The Read My Lips Game

Summary

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

Date: April 2, 2026
Host: Alex (94.5 The Buzz), with regulars Mo, Justin, and guests
Main Segment Covered: Read My Lips Game

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Episode Overview

This episode showcases the beloved "Read My Lips" game from The Rod Ryan Show, where hosts and guests test their lip-reading skills live on air, turning listener-submitted phrases into moments of competitive fun. Regulars Mo and Alex face off in a round packed with wordplay, humor, some musical references, and the occasional zinger about rockstars, naps, and dirty pillows. With listeners Hannah and Justin competing for concert tickets, the stakes are as high as the laughs.

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Key Discussion Points & Game Play

1. Pre-Game Banter & Team Assignments

• [01:25] The hosts banter about recent show highlights, referencing Chili's victory over Justin Furstenfeld, frontman of Blue October.
  • Alex: "Chili kicked Justin Furstenfeld's ass. Yeah. Is that what you wanted me to say?"
  • Mo: "That's proud of you."
• Listener Hannah joins Team Alex, while Justin joins Team Mo.
  • Mo: "That's a good bet."
  • Alex: "He's pretty good. Yeah, he's pretty good."

2. Game Setup

• [02:46] Mo chooses to go first, and Alex starts shuffling the words sent in by listeners.
  • Jokes about shuffling:
    Mo: "Shuffling every day."
    Justin: "Every day I'm shuffling."

3. First Round: Mo’s Turn (with Alex reading words)

• [03:09] Mo puts on the sound-blocking headphones. Banter about the moon and space missions ensues.
  • Alex: "NASA lied about it. This is the furthest we've gone because we're going all the way around the moon..."
  • Mo: "Remember me. I'm being tortured by music. Can we play the game?"
• Word 1
  • [04:12] Target phrase: "Tired Celebrity"
  • Mo struggles through "diner," "donner," "donald," but finally gets it.
    Alex: "Tired celebrity. It's the worst. You're a celebrity. And tired."
• Word 2
  • [04:56] Target phrase: "Buddy Holiday"
  • Mo cycles through guesses: "bucket," "holiday," "bunny," "bucket holiday."
    Mo: "I was thinking Easter. I wasn't thinking my favorite band, Weezer."
    Alex: "I look just like Buddy Holly."
    Mo: "Oh, my goodness." (When realizing the reference)
• Word 3
  • [06:09] Target phrase: "Dirty Pillow"
  • Mo quickly nails it, despite initial confusion ("turkey pillow")
    Alex: "That came in because we were talking about how soon your head hits the pillow."
  • This sparks a side discussion about nap habits.
    Alex: "If you were to ask me, how long does it take me to fall asleep for a nap? I can't."
    Mo: "That's so wild to me... you don't nap."
    Justin: "I've seen him nap. He just doesn't remember."
    Mo: "Dad naps."

4. Second Round: Alex’s Turn (with Mo reading words)

• [07:34] Mo scores "two for Justin." To tie, Alex must get two.
• Word 1
  • [07:42] Target phrase: "Stripper Pole"
  • Alex guesses it immediately. Banter about astronauts needing entertainment in space. Justin: "Hey, astronauts need entertainment, too."
    Alex: "They had to test strip tripping in zero gravity..."
• Word 2
  • [08:24] Target phrase: "Ringer Dinger"
  • Alex doesn’t get it; confusion abounds. Discussion about the "Ringer Dinger" neck adjustment move.
    Mo: "The neck with the towel."
    Alex: "Apparently Greenspoint Mall... there's a guy in Dallas that's got like 600,000 followers and he rips their backs. Ringer Dinger."
• Word 3
  • [09:22] Target phrase: "Wiener Magnet"
  • Alex struggles through incorrect guesses ("weird bike," "wiener bat," "wiener bucket"), doesn't get it before the buzzer.
    Mo: "Alex, that's brutal."
    Justin: "That's cuz she's a wiener."
    Mo: "Opening line of my favorite song. Bad Girlfriend."
    Alex: "That's not what he says in the song, but essentially he is saying wiener magnet."

5. Victory & Prizes

• [10:13] Mo and Justin win. Justin gets AC/DC Power Up Tour tickets.
  • Mo: "Justin, you're going to ACDC... at NRG Stadium on August 31st, my friend."
  • Justin: "Awesome. See y'all there. Dude. I will see you there."
• Overtime Word Reveal
  • [10:42] Phrase leftover: "Whiskey Business" (a twist on "Risky Business").
    Alex: "Not risky business. It's whiskey business."

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• Rock Star Beatdown
  • Alex: "Chili kicked Justin Furstenfeld's ass. Yeah. Is that what you wanted me to say?" ([01:25])
• Weezer Confusion
  • Mo: "I was thinking Easter. I wasn't thinking my favorite band, Weezer." ([05:35])
  • Alex: "I look just like Buddy Holly." ([05:40])
• Nap Habits Discussion
  • Alex: "If you were to ask me, how long does it take me to fall asleep for a nap? I can't."
  • Justin: "I've seen him nap. He just doesn't remember." ([07:07])
• Chiropractic Adjustment Reference
  • Mo: "The neck with the towel." ([09:01])
  • Alex: "Ringer Dinger. It's that apparently Greenspoint Mall... there's a guy in Dallas that’s got like 600,000 followers and he rips their backs." ([09:05])
• Celebratory Send-off
  • Mo: "Justin, you're going to ACDC... at NRG Stadium on August 31st, my friend." ([10:21])
  • Alex: "See y’all there. Dude. I will see you there." ([10:34])

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• [01:25] - Banter & previous show callback, teams introduced
• [02:46] - “Read My Lips” game setup and shuffling
• [03:55] - Mo’s first round: "Tired Celebrity"
• [04:56] - Mo’s second round: "Buddy Holiday"
• [06:09] - Mo’s third round: "Dirty Pillow" + nap banter
• [07:34] - Alex’s turn to play
• [07:42] - Alex's first word: "Stripper Pole"
• [08:24] - Alex's second word: "Ringer Dinger"
• [09:22] - Alex's third word: "Wiener Magnet"
• [10:13] - Winners, prize reveal, closing thoughts
• [10:42] - Overtime Word: "Whiskey Business"

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Conclusion

This episode of The Rod Ryan Show delivers the entertainment fans expect—a lively game, quick-witted exchanges, and a sprinkle of Houston rock radio charm. The “Read My Lips” game brings laughs, musical shout-outs, and a classic radio competition vibe, making it a must-listen (or read) for show devotees and anyone looking for a snapshot of The Buzz’s morning antics.

Transcript

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[Radio Show Guest Justin]

Yeah.

[Radio Host Alex]

He kicked his ass.

[Radio Show Guest Justin]

Yeah.

[Radio Show Guest Mo]

That's proud of you.

[Radio Host Alex]

Kicked that rock star's ass all around

[Radio Show Guest Justin]

this place and his manager had to watch and not do anything.

[Radio Host Alex]

Oh, yeah. Paul couldn't do anything about it. Yeah. Normally he's like trying save his guy and he's like, no, I can't keep

[Radio Show Guest Justin]

him from back into the ocean.

[Radio Host Alex]

So we're back into the regular rotation. It's Alex and Mo. Let's meet who's. Who's on the phones here. Hannah. Good morning. Morning. Hi. How are you? I'm good. How are y' all doing? Great. Who's winning today? I'm hoping for Alex. It's a good. It's a good bet.

[Radio Show Guest Mo]

That's a good bet.

[Radio Host Alex]

That's a good bet. He's pretty good. Yeah, he's pretty good. All right, so Hannah is on Team Alex and Justin. Hey, Justin, good morning. Morning, bro. How you doing? You're on team moving. I'm doing well, thank you. Yes, sir. Okay, Mo, I would have taken her if we were playing Shout it out. Shout it out loud. That was a dominating performance yesterday. See if you can continue to dominate. Okay, who goes first? Mo, what do you want to do?

[Radio Show Guest Mo]

I like to go first.

[Radio Host Alex]

All right, then you can go first.

[Radio Show Guest Justin]

Okay.

[Radio Host Alex]

Shuffling.

[Radio Show Guest Justin]

Yeah, good.

[Radio Show Guest Mo]

Shuffling every day.

[Radio Show Guest Justin]

Every day I'm shuffling.

[Radio Host Alex]

Thank you. Shuffling the words. I don't know who's gonna get what.

[Radio Show Guest Justin]

Yeah.

[Radio Host Alex]

All right, here we go. All right, Mo is now.

[Radio Show Guest Justin]

Oh, I hear that free word.

[Radio Host Alex]

What a beaut.

[Radio Show Guest Justin]

It's a majestic song.

[Radio Host Alex]

All right, Mo is now putting on headphones where she won't be able to hear my voice. I'm going to America. Right there, I'm gonna deliver some of these words that you guys sent to me. Thank you so much. Great job today, guys. A lot of space stuff, man. Yeah. Oh, yeah. Space. A lot of space.

[Radio Show Guest Justin]

Well, I was confused when they said that it would be, like, the closest any human being it's ever gone to. But then we land on the moon.

[Radio Host Alex]

Well, not really, because NASA lied about it. This is the furthest we've gone because we're going far. It's the furthest because we're going all the way around the moon before we've gone directly to the moon and landed on it. Now we're going all the way around. Slingshotting and coming back. Ryan Gosling went way further in product helmet. Most like, remember me. I'm being tortured by music. Can we play the game? Hi.

[Radio Show Guest Justin]

Oh, you're back.

[Radio Host Alex]

All right, Here we go. 20 seconds on the clock. Oh, you're chilly. Chili's the clock. All right, here we go. Playing for Justin. Slow, fast. Andrew sent this in. Thumbs up.

[Radio Show Guest Mo]

Thumbs up.

[Radio Host Alex]

Tired. Celebrity.

[Radio Show Guest Mo]

Diner. Celebrity.

[Radio Host Alex]

Tired.

[Radio Show Guest Mo]

Donner.

[Radio Host Alex]

Tired. Celebrity.

[Radio Show Guest Mo]

Donald. Celebrity.

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Tired.

[Radio Show Guest Mo]

Tired Celebrity.

[Radio Show Guest Justin]

Boom.

[Radio Host Alex]

Got it.

[Radio Show Guest Justin]

Got it.

[Radio Host Alex]

Tired celebrity. It's the worst. You're a celebrity. And tired.

[Radio Show Guest Mo]

Oh, exhaustion.

[Radio Host Alex]

Those two things seem to go hand.

[Radio Show Guest Justin]

Megan the Stallion and Hannah Montana got something coming.

[Radio Host Alex]

Hannah Montana got tired to be Hannah Montana. Say it. Paola. Paola. Yeah. Paola.

[Radio Show Guest Justin]

There you go.

[Radio Host Alex]

Paola always sends me great words. Thumbs up.

[Radio Show Guest Mo]

Thumbs up.

[Radio Host Alex]

You saw me shuffle.

[Radio Show Guest Justin]

Yes.

[Radio Host Alex]

Buddy. Holiday.

[Radio Show Guest Mo]

Bucket. Haagen. Dazs.

[Radio Host Alex]

Buddy. Money. Holiday.

[Radio Show Guest Mo]

Holiday. Money.

[Radio Host Alex]

Holiday. Buddy.

[Radio Show Guest Mo]

Holiday.

[Radio Host Alex]

Buddy. Holiday. Buddy.

[Radio Show Guest Mo]

Bucket.

[Radio Host Alex]

Holiday. Buddy. Holiday.

[Radio Show Guest Mo]

Pocket. Holiday.

[Radio Host Alex]

Buddy.

[Radio Show Guest Mo]

Bunny. Holiday.

[Radio Host Alex]

Buddy. Holiday.

[Radio Show Guest Mo]

Holiday.

[Radio Host Alex]

Buddy. That was for. Okay, number one. That was forever.

[Radio Show Guest Justin]

That was 20. That was 20 seconds. Tell me it was your word.

[Radio Show Guest Mo]

What? Buddy. O.

[Radio Host Alex]

Buddy Holiday.

[Radio Show Guest Justin]

Bucket this. Bucket Holiday.

[Radio Show Guest Mo]

I was thinking Easter. I wasn't thinking my favorite band, Weezer.

[Radio Host Alex]

I look just like Buddy Holiday.

[Radio Show Guest Mo]

Oh, my goodness.

[Radio Host Alex]

Buddy Holiday. Okay, there's an example of a word sent in by her or because of her, and it was her word, and she still didn't get it.

[Radio Show Guest Justin]

Usually those are the hardest, though, when you say something.

[Radio Host Alex]

Yep. Yeah.

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[Radio Host Alex]

Reggie sent this one in. Reggie. Here we go. Reggie.

[Radio Show Guest Justin]

Not my Reggie.

[Radio Host Alex]

Alex, I need to get ready for the game, but you might want to look for a drop for me. Dirty pillow.

[Radio Show Guest Mo]

Turkey pillow. Dirty, dirty pillow.

[Radio Host Alex]

Dirty pillow.

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[Radio Host Alex]

heck. Very quick. Well done. Yeah. Dirty pillow.

[Radio Show Guest Mo]

What was that about?

[Radio Host Alex]

That came in because we were talking about how soon. Julia, we didn't ask you. Your head hits the pillow.

[Radio Show Guest Justin]

Oh, yeah.

[Radio Host Alex]

You're out.

[Radio Show Guest Justin]

It depends. Usually when I'm watching TV and I'm like, okay, I need to go to sleep because probably like about 15 minutes.

[Radio Show Guest Mo]

That's pretty good.

[Radio Host Alex]

Now naps the same thing. Yeah. God damn. Now, if you ask me now I'm. I'm in that five to ten minute window when I lay down at night.

[Radio Show Guest Mo]

Yeah.

[Radio Host Alex]

I'll fall asleep. If you were to ask me, how long does it take me to fall asleep for a nap? I can't.

[Radio Show Guest Mo]

That's so wild to me. We talked about that. And I'm like, you don't nap.

[Radio Host Alex]

That would be a completely different question.

[Radio Show Guest Justin]

I've seen him nap.

[Radio Show Guest Mo]

Okay.

[Radio Show Guest Justin]

He just doesn't remember

[Radio Host Alex]

sneaking in my house.

[Radio Show Guest Justin]

I see you on the couch sleeping. Whenever we were watching the. Like on a Sunday or something like that, he's like, hey, come over. I got some chowder.

[Radio Show Guest Mo]

Dad naps.

[Radio Host Alex]

All right, here we go.

[Radio Show Guest Justin]

Yeah, but he did start when Linda was born.

[Radio Show Guest Mo]

He didn't start with kids ruin everything.

[Radio Host Alex]

I fell asleep with her on my chest a couple times. All right, here we go. Alex now she got two.

[Radio Show Guest Mo]

I got two for Justin.

[Radio Host Alex]

Two. Two to tie. Here we go. Thumbs up. Yeah. Kirk sent this in.

[Radio Show Guest Justin]

All right, Kirk.

[Radio Host Alex]

Stripper pole. Stripper pole. Okay. Somebody came. Somebody came to play today.

[Radio Show Guest Justin]

Captain Insano in the house.

[Radio Host Alex]

Stripper.

[Radio Show Guest Justin]

Take that, NASA. I wonder if they got a stripper pull in the.

[Radio Show Guest Mo]

Oh, my gosh.

[Radio Host Alex]

No, they do not thing at the. The International Space Station. They put one in. Yeah.

[Radio Show Guest Mo]

So dumb.

[Radio Host Alex]

Fun fact. Yeah. All right, here we go.

[Radio Show Guest Justin]

Hey, astronauts need entertainment, too.

[Radio Host Alex]

Well, they had to test strip tripping in zero gravity. There was a research, see if anything. Stop, everybody. Angelica sent this in. Here we go. Thumbs up.

[Radio Show Guest Justin]

Yep.

[Radio Host Alex]

Ringer, Dinger. Say it again. Ringer Dinger. Real Ringer Dinger. I don't know. Ringer dinger. Rare tanker. Ringer Dinger. Ringer dinger. Ringer Dinger. I was just waiting for the time to run out on that one.

[Radio Show Guest Justin]

You're gonna be ma.

[Radio Host Alex]

The Ringer Dinger. Yeah, that was the chiropractic.

[Radio Show Guest Mo]

Oh, that pulls.

[Radio Host Alex]

That's the Ringer Dinger.

[Radio Show Guest Mo]

The neck with the towel.

[Radio Show Guest Justin]

Oh, I thought it was like an astro like springer Dinger.

[Radio Host Alex]

No, the ringer Dinger. It's that apparently Greenspoint Mall. The guy came up with it. But there's a guy in Dallas that's got like 600000 followers and he rips their bags. Ringer dinger. I want one. I can see your dirty pillows. Why did that just happen? Better late than never.

[Radio Show Guest Justin]

Yeah.

[Radio Host Alex]

All right to tie. Justin sent this in. He the tie. Thumbs up. Yeah. Wiener magnet. Weird bike. Wiener magnet. Wiener Wiener magnet. Wiener bat. Wiener magnet. Wiener bike. Wiener magnet. Wiener Wiener Bucket magnet. Wiener magnet. Time.

[Radio Show Guest Mo]

Alex, that's brutal.

[Radio Host Alex]

Don't call it an upset. She usually wins. It's not.

[Radio Show Guest Justin]

That's cuz she's a wiener.

[Radio Host Alex]

Opening line.

[Radio Show Guest Mo]

Opening line of my favorite song.

[Radio Host Alex]

Bad girlfriend.

[Radio Show Guest Mo]

Yes.

[Radio Host Alex]

Wiener Magnet Magnet.

[Radio Show Guest Mo]

Thank you, Dustin.

[Radio Host Alex]

Go.

[Radio Show Guest Mo]

Go vote right now.

[Radio Host Alex]

That's not what he says in the song but essentially he is saying wiener magnet. That's Team Mo. That's Justin.

[Radio Show Guest Mo]

Justin, you're going to ACDC. Yeah, it's the Power Up Tour 2026 with the Pretty Reckless We you at NRG Stadium on August 31st, my friend.

[Radio Host Alex]

Awesome. See y' all there. Dude. I will see you there. The overtime word. People always say what was left on the table.

[Radio Show Guest Mo]

What was it?

[Radio Host Alex]

Whiskey business. Not risky business. It's whiskey business. See if that. I don't know if that would have been tough. Hannah, thanks for playing along. Justin, you're off to see AC dc. Hang on.

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