Todd and Tyler Unauthorized Forums

Thursday 8-29-02

Todd and Tyler started off their show this morning by discussing several topics. Tyler’s wedding is only 4 weeks away and he really doesn’t seem to be sweating that much. He actually sounds excited about getting hitched, although I found it funny that he mentioned the wedding would be taking place at 6pm and the reception will begin at 6:04pm. From there, the guys read a few e-mails. One was from a listener who loves the show and listens on her 50-mile commute each day. The other was from someone who hates Donnie. TnT also briefly discussed TV last night. Most of that conversation seemed to center around the ‘’mood lighting’’ KM3’s 10pm newscast provides the guys as they enjoy the company of their lovely ladies. ‘’Stories to have sex to.’’

While the guys awaited BW to finish writing his newscast, Tyler filled us all in on the details of the spot on the ceiling of his walk-in closet, a story he told us about yesterday. Donnie went over to Tyler’s place and climbed up into the crawl space to inspect what might be causing the discoloration on the ceiling. They all speculated that an animal may have died there but Donnie didn’t find a carcass. He did, though, say that there was probably a leak in the roof allowing for some dripping, which caused the spot and said he’d fix it for Tyler by squirting some caulk up there. As you might imagine, that one mention of the word ‘’caulk’’ snowballed into a 10-minute ‘’caulk talk’’ conversation were the guys went back-and-forth with some hilarious caulk references. To make sure they didn’t miss any possible ‘’caulk’’ jokes, they took a couple of calls from their listeners and allowed them to input their caulks as well.

Brian came in with the news shortly after the caulk talk. After a story about K-Mart focusing their attention to the Mexican American population, the guys got into a lengthy discussion about warehouse grocery stores and Sam’s Club. Brian seemed to swear by such stores, saying he buys laundry and bathroom supplies there. Todd and Tyler both think those types of stores are a bit odd. They said that if you’re not careful, you will end up paying more there than at regular stores. The guys also didn’t seem to like the idea of having to pick your food from the back of trucks and off pallets. To further emphasize TnT’s point of view, Donnie came in and told the guys about some items his wife recently purchased at the club store; a 240 pack of disposable razors, a skid of Ramen noodles, and because I can’t remember the third one, I’ll just say a 50 gallon bucket of shrimp shells.

Following the story that led to the Sam’s Club discussion, Brian told the guys about a young kid who’s having trouble finding a football helmet to fit his huge melon head. According to the story, the kid (I believe he’s in Jr. High) has a 26-inch skull and none of the helmets in the school will fit him. Furthermore, the company that makes the helmets for the NFL players doesn’t even produce a helmet big enough to cover that boy’s gargantuan noggin. Everyone seemed to get a kick out of the story when the found out the boy’s name is Tyler. Later in the show, Donnie used a shoelace and a carpenter’s tape measure to find out which of them had a head even comparable to the size of the boy in the story. Tyler, of course, came the closest with a 25-inch skull, followed by Todd with 24-½ inch, Peach with 23 ½, Travis with 23 ¼, and Donnie with 23 inches.

Late in yesterday’s show, Brian told the guys about several things that have happened to him since moving into his new house in Bennington that have left him feeling like the house is haunted. TnT got a kick out of hearing that last night, during the 3^rd Shift Replay, Big Pussy heard that conversation when he was sitting all alone in the dark studio and got freaked out by it. Anyway, this morning Brian recapped the incidents for the guys and their early morning listeners who may have missed it yesterday. Todd, Tyler, Donnie, and Brian all shared their thoughts on ghosts and the idea of haunted houses and it was quite clear that there was a difference of opinions among them all. Todd flat out doesn’t believe in that sort of thing. Tyler seemed iffy on some things, yet agreed with Todd’s ‘’it’s all bull crap’’ philosophy most of the time. Donnie seemed to be a believer and cited a personal experience he had when he got his little pine grabbed by a ghost in Long Pine.

Todd and Tyler opened up the phone lines and their listeners began to check in with their thoughts on Brian’s ghost stories. Some of them tried to help TnT debunk Brian by offering suggestions for what the noises might have been or why his house called his cell phone. Others shared their own ghost stories, which all seemed rather unbelievable. Part of the reason TnT had such a hard time buying into many of the caller’s stories is because the stories never seemed to involve the caller directly; it was always a friend or relative that it happened to. TnT also got a few calls from nonbelievers who shared their opinions on ghosts as well. In a stroke of genius, someone (I think it was Tyler) asked something to the effect of, ‘’Why would ghosts do stupid stuff like undo tangled necklaces or shake toasters?’’

Larry the Cable Guy joined TnT in studio this morning. He’s appearing at the Funny Bone tonight, Friday, and Saturday. All of the shows were sold out so Colleen added a late show tonight. It may be sold out by now as well but you can check by calling 493-8036. Larry talked with the guys about the upcoming movie he is in and then told TnT about a guy in Florida who’s been ripping off his act and phoning radio stations down there. He also talked about playing some redneck character named Billy Bob on a cable TV hunting show called ‘’Buckmasters.’’ Later in his visit, Larry twisted off over country music while Donnie twanged up several Poison tunes. Cable Guy also joined in on the topics of the day and seemed to have a great time hanging out with his old buddies, Todd and Tyler. By the way, Larry will be rejoining the guys in studio tomorrow as well so make sure to tune in.

Travis came in with a sports report today. During his report, he read a story about how former Husker Steve Taylor is being sued by a 50-something-year-old guy and his wife for an incident that happened on a golf course near Ashland a while back. Evidentially, the guy’s foursome kept shooting into Taylor’s group and by the 18^th hole, a verbal confrontation occurred. Steve said he never placed a hand on the man so there should be no reason for a lawsuit. In fact, when the case went to court in Saunders County, it was actually thrown out because Steve didn’t really do anything. After Taylor filled TnT in on what happened, everyone got a good laugh reading a piece from the article in the paper about the story. That piece said that the wife of the man Taylor was talking about is also suing him because her husband has lost the ability to provide her with sexual services.

Travis went on with his sports report after Steve Taylor’s call. Before wrapping things up, he played a couple of audio clips from phone calls he received as part of his ‘’For What It’s Worth’’ reaction. To everyone’s surprise, all of the clips focused on Trav’s comments about Iowa State. Everyone seemed mad at Trav for his commentary on the football team being happy about doing so well (yet losing) against Florida State over the weekend. One of the audio clips featured an angry man calling him a ‘’butthead’’ while another was from an older woman who concluded her bitch call by saying, ‘’Huskers suck!’’

Yesterday, TnT read over an e-mail from a listener who said he works right next to a man who was recently busted for messing around with little boys. TnT phoned the e-mailer this morning and without giving up the details on where he works, they discussed what it was like working with a guy who everyone knows is a pedophile. From the sounds of it, everyone in the office is quite uncomfortable around the guy and they all seem to be waiting for him to get sent to jail. The e-mailer told TnT that he’d keep in touch and fill them in on whatever happens down the road.

Towards the end of the show, TnT spoke to Bret Michaels of Poison. Tonight they’re playing in Pueblo but they’ll be in Lincoln tomorrow performing at the State Fair (an event hosted by TnT). The gang spent some time talking about Ricky Rocket’s toilet seat painting hobby and how that whole thing got started. Bret told TnT he’d try to talk Ricky into painting a toilet seat lid for them. From there, they discussed Poison’s current tour, which has had stops in a variety of arenas, outdoor venues, and state fairs. Bret described the stage show they’re putting on, which includes the pyro, something they don’t see much of with the other state fair performers. After TnT joked about the smell of the state fair atmosphere, Bret confirmed, ‘’It does stink like hog.’’ Before wrapping up their conversation, TnT asked Bret about his friend Charlie Sheen, who was recently got married. They also prodded a bit and found out that Bret probably nailed porn star Jenna Jamison.

Well, that’s it for the update today. Tune in tonight at 10pm for the 3^rd Shift Replay of today’s show and rejoin TnT tomorrow at 5:30am as they wrap up their week. Larry the Cable Guy will be joining them so it should be another sum’bitchin show. Thanks for watching. Good night. -Corby-