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Thursday 10-18-01

Todd and Tyler started off their show this morning by discussing a variety of things including Todd’s golfing experience yesterday afternoon with his girlfriend’s mother and several of her friends. From his account, it was a rather quick game because the ladies seemed to rush through the holes. In order to fit in, Todd morphed into an old Russian woman named Lois. The transformation didn’t help his golf game very much though because he ended up with a 90 score. Todd blamed his score on the speed of the game and the fact that he couldn’t access his Altoid can in a Port-A-Potty. Donnie came in and told TnT about how he nearly burned down his home last night while trying to start a fire in the fireplace. He and his family were forced out when the home was flooded with smoke. They all had to sleep at his mother-in-law’s home last night. Also early on, Tyler talked a bit about trying to bring back the word “solid” into the vernacular of pop culture. Throughout the show, where he would usually say “exactly” or more recently, “rahrah”, he added “solid”. It was pretty amusing because each time he did it, he sounded like a mother who couldn’t remember the names of her kids and had to cycle through the entire list of names before landing on the right one. “Exactly, oh, I mean rahrah, solid.”

Trisha Meuret from Channel 7 was in again this morning for the vacationing Brian. During the news, she reported that the mother of the young boy who recently had his genitalia bitten off by a pit bull was sleeping off a crank buzz when the attack occurred. TnT spent a bit of time discussing how most crank heads and crack heads seem to choose killer dogs such as pit bulls as their pets of choice. Trisha also reported on how local authorities received around 100 reports of possible anthrax situations so far. She detailed a few of the reports including one that came from a small boy who phoned when he noticed something white in the center of his Twinkie. As you can imagine, TnT had quite a bit to say about the boy and all of the other situations around town where people, for some reason, feel as though the terrorists responsible for the anthrax attacks are targeting them. The guys expressed how they felt everyone is blowing the whole anthrax scare out of proportion and they told their listeners to mellow out. If you find white powder by the coffee machine, it’s probably creamer or sweetener. If you find white powder at the laundry mat, it’s probably detergent. If you find white powder near the edges of a toilet roll, it’s probably toilet paper fuzz.

During their discussion of the anthrax scares, Trisha mentioned how some local people are hiring security guards to protect their homes. Although she didn’t name any names, TnT speculated that the people going to such measures were most likely rich people in town, as they can afford a security staff for their homes. At that point, the guys discussed why many in Omaha make celebrities out of people who have money in this town. Donnie came in studio and seemed to defend the rich people’s actions by saying that terrorists wouldn’t target rich people in big cities because they’re expecting it. Local rich people, on the other hand, might be thinking that an anthrax situation couldn’t happen here and, therefore, that’s exactly why it could happen here. TnT disagreed and for a while, the whole gang went back and forth discussing their points. In the end, Donnie’s argument sounded kind of silly and I think Todd and Tyler got their point across.

Chad from Ticket Express came in studio this morning and hung out with Todd and Tyler for a bit. The guys spent some time talking about how Chad got into the ticket broker business. It turns out that Chad was actually the Demone of UNL in his day. The guys also talked about the future of the ticket broker business here in Omaha when the new arena finally gets built as well as discussing the world of scalpers and the availability of tickets to a variety of events through Chad’s service, Ticket Express. You can visit Ticket Express by linking to http://www.myticketexpress.com” target=blank>www.myticketexpress.com or http://www.huskertickets.com” target=blank”>www.huskertickets.com. Also, feel free to phone Ticket Express at 398-1999 for all of your ticket needs.

The guys touched on the subject of envy and jealousy this morning. Honestly, I don’t remember exactly how the topic came about. At any rate, TnT spent some time talking about careers and what they would be doing if radio hadn’t worked out for them. Travis shared his thoughts and said that had it not been for his lovely wife, he would have most likely ended up in the Navy. Donnie (surprise!) said he would have liked to have been a country music singer. Tyler mentioned that he would probably be the owner of a bar somewhere on the beach. As for Todd, I can’t remember whether or not he gave any specific answer about what he would be doing if his career in radio didn’t work out.

Todd and Tyler’s “Flip Ya For It” contest got underway once the sun came out this morning. The parking lot filled up with listeners who brought items of value as an offering for their chance to win WWF, Neil Diamond or Husker tickets. The premise of the game was simple. The contestant would call a coin toss and if they won, they were awarded with tickets. If they lost, Donnie got to smash the holy hell out of whatever item they brought with them and they would leave with a “Greetings From Throckmorton” CD and no tickets.

The coin tosses took place in two chunks with Donnie doing the play-by-play and smashing in the parking lot. There was a nearly 50-50 average with the first group of contestants and it was pretty clear that Tyler was becoming aggravated by the lack of audio from the smashings. The second group of coin tosses seemed to yield a bit better results, as many of the participants lost their flips and had their stuff smashed. A variety of electronic equipment was pulverized by Donnie’s hammer and baseball bat including a handful of cellular phones, a VCR, a car stereo, a cordless drill, a tape deck and a television set. The destruction of the television set made for the best audio of all and at that point, TnT brought the contest to a close.

Todd and Tyler spoke with Doug Fieger of http://www.knack.com” target=blank>“The Knack” this morning about their new CD called “Normal As The Next Guy”. TnT spent some time discussing the history of the band, the current CD and a variety of issues within the music industry relating to dealing with record companies. They also got the story behind the song, “My Sharona”, which turns out to have been written after a 17-year-old hottie who Doug called the band’s first fan. It was a very cool interview that I’m sure you’ll be hearing on a “Best Of” show soon so stay tuned.

TnT got a call from a very amusing old man named Richard this morning. Richard started off his call by telling TnT that he used to call a now non-existent AM sports pre-game show every Saturday and bitch about the Huskers. He ranted on for a while about his hatred for the Huskers and TnT really seemed to get a kick out of the old guy. If you missed Richard’s call this morning, you’ll have your chance to hear him again as TnT invited him to call back at any time. It was very funny stuff.

Tammy Pescatelli from the Funny Bone came in this morning. She joined in on the topics of the day and seemed to have a good time. During her visit, she spent some time talking about getting kicked out of catholic school in the 8^th grade as well as talking about how catholic schools try to convert left-handed people into right-handed people. Several callers checked in with stories to share relating to that subject. Tammy also spoke with TnT about patriotism in this country and how things have started to break down a bit because of the removal of flags from certain areas due some who are overly politically correct. In all honestly, I had to turn my radio off at 10am because of a required meeting at my work so I missed the very end of the show. Lately, TnT have been staying on the air for anywhere from 5 minutes to 30 minutes after 10am so I don’t know how much of the conversation I missed. Anyway, check out Tammy’s show at the Funny Bone all weekend. Phone 493-8036 for reservations.

Well, that’s the update for today. Tune in tomorrow from 5:30am to 10am for another show and then visit back here in the afternoon for another update. Solid. -Corby-