The Read My Lips Game

Summary

The Rod Ryan Show — “Read My Lips Game”
Date: June 18, 2026
Host: 94.5 The Buzz (KTBZ-FM)

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Episode Overview

This lively segment centers on the “Read My Lips” game, a recurring and always unpredictable fan favorite on The Rod Ryan Show. Listeners call in to pick their favorite show members, who then compete to guess random, quirky, and often mischievous phrases solely by reading lips while wearing sound-blocking headphones. Hilarity, teasing, and playful banter ensue, with lots of inside jokes and running gags among both the hosts and faithful callers.

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Key Discussion Points and Breakdown

1. Pre-Game Banter & World Cup Buzz (00:01–00:47)

• The hosts chat about the ongoing World Cup, sharing plans to attend Fan Fest and catch a game (notably, the Australia match).
• There’s some light family banter and anticipation for the festivities, with jokes about partying and needing “rebelled money."
• Introduction of the callers Scott and Linda, each supporting a contestant (Mo and Chili, respectively).

2. Game Setup: The “Read My Lips” Challenge (00:48–02:20)

• Mo and Chili are the designated players. Contestants joke about getting “easy words” or having to prove themselves as the returning champ.
• The game rules are explained: one person wears headphones and tries to read the lips of another as they mouth out odd audience-suggested phrases within a time limit.
• Six words are shuffled, with one reserved for a potential overtime.

3. Game Play: First Round — Mo’s Turn (02:21–05:06)

• Phrase #1: “Dirty turtle”

  • Mo struggles to decipher the phrase, guessing similar-sounding but wrong phrases like “Turkey turd” and “Turkey turning.”
  • Memorable Moment: “The way Brad was there looking at her, going like, dirty turtle.” (03:13, A)
  • “I am unsure if I want a dirty turtle, but I am interested in finding out more.” (03:42, B)

• Phrase #2: “Pound wine”

  • Mo misreads as “White,” “Winding,” and even “Sean White.”
  • Amused frustration is evident: “What am I doing with my mouth?” (04:49, C)
  • “I want to pound wine with Yahoda.” (05:04, B)

• Phrase #3: “Soccer titty”

  • Mo finally nails the phrase, triggering laughter.
  • Backstory: A recurring joke about “titty” words being submitted for Chili.
  • “Eternal intern Michelle just sends me a long list of titty words... She just wants to hear Chili say titty.” (06:07, B)

4. Game Play: Chili’s Turn (06:33–09:16)

• Phrase #4: “Sneaky pickle”

  • Chili struggles with “Sick biddle,” “Stinky sneaky,” fixating on “dirty things.”
  • “All I kept thinking was dirty things, and I couldn’t say them.” (07:15, A)

• Phrase #5: “Night pee”

  • Chili guesses “Sneaky Pete,” “Nice bead,” and “Nice meat.”
  • The panel jokes about his notorious habit of getting up to pee at night.
    • “Chili is the one person on the show that gets up to pee at night.” (09:11, B)
    • “Hey, I only pee myself when I’m drunk.” (09:18, A)

5. Overtime and the Deciding Phrase (10:02–13:27)

• The game goes into a sudden-death tiebreaker.
• Overtime Phrase: “Salted chips”
  • Mo quickly lands on “salty chips,” barely missing the mark at first.
  • Chili takes his turn with similar misfires, including “salty chips,” “saltine chips,” “salted and salsa chips,” and even “titty chips.”
    • Iconic exchange:
      • “I swear. You were saying ‘salt tea chips,’ right?” (12:47, A)
      • “Titty chips.” (12:35, B and A; running joke)
  • Mo’s team clinches the win! Mo is congratulated. Both callers, Scott and Linda, are praised for their infectious energy and laughter.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• (03:42, B): “I am unsure if I want a dirty turtle, but I am interested in finding out more.”
• (05:54, C): “I’ve got the fever. That’s it. Oh, God bless America.” — after correctly guessing "soccer titty"
• (07:15, A): “All I kept thinking was dirty things, and I couldn’t say them.”
• (09:11, B): “Chili is the one person on the show that gets up to pee at night.”
• (10:10, A): “That means your whole mouth, baby. Whole mouth.”
• (12:35, B/A): “Titty chips.” — as Chili scrambles through absurd guesses.
• (12:42, C): “I am so done. Oh, my gosh.” – after Chili’s tirade of silly, risqué guesses.
• (13:17, B): “Both of you. Cackling in the background was so funny today. Linda and Scott, you’re both great. Thank you. Thank you, Linda, for being there. But, Scott, you are the winner.”

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Important Timestamps

• 00:01 — Show intro & World Cup banter
• 00:48 — Call-in introductions & player picks
• 02:21 — First challenge word for Mo
• 05:32 — “Soccer titty” segment & recurring inside joke
• 06:47 — Chili’s challenge: “Sneaky pickle”
• 08:25 — “Night pee” discussion & team banter
• 10:59 — Overtime rules explained
• 11:02–12:47 — Overtime play (“Salted chips”) and hilarious struggle
• 13:17 — Final laughter, wrap, and winner announcement

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Summary Conclusion

The Read My Lips Game delivers again with a mix of zany phrases, playful ribbing, and inside jokes that make the segment a high point for long-time listeners and new fans alike. With its infectious energy—bolstered by lively callers and the playful chemistry of the hosts—the episode is a riot of quick wits, quick mouths, and hilarious misunderstandings. Mo prevails by a nose in overtime as everyone’s laughter proves, once again, that this game is about the fun, not the final score.

Transcript

[A]

Time to read my lips.

[B]

Hey, Chili, there you are. Hi.

[A]

How are you doing? Doing great, dude.

[B]

How you feeling today, man?

[A]

I'm feeling good. You know, the World Cup's on. I'm enjoying it.

[B]

You enjoying you watching some World Cup?

[A]

Oh, yeah, Good. Every day. I'm gonna be real sad when it's over.

[C]

Oh, it's like the Olympics.

[B]

Are you joining our friend Dennis over at Boomer Jacks for the Australia game?

[A]

Yeah, cuz it's like around 2pm Hang with me, dude. Oh, on Friday?

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

Where you gonna be at?

[B]

Let's go to Fan Fest tomorrow.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

You want to go as a family? Want to do it as a family? You're going to Fan Fest?

[A]

Yeah, dude. Wow.

[B]

And I'll hang out and then tomorrow night I'll be partying because we're going to be celebrating beating us. That sounds fun.

[A]

Sounds like have rebelled money ready. That's what it sounds like.

[B]

Let's say hi to Scott. Scott, good morning. Hey, good morning. How is everybody doing this morning doing, Rick? Doing great, man. Getting ready for a great round of Read My Lips right now. Scott, who's playing for you? I chose Mo today. Mo.

[C]

Hey, Scott, you're the chosen one to serve you.

[B]

You're the chosen one. Linda, look, look, look.

[A]

Linda.

[B]

Linda. Good morning. Good morning, Linda. Chili's playing for you. Absolutely girl power. Nothing.

[A]

Yeah, she said. She said. Oh, I heard that little W pick Mo.

[B]

I got you last time I called, said I was her favorite. So I had to pick her this time. Sorry about it. Okay, well, there you go, Mo. You're the returning champion.

[C]

I am.

[B]

What are you doing?

[C]

Going first.

[B]

You are going first.

[C]

Yes.

[B]

I don't know with you.

[C]

It's my favorite. I love this game.

[B]

I know you do. I know you're lying. I know you're lying right now.

[C]

It's a fun game.

[B]

It's a fun game when you don't have to play.

[C]

I don't have to play. Oh, did I break your phone? Alex.

[A]

Oh, Alex, you okay?

[C]

I gotta go. I gotta go. There it is.

[B]

All right. I am shuffling the words.

[A]

Words. Chilling. Good.

[B]

I don't know who's getting what words here today. I have.

[A]

We know how it goes. Mo gets the easy one.

[B]

I have six words. I have six words. I'm shuffling. One word has been saved for the overtime. In case we need it.

[C]

I'm going in.

[B]

Just go ahead. Do it, Mo.

[A]

Come on, man.

[B]

Here we go.

[A]

Why did she make that ugly face about Freebird messages?

[B]

All right. Mo's got the headphones on. She can no longer hear my voice. Here we go. These are the words that you guys submitted for the game today. This one came in from Jay. I don't think this was set on the air. I don't remember. This just came out of nowhere.

[C]

Thumbs up.

[B]

Here we go. 20 seconds on the clock, Alex. Yep. Thank you. Dirty turtle.

[C]

Turkey turd.

[A]

Hmm.

[B]

Dirty turtle.

[C]

Turkey turning.

[B]

Dirty turtle Jerky Turner. Dirty turtle.

[C]

Dirty turkey.

[B]

Dirty turtle jerky. Dirty turtle tourniquet. Dirty turtle.

[A]

The way Brad was there looking at her, going like, dirty turtle.

[C]

I can't look at his eyes.

[B]

I just like

[C]

dirty turtle.

[B]

I feel like Buddy the elf. What's a dirty turtle? I want a dirty turtle. I wasn't hip hop. Is that some hip hop top term? Do I need to know?

[A]

No.

[B]

What's a dirty turtle?

[A]

I don't think we've discussed that.

[B]

I just figured if it's filth, Chili will know.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

All right.

[A]

Well, usually stay away from the animal things.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

I am unsure if I want a dirty turtle, but I am interested in finding out more. I don't know.

[A]

Dirty reverse cowgirl.

[B]

Yeah, but something on the shell. Yeah. I don't know. Here we go. All right. Adrian sent this in. This is fresh.

[A]

Fresh.

[B]

Thumbs up.

[C]

Thumbs up.

[B]

£ oh, yeah.

[C]

Wine po white.

[B]

£ Wine.

[C]

£ Winding.

[B]

£ Bounce. £ Wine. £ Whitening.

[C]

£ Wine. £ White. Sean White. £ Mound White.

[B]

£ Wine. Quarter time.

[A]

Damn. When to get £ White for?

[C]

I'm telling you, that's what I saw.

[A]

£ Whitey.

[C]

I hate you.

[B]

They're, like, dying on the phone here. What was it? I find it interesting when it's a, like, a single syllable word. And then when you guys do multiple syllables, I'm like, what are you doing? What am I doing with my mouth?

[C]

What are you doing to mess this up?

[B]

£ Wine.

[C]

Wine.

[A]

Remember you even said, I'm glad you specified pounding wine.

[C]

Pounding wine.

[B]

I said, I want to pound wine with Yahoda. You said pound winding.

[C]

Yeah. That's weird, isn't it?

[B]

You said pound winding. All right, here we go.

[A]

What stuff are you into?

[C]

Oh, geez, Scott. I'm really sorry. Okay, I got this. I got this.

[B]

Now proving that I shuffle these words. All right, obviously, this was meant for you.

[A]

Oh, okay. It's gonna be.

[B]

And I'll tell you a quick story about it after I'm done. Quick story in 20 seconds. Here we go. Michelle sent this in. Eternal intern Michelle.

[A]

Oh, yeah. What's up, girl?

[B]

Thumbs up.

[C]

Thumbs.

[B]

Soccer titty.

[C]

Soccer ticket.

[B]

Soccer titty.

[C]

Soccer titty. I will Never live that day. No, it happened last week.

[B]

Dirty turtle. Not so much. Soccer titty all day.

[A]

She's got the World cup fever.

[C]

I've got the fever. That's it. Oh, God bless America.

[B]

Eternal intern Michelle just sends me a long list of titty words like something. And they're always. Every time Chili plays. It's just something titty. They don't make any sense. Nothing. She just wants to hear Chili say titty.

[A]

Call her Thug Nasty.

[C]

Sorry I let you down, Thug Nasty.

[B]

All right, here we go. That's the one you got.

[A]

Love it.

[C]

The one I got, right?

[B]

All right. I just googled dirty turtle. I do not want that.

[A]

Stop.

[B]

I'm just kidding. I don't.

[C]

I still don't know, Dictionary.

[B]

I still don't know what it is. Okay, all right, here we go. Chili, you need.

[A]

Come on, you powner 1. Call you the Polish pounder.

[B]

All right, here we go. Oh, wait a minute. I had the right music in there. I'm on a. Shane. Shane Brother. Shane sent this one in. Thumbs up.

[A]

Thumbs up.

[B]

Sneaky pickle.

[A]

Sick biddle.

[B]

Sneaky pickle. Are you calling me sneaky pickle?

[A]

Stinky sneaky. All I keep hearing is beaner.

[B]

Sneaky pickle. Sneaky pickle. That can't.

[A]

That can't. I keep. All I kept thinking was dirty things and I couldn't say them.

[B]

We know you think dirty all the time. Nobody's having more fun than these people on the phone. They're cracking me up.

[C]

I don't know. My kids are learning a lot right now.

[B]

Linda and Scott, hearing you guys just giggling like little kids, it's so funny. Sneaky pickles. I think we were talking about pickles. How they're sneaking it into everything.

[C]

Yeah, we did.

[B]

Like.

[C]

Oh, I brought some today, actually.

[A]

Pizza, right?

[B]

Pickles. Yeah. All right, here we go. Chili, your next stop.

[A]

I'm stuck in a pickle.

[B]

Oh, Jesus.

[C]

Here we go. You asked for it.

[B]

And just like that, we lost our license.

[A]

I'm trying, Linda. I'm trying.

[B]

Here we go. Come on. Come on. I couldn't make out the name. I think it's Radia. Radia sent this into me.

[C]

Okay, hold on.

[A]

Let me say it before we start.

[C]

What?

[A]

Okay. Soccer titty. Okay. Inside of my system,

[B]

he had to cleanse himself. All right. He should be free of all dirty thoughts now. Here we go. This one is him. Thumbs up.

[A]

Thumbs up.

[B]

Night P. Nice bead. Night P. Nice meat. Night.

[A]

Sneaky Pete.

[B]

P. Night. P. Less beans.

[A]

Night nasty.

[B]

Bean night.

[A]

Pee. Dirty.

[B]

Be night pee. Nasty.

[A]

Turtle

[C]

never stop. I wanted that to last forever.

[A]

You're not enunciating right. Like he used to do it.

[B]

Night. Oh, pee.

[A]

Hey, that's some serious stuff, man.

[C]

It happened to me last night.

[A]

I woke up this morning, like, around midnight, and I was like, oh, it's because we talked about it.

[B]

Chili's Chili is the one guy on the one person on the show that gets up to pee at night.

[A]

Hey, I only pee myself when I'm drunk. Night.

[B]

Pee. All right, next word.

[A]

My bus. Light years. My bus. Light ear. Diaper.

[B]

I am trying to enunciate.

[A]

Do it. Good.

[B]

All right, here we go. He needs this to stay in the game. Yes, this is needed. Here we go. Thumbs up.

[A]

Let's go. Song is rocking, bro.

[B]

It's too distracting. There we go. Mouth.

[C]

I hate this game.

[B]

Chili out of the room. Chili out of the room.

[C]

Give me those. Blaring head over time.

[B]

I think I told Chili this week to shut his whore mouth.

[A]

Probably.

[C]

That means. That means your whole mouth, baby. Whole mouth.

[B]

Well, he got that one quick.

[C]

Yeah. Why, I wonder.

[B]

Okay, overtime rules. I will say the word. Keep guessing until you get it. As soon as I say the word, Alex, you start timing, so change your timer up.

[C]

Mo.

[B]

Keep guessing until you get it.

[C]

Okay.

[B]

Okay. Person that gets it quicker will be the winner today. We're very late. Please get it quickly. Oh, my Internet's not working. This is great. This is great. This is awesome. I love this. I love this. Here. Do you need a timer? We're good on timers now. Okay. All right, here we go. As soon as I say the words, start timing. And as soon as she says it, I'll let you know when she gets it. It's gonna come down to Ashley with an I, her word. Thumbs up.

[C]

Thumbs up.

[B]

Salted chips.

[C]

Salty chips.

[B]

Salted chips. All right, that was it. Okay. Okay.

[C]

Good job.

[B]

Would you go and get the chile, please? Ah, here he comes. Here he comes. Look at him walking in. You got this.

[A]

Come on. That's messed up. I was running, bro. I wasn't walking

[B]

a little out of brass. All right, here we go. I'm gonna say the word yes. Keep guessing until you get it. All right, Alex's timing. He will start the timer as soon as I say the word. And he will shut it off as soon as you get it.

[A]

Let's rock.

[B]

All right, here we go. Here we go. Thumbs up.

[A]

Let's go. Are you kidding me? B. Go to B.

[B]

Go to B. Go to B. Go to B. I'm in B. All right, Here we go. Thumbs up.

[A]

All right.

[B]

Salted chips.

[A]

Saucy chip. Salty chips. Salty chips.

[B]

Salted chips.

[A]

Saltine chips. Salty chips.

[B]

Salted chips. Salted.

[A]

Salt. Salt and chips.

[B]

Salted chips. Is that that.

[A]

That food thing that that girl was. What to call it?

[B]

Salsa.

[A]

Salted and salsa chips. Salty nuts.

[B]

Salted.

[A]

Saltine.

[B]

Salt. Titty chips.

[A]

Saltine chips.

[B]

Titty chips.

[A]

Fish and chips.

[C]

Titty chips.

[A]

Shut your whole mouth in your salty chips.

[C]

I am so done. Oh, my gosh.

[B]

I cannot.

[A]

I swear. You were saying salt tea chips, right?

[C]

That's what it felt like. Okay, Scott, you're still my favorite salted chips. I know. It was worth it.

[B]

Oh, God.

[A]

Salt and chips.

[B]

That was worth it.

[C]

It was so funny.

[B]

Scott. Chili, Scott. Timo, Buck, Cherry.

[C]

Blackstone. Cherry and Scott. Congrats, friend. Thank you.

[A]

Thank you. You did mo.

[B]

Good job.

[C]

Listen to you.

[B]

Both of you. Cackling in the background was so funny today. Linda and Scott, you're both great. Thank you. Thank you, Linda, for being there. But, Scott, you are the winner.

[A]

I tried.