The Read My Lips Game

Summary

Podcast Summary: The Rod Ryan Show – "The Read My Lips Game"

Date: May 28, 2026
Host: 94.5 The Buzz (KTBZ-FM)
Key Guests/Co-Hosts: Alex, Dylan, Chili, Ashley

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Episode Overview

Main Theme:
This episode centers around an exciting round of "The Read My Lips Game," a fan-favorite on The Rod Ryan Show. The crew amps up the stakes by offering coveted pit tickets to the Godsmack/Stone Temple Pilots/Dorothy show at The Woodlands—heightening the pressure, competition, and hilarity. Through rounds of rapid-fire word guessing, playful ribbing, and listener engagement, the game brings together inside jokes and genuine excitement over concert experiences.

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Key Discussion Points & Game Breakdown

1. Pit Ticket Hype & Team Selection

• [01:36] Dylan makes a stealthy entrance, prompting Alex to joke:

  "He's our Guatemalan ninja."

• Tension builds over the "big ticket" on the line: pit passes for a major concert.
• Listeners Ashley and Dylan call in, rooting for Chili and Alex respectively.
  • Ashley: "Huge, huge fan...I want to be in the pit."
  • Dylan: "Oh, yeah. I've never seen Godsmack. Oh my God. Never."

2. Game Setup and The Read My Lips Word Challenge

• [03:24] Chili elects to go first in the word guessing game.
• Ashley: timekeeper and commentator, keeps the energy high.
• Words and phrases are submitted by listeners and shuffled for fairness.

3. Round 1: Chili's Turn

• Word 1:
  • [04:23] Alex: "Chipotle guy."
  • Chili nails it immediately.
  • "He's a big Chipotle guy." – Alex [04:41]
• Word 2:
  • [05:10] Alex: "Badonka donk."
  • After a second try:

    Dylan: "Badonkadonk."
    Ashley: "That was the jolliest laugh. I'm so happy." [05:20]

  • Running jokes about "that thick sucker on Thursday got a badonkadonk."
• Word 3:
  • [06:10] Alex: "Psycho mo."
  • Chili aces it easily.
  • Dylan (joking): "Hey, Ashley, you better be shaking that badonkadonk on the pit if we win." [06:27]
  • Ashley: "I will. I will." [06:28]

4. Round 2: Alex’s Turn

• Stakes: Alex must sweep his round to force overtime.
• Word 1:
  • [07:12] Ashley: "Potato spike."
  • Alex gets it amid a fun side-discussion about vintage Mr. Potato Head toys.

    "The original Mr. Potato, a kid's toy, came with face pieces with metal spikes in them." – Alex [07:37]

• Word 2:
  • [08:11] Ashley: "Perfect tool."
  • Alex works through confusion ("Perfect circle? Perfect stool?") and barely gets it, with a nod to the band Tool's intricate songwriting.

    "I wanted to take a long time like they take with all their songs to get good. Was he screwing with me?" – Alex [08:26]

• Word 3:
  • [09:04] Ashley: "Granny Bang."
  • Hilarity ensues as Alex guesses wildly:

    "Granny Bang. Grand knee. Dad bang. Granny Bang. I don't know, because you're saying different stuff." – Alex [09:24]

  • Chili and Dylan crack up over the absurdity:

    "Those grannies will do it to you." – Dylan [09:35]

  • The phrase is revealed to have arisen from an earlier on-air debate:

    "We were talking about the oldest celebrity that you would have sex with... I think he said he'd do Martha Stewart." – Alex [09:40]

5. Witty Banter and Callbacks

• Throughout, recurring themes emerge: poking fun at contestants' nerves, "badonkadonk" jokes, and playful Twitter-worthy challenges.
• After the game, celebrations for the ticket winner ("Ashley moving up!") and plans for post-concert photos in the pit:

  "Send us a picture on Monday. Maybe like Sully over your shoulder or something during the double drum solo!" – Alex [10:33]
  "Can you imagine shaking the Badonka Donk to the double drum?" – Dylan [10:41]

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• [01:53] Ashley: "I would be sweating my balls off."
• [02:28] Dylan: "She's already going. So I'm not that really wants to be in the pit."
• [05:20] Ashley: "That was the jolliest laugh. I'm so happy."
• [06:27] Dylan: "Hey, Ashley, you better be shaking that badonkadonk on the pit if we win."
• [09:35] Dylan: "Those grannies will do it to you."
• [10:33] Alex: "Send us a picture on Monday of you in the pit. Maybe like Sully over your shoulder..."
• [10:41] Dylan: "Can you imagine shaking the Badonka Donk to the double drum?"

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• 01:34 – Show contest begins
• 02:18 – Listeners introduce themselves and plead their case for pit tickets
• 03:24 – Chili goes first in "Read My Lips"
• 04:23–06:21 – Chili's round ("Chipotle guy," "Badonkadonk," "Psycho mo")
• 07:12–09:40 – Alex's round ("Potato spike," "Perfect tool," "Granny Bang")
• 10:12 – Wrapping up, celebration, planning post-concert antics

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Tone & Vibe

The show is light-hearted, fast-paced, and filled with inside jokes, pop culture references, and playful jabs between the hosts and callers. There's genuine excitement over the concert tickets, camaraderie in competition, and a sense of listener community.

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Summary

This "Read My Lips" segment is a classic slice of The Rod Ryan Show, blending goofy competition with relatable banter and memorable moments. Even if you’ve never played the game or attended one of their giveaways, you’ll laugh at the unexpected guesses, relentless ribbing, and concert hype—punctuated by the phrase of the episode: "badonkadonk."

Transcript

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[Chili]

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[Dylan]

What's up?

[Alex]

How do you sneak in here like that?

[Dylan]

I'm like a ninja.

[Alex]

Yeah, you are. He's our Guatemalan ninja.

[Dylan]

Like Chris Farley on that ninja movie.

[Alex]

Yeah, yeah. Some people called in, they want. This is a big ticket, guys. Chili, it's a big ticket.

[Dylan]

Yeah.

[Alex]

Aren't you nervous? No.

[Ashley]

I would be sweating my balls off.

[Alex]

It's a big pit tickets for Saturday night.

[Dylan]

I mean, it is a good show.

[Alex]

Yeah. Stp, Dorothy.

[Ashley]

You don't let it get to you.

[Alex]

Hey, Ashley. Good morning. Good morning. This is Ashley with an ey who's playing for you? Chili. Chili. He just said it's a huge show.

[Dylan]

Huge show.

[Alex]

Huge show. And then they're pit tickets on top of that.

[Ashley]

Man, you really want to go, right, Ashley?

[Alex]

I would hope.

[Ashley]

I, I, we already going like pit passes.

[Alex]

Hello.

[Ashley]

Huge, huge fan.

[Dylan]

She's already going. So I'm not that really wants to

[Ashley]

be in the pit.

[Alex]

Don't tell, please. We have one ticket.

[Ashley]

Come on.

[Alex]

Don't tell. Chill. You're already going. That's a terrible thing.

[Dylan]

I'm trying to get tickets.

[Alex]

All right, what about Dylan? Dylan, Good morning.

[Chili]

Good morning.

[Alex]

You're on Team Alex over there, huh? Yes, sir. Well, these guys, it's always straight fire when they play one another. Straight fire here. Okay. It's hot in here right now. Okay.

[Dylan]

Okay.

[Alex]

Hot in her Nelly, Dad. Dylan, it's for pit passes for Saturday night. That would be a big thing for you, right? Oh, yeah. I've never seen Godsmack. Oh, my God. Never.

[Ashley]

Alex. He's never seen God smack.

[Alex]

You guys better feel the pressure here. I may have to cancel my hunting trip to go.

[Ashley]

That is even a bigger deal.

[Alex]

Who's going first? Chili. What do you want to do? I would go first.

[Dylan]

Thank you, sir.

[Alex]

Okay, Chili's gonna go first.

[Dylan]

Yeah.

[Alex]

I got three words for chili. Wait.

[Dylan]

Oh, no. All right, here we go.

[Ashley]

Okay.

[Alex]

Shuffling, shuffling. Chili goes first. These words were submitted by you guys and most timekeeping today. She's been in a great mood all day today. She's been a good mood all week knowing that she didn't have to play today.

[Ashley]

Yeah. 20 seconds on the clock.

[Alex]

20 seconds on the clock. You got this, right? It's been a year. It's been over a year now. Mo's got this down.

[Ashley]

Thank you.

[Alex]

Richard sent this in. I think he wanted. This is what happens when I shuffle. I think he wanted Alex to get this word.

[Ashley]

Well, they're twins.

[Alex]

All right, here we go. They're twins. I can't tell them apart. Look at them two standing next to each other.

[Ashley]

Don't even know which is which.

[Alex]

Who's. Who's going first? I can't tell. Chili. Is that Chili?

[Dylan]

He's talking too much, bro.

[Alex]

Thumbs up.

[Dylan]

Come on. We're behind. Wizards. Texting me.

[Alex]

Okay, here we go. Richard sent this in. Chipotle guy.

[Dylan]

Chipotle guy.

[Alex]

Oh, yeah.

[Ashley]

Moly.

[Alex]

The only thing that was missing was big, big Chipotle guy.

[Ashley]

Big Chipotle guy.

[Alex]

He's a big Chipotle guy.

[Dylan]

He loves Chipotle.

[Alex]

Okay. Wow. Dylan, you maybe won't have to cancel that honey trip after all.

[Ashley]

Stop it.

[Alex]

I'm getting worried Ashley might go from lawn to pit just like that. Well, let's see. This was sent in by Chris. He probably wanted Chili to get this one. Thumbs up.

[Dylan]

I'm ready, Mr. Ortega. Taco.

[Alex]

Badonka donk.

[Dylan]

Say it again.

[Alex]

Badonka donk.

[Dylan]

Badonkadonk.

[Ashley]

Yeah.

[Dylan]

Is that it?

[Ashley]

That was the jolliest laugh. I'm so happ.

[Dylan]

Yeah. That thick sucker on Thursday got a badonkadonk.

[Alex]

Badonka donk. I don't even know if I was. Was I saying that right?

[Ashley]

Well, you did a great job.

[Alex]

Badonka condon donk here. Badonka akana batakana donk.

[Ashley]

Stupid.

[Alex]

All right, that's two.

[Dylan]

One of the greatest things of America.

[Alex]

Dylan's going hunting this weekend.

[Radio Announcer]

Dylan is hunting?

[Dylan]

Oh, man.

[Alex]

Ashley just sold. Ashley just on the mark. Ashley just sold her lawn tickets. Okay, Mallory. Mallory sent this word in.

[Dylan]

Okay, Thumbs up.

[Alex]

Psycho mo.

[Dylan]

Psycho mo.

[Alex]

1, 2, 3. Watch the words go down.

[Dylan]

I mean, good job, buddy. Thank you, buddy. Hey, Ashley, you better be shaking that badonkadonk on the pit if we win.

[Ashley]

I will. I will.

[Alex]

Mo failed the psycho test yesterday. Laughing at that poor chubby kid that thought he was going to die.

[Dylan]

I think everybody that sits in that chair right there has failed it.

[Ashley]

You're surrounded by psychos.

[Dylan]

Makes it fun. So I've heard.

[Alex]

Alex puts on the headphones.

[Dylan]

He's focused.

[Alex]

Dylan doesn't know if he's hunting tomorrow or not yet. He's got to get all three. He's got to force an ot.

[Dylan]

He's going to be hunting for some tickets.

[Alex]

He's got to force it. Let's go. Alright, I'll give that one to Chili. Come on.

[Dylan]

Man. That was good I showed up to work today.

[Alex]

Yes, you did. Yes you did. Geez. Save a little for the party tomorrow, dude. All right. This is for Dylan. 20 seconds on the clock for Alex. Michelle sent this in. He's got to get every single one of these. Thumbs up. Yeah. Potato spike. Potato spike. Fun facts, Mo dude. Yeah, Fun facts. Really. The original Mr. Potato, a kid's toy came with face pieces with metal spikes in them.

[Dylan]

Safe.

[Alex]

And you stuck them in real potatoes. The plastic. The plastic potato didn't come around until the 70s. Potatoes.

[Dylan]

It was safety back then, you know.

[Alex]

Okay. Chad MC sent this in. He's got to get everyone. Thumbs up. Yep. Perfect tool. Perfect circle. Perfect tool. Perfect sewer. Perfect tool. Perfect squirrel. Perfect tool. Perfect stool. Perfect tool. Perfect tool. Perfect tool. Boom.

[Ashley]

How much time he had? Like one second left.

[Alex]

I wanted to take a long time like they take with all their songs to get good. Was he screwing with me?

[Dylan]

I think he was, man. I was nervous on that one.

[Alex]

Perfect tool. I should have gone and faced away from you guys so it wouldn't even be like I was talking to you. Like Maynard, you can tell Alex is talking to us and there's music blaring in his ears. Like, what I should do?

[Dylan]

I'm telling you, man, that song, it just elevates to another level.

[Alex]

All right. Alexander sent this in. This was a conversation that we had on the air. Okay. Thumbs up.

[Ashley]

Yep.

[Alex]

Granny Bang. Say, and Granny bang. Gray. Wait, what? Granny Bang. Granny Bang. Great. Bad Granny Bang. Grand knee. Dad bang. Granny Bang. I don't know, because you're saying different stuff.

[Dylan]

I thought he was going,

[Alex]

what?

[Dylan]

Those grannies will do it to you.

[Alex]

Won't Chilli brought his bag of jokes with him today.

[Ashley]

What's Granny Bang?

[Alex]

We were talking about the oldest celebrity that you would have sex with. And then somebody asked me if I think he said he'd do Martha Stewart.

[Ashley]

Yeah, that definitely happened.

[Alex]

Him, I mean, Alex.

[Ashley]

Alex.

[Alex]

I think he was like, all in on Martha Stewart. Chili. Thank you, Ashley.

[Ashley]

Ashley's moving up.

[Radio Announcer]

What?

[Alex]

All right. Hey, Dylan, go, go shoot an animal, okay? Oh, I am now. All right. Tell Ashley all about it.

[Ashley]

Pit tickets. You know, God, smack, Stone Temple Pilots and Dorothy this weekend in the Woodlands. Everybody else, I've heard there's some lawn seats available.

[Dylan]

Mr. Hunter. Ask Ashley for hers.

[Alex]

Oh, yeah, there you go. Hey, Ashley, send us a picture on Monday.

[Radio Announcer]

I will.

[Alex]

Of you in the pit. All right, I will. Maybe like Sully Sully over your shoulder. Maybe something during the double drum solo or something. All right. Well done today.

[Dylan]

Can you imagine shaking the Badonka Dunk to the double drum?

[Alex]

Badonka Donk. You got that one. You got that one quickly too.

[Ashley]

Record speed.

[Dylan]

Oh, it's on my mind.

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