The John Clay Wolfe Show – Episode #108 Summary

Episode Title: #108 John Clay Wolfe Show 080517
Date: February 13, 2026
Podcast Description: The John Clay Wolfe Show powered by GiveMeTheVIN.com – unfiltered banter about cars, sports, music, drugs, and general madness, with a mix of humor, call-ins, stories, and occasional deep dives into rock & roll and pop culture.

Episode Overview

This raucous and irreverent episode offers a lively, character-driven look at everything from car appraisals and music reviews to sports, drugs, and pop culture. John Clay Wolfe, with his ensemble of co-hosts and callers, navigates a mix of real automotive business, stand-up-level banter, and offbeat social commentary as only the JCW Show can deliver.

Key Discussion Points & Highlights

1. Car Appraisals, Buying, and Selling

• Car Call-Ins and Rapid-Fire Appraisals: Listeners call in looking to sell vehicles—ranging from a 2013 Audi A8 and Pontiac GTOs to classic trucks and specialty cars. John and the crew engage in lively negotiations, often peppered with jokes, analogies, and light-hearted chiding.
  • “Are you just negotiating to be negotiating, like, you know, when your old lady's just wearing you out, just to be doing it just for fun? At 31 [thousand], you'd let me leave?” (John, 03:26)
• Automated Appraisal System: Frequent plugs for GiveMeTheVIN.com’s instant online bidding platform, with reminders that they beat CarMax offers—or pay you $100.
• Carfax Reveal: Discussion on Geico recently dumping massive claim data into Carfax, now suddenly exposing hail and frame damage across the used car marketplace. (16:05)
  • "Geico's taken on...all of their files and did a data dump with Carfax over the last 15 years. So it really changed a lot of credit reports on cars, if you will.” (John, 16:43)
• Recent Vehicle Mishaps: Hummer H3s come up as a source of endless trouble for the show—one literally blew up and burned to the ground that morning, prompting both storytelling and business policy changes.
  • "Hummer H3s are on the no buy list... Unless they're under 80,000 miles. The miley ones are blowing up like a high maintenance woman." (John & Uncle Roy, 43:08)

2. Rock Concerts, Music, and Holograms

• Queen Concert Review: John attended the Queen concert featuring Adam Lambert and offers a heartfelt, detailed recap—with the band described as more theatrical and Broadway-like than the original.
  • "It’s like going to Broadway… Costume changes, the whole thing." (John, 05:24)
  • “Adam Lambert was the best choice they could make...Got misty-eyed when Freddy’s on the big screen… and Adam is on the ground singing to Freddy and they're going back and forth. That's kind of cool." (John, 06:54)
• On Hologram Tours: The hosts riff on rock legends going on tour as holograms (Ronnie James Dio, Tupac) and debate what deceased artists would be worth seeing in hologram form.
  • “Lightning, I think your Dio might be as good as your Rush limo.” (John to Bobbo, 10:53)
• Band Lineups: The changing faces of classic bands—debating replacements for Freddie Mercury, Steve Perry, Dennis DeYoung, and revisiting recent and upcoming tours by Sticks, Journey, and Billy Squire.
  • “Adam Lambert...is a perfect, gay, flamboyant rock star. Couldn’t be better. Theatrically, everything’s perfect. His voice is great…but there’s something missing.” (John, 87:38)

3. Pop Culture & The Dark Web

• Sample Lawsuits: The infamous “Ice Ice Baby” sample is debated, including Vanilla Ice’s purchase of publishing rights and personal connections to the artists.
  • “No, he got sued. Well, Kip will tell us…they stole that song, bigger than Dallas.” (John, 13:34)
  • “He has bought the song from David Bowie and Freddie Mercury…so they can’t screw with him anymore.” (Bobbo, 13:49)
• Dark Web/Quaaludes: Humorous exploration of the dark web, including confusion between Tor, .onion, VPNs, and procurement of defunct drugs for nostalgia’s sake.
  • “On the Dark Web it's…dor t o r T o r. You can buy anything.” (Bobbo, 25:27)
  • “You can't buy lewds anymore, but you can get them on the dark web.” (John, 25:58)

4. Sports and Tony Romo Bits

• NFL & Cowboys: Tony Romo’s career and odd mishaps, with special attention to the Hall of Fame game, sub-par stadium accommodations, and the Hall’s unfinished construction.
  • “They had him way back…in this new part of the stadium...the construction wasn’t even finished.” (Producer, 13:10)
• Tony Romo’s Dad Sketches: Ongoing comedic bits; Tony’s dad regales the crew with surreal, tall-tale stories of Tony’s childhood struggles assembling a pup tent and being carried away by the wind (“A goonie google” story, 112:20+).
  • “He throw the puppet tent 31 yards…like a titan missile…with Tony at the attached...At this altitude, Antonio cannot afford to untie his hand from the pole.” (Tony Romo’s Dad, 111:27)
• White, Black, Latino, or Other: The segment where bizarre true crime stories are presented, and the crew guesses the perpetrator’s ethnicity based on the facts and stereotypes. (34:08+)
  • “Who does dishes?” “I think it’s Latino.” (White, Black, Latino or Other game, 35:21)

5. Drugs, Weed Business, and Nipton, CA

• Drug Legalization & Industry: Satirical coverage of marijuana’s mainstreaming and the development of Nipton, California as a “dope city” (aka ‘Dope Paradise’ for cannabis tourism).
  • “There's a nationwide company…they bought the town of Nipton, California. Small town…They're going to turn it into a marijuana mecca.” (John, 45:56)
  • Top 10 things to do in Dope City skit, including:
    • “Smile at the cop and not be paranoid.”
    • “Spend all day at the grocery store just looking.” (80:06)
• “Dope Reports,” Marijuana in Small-town Texas: Running discussion on the growing presence and normalization of the marijuana business (26:42).

6. Recurring Gags, Characters, and Storylines

• Uncle Roy and "Can't Get Right": Uncle Roy updates the gang on mishaps—including the legendary driver “Can’t Get Right” and exploding Hummers.
• Chipmunks, Randy, and Demo Tracks: Metafictional bits with Randy the Chipmunk promoting demos, comedic failures, and nods to nostalgia (82:00+).
• Women of Golden Corral / “JD’s Light Porno”: Outlandish imaginations of JD in bizarre, food-centric adult film parodies.
• The Devil Calls In: ‘Satan’ banters with the hosts about trading souls for musical success and correcting the lore about “The Devil Went Down to Georgia.” (126:55)

7. Listener Engagement and Social Media

• Facebook & Twitter Games: The team reads off actual posts and lets the crew guess who wrote them, blending humor and mild self-deprecation. (119:01)
• Call-ins About Local Businesses: Shout out to Red Carpet Car Wash for detailing excellence. (56:49)
• Podcast and Station Plugs: Frequent reminders to download the show’s podcast, find them on new affiliates, and notes about expanding to Florida.

Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments (with Timestamps)

• Negotiation Tactics:
  “So easy to be hard. Why don't we split the difference? 31,250.”
  — John Clay Wolfe, negotiating with “Fat Albert,” 04:15

• On Adam Lambert and Queen:
  “He’s a perfect, gay, flamboyant rock star. Couldn’t be better. Theatrically, everything’s perfect. His voice is great, but…it’s that big carry, Broadway boy. And Freddy had more…”
  — John Clay Wolfe, 87:38

• On Classic Car Buying Pitfalls:
  “What I've learned about these classic cars. People talk and talk and talk...Everybody wants 20,000 for their old car that's worth six, right?...I call a friend…He says, I'd give 15 for it. So I'm like, okay…Win, win, win. That was two years ago...I sold it yesterday...We spent $4,000 keeping this pile of crap running…And I lost six grand on it.”
  — John Clay Wolfe, Pink Cadillac story, 143:59

• On Exploding Vehicles:
  “We was branded from the frame shop…my driver called me and say...‘Man, this thing smoking’...another driver called me, say ‘it's on fire’...then the other driver called me…‘it just blew up.’”
  — Uncle Roy, recounting the Hummer accident, 41:03

• On Carfax Changes:
  “Geico's taken on...all of their files and did a data dump with Carfax over the last 15 years. So it really changed a lot of credit reports on cars, if you will.”
  — John Clay Wolfe, 16:43

• On the Dark Web:
  “You can't buy lewds anymore, but you can get them on the dark web.”
  — John Clay Wolfe, 25:58

• Role-Playing Segment:
  “Tony Romo’s Dad”: “He throw the puppet tent 31 yards…with Tony at the attached...At this altitude, Antonio cannot afford to untie his hand from the pole.”
  — Ongoing sports/comedy sketch, 111:27

Timestamps for Key Segments

• 02:03 – First car negotiation with Fat Albert (Audi A8)
• 04:53 – Queen concert review and Adam Lambert discussion
• 13:05 – NFL Hall of Fame Game, Tony Romo segment begins
• 16:05 – Carfax hail/frame data dump
• 26:40 – Marijuana business in Texas & Waco
• 34:08 – "White, Black, Latino or Other" crime guessing game
• 41:03 – Exploding Hummer H3 story with Uncle Roy
• 45:56 – Marijuana “Dope City” (Nipton, CA) discussion
• 80:00 – Top 10 things to do in "Dope City" comedy skit
• 87:38 – Adam Lambert vs. Freddie Mercury – Queen in-depth review
• 111:27 – Tony Romo’s dad’s “puppet tent” story
• 126:55 – Satan calls in to clarify folk legends and make deals
• 143:59 – Cautionary tale about classic cars and private sales

Tone & Style

• Fast-paced, irreverent, and unfiltered.
• Mix of real advice, wild analogies, and sideways logic, interspersed with regional humor.
• Deep affection for classic rock and pop culture; brutally honest about the realities of the car business.
• Frequent use of recurring characters and inside jokes; blends nostalgia, satire, and absurdity.

For Listeners Who Missed the Episode

This episode delivers the John Clay Wolfe Show’s signature blend: rapid-fire car talk, 70s/80s/90s nostalgia, tangents across sports and music, wild anecdotes (sometimes bordering on tall tales), and unpredictable comedy sketches. The hosts are as ready to weigh in on the state of classic rock as they are to trade quips about the dark web or critique everyone's car appraisal expectations. Expect no sacred cows, a lot of car-buying wisdom disguised as humor, and more one-liners than most stand-up specials.

Recommended Segments to Sample:

• [04:53] – Queen & Adam Lambert concert review
• [41:03] – Exploding Hummer story
• [80:00] – Top 10 “Dope City” sketch
• [111:27] – Tony Romo’s Dad "pup tent" tale
• [143:59] – Pink Cadillac classic car lesson

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