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Wednesday 9-4-02

Todd and Tyler started off this morning’s show by playing a couple of songs from a new singer/songwriter CD Tyler picked up last night. They played a little ‘’Name That Tune’’ with a few of the obscure songs that they haven’t heard in a while and as pointed out by a caller later, Todd’s memory was surprisingly sharp on the subject. Donnie snuck in a few audio clips of theme songs from ‘80s TV shows such as ‘’Air Wolf’’ and ‘’The Fall Guy’’ during this time for added comedic effect.

Also early in the show, TnT spent some time reading over a few e-mails from their listeners. One was from the MPA (Meth Producers Association) and jokingly asked Todd if he would stop talking about his pot use because it’s hurting their business. Another e-mail was from a senior at Duchesne named Jessie who said that she loves the TnT show. She went on to share a story about how was once amused at TnT when they were talking about catholic schoolgirl outfits when she happened to be putting hers on. The e-mail was very hot and turned the guys on, evident because Tyler had trouble commenting on it after reading over the air. Later in the show, TnT asked the Peach to bring into the studio one of the new hotties he has recently hired. I didn’t catch her name but TnT had her read over the e-mail from Duchesne Jessie. Even though she dropped the S-bomb and had to be bleeped, hearing a sexy female voice read the email made it all the better.

Brian came in with the new this morning and as he read through the stories, TnT commented on each. Everyone had a great laugh after a caller compared an arrest made on a golf course yesterday to a scene from a Keystone Cops movie. To punctuate the humor, Tyler played the theme song from ‘’Benny Hill’’ in the background as that conversation took place. Also during the news, the guys revisited the killer grasshopper topic from yesterday and then moved on to talk about how there is a somewhat elitist attitude in District 66, a topic spawned partly by a story of Westside and partly by a conversation Todd recently had with his wife, a District 66 grad. TnT both expressed that they don’t understand the elitist attitudes of those who graduated from that school district because nowadays District 66 doesn’t hold the most uppity, rich schools in town.

A lengthy discussion over reparations also came about during the news but honestly, it confused me and I don’t know what to write about it. I will say, though, the topic was put to and end after a call from Irma in which she dropped the ‘’they took away my darkies’’ card. Brian concluded the news this morning with one of the most horrible kicker stories in history. It was about a nun who was raped and murdered by some twisted sum’bitch. Although TnT pointed the story out to Brian before the news and joked about hat being kicker story material, they didn’t expect him to actually use it to wrap up the news. They scolded him slightly but they didn’t lay into him too heavily because, after all, if they hadn’t pointed the story out to BW, he wouldn’t have known about it.

At about 7:20am, TnT warned their listeners that the transmitter that sends their signal out was going to be losing some power due to the Channel 6 TV station. You see Z-92 has rented space on the Channel 6 tower for quite some time now. A gentleman’s agreement (possibly verbal only) was made between the two organizations that Channel 6 wouldn’t drop the power of the tower until after 10am each morning so TnT’s signal could be as powerful as possible while they were on the air. Well for an undisclosed reason this morning, Channel 6 didn’t wait until 10am to lower the power.

TnT were legitimately pissed off when they heard that their signal would be reduced and not everyone would be able to hear them. They prompted their listeners to phone 346-6666 and complain and then brought in Wex to talk about the tower situation. From the sounds of it Z is in the works to get their own tower so they won’t be shafted by the TV station any longer. After the signal power actually did drop, TnT took phone calls from people all over town who were no longer able to hear them. They were quite mad and asked for listeners who could actually hear the show to phone in. To their surprise, many of those listeners turned out to be outside of Omaha, not within the city. It was like the radio station’s signal was skipping over midtown and only reaching the outskirts of the listening area.

To move away from their anger about the Channel 6 tower, TnT spent some time discussing a phenomenon described in a recent article in the paper about what the guys have dubbed ‘’revirginization.’’ What that means is that there are couples out there that are having sex but when they decide to get married, they abstain for a period of time so they can save themselves for their wedding night. Neither of the guys understood the point of doing such a thing and pointed out that they thought it was flat out stupid. ‘’The hymen doesn’t grow back!’’ They opened up the phone lines and asked for listeners to check in with their thoughts on it. A few guys called in and for the most part, surprise, the revirginization concept was brought up by their women.

Larry the Cable Guy checked in this morning with a commentary on the woman’s group who is trying to get into the Augusta club. As you might imagine, Larry didn’t agree with the idea. Also, while giggling feverishly, Larry discussed brutally murdering a possum that has been eating his cat food by bashing it with a baseball bat. There’s plenty more from Larry as the week moves on so stay tuned.

Travis came in with a sports report later in today’s show. To conclude his time with TnT, he read his ‘’For What It’s Worth’’ commentary from last night’s 10pm KM3 newscast. This topics today centered on how Trav thinks coach Solich needs to come clean about the real reason Funder was suspended, how the University in Lincoln needs to rethink their jersey retiring policy, and how no one really cares if women aren’t allowed to golf at Augusta. You can leave feedback for Travis on any of these subjects, good or bad, by e-mailing him at travis@km3.com or phoning his voice mail at 593-2706.

After Trav’s sports report, TnT were joined in studio by actor/comedian Harlan Williams. He started off his visit by introducing a new character he has been working on, the ‘’Get off my lawn’’ guy. From there, he spent the remainder of the show joining in on the topics of the day (being very funny, yet weird as hell) and sharing a plethora of stories about his acting career with the guys. He talked about his time on ‘’The Whole Nine Yards,’’ mentioned his disappointment with not being in the sequel, claimed that he couldn’t remember telling TnT that Rosanna Arquette had bad breath, and discussed Amanda Peet’s nude scenes. He went on to talk about his ad-libbed lines in ‘’Something About Mary’’ and ‘’Dumb & Dumber’’ as well as describing how he was originally up for the part Jeff Daniels eventually got before being offered the spot as the piss drinking cop.

Harlan went on to tell TnT about having the lead in, ‘’Rocket Man’’ and how he was fired from being the bad guy in the ‘’Elmo In Grouchland’’ movie because he couldn’t sing. He went on to discuss some of the pilots he’s done for TV in the past and talked about his recent projects with Rodney Dangerfield. Harlan also retold the story about the weird ways he retires his old boots when they wear out. Todd and Tyler opened up the phone lines and took calls from listeners who had questions for Harlan and for the most part, the listeners weren’t too weird (with the exception of a lady complaining that Harlan had signed some dirty words on a ‘’Rocket Man’’ poster that now hangs above her dining room table).

It was yet another great visit with Harlan Williams this morning. You can catch him at the Funny Bone tonight and tomorrow night only for a special engagement. Call the Bone Phone at 493-8036 for reservations. You won’t be disappointed!

To conclude their show today, Brian came in with the e-news. During that portion of the show, Brian mentioned that he’s having the stitches taken out of his back from his cist surgery two weeks ago. That mention of BW’s cist prompted Harlan to basically hammer Brian with cist jokes and references in the strange way that only Harlan can for the remainder of the program. It was during this time that the phrase, ‘’Just bring me a drink, cist face’’ came about. You have to listen to the whole show, folks. Some things just aren’t explainable.

Well, that’s it for the Wednesday update. If you missed the show this morning you can always catch it tonight when it airs at 10pm as the 3^rd Shift Replay. Make sure to rejoin Todd and Tyler tomorrow morning at 5:30am for the Thursday show. It should be yet another stellar TnT Show so don’t miss it! Thanks for watching. Good night. -Corby-