Loading summary
Radio Announcer
Are you running for office and have a message you want every voter in your district to hear? Well, that's where radio comes in. Radio is your direct line to morning commuters, midday grinders and late nighters. Radio puts your message right where your voters are. Plus it's 1/10 the time and cost of video. Don't just campaign. Connect with millions all over the country, even thousands in the smallest communities with radio. Call now and be on air in just 48 hours. 844-844-IHeart. That's 844-844-Iheart.
Co-Host Mo
Think Verizon, the best 5G network is expensive? Think again. Bring in your AT&T or T mobile to a Verizon store today and we'll give you a better deal. Now what to do with your unwanted bills? Maybe turn them into paper airplanes headed to see you? Never AT&T&T mobile. Jokes aside, the best 5G network has you covered with the most ways to save on plans, streaming and phone deals. So bring in your bill to your local Verizon store today and we'll give you a better deal. Rankings based on root metric True score report dated 1H 2025. Your results may vary. Must provide a postpaid consumer mobile bill dated within the past 45 days. Bill must be in the same name as the person reviewing the deal. Additional terms apply if you're an H Vac technician and a call comes in. Grainger knows that you need a partner that helps you find the right product fast and hassle free. And you know that when the first problem of the day is a clanking blower motor, there's no need to break a sweat. With Grainger's easy to use website and product details, you're confident you'll soon have everything humming right along. Call 1-800-GRAINGER clickgrainger.com or just stop by Grainger for the ones who get it done.
Rod Ryan
I knew that the gun game was fun. I knew that it was going to be a good time. I knew we were going to be cutting up a little bit today. I am so excited right now. I forgot.
Radio Announcer
I don't.
Rod Ryan
Why don't we play this every day and I'll thank you Mo. I think you're the one that got me so excited. Yeah, it's. It's your little preview. Moe's Gun. Like I'm fired up right now.
Co-Host Mo
Yeah, like I should be fired.
Rod Ryan
Watch out right now. Good morning everybody. This is your Rod Ryan Show Wild Card Wednesday edition. And I want to thank every one of you that yesterday when I Was asking for game suggestions that you said we'd play this. Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom.
Co-Host Mo
Is this gonna haunt me forever?
Rod Ryan
He's gonna hang on to that for sure. That's cool. I'll be taking that to both of our grades. Okay. Just so you know, this is never. I will have it on me at all times. Boom, boom, boom, boom.
Co-Host Mo
I also have it on me at all times.
Rod Ryan
All right, so now you get to relax.
Co-Host Mo
Okay.
Rod Ryan
And now we get to judge. Now we can make fun of off.
Co-Host Mo
They're going to be great. We're young girls.
Rod Ryan
I've asked some gals to call in.
Co-Host Mo
Okay.
Rod Ryan
And make a gun noise for us. And the person that does it best is, is going to be the winner today.
Co-Host Mo
They get to take their family to Monster Jam. Okay, there's a lot on the line.
Radio Announcer
Okay.
Rod Ryan
There is a lot on the line. Let me hear your guns. My guns. I want to hear what they sound like.
Co-Host Mo
Let me hear them.
Rod Ryan
Let's welcome in Caitly, everybody. Now, Caitlyn, listen, you're cool, you're awesome just for calling in in and playing this game today. How are you?
Co-Host Mo
I'm doing good. This is probably one of the silliest things I've ever done in front of people.
Rod Ryan
Most saying the same thing. Now there's little direction on this. I, I, I don't know what kind of gun you're going to have or use or what's your favorite? I, I don't know. All I know is I cannot wait to hear what you're bringing to the show today, Caitlyn. Number one. Thank you. Number two, I know you're super cool because you're playing this game. Number three, I'm ready to laugh at you, Caitlyn. Caitlin, let me hear your gun. You're on. Wow, there was a. Yeah, there was it, yeah. Caitlin, great job today. I liked it. That was a solid start at the gate. Hey, I mean there was. Okay. Now you guys judge and rate however you want, but.
Co-Host Mo
However I want.
Rod Ryan
However you want. Just I use a 10 point scale. Plus she went first. Okay. Next up, we heard Caitlyn's gun. Now we're going to hear Lisa. Lisa's gun. Hey, Lisa. Good morning.
Co-Host Mo
Hi. Good morning.
Rod Ryan
Good morning, Lisa. How are you today? I'm doing good. So great having you on. There's easier things that I've done on the air to win, to win tickets. You know, there's, you know, like every now and then I take caller 10. But you chose, you chose to be in the gun game today, Lisa. I can't wait to hear it. Could we hear your gun, please? Okay.
Co-Host Mo
It's a little handgun, guys.
Rod Ryan
Got me. You got me. That was the whole thing, playing guns. I got you. No, you didn't.
Radio Announcer
You missed.
Rod Ryan
No, I got you. I got you. Lisa, that was a great gun. That was a great gun.
Co-Host Mo
It's probably like a color. It's like Tiffany blue or something. Oh, did you not hear that? I heard that.
Rod Ryan
That sounded like a double eagle. You think? All right. It's gonna be tough. All right. Kaylee. Kaylee, Good morning.
Radio Announcer
Good morning.
Rod Ryan
Kaylee, can you hear. When you're waiting to play, can you hear the guns before you?
Radio Announcer
Yes.
Rod Ryan
Okay, that's an advantage. And I. And I. Kaylin was solid. Caitlyn was solid. Yeah, you're right. You didn't say the same about Lisa.
Co-Host Mo
Hey, they're talking crap.
Rod Ryan
Yeah, Lisa's. Sorry, Lisa. No, no, no. Okay, listen, box a big game. Let's hear a little trash talking in the gun.
Radio Announcer
How it goes.
Co-Host Mo
I like it.
Rod Ryan
That's not what I was doing.
Co-Host Mo
She would never.
Radio Announcer
Let's let.
Rod Ryan
Let's let your gun do the speaking this morning. Are you ready?
Co-Host Mo
I'm ready.
Rod Ryan
I can't wait to hear what you're packing. Here we go. Kaylee, contestant number three, let's hear your gun. What are you shooting? Spitball. I think it was silence. Might have had a silencer that felt like.
Co-Host Mo
Did y' all hear me?
Radio Announcer
No.
Rod Ryan
Yeah, well, kind of. I heard a. And then up.
Co-Host Mo
Well, it probably like it flew so far into the.
Rod Ryan
Was it a silence far away? It's not a. It's a suppressor. Don't you know anything about guns, Idiots? It was silencer in 007.
Co-Host Mo
Okay, Kaylee's.
Rod Ryan
That's. It was Kaylee's gun. All that trash talking, it was unique. Okay. Kelly, Kelly, Kelly, Kelly, Kelly.
Co-Host Mo
Good morning.
Rod Ryan
Good morning, Kelly.
Co-Host Mo
What up, sister?
Rod Ryan
Now, I've heard from previous contestants that you can hear everything that's going on. So you've heard all three. You've heard all three guns? Yes, I did. Okay. I'm expecting something great out of you. I gotta be honest with you. I mean, I just got done with this. The greatest trash talker of all time over there.
Co-Host Mo
I'm probably gonna let you down.
Rod Ryan
And then she put a suppress.
Co-Host Mo
I love Kelly. Than.
Rod Ryan
The more I'm let down, the more I laugh, so it's good. I. I can't be let down. I cannot be let down during this game. You guys have all come through for me. All right, Contestant number four. She's hurt everybody. Kelly, let me hear your gun.
Co-Host Mo
Kelly.
Rod Ryan
She knew.
Co-Host Mo
She knew coming into this.
Rod Ryan
Kelly, you didn't let me down. I'm laughing my balls off.
Co-Host Mo
Over.
Rod Ryan
All right, Kelly, you gotta hang on for me. You gotta hang on. This isn't gonna be easy, guys. Well, Mo, that's the gun game. Wow.
Co-Host Mo
We should play every day.
Rod Ryan
Yeah, it's great.
Co-Host Mo
Yeah.
Rod Ryan
Okay, now we gotta vote. Now, Kaylee's trash talking was amazing, but the gun. She had the. Then it was like a. Yeah, it was like a spitball. She was like. Does anybody have Kaylee as their winner? No, unfortunately, I did not. Okay, nobody has Kaylee as their winner. Okay, so I can eliminate that one.
Co-Host Mo
Kaylee.
Rod Ryan
Sorry, Kaylee. All right. Suppressed weapons don't really work great for the game.
Co-Host Mo
Yeah. Bring a different gun.
Rod Ryan
Loudest gun.
Co-Host Mo
Yeah.
Radio Announcer
You know.
Rod Ryan
All right, now, I don't know that bringing a single shotgun to this fight was the best recommendation, but I might be wrong. I. Does anyone have Lisa as the contestant number two? Does anybody have Lisa as their winner?
Co-Host Mo
No. She won a prize, but not winning.
Rod Ryan
Not winning.
Co-Host Mo
No, it was. She was the cutest.
Rod Ryan
She was the cutest. I did not have her. Lisa's not the winner.
Co-Host Mo
No.
Radio Announcer
Interesting.
Rod Ryan
Great entry into the competition.
Radio Announcer
Yeah.
Rod Ryan
You got to go full automatic.
Co-Host Mo
I don't know.
Rod Ryan
All right. Lisa's not going to win this game.
Co-Host Mo
You heard her gun.
Rod Ryan
Caitlyn has been praised by other players. Kelly went last. Got to hear everybody said she was gonna let me down. She didn't let me down. But the two best guns are still in the game. Mo.
Co-Host Mo
Yes.
Rod Ryan
Who do you have as your winner of the gun game?
Co-Host Mo
I have Caitlin.
Rod Ryan
Caitlin with one vote as the winner. I'd like to go next, please.
Co-Host Mo
Rod Ryan.
Rod Ryan
I got Caitlin at a 7.5. I have Kelly with an 8.0.
Radio Announcer
What?
Rod Ryan
I have Kelly. I have Kelly as my winner.
Radio Announcer
Really?
Rod Ryan
Yeah, yeah, yeah. It's gonna come down to you. I guess it is.
Radio Announcer
Yeah.
Rod Ryan
Wow.
Co-Host Mo
Alex, the whole world is in your hands.
Rod Ryan
Caitlyn had a. I guess an automatic. Kelly sounded like a semi automatic. I don't know.
Co-Host Mo
Caitlyn went first.
Rod Ryan
Caitlin went first. That's. I'm telling you. 7.5 is a good score, but Kelly got an 8 for me. You know, I'm a big gun guy. I'm always more of a full auto guy. Semi auto guy. I had to give Caitlyn a slight edge in this. Caitlyn was my. Listen, Kaitlyn, don't. Don't hate. I only had you down 0.5.
Co-Host Mo
Yeah, yeah. Yeah.
Rod Ryan
And you went first.
Co-Host Mo
Close second in Rod's heart.
Rod Ryan
Caitlyn, you're the winner.
Co-Host Mo
I am going to say you broke my heart a little there. No, I was 30 days, like, my hand was waving around when I was shooting my gun while I'm driving down the street.
Rod Ryan
Let me hear it again. I know conv. She let me hear that winning gun. Go ahead. Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. That's a winner.
Co-Host Mo
Solid winner.
Rod Ryan
It's better than solid. It's a winning gun. Caitlyn is the winner. What are you giving her?
Co-Host Mo
Monster Monster Jam. Kate, way to go. You will be with us at the first Monster jam event of 2026. It's going down February 7th at NRG. Four pack of tickets, four pack of pit party passes. Everybody else, you can buy your tickets, Ticketmaster.com awesome. Thank you.
Rod Ryan
All right, I want to hear you, but better yet, I want to see you in the pit. I want to hear you. Great job, everybody.
Co-Host Mo
I can't wait to relive this in person.
Rod Ryan
Caitlin, Lisa, Kaylee, Kelly, all doing a great job today on the gun game.
Radio Announcer
You know who's listening to the radio? Voters. Lots of them. So if you're running for office, this right here, great place to reach them. And it's not like social media where people are just swiping through ads. With radio, they're engaged. Plus, it's one tenth the time and cost of video. Don't just campaign. Connect with millions all over the country, even thousands in the smallest communities with radio, call now and be on the air in just 48 hours. 844-844-IHeart. That's 844-844-Iheart.
Co-Host Mo
This is the story of the One. As an H Vac technician, he and his digital multimeter are in high demand. So when a noisy office H Vac turns out to be a failing blower motor, he doesn't break a sweat. With Grainger's easy to use website and product information, he selects the product he needs to keep everything humming right along. Call 1-800-GRAINGER clickranger.com or just stop by Grainger for the ones who get it done.
Date: January 7, 2026
Host: Rod Ryan
Co-Host: Mo
Station: 94.5 The Buzz (KTBZ-FM)
This Wild Card Wednesday episode of The Rod Ryan Show brings back the ever-popular "Gun Game": a playful, on-air contest where female callers compete to make the best "gun noise" live. The hosts revel in the silliness, inject plenty of humor and friendly trash talk, and, as always, offer a high-stakes prize—in this case, Monster Jam tickets—to the best shot (or at least, the best-sounding one). The atmosphere is zany, lighthearted, and filled with over-the-top morning radio fun.
This episode is energetic, irreverent, and overflowing with camaraderie. The hosts maintain a playful tone, poking fun at both themselves and the contestants. The segment is driven by spontaneous reactions, inside jokes (about gun terminology and trash-talking), and a light-hearted spirit intended to delight regular listeners and new callers alike. The prize segment wraps up with a sense of community and shared celebration, as all involved laugh and look forward to meeting at Houston’s Monster Jam.
If you didn’t catch the show, this episode is a great example of The Rod Ryan Show’s style: interactive, goofy games with listeners, enthusiastic personalities, and plenty of “shoot-from-the-hip” humor (pun intended). The Gun Game delivers pure fun and showcases the chemistry between hosts and the show’s lively community.