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Title: FUN PROJECT
Post by: sonicdork on March 14, 2016, 04:07:19 PM
Hey hey!

Here's something you can help us with!

What are your all time favorite calls (non-Scharpling & Wurster) from both the WFMU & .Net eras?

What I need:
1) Episode date - link if possible
2) Name of caller
3) Timecode of call start if you can!

You can post here OR email me at jason@thebestshow.net.

THANKS!
Dudio
Title: Re: FUN PROJECT
Post by: leeharveyosmond on March 14, 2016, 04:34:04 PM
From February 20, 2007: A dude who immediately gets GOMP'd for complaining about being on hold. Tom then makes fun of him (listen closely for Mike cracking up in the background).

http://wfmu.org/flashplayer.php?version=2&show=22150&archive=100777&starttime=2:46:23 (http://wfmu.org/flashplayer.php?version=2&show=22150&archive=100777&starttime=2:46:23) (goes on for about a minute)
Title: Re: FUN PROJECT
Post by: buffcoat on March 14, 2016, 05:48:18 PM
Forum participant Wes and I love this guy's call - Wes' writeup below:

"Larry from Newark...CALIFORNIA! The call was on the 9/29/09, starts right before the 1 hour, 9 minute mark. Makes it almost a full three minutes. I'm afraid he won't have a chance in the Caller of the Year category, so I would like to nominate him for Most Delusional Caller as well."
Title: Re: FUN PROJECT
Post by: Omar on March 14, 2016, 06:05:28 PM
The sequence I've been touting for over a decade:

Tom zings WFMU DJ Hova, followed by his chat with Manny, aka DJ Dragon from Studio 54, and ending with Tom serenading him with B & S's "I Fought in a War" and "The Model".

Originally aired 7/27/2004, but this entire sequence is available via the 12/13/2010 episode of Best Show Gems.

I have a standalone .mp3, if needed.

Another one of my oft-cited calls is the legendary Spike call from 9/5/06, which has a ton of great Abbot & Costello-y stuff, most notably the classic Carroll O'Connor sequence.

The Spike call starts at around 55:53 into the 9/6/06 show. The C O'C riffage (haha!) occurs in the context of his review of Little Miss Sunshine. The key chunk is this:

Spike thought it was a nice, cute movie, and he praised the performance of "the little girl" (Abigail Breslin) and Alan Arkin’s work as her grandfather. Tom hasn’t seen much of Arkin since M*A*S*H ended its run, so he was glad to see him back on the screen. Spike thinks Tom is confusing Alan Arkin with Alan Aldo from President Baseball. Spike reiterates that Alan Arkin is in the film, but Tom doesn't know who that is. Spike is surprised that Tom doesn’t know Arkin from The Russians Are Coming The Russians Are Coming. Tom adds to the confusion by asking Spike if it’s Alan Narkin, so Spike spells his last name: A-R-K-I-N. Now Tom gets it -- it’s the guy who’s in Little Miss Sunshine! Tom agrees that he’s very good. Spike points out that in addition to his acting, Arkin was once a member of The Tarriers, who did "Black Denim Trousers & Motorcycle Boots". Tom thinks this is a clothing company, but Spike says it was actually a song. Spike loses Tom with that one, so it's time to move on. Spike liked the cast across the board -- the mother, played by Jean Colette, Greg Kinnear, and the guy from The Office.

Spike: I always forget his name.
Tom: Ricky Gervais.
Spike: No, the American version of it.
Tom: Oh, okay, yeah, that guy is …
Spike: The 40-Year-Old Virgin, that guy.
Tom: Yeah, Stephen Colbert.
Spike: No. His name is Steve, but that’s not his last name.
Tom: Steve …
Spike: The 40-Year-Old Virgin, but you know who I mean.
Tom: Ah, Steve Richards.
Spike: No.
Tom: No?
Spike: Carol? Carell?
Tom: Carol Stevens?
Spike: No, not Cat Stevens.
Tom: I didn’t say Cat Stevens. I said Carroll Stevens.
Spike: Well, I never heard of her.
Tom: Him. Like Carroll O’Connor.
Spike: I’ve heard of Caroll O’Connor, but I never heard of Carroll …
Tom: He was not in Little Miss Sunshine, Spike. You are mistaken. Carroll O’Connor is in very poor health, and I’m sure could not have done that movie.
Spike: Carroll O’Connor’s deceased.
Tom: Wait, hold on. What?
Spike: Carroll O’Connor has been deceased for a number of years now.
Tom: Oh, good heavens. I didn’t realize. I send my condolences out to the rest of the O’Connor family.

Tom continues to express his sympathy and wants the O’Connor family, in this moment of sadness, to realize that The Best Show is there for them. He welcomes any family members to call and share their stories. As for Little Miss Sunshine, Tom’s only problem was that he didn’t think the family got beaten up enough. He thinks they could have easily had two or three more things flung at them. Tom says the brother who wanted to be a fighter pilot could have also gotten his legs chopped off. Spike laments that it wasn’t that kind of movie. Tom also thinks the family could have been robbed at gunpoint. Spikes point out that [SPOILER] somebody dies in the film. Yes, but Tom thinks it could have been a murder. Tom thought the fact that each family member got completely humiliated at one point was insufficient. If Tom made the film, he would have generated three or four humiliations for each family member. Spike doesn’t like the idea because it doesn’t fit with the film. Tom would have had the family show up at the Little Miss Sunshine pageant and get robbed at gunpoint. When they returned to watch their daughter, they would have been locked out. More tragedy!


There's obviously a lot of Spike calls to pick from, but the above works well as a standalone chunk.


Cannot recall/quickly dig up the episode date at this moment, but the Joe Paterno Call is worthy of consideration:

http://www.friendsoftom.com/forum/index.php?topic=4587.msg93723#msg93723 (http://www.friendsoftom.com/forum/index.php?topic=4587.msg93723#msg93723)


Title: Re: FUN PROJECT
Post by: BadGuyZero on March 14, 2016, 07:37:13 PM
December 4, 2007

Tom spends the first part of the show talking about how much he disliked the movie I'm Not There. A caller phones in to tell Tom that she paid $20 to see it at a film festival, has seen it a second time, and wants to see it a third time. She then starts explaining what the film is supposed to be about and asks Tom why he didn't like the movie? Tom gets frustrated because he just spent a half hour talking on-air about why didn't like it. He ends the call by turning the caller into a ghost.

Beginning of the call: http://wfmu.org/flashplayer.php?version=2&show=25462&archive=100812&starttime=1:02:20 (http://wfmu.org/flashplayer.php?version=2&show=25462&archive=100812&starttime=1:02:20)
The "YOU'RE A GHOST!" moment: http://wfmu.org/flashplayer.php?version=2&show=25462&archive=100812&starttime=1:03:58 (http://wfmu.org/flashplayer.php?version=2&show=25462&archive=100812&starttime=1:03:58)

Spike called earlier in the show and was also turned into a ghost.
Title: Re: FUN PROJECT
Post by: WesleyfromLondon on March 14, 2016, 08:40:50 PM
I need to dig it up but I love when Julie from Cincinnati gets her own show and wants people to call in and talk about sandwiches. Spike calls in and they have a brief disagreement about whether pork is healthy or not and Julie hangs up on him. I think it's in the first 1/3 of the first six hour marathon show.

The whole segment of the Julie show is so wonderfully bizarre that it's like Tom is running an actual nuthouse (in a good way). It's like a sort of heightened reality where you're not really sure if you're really hearing what you're hearing.
Title: Re: FUN PROJECT
Post by: leeharveyosmond on March 15, 2016, 03:17:53 AM
"The Worst Phone Call in the History of Radio" from November 6, 2001

http://wfmu.org/flashplayer.php?version=2&show=1332&archive=100574&starttime=1:52:51 (http://wfmu.org/flashplayer.php?version=2&show=1332&archive=100574&starttime=1:52:51)
Title: Re: FUN PROJECT
Post by: Omar on March 15, 2016, 06:42:15 AM
I don't have the timestamp, but the "more pizza, slave!" call from 5/13/2008 is a fun one with a great reaction from Tom.

- Brian, 17, calls from Long Island to recount a story from the trenches of a kid's birthday party place. He says that his main duties involve serving pizza and drink refreshments to the hyper kids after they are done with their Moon Bounce session. As he attended to about 30 6- to 7-year-olds during one event, two kids started yelling for more pizza. Brian says he started playing around by ignoring the requests to make his job more entertaining. The kids noticed the poor service and added a zinger to their demands: "More pizza, slave." Tom is very amused by this. Brian says he stared at them without offering any retort. He does give their mothers credit for yelling at the kids and apologizing to him, even though he did think it was funny. Tom warns the kids that they will be serving a lot of pizza with that kind of attitude. Tom remembers that he locked eyes with the Panera troublemaker. He wanted to hold Junior's gaze, and the monster challenged him. He knew that the game was afoot. Tom says he Junior did look away first, but he was about to break it off to avoid looking like a psycho.
Title: Re: FUN PROJECT
Post by: Chas on March 15, 2016, 09:10:13 AM
Tom's rope-a-dope gomp of Hesh was one of the interactions that made me fall in love with the show.  That with the repeated references to Hesh "doing a little dance" every time something would go wrong over the next few episodes just killed me.

Original airdate was 5/8/2007.  Updated with link.  This is when Hesh calls in first.  First Hesh call here:   https://wfmu.org/flashplayer.php?version=2&show=23004&archive=100785&starttime=2:49:30

Followed by the 2nd featuring GOMP:  https://wfmu.org/flashplayer.php?version=2&show=23004&archive=100785&starttime=2:56:11
Title: Re: FUN PROJECT
Post by: buffcoat on March 15, 2016, 09:22:56 AM
Perhaps someone else could find one of these, but there were a couple of shows where Tom reached an extraordinarily low point at the end of a show and the Mr T guy called in at exactly that moment.
Title: Re: FUN PROJECT
Post by: buffcoat on March 15, 2016, 09:23:25 AM
Quote from: leeharveyosmond on March 15, 2016, 03:17:53 AM
"The Worst Phone Call in the History of Radio" from November 6, 2001

http://wfmu.org/flashplayer.php?version=2&show=1332&archive=100574&starttime=1:52:51 (http://wfmu.org/flashplayer.php?version=2&show=1332&archive=100574&starttime=1:52:51)

Is that Petey?
Title: Re: FUN PROJECT
Post by: JonFromMaplewood on March 15, 2016, 02:16:38 PM
Quote from: BadGuyZero on March 14, 2016, 07:37:13 PM

The "YOU'RE A GHOST!" moment: http://wfmu.org/flashplayer.php?version=2&show=25462&archive=100812&starttime=1:03:58 (http://wfmu.org/flashplayer.php?version=2&show=25462&archive=100812&starttime=1:03:58)


He specifically turns the Bob Dylan caller into a ghost at the 1:24:30 moment. I take personal pride in knowing that I played a role in creating the "You're a ghost" thing.
Title: Re: FUN PROJECT
Post by: Mike Desert on March 15, 2016, 02:57:39 PM
I really liked the call about American Dream Meadowlands / Xanadu. From 2013 I believe.  Just Tom talking about the craziness of it.  The one where he talks about the Boardwalk was great too. Work blocks WFMU so I can't look anything up...
Title: Re: FUN PROJECT
Post by: JesseFromVegas on March 15, 2016, 04:02:42 PM
May 30, 2006: Comedy Master Zach Galifianakis Calls In! Philly Boy Roy Talks About Memorial Day! An Argument About CNN Crawls, Your Lowest Moment And More. In Tribute To Gleason Jones... RIP.

Any of the Gleason Jones stuff, particularly Tom arguing with callers trying to correct him.
Title: Re: FUN PROJECT
Post by: BadGuyZero on March 15, 2016, 06:47:50 PM
Quote from: JonFromMaplewood on March 15, 2016, 02:16:38 PM
Quote from: BadGuyZero on March 14, 2016, 07:37:13 PM

The "YOU'RE A GHOST!" moment: http://wfmu.org/flashplayer.php?version=2&show=25462&archive=100812&starttime=1:03:58 (http://wfmu.org/flashplayer.php?version=2&show=25462&archive=100812&starttime=1:03:58)


He specifically turns the Bob Dylan caller into a ghost at the 1:24:30 moment. I take personal pride in knowing that I played a role in creating the "You're a ghost" thing.

She called back in because apparently she's a glutton for punishment, hence why she keeps going to that Bob Dylan movie.
Title: Re: FUN PROJECT
Post by: sonicdork on March 18, 2016, 06:03:51 PM
MORE MORE MORE! These are great!
Title: Re: FUN PROJECT
Post by: Carver on March 18, 2016, 11:22:46 PM
The guy who plagued the show for the last couple of WFMU years with a bizarre combination of drunkenness, aggression, and defensiveness, until this call on 11/19/13. 

https://wfmu.org/flashplayer.php?version=2&show=53259&archive=92322&starttime=0:41:50
Title: Re: FUN PROJECT
Post by: buffcoat on March 18, 2016, 11:35:11 PM
Quote from: Carver on March 18, 2016, 11:22:46 PM
The guy who plagued the show for the last couple of WFMU years with a bizarre combination of drunkenness, aggression, and defensiveness, until this call on 11/19/13. 

https://wfmu.org/flashplayer.php?version=2&show=53259&archive=92322&starttime=0:41:50


"This might sound mean, but it is not meant to sound mean, it is meant to sound, what I'm gonna say, ok... I hope you die. Is that mean? Does that sound mean? I'm rooting for your death." [Background laughter]


Also... "Whoohooohaaa"
Title: Re: FUN PROJECT
Post by: leeharveyosmond on March 18, 2016, 11:38:33 PM
CLARK (9/11/2007): http://wfmu.org/flashplayer.php?version=2&show=24544&archive=100802&starttime=01:36:50 (http://wfmu.org/flashplayer.php?version=2&show=24544&archive=100802&starttime=01:36:50)

TERRY FROM WOODSTOCK (7/24/2012): http://wfmu.org/flashplayer.php?version=2&show=46657&archive=80460&starttime=00:49:16 (http://wfmu.org/flashplayer.php?version=2&show=46657&archive=80460&starttime=00:49:16)


A NOTABLY OFFENSIVE CALL WITH CAPTAIN JACK THAT ENDS WITH TOM SCREAMING AT THE TOP OF HIS LUNGS (11/2/2004): http://wfmu.org/flashplayer.php?version=2&show=13058&archive=100686&starttime=2:31:34 (http://wfmu.org/flashplayer.php?version=2&show=13058&archive=100686&starttime=2:31:34)
Title: Re: FUN PROJECT
Post by: BadGuyZero on March 19, 2016, 04:21:03 AM
Quote from: buffcoat on March 18, 2016, 11:35:11 PM
Quote from: Carver on March 18, 2016, 11:22:46 PM
The guy who plagued the show for the last couple of WFMU years with a bizarre combination of drunkenness, aggression, and defensiveness, until this call on 11/19/13. 

https://wfmu.org/flashplayer.php?version=2&show=53259&archive=92322&starttime=0:41:50


"This might sound mean, but it is not meant to sound mean, it is meant to sound, what I'm gonna say, ok... I hope you die. Is that mean? Does that sound mean? I'm rooting for your death." [Background laughter]


I was in the studio that night. I had my hand clamped so tightly over my mouth at that moment.
Title: Re: FUN PROJECT
Post by: claedalus on March 19, 2016, 12:28:36 PM
Quote from: leeharveyosmond on March 18, 2016, 11:38:33 PM
A NOTABLY OFFENSIVE CALL WITH CAPTAIN JACK THAT ENDS WITH TOM SCREAMING AT THE TOP OF HIS LUNGS (11/2/2004): http://wfmu.org/flashplayer.php?version=2&show=13058&archive=100686&starttime=2:31:34 (http://wfmu.org/flashplayer.php?version=2&show=13058&archive=100686&starttime=2:31:34)
This is amazing.
Title: Re: FUN PROJECT
Post by: perfumed_chained on March 19, 2016, 02:52:59 PM
Here are two of my favorites. Brian the hypnotist:
https://wfmu.org/flashplayer.php?version=2&show=22150&archive=100777&starttime=2:53:05 (https://wfmu.org/flashplayer.php?version=2&show=22150&archive=100777&starttime=2:53:05)

And maybe my favorite GOMP of all time. I love how Tom throws a full-on tantrum at Laurie and then composes himself for the next call:
https://wfmu.org/flashplayer.php?version=2&show=38273&archive=65307&starttime=2:23:16 (https://wfmu.org/flashplayer.php?version=2&show=38273&archive=65307&starttime=2:23:16)
Title: Re: FUN PROJECT
Post by: JesseFromVegas on March 19, 2016, 11:02:37 PM
Oh god, please someone find Tom James'ing James
Title: Re: FUN PROJECT
Post by: agent_jimmy on March 20, 2016, 12:26:31 PM
Quote from: perfumed_chained on March 19, 2016, 02:52:59 PM
Here are two of my favorites. Brian the hypnotist:
https://wfmu.org/flashplayer.php?version=2&show=22150&archive=100777&starttime=2:53:05 (https://wfmu.org/flashplayer.php?version=2&show=22150&archive=100777&starttime=2:53:05)

And maybe my favorite GOMP of all time. I love how Tom throws a full-on tantrum at Laurie and then composes himself for the next call:
https://wfmu.org/flashplayer.php?version=2&show=38273&archive=65307&starttime=2:23:16 (https://wfmu.org/flashplayer.php?version=2&show=38273&archive=65307&starttime=2:23:16)

the kid who calls after laurie might be my favorite caller ever.
Title: Re: FUN PROJECT
Post by: perfumed_chained on March 20, 2016, 07:02:32 PM
Quote from: agent_jimmy on March 20, 2016, 12:26:31 PM
the kid who calls after laurie might be my favorite caller ever.

Kid? That was a 93 year old man
Title: Re: FUN PROJECT
Post by: buffcoat on March 20, 2016, 09:54:36 PM
A way to rack up a lot of these quickly is to reread the 798 pages of "The Best/Worst Moments of Last Night's Show" and pick out the funny looking ones from there.

You all (we all?) could volunteer to look through a certain number of pages or something.
Title: Re: FUN PROJECT
Post by: agent_jimmy on March 21, 2016, 09:05:48 AM
this is a long time favorite of mine. tom talking about howard dean yelling.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3GzK9e3VHg (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3GzK9e3VHg)
Title: Re: FUN PROJECT
Post by: Chas on March 21, 2016, 11:29:26 AM
One of my favs from an early show is the long Abbott and Costello routine did with the callers on The Producers.

https://wfmu.org/flashplayer.php?version=2&show=613&archive=100555&starttime=1:11:00
Title: Re: FUN PROJECT
Post by: leeharveyosmond on March 21, 2016, 12:12:23 PM
Quote from: agent_jimmy on March 21, 2016, 09:05:48 AM
this is a long time favorite of mine. tom talking about howard dean yelling.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3GzK9e3VHg (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3GzK9e3VHg)

i feel ashamed for not realizing who "cronos" was until i finally heard the show this bit is from (since i kept reading the descriptions over and over again as i was making my way through the first few years in the archives). one of the best!

also, from the same uploader, an early MAC appearance where tom pretends to be joey kramer from aerosmith, a good two years before the infamous jimmy crespo call:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jeFseWJO2gk (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jeFseWJO2gk)

"You know more about the guys in my band then I do!"
Title: Re: FUN PROJECT
Post by: Chas on March 21, 2016, 02:24:42 PM
I was just listening in the archives a few weeks ago to AP Mike's first call in to the show (as b buster) and Tom and his discussion of Dinosaur Jr.  Amazing to see elements of their current dynamic seeded in that call.

https://wfmu.org/flashplayer.php?version=2&show=9747&archive=100652&starttime=2:51:08

Title: Re: FUN PROJECT
Post by: jimakaclark on March 21, 2016, 02:47:19 PM
Quote from: leeharveyosmond on March 18, 2016, 11:38:33 PM

TERRY FROM WOODSTOCK (7/24/2012): http://wfmu.org/flashplayer.php?version=2&show=46657&archive=80460&starttime=00:49:16 (http://wfmu.org/flashplayer.php?version=2&show=46657&archive=80460&starttime=00:49:16)

My all time favorite...
Title: Re: FUN PROJECT
Post by: buffcoat on March 21, 2016, 03:30:57 PM
Quote from: Chas on March 21, 2016, 11:29:26 AM
One of my favs from an early show is the long Abbott and Costello routine did with the callers on The Producers.

https://wfmu.org/flashplayer.php?version=2&show=613&archive=100555&starttime=1:11:00

I believe the first caller is a friend of Tom's from the early days - his voice is also in Rock, Rot and Rule. I *think* he might be the friend of the show who passed away in the 2000s.
Title: Re: FUN PROJECT
Post by: rpm1200 on March 23, 2016, 01:39:22 PM
http://wfmu.org/flashplayer.php?version=2&show=3160&archive=100590 (http://wfmu.org/flashplayer.php?version=2&show=3160&archive=100590)
4/16/02 1:45:26-1:52:54
"My t-shirt just told me to flush Petey."
Title: Re: FUN PROJECT
Post by: Josh on March 25, 2016, 07:34:14 AM
Title: Re: FUN PROJECT
Post by: Omar on March 27, 2016, 05:49:37 PM
Martin Short episode, 4/28/2009.

"I'm sure he had a point. It couldn't have been just about the title." -- Marty Short, giving Spike a pass for seemingly using him as his personal IMDb

Tons of good stuff within the Martin Short appearance.
Title: Re: FUN PROJECT
Post by: JonFromMaplewood on March 28, 2016, 11:26:34 AM
I've been listening to the show for ten straight years but I have to say the alternate universe blimp/Velvet Underground call from just two weeks ago might have been one of my favorites.

http://thebestshow.net/episode/philly-boy-roy-alternate-universes-islands-world-premiere-parents-call-in/  (http://thebestshow.net/episode/philly-boy-roy-alternate-universes-islands-world-premiere-parents-call-in/) at the 2:59:14 mark.

The excessive use of the word "blimp" to the point of absurdity and the spot-on John Cale impression make for an untouchable call.
Title: Re: FUN PROJECT
Post by: agent_jimmy on March 28, 2016, 11:29:38 AM
i don't know how to post those fancy time links that people are doing but I'm listening to Tom talk about Mike L's Guitar Center commercial and loving it.

5-21-2013 1:56 minutes in...

can someone tell me how to post those fancy time links please? puh-leeeeease....
Title: Re: FUN PROJECT
Post by: JonFromMaplewood on March 28, 2016, 11:30:22 AM
Quote from: JonFromMaplewood on March 28, 2016, 11:26:34 AM
I've been listening to the show for ten straight years but I have to say the alternate universe blimp/Velvet Underground call from just two weeks ago might have been one of my favorites.

http://thebestshow.net/episode/philly-boy-roy-alternate-universes-islands-world-premiere-parents-call-in/  (http://thebestshow.net/episode/philly-boy-roy-alternate-universes-islands-world-premiere-parents-call-in/) at the 2:59:14 mark.

The excessive use of the word "blimp" to the point of absurdity and the spot-on John Cale impression make for an untouchable call.

And I forgot that on the same call he discusses the Goodfellas froyo franchise with Mike.
Title: Re: FUN PROJECT
Post by: sonicdork on March 29, 2016, 02:09:43 PM
KEEP THEM COMING!
Title: Re: FUN PROJECT
Post by: pc101 on March 29, 2016, 04:14:37 PM
COFFIN TALK - 03/08/2008 and 03/25/2008

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9YgVho8DmI (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9YgVho8DmI)
Title: Re: FUN PROJECT
Post by: JesseFromVegas on March 29, 2016, 07:07:11 PM
ONE. THOUSAND. FIGHTS.
Title: Re: FUN PROJECT
Post by: agent_jimmy on March 31, 2016, 06:26:22 PM
tom hanging out outside the gas station with those kids who were burning rubber in the parking was one of my favorite moments ever. at the very end of the episode.

 July 13, 2004: Philly Boy Roy! Skag Winesack! The Party Doctor! Matt Walsh! Petey's Grandmother! The Leader! And Hanging Outside The Holland Tunnel At A Hess Station With Officer Tom And Some Reckless Youth!
Title: Re: FUN PROJECT
Post by: JesseFromVegas on March 31, 2016, 07:49:48 PM
Quote from: agent_jimmy on March 31, 2016, 06:26:22 PM
tom hanging out outside the gas station with those kids who were burning rubber in the parking was one of my favorite moments ever. at the very end of the episode.

 July 13, 2004: Philly Boy Roy! Skag Winesack! The Party Doctor! Matt Walsh! Petey's Grandmother! The Leader! And Hanging Outside The Holland Tunnel At A Hess Station With Officer Tom And Some Reckless Youth!

Yesssss, Tom and Officer Tom driving to the Hess Station to confront the Leader with Communication Breakdown playing on Officer Tom's car stereo. 
Title: Re: FUN PROJECT
Post by: jimakaclark on April 01, 2016, 08:54:33 PM
Here's a few I noted down. Also the Best Show Awards episodes would probably have good clips

4/8/2008 - Beatles fest - around 40 minutes

6/30 or 6/29 2009 -  mike from brooklyn calls in and at 2:50 and tells a great story about speeding and another caller tops the story

6/9/2009 - Spike calls in with Weirdoes Exposed at 1:41
 
1/20/2009 - Spike calls in with proto Weirdoes Exposed. 41:20

12/2/2008 - Katherine calls in about Joe Paterno - 1:42:09 seconds
Title: Re: FUN PROJECT
Post by: buffcoat on April 02, 2016, 07:45:43 PM
Mike from Brooklyn also had a great story about a guy stealing the pinup from a Jet magazine with lousy and hilarious consequences.
Title: Re: FUN PROJECT
Post by: rinehart on April 04, 2016, 09:43:08 AM
August 07, 2012 - the first ever Bad Company episode. The recent YouTube supercut doesn't have this, but one caller realizes he's about to get Bad Company'd and asks Tom, "You're not going to Bad Company me, right?" Tom immediately fades it down.

At least I think this happened in that episode.
Title: Re: FUN PROJECT
Post by: JonFromMaplewood on April 04, 2016, 03:37:49 PM
The Order of Everything: Truck Nutz:  https://wfmu.org/flashplayer.php?version=2&show=27622&archive=100837 (https://wfmu.org/flashplayer.php?version=2&show=27622&archive=100837)  It is at the 1:48:10 mark (Well, Tom reads the list so far at that point and then the call starts).

This is worth it because I'm pretty sure it is the first time Tom ever totally lost it on the air.

Title: Re: FUN PROJECT
Post by: Phantom Hugger on April 04, 2016, 05:52:41 PM
Quote from: BadGuyZero on March 14, 2016, 07:37:13 PM
December 4, 2007

Tom spends the first part of the show talking about how much he disliked the movie I'm Not There. A caller phones in to tell Tom that she paid $20 to see it at a film festival, has seen it a second time, and wants to see it a third time. She then starts explaining what the film is supposed to be about and asks Tom why he didn't like the movie? Tom gets frustrated because he just spent a half hour talking on-air about why didn't like it. He ends the call by turning the caller into a ghost.

oh. my. gosh.

I had completely forgotten about the ghosting of callers period. Simply being reminded of it made me stop, hunch and stifle in the workplace.

 
Title: Re: FUN PROJECT
Post by: BadGuyZero on April 05, 2016, 10:32:00 AM
Today is the anniversary of the deaths of Kurt Cobain and Layne Staley. Remember when Chubby Checker took over the first hour of Best Show on April 6, 2004 to pay tribute to grunge?

http://wfmu.org/flashplayer.php?version=2&show=10919&archive=100665 (http://wfmu.org/flashplayer.php?version=2&show=10919&archive=100665)
Title: Re: FUN PROJECT
Post by: mostlymeat on April 05, 2016, 11:58:43 AM
Quote from: BadGuyZero on April 05, 2016, 10:32:00 AM
Today is the anniversary of the deaths of Kurt Cobain and Layne Staley. Remember when Chubby Checker took over the first hour of Best Show on April 6, 2004 to pay tribute to grunge?

http://wfmu.org/flashplayer.php?version=2&show=10919&archive=100665 (http://wfmu.org/flashplayer.php?version=2&show=10919&archive=100665)

This is so great, thanks for posting! I haven't heard this one.
Title: Re: FUN PROJECT
Post by: Krokodil_Gena on April 05, 2016, 02:46:19 PM
Quote from: leeharveyosmond on March 15, 2016, 03:17:53 AM
"The Worst Phone Call in the History of Radio" from November 6, 2001

http://wfmu.org/flashplayer.php?version=2&show=1332&archive=100574&starttime=1:52:51 (http://wfmu.org/flashplayer.php?version=2&show=1332&archive=100574&starttime=1:52:51)

That was "Hernando Biggie" doing another voice.
Title: Re: FUN PROJECT
Post by: buffcoat on April 06, 2016, 02:57:34 PM
Quote from: Krokodil_Gena on April 05, 2016, 02:46:19 PM
Quote from: leeharveyosmond on March 15, 2016, 03:17:53 AM
"The Worst Phone Call in the History of Radio" from November 6, 2001

http://wfmu.org/flashplayer.php?version=2&show=1332&archive=100574&starttime=1:52:51 (http://wfmu.org/flashplayer.php?version=2&show=1332&archive=100574&starttime=1:52:51)

That was "Hernando Biggie" doing another voice.

The path of Petey was always lost among the windings of these metal days.
Title: Re: FUN PROJECT
Post by: Nielsen on April 07, 2016, 04:35:24 PM
August 4,2009:Mary-Anne,a kindergarten teacher,offers Tom a gig as a puppeteer.

Tom:You're not teasing me with this call,because you know I'm a puppeteer.?
Mary-Anne:What kind of puppets do you operate with?
Tom:What kind of puppets don't I operate with is the question!

Tom:My uncle Gorph was a member of Mummenschanz.
Mary-Anne:No!!!!
Tom:Yes!He was the one with the toilet paper attached to his face.That's where I got my love of puppetry.

Possibly the first example of puppetry on The Best Show.
http://wfmu.org/flashplayer.php?version=2&show=32466&archive=54641 (http://wfmu.org/flashplayer.php?version=2&show=32466&archive=54641)(Starts at the 00:27:55 mark)
Title: Re: FUN PROJECT
Post by: Kevin from Pittsburgh on May 07, 2016, 11:44:35 AM
November 7, 2000 Alan Lieberman (Sam Seder).  May be my favorite call as it was so ridiculous and I'm not 100% sure that Sam wasn't taking what Alan was taking.

'I can't play tennis anymore because I'm on lithium.  It gives me dry mouth.'
Title: Re: FUN PROJECT
Post by: leeharveyosmond on May 08, 2016, 08:09:14 PM
A first time listener calls in during the final episode: http://wfmu.org/flashplayer.php?version=2&show=53635&archive=93039&starttime=2:44:34 (http://wfmu.org/flashplayer.php?version=2&show=53635&archive=93039&starttime=2:44:34)
Title: Re: FUN PROJECT
Post by: JON IN PHL on May 16, 2016, 02:23:10 PM
Quote from: perfumed_chained on March 20, 2016, 07:02:32 PM
Quote from: agent_jimmy on March 20, 2016, 12:26:31 PM
the kid who calls after laurie might be my favorite caller ever.

Kid? That was a 93 year old man

Yeah, that old kid is a genius.

"soap duds"
Title: Re: FUN PROJECT
Post by: RReynolds on September 08, 2016, 06:37:48 AM
Can someone who has uploaded clips for this project DM me the links to the Google Doc and the page where we were uploading .wav files? I thought I still had Jason's initial email saved somewheres, but apparently not.
Title: Re: FUN PROJECT
Post by: around the bend on September 09, 2016, 03:40:24 PM
Quote from: leeharveyosmond on March 14, 2016, 04:34:04 PM
From February 20, 2007: A dude who immediately gets GOMP'd for complaining about being on hold. Tom then makes fun of him (listen closely for Mike cracking up in the background).

http://wfmu.org/flashplayer.php?version=2&show=22150&archive=100777&starttime=2:46:23 (http://wfmu.org/flashplayer.php?version=2&show=22150&archive=100777&starttime=2:46:23) (goes on for about a minute)

 :-* :-* :-* :-* :-* :-* :-* :-*
Title: Re: FUN PROJECT
Post by: around the bend on October 05, 2016, 11:49:06 AM
January 22, 2013. 2 Hours, 34 minutes, 20 seconds into the show
Caller is Chris L from Maryland
Tom plays slide whistle to Ringo Starr's "I'm Great."
https://wfmu.org/archiveplayer/?show=49141&archive=84915&starttime=
I don't know how to do the link properly so it starts at the right time.
Title: Re: FUN PROJECT
Post by: hairdryer on October 20, 2016, 11:04:09 PM
The ultimate hangup on Capt. Jack.

2004-10-12 - Call starts at 2:53:30 - hangup at 2:54:30. Jack being unusually(?) maniacal.

"It's all yours."

"I got one thing I want to say!"

"What's that?"

"Gimme o - (call ends)"

/Tom giggles

Title: Re: FUN PROJECT
Post by: Unwashed Slob on November 15, 2016, 01:57:42 PM
November 15, 2011 https://wfmu.org/archiveplayer/?show=42692&archive=73519&starttime=1:25:30
A caller who claims to be close friends with Pete Seeger for 50 years argues with Tom that Bob Seeger is not his son.  Tom heave hos him, reads aloud a perfectly timed tweet from Pete Seeger, and and then he loses it!  My all time favorite call!