butter Man: Hazing or Prank? (44:33–47:21, 55:52–56:28)

• News: Purdue University investigating a man coated in peanut butter walking campus.
• Speculation: Fraternity hazing or viral stunt?
• Nutty puns abound:
  • Jeff Oskay: “I heard they arrested him in a jiffy.” (45:48)
  • Tom: “I bet he will Skippy bail.” (56:16)
• Recollection of odd hazing: “marshmallow in the butt crack” races.

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8. World Records Oddities & Cultural Highlights (48:41–52:48)

• Dance Dance Revolution marathon: 144 hours, over 3,000 songs, 22,000 calories burned.
• Segment on a woman with “the world’s biggest bum”—and jokes about practical difficulties.

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9. Paul Thorne: Interview & Musical Performances (83:22–154:33)

Background and Boxing Past

• Paul, son of a Pentecostal preacher, grew up in Tupelo, Mississippi.
• Once fought Roberto Duran on television: “I hung with him for six rounds... I got some punches in. I busted his eye open...” (84:06)

Songs Performed Live

1. "Wait" (88:30)
   • Tinder dating experiences and Popeye's coupons.
   • Refrain: “Don’t do it all on a first date, leave a little something on the plate... Wait.”
2. "Life Is Just a Vapor" (100:44)
   • Reflection on fleeting time, aging parents, and treasuring relationships.
   • Paul: “Every day is a gift, breathe in and hold it… It’s gone before you know it. Life is just a vapor.”
3. "Where Was I" (113:55)
   • Nostalgic, poignant ballad tying personal heartbreak to cultural memories (Neil Armstrong, John Lennon).
   • “Where was I when you stopped loving me?”
4. "I Couldn't Get Laid When I Was Single (So I Guess I'll Just Stay Married)" (127:16)
   • Hilarious blues tune about marital celibacy.
   • Features alter ego “Shaniqua”: “Celibacy is a cross that I must carry…”
5. "Old Melodies" (143:27)
   • Moving song about dementia in aging parents.
   • “Old melodies bring back precious memories…”

Paul’s Personal Stories and Career (117:37–154:33)

• Breakout comes opening for Sting, Jeff Beck, Mark Knopfler; discovered working at a pizza parlor.
  • “I went straight from the pizza restaurant to opening for Sting. It killed.”
• Stories of family, dyslexia, and discovering music as a social “superpower.”
• Connections with John Prine, Toby Keith, and the Bob & Tom show.
  • Paul: “Y’all took a chance on me... the name of the song was ‘It’s a Great Day to Whoop Somebody’s Ass.’ I debuted that song on this show.”
• By request: “Joni the Jehovah’s Witness Stripper”—true story with a “wink in her eye.” (148:05)

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Notable Quotes

• On Early Christmas Decorations:
  “Couldn't you wait at least till the savior's third trimester?” – Jess Hooker (01:40)
• On Thanksgiving vs. Christmas Decor:
  "I did see a giant blow up turkey yesterday." – Tom Griswold (04:42)
• On Real Farm Life:
  “Vacation and milking cows are not used in the same sentence… vacation was a trip to the town fair before going back to start night milking.” – Letter from Will (21:00)
• On Hitting Deer:
  “Are you paralyzed by stu—stupidity or fear?” – Pat Godwin, performing (11:13)
• On Yodeling:
  "Do you think yodeling is cool?" – Tom Griswold (62:27)
  "No, no." – Christy Lee (62:27)
• On Sexless Marriage:
  “Celibacy is a cross that I must carry, I couldn't get laid when I was single so I guess I’ll just stay married.” – Paul Thorne (129:07)
• On Fame and Fortune:
  “You don't really make big money unless you're a champion, you know.” – Paul Thorn (119:19)
• On Technology & the Amish:
  “How do you make the call here—what you can and can’t do if you’re Amish? Just because you can have electric lights on your buggy, but you can’t drive a nice SUV?” – Tom Griswold (35:31)
• On Naming Babies:
  "If they name one more generation, I'm out. I can't stand it... just say how old people are!" – Tom Griswold (78:28)

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Funniest and Most Memorable Moments

• Peanut Butter Man at Purdue:
  Speculation about a streaker covered in peanut butter as a hazing tactic or social media stunt.
  • “I heard they arrested him in a jiffy…” – Jeff Oskay (45:48)
• Marshmallow Hazing Rituals:
  Tom recalls college stories involving marshmallows and butt cracks.
• World Record Oddities:
  Grasshopper's Dance Dance Revolution marathon and a woman with a surgically altered posterior.
• Heavy Metal Pageant Singer: Christy reports on a Chilean pageant contestant going viral for death metal vocals (65:01).
• Paul Thorne Tributing Famous Musicians:
  Sharing ice cream with John Prine, opening for Sting, and discovering fame by accident.
• Joni the Jehovah’s Witness Stripper:
  True-life humor turned to song: “Put a dollar in her G string and she’ll deliver...” (149:01)

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Key Timestamps

• 00:01–01:05: Intro and sponsor ads (skipped)
• 01:05–06:47: Early Christmas, Thanksgiving, and holiday banter
• 06:47–09:39: Dairy farming and cow daycare puns
• 10:03–13:15: Deer collision stories and “Dear, Dear” song
• 13:21–15:56: NFL’s historically bad game and sports banter
• 16:54–40:36: Listeners’ mail: farm life, Thanksgiving, hitting deer, Amish debates, yodeling
• 44:33–47:21: Purdue’s peanut butter man & hazing stories
• 57:53–61:47: Swiss yodeling and musical interludes
• 83:22–154:33: Paul Thorne interview and live performances

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Closing Thoughts

This episode is classic BOB & TOM: full of wisecracks, affectionate roasting, inventive musical comedy, and genuine heart. The mix of holiday griping, wild news stories, interactive listener moments, and Paul Thorn’s soulful presence delivers everything longtime fans love about the show—plus, it’s a perfect entry point for the uninitiated.

For more from Paul Thorne:
Find his tour dates and music at paulthome.com

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End of Summary – The BOB & TOM Show (November 7, 2025)

Transcript

[Tom Griswold]

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[Jeff Oskay]

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[Tom Griswold]

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[Jeff Oskay]

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[Tom Griswold]

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[Jess Hooker]

It's not December. It's barely even November. Outside it's still too warm for snow to fall. Halloween was yesterday and winter's still a ways away. But try to tell that to the folks down at the mall. Jesus in his manger cradle. Plus a little Tolkien dreidel in a big display next to the Cinnabar.

[Tom Griswold]

With.

[Jess Hooker]

Three wise men and gifts they bring. Just plug them in and they all sing the way to early Christmas. I know you need to satisfy your investors, but couldn't you wait at least till the savior's third trimester? Finally, just outside the master cuts was Santa and that fat bastard's ho ho ho ing drove me up the wall. Something snapped. I lost control and kicked him square in his north pole and as he dropped, I decked him in his heart. So, my friends, I wish you well from the mall security holding cell. I hope that they don't keep me here too long. May you and yours find peace and love unless you are the rider of the way to early Christmas.

[Jeff Oskay]

So.

[Tom Griswold]

Y.

[Jeff Oskay]

Oh, man, it's almost that time of year again. Hello, Good morning. You are listening to the Bob and Tom show coming to you from the O'Reilly Auto Parts Studios. Over there, boogie. And in her chair is Christy Lee at the Silex Insurance Company news desk.

[Christy Lee]

Yes, yes.

[Jeff Oskay]

Next to her in a dapper brown ensemble. Button up, Mr. Pat Godwin.

[Jess Hooker]

Hey.

[Jeff Oskay]

Over on the ones and twos?

[Tom Griswold]

Yeah, I think so. I don't know. Now, the joke is it must be felt. And then you lean over and grab him by the boo.

[Pat Godwin]

It's too classy.

[Christy Lee]

I'm not gonna do that.

[Pat Godwin]

Too classic.

[Christy Lee]

Sorry about that. I interrupted finally.

[Tom Griswold]

Sorry. What were you doing?

[Jeff Oskay]

Oh, there's Ace Cosby. His flow. Yeah. I'm Jeff Oscar. I'm at the Prize Picks sports desk.

[Tom Griswold]

And there is Tom Griswold, the Stephen Singer jeweler's sidekick. Chair empty right now because Josh is off fishing in the Ozarks. That doesn't mean we won't make fun of him though.

[Pat Godwin]

Good man.

[Tom Griswold]

We'll just pretend he's here. That was a special request. That's the way too early Christmas song from Paul and Storm.

[Christy Lee]

It is way too early.

[Tom Griswold]

Well, that's why we played it. A special request going out to Ron and Phoenix. Thanks, Ron. I hope you're having a good pre holiday season. Obviously I did. See we were talking about the fact that there's kind of a. A display issue post Halloween. I mean I took down the giant skeleton thing I had which I had like 10 skeletons in my front door. But what do you do for Thanksgiving? Maybe you. We stacked up a bunch of gourds.

[Christy Lee]

And yeah, maybe there's some turkey decorations.

[Tom Griswold]

But yeah, I did see a giant blow up turkey yesterday.

[Christy Lee]

Yeah, that's.

[Tom Griswold]

That's been the last 10 years. You start. I love, I love those things.

[Christy Lee]

I love the little blow up things.

[Tom Griswold]

Yeah, this wasn't very. This was a big one.

[Christy Lee]

Yeah. Okay, that's what I meant.

[Tom Griswold]

On a main Avenue here in town, I. That was kind of cool. But people don't get as excited. There's not as much sort of traditional stuff. And then of course, then I have my Christmas lights up but not turned on.

[Christy Lee]

See, I was going to ask you because I have friends now that are starting to decorate for Christmas. Like when do you start?

[Tom Griswold]

Well, I see.

[Christy Lee]

Wait till Thanksgiving.

[Tom Griswold]

Yeah, the Friday after Thanksgiving you pull the trigger. Or Thanksgiving night you can turn them on. One of my neighbors, a friend of mine, he has his trees litter ready. But at least it's tasteful. It's all. They're all white.

[Christy Lee]

Yeah, I'm sure.

[Jeff Oskay]

Well, you know, I'm pretty sure in that part of the HOA probably.

[Tom Griswold]

Yeah, I think it's a vote. In my district that's not even a speck of color.

[Jeff Oskay]

Well, for Thanksgiving, the entire month of November, I. I bust out my shoes with buckles on them.

[Christy Lee]

Oh, do you?

[Jeff Oskay]

That's right.

[Tom Griswold]

And what I've learned about your sort of kinky lifestyle, I imagine you like to wander around your home looking for your gal, as you call her, your lady with nothing on but your buckled shoes.

[Jeff Oskay]

That's right.

[Tom Griswold]

Oh, I'll bet I can envision that. Your big thick beard.

[Christy Lee]

Oh my God.

[Tom Griswold]

Bushy genitalia. And your buckle shoes.

[Pat Godwin]

He's already in enough trouble.

[Jeff Oskay]

It's too early for this.

[Tom Griswold]

Yeah, they're not going to be listening yet. But they'll hear it. They'll hear it from somebody else and it'll be much, much worse. The thing you learned about Doing this gig. Is that what's. What is it called, Christy? The telephone game?

[Christy Lee]

Oh, yeah.

[Tom Griswold]

Oh, man.

[Christy Lee]

I does not come out all the time.

[Tom Griswold]

I heard you said. No, no, that's not what happened. First of all, it was Tom, and it was much worse. So if anyone has any good Thanksgiving decorating ideas, I'd like to know. That'd be a nice new tradition to start. Yeah, I'm already getting excited about Thanksgiving.

[Christy Lee]

You know, I should bust out the Thanksgiving stuff. I haven't done that yet.

[Tom Griswold]

Okay.

[Christy Lee]

I wonder where it is.

[Tom Griswold]

Yesterday at this time, we opened up with the Fred song because we had a nice letter from Fred. A dairy farmer in the great state of Maine.

[Christy Lee]

Yes.

[Tom Griswold]

And we were talking about the fact that if you're a dairy farmer, the cows have to be milked all the time. You can't take two weeks off and let the ladies squirt on their own. So we were wondering if there was a. A way to have a. Take a nice vacation if you were a dairy farmer. So is there a place you could take your cows? Like a cow daycare place? Because they've got those dog places all over the place.

[Christy Lee]

Right.

[Tom Griswold]

What's the name of the one you go to?

[Christy Lee]

Pampered Pooch.

[Tom Griswold]

Pampered Poop.

[Christy Lee]

They went yesterday. They love it.

[Tom Griswold]

You drop off your dogs for whatever reason.

[Christy Lee]

Yeah, because I needed a pedicure.

[Tom Griswold]

You have several letters suggesting possible names for a cow daycare.

[Christy Lee]

So. Okay.

[Tom Griswold]

The Moo Lin Rouge.

[Jeff Oskay]

Oh, I like.

[Tom Griswold]

That'd be a classy place. I like that. The Moving Target. Deja Mu. The. The utter place I have utterly pampered.

[Jeff Oskay]

Oh, that's good.

[Tom Griswold]

Yeah. Yeah. We also have Dairy Care.

[Christy Lee]

Oh, yeah.

[Tom Griswold]

Like. Like Dairy Air, Dairy Carrier. The Moose and Snooze Cow Resort and Motel.

[Christy Lee]

Oh, I like that.

[Pat Godwin]

That's a winner.

[Jeff Oskay]

Yeah, that's the.

[Tom Griswold]

They're all. They're all terrific. Thank you very much. Coming up, we have sheep in the news in diapers on public transportation.

[Christy Lee]

I bet that's a good business for somebody, though, to be a farm. So, like, you come in and house.

[Jeff Oskay]

Yeah.

[Christy Lee]

You farm sit. You let the rancher or the farmer go out on vacation for a week, and you come in and take care of his property.

[Tom Griswold]

Yeah. But it's incredibly hard work.

[Christy Lee]

I know it is.

[Tom Griswold]

Okay. Really hard work.

[Christy Lee]

I'm the only one in this room that had to kind of live this. My aunt and uncle owned a huge farm. I'm very familiar.

[Tom Griswold]

Were you doing there yanking on the old teats?

[Christy Lee]

Yeah. Yes.

[Tom Griswold]

I mean, the ones on the Cows, of course.

[Christy Lee]

And I used to feed the calves with the buckets that have the udder on them. Oh, that was fun. With an udder that came out the side.

[Tom Griswold]

Yeah. Pat, you ever do any hard work?

[Pat Godwin]

Yes, for a day. Like I did the masonry, the hot carrying.

[Tom Griswold]

For a day. One day.

[Pat Godwin]

Arby's for a day.

[Christy Lee]

Yeah. Huh.

[Tom Griswold]

Wow.

[Pat Godwin]

Actually, I worked in a foundry for half a year, six months. That was the hardest. That's the true.

[Tom Griswold]

What did you. What did you do at the foundry?

[Pat Godwin]

I poured the metal into the brass into a metal mold, and then we.

[Tom Griswold]

That sounds like serious business.

[Pat Godwin]

It was.

[Tom Griswold]

Yeah.

[Christy Lee]

You have to wear like big heavy gloves and a mask.

[Pat Godwin]

You got to do all of it.

[Tom Griswold]

Yeah. Otherwise. Otherwise he would have. Johnny Tremained himself, Right?

[Pat Godwin]

That's right.

[Tom Griswold]

Anyone? Anyone? Class?

[Jeff Oskay]

I have no idea.

[Tom Griswold]

Then you didn't have to read Johnny Tremaine.

[Christy Lee]

No.

[Jeff Oskay]

Read it?

[Tom Griswold]

Yeah.

[Jeff Oskay]

Oh, no. I thought you were just talking about some dude who fell into some liquor.

[Tom Griswold]

Johnny Tremaine mangled his hand with. Nevermind.

[Jeff Oskay]

What book is that? The name of the book.

[Tom Griswold]

Yeah. I thought every seventh grader had to read that.

[Pat Godwin]

Maybe back in the 20s.

[Christy Lee]

Yeah, I don't.

[Tom Griswold]

For those of you that are Americans that grew up with traditional reading, I never. Never mind.

[Pat Godwin]

Red Badge of Courage and do we.

[Tom Griswold]

Have time to squeeze a song in? Do you want to wait? Do whatever you want to wait. We've been talking a lot about deer because of this very confusing story about how if we kept daylight savings time. They estimate. What was it, Christy? They estimate there'll be 30,000 fewer deer collisions or something. I don't understand logic. My point is if we save more deer, we're going to have even more deer because they're going to reproduce. And I, my. I vote in favor of a year long hunting season. But Bambi lovers, calm down. We need to call the herd. And Pat, you've run into it. You've hit two deer with major collisions. Yeah, I hit. I hit one and everything. My car only had a minor dent and the deer got up and ran away. My brother hit a deer in Leelan on Michigan in a Corvette that did. That did not turn up. He was fine.

[Christy Lee]

The car probably was the Corvette.

[Tom Griswold]

The Corvette was very heavily damaged. Not. Not to suggest anything bad about Corvettes. It's just that they're kind of low to the ground and the deer are kind of high. But you've written a song of the true story of your life involving deer and driving.

[Pat Godwin]

I wrote it to the whole population of deer. Here we go. Dear, dear. I hit two of you one year. The damage was severe. Oh, dear, dear, dear. You jumped right in my headlights on two separate foggy nights. Out of nowhere, you suddenly appeared. So don't you ever come near my black VW Atlas. Make note of the model and the year. And if I see you one rainy day, don't you stand there, run away. Are you paralyzed by stup, stupidity, or fear?

[Jeff Oskay]

Oh, dear, dear.

[Pat Godwin]

They call me Patty G. And it's my insurance company I fear. So please steer clear, dear. Signed, yours truly, Pat Godwin.

[Christy Lee]

Had a real pulsey feel to me.

[Jeff Oskay]

Yeah.

[Tom Griswold]

I love the way you give your exact car make.

[Pat Godwin]

Well, they should know.

[Tom Griswold]

Keep them. Keep them away.

[Pat Godwin]

See me coming.

[Tom Griswold]

What colors are your car's? Black, isn't it?

[Christy Lee]

Yes, I said that.

[Pat Godwin]

Yeah.

[Tom Griswold]

Oh, dear, oh, dear. Yeah.

[Christy Lee]

Even your cars have to be white. Geez.

[Tom Griswold]

Safety thing. I think it's proven fact.

[Pat Godwin]

It is.

[Tom Griswold]

White cars are in fewer accidents.

[Jeff Oskay]

I spotted Pat's car in the wild yesterday on the drive into work.

[Pat Godwin]

That's true.

[Jeff Oskay]

I was parked next to Pat at a stoplight for around three minutes, just staring directly at him. No clue that he was next to me. He never once acknowledged. Oh, yeah, I could have easily robbed him.

[Pat Godwin]

And what else happened?

[Jeff Oskay]

You told me that I. Oh, yeah, you. You ran a stop sign. You ran a stoplight. You.

[Pat Godwin]

I was writing the song. In my defense, I wasn't thinking properly.

[Jeff Oskay]

Yeah, I followed Pat the whole way. He was totally unaware that I followed him all the way into the parking lot.

[Christy Lee]

Oh, my God.

[Jeff Oskay]

From about 10 miles away.

[Tom Griswold]

Wow.

[Jeff Oskay]

No idea.

[Tom Griswold]

I think I know which red light he runs. I run that one every day.

[Jeff Oskay]

Yeah, I don't blame.

[Tom Griswold]

Immediately followed by that stop sign. Okay, coming up, great guest today. Very excited. Paul Thorne, a tremendous artist.

[Christy Lee]

Oh, we haven't seen him in a while.

[Tom Griswold]

He's gonna be joining us here in the studio. We certainly look forward to seeing Paul right now. I want to remind you that. Well, Ace, some bad news.

[Christy Lee]

Oh, even the Raiders got beat.

[Tom Griswold]

Hey, I'm watching it in what is considered to be one of the worst games in the history of the NFL.

[Christy Lee]

I know. My husband went to bed at halftime. He said it was seven. Seven. He goes, I can't take anymore, though.

[Jeff Oskay]

His guys, man defense. You covered your line. I mean, if you put some money on your team, you.

[Tom Griswold]

Okay, when we come back, I'll tell you. I'm not just saying it was the worst game. Statistically. They did something last night that hasn't been done since the mid-70s. What does that mean in terms of poor performance? We'll find out when we come back. So right now it's time to talk about our buddy Stephen Singer at Steven Singer Jewelers. Because one of the things that is happening is the season of gift giving. Christy, you got some over there.

[Christy Lee]

That's right. And you know, other jewelers hate Stephen Singer. You know why? Well, that's because Steven Singer has the best real natural diamond stud earrings in America and the best gift you could give. Every woman loves diamond earrings. And these diamond stud earrings are the perfect, perfect gift. We all know about the gold prices right now. They're up, down, they're really high. But lucky for you, Steven Singer is locked in his diamond studs at the old price. So visit ihatestevensinger.com right now. Check out the diamond studs. They're available from a quarter carat all the way up to 10 carats, total weight.

[Tom Griswold]

You know my idea, of course, that.

[Christy Lee]

Would make my head go to the side.

[Tom Griswold]

Yeah. With Thanksgiving around the corner, this is the perfect thing to hide in the mashed potatoes to tell your sweetie how thankful you are that she's putting up with you.

[Christy Lee]

No, she'll swallow them.

[Tom Griswold]

Boy, that's gonna be. Yeah, maybe. Maybe just put a note in the mashed potatoes.

[Christy Lee]

These diamond studs are at the same perfect price they were last year. Same incredible value. No better time to get a pair of diamond studs from Steven Singer Jewelers. They come with this safety silicone back so you never have to worry about losing them. And of course, they're all backed by the best guarantee in the jewelry business. A full 100 day, 100%, no hassle, money back guarantee plus fast and free shipping. Experience the difference at Steven Singer Jewelers online. I hate stevensinger.com. that's I hate stevensinger.Com.

[Tom Griswold]

Thanks, Christy Lee. Coming up, we have your letters. You can reach us, Bob and tomobandtom.com plus, we have a pig whose name is breakfast in the news. Yeah. And then today's. Today's bizarre story comes from West Lafayette, Indiana.

[Jeff Oskay]

November is heating up for U.S. soccer.

[Jess Hooker]

The United States need to be a little more nasty.

[Tom Griswold]

Make international friendlies for the men. Oh, Callum, that was nasty. And a Black Friday friendly for the women.

[Paul Thorne]

Expectations have always been here for this team.

[Tom Griswold]

We understand that.

[Jeff Oskay]

Listen anywhere on the Go with the West Wing One sports app.

[Tom Griswold]

And for behind the scenes stories, catch.

[Jeff Oskay]

The U.S. soccer Podcast. Boy, do we have an episode for you. Follow and listen on your favorite platform. Welcome back to the Bob and Tom show. We are coming to you live from the O'Reilly Auto Parts Studios, over at the Silac News Desk is the lovely Christy Lee.

[Christy Lee]

Oh, thanks, Jeff.

[Jeff Oskay]

In the music studio is Pat Godwin.

[Pat Godwin]

Hey, Jeff.

[Jeff Oskay]

Over on the ones and twos, as Tom loves them called is Mr. Ace Cosby. I'm Jeff Oskay at the Prize pick sports desk. And there is our leader, Mr. Tom Griswold.

[Tom Griswold]

I never heard the ones and twos thing. Is that, like, a happening phrase?

[Jeff Oskay]

Oh, yeah, it's from the 80s.

[Christy Lee]

Yeah, it is from the 80s.

[Tom Griswold]

Really? How did I miss that one? Rapid.

[Christy Lee]

DJ.

[Pat Godwin]

DJ.

[Christy Lee]

DJ. And they had ones and twos.

[Jeff Oskay]

They had two turntables and a microphone.

[Tom Griswold]

Ah, that's right.

[Jeff Oskay]

I forgot about the mic.

[Tom Griswold]

Yeah, I'm not all that hip to my DJ stuff.

[Christy Lee]

Great back song.

[Tom Griswold]

Also missing in action. I think he's fishing once again. In the Ozarks, it's. It's a Josh Arnold. We will still make fun of him even though he's not here, but he would ordinarily be sitting at the official sidekick chair, brought to you by Stephen Singer Jewelers. I'm working on a new song after the last break we had. Is it. I think, Pat, it should go something like. Is it too much to ask you to flush? Not sure who's not sure who's responsible doesn't flush. We're all adults.

[Pat Godwin]

There's one person I don't know.

[Tom Griswold]

I just had a visit to the smallest room in the building, and oh, my gosh, I. Please, for God's sake. It's not that hard. I even bought some. I bought one of those things of Lysol spray.

[Christy Lee]

Yeah, yeah, I noticed.

[Tom Griswold]

Well, that's. So if you're sensitive, you can spritz the handles. Remember we had the article, the news article about all the germs are actually not on the toilet seat. They're on the flush handle.

[Jeff Oskay]

You don't use your paper towel to open the handle.

[Christy Lee]

No, he's talking about to flush the toilet thingy.

[Tom Griswold]

No, no. When I leave you, I wash my hands. Oh, you're the one.

[Paul Thorne]

Yeah.

[Pat Godwin]

You know, I was at your house years ago when you had young boys over there. It was after a divorce and it was the. The boys club over there.

[Christy Lee]

The frat.

[Pat Godwin]

The frat house.

[Tom Griswold]

Yeah.

[Pat Godwin]

And I came over to visit you and I said, I have to use the restroom. You said, be careful back there. It could be a D museum.

[Tom Griswold]

Yeah. Three boys.

[Pat Godwin]

Yeah.

[Tom Griswold]

Was.

[Christy Lee]

This was before his germaphobia hit in?

[Pat Godwin]

It was.

[Christy Lee]

Oh, yeah.

[Tom Griswold]

Well, in any event, please, for God's sake. It's not that hard.

[Christy Lee]

Well, if you're flushing the toilet, then you wash your hands. The germs are gone anyway.

[Tom Griswold]

But nevertheless, what happen? People. People flush. The. The other thing is they get all over your phone. So. Yeah, you've seen those studies. 98 of people at a mall. They checked their phones. They were. They were.

[Pat Godwin]

You could stay home in a bubble if you'd like.

[Tom Griswold]

Yeah, no, I just not experienced life properly. I have my alcohol swabs, my Q tips. I just ordered another 500 of them.

[Christy Lee]

Oh, my God.

[Tom Griswold]

You think I'm kidding? No, we know you're not kidding. Holds up his Q tips right now.

[Christy Lee]

It's turning into Howard Hughes long.

[Tom Griswold]

And he lived a nice, healthy, long life.

[Christy Lee]

No, he didn't. He was a crazy man who lived in boxes for shoes in a dark room.

[Tom Griswold]

I just read a book about him. Wow.

[Pat Godwin]

No kidding.

[Tom Griswold]

But all in the beginning. Every starlet in Hollywood.

[Christy Lee]

Oh, yeah.

[Tom Griswold]

He better them all got the treatment.

[Pat Godwin]

Yeah.

[Tom Griswold]

And an amazing pilot.

[Christy Lee]

Yeah.

[Tom Griswold]

And balls of steel. But that's a different story right now. It's time.

[Pat Godwin]

What was it that drugs in early.

[Christy Lee]

Onset flipped his switch.

[Tom Griswold]

Oh, to become crazy.

[Christy Lee]

Yeah.

[Tom Griswold]

Probably the crash.

[Christy Lee]

Oh, okay.

[Tom Griswold]

Oh, he had a really bad air crash and an addiction. Came in and had. Yeah, a lot of pain.

[Christy Lee]

So he probably got addicted.

[Pat Godwin]

Concussions, three opiates.

[Tom Griswold]

Yeah, that'll get to you. That'll do it right now. Listener letters brought to you by Sleep number.

[Christy Lee]

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[Tom Griswold]

Check out the Sleep number beds. So, Black Friday. Now, a lot of places are just doing the sale for the whole month.

[Christy Lee]

Why not?

[Tom Griswold]

Yeah, sure, go for it. Okay.

[Jeff Oskay]

Yeah.

[Tom Griswold]

Now it's time to check in. Christy, you got a letter over there to start.

[Christy Lee]

Yeah, we were talking about my. My idea of vacationing and somebody coming in and taking care of the cows. This is from Will. Vacation and milking cows are not used in the same sentence. Growing up on a farm in central New York, vacation was a trip to our yearly town fair in the afternoon before going back to start night milking. It didn't happen. Oh, by the way, there are no sick days either. Sorry.

[Tom Griswold]

Well, yeah, Tough work.

[Christy Lee]

Yeah.

[Tom Griswold]

Once again, hello to Fred, our dairy farmer in the state of Maine.

[Christy Lee]

Hey, Fred.

[Tom Griswold]

Who's probably already finished the first. First round of. First round of milking. Good morning. From Texas, Bob and Tom Show. I caught myself saying a Tom ism the other day. I was driving with my. With my wife in. A funeral procession went by. We were in a rush to get to a doctor's appointment, so I was worried we would be stopped for a long time, making us late. When I saw the funeral procession coming, I couldn't think of the word. And I said, oh great, a dead body parade. Yeah. I've always wondered why they're in such a hurry. Yeah, always bugs me, you know, that's the one guy that doesn't really have to be there on time. And they're the ones that they stall the. Stall the traffic. Do they give you any mail over there, Jeffrey?

[Jeff Oskay]

I do. This is for Christy. Dear Bob and Tom Show. My wife and I were walking the dogs last night under that huge moon. My wife says Christy Lee called it the beaver moon. I responded, isn't the beaver moon really close to Uranus? We finished the walk in silence. Thank you, Kurt from Appleton, Wisconsin.

[Christy Lee]

That's actually funny, Kurt.

[Tom Griswold]

I would have laughed and thoroughly, thoroughly correct. Yeah, Christy, what you got over there?

[Christy Lee]

It says, dear Tom, sorry to bother you at work.

[Tom Griswold]

Love that.

[Christy Lee]

This is from art, not that Art. Shortly after getting my driver's license as a 16 year old in Vermont, I was cruising in my mom's convertible with the top down. While passing a friend's house, I saw a car hit a deer. I slowed and noticed little damage to the deer. I stopped, pulled it into the back seat and drove into my friend's driveway. As I approached the house, I looked in the rearview mirror to see legs. The deer was standing up. It had been dazed, confused, not killed. I stopped, not knowing what to do. The deer bounded out of the car and just wandered off. I was grateful that the top was down. Wow. No one believed me until they saw the deer hoof prints on the seat. You imagine?

[Pat Godwin]

No, it's pretty dangerous.

[Christy Lee]

Yeah, that's.

[Jeff Oskay]

Deers weigh a lot.

[Pat Godwin]

Yeah, they get.

[Christy Lee]

I don't know how big the deer was.

[Jeff Oskay]

Oh yeah.

[Tom Griswold]

I guess there are hooves could.

[Christy Lee]

Oh, they could do damage.

[Tom Griswold]

Rip your face off.

[Jeff Oskay]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Tom Griswold]

The one I hit just was knocked over. Got up and took off. The ones you hit patent, were they.

[Pat Godwin]

It was grizzly. I don't want to get into the details, but there was. Head went this way, body went that way.

[Tom Griswold]

Yep. Okay. Whoa.

[Pat Godwin]

Oh, yeah.

[Jeff Oskay]

Well, here's, here's on a lighter note, this is for Mac. I was parked next to a van full of Amish at the gas station yesterday. While I had The Electric Amish jamming on the radio. They were so confused by what they were hearing. Best morning I've ever had.

[Tom Griswold]

The Electric Amish. Our guests yesterday, they were terrific.

[Christy Lee]

They were terrific.

[Tom Griswold]

They're on the road. They're at the Delphi Opera House.

[Jeff Oskay]

Yeah.

[Tom Griswold]

Coming up on Saturday night.

[Jeff Oskay]

Yes.

[Tom Griswold]

So if you're a fan of the Amish. The band anyway.

[Christy Lee]

Well, if you're a fan of the Amish, you might really enjoy the.

[Jeff Oskay]

Yeah. Do they sell like apple butter after the. Their shows?

[Christy Lee]

They should.

[Tom Griswold]

It's actually. That's actually not a bad idea. Now what's. I promised I would read this letter about last night's game. The Denver, pretty good team.

[Christy Lee]

The Broncos and the Raiders.

[Tom Griswold]

Yeah, the Broncos wanted. But they made history. It's the second game since 1950 in which both teams had more penalties than first downs.

[Jeff Oskay]

Whoa.

[Tom Griswold]

I think there were a total. I think. I think it was 22 penalties. This says the Raiders and Broncos each had 10. Yeah, each had 10 first downs and 11 penalties per team. Last time that happened, it was the expansion Seattle Seahawks and Tampa Bay, both teams entering that game at.05. So Ace, your Raiders, they got something for the record books last evening.

[Jeff Oskay]

Well, stop the hottest team in the NFL.

[Tom Griswold]

Yeah. They didn't stop the hottest.

[Christy Lee]

They did not stop them.

[Tom Griswold]

They lost.

[Christy Lee]

They lost. Covered.

[Tom Griswold]

They covered.

[Christy Lee]

I love how you look at life.

[Tom Griswold]

Through a rose colored covering. The spread doesn't really help right. When you actually lose the game. Christy, anything else over on your desk.

[Christy Lee]

Another dear story. Hey, guys. I delivered newspapers for a little over seven years. All motor routes. There was a period of six months. After being a courier for six years, I hit eight deer in five different vehicles. This is Slow Joe from St. Joe, Indiana.

[Tom Griswold]

Sorry, Joe, better go a little slower. From Saginaw, Michigan, Tam writes my daughter. I asked her to plug the tablet and next to my bed she asked which side. I said the passenger side. Interesting. Now, do you do that if you're lying down in your face or on your back?

[Pat Godwin]

What back?

[Tom Griswold]

The passenger side of a bed would presumably be the left side. As you lie in the bed on your back. The left side.

[Pat Godwin]

Stage left.

[Tom Griswold]

Yeah. Right.

[Christy Lee]

No, it'd be the right side.

[Tom Griswold]

See, this is confusing.

[Christy Lee]

If you're laying in bed, it would be. Oh, the passenger side would be the right side.

[Tom Griswold]

Yeah.

[Pat Godwin]

I was thinking.

[Christy Lee]

So I drive in the right side.

[Tom Griswold]

Yeah. I'm always on. As you lie down on your back. I am always on the right side.

[Christy Lee]

So am I. I'm about to change because I'm starting to get cauliflower ear from sleeping on the side all the time.

[Tom Griswold]

That's interesting. So that means I'm the passenger, Right.

[Christy Lee]

Oh, you better change.

[Tom Griswold]

Oh, that would explain that she's driving. Yeah. Which is pretty much correct.

[Jeff Oskay]

Are you closer to the door than she is?

[Tom Griswold]

No.

[Jeff Oskay]

Oh, so you're letting her fight.

[Tom Griswold]

Yeah.

[Jeff Oskay]

Fight the intruder first.

[Tom Griswold]

Yeah, I'm closer to the door.

[Jeff Oskay]

Really?

[Christy Lee]

Yeah.

[Jeff Oskay]

They gotta go to the door.

[Tom Griswold]

They'd have to get through the dog.

[Jeff Oskay]

Yeah, yeah. I met your dog. You're gonna have no trouble.

[Christy Lee]

Right.

[Tom Griswold]

There's nothing like an angry golden retriever. I did wake up. I did wake up last night, and of course, I felt breath on my face. Ah. And it was. It was Mr. Fletcher, my golden retriever. He knows he's not allowed in the bed.

[Christy Lee]

Yeah. Until you guys are asleep. And then he jumps up there, right?

[Tom Griswold]

Yeah, he was right there, right in my face. Oh, I know something. I was so tired, I just said whatever. I mean, Kelly. Kelly got him down until he got him down a little bit later on.

[Pat Godwin]

I didn't know how thin my dog was until he got shaved yesterday. He's a tiny little thing.

[Tom Griswold]

I thought he's a little furball.

[Pat Godwin]

He got all Madden, so they had to shave him down.

[Jeff Oskay]

Oh, no.

[Tom Griswold]

Just. Just in time. Just in time for every other day.

[Pat Godwin]

But I see he needs a lot more.

[Tom Griswold]

Ah. It's amazing how many people have hit deer.

[Christy Lee]

Oh, no, Right.

[Tom Griswold]

These letters are just all about.

[Pat Godwin]

It's a terrifying experience, by the way. It comes out of nowhere.

[Christy Lee]

I don't. Now you guys have me all paranoid.

[Pat Godwin]

Well, you should be paranoid this morning with like. I know, I know. I mean, it happens quickly.

[Tom Griswold]

Okay, well, I thought we would perhaps enjoy some news before we get to sports this morning, because we have got a really interesting story out there. But I've got a play, a little something when we come back. It's about yodeling.

[Christy Lee]

Oh, yeah. The Swiss are real into that yodeling stuff.

[Tom Griswold]

Well, and there's a. Believe it or not, a Swiss movement.

[Christy Lee]

Yep. Which is, with UNESCO, by the way.

[Tom Griswold]

The fame name of a famous record album. Yeah. There's a movement with the United nations involving the Swiss and yodeling. And we did a little bit of homework and found a classic bit from this show when we had the yodeling lady.

[Christy Lee]

Is yodeling considered a sport?

[Tom Griswold]

No, I know there's. There's a competition. Yeah, there certainly is a competition.

[Pat Godwin]

Songwriting competitions and music.

[Christy Lee]

Okay.

[Tom Griswold]

But. So we'll be. We'll be getting to that in just a few minutes, if anyone remembers what that is. I did want to say something on a serious note. We do have on our website a special link. I think it's up already. It's for Operation Honor Guard with Veterans Day coming up next Tuesday. This is all about a organization that has been putting together funds and they're doing an amazing. They are doing an amazing job, by the way. And it's all about paying respect to veterans and paying respect at the, at the funerals for veterans and having the proper ceremony and the proper things to wear, et cetera, et cetera. But there's a link there. We'll be telling you more about that next Tuesday. But if you want to be part of it, it's really a cool thing and an important thing on a serious note. So if you get a chance, go over to a bob and tom.com if you're a veteran or friends of a veteran or just someone who cares about things like this, please check that out. There's a direct link to Operation Honor Guard right now. On a much lighter note, speaking of picks, ace and that sort of thing, Christy, what have you got over there?

[Christy Lee]

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[Tom Griswold]

By the way, the game in Berlin is the Falcons and the Colts. I did a little bit of homework. I think this is correct. It looks like at game time. It'll be in the mid-40s.

[Christy Lee]

Yes. Cloudy in the mid-40s.

[Tom Griswold]

I just looked that up in Berlin.

[Christy Lee]

Yeah.

[Tom Griswold]

I always want to do it stalag 17 style. It was in their time in Berlin. Sorry. For those of you that aren't familiar with Stalin 17, please do your homework for this show. And our friend Kostakia Khanomopoulos, who's a big Falcons fan, is on his way to Germany right now. This is such a cool thing. His brother had cancer and is now cancer free because he got a bone marrow transplant. And the guy that donated the bone marrow, what did he say there were 2 and 17 million eligible, whatever that thing is.

[Christy Lee]

Absolutely.

[Tom Griswold]

And it was a guy in Germany and he made the donation. And Kostaki's brother is doing great. They're going to take this guy to the game. That's awesome. It's so cool. So cool. A little bit of international cooperation in a world where that seems to never be happening. These are the O'Reilly Auto Parts Studios and this is the Bob and Tom Show. Thanks for listening to the Bob and Tom show this morning even though we're not too much to look at. You can also watch the show on our YouTube channel.

[Jeff Oskay]

Hey, welcome back to the Bob and Tom Show. We're coming to you from the O'Reilly Auto Parts Studios. Over at the SILAC news desk, we have the lovely miss Christy Lee.

[Christy Lee]

Hello.

[Jeff Oskay]

And over there, Pat Godwin.

[Pat Godwin]

Hey, what a day.

[Jeff Oskay]

Hey, what a day in the. Indeed, our engineer today, Mr. Ace Cosby. I want to be lovely, too. Oh, well, I think you're quite lovely, Ace. I'm Jeff Oskay. I am at the Prize Pick sports desk. And there he is, our leader, Mr. Tom Griswold.

[Tom Griswold]

Thank you very much. I'm sitting next to an empty chair. That's where Josh would ordinarily be. And Josh is, of course, at the Steven Singer Jewelry Sidekick chair. He's fishing in the Ozarks right now.

[Jeff Oskay]

He said he was going to send me pictures of the big ones. I have yet to receive any pictures.

[Tom Griswold]

So you can always send us pictures. You can send us mail at bob and tom.com bob and tom@bob and tom.com I got a couple more quick ones. We've for some reason been getting a lot of correspondence from the great state of Maine. It began with Fred, the dairy farmer.

[Christy Lee]

That's one state I've never been to. I really want to go, man.

[Pat Godwin]

Beautiful.

[Tom Griswold]

Yeah. You guys were talking about hitting deer. And by the way, we have now officially gone over the 100 mark.

[Christy Lee]

And yeah, we're done with deer.

[Tom Griswold]

Letters from people who have hit deer. Usually fairly unpleasant stories. That's not just deer you have to worry about in Maine. It's moose, man. My co worker's mother was driving early one morning, came over a hill and hit a gigantic moose standing in the middle of the road. She hit it ass first. Its hind end went through the windshield. I won't go into the next part of the letter. It involves a fecal shower. Scared, by the way, my buddy's mom was okay. The moose quote, not so much. Thank you, Kevin.

[Jeff Oskay]

We always appreciate the good thing about Musso. If Christie's in her Figaro, she can just drive in between its legs.

[Christy Lee]

That's true.

[Tom Griswold]

That's a little car.

[Christy Lee]

Tiny. It's a tiny.

[Tom Griswold]

Yes, very small. Yesterday, our special guests, the. The great band the Electric Amish were with us and we were asking a bunch of questions. This is from Pat's old neck of the woods, north central Pennsylvania.

[Pat Godwin]

Oh, yeah.

[Tom Griswold]

Because I see Amish every day on the back roads of Mifflinburg, writes Jim from Northumberland, Pennsylvania. I see them on my way to work in Lancaster. By the way, they do have LED lights on the front and back of their buggies for easy visibility.

[Christy Lee]

Huh.

[Jeff Oskay]

Nice.

[Tom Griswold]

How do you. Where do you make the call here?

[Christy Lee]

What do you mean?

[Tom Griswold]

On what you can and can't do if you're Amish?

[Christy Lee]

Oh, they have, I'm sure, rules.

[Tom Griswold]

I mean, just because you can have electric lights on your buggy, but you. You can't, you know, drive a nice suv.

[Christy Lee]

Well, that's gas powered, that's all. Maybe electric cars they can do.

[Tom Griswold]

I don't think so. Do they have electric lights on the farms?

[Christy Lee]

I don't know.

[Jeff Oskay]

I think.

[Pat Godwin]

I thought they, you know, I don't know.

[Jeff Oskay]

I believe they're allowed to charge batteries, like solarly, and then use those batteries to then power some stuff. Like, it's kind of like how certain religions have people that come in and do stuff for them on Sunday or on, you know, Saturday.

[Tom Griswold]

Folks of the Jewish faith.

[Jeff Oskay]

Right. I think. I think the Amish also have their ways around certain.

[Tom Griswold]

Yeah. When they.

[Pat Godwin]

When they work at the Reading Terminal in Philadelphia, they are working in a place that's lit by electricity. I mean, they're selling their wares, their fruits and vegetables, all that kind of stuff.

[Christy Lee]

Are they Mennonites or Amish?

[Pat Godwin]

They're Amish.

[Christy Lee]

Big difference.

[Pat Godwin]

Yeah.

[Tom Griswold]

And they can.

[Christy Lee]

What they can.

[Tom Griswold]

They can use power tools on a factory, though, right? There's. It's Confusing. I'm sorry. But we just were trying to figure out if for safety reasons, because Graber's guitar looks like one of those triangle things you see in the back of.

[Christy Lee]

Right.

[Tom Griswold]

And by the way, the Electric Amish are doing a very rare concert appearance. When they tour. It takes so long, you know, the horse and buggies to get place to place. You know, Seattle to LA and.

[Paul Thorne]

Right.

[Tom Griswold]

Eight weeks. They're gonna be at the famous Delphi Opera House coming up on Saturday night. So we'll answer your Amish questions. Sure. That Elvis was one of those guys that would help his neighbors. Like.

[Jeff Oskay]

Oh, really?

[Tom Griswold]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. My mom did that as well. Not with Elvis, but I would hope not.

[Christy Lee]

That would be a great story.

[Tom Griswold]

Yeah, no kidding. Wow. I know that, you know, Pat's mom, of course, famously had a roll in the hay with John F. Kennedy. One of the Kennedys. That's true. That's what a couple of other important, important letters. I work at a kitchen and an assisted living facility. We offer various types of ice cream to the residents. My boss is a cool guy. He buys a specialty ice cream every once in a while. One of the recent ice cream labels, Mackinac Island Fudge Ice Cream. This comes to us from Jordan in West Virginia.

[Jeff Oskay]

I hate you, Jordan.

[Tom Griswold]

Thank you very much. Mackinac island, of course, famous for its fudge.

[Christy Lee]

Where's that? In Michigan?

[Tom Griswold]

It's an island, Christie. Yeah, right there.

[Jeff Oskay]

Remember Tom was. He was going on about how their fudge is world famous and none of us had ever heard of it.

[Tom Griswold]

Well, yes, because you guys don't get around. And the. The tourists by the locals are referred to as fudgies.

[Christy Lee]

Are they?

[Pat Godwin]

Oh, I bet they love that.

[Tom Griswold]

Yeah, well, they don't know. They don't. It's behind you. That fudgy walking. Exactly. It's the one of us behind the back.

[Christy Lee]

How many full time residents they got up there?

[Tom Griswold]

That's a good question.

[Jess Hooker]

11.

[Pat Godwin]

It's golf carts, right?

[Christy Lee]

Yeah.

[Tom Griswold]

No, the horses. Yeah. No, no cars. Oh, I didn't know that to speak of. Now it's time for us to segue over, I think into the sports section. Jeff Oski sitting over there in Chick's place. Chick's a little under the weather. He should be back on Monday. I think he's starting to feel better.

[Jeff Oskay]

Oh, we got some good sports today. Former NBA player and assistant coach Damon Jones has pleaded not guilty to charges he profited from rigged poker games and provided sports betters with non public information about injuries to stars LeBron James and Anthony Davis. His mother and stepfather had to put up their Texas home as collateral for a $200,000 bond that will allow him to remain free pending trial.

[Christy Lee]

Oh man, that's the saddest thing I've ever heard.

[Jeff Oskay]

He doesn't have the money. He doesn't have 200k.

[Christy Lee]

No joke.

[Tom Griswold]

You don't even need. What is.

[Christy Lee]

They need 10%, right.

[Jeff Oskay]

20,000.

[Christy Lee]

20,000.

[Tom Griswold]

I can come up with 20 grand.

[Christy Lee]

Not that I know anything about that.

[Tom Griswold]

Oh I, I do.

[Christy Lee]

Yeah, I do too. I was joking.

[Tom Griswold]

I have a, I have a friendly bail bondsman I've had to deal with a couple times. Yeah, very nice guy by the way.

[Christy Lee]

Oh is he?

[Tom Griswold]

Yeah, very nice guy. Fan of the show, which was rather helpful.

[Jeff Oskay]

Ah, yeah. So he is. That sounds guilty.

[Tom Griswold]

So is he. He's.

[Christy Lee]

I sound guilty.

[Tom Griswold]

Well if he's broke, I wonder if he gambled all his money away apparently.

[Jeff Oskay]

Well that probably is the giving out non public information about injuries. I mean that's, that's guilty. That's some pretty.

[Tom Griswold]

Well I think this whole thing was launched. I remember reading that it was a guy, there was a huge number. All of a sudden there was a whole lot of action on a very unusual game bet. Yeah, like us, like a certain player.

[Christy Lee]

Is not going to play that game or something.

[Tom Griswold]

Yeah, he was gonna, he was take.

[Christy Lee]

Himself out of the game or something and he did.

[Tom Griswold]

Yes. And they said wait a minute, that doesn't make sense. So I remember reading that, that launched that whole thing and it'll be very interesting to see what happens. But this, this guy. Wow.

[Jeff Oskay]

And I don't know if you saw this Tom, but there was a new record set yesterday down in Florida when Oliver Ryu became the tallest person ever to play college basketball when he made his debut in third rank Florida's 10464 victory over North Florida. The 19 year old 7 foot 9 red shirt freshman checked in with 209 to play with the home crowd chanting we want Ali. He drew so much attention from the ospreys that he didn't even touch the ball when asked about making history equipped. It's, it's, it's another day I guess.

[Tom Griswold]

Is he the Canadian guy?

[Jeff Oskay]

Yes, seven foot nine.

[Tom Griswold]

So does he have any athletic skills?

[Christy Lee]

Well, all he has to do is put his hand up.

[Tom Griswold]

Yeah, no, but I mean he's going.

[Christy Lee]

To be a center.

[Tom Griswold]

We all know guys in high school that were the biggest guys in the school and they were, they had no, they couldn't play football because they had no athletic ability.

[Jeff Oskay]

Oh, I was the tall. I've been this tall since fifth grade. Yeah, I was the tallest kid. And the other teams would be like, oh, watch out for him. I'm like, watch me ride the bench till the last two minutes. You have nothing to worry about. Had no coordination.

[Tom Griswold]

But what is the, what's the report on this kid, though?

[Jeff Oskay]

I mean, I have no idea. All in gangly.

[Tom Griswold]

Wow. Oliver. Is it pronounced Ryu Riu? Wow.

[Jeff Oskay]

At least according to Google.

[Tom Griswold]

Okay. I wonder if he'll join a frat. The world's tallest kings.

[Jeff Oskay]

That'd be fun.

[Tom Griswold]

And the cheerleaders wouldn't have to get their knees dirty. There's that.

[Jeff Oskay]

No, I don't think anyone.

[Tom Griswold]

I guess it was either basketball or the circus.

[Jeff Oskay]

Former NFL star Antonio Brown has been arrested on attempted murder charges stemming from a shooting after a celebrity boxing event. Miami police confirmed that the 37 year old was taken into custody by US Marshals in Dubai. The arrest warrant says Brown as accused of grabbing a handgun from a security officer and firing two shots at a man he'd gotten into a fistfight with at the amateur boxing event in May.

[Tom Griswold]

Murder. Yeah, okay.

[Jeff Oskay]

Attempted murder.

[Tom Griswold]

Oh, okay.

[Jeff Oskay]

Attempted.

[Tom Griswold]

Okay. The guy didn't.

[Jeff Oskay]

Should have been a better shot.

[Tom Griswold]

Okay. Now coming up, we have more of your letters, of course, a great guest coming in later on. I hope you can stick around the great singer and songwriter Paul Thorne, one of our absolute favorites. Famous on this show for a couple tunes including It's a great day to kick somebody's ass. So please stick around for that. We are in the O'Reilly Auto Part Studios. This is the Bob and Tom Show. Want to share a letter or comment? Our email is bob and tomobandtom.com.

[Jess Hooker]

Hey.

[Jeff Oskay]

Welcome back to the Bob and Tom Show. We are coming to you from the O'Reilly Auto Parts Studios.

[Christy Lee]

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[Jeff Oskay]

That lovely voice was coming from my favorite lady, Christy Lee sitting at the SILAC insurance news desk. Next to her in the. What color is that? Is that coffee?

[Christy Lee]

That is brown.

[Pat Godwin]

Dark brown cocoa.

[Jeff Oskay]

Beautiful. That's UPS Brown and a beautiful button up shirt. Mr. Pat Godwin. Hello, I am Jeff Oskay at the Price Pick sports desk. Next to me, Ace Cosby and there is Mr. Tom Griswold.

[Tom Griswold]

Thank you very much. Not dressed in peanut butter. I say that we all have that coming up. There's a. This has to be a frat prank.

[Pat Godwin]

Yeah, I agree.

[Tom Griswold]

A guy.

[Christy Lee]

Let me do the story.

[Tom Griswold]

Yeah, sure.

[Christy Lee]

This is Purdue University. Campus police are investigating reports of a guy covered in peanut butter roaming the campus. With concerns raised over the potential danger to those with allergies, cleaning crews were called in to sanitize surfaces that had been coated in peanut butter. Officers said they're investigating the matter, adding that they did not know whether the man is a student.

[Tom Griswold]

And.

[Christy Lee]

And if this was a hazing situation, of course I.

[Tom Griswold]

It would be. Jason, I just sent you this picture. Do you have it? There we go. Yeah, there it is. It looks like he's completely naked. I think he's got on, like, a Speedo or something.

[Jeff Oskay]

He's got on some shorts.

[Tom Griswold]

Oh.

[Pat Godwin]

So.

[Jeff Oskay]

But this is where my son's friends all go. And I sent that picture to my son. I was like, is this Ellis? I thought it was his dumbass friend, because that's something they would do.

[Christy Lee]

Yeah.

[Tom Griswold]

Is he wearing. Yeah, he's got shoes on.

[Christy Lee]

Yeah, he does.

[Tom Griswold]

Yeah, but he's covered in peanut butter. Yeah, that. What do you think? Frat house?

[Pat Godwin]

Absolutely.

[Paul Thorne]

Yeah.

[Christy Lee]

Good chance.

[Tom Griswold]

Or that. Just some really imaginative viral attention.

[Pat Godwin]

Maybe Internet attention.

[Tom Griswold]

Have a little bit of fun. Has it shown up on the Internet yet? As a. I haven't searched for it.

[Christy Lee]

I can't.

[Tom Griswold]

Mini. Mini movie. Okay. Well, a boiler up, I guess.

[Christy Lee]

Yeah. It's fun.

[Tom Griswold]

Yeah, it is. It's cool.

[Jeff Oskay]

I heard they arrested him in a jiffy, so.

[Pat Godwin]

They'Re all. There's boiled peanuts, so maybe there's a connection there. Boilermaker, boiled peanuts.

[Christy Lee]

No.

[Tom Griswold]

Yeah.

[Pat Godwin]

It's thin at best. My little.

[Tom Griswold]

Oh, I'm sorry. Maybe it's. Maybe he's a leftover costume. He's George Washington Carver or perhaps Purdue.

[Jeff Oskay]

Peanut Butter Pete.

[Christy Lee]

Peter Pan Pete. Pete.

[Tom Griswold]

Check his butt crack. Look for a marshmallow. If there's a marshmallow in there, it's a. It's a frat hazing event.

[Christy Lee]

Only in Tom's world.

[Tom Griswold]

No, no, no, no.

[Christy Lee]

That was a thing at your college. It was a thing.

[Pat Godwin]

It's a private thing.

[Tom Griswold]

I think it's a universal college hazing thing.

[Pat Godwin]

Grapes in the butt. Something in the butt, always.

[Tom Griswold]

No, no, no. They. They would sit on something, right? They would carry it around. One of my good friends was head of one of the frats, and they. They would. You'd. They'd put a marshmallow in your butt crack. You put a marshmallow in your butt crack, and you had to run up the six flights of Hamilton hall and if against another guy.

[Jeff Oskay]

Okay.

[Tom Griswold]

And the loser had to eat the other guy's marshmallow. Oh, no.

[Jeff Oskay]

That's why they don't talk.

[Tom Griswold]

And then if you dropped your marshmallow, you had to eat it away.

[Paul Thorne]

I had dirty bad.

[Tom Griswold]

Yeah, no, it's a.

[Jeff Oskay]

So they had on no pants running up the stairs?

[Tom Griswold]

Yeah. You had to be naked.

[Jeff Oskay]

Really?

[Tom Griswold]

Yeah.

[Pat Godwin]

Naked. I didn't know that part.

[Tom Griswold]

Yeah, these things are always fun.

[Christy Lee]

Well, how did the marshmallow fall out if they weren't naked?

[Pat Godwin]

Oh, good point. I thought they went up with shorts or something over themselves.

[Christy Lee]

No, never mind. I'm not going there.

[Tom Griswold]

Boys will be boys.

[Jeff Oskay]

I mean, isn't running naked up the stairs against another man hazing enough?

[Tom Griswold]

Some of these upper echelon frat guys really get into it.

[Jeff Oskay]

Was it a mini marshmallow or a full size?

[Tom Griswold]

Oh, no, no. It was a standard. Not one of the gigantic ones. Don't be ridiculous. Just one of the standard marshmallow.

[Jeff Oskay]

I made the mistake of getting the. I didn't realize they had gigantic marshmallows. And I got them for s'. Mores. Oh, they don't.

[Christy Lee]

They don't like a disc.

[Jeff Oskay]

I had no idea. I opened the bag, I was like, oh, there's only seven marshmallows in this entire bag.

[Tom Griswold]

Can they. Could you slice them like cheese? Maybe like a s'?

[Jeff Oskay]

More?

[Tom Griswold]

I. I don't know.

[Jeff Oskay]

They did not hang well on the poker or whatever.

[Tom Griswold]

Now, well, this kid who. It's a guy, obviously, I should make that clear. That coated himself in peanut butter head to toe. I heard he was asking if there was a dog park anywhere nearby.

[Pat Godwin]

Give you a thorough.

[Jeff Oskay]

That's very popular.

[Tom Griswold]

Will they charge him with something if.

[Christy Lee]

I don't know.

[Pat Godwin]

You should.

[Jeff Oskay]

What with?

[Christy Lee]

What do you do?

[Pat Godwin]

That's a good point. Maybe endangering someone who has.

[Tom Griswold]

Bringing a little joy to the Purdue University campus.

[Christy Lee]

Yeah.

[Tom Griswold]

Okay. Well, we'll continue. We have one more sports story, I believe.

[Jeff Oskay]

Yeah. A gamer has broken the Guinness world record for the longest video game marathon. This person's name, known as Grasshopper, achieved the record title after playing the game Dance dance revolution for 144 hours or six full days. The 34 year old danced to over 3,000 songs and burned more than 22,000 calories during the challenge.

[Christy Lee]

That's just ridiculous.

[Tom Griswold]

I remember we.

[Christy Lee]

I remember Dance Dance Revolution.

[Tom Griswold]

Oh, yeah.

[Christy Lee]

Oh, I remember.

[Tom Griswold]

Boys did it. That's hard.

[Christy Lee]

It is very hard.

[Jeff Oskay]

Yeah.

[Christy Lee]

And did he.

[Tom Griswold]

Can you stay awake for six days?

[Christy Lee]

No. He had to have had breaks, don't you think?

[Jeff Oskay]

I don't know. That. Or a case of monster energy.

[Christy Lee]

No joke.

[Tom Griswold]

Did they. This is a serious question. Do they drug test for these things?

[Jeff Oskay]

I mean for the like in this world?

[Tom Griswold]

Yeah. Can you.

[Jeff Oskay]

I don't. I don't think.

[Christy Lee]

I don't know.

[Tom Griswold]

They take. Check your urine for meth.

[Jeff Oskay]

Yeah. That's weird that. I figured it'd be set by like a 17 year old girl, not a 34 year old man.

[Tom Griswold]

Are these. Is that game still popular?

[Christy Lee]

Dance Dance Revolution?

[Jeff Oskay]

I don't think so.

[Christy Lee]

I've seen it in like arcades before. Right?

[Tom Griswold]

Yeah. They had a version of the arcade but there was a home version with a. With a mat that unrolled and it was. How would you describe it? They were like.

[Christy Lee]

It's kind of like squares.

[Tom Griswold]

You'd put your feet in.

[Jeff Oskay]

Yeah. It was like Twister and you.

[Christy Lee]

And they would light up and you had to dance, the song would come on and you had to. Your feet had to match the light up squares.

[Tom Griswold]

So that's. That's pretty awesome. Yeah, that's kind of a cool record.

[Christy Lee]

That's a hell of a workout.

[Tom Griswold]

Jason, did you get the thing that I sent you? The photograph? Do we have that? This is another world record. While doing some research I stumbled on this one. This is a lady of Serbian Swedish origin.

[Christy Lee]

Yes.

[Tom Griswold]

She has had a number of so called Brazilian butt lifts.

[Christy Lee]

Yes.

[Tom Griswold]

Five to be precise. She claims to have the quote biggest bum in the world. The. There she is.

[Jeff Oskay]

Oh.

[Tom Griswold]

How would you describe it? Because it looks like it is too. What? In her.

[Christy Lee]

It looks like the biggest beach ball you've ever seen. But two of them side by side on her backside.

[Tom Griswold]

Yeah, man.

[Jeff Oskay]

That is a shelf.

[Tom Griswold]

And her face.

[Pat Godwin]

Cheeks.

[Jeff Oskay]

Her face.

[Tom Griswold]

Yeah.

[Pat Godwin]

But in her face.

[Tom Griswold]

Yeah. She probably has had a lot of surgery. She has nice hair.

[Christy Lee]

Man. You could use that as a TV tray.

[Jeff Oskay]

Oh my gosh. She could set a whole turkey. Turkey dinner on that.

[Tom Griswold]

She says.

[Christy Lee]

Thank you.

[Tom Griswold]

She says she has the quote biggest bum in the world. But it hasn't helped her with her love life.

[Jeff Oskay]

Yeah. Look at that face. That is a wreck.

[Pat Godwin]

Scary.

[Tom Griswold]

Yeah.

[Pat Godwin]

She's done stuff.

[Tom Griswold]

I have a question. When you have a look two that. How would you describe it? The two halves of her buttocks.

[Christy Lee]

How do you.

[Tom Griswold]

Is there still an access point for the purpose of the backside?

[Christy Lee]

Of course. Tom, you don't close that up, you would die.

[Tom Griswold]

No, but wouldn't those giant balloons sort of close it up?

[Pat Godwin]

It's problematic back there.

[Jeff Oskay]

Yeah, it comes out like a play doh. Fun factor.

[Pat Godwin]

Comes out like a sheet of.

[Tom Griswold]

I rest my case. And your thoughts, sir? I think we have a little bit. I like big butts and I cannot lie. Thank you very much. And a round thing in your face. You get sprung a little bit of CER Mix a lot.

[Christy Lee]

That's a lady who sits next to me on the plane every time she.

[Jeff Oskay]

Has her ass on your armrest.

[Christy Lee]

Yeah.

[Tom Griswold]

But I'm seriously. Wouldn't that cause problems just doing the basic functions of the.

[Jeff Oskay]

Yeah.

[Christy Lee]

Yes, it would. I would think that woman mentally ill. Typing has to be really, really tough.

[Tom Griswold]

Yeah. How'd you access that? You need like a poker.

[Christy Lee]

You can't. You can't go from behind. You'd have to go from the front, which is bad.

[Tom Griswold]

Okay.

[Pat Godwin]

You have to go business route. You can't go around the highway.

[Tom Griswold]

Yeah. Coming up, we have a great guest. Singer, songwriter. Paul Thorne will be joining us. We certainly look forward to seeing Paul here in the studio. And also coming up, more interesting news. Chris, you want to give me the teaser?

[Christy Lee]

Yeah. We have a diaper wearing sheep on a train. We have an interesting story out of Paris. If you want to be buried with.

[Tom Griswold]

Royalty and if you're a Jim Morrison fan.

[Jeff Oskay]

Yeah.

[Tom Griswold]

You want to be buried near him. Yeah, that's. You can.

[Christy Lee]

You're a literary fan.

[Tom Griswold]

You like a good quote.

[Christy Lee]

A lot of nude things. We got guys showing up.

[Tom Griswold]

Yeah. One. I don't want to give too much away. Yeah. One headline has the word chainsaw and naked in it.

[Christy Lee]

Yeah.

[Jeff Oskay]

What?

[Tom Griswold]

Yeah, that's. That's bad.

[Christy Lee]

And then when you go to virtual court, be sure you're dressed properly as well.

[Tom Griswold]

Oh, yeah. That's the thing. Yeah. Yeah. Okay. Oh, yeah. Have us have some respect for the judge. Right now. I want to remind you that this portion of the Bob and Tom show is brought to you by Brickhouse Nutrition and a product called Lean developed by physicians. It's all about not getting into that weight cycling thing where you gain 10 pounds, lose 12 pounds, then gain 8, then gain 20, then lose 10. They say that the average American has gained and lost several hundred pounds by the time they hit the age of 60. Not good for you. If you've been thinking about losing some weight and you'd like some assistance, this might be just the thing for you. It's non prescription. It's called Lean and it's not a GLP injectable. It's actually an oral supplement developed by physicians and it's designed to help maintain healthy blood sugar. It's called Lean. And lean helps control your appetite and helps control cravings. Lean also helps burn fat by converting it to energy and burning fat helps keep the weight off. See if this is for you, get all the information by going to takelean.com and by the way, you get 20% off if you enter the code tom when you go there. Once again, the code is tomatakelean.com now these statements and products have not been evaluated by the fda. They're not intended to diagnose or cure or prevent any disease and are not a substitute for going to see your healthcare provider. See if it's for you. Once again, visit take lean.com and again, it's not you don't have to give yourself an injection. It's an oral supplement designed by physicians. Take lean.com that code word is Tom. Also coming up, we have yodeling in the news and an interesting thing involving trying to bribe a police officer. We'll see how that how that came out. And the great artist Paul Thorne joining us here in the O'Reilly Auto Parts Studios. This is the Bob and Tom Show.

[Jeff Oskay]

Hello, friends. Welcome back to the Bob and Tom Show. We are coming to you from the O'Reilly Auto Parts Studios. Over at the Silac Insurance Company news desk, we have Ms. Christy Lee. Hi, Pat Godwin. You got some songs for us?

[Pat Godwin]

Oh, man. Ton of songs.

[Jeff Oskay]

Oh, nice. I'm Jeff Oskaya. I am at the Prize Picks sports desk. Next to me, our engineer, Ace Cosby. And there he is. How are you today, Tom?

[Tom Griswold]

Doing great. I'm just doing a little bit of homework here. We had this weird story about someone at Purdue University, apparently a young man covered head to toe in peanut butter roaming the campus and people are concerned about allergy dangers.

[Pat Godwin]

Well, you know, it turns out he just got arrested. This guy.

[Christy Lee]

Oh, he did.

[Pat Godwin]

PB and J walking.

[Jeff Oskay]

I like it.

[Tom Griswold]

I bet he will. Skippy bail.

[Christy Lee]

Here we go.

[Tom Griswold]

Oh, boy.

[Jeff Oskay]

This guy's nuts.

[Tom Griswold]

Yeah.

[Paul Thorne]

Huh?

[Tom Griswold]

Oh, chunky.

[Jeff Oskay]

Yeah.

[Tom Griswold]

He's in a jam. Okay. So sorry.

[Christy Lee]

No, you're not.

[Tom Griswold]

It's hilarious. By the way, this is completely off any topic. Yeah, I was doing some homework here during the break because when we get to today in history, it's why don't we do it Madame Curie? Hey, you don't have to. I got her a little. I got to do some more homework. Madame Curie. It's her birthday. Born in 1867. Mary Curie, the famous scientist. You know, she is.

[Jeff Oskay]

Sure.

[Pat Godwin]

We all know.

[Jeff Oskay]

I don't.

[Tom Griswold]

You don't really?

[Jeff Oskay]

Wait, what's her name?

[Tom Griswold]

Madame Curie, famous scientist, pioneering research and radioactivity.

[Jeff Oskay]

Been in the curio cabinet?

[Christy Lee]

Yeah.

[Tom Griswold]

No, no.

[Jeff Oskay]

Oh.

[Tom Griswold]

But anyway, I. Silly, I thought I remembered this. So I've been looking around and it's true. She was buried in a lead lined coffin because of lingering radioactivity. In fact, all of her papers, even her cookbooks, her scientific notebooks and papers, everything is so radioactive. They're stored in lead lined boxes in the Bibliotake Nationale in France.

[Christy Lee]

Really?

[Jeff Oskay]

So who is she? You didn't tell me.

[Tom Griswold]

She is the pioneering research in radioactivity.

[Jeff Oskay]

Oh, okay. I have no idea.

[Tom Griswold]

A great scientist and I thought I'd heard that and that is just so weird.

[Christy Lee]

That is weird.

[Tom Griswold]

Yikes. In any event, we'll get back to the reality of what's happening here. Christy Lee is at the SILAC Insurance news desk. What have you got over there?

[Christy Lee]

Officials in Switzerland are seeking United nations recognition for yodeling. The Swiss government is petitioning the UN cultural agency, UNESCO to include the tradition of yodeling on its list of intangible culture, cultural heritage. Nadja Ras, a professor at Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts, explained that while yodeling exists in neighboring Austria, Germany and Italy, Swiss yodeling is distinctive because of its vocal technique.

[Tom Griswold]

Texas.

[Christy Lee]

Texas.

[Jeff Oskay]

What?

[Tom Griswold]

You ever heard Hank Williams?

[Pat Godwin]

Oh, sure.

[Tom Griswold]

Yodels. No, sorry.

[Christy Lee]

The Swiss government says at least 12,000 yodelers take part throughout about 780 groups of the Swiss Yodeling Association. That's a lot of yodelers.

[Tom Griswold]

Does anybody care if the UN recognizes yodeling? This is something I would think maybe, I don't know, be a little work on that Gaza thing.

[Jeff Oskay]

Oh, yeah.

[Pat Godwin]

I don't know.

[Tom Griswold]

But there seem to be more important things to deal with right now. We'd like to make the holes in Swiss cheese get an award. If that's the case, shouldn't America get an award for scatting?

[Christy Lee]

Scatting?

[Pat Godwin]

Yeah.

[Christy Lee]

Did we start that?

[Pat Godwin]

We absolutely did. With jazz? Yeah, sure.

[Tom Griswold]

It's a great jazz thing. You know, one of the great scatters of all time. Ella Fitzgerald.

[Christy Lee]

Oh, no, no, no, no, no. I thought we were gonna play a yodeling.

[Tom Griswold]

Well, coming up is the anniversary of the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald. And Pat Godwin has a nice tune that'll tie that together.

[Pat Godwin]

Call it nice.

[Christy Lee]

I wouldn't either.

[Tom Griswold]

We can get to that another time. Judging by as I'm reading the room. Do you want to hear our yodeling hunk?

[Christy Lee]

Yeah, I do.

[Tom Griswold]

This comes to us from a couple years Ago we were talking about yodeling, of all things. And we actually. You'll hear the world champion lady. Lady yodeler. Here we go. I've got Major League Baseball. And I thought that today we could have some special music underneath for Major League Baseball. Major League Baseball. This is from Chick's audio collection. This is the CD that I'm listening to in my car right now.

[Christy Lee]

Really?

[Jeff Oskay]

Oh, yeah.

[Pat Godwin]

It's very, very mark.

[Tom Griswold]

Mark McGuire's assault on. Excuse me, could you.

[Jeff Oskay]

What the hell is this?

[Christy Lee]

What is that?

[Tom Griswold]

Well, maybe you don't know about Australia's Queen of yodeling.

[Christy Lee]

No, I don't. What's her name?

[Tom Griswold]

Mary Schneider.

[Christy Lee]

Mary Schneider.

[Tom Griswold]

This is a. Songs that we'd recognize. You mean? Yeah. For example, what? For example, Fabulous. The Fabulous Pier Get Sweet. Where does the yodeling come in? Well, you can't just go ahead and start yodeling right away.

[Christy Lee]

Oh, that is.

[Tom Griswold]

Man. Timing is everything. That was very nicely done.

[Christy Lee]

What you find jodling.

[Tom Griswold]

Could we move on?

[Pat Godwin]

Is that I switched ahead voice rather quickly?

[Jeff Oskay]

I think it should be.

[Tom Griswold]

Wait a minute. Let's end with this.

[Christy Lee]

Yeah.

[Tom Griswold]

Sounds like the CDs stuck. Oh, oh, this is new. This is a different one. This is the end of number one. Oh, it's kicking in. All right. Had enough?

[Christy Lee]

I've had enough.

[Tom Griswold]

She's still alive.

[Christy Lee]

Is she really?

[Tom Griswold]

Yeah. Mary Schneider, she's from Australia. Yeah. Yeah.

[Christy Lee]

I didn't know Australia was known for yodeling.

[Pat Godwin]

I didn't know either. Maybe the Swiss Alps, I thought. Ah, Heidi from the Alps.

[Tom Griswold]

I think that may be her cultural background. She's not an indigenous. What is it called?

[Christy Lee]

Australian. Aboriginal.

[Tom Griswold]

Aboriginal. Australian, I think. But it just shows that it's okay to, you know.

[Christy Lee]

Have you ever yodel?

[Tom Griswold]

No.

[Jeff Oskay]

In the valley, in the canyon.

[Tom Griswold]

I didn't realize we were going down vulgar road.

[Pat Godwin]

That's what we all thinking.

[Jeff Oskay]

Well, I'm in here.

[Tom Griswold]

Okay. So, I mean, it's got. I, I don't. Do you think yodeling is cool?

[Christy Lee]

No, no. Do you think yodeling is cool?

[Tom Griswold]

I went to, you know how my. I was educated, where I went. It was yodel Yodeli whom. Very, very formal. My, my. My schooling, the benefits of, you know.

[Pat Godwin]

Jewel does a little yodeling. She's the most modern person I think to do it.

[Christy Lee]

Yeah, yeah, she does.

[Tom Griswold]

Yeah. Ace. I bet I know what you're going to say.

[Pat Godwin]

Oh, wait a minute, my kid.

[Tom Griswold]

There's a famous rock song with.

[Pat Godwin]

Yeah, they opened the intro.

[Tom Griswold]

What is that again? Hocus Pocus. Hocus Pocus.

[Jeff Oskay]

But no, there was a kid who.

[Tom Griswold]

Went around to Walmart's Yielding.

[Jeff Oskay]

Oh yeah, that little cowboy kid.

[Pat Godwin]

That was good.

[Jeff Oskay]

Yeah, he was yodeling all over the Walmarts.

[Tom Griswold]

Well, there's a. There, like I said, there's a kind of a western thing for yodeling with, you know, Hank Williams, etc. Etc. Yeah, I can, I can find that. Nobody was the band. The band was focus and the song was Hocus Pocus. I think this is it here. Yeah, yeah.

[Jeff Oskay]

Oh, okay. Yeah.

[Tom Griswold]

This was a big hit. Yeah. Who would have thought? Can you imagine being the engineer the first day they walk? And by the way, we're going to be yodeling, playing health waiting room. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Here.

[Pat Godwin]

Oh, oh, now it's good.

[Tom Griswold]

Headbanger. Oh, that was a great song.

[Christy Lee]

That was a great song.

[Pat Godwin]

Does the guy from the band do the yodeling or they hire out?

[Tom Griswold]

A fair question. I don't know.

[Christy Lee]

I don't know.

[Tom Griswold]

But that had to be weird though. They, the musicians walk in and the guy goes, hey, this is a great studio. We had Deep Purple in here last week. What are you guys gonna do? We're gonna yodel. Oh, let me go, let me go. Roll a number. I wanna. I gotta sit through this. But that's cool. So it just shows kind of.

[Christy Lee]

On a same note, a Miss World Chile contestant. Is it Chile or Chile. Has gone viral after showing off her heavy metal vocals during a beauty pageant. According to Revolver magazine, Chilean model and singer Ignatia Fernandez took to the stage with guitarist Carlos Palma from her band Decisis to put on a death metal performance at this year's Miss Mundo Chile pageant. Their performance resulted in a standing ovation and pushed Ms. Fernandez into the final round of 20 contestants. Ms. Mundo Chile will be crowned this Sunday. I believe we have.

[Tom Griswold]

We have some audio.

[Christy Lee]

She's gorgeous.

[Tom Griswold]

Yeah, she is beautiful. I've got a little bit of audio. This is in the competition to become Miss Chile. Just wait a second. Here it comes.

[Christy Lee]

Oh my God. Oh, that's a woman.

[Tom Griswold]

Yeah.

[Pat Godwin]

Does she identify as a woman?

[Tom Griswold]

She's. We have a picture of her. She's absolutely.

[Paul Thorne]

There we go.

[Tom Griswold]

Yeah, she's beautiful.

[Jeff Oskay]

What a smoke show.

[Tom Griswold]

That's her. That's her. Heavy metal.

[Christy Lee]

Josh would be.

[Jeff Oskay]

Josh. I'm Bleh. Oh my goodness.

[Christy Lee]

It says everything for him. Yikes.

[Tom Griswold]

I'd watch her performance on mute.

[Christy Lee]

I can't believe that voice comes out of that woman.

[Tom Griswold]

Yeah, I was gonna ask a stupid question. Is it. Is she singing, quote unquote, In Spanish or English?

[Christy Lee]

Doesn't matter.

[Tom Griswold]

I mean, do any of those would be Spanish?

[Christy Lee]

She's in Chile.

[Tom Griswold]

I, I don't know. I'm just saying you can't tell because that the vocalization of that particular sphere of music is. So the word I'm looking for is what? Crappy? I mean, come on, you've heard some of those bands.

[Jeff Oskay]

Yeah, yeah.

[Tom Griswold]

Just sounds like someone going.

[Jeff Oskay]

Yeah, Josh.

[Pat Godwin]

I think he'd disagree with it. Josh would disagree.

[Tom Griswold]

Well, the true fans have to read the lyrics, I guess, to know what they're saying.

[Christy Lee]

Jason's a fan too.

[Pat Godwin]

He doesn't have to read the lyrics.

[Christy Lee]

Yeah.

[Tom Griswold]

Really? Okay, well I, I mean, as Jackson Brown once said when he was asked why he didn't put the lyrics on his album, said because if you can't hear them, why are you singing songs? So in the case of this. Yeah, I. Wait a minute, hang on, that's what. Yeah, I'm hearing. Yeah, Josh is fishing in the Ozark and I'm hearing him getting hard when.

[Christy Lee]

Yeah, exactly. By the way, Josh put up on his Instagram, I forgot to.

[Pat Godwin]

Some fish.

[Christy Lee]

Did he? He caught his limit. Yeah.

[Jeff Oskay]

Well, look at Josh catching all the fish.

[Christy Lee]

He caught a lot of fish.

[Pat Godwin]

Well, he can come home now then.

[Christy Lee]

Well, I don't think he's gonna come home.

[Tom Griswold]

Well, coming up on our show, we don't need Josh. We've got Paul Thorne coming in. Woo hoo, the great recording artist. We'll certainly look forward to seeing Paul Thorne. I'll remind you, speaking of guests, yesterday we had the Electric Amish as our house band. They'll be in at the famous Delphi Opera House and you can get ticket information@delphi opera house.org Saturday evening only for that show. So now, Christy Lee, we can squeeze in one more tune here. What have you got over there?

[Christy Lee]

One more tune. How about a story? Residents of Paris now have a rare chance to be buried in a cemetery. Among the legends like Jim Morrison and Oscar Wilde, City hall has opened a public lottery allowing Parisians to apply for the purchase and restoration of one of 30 historic tombs across three cemeteries. Pierre Lachaise, Montparnasse and Montmartre. Winners will be able to buy the tombs for about $4600 with leases starting at 1100 or $1120 for 10 years or up to $20,000 for perpetual rights.

[Tom Griswold]

That's way too cheap.

[Christy Lee]

Officials say the initiative aims to preserve deteriorating burial sites while giving residents access to some of the city's most famous resting places.

[Tom Griswold]

They should auction them off. They'd get.

[Jeff Oskay]

Yeah.

[Tom Griswold]

Closest to Jim Morris. And they'd get a fortune for it.

[Christy Lee]

Applications closed December 31st. Among the notable figures buried in these cemeteries are the aforementioned Morrison and Wild. Edith Plath, Edith Piaf. Piaf, Jean Paul Sartre, Simone de Bouvier and Emile Zola.

[Tom Griswold]

Yeah, that I don't understand. The one the 10 year was. It's a lease. What do they do after 10 years?

[Christy Lee]

Take you out, I guess. I don't maybe.

[Jeff Oskay]

Is that how they opened up? Is that how they got spots? Was the other leaseholders pay their lease.

[Tom Griswold]

Or is it like a timeshare? I were to bury you, you get the January, February, then you. We take you out.

[Jeff Oskay]

I can get you out of your coffin. Timeshare. Just call me.

[Tom Griswold]

Yeah.

[Christy Lee]

Perpetual rights for 20 grand.

[Tom Griswold]

Seems like super cheap.

[Paul Thorne]

Yeah.

[Tom Griswold]

To be in one of the most famous cemeteries in the world. I would think they do. They'd get a fortune if they auctioned it off.

[Christy Lee]

I've been to the one where Morrison's buried.

[Jeff Oskay]

Yeah.

[Tom Griswold]

Yeah, I've been there twice.

[Christy Lee]

Yeah. Way up high in Momotra.

[Tom Griswold]

A lot of. A lot of graffiti and bottles. Yeah, a lot of. Yeah, there's a lot of. When you walk in, there are chalk things on other graves and gym this way.

[Jeff Oskay]

Yeah. You can have your grave desecrated here in America. You don't have to go all the way over there to have it.

[Christy Lee]

Well, we can't. We're not Parisians, so we're not allowed.

[Tom Griswold]

Do you have to be French to be buried there?

[Christy Lee]

You have to be Parisian to apply for that. I don't know if you have to be French to be buried there.

[Jeff Oskay]

Obviously not. Jim Morrison's buried there.

[Tom Griswold]

Well, maybe they changed the rules.

[Christy Lee]

Yeah.

[Tom Griswold]

Yeah.

[Christy Lee]

That seems like Oscar Wilde was in French either, was he?

[Tom Griswold]

No, no English.

[Christy Lee]

Right.

[Tom Griswold]

Yep. I just think they could get scalper prices and do a lot better.

[Jeff Oskay]

Yeah.

[Tom Griswold]

But who knows?

[Christy Lee]

It's nice that they're cleaning up the cemeteries, though. It's a good thing.

[Tom Griswold]

Yeah. Now, coming up, we have more news from the world of court. And we have sheep in the news. We have a great guest coming in. Singer songwriter Paul Thorne will be joining us. We have an unusual. We've had a lot of interesting wedding news. We have another interesting thing. This is also coming out of France on a way to help pay for your wedding. If you're thinking of getting hitched sometime soon, this is a quality idea you may or may not want to want to do.

[Christy Lee]

And we also have the top 10 baby names if you want to do that. Oh, 20, 25. I know how much you love names.

[Tom Griswold]

Oh, okay, good. Is Liam still number one for the boys? That was, that was the last two years, I think.

[Christy Lee]

Liam.

[Tom Griswold]

Yeah, Liam was number one. This is American names.

[Christy Lee]

Yeah.

[Pat Godwin]

I'm gonna go with Dylan. Is Dylan number.

[Christy Lee]

Liam is not number one.

[Pat Godwin]

New number one.

[Christy Lee]

New number one.

[Tom Griswold]

Shecky. Okay. Just Groucho. Just asking. That's all. That's all. Coming up to you from the O'Reilly Auto Parts Studios, this is the Bob and Tom Show. More of the show is on the way. You can find us on X at Bob and Tom or you can email us at bob and tomobandtom.com a Sunday morning.

[Jeff Oskay]

Hey, welcome back to the Bob and Tom Show. We're coming to you from the O'Reilly Auto Parts Studios. Over there at the Silac Insurance Company news desk, we have Ms. Christy Lee.

[Christy Lee]

Hi, Jeff.

[Jeff Oskay]

Pat Godwin next to her with some tones. Hello. Hi. Yeah, tones. Ace Cosby, our engineer this morning. Hey, Jeff. Across from me at the I hate Steven Singer comedy desk in a boxy jacket, we have our own Jess Hooker.

[Christy Lee]

Hi.

[Jeff Oskay]

And I am Jeff Oskay. I'm at the Price Pick sports desk. I send it over to our leader, Mr. Tom Griswold.

[Tom Griswold]

Thank you very much. We were talking about this a couple of weeks ago and I wanted to get do a little homework so we could get this straight. We were remember someone referenced a guy that allegedly ate an airplane. So it's one of those sort of yes and no things.

[Christy Lee]

But it was a world record. It was a yes.

[Tom Griswold]

And it started out as the Guinness World Record. The profile of what they they called this idiot, the world's strangest eater. His name was Michael Lotito. He was a French performer known by the name Monsieur Monsto, which means, it means Mr. Eat All. According to this news account, he was able to consume metal, rubber and glass. But he was perhaps best known, it says, as the man who ate an entire airplane. He'd also eat bicycles, razor blades and other seemingly inedible objects.

[Christy Lee]

So he had pica.

[Tom Griswold]

It is estimated that he ate nine tons of metal during his lifetime. He died, quote, unquote, of natural causes at the age of 57.

[Christy Lee]

Okay. Yeah.

[Tom Griswold]

Now I don't know much. I'm not a doctor, but seems a.

[Christy Lee]

Little young for natural causes.

[Tom Griswold]

Yeah, maybe it was the plane, but so I want, I did a little more homework and I found out that he claimed to have eaten a Cessna 150, which is a single engine plane.

[Pat Godwin]

So at least an appetizer.

[Tom Griswold]

Yeah. And he claims he did it over a period of a couple of years starting in 1978. This says he would cut items into bite sized pieces, swallow them, and then drink large amounts of waters and mineral oil to help them pass. Some sources report that Mr. Or Monsieur Lotito ate the entire plane. Investigative checks show some skepticism. Snow Snopes, the famous fact checking site suggested that he did meet, he did eat rather many inedible objects, but they could not verify if he ate an entire airplane. So there, there you go for him.

[Christy Lee]

Yeah.

[Tom Griswold]

If you were wondering about that, that's an expensive lunch.

[Christy Lee]

Yeah, it is.

[Pat Godwin]

And he dropped a douche lodge.

[Christy Lee]

Yeah. I can't imagine what his track was like.

[Tom Griswold]

Yeah, yeah, that.

[Christy Lee]

I hope he got his colonoscopies a.

[Tom Griswold]

Lot when they're doing it. They might run into some bullets.

[Christy Lee]

Right.

[Tom Griswold]

Whatever.

[Jeff Oskay]

They turned.

[Tom Griswold]

Oh yeah, whatever.

[Christy Lee]

Yeah.

[Tom Griswold]

Now Christy Lee is over there at the Silac Insurance news desk as we prepare for a great guest. By the way, we're going to talk. And here's some music from the great recording artist, Paul Thorne.

[Christy Lee]

Yes.

[Tom Griswold]

Now what have you got, Chris?

[Christy Lee]

I have a couple of stories that you're going to enjoy. 2025 National Toy hall of Fame inductees were announced yesterday.

[Tom Griswold]

Are these the nominees or the finals?

[Christy Lee]

These are the inducted. They were inducted into the class of 2025. Three toys, battleship, slime and Trivial Pursuit, are going to be housed in the museum in Rochester, New York.

[Tom Griswold]

Trivial Pursuit is a game, not a toy.

[Christy Lee]

So is battleship. The top three winners were among 12 finalists that also included games like Catan, Connect 4, Cornhole, the Furby Cornhole.

[Tom Griswold]

Oh, okay. I thought you said pornhole.

[Christy Lee]

Yeah, that's what I said. Get your name. Get your mind out of the gutter.

[Tom Griswold]

Sorry.

[Christy Lee]

The Furby, A Scooter, Snow, Spirograph, Star Wars Lightsaber and Tickle Me Elmo. Tickle Me Elmo didn't win. Yeah. Spirograph isn't in there.

[Jeff Oskay]

Yeah, yeah, a Spirograph, let's be honest, minutes of fun at best. Yeah. For like five minutes.

[Christy Lee]

Plastic thing and you put your pins in it. Colors and it would rotate.

[Tom Griswold]

They need to have more. They need to have classifications. There should be a game division.

[Jeff Oskay]

Yes.

[Tom Griswold]

You know, worst toy. I would nominate Slinky. That's in there.

[Christy Lee]

Yeah. And I'm surprised they did two games. Yeah. It should have been Tickle Me Elmo. Those are really old. Battleship and Trivial Pursuit. Yeah.

[Tom Griswold]

And isn't.

[Christy Lee]

And then Slime is fairly new.

[Tom Griswold]

Isn't sand in there. I think sand is there. I mean, snow. If sand is in there, snow should be in there. Although it technically. I mean, I don't see it as a toy. It's fun to play in the snow, obviously.

[Christy Lee]

Yeah. I don't think snow deserves to be in the toy hall of fame, but.

[Tom Griswold]

Oh, well.

[Christy Lee]

And who plays with toys? Babies. That's right. Baby center's list has been announced for the top 10 names in 2025. This is not the Social Security one, which they call the official one, but the report is based on 350,000 babies born in 2025 registered on the Baby center app. Top 10 baby girl names. Oh. Or do you want to just go with top five? We can do.

[Jeff Oskay]

Can we get. Can we try to guess?

[Christy Lee]

What do you think? The top five. What's the top one?

[Jeff Oskay]

Olivia.

[Christy Lee]

Yes.

[Jeff Oskay]

Really?

[Christy Lee]

Yeah.

[Jeff Oskay]

Are you kidding me?

[Christy Lee]

No.

[Tom Griswold]

Well, we did the. The top names from the U. S. Census, and I remember the. For the last two years, for the boys, it's been. It's been Liam.

[Christy Lee]

Liam is not number one on this list.

[Tom Griswold]

But see, that list is. It's. It's. Those are people who are on that app.

[Christy Lee]

Wyatt. It's Noah. And Noah was the number one name for Social Security.

[Tom Griswold]

What was.

[Christy Lee]

Yeah, I thought we. Okay, so, yeah, that's what it says here in the story, but, yeah, Liam is very popular. Of course. Noah, Liam, Oliver, Elijah. Elijah, number four. That's. I didn't know. I had no idea.

[Jeff Oskay]

Well, I'm really mad. I. Actually, when we picked his name, his name was, like, 300th, right?

[Tom Griswold]

Yeah.

[Jeff Oskay]

And because we didn't want a popular boy's name. But now it's one of the most popular. Of course.

[Christy Lee]

Mateo, number five. Levi, Lucas, Ezra, Asher and Luca wrapping up.

[Tom Griswold]

Wow.

[Jeff Oskay]

Mateo.

[Christy Lee]

Yeah.

[Tom Griswold]

This is interesting.

[Christy Lee]

They're calling it the first year of generation beta babies, too. So that's.

[Tom Griswold]

If they name one more generation. I'm out. Out. I can't stand it. I earn a generation X, Generation Z, Generation Y. Stop it.

[Christy Lee]

I know.

[Tom Griswold]

Just say how old people are. I don't have to carry around a chart. This is kind of interesting. Fewer parents are naming baby girls. What?

[Pat Godwin]

Brittany.

[Tom Griswold]

Names dropped substantially.

[Christy Lee]

Karen. Oh, yeah.

[Tom Griswold]

Oh, Alexa. They obviously.

[Christy Lee]

Obviously, yeah.

[Tom Griswold]

According to University of Maryland professor Philip Cohen, it's dropped a 33% decrease just between 2015 and 2017. And now it's dropped even more. I'm assuming Siri.

[Jeff Oskay]

Yeah, my niece Siri. Oh, I hate when she's around. My phone's always going off.

[Tom Griswold]

Yeah, yeah. Not as bad as my nephew. Bluetooth.

[Jeff Oskay]

Oh, yeah.

[Pat Godwin]

He'S a pirate.

[Tom Griswold]

I'm sorry. Such a stupid thing. I, I. Is Adolf on any lists? I assume that's.

[Jeff Oskay]

Yeah, it's on the never my kid list. Number one list for the 50th year in a row.

[Christy Lee]

Top 10 baby girl names. Olivia, Amelia with an A. Sophia, Emma, Isabella, Charlotte, Elena, Ellie, Aurora, and Mia.

[Tom Griswold]

Yeah, okay.

[Christy Lee]

I mean, Aurora.

[Jeff Oskay]

Yeah, that's, well, the problem.

[Tom Griswold]

The thing is, a good friend of mine is about to have a. His wife, actually is the one having the baby, of course. And he's, by the way, foolish enough to think he goes, well, we have a. If it's a girl, we have two names. She likes one, but I really like the other one. Are you kidding me? You have no. You don't even have a vote, you idiot. Yeah, but I said you got to be careful because a friend of mine was a kindergarten teacher, and what will happen is the kids will arrive and you're going to have, you know, seven Olivia's. You know, back in the day, you'd have 12 Jennifers out of 20 kids. Yeah. So you kind of want to look at the list and not be on it.

[Jeff Oskay]

We had 11 Jeffs in my class. We all just went by our last names.

[Paul Thorne]

Yeah.

[Christy Lee]

Yeah. Well, I mean, I think Alseman and I are a good example of that. We have the same first and middle name, so.

[Jeff Oskay]

Really?

[Christy Lee]

Born in the early 80s, everybody's name was Jessica. Yeah, we have the same.

[Jeff Oskay]

What's your middle name?

[Christy Lee]

Nicole. Jessica. Nicole.

[Jeff Oskay]

Oh, that's cool. Yeah, well, it's.

[Tom Griswold]

Apparently, it's so cool. A lot of people. Yeah, a lot of people got on the, the Jessica. Jessica train. Yeah.

[Christy Lee]

That sounds weird.

[Pat Godwin]

Jessica train.

[Tom Griswold]

Yeah.

[Pat Godwin]

All aboard.

[Tom Griswold]

Well, the other.

[Christy Lee]

Just that.

[Tom Griswold]

Yeah. The justice. Are we allowed to say this, though?

[Christy Lee]

That she's, she's having a baby?

[Pat Godwin]

Yeah.

[Christy Lee]

Oh, yeah. She said it on the air.

[Tom Griswold]

So apparently the train was boarded and.

[Christy Lee]

She'S having a girl. She's not.

[Tom Griswold]

They didn't board it. Didn't board it from the caboose.

[Christy Lee]

Hasn't shared the name yet. She hasn't shared a name, though, has she? With anybody?

[Jeff Oskay]

Not with me.

[Tom Griswold]

I've urged, I've urged her not to.

[Christy Lee]

Oh, have you?

[Tom Griswold]

Although I've suggested Tom is a great, long lost name for a girl.

[Pat Godwin]

Sure.

[Christy Lee]

Tom for a girl.

[Tom Griswold]

You know, a Tommy.

[Christy Lee]

Yeah, but that's a Tommy. That's not a. And it's. Okay, never mind.

[Tom Griswold]

Thomasina. Okay.

[Pat Godwin]

Okay, now, Gunner's baby named Tommy. Tommy Gunn. Oh, let's move on.

[Christy Lee]

It was.

[Tom Griswold]

It was, it was hot in here. That, but that whiff cooled me off. Coming up, we're going to switch gears and get a great singer songwriter in the room. He is Paul Thorne. Looking forward to seeing Paul. Haven't seen him in quite some time. Also coming up, we have a sheep in the news and we have our history lesson. Also something on attack at a, at a convenience store in Florida, of course. But this is a new twist on how to attack somebody in a convenience store. It'll come to you from the O'Reilly Auto Parts Studios where we are right now. And this is the Bob and Tom Show. Got a comment to share? Text us at 888-262-8661. This is the Bob and Tom Show. Second.

[Jeff Oskay]

Welcome back to the Bob and Tom Show. We are coming to you from the O'Reilly Auto Parts Studios. Over at the Silac Insurance News Company desk, we have Christy Lee.

[Christy Lee]

Hello.

[Jeff Oskay]

Pat Godwin next to her.

[Pat Godwin]

Hey, Jeff.

[Jeff Oskay]

Across from me at the I hate Steven Singer Desk, Ms. Jess Hooker.

[Christy Lee]

Hi.

[Jeff Oskay]

We have our engineer, Ace Cosby in the house.

[Christy Lee]

Hey, Jeff.

[Jeff Oskay]

And I have Jeff Oskay at the prize pick sports desk. Tom, we have an amazing artist joining us in the studio.

[Tom Griswold]

On the list of guys you don't want to get get you mad at, besides being a terrific recording artist, painter, etc. Etc. He is Paul Thorne, singer and songwriter. Hey, Paul. How are you, sir?

[Paul Thorne]

I'm doing good. How you doing?

[Tom Griswold]

Oh, good. Great. I love your voice. You are, you are the most authentic person I know. Well, from Tupelo, Mississippi, the son of a Pentecostal preacher. Wow.

[Paul Thorne]

I'm glad to be here. It's been a while.

[Christy Lee]

Yeah.

[Tom Griswold]

And I also remember that you're probably one of the few singers that's been in the ring with you. You were, you took on, was it Roberto Duran?

[Paul Thorne]

Yeah. In 1988, I followed on TV against Roberto Duran.

[Tom Griswold]

How'd that go?

[Paul Thorne]

Well, the fight was scheduled for 10 rounds and I hung with him for six rounds.

[Jeff Oskay]

Whoa.

[Paul Thorne]

And after the sixth round, I sat on my stool and doctor came in and I had a horrific cut over my eye and my lip was split real bad. And so they stopped the fight after six rounds. Yeah, but I got some punches in. I busted his eye open and I'm real happy about that.

[Tom Griswold]

Yeah, who wouldn't be?

[Paul Thorne]

I'm probably the only person in this room that can honestly say that they got to ride in the back of an ambulance with Roberto Duran.

[Tom Griswold]

Yes, we safely could say that.

[Christy Lee]

Yeah.

[Paul Thorne]

We both had to get sewed up, you know, So I got, you know, I just. It's. It's a proud moment for me. Even though I lost a fight. I'm on a list of people that got to fight Roberto Duran, one of the greatest to ever live.

[Tom Griswold]

Yeah. Yeah. And you're still, by the way, very fit after all these years.

[Jess Hooker]

Yeah, I still.

[Paul Thorne]

I still work out like a boxer. I punch the bag. I never get in the ring and spar anymore, because at 61, you don't need to get hit in the head anymore. And so. But I've still got my health pretty good. And I don't have slurred speech. I have a draw, but it's not slurred speech.

[Tom Griswold]

Yeah, that. You know, that'd be. I mean, Ozzy at the end, let's face it. Yeah, there was a little bit of slurred speech there.

[Paul Thorne]

Yeah, I'm excited. Speaking Ozzy, because two days ago, I got something I ordered off TikTok. It's the brand new Ozzy Osbourne shelf elf.

[Jeff Oskay]

What?

[Christy Lee]

Elf on a shelf of Ozzy Osbourne.

[Paul Thorne]

He's got a black. He don't wear red, though. He wears black. He's got a cross on his shirt. We gotta get one of those.

[Jeff Oskay]

Yeah.

[Tom Griswold]

Wow.

[Paul Thorne]

But the picture they had.

[Christy Lee]

Oh, my gosh.

[Paul Thorne]

The picture they had of the doll on TikTok looked exactly like him. But the one I got, it looks like Richard Lewis.

[Tom Griswold]

That's hilarious.

[Paul Thorne]

So, you know, what's it called, Christy?

[Christy Lee]

It's called what? Ozzy Osbourne's Christmas elf doll.

[Paul Thorne]

Yeah, and see, the picture looks exactly like him.

[Christy Lee]

Yeah.

[Tom Griswold]

Here we go.

[Jeff Oskay]

You got the.

[Paul Thorne]

I got the original.

[Jeff Oskay]

You got the teu.

[Paul Thorne]

I got the. The Aussie tribute artist.

[Tom Griswold]

Well, Richard Lewis, a fine comedian. The late Richard, friend of the show.

[Christy Lee]

He does look like Richard Lewis, especially in the green one. If you. You see the green.

[Tom Griswold]

Richard always had great hair, but, you.

[Paul Thorne]

Know, what a guy. I love Ozzy Osbourne, man. I miss him. He. He had a massive group of fantastic songs. You know, Mama, I'm Coming Home, that'll get played 100 years from now. Such a good song.

[Tom Griswold]

I like the SAB stuff. Ozzy's been in the studio with us a few times.

[Paul Thorne]

I bet that was cool.

[Tom Griswold]

The last time he was here. Those. They were. This dates it a little bit. People smoked in the studio.

[Jeff Oskay]

Yeah.

[Tom Griswold]

And when Ozzy. And Ozzy was smoking the whole time. And when he left, somebody knocked on the door and they wanted to know if we had Ozzy's cigarette butts. And I. Okay. So there's someone out there that. I don't know where they keep them, but they've got Ozzy's cigarette butts right here.

[Paul Thorne]

Well, I saw Somebody pay about $12,000 for an Elvis wart.

[Jeff Oskay]

What?

[Paul Thorne]

Some Elvis had a wart removed and somebody paid like $12,000 for little DNA thing going on.

[Tom Griswold]

Who was it? It was in the news. Oh, Tom Brady was in the news a couple days ago because he cloned his dog. I mean, I don't know much about science or cloning, but can you. Is that going to be a thing? Eventually you'll be able to take a clone Elvis, take a wart, and make a new Elvis. I don't know. Now, speaking of Elvis, if I'm not mistaken, our guest, by the way, is the great singer and songwriter, Paul Thorne. And Paul's doing a couple of acoustic things, but you'll be getting back on the road with your great band. Your band is absolutely terrific.

[Paul Thorne]

Yeah.

[Tom Griswold]

And you, you were. Am I correct in saying you were born in Tupelo, Mississippi?

[Paul Thorne]

Actually, I was born in Kenosha, Wisconsin, but I moved to Tupelo when I was a baby, so I don't remember Wisconsin. All I remember is being.

[Tom Griswold]

Yeah. You don't have a Wisconsin.

[Christy Lee]

Yeah. You don't?

[Paul Thorne]

No, I lost it.

[Pat Godwin]

Got a hint of Fargo.

[Paul Thorne]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Tom Griswold]

Well, let's see. You want to favor us with a tune? You got something you'd like to play for us?

[Paul Thorne]

Yeah, you know, I got this friend back in Tupelo. He's younger than me. He's a single man and he gets on the phone all day and he's on this dating app called. Called Tinder. Have y' all heard of it?

[Pat Godwin]

Oh, sure.

[Paul Thorne]

And he gets a lot of dates. And when he gets a date, he takes them all to the same place to eat. It's a really nice chicken restaurant. It's called Popeyes. He's got this toucan eat for $20 coupon book.

[Jeff Oskay]

Oh yeah.

[Paul Thorne]

And so he. He's awesome. And I like to. I wrote a song that just talks about what his a day in his life is like. It's called Wait.

[Jess Hooker]

I saw you on Tinder.

[Paul Thorne]

I read your profile.

[Jess Hooker]

A middle aged waitress divorced with you said you wasn't looking for a one night stand. You're searching for a lover that's got a slow hand. Don't do it all on a first date. Leave a little something on the plate. Don't do it all on a first date. Wait.

[Paul Thorne]

All right. The name of this song is Wait. So the next time it comes around, y' all can sing that word.

[Jess Hooker]

We sat down at the table, it was understood that 2 for 20 coupon was still good. The conversation flowed, the chicken got cold.

[Paul Thorne]

We both agreed.

[Jess Hooker]

Jackson Brown finally looks old. Don't do it all on a first date. Yeah, leave a little something on the plate. Don't do it all on a first date. Wait, that's pretty good. Yeah, I took you to a movie, we got some popcorn, we cried at the end of A Star is Born. I put my arm around you, you kissed me on the cheek My heart started racing and my neck, knees got weak. Don't do it all on a first date, yeah, leave a little something on the plate don't do it all on a first date. Wait. Yeah. On the way home I tried second base, a slap on the jaw, you put me in my place, you told me slow down, you're moving too fast. If you want the kind of love that will last don't do it out on a first date. Yeah, leave a little something on the plate don't do it all on a first date. Wait.

[Tom Griswold]

Yeah. Paul Thorne. That is so funny. The Jackson Brown line.

[Christy Lee]

Talking about Jackson Brown.

[Jeff Oskay]

Yeah.

[Pat Godwin]

This happened overnight, didn't it?

[Paul Thorne]

Well, you know, all his life he's always looked like a fresh faced young boy. He's got the little cowlick in his hair. But. But time caught up with him. Father catches up with all of us. Yeah.

[Tom Griswold]

Now that's, that's a singer songwriter, Paul Thornton. And you say your buddy goes on Tinder and goes on a lot of first dates?

[Paul Thorne]

Oh yeah, he gets a ton of.

[Tom Griswold]

Dates, but he always does the same thing.

[Paul Thorne]

He's got a Coupon book with 22 can eat for twenty dollar coupon book. Well, his friend manages Popeye, so that's how he gets them. He gets them. He don't. He gets them for free actually.

[Tom Griswold]

That's funny.

[Paul Thorne]

Yeah.

[Tom Griswold]

There's a movie called Burn After Reading. Yeah, you would have seen that. And one of the gags is George Clooney's in it and he, he, he takes the dates to the same movie every time and pretends he's seeing it for the first. It's hilarious.

[Pat Godwin]

Yeah.

[Tom Griswold]

Where'd he get some more music out of Mr. Paul Thorne? Paul has an album out there, many of them. The new one is called Life is just a Vapor.

[Paul Thorne]

Yeah, that song I just sang is on that album. It's called Wait.

[Pat Godwin]

Yeah, that's a great one.

[Tom Griswold]

That's terrific.

[Paul Thorne]

I appreciate it. Yeah, it's the first Time I've ever rapped I wrapped the verses. I've never rapped. That's the only verse oh, no I've ever done.

[Tom Griswold]

Are you still doing your painting?

[Paul Thorne]

Yeah, it's my hobby, Bob. Yeah, art's my hobby. I've been doing it a long time, and I don't do it for any other reason. I just enjoy it.

[Tom Griswold]

Do you sell them on the Internet or anything?

[Paul Thorne]

I have, but I hadn't in a long time. It's just. It's therapy for me. I might sell some someday.

[Tom Griswold]

As I recall there, it's kind of a. I think the word they use is naive.

[Christy Lee]

There's one in Jeff's office. I love it.

[Jeff Oskay]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Tom Griswold]

You're. You're. You're a legend here. We got a John Mellon campaigning and a Paul Thorne thing.

[Paul Thorne]

Yeah, we do it makes me feel good.

[Jeff Oskay]

I love it.

[Tom Griswold]

And you're in a place of honor because some of the other stuff is in the bathroom, Although they're very nice. Yeah, we like to keep the mood in the bathroom somewhat festive. We're gonna hang out with Paul Thorne. We are so lucky. And we'll find out more about Paul and what's going on in his life and his music. Right now, a couple quick things. I want to say hello to our friends at Raycon. Christy, do you like your Raycon earbuds?

[Christy Lee]

I love my Raycon earbuds. I have the lavender ones. I just used them on the plane the other day because there was a kid next to me that wouldn't shut up yesterday.

[Tom Griswold]

I haven't tried them. I got the new ones yesterday. The new ones, they kind of go outside your ear.

[Christy Lee]

Oh, really?

[Tom Griswold]

So the.

[Christy Lee]

You've got noise canceling?

[Tom Griswold]

No, it's the ability to hear what's going on around you. So when I'm walking, When I'm walking the dogs, I'll hear the car coming behind me. Do you have any more information?

[Christy Lee]

Oh, the Raycons Essential Open Earbuds is what you're talking about.

[Tom Griswold]

I just got them.

[Christy Lee]

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[Tom Griswold]

They won't fall out of your ears. Can I read a love letter?

[Christy Lee]

Of course you may.

[Tom Griswold]

Let's see. It says Dear Bob and Tom show, I bought my Raycons. When they arrived there was a case full of multi sized fitting tops. I wasn't until I tried the multi sized tips. Excuse me. That I realized one of my ear canals was larger than the other.

[Christy Lee]

Ah, who knew?

[Tom Griswold]

I didn't know that. I know. One foot tends to be larger than the other. And ladies, I think in the breastular.

[Christy Lee]

Sphere one breast tends to be larger. Yes. Don't you have one we should not talk about?

[Tom Griswold]

Okay, sorry. This is a commercial message for the Raycon people, right? We're not going to discuss the size of he. Anyways, he goes Raycon solves that problem with the six different size gel tips. This is by the way from Eddie and he says the sound is great. And to all you people who wrote in love letters, I got your ass beat. I'm reading this clearly. Not only do I have the right size for both ears, I went swimming, forgot about them, left them in my ears, went snorkeling and they still work. Whoa.

[Christy Lee]

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[Tom Griswold]

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[Christy Lee]

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[Tom Griswold]

I'll give you a report on the new ones coming up on Monday. We have in the news. We have boxer shorts in the news, which is the dumbest way ever that we can segue back to our guest, Paul Thorne because he used to be a boxer. You see how the show works? We'll get to that in just a few minutes. From the O'Reilly Auto Parts Studios, this is the Bob and Tom Show.

[Jeff Oskay]

Welcome back to the Bob and Tom Show. We are coming to you from the O'Reilly Auto Parts Studios. Over at the Silac Insurance news desk, we have Christy Lee.

[Christy Lee]

Hi.

[Jeff Oskay]

Next to Christy, we have the dapper Pat Godwin.

[Pat Godwin]

Hey, Jeff.

[Jeff Oskay]

Across from me at the I hate Steven Singer comedy desk, we have Jess Hooker.

[Christy Lee]

Hello.

[Jeff Oskay]

Ace Cosby, our engineer. I'm Jeff Oskate at the Prize Pick sports desk. Tom, would you like to introduce our wonderful musical guest?

[Tom Griswold]

Happy to. He is a former boxer. Now singer, songwriter Paul Thorne is here with us from Tupelo, Mississippi. Are you still a resident of Tupelo?

[Paul Thorne]

Yes, Sir. I live 15 minutes away from the birthplace that he was born in.

[Tom Griswold]

The King.

[Paul Thorne]

Yeah.

[Tom Griswold]

Elvis, have you ever actually been to the house?

[Paul Thorne]

Yeah, I go, I've been there. Yeah, yeah, it's just a little one room house. It's called a shotgun house. You can look in the front door and see out the back. So if you shot a shotgun through it, you wouldn't hit nothing, huh?

[Tom Griswold]

Okay, okay. I heard of a shotgun wedding, but you're adding to our vote. Okay. Now, Paul's a terrific singer and songwriter and you're doing a little solo thing. You also have a great band. I can attest to that having seen them live.

[Paul Thorne]

Yeah, my drummer's having hip surgery, so the band had to take a little break and I'm just out here winging it by myself. But that's the way I started out anyway. When I started out, I didn't have a band and.

[Tom Griswold]

And I think we've established the fact that you could probably take on any singer songwriter in the boxing ring.

[Pat Godwin]

Well, I am a fighter too, as you well know. I fought two cops in Charlotte one night. It didn't go well. I lost the night in jail.

[Tom Griswold]

You ever done any jail time?

[Paul Thorne]

I never have.

[Tom Griswold]

Well, but Pat has.

[Pat Godwin]

Yeah.

[Tom Griswold]

Although Pat's a fine guitar player and a singer.

[Christy Lee]

You're a singer and a songwriter.

[Pat Godwin]

You're so sweet.

[Tom Griswold]

Well, Paul, let's. Let's get another song. What do you feel like playing?

[Paul Thorne]

Well, I want to say I was good friends with John prime when he was alive, and I got to open up for him a lot. And one night after I opened up for him, he invited me and a few other folks to come back to his hotel suite and have some ice cream. So I went to John's suite, I went to John Suite and we had some Neapolitan ice cream that's strawberry, chocolate and vanilla mixed together. And it was a real thrill for me because he's like a songwriting legend, you know? So the next day I got on Facebook and I posted to the world that I had had a good hang with John having the ice cream. And right when I posted it, his manager called my manager and said to take the post down because John's wife Fiona had been getting on him about eating too many sweets. He had sworn off sweets, but he got busted cause of me. And that's funny, but. But I think of it as a great moment in life, you know, and having that time with him. And there's a scripture in the Bible that says life is but a vapor. And it really is. As you get older, you know, your world starts shrinking. You know, Tom's gone, all this stuff like that. So. Every day is a gift. And so I wrote this song right here based on all that. It's called Life Is Just A Vapor.

[Jess Hooker]

Me and John Brown was eating ice cream at the Double tree in Sweet 10:19 don't tell Fiona, she won't understand. Life is a vapor let's live while.

[Paul Thorne]

We can.

[Jess Hooker]

I took Mama fishing Put her lunch in a sack we caught a few brim but we threw them all back it don't matter that she don't know who I am Life is a vapor let's live while we can Every day is a gift Breathing and hold it Every day is a gift it's gone before you know it Life is just a vapor Life is just a vapor Life is just a vapor Life is just a vapor Most Sunday evenings Me and my friends get together where the driveway ends we bring our guitars, we have a little jam Life is a vapor let's live while we.

[Tom Griswold]

Can.

[Jess Hooker]

Every day is a gift Breathe in and hold it Every day is a gift it's gone before you know it Life is just a vapor World Life is just the vapor World Life is just the vapor Life is just the vapor these beautiful moments Months Will never come again Life is a labor so let's live it while we can Shoulda, coulda, woulda I'll do it Someday turns into time Just slipping away the hourglass is running out of sand Life is a vapor let's live while we.

[Christy Lee]

Can.

[Jess Hooker]

Every day is a gift Breathing and holding Every day is a gift it's gone before you know it Life is just a vapor World Life is just a vapor Whoa. Life is just the vapor yeah Life is just the vapor.

[Tom Griswold]

Paul Thorne and the.

[Christy Lee]

I'm not crying. You're crying.

[Tom Griswold]

The title track from Paul's new project.

[Christy Lee]

What a beautiful song.

[Tom Griswold]

So many beautiful songs from Paul. We'll get another great song from Paul in a couple of minutes. We're gonna switch gears here and go to Christy Lee. Yeah.

[Christy Lee]

Yeah.

[Jeff Oskay]

I'm literally crying.

[Christy Lee]

I am, too. I am, too.

[Tom Griswold]

There's. There's. I. If. If he does the one I request, you'll be sobbing. Oh, But. But First.

[Christy Lee]

Okay, well, where do we go from there?

[Tom Griswold]

Well, let's see. I.

[Christy Lee]

A Detroit police officer was caught with his pants down. How about that?

[Tom Griswold]

See the. This is the perfect tie in.

[Christy Lee]

During a virtual.

[Tom Griswold]

Paul used to be a boxer. And you'll see the tie in, Paul. Hang on here.

[Christy Lee]

During a virtual court appearance, livestreamed video shows Detroit judge Sean B. Perkins preparing for court proceedings. When the camera zooms to Detroit police officer Matthew Jackson wearing the top portion of his uniform and a pair of boxers. When the judge asks, you got some pants on, officer? Officer Jackson quickly moves the camera up and replies, no, sir. The hearing proceeds as normal. But after the footage went viral, Detroit police chief Todd Bettison said the incident would be appropriately addressed.

[Tom Griswold]

Well, see the guy, they were getting ready to go into court.

[Christy Lee]

Virtually.

[Tom Griswold]

Virtually. So he didn't realize that the camera was on.

[Christy Lee]

Right.

[Tom Griswold]

They cut to him and he just. Just has the.

[Jeff Oskay]

The video is very funny.

[Christy Lee]

Yeah. I mean, a lot of TV anchors used to do that, you know, not. Yeah, they'd wear pants.

[Tom Griswold]

They'd wear shorts maybe, or whatever.

[Christy Lee]

Yeah. Flip flops or, you know, whatever. Being casual on the waist down and suit on the top would have been.

[Tom Griswold]

Funnier if you'd wearing. He could have. These are my legal briefs, your honor. He was wearing. He was wearing boxer shorts. That probably happens a lot.

[Christy Lee]

I'm sure.

[Jeff Oskay]

Back in Covid, there was a one where the guy had a cat filter on that he couldn't figure out how to turn off. And the judge was like, sir, you have on a cat. Sir, I can assure you I am not a cat. I am a lawyer.

[Tom Griswold]

That one went crazy.

[Jeff Oskay]

That was hilarious.

[Christy Lee]

Yeah. A lot of things have been seen on zoom that probably shouldn't.

[Tom Griswold]

Yeah, but I mean, the guy, he didn't realize that they were starting, so they were just getting ready.

[Christy Lee]

Yeah.

[Tom Griswold]

Would have been ironic if it was a hung jury. You see, I think stand up in court, he's got a lot of them.

[Christy Lee]

Oh, he does. Authorities in Minnesota say a naked man was spotted using a chainsaw. That's not a good idea.

[Jeff Oskay]

Well, you don't have to worry about your clothes getting caught in it.

[Christy Lee]

So what about every other thing getting.

[Tom Griswold]

Caught as long as you're wearing eye protection?

[Christy Lee]

A witness told a responding deputy the 66 year old man was outside his home chainsawing while, quote, butt ass naked. Neighbors said they frequently saw the man without any clothes on. The deputy advised the guy that he could not be naked outside with children around and people driving by. He was charged with disorderly conduct.

[Tom Griswold]

What's that all about?

[Christy Lee]

He's a nudist.

[Tom Griswold]

What do you think? You should certainly be wearing. I mean, from a safety standpoint. Certainly be wearing safety goggles, as I joked.

[Jeff Oskay]

Yeah. Some steel toe boots.

[Tom Griswold]

Yeah. And a steel toed jock strap or something.

[Christy Lee]

Something.

[Jeff Oskay]

Is it butt ass naked or buck ass naked?

[Paul Thorne]

Okay, I've heard both.

[Tom Griswold]

It's funny because I looked that up.

[Christy Lee]

I'm sure, Josh.

[Tom Griswold]

Yeah, here we go. Both phrases. Yeah, but naked or buck. You see, buck naked are appropriate. Buck naked is the original.

[Christy Lee]

Yeah.

[Pat Godwin]

But it will get you in trouble on the radio if you mess up. You got to go with but.

[Christy Lee]

Yeah.

[Jeff Oskay]

Oh, okay.

[Tom Griswold]

It. It dates back to the 19th century, according to this account. The later variation is butt naked. They're both considered correct. Historically, buck is buck naked is the term.

[Christy Lee]

And butt ass naked is a little redundant, isn't it? But when somebody says butt ass naked, you're like, I know how naked that person was.

[Jeff Oskay]

Exactly.

[Christy Lee]

It's a different level of naked.

[Paul Thorne]

You can leave the ass out and just say butt naked.

[Christy Lee]

Yes, exactly.

[Tom Griswold]

They're reinforcing.

[Christy Lee]

He's an ass who's butt naked.

[Tom Griswold]

But you could have a. You could have a covered ass.

[Christy Lee]

Yeah.

[Paul Thorne]

So you can tell when somebody's naked.

[Christy Lee]

You don't need to explain it. Yeah, you don't. You're right. California police.

[Tom Griswold]

Wait a second. You raised it. Interesting. Are there varying degrees of nakedness?

[Christy Lee]

Well, I mean, there's Donald Duck naked.

[Jeff Oskay]

Yeah.

[Tom Griswold]

There's this buck naked. The implication is that it's really naked. I mean, like, no shoes.

[Christy Lee]

Like stark naked.

[Paul Thorne]

Could be hairless.

[Pat Godwin]

Oh, yeah, that's real naked.

[Paul Thorne]

That's real raw.

[Tom Griswold]

Well, let's do one more news story.

[Christy Lee]

Yeah. California police say.

[Paul Thorne]

I'm sorry.

[Christy Lee]

California police say a driver resorted to an unusual move in an attempt to get out of a traffic violation. The Fullerton police department reports the driver had been pulled over and in a lastish effort to get out of the citation, he handed over a monopoly get out of jail free card. Authorities added the officer had a good laugh, told him to save the card for a rainy day before sending the driver off with the real.

[Jeff Oskay]

See, I heard the officer hit him with a reverse uno card and then gave him a ticket.

[Tom Griswold]

Yeah. Or should have given him that slip of paper that has Benjamin Franklin on it.

[Christy Lee]

Oh, then he'd go to jail. That's a bribing an officer, man.

[Tom Griswold]

What if the guy took it? Christmas is Christmas is coming.

[Christy Lee]

5050 chance, I guess.

[Tom Griswold]

Okay, we're hanging out with singer, songwriter Paul Thorne. We're going to get another song out of Paul in just a couple of minutes. But right now I want to talk a little bit about better help. You want to help me a little bit with this, Christy? Better help is all about accessing therapy. And it's all the therapy itself is done online. So the folks at Better health, they can betterhelp.com they can help you find a therapist. And they've got thousands of therapists they've been working with and quite literally millions of people. If you've been thinking about therapy, perhaps you can find a therapist.

[Christy Lee]

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[Tom Griswold]

Thank you very much, Christy Lee. When we come back, we're going to get another song out of our guest, Mr. Paul Thorne. Paul, once again, a new project out there called Life is a Vapor. He just sang that great song from that collection available on CD, et cetera, et cetera. We are in the O'Reilly Auto Parts Studios. This is the Bob and Tom Show. Thanks for listening to the Bob and Tom show this morning.

[Jeff Oskay]

The show is also out there for you on our YouTube channel.

[Tom Griswold]

Watch and subscribe. This is the Bob, Bob and Tom Show.

[Jeff Oskay]

Hello and welcome back to the Bob and Tom Show. We're coming to you from the O'Reilly Auto Parts Studios. Over at the Silac news desk, we have Christy Lee.

[Christy Lee]

Hello.

[Jeff Oskay]

Next to her we have Mr. Pat Godwin.

[Pat Godwin]

Hey, Jeff.

[Jeff Oskay]

I like those glasses. Oh, I thank you. Ace Cosby over engineering. Hello, I'm Jeff Oskay at the Prize pick sports desk. Across the way, we have at the I hate Steven Singer desk, Jess Hooker. Hello, Tom, would you like to introduce our special musical Dick?

[Tom Griswold]

Our musical guest is.

[Jeff Oskay]

Yes.

[Tom Griswold]

What did you say?

[Jeff Oskay]

I don't know.

[Pat Godwin]

I thought he had a stroke.

[Jeff Oskay]

I'm still.

[Tom Griswold]

Oh. If Paul plays the song I'm gonna ask him to play, you might want to get a couple Towels. But first, a couple quick items of business. We have a whole bunch of new stuff we just came out with a couple days ago. The holiday pop up store has indeed popped up. And we have some cool sweatshirts and T shirts.

[Christy Lee]

Hold them up, Jess.

[Tom Griswold]

Oh, Jess has. Okay, very good. Got a little Christmasy thing.

[Christy Lee]

Isn't that great?

[Tom Griswold]

Designed by my niece in England. And then we have. Thank you, Daisy. And then we have these cool sweatshirts with a big microphone on them so they come in, as usual, many, many sizes. These are the Christmas dining and dancing pleasure. Okay, thank you very much. Now, we'll have our regular complement of morons coming up on Monday, but today we have this group.

[Christy Lee]

We're doing a great job.

[Tom Griswold]

I know, but I mean, I'm just saying we're going to be re. Adding chicks. The chickster.

[Christy Lee]

Yes.

[Tom Griswold]

And.

[Christy Lee]

And Josh.

[Tom Griswold]

Mr. Josh, who's caught a bunch of fish in the Ozarks. Let's continue to go south to Tupelo, Mississippi, the home of Paul Thorne. All right. And Paul, one of my favorite songs of all time is a song of yours called Where Was I? Would you mind playing that one?

[Paul Thorne]

I'd be glad to. I appreciate that. That is one of your favorite songs.

[Tom Griswold]

I mean, this is the best.

[Paul Thorne]

All right.

[Jess Hooker]

On a black and white TV Back in grammar school I was watching Neil Armstrong walking on the moon that same day I pretended that I was an astronaut on the playground monkey bars I flew above the stars I was in a Dallas disco the night John Lennon died the DJ played Imagine and everybody cried I remember a thousand lighters held up in our hands oh, we were so saying was let's give peace a.

[Tom Griswold]

Chance.

[Jess Hooker]

Where was I when you stop loving me? When did I become his story? There's not many things that escape my memory Tell me where was I when you stopped loving me? Every 20,000 years that comet lights up.

[Jeff Oskay]

The night.

[Jess Hooker]

On a blanket we watched it sail across the sky A moment like that comes just once in life we made love for the first time 11:35 where was I when you stop loving me? When did I become his story? There's not many things that escape my memory Tell me, where was I when you stop loving me? I remember when I met you the taste of our first kiss I remember your goodbye but could you tell me this where was I when you stop loving me? When did I become his story? There's not many things that escape my mission Marie Tell me where was I when you stop loving me? Where was I when you stopped loving me?

[Tom Griswold]

Paul Thorne.

[Christy Lee]

Well, don't you dare ask for a new story.

[Pat Godwin]

Don't you dare ask for a funny.

[Tom Griswold]

Song so he can do that.

[Jeff Oskay]

Wow.

[Tom Griswold]

That's unbelievably beautiful.

[Christy Lee]

Yes.

[Tom Griswold]

What was the. Your first experience getting on stage with a guitar? Were you, like, a high school musician or.

[Paul Thorne]

Well, the pivotal moment in my life when I was in eighth grade, I didn't do good in school. I was dyslexic back before they even knew what that was. And I struggled, and I was very unpopular. But I got in the 8th grade talent show and I sang Lionel Richie is three times a lady with my koopy guitar, and I won first place. And I went from being a social outcast to being the most desired boy on the playground.

[Jeff Oskay]

Yeah, I love that.

[Tom Griswold]

Three Times a Lady. Do you still play it?

[Paul Thorne]

Does a cat have a ass?

[Christy Lee]

That's what they call a panty dropper, Tom.

[Jeff Oskay]

That.

[Paul Thorne]

Yeah.

[Tom Griswold]

Had you been quietly learning guitar on your own? What was that?

[Paul Thorne]

Yeah, yeah, I was just writing and writing songs in my room and stuff and, you know, listening to the radio and stuff.

[Tom Griswold]

Was it because you were from Tupelo and Elvis and was that an influence at all? Just thinking about the possibility of being out there like Elvis.

[Paul Thorne]

Oh, yeah. I actually attended a lot of the same churches that Elvis actually went to. Yeah. And Elvis is huge influence on me. No doubt.

[Tom Griswold]

Isn't your dad a Pentecostal preacher?

[Paul Thorne]

Yeah, my dad's a Pentecostal preacher, and I grew up singing in church just like Elvis did. And that's where I got my. What little mojo I got. I got it from church.

[Tom Griswold]

Yeah, the. That's a good. I had no idea. I'd never answered that before.

[Paul Thorne]

Yeah.

[Tom Griswold]

And then when was your first experience with an actual band?

[Paul Thorne]

Well, I'll tell you what happened. I was playing in a pizza restaurant in Tupelo while I was boxing, because you don't really make big money unless you're a champion, you know, So I was still working a day job, and I had a. A little gig two nights a week playing in a pizza restaurant. And I'm gonna make a real long story short, but. But Miles Copeland, who manages. Who managed Sting and the Police, got a cassette of some songs of mine. I just threw a bunch of flukes. And Miles Copeland came to Tupelo and sat and listened to me play in a pizza restaurant. And when I took a break, he. He said he got my co set and liked what I did. And to make another long story short, I got a record deal and I was able to quit my job at The Factory. And. And because I was a Pentecostal preacher son, we were not allowed to go to secular concerts. We couldn't go to rock concerts. So the very first time I went to a concert in my life, I was opening for Staying in Nashville. I went straight from the pizza restaurant to opening for Sting. And it went. I had no band. It was just like what you're seeing right now. But I hate to say it, but it killed. And I wound up getting a whole tour opening up for Sting. When he did his solo thing. And when I got done with that, Jeff Beck had heard about me and he asked me to go on tour with him and be his opening act. So I went on a two month tour opening up for Jeff Beck. And then Mark Knopfler heard about me. He asked me to go out on tour with him and I toured all over Europe with him. And then Toby Keith heard about me. And this is a segue right here. He heard about me and I was on tour with Toby Keith. And Toby Keith was supposed to be on this show, the Bob and Tom show. I remember this. And he got drunk the night before. He was supposed to be on Yalls show, I can tell it now. And he just didn't want to come on. Cause he didn't feel good. So I got to be on the Bob and Tom show because I was the opening act. And they had no. Y' all didn't have nobody.

[Tom Griswold]

Wow.

[Paul Thorne]

Y' all took a chance. Y' all took a chance. Y' all took a chance on me. And I came and right before, a couple nights before I came on this show, me and my songwriting partner wrote this song while we're driving down the road, two days before I came on the show. And the name of the song was It's a Great Day to Whoop Somebody's Ass.

[Tom Griswold]

Yeah.

[Paul Thorne]

And I debuted that song on this show. Whoa. I'd never had sang it anywhere.

[Tom Griswold]

Did you get killed?

[Paul Thorne]

And it.

[Pat Godwin]

It's.

[Paul Thorne]

It blew up. Yeah, it's. It to this day, it's the most down. It's the most popular song I have. It's got like millions of streams.

[Tom Griswold]

Well, you don't have to play it.

[Paul Thorne]

But I don't want to.

[Tom Griswold]

But when we, when we come back, if you can play one that doesn't make us all cry, we'd appreciate it. The great Paul Thorne is our guest. That is the. You're able to drop names like that. And it's not at all self serving or pretentious, you know, because Sting so real.

[Paul Thorne]

Well, what happened was that's how I built my career. Because even though those people that came to see Sting, they didn't come to see me. But if I go back to that same city that I played with, staying, a lot of those people came back to see me. And so that's kind of. I sort of built my audience on the tote, on the coattails of other artists. And to this day, if somebody's bigger than me, I go open for them because that's how I build my fan base.

[Tom Griswold]

What's so interesting, and you were saying earlier what a great, huge fan of Ozzy Osbourne. You were or are. And you just ordered. What was this thing? The Ozzy Elf.

[Christy Lee]

Yeah, the Elf on a Shelf as an Ozzy Osborne guy.

[Tom Griswold]

That is so funny.

[Christy Lee]

Paul.

[Pat Godwin]

I opened for Paulie Shore. You may not know that it has opened no doors.

[Paul Thorne]

There's nothing wrong with a participation trophy.

[Tom Griswold]

But real quick, before we break here, when Toby Keith came in here with Scotty Emmerich, and Scotty is now touring with Buffett's the.

[Paul Thorne]

Yeah, him and Mag Mac and.

[Tom Griswold]

Yeah, Max, a good friend of the show also and a genius singer songwriter, by the way. But the current. That's the version of the Coral Reefer Band. They're currently touring with the Doobie Brothers.

[Paul Thorne]

Yeah, I've been hearing about that. But they're keeping Jimmy's legacy going.

[Tom Griswold]

It's great. But when, when Toby came in here with Scotty Emmerich, they decided to do what they called their bus songs. And they. They did the one about never smoking with Willie again. And then it. It got. He had never done that, really, in concert. And it got to the point where people kept shouting it out because we kept playing it. So when we come back, we'll get some more stories and I hope a song or Two out of Mr. Paul Thorne. And this is the. These are, I should say, the O'Reilly Auto Parts Studios. And this is the Bob and Tom Show. Become a Bob and Tom VIP and get your Bob and Tom fix 247 7. Get all the info in the VIP [e-mail].

[Jeff Oskay]

Welcome back to the Bob and Tom Show. We're coming to you live from the O'Reilly Auto Parts Studios. Over there at the Silac Insurance Desk, we have Ms. Christy Lee.

[Christy Lee]

Hi. Sorry.

[Tom Griswold]

Hi.

[Christy Lee]

I'm a professional.

[Pat Godwin]

Broadcast video 101 over there.

[Jeff Oskay]

And next to her in the fancy glasses making the snide comments, Pat Godwin cvs. Yeah, across from me at the I Hate Steven singer desk is Ms. Jess Hooker. Hello, Ace Cosby. Hey, Jeff. I am Jeff Oskay, sitting at the Prize Fix sports desk. Tom, please introduce our wonderful musical guest today.

[Tom Griswold]

Just had a huge fight in the hallway.

[Christy Lee]

You did?

[Tom Griswold]

Yeah. Did you win a decaf versus caffeinated coffee?

[Christy Lee]

Yeah, I heard that.

[Tom Griswold]

I said, well, I'm having some decaf tea, actually. To Mr. Paul Thorne, who said, I believe something to the effect of a decaf does nothing for me.

[Paul Thorne]

It does nothing for nobody.

[Tom Griswold]

If I were drinking the caffeine, my right leg would be going.

[Christy Lee]

Yeah, we know.

[Tom Griswold]

Yeah. Okay. Well, welcome back to the Bob and Tom program. It's great to be here in the O'Reilly Auto Parts Studios. We have a great guest in the studio. He is a singer and songwriter, Paul Thorne. Just talking about a great story, actually working in a pizza joint. And Miles Copeland these days don't happen.

[Christy Lee]

Very often anymore, do they?

[Tom Griswold]

The brother, by the way, of the drummer for the Police.

[Paul Thorne]

That's right. Stewart's brother. Yeah.

[Tom Griswold]

Yeah. And that's how you got discovered and went on the road with a bunch of big stars.

[Paul Thorne]

Yeah, and I wound up here.

[Tom Griswold]

Yeah, you went, which is good. No, it's touring for Sting. I've heard he's kind of a difficult guy, but I read a really good book about him called. I think it's called Stand, Please Stand so Close to Me. And it's about a. A session guitar guy that ends up touring with Sting. And after a while, you kind of get to see. He's actually a pretty nice guy.

[Paul Thorne]

Yeah, I. He just didn't talk a lot. But I enjoy being with him. It really helped build up my profile.

[Tom Griswold]

And you could, obviously, since you're a former boxer, you could certainly really take him because I don't think doing the downward dog.

[Paul Thorne]

Yeah.

[Tom Griswold]

Versus his yoga is not gonna.

[Paul Thorne]

But if you have power, show mercy.

[Tom Griswold]

Okay. All right.

[Jeff Oskay]

I like that.

[Tom Griswold]

Paul's got a new project out there and lots of great stuff out there in the. In the realm of recorded stuff. He's also on the road doing some shows. I certainly recommend you go see him live and in person. You want to play another one for us? What do you got in mind?

[Paul Thorne]

Yeah, I'm gonna sing a song. This is. This is for all the married people.

[Jess Hooker]

I got lucky on my birthday My wife reluctantly let me have my way she said this is for you do what you must do Let me know when you're through I thought things would change when we tied the knot but the life I dreamed of ain't what I got when she says no, she means no Hell no. I couldn't get laid when I was single if you threw me in a woman's prison. I am the poster child for total rejection. Celibacy is a cross that I must carry. I couldn't get laid when I was single so I guess I'll just stay married. This.

[Paul Thorne]

This last verse, it speaks to all the men. And on the last chorus, I'm gonna bring out my backup singer, Ms. Shaniqua.

[Tom Griswold]

Oh.

[Jess Hooker]

I've got a bulldog he lives on a chain I know what he's going through I feel his pain he don't have no fun on that doggy run he never gets none.

[Paul Thorne]

He'S got.

[Jess Hooker]

Potential if he could get free but he's on a short leash just like me he goes through life with hungry eyes watching bitches go by I couldn't get laid when I was single if you threw me in a woman's prison. He's in a prison. I am the poster child for total rejection. He's so pitiful. Hell of a sea is a cross that I must carry you ain't getting none. I couldn't get laid when I was single so I guess. Guess I'll just stay married.

[Tom Griswold]

Yes, sir. Oh, man. The genius of Paul Thorne. That was just great. That was so nice. So the mood swings in this room.

[Christy Lee]

Amazing, right?

[Tom Griswold]

Yeah. Wow. It's. It's sort of.

[Pat Godwin]

It's like being in terms of endearment.

[Christy Lee]

Laughs. You cry.

[Tom Griswold]

Well, yeah.

[Jeff Oskay]

Yeah.

[Tom Griswold]

That was beautiful. Paul Thorne is our guest. If you get a chance, make sure to go see him. He's got a bunch of great stuff in the realm of the recorded that you can grab here and there. I have a. You mentioned your special friend in that last song. I'm gonna play something. It's very short. That actually will tie this all in. Some might say this is totally inappropriate. They would be correct. Comedian Renee Hicks has joined us in the studio. Good morning. Quite the sportswoman. I can.

[Christy Lee]

Oh, yes, yes, yes.

[Tom Griswold]

And we were talking about the wnba.

[Christy Lee]

I just want to know, like, will.

[Tom Griswold]

There be, like, feminine hygiene commercials, like, sponsoring it? Because I think those things got to go.

[Christy Lee]

They're just too damn nasty.

[Tom Griswold]

I mean, they gotta stop. They gotta stop talking about women's genitalia. I mean. I mean, these women talking about douche. We don't do that, men. We don't go to the beach talking about douche.

[Jeff Oskay]

You don't?

[Tom Griswold]

No, we don't. And see, I never want to see.

[Christy Lee]

A black woman do that because, you.

[Tom Griswold]

Know, they would have her just acting.

[Christy Lee]

Crazy, just walking along going, oh, girl.

[Tom Griswold]

I ain't seen you in a damn Shaniqua.

[Jeff Oskay]

Is that you stinking like that?

[Tom Griswold]

Girl, you need to douche your nasty ass. There's a whole family of seagulls following your nasty ass.

[Jeff Oskay]

Damn.

[Tom Griswold]

There you go. Thank you very much, Renee. Certainly, certainly appreciate it. Well, we will, we will alter the tone once again when we return. Couple quick things. Interestingly enough, the weather forecast for Berlin, Germany on Sunday. Significant because that's where the NFL is going to be. To be more precise, it's the Falcons versus the Colts, Colts, I believe, favored by six and a half. And our friend Costaki Economopoulos is there with his brother who once again received a bone marrow transplant from a German national. Saved his life. So it's such a great story. They're going to actually take this fellow that gave him the bone marrow and take him to the game.

[Christy Lee]

That'll be great.

[Tom Griswold]

Yeah, I can't wait to see the pictures.

[Christy Lee]

At least they can do.

[Tom Griswold]

Well, I mean, yeah, it's a terrific story and you know, we're so glad, you know, nice happy ending in international affairs, which you don't get much these days. Right? Now let's talk a little bit about the prizes out there in the world.

[Christy Lee]

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[Tom Griswold]

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[Christy Lee]

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[Tom Griswold]

Thanks very much, Chris Dilly. We're hanging out with singer songwriter Paul Thorne. We're coming right Back to the O'Reilly Auto Parts Studios. This is the Bob and Tom Show.

[Jeff Oskay]

Hey, friends, welcome back to the Bob and Tom Show. We're coming to you live from the O'Reilly Auto Parts Studios.

[Christy Lee]

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[Jeff Oskay]

That was Christy Lee next to her, Pat Godwin. Across from me, Jess Hooker. We got Ace Cosby here. Hey, I'm Jeff Oskay. And Tom, would you like to introduce our wonderful musical guest?

[Tom Griswold]

He is Paul Thorne, one of the few musicians who's also been in the boxing ring with Roberto Duran. And terrific songwriter, terrific singer, fine guitar player. And what was your. Do you have a plan B before the. Not really working on the pizza joint?

[Paul Thorne]

Not really because, you know, when I boxed, although I was pretty good, I wasn't good enough to be a world champion, so I didn't. But luckily, no, I had no plan.

[Tom Griswold]

I just.

[Paul Thorne]

I was playing in a pizza restaurant, you know, just fumbling and. Yeah. I told you what happened after that.

[Tom Griswold]

Yeah. Yeah. What was that? What was the name of the pizza place?

[Paul Thorne]

It was a Vanilla's Pizza. Vanilla.

[Tom Griswold]

Yeah. Sounds good. Have you ever written a song about that?

[Paul Thorne]

No, I hadn't. I hadn't. But maybe I will.

[Tom Griswold]

I don't know, maybe do. Maybe do a jingle for them.

[Paul Thorne]

They're out of business now.

[Tom Griswold]

Oh, well, see, if you'd written the jingle, you would have. Nice job. Thanks a lot.

[Jeff Oskay]

Yeah.

[Tom Griswold]

Do you ever do any cover tunes when you play a lot?

[Paul Thorne]

Not a whole lot. I never, I never was in. In the COVID thing because your first.

[Tom Griswold]

Hit when you were in was it junior high school and you got on stage.

[Jeff Oskay]

You did.

[Paul Thorne]

Yeah, I sang. I sang Three Times a Lady and that. That song changed my life. Because of what I told you, winning the contest. I got all the girls all of a sudden. I didn't know what to do with them, but I had them. Yeah.

[Christy Lee]

Maybe try that on your wife and you wouldn't have to write that other song.

[Paul Thorne]

Yeah, she heard all my jokes. She's heard all my jokes, man. She's an eye roller now.

[Tom Griswold]

Does she have a. Does she have a nickname for you?

[Paul Thorne]

Not really. My family used to call me Bozo because I love, I love the show. Bozo. Bozo the Clown. I never got to be on the show, but I always dreamed of Standing behind those buckets.

[Jeff Oskay]

Yep. Yeah.

[Paul Thorne]

And throwing that ping pong ball. Remember that?

[Tom Griswold]

Oh, I think the next time you're here, Would you please write a song about that? That's. That's so great. Wow. Yeah. Now, do you want to do a quick news story before we get another song out of Paul? Because last time. Last time we tried, we were all sobbing.

[Christy Lee]

Police in Florida have arrested a man accused of throwing a half chewed wet wad of chewing tobacco at a convenience store clerk. According to a criminal complaint. And no, it wasn't written like that. I threw that on.

[Jeff Oskay]

Oh, okay.

[Christy Lee]

According to a criminal complaint, 40 year old Dalton Albert entered a 711 in Pinellas park to use the restroom and allegedly began arguing with a female clerk over the lack of toilet paper. Security footage shows the man removing a wad of tobacco from his mouth, throwing it at the clerk, striking her in the face. Responding officers noted the victim had remnants of spit in tobacco on her face and clothing. He was arrested and charged with battery.

[Tom Griswold]

Dip grenade.

[Christy Lee]

That's rough.

[Tom Griswold]

That is gross.

[Christy Lee]

That is rough.

[Jeff Oskay]

Yeah, that sounds like something adult would do.

[Christy Lee]

Oh, yeah, yeah. What is it? Dalton? Not even Dalton. It was.

[Jeff Oskay]

No, that. That guy has problems.

[Christy Lee]

Yeah. God. Have you ever picked up a coke can that was a spitter and took a chug and didn't know? Oh, yeah, that'll wreck your night.

[Tom Griswold]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, that's.

[Christy Lee]

This one's even worse. In Florida, a man pulled a knife on a guy in a grocery store bathroom because he, quote, really needed to use a stall. According to the arrest report, the victim was using the men's room at a Publix in Miami when the 72 year old suspect entered the restroom frantically and began to bang on the stall door, demanding the man seated in the stall come out.

[Tom Griswold]

Well, let me just tell you, if a 72 year old man has to go, let him. Yeah.

[Christy Lee]

As the victim was leaving the stall, the suspect pulled out a knife and tried to cut him. When a store security officer was brought in, the suspect reportedly told him, quote, that he really needed to use the restroom. And the victim did not move out of the way. So he took out a knife. Police arrested the septuagenarian for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.

[Tom Griswold]

Is that called stall jacking? Wait a minute.

[Christy Lee]

That's a whole other thing.

[Tom Griswold]

Wait a minute. Stall jacking? Yeah, probably something felony.

[Jeff Oskay]

Yeah, that's more of a. What do you call those things? The. Hmm. I cannot think of the word.

[Christy Lee]

That's okay. It happens to all of us.

[Jeff Oskay]

What is the thing where you pull off on the side of the highway to rest area. Yes. How can I not think of the word rest area?

[Tom Griswold]

It's okay.

[Christy Lee]

They're going away. They're harder to. Harder to find.

[Jeff Oskay]

Yeah. Because of that.

[Christy Lee]

Yeah. A Delta Airlines flight was delayed after a flight attendant accidentally deployed the emergency slide before takeoff.

[Tom Griswold]

Whoops.

[Christy Lee]

This is an expensive move. Kids, I don't know if you know this. This mishap occurred on a Pittsburgh to Salt Lake City flight last month.

[Tom Griswold]

While on the ground.

[Christy Lee]

Yes. Passengers were stuck on the plane for about an hour while engineers manually detached the chute. According to Flight Radar 24, the flight departed almost four hours late. The flight attendant reportedly told passengers this had never happened in their 26 year career. The incident may have cost the airline up to six figures. The New York Post estimates repacking the evacuation slide on an Airbus A220 can cost between 50 to $100,000. I was at a charity event and somebody did this on an airplane and the president of the company was standing next to me. They did it accidentally. And he goes, well, there goes $25,000 because it costs that much to back it back up.

[Pat Godwin]

Really?

[Tom Griswold]

Yeah. One would think that the switch would be.

[Christy Lee]

It just suck it back in, like.

[Tom Griswold]

No, no. That the switch would be something that you couldn't accidentally just hit.

[Christy Lee]

I don't think you actually.

[Paul Thorne]

I don't.

[Christy Lee]

They're the big red, aren't they? Like a big red handle.

[Tom Griswold]

Like, so what idiot walks up and pulls that? Well, I, I mean, if the guy's an experienced flight attendant, I don't know. Maybe they get better. Get a new kind of switch that's a little more.

[Jeff Oskay]

If you'll look out the left side of the plane, you'll see Jerry being fire.

[Christy Lee]

Well, you don't want it so difficult that you can't get to it in the emergency. You know, it has to be very difficult.

[Tom Griswold]

Don't they have the. Some of the ones you see like on a plane where there's like a little plastic thing over, you got to flip it up and then press like a fire.

[Christy Lee]

Why would you do. What if there's an emergency and you need to get to it quickly?

[Tom Griswold]

Well, if you're not an idiot, you'd know the protocols and go boom, boom, boom.

[Jeff Oskay]

All right.

[Christy Lee]

Can you imagine putting that thing back up? Have you ever wrestled an air mattress like that's like that on steroids?

[Tom Griswold]

Why didn't they let the passengers use the thing? At least they could go get some.

[Jeff Oskay]

Fun out of it.

[Christy Lee]

Yeah.

[Tom Griswold]

Had a great time.

[Jeff Oskay]

Yeah. Like trying to Get a sleeping bag back in the bag it came in or the box.

[Christy Lee]

Yeah, that works. None of it.

[Jeff Oskay]

Imagine one of those slides that's take forever.

[Christy Lee]

Yeah.

[Tom Griswold]

Well, let's switch gears here. Joining us in the studio, singer songwriter Paul Thorne. And we've heard some great stuff, including some stuff from your latest project called Life is Just a Vapor. And I certainly recommend that you spend some time in a room by yourself just listening to Paul's work so you can get out some Kleenex and start sobbing. Some of them are pretty.

[Christy Lee]

You'll laugh. You'll cry.

[Tom Griswold]

Yeah, yeah. You got your guitar. What do you feel like playing?

[Paul Thorne]

Yeah, I want to play a song that's on the new record. My mom and dad recently both got diagnosed with dementia, and they're starting to change. You know, they. They still know who I am and know who my sisters are, but you can just kind of see them drifting away slowly. And there's a lot of people that's dealing with this, and it seems like almost every family's got something like this going on. When I saw my mom and dad start to slide backwards, this song just came to me and it's on the new record. It's called Old Melodies.

[Jess Hooker]

The first thing. Every day we hold hands and pray we get another chance to start brand.

[Paul Thorne]

New.

[Jess Hooker]

Back when we, when we were strong we told the world bring it on but real life has a way of humbling you Old melodies bring back precious memories we used to say we've only just begun Amazing grace used to be our favorite song but now it's we shall overcome as the world has turned there's many things we've learned Life is good but it's not always fair Whatever we're going through, someone else is struggling too Every living soul has a cross to bear Old melodies bring back precious memories we used to say we've only just begun Amazing grace used to be our favorite song but now it's we shall overcome I love the way you laugh. You're my better half. There's a place in my heart only you can feel I'm thankful I've got you I hope you know you've got me too Any mountain up ahead is just a hill Old melodies bring back precious memories we used to say we've only just begun Amazing grace used to be our favorite song but now it's we shall over well, now it's we shall overcome.

[Tom Griswold]

Paul Thorne and something else from his new project. That's beautiful, Paul.

[Paul Thorne]

Thank you.

[Tom Griswold]

We have a bunch of letters. People sure do. Like you Appreciate that.

[Paul Thorne]

I like them, too.

[Tom Griswold]

You were telling stories about opening for Sting and for Toby Keith, etc. It's John Prine, et cetera, et cetera. Do you remember this tour, judging by these two letters, Huey Lewis and the News.

[Paul Thorne]

Oh, yeah, I forgot about that.

[Tom Griswold]

I saw Paul 21 years ago in the Flats in Cleveland, Ohio, opening for Huey Lewis in the News. It was a great performance, writes Angela.

[Paul Thorne]

Yeah, Also.

[Tom Griswold]

This comes to us from Joan. I first heard Paul on your show, then I saw him live opening for Huey Lewis in the News at Riverbend. Yeah, because my name is Joan, I get called Joni quite often. Does Paul ever do his song, Joni the Jehovah's Witness Stripper?

[Paul Thorne]

I do it. Yeah. Have you heard that one?

[Pat Godwin]

No.

[Tom Griswold]

I guess we can hear it. Okay.

[Paul Thorne]

If you want to.

[Tom Griswold]

I can't imagine. Go for it.

[Paul Thorne]

Okay. Well, this girl, this girl that lives in the neighborhood I grew up in, her family was all Jehovah's Witness. And before I go any further, I don't have nothing against a Jehovah's Witness. Sometimes they're the only people that'll talk to you. But anyway, she got a job working in a convenience store. And when she. She was a friend of mine when I was growing up, lived in the neighborhood. And when she left home, she found out that you couldn't pay your bills on a minimum wage check at the convenience store. So she had a lot of pride and didn't want to go back and live with mom and them. She wanted to prove that she could do it on her own. And so I gave her some advice on how she could make some extra money. And she took my advice.

[Jess Hooker]

She drives a new car, wears expensive blouses, she tells her mama she's cleaning houses. She goes out witnessing, doing the Lord's work all week. But on the weekend she's making ends meet. Johnny Jehovah Wetness Stripper Put a dollar in her G string and she'll deliver if her daddy only knew he'd probably kill her John is the Jehovah Witness Stripping One night down at the club her daddy walked in he didn't recognize.

[Paul Thorne]

His daughter dancing she wore a blonde.

[Jess Hooker]

Wig, he had sunglasses when she got naked he started clapping but down here that just Jehovah Wetness Stripper Put a dollar in her G string and she'll deliver if her daddy all he knew he'd probably kill her Johnny Love Jehovah Witness Stripper if you ask her why she does it, she looks at it this way she says, I'm counting my blessings every night when I get paid she once lived in poverty and now everything's all right the Lord showed her how to make a thousand dollars a night Johan. Jehovah witness Tripper Put a dollar in her G string and she'll dedicate deliver if her daddy all he knew he probably a killer John.

[Tom Griswold]

Yeah.

[Paul Thorne]

Praise the Lord.

[Christy Lee]

My daughter just got laid off. Don't give her any advice.

[Tom Griswold]

Glad you got off in there. Yeah, last year, Paul Thorne. That's a great one.

[Paul Thorne]

Thank you.

[Tom Griswold]

Wow, that was just beautiful. Thank you for. That was a. Just a random letter I just grabbed. Got another one here. Waking up to Paul Thorne is like a Christmas coming early. Can't wait to see him in December at the Scholes theater in Florence, Alabama.

[Paul Thorne]

Awesome.

[Tom Griswold]

One of your gigs coming up?

[Paul Thorne]

Yeah, that's one of my gigs coming up.

[Tom Griswold]

What's the best place to find out about you? Just to go?

[Paul Thorne]

Well, I'm on all social media platforms. I'm on Instagram, Facebook, TikTok.

[Christy Lee]

You have a website?

[Paul Thorne]

Yeah, I have a website, Pawthorne.com where, you know, for the few people that still buy CDs and stuff, all that. I mean, even though that's a dying entity, they can get all that stuff on Paul Thorne.com and I'm on all music streaming platforms. It's all. I'm everywhere but nowhere.

[Tom Griswold]

Yeah. Well, great. Well, yeah. That's a terrific song, by the way. I was kind of wondering if we were to find out what happened.

[Paul Thorne]

That's a real per. That's a real person. I actually saw her. Of all, I actually saw her at a funeral a few weeks back. Yeah.

[Christy Lee]

Is she okay?

[Tom Griswold]

She's good.

[Christy Lee]

Okay, good.

[Paul Thorne]

That's. That's something from her past.

[Christy Lee]

Oh, all right.

[Paul Thorne]

She doesn't do that anymore.

[Tom Griswold]

Is she aware of the song?

[Paul Thorne]

Yeah, I didn't. She asked that I not use her real name.

[Christy Lee]

Oh.

[Paul Thorne]

But yeah, she. She likes the song and she gets. It's a little. She gets a little wink in her eye. Yeah.

[Tom Griswold]

Well, it's just. Just terrific. Thank you, Paul. Right now I want to tell you about something.

[Christy Lee]

I say something real quick. Paul's dates are up on his website and he's got quite a few of them coming up, especially in the first part of 2026.

[Paul Thorne]

So, yeah, I'm out there doing it, you know.

[Christy Lee]

Yeah.

[Paul Thorne]

Well, you know, I'm. I'm not a household name and. And. But I have a following that. That comes and sees me just about everywhere I go. And I'm thankful for that.

[Tom Griswold]

Yeah.

[Pat Godwin]

Yeah.

[Tom Griswold]

Are you playing these dates with your band or solo?

[Paul Thorne]

They're mostly all with my band. I can about 130 shows. We do about 10 of them are acoustic. The rest of them are all band shows. I've had the same band for a long time. My drummer's been playing with me for 28 years.

[Christy Lee]

Wow, man.

[Paul Thorne]

And my keyboard players been with me for 24 years. And I got a new guitar player who used to play for Leon Russell. And then Leon Russell passed and I got his. You got him. He's a great player.

[Tom Griswold]

Oh, yeah. I would think. Yeah. Wow. I saw your with. The last time I saw you was with the band. Your band is terrific.

[Paul Thorne]

You know what, they're world class players and they're good fellas. You know, when you stay with somebody that long, it's got to be a. You can't spend it with people you don't like.

[Tom Griswold]

When you're in the road, do they let you drive?

[Paul Thorne]

I don't drive at all. I don't drive at all.

[Christy Lee]

You don't? You have a license?

[Paul Thorne]

I got a driver's license. Drive a car.

[Christy Lee]

Oh, you don't drive on tour?

[Paul Thorne]

No, I don't do that.

[Tom Griswold]

You drive at home?

[Paul Thorne]

Yeah, I drive, but I just don't drive when I'm traveling with the band.

[Christy Lee]

Gotcha.

[Paul Thorne]

Yeah.

[Tom Griswold]

Is that their choice?

[Paul Thorne]

Yeah, it actually is. Because I'm not a good driver. I'm not a good driver.

[Tom Griswold]

Yeah, I'm an excellent driver. Yeah.

[Jeff Oskay]

Right now, no.

[Tom Griswold]

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[Jeff Oskay]

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[Tom Griswold]

Send us an email. Bob and tomobandtom.com this is the Bob and Tom Show. Live show with Paul.

[Jeff Oskay]

Welcome back, friends. You're listening to the Bob and Tom Show. We're coming to you live from the O'Reilly Auto Parts Studio. We have Jess Hooker. We have Christy Lee, Pat Godwin. I'm Jeff Oskay at the Prizepix Sports desk. Football action is even better with Prizepix. Download the Prizepix app, use code TOM and get $50 bonus credit instantly when you play. $5 must be present in certain states. Visit prizepix.com for restrictions and details. There's Ace Cosby. There's Tom. Would you like to introduce our special guest?

[Tom Griswold]

Sure. We're hanging out with Paul Thorne, the great singer and songwriter. And once again, all this stuff is streaming out there. Well, not, not quite all of it. There are a couple of secret hidden things that are not out there. So it's always good to go see him live and in person. And once again, you can find all his live dates. Where'd you say they were, Christy?

[Christy Lee]

They'[e-mail] of course they on the tour thing, you just click it on and they all come up.

[Tom Griswold]

Oh great. Now Paul, can you play some something else from the new project?

[Paul Thorne]

Yeah, I want to sing a song right here about this old man. I know he's 80 years old. He's a, he's a greeter at Walmart and But he used to be a criminal and he used to be a pimp and he's Told me a lot of stories about what that life was like and his pimp name was Chicken Wing this is just a compilation of things he told me is called Chicken Wing.

[Jess Hooker]

I ran a scam on Sugar Sam he sat with me in Birmingham I took the cash, skipped out of town he wants to put me in the ground I saw a girl on Bourbon street with pretty eyes and dirty feet I let her in my Cadillac I put her out on a track A chicken wing was my pimping name Back in the day I played the game that was long ago now I ain't the same chick Chicken Wing was my pimpin name the police stormed into my house they found some drugs under my couch I tried to save it wasn't mine I went to jail I did my time A chicken wing was my pimping name Back in the day I played the game that was long ago now I ain't the same Chicken Wing was my company name I'm in the winter of my life I love my dog I like my wife I wash the dishes, I sweep the floor I keep a 12 gauge behind the door A chicken wing was my pimpin name Back in the day I played the game that was long ago now I ain't the same Chicken Wing was my pimping name Chicken Wing was my pimping.

[Tom Griswold]

Name yeah, I'm just looking at your schedule. I'm gonna miss you by one day in Steamboat Springs, Colorado.

[Paul Thorne]

Oh, that's what she said last night.

[Christy Lee]

You should extend your trip.

[Tom Griswold]

Oh, man.

[Christy Lee]

Yeah, you might be stuck in.

[Tom Griswold]

That's a Wednesday. Wednesday, Wednesday, January 7th in Steamboat Springs. Oh, man. And the Tuesday, January 6th. So lots of. Lots of stops coming up for Paul Thorne on tour, including Greenwood. Also coming up, Pittsburgh, Penns, Philadelphia. This is all this month. Mount Vernon, New York, Boston, Massachusetts, Chicago, Illinois, at the City Winery. And you'll be in Wisconsin, Is it the Stoughton Opera House?

[Paul Thorne]

Stuart Stewart Opera House.

[Tom Griswold]

It says Saturday, November 22nd. So some great live shows with Paul. It's always a great pleasure, Paul. Thanks so much. Glad you're doing well and we'll look forward to seeing you again. Hoping to get the band in here next time.

[Paul Thorne]

I would love that. And I want to thank y' all for having me back again and again. It's been a while, but let's don't make it this long to do it again.

[Tom Griswold]

You are the real deal. I concur. Thank you so much. These are the O'Reilly Auto Parts Studios. This is the Bob and Tom show. Thanks for listening. To the Bob and Tom show this morning. Catch any part of the show you missed later today on our YouTube channel? What's up, guys? David Pollack here, former Georgia Bulldog, former analyst with College Game Day and host of my new show, C Ball, get ball. I'm a defensive lineman. That's why that's the name. You see the ball, you go get it. We're going to dive deep into college football. We're going to break down film. We'll have bold takes, real conversations with the biggest names in the sport every single week. If you eat, sleep and breathe college football like I do, man, I promise you, cball git ball is for you. So do me a favor, follow and listen on your favorite platform.