The John Clay Wolfe Show – Episode #189 (03.09.19)

Originally aired: February 16, 2026
Host: John Clay Wolfe
Regulars: J.D. Ryan, Bobbo, Michael Turley, DJ Pre K, plus comedic cast of characters
Theme: Freewheeling talk about cars, odd news, drugs, humor, and life—with car buying at the center.

EPISODE OVERVIEW

This episode delivers the fast-talking, ribald energy of The John Clay Wolfe Show, blending car business, wild stories, and an unfiltered look into American subcultures. The crew shares car-buying insights, jokes, and behind-the-scenes banter, all while engaging with listeners across the country.

Cars, outrageous humor, personal mishaps, drugs, and some playful socio-political commentary fill the air. A running thread is the challenge of dealing with the public—whether it’s buying cars, fielding complaints, or handling praise and critique.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• Opening (00:01–01:09)
• JD’s Knee Injury & The Great Hydrocodone Debate (01:10–05:49)
• Car Buying and Value Calls (06:52–12:08)
• Listener Interactions & Painkiller Stories (12:09–15:52)
• Music & Show Critiques (15:53–22:30)
• DJ Pre K’s “Guess The Drug” Crime (23:26–31:25)
• Family & Weed Conversations (31:26–33:45)
• Live Car Bids & Colorful Callers (33:46–39:45)
• Listener Paula Calls In: Show Critique (49:56–56:07)
• Comedic News Recap: Michael Jackson, R. Kelly (34:45–53:48)
• Car Buying Saga: Lies & Meltdowns (92:25–100:06)
• Special Guest: Comedian Tone Bell (102:32–124:44)
• Political Poll: Trump or Not? (153:27–156:54)
• Aftershow Podcast (174:24–end)

OPENING (00:01–01:09)

• Cold open parody: A faux father-son stork story devolves into a joke about the host’s "dirty" wife.
• Introduction: John Clay Wolfe welcomes listeners and introduces castmates—JD Ryan, Bobbo, Michael Turley, the comedic characters, and DJ Pre K.

JD’s KNEE INJURY & THE GREAT HYDROCODONE DEBATE (01:10–05:49)

JD's Tale of Woe

• JD Ryan arrives on crutches after a hailstorm, explaining how he injured his knee dodging the family dog.
• The crew riffs on whether JD’s injury was “sexual”; JD cracks, “I thought about making up a great, you know, swinging with the—but no, it was just the dog in the hailstorm...” (03:17)
• JD asks for hydrocodone, sparking a debate about pain management, drugs, and the price/value of prescription pills.
  • “So JD calls me ...Are you kidding? I've been eyeballing those things. I didn't think. I stopped checking people's bottles years ago.” – John (04:16)

Hydrocodone Street Value

• Listeners call in to appraise the “street value” of pills: "$10 per 10mg pill, a dollar a milligram.” (08:20)
• Callers share their opioid struggle stories humorously: “Painkillers are their big business... I could easily spend a couple hundred dollars a day.” – (09:06)
• John asks, “Did you wind up like, stealing and robbing your friends and your grandmother and all the stuff like the afternoon after school movie? ...Did you screw your stepmom?” (09:10)

CAR BUYING AND VALUE CALLS (06:52–12:08)

Sample calls:

• Al is trying to sell an old GMC truck with almost 300,000 miles.
• “I think that hydrocodone's worth more than this thing... It's like the scales are tipping.” (10:41)
• John introduces the show’s car business: “If you want me to buy it, call me 800-800-7234... GiveMeTheVIN.com…”

Expansion Updates:

• “We just started on the east coast. Step one is D.C. Baltimore. ...Then Philly ...Jersey, New York City.” – John (05:27)

LISTENER INTERACTIONS & PAINKILLER STORIES (12:09–15:52)

• Ongoing riff: the hosts joke about using, sharing, and pricing hydros.
• “I broke my back in a motocross race. I'm as messed up as a soup sandwich, dude.” – John (12:36)
• JD: “Are you in pain all the time?” John: “Yeah, I mean… until I ran into my ex-wife last night at dinner.” (12:52)
  • Bobbo quips, “I just forgot. ...She’s taking my daughter to Colorado to go skiing... worried about her smoking pot... she’s going to drug test her. I’m like, that’s kind of accusational.” (13:00)

MUSIC & SHOW CRITIQUES (15:53–22:30)

Banter About Bumpers, Music Taste, and Classic Rock

• Disagreement about music for the show bumpers and listeners' musical taste.
• Listener Paula writes in to critique Bobbo’s music selections: "Your choice in music is not quite there.” (54:17, repeated later)
• “Bobbo has a talent and it's not music... If I went to a party at his house, I would not return for another party if he was playing that kind of music at the party.” – Paula’s email (50:44)
• The team jokes about “Outlaws” vs. “Poco” and complaints about Weezer, SNL clips, etc.

DJ PRE K’s “GUESS THE DRUG” CRIME (23:26–31:25)

Game Segment: Guess What the Criminal Was On?

• South Carolina story: Guy shoots his cousin for eating his chips.
• Hosts guess weed, alcohol, Molly, etc.
• DJ Pre K reveals, "Man had the munchies like a mother... Ryan Dean Langdale ...was on that weed.” (30:30)

Hosts reflect on parental caution:

• “If you push on them, then they're gonna go do it... damned if you do, damned if you don't.” (26:49)

FAMILY & WEED CONVERSATIONS (31:26–33:45)

• John describes his ex-wife's paranoia about their daughter smoking pot on a ski trip in Colorado.
• “If you are gonna...smoke grass, I suggest you go to Steamboat Colorado and get on lift B.” (32:10)
• Amusing reminisce of getting high on ski slopes and seeing "the Sleeping Giant."

LIVE CAR BIDS & COLORFUL CALLERS (33:46–39:45)

• Multiple listeners call in to value or sell cars—Tahoe, Genesis, F-150, Camaros, etc.
• Quirky humor: “You and me, baby. Four grand.” “Is that a WS6? No, that's Trans Am, Buddy. This is Bruce... Bruce with the Down at the private collector shop.” (60:38)

LISTENER PAULA CALLS IN: SHOW CRITIQUE (49:56–56:07)

Paula voices her critique directly:

• “Bobbo, I think you have an excellent voice, but your choice in music is not quite there.” (54:17)
• “It has an old feeling, you know? It’s jazzy. You’re playing that jazzy stuff.” (55:57)

Back-and-forth with Bobbo:

• Bobbo: “She thinks I tend to the obscure... but that's okay for you. But it's not..." (55:11)
• Paula stands her ground, but supports the show’s humor overall.

COMEDIC NEWS RECAP: MICHAEL JACKSON, R. KELLY (34:45–53:48)

• Discussion of Leaving Neverland and Michael Jackson’s abuse allegations.
• Debate: Should radio still play Michael Jackson or Bill Cosby? “Are we gonna get banned later on when they find out about us?...DJ’s not black.” (36:07)
• R. Kelly interview with Gayle King dissected and parodied: “When you beat your case, you beat your case. ...but you’re still a pedophile...” (53:36)

CAR BUYING SAGA: LIES & MELTDOWNS (92:25–100:06)

Hooter’s Meltdown:

• Longtime car buyer “Hooter” loses his cool over flaky sellers and rude customers.
• John plays a “greatest hits” of Hooter’s outbursts:
  • “What am I getting? Every shaky deal up in this mother, man. God, me. I’m done. I’m done for the day!” (93:08)
  • "Let’s just say, I had a delicious plate of bacon and eggs this morning in the Donald J. Trumpeteria." (159:23, fake Trump school principal bit)

Dealer frustrations:

• The crew details other customer lies, last-minute cancellations, and dispatching woes.

SPECIAL GUEST: COMEDIAN TONE BELL (102:32–124:44)

Interview Highlights:

• Plenty of name confusion (“Tone Loke”), razzing, and sexual banter:
  • “What inspired you to write Funky Cold Medina?” – John (104:02)
  • “I'm an equal opportunity DM slider.” – Tone Bell (104:55)
• Guest stars in “Black, White, Latino or Other” game—guessing ethnicity in crazy crime stories.
  • Tone jokes: “I’m going white... only because it sound like the rope was readily available. Nobody had to go get it. You already had it...” (110:13)
• Social commentary: “Somebody really needs to bring back sketch comedy. ...You know, he [Chappelle] leaned so much in trying to, trying to bring us together through division...” (123:52)
• Tone promotes his Showtime special, Can’t Cancel This, and current projects on CBS.

POLITICAL POLL: TRUMP OR NOT? (153:27–156:54)

John takes live calls on Trump 2020:

• “If you are going to vote for Trump or not vote for Trump, call in...”
• Overwhelming support: Nearly every caller, from Texas to Oklahoma, says “Trump all the way.”
• One naysayer: “How are these people going to vote for a man in prison?” (156:22)
• Bobbo quips, “Well, we've learned what kind of advertisers we need to market on the JCW show.” (160:03)

AFTERSHOW PODCAST (174:24–end)

• NSFW, uncensored banter: The team decompresses and calls Paula for a deeper dive into her music critique.
  • “I love the fact that you're busting his fucking balls over the music selection, because I do it all the time.” – John (176:19)
• Paula reveals she prefers white men; the team jokingly calls out her “reverse racism.”
• Nostalgic stories about childhood parties, getting high, family drama, and car business war stories.
• Reflective talk on show format, handling political/racial humor, and ambitions to expand to NYC/Philly radio.

NOTABLE QUOTES & MEMORABLE MOMENTS

• JD’s Injury
  • “At 4:30 in the morning, there’s a hailstorm... the dog jumps up and he zigs and I zag and I just jacked up my knees like somebody shoved a screwdriver in it.” — JD (02:16)
• Pill Value
  • Call-in: “It’s usually a dollar a milligram.” — Listener Jeff (08:17)
  • “I think that hydrocodone's worth more than this thing.” — John (10:30)
• Family Paranoia
  • “She’s worried about her [my daughter] smoking pot so she’s going to drug test her. I’m like, that’s kind of accusational.” — John (13:00)
• Car Buying Candor
  • “I mean, does 4,000 buy it?...110,000 miles. I mean…” — John to caller on Camaro (66:50)
• Paula’s Feedback
  • “Bobbo, I think you have an excellent voice, but your choice in music is not quite there.” — Paula (54:17)
• Show’s Self-Image
  • “Very bad taste and very low LCQ and. And just sophomore bad humor is really what I was trying to do.” — John (37:03)
• Hooter’s Meltdown
  • “What am I getting Every shaky deal up in this mother, man. God, me. I'm done. I'm done for the day!” — Hooter (93:08)
• Tone Bell on Diversity
  • “I'm an equal opportunity DM slider.” — Tone Bell (104:55)
  • “Some people are really good at that. That’s not really what I do.” (123:52)
• On Trump Votes:
  • “I think...I think that hydrocodone's worth more than this thing...Does it have...” — John (10:30)
• Closing Satire:
  • “He's not a hater, he's the accidental racist!” (171:16)
  • “Vote for Trump Twice, brother!” (160:09)
  • “Kind of what I figured.” — John (160:24)

TIMESTAMPS FOR KEY SEGMENTS

• JD’s Knee / Hydrocodone – 01:10–05:49
• Car Calls Open – 06:52–12:08
• Caller: Pill Value – 08:05–09:33
• Funny Car Values – 10:30–11:50
• Family Drug Stories – 12:44–13:45; 25:27–26:49
• Music Critique: Paula – 49:56–56:07
• Black, White, Latino or Other (with Tone Bell) – 106:28–114:16
• Trump Phone Poll – 153:27–156:54
• Hooter’s Meltdown – 92:25–100:13
• After Show Podcast – 174:24–end

TONE & LANGUAGE

Upbeat, irreverent, and rapid-fire. Equal parts car dealership, morning zoo, and old-school radio roast. Frequently walks the line of risqué and “borderline.”

SUMMARY

This episode is a freewheeling, joke-stuffed morning show with a focus on car buying, dysfunctional life moments, and a rotating cast of characters who keep things laced with sarcasm and satire. The team provides real car values, riffs on drugs and music, responds (sometimes brutally) to listener feedback, and layers the show with social, racial, and political commentary in a Texas radio tradition.

If you like your car radio with a side of Caustic Comedy, Real Talk, and unpredictability—The John Clay Wolfe Show delivers.

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