The Read My Lips Game

Summary

Podcast Summary: The Rod Ryan Show – "The Read My Lips Game" (October 2, 2025)

Episode Overview

This episode of The Rod Ryan Show centers on the crew's hilarious and chaotic on-air segment, "Read My Lips." Returning champ Mo faces off against Alex in a verbal showdown where headphones, off-the-wall listener-submitted phrases, and lots of banter rule the morning. The goal? Out-guess your rival by reading lips and deciphering bizarre word combos, peppered with signature show antics and chemistry.

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Key Discussion Points & Game Highlights

1. Setting Up the Showdown

• Mo, the Returning Champion: Mo's set to defend her crown against Alex, choosing to go first. Immediate jokes about the discomfort of wearing loud headphones kick things off.
  • Quote [00:03] (Rod/A): "You're the returning champion. You're playing Alex today. I did get some... Ended up getting great words today."
  • Friendly ribbing ensues: "First loser going out." - (Alex/C) [00:22]
• Teams are determined via listeners Charles (Team Mo) and Lloyd (Team Alex), both joining live on the phone.

2. Mo's Turn: Bizarre Words & Struggles

• First Phrase: "Crotch Rocket"
  • Mo struggles with this one, throwing out similar sounding guesses.
  • Memorable moment [01:57] (Mo/B): “Racket, Crotch, crash, rocket, wretch it. Crotch, crash, rocket, ragged crotch rocket, dragon.”
  • Rod jokes on her struggle: "Should never give you that close. Oh, crotch crash dragon is pretty cool." [02:09]
• Success with "Salty Nuts"
  • Mo nails this one instantly.
  • Banter [02:57] (Rod/A & Mo/B):
    • A: "Salty nuts."
    • B: "Salty nuts."
    • A: "Whoa. There you go. She did get her first dinger."
• Epic Miss on "Wicked Weenie"
  • Hilarious misfires and almost-theres. Mo keeps saying "Wendy" or "Windy."
  • Show’s running joke: "What show are you on? You know what kind of show you're on here?" (Rod/A) [04:08]
  • “You guys would be killing me if I gave her that.” (Rod/A) [04:34]
  • Mo reflects: "Proper names at my house. It's like all the rage right now." [04:47]

3. Alex’s Challenge: More Wild Words & a Climactic Finish

• "Fudge Finger"
  • Alex can’t quite get it, and the team is equally confused and amused.
  • Commentary: "Why, I don't know what that is. Mo. I don't even know what that is. I don't want to know." (Rod/A) [05:43]
• "Deer Teeth" (Callback to earlier show segment)
  • No one gets it, leading to a hilarious off-topic digression about a Canadian hunter with deer dentures.
  • Classic back-and-forth:
    • A: "He killed a deer. He had no teeth. He took the teeth out of the deer and made dentures and ate the deer with the deer's teeth." [07:02]
    • B: "Why did we talk about that?" [07:04]
• "Scary Spaghetti": The Game-Winning Phrase
  • The hardest and funniest round: Alex faces a word inspired by an earlier morning topic on haunted Spaghetti Warehouses.
  • Intense frustration and hilarious on-air breakdown:
    • A: “Scary. Scary spaghetti. You're an asshole. You're an asshole. You're an asshole. You are the worst.” [08:00]
    • C: "Alex is looking at me. He wants to take a swing at me. He has given up. He is now just looking at the clock and he's not even guessing anymore." [08:34]
  • At the very last second, Alex nails it: “Scary spaghetti.” [08:59]
  • Rod concedes: "He got it right. I knew you would. He wins the game." [09:03]
  • B: "Lloyd wins. Lloyd. Lloyd. Who's gonna get you, Alice Cooper? Judas Priest Woodlands October 26th. Goodbye." [09:13]

4. Aftermath & Callbacks

• Immediate reactions are full of disbelief and laughter: "You gotta be kidding me right now." (Rod/A) [09:17]
• Banter about the origins of the “scary spaghetti” phrase, referencing haunted Spaghetti Warehouses.
• Mo’s long-standing frustration: "I hate that game." [09:26]

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On the chaos of the game:
  • "I would have been happier you punching me than getting it right right there." (Rod/A) [09:03]
  • "We call granola moms. We call it a wiener. No, please. We don't use your slang." (Rod/A) [04:51]
• Technical Bickering:
  • "Nobody's rigging the game. I know, but I like that Bobby did that on his own. Bobby's a trendsetter. He's a stand up guy." (Rod/A) [01:28]
• Team Allegiances:
  • "Charles, your girl is ready to go. She's got the headphones blaring." (Rod/A) [01:01]
  • "Alright, Lloyd, you still with me? ...Your boy's got to get one to tie, two to win today." (Rod/A) [05:11]
• Game Frustration:
  • "You're an asshole. You are the worst. I cannot. I cannot take this guy. I cannot punch him." (Rod/A) [08:14]
  • "Both of you go. That's the game, buddy. That's the game. Get out of here." (Rod/A) [09:20]
  • "We almost lost her yesterday on the show...and Alex would have sit there and let her go." (Rod/A) [09:28]

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Timestamps for Important Segments

• [00:00-00:32] – Game setup, rules, teams chosen
• [01:47-02:09] – Mo’s struggle with “Crotch Rocket”
• [02:54-03:01] – Mo nails “Salty Nuts”
• [03:44-04:08] – The “Wicked Weenie” close call
• [05:11-05:43] – Alex attempts “Fudge Finger”
• [06:07-07:04] – Backstory on “Deer Teeth”
• [07:28-08:59] – Epic “Scary Spaghetti” sequence and game-winner
• [09:03-09:28] – Reactions, win declared, reflection

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Overall Tone

The episode radiates playful aggression, snark, and lots of inside-joke humor. The banter is quick, sarcastic, and full of callbacks, highlighting the chemistry between Rod, Mo, Alex, and the regular contributors. The “Read My Lips” game, as always, brings the chaos—with equal parts frustration and hilarity—for listeners and contestants alike.

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For new listeners:
If you enjoy irreverent trivia games, inside jokes, and the feeling of being in on the action with a tight-knit morning crew, this episode sums up what makes The Rod Ryan Show a morning radio staple. Expect goofy words, confused contestants, and a rapid-fire sense of humor that doesn’t let up.

Transcript

[A]

Hits Time to read my lips, Mo.

[B]

Yeah, yeah.

[A]

You're the returning champion. You're playing Alex today. I did get some. Ended up getting great words today. Thank you, everybody. You always come through. You want to go first or second?

[B]

I like to go first.

[A]

Going first. Alex. She wants to go first. Get it? Go ahead. Go first, Mo. Good luck. Good with that. I'm fine with that. She's the returning champ.

[C]

First loser going out.

[A]

Okay, Mo, you need to do whatever you need to do with those headphones, right? Put in that. I know not your favorite.

[C]

Put that great song on the worst part.

[A]

I appreciate you still, though. I mean, here, winning the game, doing. Asking you to do something that's metal. Really not happy about the. Oh, I can hear it most. Swap it out. Let me say hi really quick. Hey, Charles. Good morning. Good morning, Rod. Hey, you're on Team Mo. Yes, sir. All right.

[C]

And then you wanted.

[A]

Alex Lloyd's on the phone. Yes, sir. Good morning, y'. All. Team Alex. Yes. Let's go. Alex. Alex. All right, see what I can do. Charles, your girl is ready to go. She's got the headphones blaring. I want to get right after it.

[C]

Oh, God.

[A]

Chili, you're keeping time? Yes, sir. 20 seconds, please.

[C]

We're ready.

[A]

Hold on, please.

[C]

Supposed to do this.

[A]

Oh, yeah. So people don't think everyone loved that Bobby jokes. Showed the camera last week when he was timing. Yeah, they can do that, but they use my phone. So when I'm in charge of timekeeping, I don't want to be bitching because I have to use my computer since my phone is the reason we're playing.

[C]

See, I got mine set to 27.

[A]

But people liked looking at the camera and watching the time. It was a nice. Nobody's rigging the game. I know, but I like that Bobby did that on his own. Bobby's a trendsetter. He's a stand up guy. Thumbs up. Thumbs up. Sorry. She's just over there. It's got music blaring in her ears. Good. Jesse sent this word in. Here we go. 20 seconds on the clock.

[B]

Crotch, rocket, trash dragon.

[A]

Crotch rocket, crash, ratchet, crotch rocket, trash.

[B]

Racket, Crotch, crash, rocket, wretch it. Crotch, crash, rocket, ragged crotch rocket, dragon.

[A]

Crotch rocket, crotch rocket, crotch rocket. Should never give you that close. Oh, crotch crash, dragon is pretty cool.

[B]

I didn't see that at all.

[A]

I was trying to get you down to your crotch. Can we get it? Crotch it up?

[B]

You think it does so easy, but no.

[A]

Crotch it up a little here.

[B]

Sorry, my brain wasn't in the right place, right?

[A]

No, no. Here we go. All right. Jesse sent that word in. Apparently, that wasn't the right word to use for mo. Maybe Colby is going to get her her first ding today. All right, Colby sent this in. Here we go. Thumbs up.

[B]

Thumbs up.

[A]

Salty nuts.

[B]

Salty nuts.

[A]

Whoa. There you go. She did get her first dinger. I tried to.

[B]

I tr. Brain south a little bit.

[A]

Six, seven.

[B]

Okay.

[A]

Salty knots.

[B]

Please don't.

[A]

Colby. Colby. Thank you, Colby. All right. All right, Colby.

[C]

Salty nuts.

[B]

Huh? Okay, here we go.

[A]

All right. Where am I? I'm in C. All right, here we go. Todd. Todd is. Todd's another weird one. Todd Voss. Oh, meaning weird, like number one. He. He always sends in words, like a weird, crazy mind. Okay. That's kind of mind. Yeah, yeah. Beautiful mind. Some of that stuff he sends is out there. This was Todd's. Thank you. Thumbs up.

[B]

Thumbs up.

[A]

Wicked Weenie.

[B]

Wicked weekend.

[A]

Wicked. Wicked Weenie.

[B]

Windy.

[A]

Wicked Weenie. Wicked Weenie.

[B]

Whitney.

[A]

Wicked Weenie. Windy. Wicked Weenie.

[B]

Windy weekend.

[A]

Wicked Weenie.

[B]

Wicked.

[A]

Wicked Weenie.

[B]

Whitney. Wendy.

[A]

What show are you on? What show are you on? You know what kind of show you're on here? What happened? Wicked Weenie. I would have given it to her.

[C]

I mean, is that. That's the prequel to Wicked.

[A]

What did she say? That was close. Wicked Windy. Yeah. It was so close. Wendy and Weenie. Pretty close.

[B]

Oh, no.

[A]

You gu. Would be killing me if I gave her that.

[B]

They're just trying to be nice.

[A]

Wicked Weenie. I'm like, what show are you on? Do you forget what show you're on? Weenies. Weenie.

[C]

You're on the greatest show of all time.

[A]

Always go Weenie on the Rod Ryan Show.

[B]

We go proper names at my house. It's like all the rage right now.

[A]

I'm sorry. We call granola moms. We call it a wiener. No, please. We don't use your slang.

[B]

Oh, Lord. Okay, I'm sorry, whoever I'm playing for.

[A]

I'm Charles. Yeah. I'm sorry. You didn't get introduced to Charles. Charles. She got one, okay?

[C]

That's why he wanted Alex.

[A]

All right, Lloyd, you still with me? I'm still with you guys. All right. Your boys got to get one to tie, two to win today. Carson sent this first word in. And again. Some of these guys, their brains are firing in different ways. Carson. Thank you, weirdo. Thumbs up. Yep. Fudge finger. Fudge feeler. Fudge finger. Fudge finger. Fudge finger. Fudge finger. Why, I don't know what that is. Mo. I Don't even know what that is. I don't know. I don't want to know.

[C]

Goldfinger.

[A]

Yeah. I can hear Shirley vassey singing the 007. Fudge finger. Here we go. Here we go.

[C]

The X rated version.

[A]

I can't believe Weird Ale never got that. James sent this one in. Something that was. This was from today on the show. See if you remember it. Thumbs up. Yep. Deer teeth. What? Deer teeth. Something teeth. Deer teeth. Snicker teeth. Deer teeth. Deer. Deer teeth. Deer teeth. Little teeth. Deer teeth. I don't know deer teeth. Oh.

[B]

Two rhyming words.

[C]

You don't need no teeth to eat this meat.

[B]

I'd forgotten about deer teeth.

[A]

The old Canadian hunter from the 60s.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

He killed a deer. He had no teeth. He took the teeth out of the deer and made dentures and ate the deer with the deer's teeth.

[B]

Yes.

[C]

Cannibal.

[A]

Why?

[B]

Why did we talk about that?

[C]

Connect.

[A]

Because it's homeroom. Because it's homeroom. And homeroom's awesome. Facts. This is what happens when you sleep in.

[C]

And I was just going to vote for limbis, but you don't get.

[A]

All right, here we go. Nope. Paola sent this one in. This one. Okay. Also today on the show. Thumbs up.

[C]

Hold on. Somewhat.

[A]

Yeah, go ahead. Who's calling chili right now? He's busy. Yeah, everyone knows what you do from 6 to 10.

[C]

Brought texting me.

[A]

Here we go. All right, here we go. Thumbs up. Yeah. Scary spaghetti. What? Scary spaghetti. That's. You just had the longest word ever. Scary. No, I'm not doing this. Spaghetti. Scary spaghetti.

[C]

Don't look at the time.

[A]

Scary. Scary spaghetti. You're an asshole. You're an asshole. You're an asshole. You are the worst. I can't. You're a horrible person. Horrible. I cannot. I cannot take this guy. I cannot punch him.

[C]

One of the greatest comebacks of all time.

[A]

He's looking at me like he wants to. He wants to hit me in the face. Yes. Okay. Alex is looking at me. He wants to take a swing at me. He has given up. He is now just looking at the clock and he's not even guessing anymore. Yeah. And then at 19 seconds, he says, scary spaghetti, you suck. Same. I don't know what you're doing. Don't look at the car.

[B]

I can't wait to see our faces back on the video.

[A]

I would have been happier you punching me than getting it right right there. He got it right. I knew you would. He wins the game. Lloyd wins. Lloyd. Lloyd. Who's gonna get you, Alice Cooper.

[B]

Judas Priest Woodlands October 26th. Goodbye.

[A]

You gotta be kidding me right now.

[B]

Goodbye.

[A]

Let' no. Yeah. Both of you go. That's the game, buddy. That's the game. Get out of here.

[B]

I hate that game.

[A]

The haunted houses. Something haunted. We were talking this morning and we said spaghetti warehouses were haunted. That's all of them. Around the world. They all say that they're haunted. Scary spaghetti. So there was a reason for the song, for the. For the word payola. You're the best. Thank you. Overtime. Question. What? Was it choking Mo. We almost lost her yesterday on the show. We almost lost her. Yeah, about that right there. And Alex would have sit there and let her go. Wasn't moving. All right, congratulations.