Todd and Tyler Unauthorized Forums

Wednesday 9-15-99

Todd and Tyler started off the morning talking about last nights Warrant show at the Ranch Bowl. Donnie and a few other Z staff members went to the show. Donnie was a little late coming in today and it turns out that it was because the band didn’t get on stage when they said the would. One of their listeners called in to complain about the concert saying that the band didn’t make it out until way after midnight. She was pretty upset about the whole thing but was very amusing to listen to. Later in the show, some of the Z staff who attended the concert talked to TnT about it. As it turns out, the singer for the ‘80s hair band was sick and that’s the reason for the delay. The Z staff understood the situation because they’ve all dealt with things like that before, however the caller who talked to TnT about the show earlier said she knew the singer was sick too but didn’t seem to care. She was there to see the show not listen to a washed up band who hasn’t had a hit in nearly 10 years complain about the flu.

A story in the paper told a tale about a guy who’d come home from vacation to find ½ of his house covered in new siding…siding in which he’d never requested. The article then went on to explain that someone with an address almost identical had ordered the siding for their home. The company who’d come out to do the work had mistaken the two addresses and put the siding on the wrong house. It is an understandable mistake. The only differences between the address is that one was an Ave. and the other was a St. Later in the show, the guy who owned the wrongfully sided house called in and talked to TnT about the situation. He was pretty funny and had a good sense of humor about the whole deal. As it turns out, the company who wrongfully sided his house is going to reside his house for him as a gesture of kindness.

The discussion about the messed up addresses led TnT to talk about mistaken identities. They took calls from a lot of listeners who told them stories about grabbing the hand of a stranger thinking they were latching on to a loved one and things like that. One caller had a great story about a woman who shared her exact same name and address (except the Ave./St. thing) that kept getting her mail from a friend in prison and reading it. It was a very funny story.

Dr. Ed came in this morning and talked a little medical smack with TnT. He answered many calls from TnT listeners and seemed to enjoy hanging out and joking around with the guys. At one point, he had to retract some comments he’d made in past shows. One of the guys had asked him about the whole looking into a light when you have to sneeze thing. Dr. Ed said that the light didn’t have anything to do with the sneeze, it was the tilting of the head and it’s position at the time that brought on the sneeze. It turns out that Dr. Ed was wrong. He had TnT talk with Dr. Ann, a friend of his whom works on ears, noses and throats. She confirmed that there is a medical reason for sneezing when you look at a light. It was a simple enough explanation with a way-too-long title. It doesn’t matter what the phenomenon is called, it just matters that for one instance, TnT were smarter than Dr. Ed.

TnT took a call from a quack today named Keith Cline. He was pimping an herbal gum he’d created called “Sugar Blocker”. The purpose of the gum is to turn your tongue into a wasteland leaving you with the inability to taste sugar. The idea is that if you can’t taste sugar in your foods, you may not eat certain foods. Cookies, brownies, candy and soda were all mentioned during the conversation. Cline’s claim is that by chewing his gum, you’ll no longer have the urge to eat unhealthy, sugary foods and therefore loose weight. After the call TnT afforded Dr. Ed the opportunity to clarify a few things that Cline had said and shed a little medical light on the whole concept. Dr. Ed said that some of the things Cline mentioned had some medical validity but he didn’t really like the way Cline tried to present his product as a cure for Diabetes and child obesity. If you want the gum, it’s going to cost you around $30 for a 2-month supply. Call 800-670-8781 to get it.

Larry the Cable Guy called in this morning. He didn’t really have a commentary for TnT. Instead, he spent his time during the call talking with Todd and Tyler about the hurricane that is pounding on Florida as we speak. Larry, who lives in Florida (sorry to spoil the illusion) told TnT that the storm wasn’t as bad as they expected it in his area and then spent some time joking about trailer homes and such. For an uncanned commentary, it was very amusing.

Towards the end of the show, TnT brought in Chip and Bucky. They’re part of an independent film crew that had set up in the parking lot of the Z building. The two came in studio to talk about the movie they were shooting about Omaha titled ‘What happened to Tulley?” TnT spent a good portion of the conversation trying to convince the two to use bits and pieces of their show as background noise during the filming or dressing the characters in TnT gear. They had a reasonable argument for their requests. Their show is the top rated in town, has the most listeners and therefore is a part of Omaha. Why not add them into the movie? I don’t know if the guys are going to make it into the movie or not but if they do, they’ll be sure to let us know.

Well, that’s the update for today. Check back here tomorrow for the Thursday version. Boy, those Thursday versions are so cool. Thanks for watching. Good night. –the Alien Guy-