This is just a small taste of the show overall, the bits and bobs that I found interesting, funny, insightful and relevant. To hear everything that happened, check out the podcast of today's show. However, if you're looking for a quick read along with random self inserts and my personal thoughts, you've come to the right place.
Call in Point:
(This is the broadstroke canvas on which I base my call, obviously these notes are going to be longer and more detailed.)
Well, it's Tuesday once more but since our days are just essentially blended smoothies being mashed together until we get to Kegs & Eggs on Friday, that should not matter all that much. What does matter though is the persecution Angi received between last night and this morning, three times for that matter so it makes sense that Marris said Angi's first book was a stone tablet copy of the bible. Outside of that though, the incidents were par for course of what you should come to expect when Angi is being insulted. Before tackling the big (pun intended) story of the morning (which you can see video of on all our The Angi Taylor Show socials,) let's get to what was said to Angi before Marris cracked her upside the head with the good book. This morning, an unnamed co-worker (see: someone who doesn't work in this studio or they would be dead) told Angi that she looked tired. This was early in the morning though and she had no makeup on (see: terrible excuses) and of course, she went to bed late because she was at the sloppy embarrassment of a Bulls game. That's right, the Bulls are back on the loser train that we had last left them off on but Angi still enjoys her season ticket from time to time. That may change obviously as she was publically humiliated last night (what else is new?) Not one to allow things to hold her back, after the incident (which I'll get to in a moment,) Angi put out a solicitation for a new boyfren' (mind you, she has 800+ other ones but whatever.) Anyway, over the backdrop of "Angel" the unofficial theme song of this disaster show, Angi discussed how she is still cool with Benny the Bull (had me worried there for a second.) However, it seems splitsville has come for Angi and Big Ben, the bootleg ass version of Benny the Bull. What occurred in the filmed drama was Angi noticed Big Ben was walking up the stairs of the aisle she was in. Since Jay the Straight was busy planning a weekend getaway with Misty Meadows, the busty 24 year old blond he is totally not secretly going to run off with, Angi tried to get Big Ben's attention. After all, a few months back, Big Ben gave Angi a big smooch so she assumed it was time for round 2. While Jay the Straight muttered "psychotic," Angi yelled "Hi Big Ben, can I have a smooch!" Instead of pivoting toward the obviously deranged older woman, Big Ben ended up hugging a "10 year old bitch boy." After being rejected, Angi plotted revenge while Jay the Straight laughed at her (I get it, it was funny. See: sad, pathetic.) Now that this is something embedded in the core memory that she'll never get over, Angi kind of wishes she had something sharp to do the inflatable in with. Obviously, the "real" mascot was off on the floor being busy doing work but if this is how she acts when a dusty bootleg version blows her off, imagine what she would have done if the real one had dismissed her....
Other Stuff from Today's Show:
Now, normally I couldn't imagine using two pieces of tech news and shoving the Daily Discussion Topic in the middle of it to form a note sandwich but here we are because it was too easy to write jokes about where Angi drives to. Anyway, if you're a person that owns a car with touch screen technology or any cool/fun features, just know that your car is spying on you. Much like anything you do that involves technology, companies are stealing your info through fine print and selling it to other companies because rampant capitalism is king. For this example, we are looking at car companies like GM that are actively sharing driving data with insurers. If you ever wonder why your rates suddenly doubled, it's either because you were sold out via some app due to fine print or you just happen to live in Illinois where you will be nickel and dimed to poverty. You think OnStar is there to save you if you drive your Tesla into a pond on your ranch, they are more there to showcase your hard braking, hard acceleration or if you go over 80 MPH (Batman is screwed.) Now, since this is all in the fine print and that is in a size ants can barely read, this all might be illegal. If there was to be a silver lining though in Angi's doom and gloom, that would be Marris who found it. See, he has a monitor from State Farm that showcases he is not an awful driver and in turn, he gets a report card at the end of each session that allows his rates to drop. What's also nice to know in conjunction with this is that they only monitor a certain time period and let you know you are being monitored (the other time they do it without telling you clearly.) The big point here though is that Marris agreed to be watched unlike most people who are being tracked without their knowledge. Now, if they were to monitor Angi, here's would probably be through the roof but she is also racing through Lower Wacker to avoid the Batman rogue gallery and also attempting to be at Liquor Barn the moment they open.
Moving along and smack dab in the middle is the Daily Discussion Topic and it's all about throwing hands at work. Spawned from a recent story from Joel McHale about his time on Community, he explained how rough housing and horsing around with known dickbag Chevy Chase ended up with an actual injury. They were doing some aggressive horseplay, Chevy probably said something about The Soup and suddenly, he ended up with a (deserved) dislocated shoulder. This made Angi curious to know though if the roadies had ever gotten into a physical altercation with someone at work. This could be with a co-worker, customer, your stupid boss Todd, etc. For Angi, it was back when she was bartending at a nightclub and was dating the DJ (how trashy girl.) A girl who was stalking her boyfriend of the moment showed up and even though she didn't come in, she waited outside until all the girls were going to their cars. A beer bottle was tossed toward Angi but missed and hit a friend instead. Off came the hoops and the fists went flying. The beatdown was allowed to ensue for a few by the bouncers who knew what was up and honestly, that girl sounded like she deserved it. Marris did not have the joy of his happening but while at a club, a dude charged at Marris after nodding due to the girl Marris was dating. Security was able to hold the guy back but needless to say the work drinks were kind of ruined. As for myself, I once jokingly hugged a girl before HR was a thing and I could have been canceled and for my troubles, I was slapped in the face hard. Was I out of line, probably. Was it meant to be silly, sure. Did I deserve it, honestly I'd beat the stuffing out of myself if it was an option. Now that we've tackled our behaving bad, let's see what the roadies had to add. First up on the Request Line was Brooke who worked at Chuck E. Cheese. After dealing with a brat kid in the ball pit, she brought the monster to his parent who ended up throwing a ball at her face for her troubles. Steve worked 3rd shift at a 7/11 and a drunk customer got mad, took a swing but nothing came of it because the manager hit the panic button and the guy was arrested. Angi added that she worked at a gas station when she was 18 from 12 A.M. to 6 A.M.and somehow she's still here. Jesse called to discuss ripping up a write up from his boss yesterday after he dropped a load at work (you don't need any other context, let that run wild.) Walter was a bouncer who got into it with an off duty police officer at a bachelor party. The cop punched him in the head and Walter choked him out but nothing came of it due to a cops know everyone and everyone knew the cops' type of scenario. Don worked with a guy who was banging his wife so he grabbed him by the throat and threatened to kill him. Jo was a waitress at a bar when her sworn enemy came in. It was sober Jo vs. drunk bitch and after fists and chairs went flying, Jo went to jail. If you are looking for more roadie thoughts or have your own, hit up our Facebook group (Angi Taylor Show) and drop us a comment.
Finally, because when any chance Angi gets to hate on us Android people arises she seizes it, Angi attempted to clown Marris with a story about Airpods acting like hearing aids. Apparently, a mode is being added that will allow further enhanced hearing for deaf people but luckily, that is not an issue on this show (though sometimes you kind of wish....) What is actually needed is a type of Google Glasses 2.0 to help Angi with her failing eyesight. Marris though would much rather go blind then lose his hearing. For him, he needs it because music and sound is essential to him. Angi apparently has incredible hearing (for her age) even though she's worn headphones for 30 years and it is being attributed to her essentially being Daredevil where she's basically blind but can hear really well. In other words, if you're deaf or have ear fatigue from listening to Angi make weird gurgling noises this morning, you're about to get a nice little boost.
Request Wars 3.5
Theme: Famous Chicago Bands
Current Champion: Angi (1x)
Angi's Song Choice: “Mr. Roboto" by Styx
Marris' Song Choice: "Thnks fr th Mmrs" by Fall Out Boy
Winner: Angi
10 O' Clock Toast:
Toastee: Nightmare
As Angi lamented the loss of one love earlier, she recalled another who is gone and may be dead. For Day 1 listeners, you will remember the "jail mail" wall in the old studio. Her favorite was Nightmare, the prisoner with the teardrop tattoo and was in super max has been MIA for a while and Angi wants to know if he's alive and or why we're not getting jail mail still.
Show Quotes and Tidbits:
"The first book I read was Green Eggs and Ham." - Angi
"It wasn't The Bible after it was written in the stone slab?" - Marris
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