This is a small taste of the show overall, the bits and bobs that I found interesting and funny, insightful and relevant. To hear everything that happened, check out the podcast version of the show. If you want 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.)
So, Sunday is National Pet Day and that led Angi to create a topic that you would assume wouldn't get a lot of traction. She was curious if any of the roadies have weird pets. By weird she means anything outside of the traditional dog and cat route. Before launching into her and Abe's pet related points, she ran down the list of the top 10 pets according to a poll. As expected, dogs were number 1, followed by cats, fish, birds, hamsters, horses (wtf,) snakes, guinea pigs, lizards and tarantulas. Angi went on to mention a guy from Minnesota that posted on Twitter that he wanted to adopt a rat. As an alternative, Angi offered up the 20 or so in her alley as choices to come through and grab for a pet. Abe also reminded the audience that he is a terrible person recalling once again that time he traded his 2 pet guinea pigs for a bag of dog food. This led into a back and forth between the two of them about getting pets. Angi said that you should never buy at pet stores, always adopt. Abe wasn't having it, he'd rather just go to the pet store and scoop up what he wants. Angi explained that she adopted her dog and waited until what she really wanted came through the pound. Abe called her Bob Barker. Before finally turning to the lines, Angi mentioned that she loves snakes, which Abe apparently hates (the ying/yang continues.) Head Roadie Bill has a toad that essentially adopted his family, it may not live indoors with them but it loves to hang out with them. Monica has a Green Pacman Frog, which will apparently eat other frogs. Angi did her best to not insult the frog for fear that it would come and attack her in the middle of the night. Ryan has two mountain horned dragons (cool,) a male and female that he says are fun. Abe used this moment to make aGame of Thronesjoke that was bad and felt dated, sigh. Rick has a friend that has a black glow in the dark scorpion. There was a question if its favorite song was "Rock You Like a Hurricane?" Don't feel bad if you want to close the notes reading that, I had to write it after all. Angi went on to tell a story how a scorpion infiltrated her vacation in Costa Rica once and even though it was in the room next door, she went to a whole nother floor in terror. Kristin has a zoo of sorts, including 4 sugar gliders, 4 snakes and a hedgehog. Wham (yes, like the band with those 2 gay guys) has a skunk because apparently, it's cool. Abe was curious if the skunk, which I kid you not is named Pepe, sexually harasses everyone. Todd's daughter's mom has a flying squirrel. Angi rallied against this, as it's a member of the rat family as well as kangaroos according to her. Lastly, Eric has a labradoodle which he throws things at. Yeah, it's a dog but he sounded like he was stoned when the assignment was passed out.
All the Rest:
So get this, Angi was looking very different this morning. No, it had nothing to do with her not sweating like a pig as the AC is finally fixed and so the seasonal sauna that is the Rock 95.5 studio is fully shut down for the impending summer. No, her change in appearance has to do with her being fully vaccinated. That's right, she went and got the jab and it was J&J so it was a one and done. As for Abe, he gets his second Pfizer shot on Wednesday. A discussion ensued from this about two being better than one. Like for example, Burger King does two for one and that's a proper way to gauge getting a vaccine shot it seems. The only kind of people who need one shot are those dirty drug addicts, homeless people and apparently Angi. Abe wondered if the doctor was shocked when he saw her but that was not the case. She is no druggie (anymore) and she has beautiful veins, she was not a needle user. Abe explained that when the doctor took a look at him, they said that he had beautiful veins. Aside from veins, Angi also has that gross, limp, gimp t-rex arm. Angi got hers down in Calumet City and went right home right afterward. However, before heading out, she proceeded to cry in the car. She realized that life can finally start again and it felt so good. She is relieved and happy. Of course, Abe had to ruin the nice moment by saying the reason she got J&J was because they would need to look for Angi behind a dumpster for shot number two. Which led to the tip of the day, if Angi is ever missing, look for her behind a dumpster.
In a return, as I like to call them, Angi's shot came up once again with a little bit of extra details. The reason this is a good jumping point is because of the additions while also leading into Abe hating on the royal family once again. Even though Angi the junkie was given the one shot, Jay the Straight was given a double shot. His first one is done and the second one will be soon. Abe went back to pushing the point that the J&J shot is for crackheads and the like, which is the reason why they picked Angi obviously. She said that there were no side effects from the shot aside from feeling like someone punched her in the arm. She said that the needle slid in easily and she honestly barely even felt it. After discussion once again how she cried in the car, Abe asked if she was crying because she knew Prince Philip was going to die. You know, Prince Philip, Queen Elizabeth's husband and apparent filthy nazi (allegedly according to Abe.) Abe continued to complain about the royal family, as that is one of his favorite things to do. The biggest talking point here was what a literal awkward hellscape the Harry and Meghan appearance at the wake/funeral will end up being. God only knows that bombshell interview probably helped put him in the ground. Abe wondered if Harry and his fame hungry liar of a wife would show up for the wake/funeral. Angi objected, of course he will, it's his grandfather. Abe didn't think that mattered really, more nazi stuff and Angi got the last word mentioning that Abe went to his dads funeral. This is important as Abe hated his dad.
Finally, wrestling queen and all around beautiful goddess Alexa Bliss called in to promote this weekend's Wrestlemania 2 day event on Peacock. Abe right off the bat had Alexa doing tech support as he asked her to help explain how Peacock works. Alexa explained that she just got it fairly recently and being completely honest, she only had gotten it forThe Officethough obviously WWE content is a bonus. Seriously, even though she works for the company everyone knows the only reason it works is because ofThe Office. She expressed that streaming is essentially the way to go these days, there are not too many commercials (if any) and everything you want is right there. Angi explained how Abe and Jay the Straight jumped right onto Peacock as soon as the WWE Network was ported over to it. Angi then got to the hard pressing questions, why was Alexa trying to injure Randy Orton's pretty face with fireballs? She explained the reasoning behind their current feud which led to the next dumb Abe question. Had Alexa's fiance Ryan Cabrera met The Fiend yet? Not exactly, he had met Bray but The Fiend, well he just got back and all Abe. Angi steered things back to relevance by explaining how she once saw Ryan play at a wedding she had been attending. Alexa came back to The Fiend and Ryan, saying it would be weird for them to meet. There was a suggestion that maybe Ryan should get in the ring and defend Alexa. Like would it be weird to have him there since WWE is sort of becoming more open to using celebrities with the recent Bad Bunny and Logan Paul angles. Alexa explained that he did it once and that was enough for him again, stating that he would never do it again. He had an idea of how things are and how bumps feel and he is not keen on taking another. What about after this angle ends though, Alexa was great before The Fiend, how does she go back to being just Alexa after it ends. It shouldn't be too hard, she assumes, it's all about direction and the sky's the limit where she can go when she needs to move on. To cap it off, the Randy Orton straddle was brought up, a thing that seemingly pissed off Randy's wife. Alexa explained that she was told to do a certain thing and that's exactly what she did. She wasn't going to fight against what Vince wanted. Abe suggested that Alexa still slap Randy's wife in the face next time she sees her. Angi ended things by pleading for Alexa not to burn Randy's beautiful face again. This was really good btw, she came off as super sweet and very likeable, a nice way to promote but also be a real person.
Request Wars:
Current Champion: Joe
Challenger Song Choice: "Hells Bells"
Champion Song Choice: "Thunderstruck"
Observation: This was bad. Tony essentially gave up, Joe's smack talk was eh. Nothing too exciting here but Head Roadie Shannon is ready to take him on Monday and this could be good.
Winner: Joe
10 o' Clock Toast:
Moncada. His big bat is finally back to swinging properly (between his legs I'm assuming is what she means, that whore.)
Show Quotes and Tidbits:
Quote: "I think I have zero emotion in life." - Abe
Quote: "Did you (Abe) just pull your coffee out of the garbage and drink it?" - Angi
Quote: "They said that you (Angi) are in the group with crackheads and drug addicts." - Abe
Quote: "What's that like, to get emotional from stuff?" - Abe
Quote: "I've never been less excited for a WrestleMania." - Abe
Quote: "If I ever banged Lenny Kravitz, I would be wearing a shirt all the time that said 'Hi, I banged Lenny Kravitz.'" - Angi
"Where's the rest of your shirt you (Angi) whore?" - Barb
New Head Roadie Alert! Congrats Rachel, Head Roadie of Lockport