The John Clay Wolfe Show (#129) – 12/30/17 [Aired 2/13/2026]

Podcast: The John Clay Wolfe Show
Host: John Clay Wolfe (& cast)
Theme: End-of-Year Chaos, Dead Musicians, Car Bids, and Outrageous Radio Hijinks

Episode Overview

This raucous, irreverent episode finds John Clay Wolfe and crew closing out 2017 (rebroadcast for 2026) in typical fashion: buying cars live, riffing on everything from the struggles of post-holiday lethargy to inside-baseball radio drama, a heavy dose of dead (and not-so-dead) musicians, and laugh-out-loud moments like "Porno Tony" recounting his adult film past. The episode is full of unpredictable energy: part car-buying show, part open-mic comedy, with all the edgy banter and personas the JCW Show is known for.

Major Segments and Key Discussions

1. Post-Holiday Funk and Radio Staff Drama

• Opens with the cast discussing the mood after Christmas: "It's that post Christmas thing. Get back to work. ... Another four day weekend coming up. It's lonely." (00:33)
• J.D. Ryan is absent, stirring jokes about his death, dementia, and a series of wild explanations for the regular’s absence.
• Porno Tony (a board operator with a checkered past) is called out on air for missing a podcast recording, leading to a mock “if you ever do that again, you’re fired” moment (03:10).
  • Hilariously, Tony's former adult film work is brought up and dissected.

2. Porno Tony: Life in Adult Film

• Tony explains how he entered the industry ("I was a driver at first... a little lady jumps in my car and...") (06:18).
• Q&A on pay rates, career highlights, and on-set coaching:
  • Paid "$500 a hit," more if multiple actresses were involved.
  • "Do you ever watch yourself? ... Do y’all have like, serious meetings like that during the week?" (07:21)
• Callers ask Tony (with varying seriousness) about mixing work life with home life, performance tips, and more (12:30, 21:27).
• Quote:
  • “Well, at the same time, you know, women want you to find out without coming from my mouth.” – Porno Tony (05:20)

3. Car Buying Calls & Negotiations

• Throughout the show, listeners call in to get bids on their vehicles, ranging from Chevy SS sports cars to diesel trucks and Porsches.
• John showcases hard-nosed negotiating, with fast-paced, friendly trash talk and banter:
  • “Does 36 grand buy it? ... I just need to see pictures. I need to pull the vehicle history and I need to know what I'm buying.” (39:13)
  • “So does your car. You got a 14 SS hot rod Chevy... Has it been customized in any way?... I'm a $25,000 buyer, and I'll go ahead and bump myself to 26,000. Do I own it?” (59:53)
• The show’s “no-BS, instant offer—beat CarMax or $100” pitch is repeated. (Regular ad spots by JCW.)

4. Dead or Alive: Rock Star Edition

Recurring theme: Is this music legend dead or not?

• Led by “Satan” (regular JCW character), the crew quizzes each other on musician fates. Gallow humor ensues:
  • “Are we Mike, are we doing the dead musician theme the whole day?” (17:41)
  • “You guys don't know a lot about this. But I do. Like, if you die when you're really, really high... you don't go anywhere right away.” – Satan (23:55)
• Music trivia gets mixed up (“It was not Chess Records. It was Cadillac Records…” – caller correction, 30:02), and the cast jokes about obituaries, musician “draft picks” for heaven/hell, and more.
• Memorable exchange:
  • “Jerry Lee Lewis ain't dead, man.” – Cast, ongoing, after repeated mistakes confusing dead and living musicians (54:41, 56:52).

5. Games & Shenanigans

• Race-based "Who Did It?" Game:
  DJ Pre K presents local crime stories, and cast guesses "White, Black, Latino, Other." The segment is unfiltered, edgy, and self-aware about its own stereotypes.
  • “Grand larceny ... that is a white crime.” – Bobo (47:02)
• Cluck Norris: Studio rooster (adopted from Fort Worth), voiced as a wisecracking street rooster, shares his philosophy on hens, Stop Six, and “coop” politics (75:43).
• Potluck Dinner Rundown: Parody segment on “potluck” at the Givemethevin office, which, unsurprisingly, turns into discussion of weed strains and office shenanigans (66:07).

6. Celebrity Impressions & Mock Interviews

• Rush Limbaugh chiming in on pharmaceutical needs:
  • “You talk about immobilized…” – Rush commenting on Stephen Hawking, in the middle of a car-buying negotiation (136:01).
• Stephen Hawking and his sister (both parodied), in conversation with Satan about stocks, family, and the afterlife.
• Michael McDonald: Multiple appearances with signature soulful rambling about old cars and burritos.
• Johnny Manziel: Absurd bit about Johnny Football preparing for Canadian Football League, with a tongue-in-cheek “rider” request list (healthy food, Black Sabbath, Scooby-Doo vitamins, brown M&Ms) (148:09).

7. Meta Humor & Radio Inside Jokes

• Ongoing bits about production mishaps (“Porno Tony” is fired mid-show for chaos behind the board, only to become the runner).
• The crew’s chemistry is a running theme, with self-aware takes on missing co-hosts, the controlled chaos of the show, and digs at work ethic ("If you get an opportunity to run a syndicated show... you need to come up to the studio... and learn the freaking system..." – JCW, 103:24).
• Quote:
  • “It’s nice not having JD here... He carries the line. He’s our glue.” (151:31)

Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On the Holiday Funk:
  “I'm gonna be worthless for like the first four weeks of next year.” – JCW, (01:11)

• Porno Tony’s Advice:
  “I guess out of the gate, I was batting .300.” – Porno Tony (09:02)

• On the show’s format:
  “If we don't beat your CarMax offer, you just send us a picture of that offer letter. Then I'll send you a check for a hundred dollars... But since the only person to benefit is you...” – JCW (34:16)

• On Musician Tributes:
  “Dead Artists Saturday, but Porno Tony decided to go ahead and pull people that died of old age.” – JCW (37:05)

• On the open chaos of the show:
  “You couldn't write the material that comes out of this show, it's just like automatic.” – JCW, (55:22)

• Michael McDonald requests a burrito:
  “Thank you for my burrito.” – Michael McDonald (120:24)

• Cluck Norris’ Kwanzaa:
  “You got hens?... I'm a rooster, okay? And the rooster rules the roost, okay?... On Kwanzaa, that's what I does.” – Cluck Norris (76:17)

• Johnny Manziel's demands:
  “On my contract, we're going to have all Brown M&M's because you're Black. Sabbath fan, not Van Halen one.” – Johnny Football/JCW (150:21)

Important Timestamps

• 03:10 – Start of Porno Tony segment and podcast threat
• 06:18 – Porno Tony: Life in Adult Films
• 17:41 – Dead Musicians theme introduced
• 30:02 – Listener call: Cadillac Records vs. Chess Records
• 39:13 – Classic car negotiation
• 54:41 – The 'Is Jerry Lee Lewis dead?' running joke
• 66:07 – Office potluck dinner & weed strains
• 75:43 – Cluck Norris, the ghetto rooster, in the studio
• 89:11 – Car calls & Subaru/Bernie sticker joke
• 103:24 – JCW on staff training and radio standards
• 120:24 – Michael McDonald requests food
• 148:09 – Johnny Manziel's CFL demand list bit
• 151:31 – “Nice not having JD here...” JCW on show glue
• 134:22 – “When I'm on to one that I really like...” – JCW, meta on restricting Bobo’s input

Final Thoughts

This episode captures the essence of The John Clay Wolfe Show: an unpredictable blend of car deals, blue-collar Texas banter, biting wit, and radio chaos. Whether riffing on dead musicians, recalling the glories and oddities of adult film, or buying cars live while juggling radio disasters and wild characters, it’s all delivered with a sense of anything-can-happen live energy and a wink at the audience.

As JCW says:
“You couldn't write the material that comes out of this show, it's just like automatic.” (55:22)

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