The John Clay Wolfe Show | Episode #185 | 02.09.19

Aired: February 16, 2026
Host: John Clay Wolfe
Co-hosts: J.D. Ryan, Michael Turley, Bobby Brown ("Bobbo")
Featuring: DJ Pre K, Rush Limbo (parody), Randy the Chipmunk, Satan (parody), Uncle Roy, and callers
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Overview: Main Theme & Purpose

Main Theme:
This episode brings The John Clay Wolfe Show’s unique brand of irreverent, fast-paced “guy talk”—cars, sports, rock & roll, raunch, and riffing—front and center as the show launches its first dedicated Washington, D.C./East Coast hour and celebrates syndication milestones. The guys riff on the post–Super Bowl letdown, take listener calls (especially to value listeners’ cars for live buy offers), and go wherever the live radio winds blow: wild true-life calls, offbeat news, industry banter, satirical sketches, and a steady stream of outlandish humor—always at the FCC’s edge.

Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Super Bowl Recap: A Letdown and Launch Point

• The show opens with a parody “alternate activities” list for the boring Super Bowl, riffing on how the game was a snooze (“Whatever came out of you [after eating game food] would have been more exciting than the outcome of that game” – John, 00:00).
• Immediate banter about the show’s expanded syndication and their reasons for choosing WBIG over DC 101, avoiding radio beefs ("We've done it. We win. I don't want to do it. I want to be friends with him. If we're on his station, he's going to want to fight with us.” – John, 02:37).

2. Show Cast & Format: Introductions and Inside Jokes

• Each main cast member introduces themselves and their “role” (JD as cohost, Turley producing, “Bobbo” as sports guy).
• Running gags: Satan and Rush Limbaugh parody appearances (“Not the Canadian band, but the Floridian alcoholic pill head”—John, 05:20).

3. Parody Interviews: Rush Limbo and Satan

• Rush Limbo checks in, cracking about vodka and pill cocktails, the Netflix Fyre Festival documentary, and pill shortages due to the government shutdown:
  • “What’s your cocktail this morning?” – John
  • “Well, this morning I found a couple of Vicodins in the couch cushions…they’re clean!…Swallow ‘em dry…should last a week—or until we find more drugs.” – 'Rush', (08:10)
• Satan discusses dealings in D.C. (“You’ve got your finger in a lot of pies, John…”), jokes about political soul contracts (Trump, Giuliani, Pelosi), and election “deals”:
  • "His attorney Cohen actually signed [Trump’s soul] for him, but it’s a binding agreement.” – Satan (17:36)
  • “If there ever was a guy who sold his soul to the devil, it had to be Brady.” – J.D. (38:44)

4. The Car Buying Bit – GiveMeTheVIN.com

• Live, real-time bidding and value haggling on listener cars is at the core, always irreverent:
  • “If we don’t beat your CarMax offer, we’ll send you a check for $100.” (13:16)
  • Listener: “I was thinking…closer to $23,000.”
  • John: “I can’t give retail for cars…Go get your CarMax offer and call me back.” (13:25)
• Storylines include saving dads from minivans, marriage/divorce drama, and John throwing shade at Pawn Stars (“It is set up. Absolutely.” – 09:59).

5. Stand-Out Listener Calls: Bedroom, Family & Divorce Drama

• Baltimore caller Amber tries to sell a Tahoe—reveals her husband cheated with her brother, live on air:
  • John: “So your brother stole your husband?”
  • Amber: “Yeah.” (32:22)
• John is equal parts stunned and hungry for more: “Good lord, I’m gonna enjoy this market if this is the kind of stuff that comes out of it every week.” (32:29)

6. Locker Room, Drugs, and Humor

• DJ Pre K runs “What Were They On?” game:
  • Wild Wisconsin story: man eludes police 18 days, crashes stolen plane. Guess: meth, cocaine, alcohol? It was gin. “White man drunk for 18 days…that’s a long bender.” – DJ Pre K (28:08)
• Child brings marijuana gummies to school; school drama ensues:
  • DJ Pre K: “Ain’t nothing wrong with a couple kids eating little gummies…Gonna have a good time, eat hella pudding, watch Rugrats.” (50:36)

7. “White, Black, Latino, or Other?” Game

• Guess the ethnicity of a news story’s “perp.” Example:
  • Dad leaves baby on Cleveland train platform for a smoke; panel guesses.
  • DJ Pre K: “Being different can pay off, man. Surveillance shows it was indeed a black man.” (125:35)

8. Wild True-Life Tales & Sexcapades

• “Have You Ever Closed with a Hotel Maid?” Many listeners (and crew) have:
  • “Sometimes good deals find you—you don’t find them!” – John, on bonking a 20-year-old maid (108:06)
  • One caller: “I was the hotel maid…every day [men hit on me]. I probably closed the deal five or six times.” (115:59)
• Naked house-cleaning service—news story turned bit.
• Tiffany, a Houston stripper, calls in to discuss her job, liaisons, and "three-ways":
  • “As a woman, I know what women like. I think I could help her do things a little differently.” – Tiffany, on “warming up” John’s wife (96:55)

9. Hot Takes & Satire

• Football: “If we’re gonna consume drugs in the United States of America, they’re damn sure not going to be imported from Mexico without proper taxation.” (07:31)
• Gucci scandal discussion (“Brilliant. Gucci, hats off to you. My…my sweater’s off to you.” – 64:08)
• Show feuds & radio wars: John’s tales of being “arrested twice” over radio business.

10. Behind-the-Scenes: Show Expansion, Crew Antics

• Show adds more East Coast/Big 100 listeners, plans for Cannonball Run (Austin to Vegas in a $2000 car), tales of managing drivers (Uncle Roy’s loud HR philosophy: “You gonna do what I say do!” – 42:28)
• Running gags about coffee runs, racial identity teasing between Pre K and John.

11. Music, Pop Culture, Parody

• Parody drops and live debates (Journey: “Steve Perry, not the little Vietnamese guy from YouTube…No, he’s not Mexican. He’s damn sure not Puerto Rican.” – 82:50)
• Fyre Festival doc “Andy will take one for the team” – the crew riffs on viral con men, social influencer idiocy (83:22–85:30).

Memorable Moments & Notable Quotes

Super Bowl Recap

• “Whatever came out of you would have been way more exciting than the outcome of that game.” — John, [00:00]

Radio Business & Rivalries

• “We’ve done it. We win. I don’t want to do it. I want to be friends with him…” — John, [02:37]
• “I’ve been arrested twice over that stuff and I don’t want to do it again.” — John, [03:13]

Parody Segment: Satan on U.S. Politics

• “Giuliani? That was you?”
  “Yeah. We’ve got three years on his term. You never know.” — Satan (as played), [17:10]
• “Trump sold you his soul?”
  “His attorney Cohen actually signed that for him, but it’s a binding agreement.” — [17:36]

Listener Call Gold: Divorce & Family Scandal

• “He was having an affair with my brother.” — Amber (the caller), [31:02]
• “Your brother stole your husband?” — John, [32:22]

Naked House Cleaning News

• “I had an image in my head…anticlimactic!” — JD, [100:47]

Locker Room & Substance Bits

• “White man drunk for 18 days…that’s a long bender, man.” — DJ Pre K, [28:08]

Hotel Maid Stories

• “She was the hotel maid...I probably closed the deal five or six times.” — Kim, [115:59]
• “Good deals find you—you don’t find them.” — John, [108:06]

Racial/Ethnic Satire

• “Being different can pay off. Surveillance shows it was indeed a black man.” — DJ Pre K, [125:38]
• “They all speak Mexican, don’t they?” — John, parody, [82:57]

Radio Ads & Car Bidding

• “If we don’t beat your CarMax offer, we’ll send you a check for $100.” — John, throughout

Industry Honesty

• “Everybody in the car business is a bunch of damn liars.” — John, [62:58]

Timestamps for Important Segments

• Super Bowl Opening Riff: [00:00–01:19]
• Show Cast and Network Expansion: [01:19–04:28]
• Rush Limbo Parody, Fyre Festival/Booze and Pills: [05:15–08:54]
• Live Car Appraisals Begin: [09:47–14:23]
• Amber's Divorce Story: [28:23–34:17]
• Satan on Politics & Trump: [15:47–18:25]
• Car Appraisal: Dad-to-Minivan and Banter: [18:35–22:20]
• Uber Getaway Story: [22:53–25:13]
• 'What Were They On?' Game (18-day fugitive): [25:28–28:08]
• Naked House Cleaning, Maids, and Listener Hookup Tales: [99:33–116:48]
• White, Black, Latino or Other (Cleveland Train Dad): [122:25–125:39]
• Gucci Blackface, Outrage Marketing Discussion: [64:08–65:50]
• Fyre Festival “Take One for the Team” Segment: [83:22–85:30]
• Famous Caller: Tiffany the Stripper: [94:10–97:23]

Tone and Language

• Raucous, irreverent, “locker room” guy banter
• Blunt, unfiltered humor
• Regularly pushes boundaries, cuts loose without mean-spiritedness
• Proudly regional (“Texas” point of view)
• Mixes listener calls, in-studio satire, and current events seamlessly

Conclusion

This episode is an out-of-control ride of guy talk, real car deals, and wild true-life/absurdity from a show that’s more than willing to make itself the punchline. The addition of the D.C./East Coast hour gives even more listeners an on-ramp to a morning show unafraid to ask what happens if you sell your car on the way to your divorce, whether Satan has Trump’s soul, or if the hotel maid will say yes.

For new listeners:
Expect no subject to be off-limits, but always handled with wit; call in to sell your car or bare your soul, and beware—the John Clay Wolfe Show is now officially “here to stay.”

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