The John Clay Wolfe Show – Episode #214 – 09.03.19

Aired: February 16, 2026
Podcast Theme: Cars, Sports, Life & Rock'n'Roll, Live Talk Radio and Comedy
Host: John Clay Wolfe
Featured Crew: J.D. Ryan, Bobbo, Turley, DJ Pre K & guests

Episode Overview

This episode of The John Clay Wolfe Show is packed with classic JCW energy: irreverent comedy, sports banter, behind-the-scenes radio drama, call-in car dealership deals, and plenty of wild stories from the whole crew. With a healthy mix of listener interaction, live car appraisals, and discussions of pop culture and rock history, this show welcomes new affiliate stations across the South, adding broad swaths of the country to their signature blend of car talk and unpredictably outrageous humor.

Key Discussion Points & Highlights

Post-Labor Day Struggles & Football is Back

• The team jumps into the week’s odd pace after Labor Day, joking about how holiday Mondays “just lead to four Mondays in a row.”
• Football Season Returns:
  • NFL kickoff excitement (Packers vs. Bears) [02:02]
  • New on-air segment: Listeners will challenge John to weekly NFL picks for a prize T-shirt [03:01]
  • Fantasy football talk: “You’ll never watch a football game the same again.” – Bobbo [04:00]

Celebrity Birthdays & Nostalgia

• The cast riff on celebrities showing their age:
  • Jonathan Taylor Thomas turns 38.
  • Henry Thomas (from E.T.) is now 48!
  • Adam Sandler—described as a childhood star by the crew—hits 53.
  • Nina Blackwood (original MTV VJ) is 64.
  • Joe Perry (Aerosmith) is 69, Neil Peart (Rush) turns 67 and wrote all the lyrics for Rush! [08:01]
  • Remembering Freddie Mercury and the impact of classic rock icons.

In-Studio Antics: Staff, Tickets, and Rock Concert Confusion

• Running joke about Pre K’s time-off, his Cadillac project, and his fundraiser money possibly going toward a trip to Japan.
• Introducing Annalise, the new phone screener, and testing her air-time [11:00].
• Concert Ticket Drama erupts over The Who, Peter Frampton, and Phil Collins ticket allocations:
  • John and Bobbo humorously dispute who got which tickets and whether giving someone tickets “by accident" means you can take them back.
  • "[Ronnie] can’t read... she sits next to my office. I can see her sounding out words all day!” – Bobbo on Ronnie [18:46]
  • “You can’t give someone tickets and take them back. If you don't have your word, you’ve got nothing.” – John Clay Wolfe [47:49]

Rolling out to the South – Welcoming New Affiliates

• The show is now live on 10 new stations in the South (Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, and more).
• Jokes about fitting in with Alabama listeners ("Roll Tide" and cousin jokes), with Bobbo cautioning against too many regional stereotypes.
• “My name is John Clay Wolfe, and if you’ve ever made love to your cousin and you’re an Alabama fan—Roll Tide—you’re a friend of mine." – JCW [35:13]

Car Deals Live On-Air & Behind-the-Scenes Auctions

• Listeners call in to get live bids for their cars. Examples include:
  • Amy in Houston selling her Prius and getting an over-the-air deal for $16.5k (with notable flirtation) [25:16].
  • Steve’s 2014 Bentley Flying Spur with a complicated Carfax/frame damage story—John negotiates live and orders a frame check [37:24].
  • “I’m buying it. It’s me. I’m coming to get it myself...You want hundreds? You want twenties?” – JCW to Amy [26:44]
• Demonstrating how wholesaler/bid pricing works and why "CarFax" history changes everything: "With frame damage, $60k. Without frame, $80k. Diminished value is real, boy." – JCW [40:14]
• Auction anecdotes: “We buy 500 cars a week!” – [41:56]

The Office Race That Wasn't: Lt. Dan vs. Big Fat Aaron

• Ongoing bets and jokes around two employees racing—one with a prosthetic leg (Lt. Dan), one 400 lbs (Aaron).
• They debate the fairness of “blade” prosthetics and refer to South Africa's notorious Blade Runner, Oscar Pistorius [51:44].
• “If this guy won the Olympics with no legs, I mean why can’t Lt. Dan beat a 400 pound tornado?” – JCW [55:15]
• Will they ever actually race? Only time will tell...

Listener Calls: The Heart of the Show

• Range from heartfelt shout-outs to hilarious bizarre stories:
  • Will from Louisiana recalls a summer romance with his step-cousin (feeding into the "Alabama jokes" segment) [59:02].
  • Drunk Ass Don calls in, now sober, and sings “You Knocking, But You Can’t Come In” [64:02].
  • “You’ll always be drunk ass Don to me!” – JCW [64:22]
• Various sales calls for car appraisals—Nissans, Buicks, old Lexus and more—using humor and banter, sometimes rapid-fire, to keep things lively.

Sports & Pop Culture News Flurries

• NFL drama: Antonio Brown’s public meltdown and the Raiders releasing him:
  • “Antonio Brown has been an absolute embarrassment.” – JCW’s crew [80:29]
  • Discussing Brown’s YouTube call with coach Jon Gruden and resulting fines/voided guarantees.
• Rapid-fire headlines on Charlie Sheen’s sobriety, Walmart’s ammo policy, Joe Biden flubs, and Colbert roasting Biden on-air [171:42].
• Side discussion: Should John tell his 5th-grade son Freddie Mercury was gay? "Let him have his idol, he'll find out in time." – Call-in consensus [95:00]

Brozetta Stone: Teaching Radio "Street Knowledge"

• DJ Pre K’s recurring "Brozetta Stone" segment: Each week, slang lessons are delivered—in this episode the word "SFLAT" (Sucker for Love Ass Trick) is introduced.
  • No one gets it, and it's revealed as basically made up: “Y’ all are acting like some SFLATs...Sucker For Love Ass Tricks!” [127:51]
  • The team reacts: “You can’t play a player, I’m the player, damn it!” – JCW [128:03]

Show Closes:

• The show rides out with discussions about Rolling Stone’s best hair metal albums, stripping ex-girlfriends, and some wild closing stories.
• “GiveMeTheVIN.com—sell us your car, see you next week!” [178:30]

Notable Quotes & Laughter-Inducing Moments

• "If you live by the kitty, you will die by the kitty." – Jason Tail [00:30]
• "We put our diamond cause we like to stick." – JCW, song parody [00:55]
• "I got all excited Thursday night for the NFL Kickoff...the brown one. That’s the oblong one, right?" – [02:02]
• “We’ll try to keep it clean with her [Annalise].” – On introducing the new phone screener [11:14]

Ticket Drama:

• “You can’t give somebody something and then just take it back.” – JCW, concert tickets [47:33]
• “I gave you the Frampton tickets to buy me time, OK? So that I could figure out what I was going to do with the Who tickets.” – JCW [17:13]

Car Biz:

• “If you don’t start early in the morning, you can’t drink all day... or if you never quit, which is me today!” – JCW [78:07]
• “So, did you make payments to a bar for your bar tab? Call in now!” – JCW [150:36]

Radio Mayhem:

• “If you’re an Alabama fan and you’ve ever made love to your cousin—Roll Tide—you’re a friend of mine.” – JCW [35:13]
• “You’re acting like some sucker-for-love ass tricks!” – DJ Pre K [127:57]
• “Sometimes being nice is a pain in the ass, God sake.” – JCW [50:02]

Timestamps for Key Segments

• NFL Football Returns/Fantasy Banter: 02:00–05:00
• Celebrity Birthdays: 06:16–08:24
• Ticket Distribution Drama: 13:03–20:23 & 43:43–47:50
• First Car Bids of the Day: 23:26 (Amy’s Prius, 24:44 (Negotiation)
• Bentley Flying Spur Negotiation: 37:24–43:13
• Employee Race Discussion: 50:10–56:13
• Listener Call: Step-Cousin Romance: 59:02
• Antonio Brown NFL Drama: 78:29–82:29
• Brozetta Stone 'SFLAT' Slang: 122:34 & 127:26
• Closing Hair Metal Segment: 176:13–178:38

Final Notes

Fans, new listeners, and the just plain curious will find this episode a classic blend of sarcasm, wild radio, real-life car business, and southern-fried wisdom, set to a rock & roll soundtrack and spiced with debates, pranks, and shenanigans about the business and personalities of radio itself.

As ever, if you want your car appraised by a wild bunch of honest characters (and maybe get a T-shirt), tune in or call the JCW Show next Saturday!

For best bits, outlandish stories, and foul-mouthed laughter, this episode is one of the best on the rapidly-expanding JCW syndicate.