JCW ARCHIVE: Muscling The Mowers

Summary

The John Clay Wolfe Show: “Muscling The Movers” — Episode Summary

Overview In this rollicking archive episode, host John Clay Wolfe and his crew dive into a real-time battle with a disruptive lawn-mowing crew outside their studio. The show, famous for its blend of car talk, wild stories, and humorous banter, veers into workplace chaos as the team attempts to grapple with noise issues during a national broadcast. What unfolds is both a comedic lesson in conflict resolution—and a window into the show's behind-the-scenes antics.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

The Mower Incident: Live Studio Drama

• DJ Pre K vs. The Mowing Crew: The episode’s core drama centers around DJ Pre K’s mission to confront the lawn crew making noise right outside the studio during broadcast. John Clay Wolfe insists Pre K handle it aggressively, poking fun at his “gangster” persona but questioning whether he can “walk the walk.”

  • John (01:19): “Pre Kriek? You’re a hard son of a bitch, right? … I want you to call in and get on the show and get on the air. Connect to yourself.”
  • DJ Pre K (02:20): “Y’all want to hear a crime committed live on the air?”

• Language Barrier & Negotiations: As Pre K confronts the crew, much confusion ensues due to language barriers, and John intervenes directly via speakerphone, using a hodgepodge of English, Spanish, and exasperated authority.

  • John (03:29): “Do not mow or weed, eat or blow at this location on Saturday morning ever. Comprende?”

• Persistence of the Noise Problem: Despite repeated requests and even humorous threats, the mowing continues, leading to escalating frustration from John and the gang. The incident highlights the team’s real struggles with the limitations of their studio environment after more than a decade in the same building.

  • John (05:49): “This is insanity.”
  • John (06:04): “If he’s gonna be a badass, he’s gonna have to get in shape. He’s gonna have to get tougher. I’m gonna have to work on that boy, Pre K.”

Meta-Humor & Self-Reflection

• Breaking the Fourth Wall: As the chaos builds, John comments on the absurdity of their situation, and even pokes fun at their FCC sensitivities when the broadcast gets briefly pulled for possible “violent” language.

  • John (11:27): “Oh, I’m sorry. … We were censored a moment ago. They knocked us off here across the country. … This lawnmower situation could be misconstrued as, you know, violence, and I think you’ve taken it too far.”

• Listener Call-in & Relatability: They take a call from Kathleen in Oklahoma City, who empathizes as a remote worker annoyed by lawnmowers—leading to playful, flirtatious antics from John.

  • Kathleen (07:29): “I just wanted to agree with you about the lawnmower. I cannot stand it. I’m a remote worker and I cannot stand mowing.”

Laughter, Therapy, & The Art of Being Nice

• Critiques on Confrontation Style: After tempers settle down, DJ Pre K admits he succeeded by being “real nice,” suggesting kindness can be more effective than bluster—contrary to John’s tough approach.

  • Pre K (12:22): “Yeah, I actually went down there and talked to them real nice, and they were pretty cool.”
  • John (12:46): “Okay, so being nice does work. Yeah, yeah, yeah.”

• Team Banter & Comic Relief: Bobbo and JD provide comic asides, including jokes about dogs, Casey Kasem, and the show’s chaotic behind-the-scenes process.

  • John (09:40): “Can you be a little more sensitive? I was being sensitive to Bob, whose dog is sick. I understand, and I feel for Bob’s beaten dog.”

Memorable Quotes & Moments

• John’s Commanding Ultimatum (03:29):
  “Do not mow or weed, eat or blow at this location on Saturday morning ever. Comprende?”
• FCC Trouble—Moment of Realization (11:27):
  “We were censored a moment ago. They knocked us off here across the country. … This lawnmower situation could be misconstrued as, you know, violence, and I think you’ve taken it too far.”
• On Conflict Resolution (12:22):
  DJ Pre K: “Yeah, I actually went down there and talked to them real nice, and they were pretty cool.”
  John: “Okay, so being nice does work. Yeah, yeah, yeah.”

Important Segment Timestamps

• 01:10 – 04:50: DJ Pre K and John confront the mowing crew live.
• 05:28 – 06:50: Studio team reacts to the ongoing noise and discusses how Pre K handled it.
• 07:28 – 08:40: Kathleen, a listener, calls in to commiserate about lawn noises as a remote worker.
• 09:04 – 10:47: John’s frustration collides with team distractions and a Casey Kasem parody about sad radio transitions.
• 11:27 – 12:57: The team discovers they were briefly taken off air for broadcast standards; Pre K explains his gentle approach resolved the conflict.

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Episode Tone & Style

The episode is marked by the show’s signature irreverence, fast-paced banter, and willingness to poke fun at itself. John oscillates between mock-heroic posturing and genuine irritation, while the rest of the crew gleefully riff on his behavior and the ridiculousness of the situation. DJ Pre K’s real-world confrontation (and ultimate victory through kindness) provides a comic lesson in humility—a punchline delivered not just to the audience, but to the show’s tough-guy host himself.

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Conclusion

In this classic “archive” moment, The John Clay Wolfe Show turns an everyday annoyance into a hilarious, relatable spectacle. The episode showcases the messy reality of live broadcasting, the unpredictability of everyday conflicts, and—thanks to DJ Pre K’s example—the power of keeping it cool (and kind), even in the face of absurdity.

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For more off-the-cuff hijinks, classic rock energy, and the team’s unfiltered take on just about any topic, listen to more episodes from the JCW Archive or visit johnclaywolf.com.

Transcript

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[C]

What's the damn deal? It's your boy, DJ Pre K with the John Clay Wolf show up in the archives. And, you know, working for a tough guy like John, sometimes you gotta regulate. So I'm taking it back to when I had to press a whole mowing company in the middle of the show for making too much damn noise. John goes off and gets the plug pulled on the show and says, I handled it like a wuss. But what they're not saying is the long guy looked like Machete. Okay, check this out.

[B]

Is this son of a bitch mowing outside again?

[D]

Yes, you'll hear that. Okay, we have a mower out, Bubba.

[B]

Yes, Pre Kriek? You're a hard son of a bitch, right? You want me to go out there? Yeah, sure. And I want you to call in and get on the show and get on the air. Connect to yourself.

[C]

Go right now, so. Because it's gonna get real.

[B]

Yes, I've told him and I've told him and I've told him and I've told them. Wait, first you got to answer your own call, Pre K. Or I can answer. No, I can answer. Oh, yeah, my bad. I can answer you when you call and I'll see it. Okay, you go ahead. Yes, whatever. So what's going on now? What's going on is there's a guy mowing the lawn one story below us on a Saturday morning during a live broadcast that we've been in this building for 12 years, 13 years. And I've told him and I've told him and I've told him not to do it. So Pre K is going to go pop a cap in his ass. He's not going bust the cap. He's not busting. Because they said that you're not really hard, that you're faking this rapper, black guy wannabe. Are you gonna. You're gonna prove it?

[C]

Y' all want to hear a crime committed live on the air?

[B]

Yes, we do. 187. I was just kidding about the bust. A cap in his ass. Do you need to. My BB gun.

[C]

Give me what y' all got.

[B]

I need you to put it on speaker. I need you to walk up to him on speakerphone. I need everybody to feel this thing, say, hey, haven't we told you not to do this? And if he doesn't speak Spanish. Do you speak Spanish, Peno? All right, we'll work on it. We. We run a radio show upstairs and we're hearing a lot of noise up there, man. You know, John, the boss man said that he told y' all, you're not. Not to do it during the morning over here. You know what I'm saying?

[A]

Hey, can you hear me?

[B]

Hold on. Yeah, this is my boss right here. Hey, senor. Hello. How long have you been maintaining this building? Hey, is this the same guy that's been doing it for like five or ten years?

[A]

That's you.

[B]

Can you hear me? No, you're a new guy. Okay. You don't do it here on Saturday morning. This is after one o' clock on Saturday. Do not mow or weed, eat or blow at this location on Saturday morning ever. Comprende? So what time do you open the shop? The shop is a closed. It's a no bueno. One.

[A]

Just, you know, maybe just after 12.

[B]

Not here. Not Saturday morning. We're doing a live national radio show out of this building. This is not. When you blow weed, eat nothing, zeroed, nada, policia.

[D]

Oh, dear God.

[B]

Let me talk to the. To Nick, you know, see what he say. He. He's talking to me. Don't do it here. I've been here 12, 13 years. I don't need it Saturday morning. No, I can't come six, like in the morning. No, not Saturdays. Nothing on Saturday morning. How about flavies? How about yes? Yes. How about C, C, C.

[A]

I appreciate you being a good sport.

[B]

I gotta blow it out. Do not blow. We're on. We've got open microphones all over the country. I know you don't understand what I'm saying, but please be quiet. Yeah, that's how we get down. All right. Yep. So it's Fridays now. Thank you. All right, back to. We agreed on Fridays like six months ago. We agreed on Fridays, like six years. You want to reset what's going on for everybody? I think it's pretty clear, right? The other guy with the hat, he always did it on Fridays after we had a moment like this, a couplet. Is that. Son of a.

[D]

We have a Mower outside our window, and it's driving John to distraction. It's a mower just outside of our window. And we've asked him before not to do it on a Saturday because we have a national broadcast station. He has a show from this studio, but he continues to do so. Now back to our action.

[B]

No, no, no, no. The. The. You don't hear the mower.

[D]

I do.

[B]

It's going again.

[D]

I hear it.

[B]

This is insanity.

[D]

He didn't speak English.

[B]

Okay, Pre. He's. Pre. Needs to be a little tougher.

[D]

Yeah. What happened to our gangster?

[B]

He was way wuss when he was talking to. Hey, sir, Send Bobo down.

[D]

He's mean.

[B]

Hey, the guy's still mowing outside the studio. Okay, okay. I mean, man up. Yeah. He's out of breath. He just walked down a couple flights of stairs. If he's gonna be a badass, he's gonna have to get in shape. He's gonna have to get tougher. He's gonna have to deliver more. I'm at to work on that boy, Pre. K. Did you straighten out, Jose? You know Spee.

[C]

Yeah, man. And hey, if the police come, I need you to have my back,

[D]

like,

[C]

for real, because it got. It got live down there for a second.

[B]

I hear it again.

[C]

It's down there again.

[B]

You hear it? Listen. Yeah. You hear it? Hold on.

[C]

Let me reload my gun.

[B]

What did they say when you were down there? They said, CC okay, but after you talked to the guy the first time, why did the other guy on the other side of the building keep running, man?

[C]

Who knows?

[B]

I don't speak that language. All right? Don't be a racist. Gracias. All right. 8008-0072-3480-0800. Radio. We just been having this problem. It comes and goes over the past decade. But for some reason, the landlord got a new law. I'm getting a new studio. Did y' all know that? Yes. Everybody. For this exact reason. Kathleen in Oklahoma City. Good morning.

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Hi, how are you?

[B]

Hey, Turley. Bam. And then shut it. How are you, ma'?

[A]

Am? I am just fine. Nice day today. I just wanted to agree with you. Yeah, it is. Well, it's only 44 here, but in a warm up. I just wanted to agree with you about the lawnmower. I cannot stand it. I'm a remote worker and I cannot stand mowing.

[B]

What's a remote worker? That sounds sexy.

[A]

Remote worker like you.

[B]

Is that only from home?

[A]

No, it's just. I just work from home. I'm an accountant.

[B]

Oh, like so you do the role play with the sexy secretary. Accounting lady with the glasses.

[A]

Yes, sir.

[B]

All right, what is your only fans scream name? How do we look it up?

[A]

Oh, I don't have one. I'm for real a remote worker. I'm an accountant.

[B]

Sexy [e-mail]. all right. That doesn't like lawnmower.

[A]

Yes.

[B]

But does like lawn boys and cabana boys. All right. Thank you.

[A]

I do like pool boy. Thank you.

[B]

8008-0072-3480-0800 radio. So, you know, just all these distractions. I know you guys. And during the break. I'm sorry, I. I'm in a mode now.

[D]

Oh, boy.

[B]

During the break, you guys are talking. I'm sitting here trying to write this show. I've got four hours of show to put together. And y' all are talking about some damn dog dying.

[D]

Oh, geez, here we go. Bob's dog is sick dying.

[B]

Yeah. Just like Casey Kasem play the whole bit.

[E]

I gotta talk about in our family, the little dog named Snuggles. But he was most certainly a part of. Let's go start from coming out of the record.

[B]

I feel like Casey here listen now he starts losing it.

[E]

Please. See, when you come out of those up tempo numbers, man, it's impossible to make those transitions. And then you got to go into somebody dying. You know, they do this to me all the time. I don't know what the hell they do it for. But damn it, if we can't come out of a slow record. I don't understand. It is Don on the phone. Okay? I want a concerted effort to come out of a record that isn't a up record. Every time I do a death dedication now make it. And I also want to know what happened to the pictures I was supposed to see this week.

[B]

What?

[E]

Just a God. Last time I want somebody uses brain to not come out of a damn record. That is. That's up tempo. And I got to talk about a dog dying.

[B]

And y' all think I'm bitchy.

[E]

We're up to our long.

[B]

And he goes.

[D]

Right now we're up to our long distance dedication.

[B]

Great uncle Casey Case him greatness. What's that cut again?

[C]

Casey.

[B]

Until no, but the quick hit talk

[E]

about a dog dying, right?

[B]

So when I'm sitting here trying to write this show, right? And Bobbo and JD are talking like at above room level for 10 minutes.

[D]

That's not true. It was room level.

[B]

No. Okay, room level about. Can y' all just take it somewhere else?

[D]

Yes. We did. Sorry about that. We didn't know you could hear us.

[B]

Can you be a little more sensitive? I was being sensitive to Bob, whose dog is sick. I understand, and I feel for Bob's beaten dog.

[D]

Apparently not.

[B]

But, I mean, we do have a show to do, and there's a senor.

[D]

You're mad at the mowers and you're taking it out on me.

[B]

No, you're mad at both. Y' all need to go talk somewhere else. I'm trying to put this together right. The whole show's put together. All you got to do is read the sheets, man. Somebody go shoot the guys. Back on the mower.

[D]

Yes, I can hear him.

[B]

Prek, please go back down there. And I'm serious. Prek, can you hear me? Go back down there and tell the guy if he doesn't quit, I got to call the police. Call the police? Yeah. I mean, policia. This is ridiculous. Either that or the landlord's playing a trick on us and we're having a standoff. But if we're having a standoff, I need to know because I need to get my gun. Oh, no, you don't give your gun. No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.

[E]

Did you know?

[B]

Oh, I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. You're right. We were censored a moment ago. They knocked us off here across the country. Did they? Yeah, and we got. We got the call during the John. This lawnmower situation could be misconstrued as, you know, violence, and I think you've taken it too far. Really? How long did we get knocked off the air? They pulled two minutes. Like a minute. Okay.

[E]

Wow.

[B]

They pulled the plug off Westwood One over the damn lawnmower. Look at what. These people probably are causing the problems with me. I know, Gigi, you're a therapist. Therapize me. Something's wrong. Yeah, something's wrong. You just can't do that. You know what I mean? You offend people, and that's not okay. Put out your hand so I can slap your wrist. Now. Don't do that. You need to do an Only fans that just does that.

[E]

Dj.

[B]

Did you get those guys straightened out?

[C]

Yeah, I actually went down there and talked to them really nice, and they were pretty cool.

[B]

So why did they get back on the lawnmower when they knew we're doing a show in this building?

[C]

Well, I think it was because you kind of talked to them like crazy.

[B]

Oh, you think? You think? So? The second time they started the lawnmower back out. You think it was vengeance? Yeah. Yeah.

[C]

I went down there and just asked him real nice. I said, please. They said, okay.

[B]

Okay. So being nice does work. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Little.

[C]

What's the saying? You get more honeys being fly?

[B]

Something like that. All right, well, thank you for fixing that, for sure. That's been a problem for years.

[C]

All right, y' all know what to do. Hit us up on John Claywolf dot com. You can check out old episodes on there. You know, stay up to date with what we got going on. Get cool gear. We got hats, shirts, all that. Hit us up on Facebook. You know, search John Clay Wolf show. We're on Instagram. John's on Twitter. You know, you can holler at all of us. Okay. You know how to spell it.

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