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The Best Show on WFMU => Show Discussion => Topic started by: moonshake on April 14, 2008, 10:32:54 PM
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Shall we revive this thread from the old messageboard with new and old Wursterisms?
"Say it again" when Tom shows any hint of agreement/respect for him.
Getting AP Mike's name wrong.
Philla-dummy, Grateful-dummy, SanFran-dummy etc.
"Don't judge."
"Yeah, why?"
WFMU is a high school radio station.
Claiming Tom uses a voice modulator.
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Wait, whuuuuuuuut?
Funny heights - 4'8", for example.
Inappropriate and braggy sexual disclosures.
Death threats.
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Confusing a band for a person.
From 2005/08/02:
JW - Who's he?
Tom- Who's who?
JW- Minor Threat.
There are other examples of this, but I can't remember any right now.
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"Are you strapped in....do you have your helmet on?"
"I'm going to turn this place into a car wash"
"You don't talk to me that way, I talk to YOU that way!"
References to "doing rails"
"You don't know what you're talking about!"
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"Madder than a rattlesnake at a Thai wedding."
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References to Button Gwinnett.
"Oh, really!"
(Also: Husker Dude, moonshake.)
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(Also: Husker Dude, moonshake.)
Yes, classic!
Another classic: "Can you send me a JPEG?"
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"What's that?!"
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"Wait - I'm not on the air, am I?" gets me every time.
Handburgers.
Threatening Tom through song. ("Bam-bam-bam-bam, buh-bam-bam-bam-bam...I'm gonna kill your face.")
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"Don't judge."
In more than a few recent calls, this is often said "don't judge me", which is hilarious to me for some reason.
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"Read a book/newspaper/dictionary much?"
References to the world's funniest drug, cocaine.
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References to "spank mags."
It's "Yeah, why?" and all of its variations that kill me each and every time.
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Alternately: references to "stroke books".
It's been a while since I've heard one, but also: really unwieldy URLs.
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"Idi Amin, who's she?"
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Let's not forget all the references to cocaine:
- The white lady
- Rails
- "A very expensive ski trip"
- The Conductor
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That manic laughter... "eeeeeehehehehe", it's pretty contagious.
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That manic laughter... "eeeeeehehehehe", it's pretty contagious.
It is, especially when it comes from Roy.
"What's that?!"
I actually love it even more when the "Who's THAT?" or "What's THAT?" comes from Tom, to a normal caller. Especially when it seems like he decided to say it at the last second, and then gets the caller to spend five minutes trying to explain something that he obviously already knows. Bonus points when he gets someone to do it in relation to a movie sequel/remake.
When either of them does it, though, it's just the way they manage to sound so proud of not knowing something that really makes me laugh.
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Another classic: "Can you send me a JPEG?"
I've always heard "shoot me a JPEG" which is even funnier.
Also, "Define ______."
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JW going "higher", "lower", "little higher", "little lower", "waaay higher" etc. while Tom counts up/down to a number. I love how long it always takes Tom to finally make a correct guess.
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It's "Yeah, why?" and all of its variations that kill me each and every time.
Same here. That, and "Wait - whaaaaaaat?"
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JW going "higher", "lower", "little higher", "little lower", "waaay higher" etc. while Tom counts up/down to a number. I love how long it always takes Tom to finally make a correct guess.
You failed to mention the added bonus of Wurster's character usually acting like Tom is ridiculous once he actually passes the correct number.
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Not that frequent, but slays me every time: references to gym shorts.
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I actually love it even more when the "Who's THAT?" or "What's THAT?" comes from Tom, to a normal caller. Especially when it seems like he decided to say it at the last second, and then gets the caller to spend five minutes trying to explain something that he obviously already knows. Bonus points when he gets someone to do it in relation to a movie sequel/remake.
When either of them does it, though, it's just the way they manage to sound so proud of not knowing something that really makes me laugh.
Starting to drift off-topic, but: YES! I was just listening to the 2001 show wherein Tom insists to callers (for over half an hour) that they're mistaken about The Producers having been a movie before it was a play, and that an IMDB search only pulls up results for The Directors, starring Gene Wilder and Dom DeLouise (a la the later Dawn of the Dead dust-up). Radio magic.
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I actually love it even more when the "Who's THAT?" or "What's THAT?" comes from Tom, to a normal caller. Especially when it seems like he decided to say it at the last second, and then gets the caller to spend five minutes trying to explain something that he obviously already knows. Bonus points when he gets someone to do it in relation to a movie sequel/remake.
When either of them does it, though, it's just the way they manage to sound so proud of not knowing something that really makes me laugh.
Starting to drift off-topic, but: YES! I was just listening to the 2001 show wherein Tom insists to callers (for over half an hour) that they're mistaken about The Producers having been a movie before it was a play, and that an IMDB search only pulls up results for The Directors, starring Gene Wilder and Dom DeLouise (a la the later Dawn of the Dead dust-up). Radio magic.
I liked when he did this re: the announcement of the death of Gleason Jones, who he insisted, over the objections of numerous callers, was the actor who played the prinicipal in Ferris Bueller's Day Off. Or when he claimed that The Flintstones actually pre-dated The Honeymooners.
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"oh you gotta be KIDDING me!!"
"you mean to tell me that you have a radio show..."
and one of my favorite things is when he insists that the best show is on a high school radio station. makes me laugh every time.
"aw, c'mon guy!"
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"Right in the juggler" as opposed to " jugular"
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The insulted "Noooooouuu!" that PBR always shouts when Tom gets something wrong.
"Philla-minion"
"Eng-uh-land"
And any time PBR starts rattling off a list and he drops into that mellow tone, i.e. Rambocky: "Footlong, salami, balogna, ham ... onions, banana peppers, extra oregano, extra mayo ... lettuce ... ... ... peanut chews."
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I actually love it even more when the "Who's THAT?" or "What's THAT?" comes from Tom, to a normal caller. Especially when it seems like he decided to say it at the last second, and then gets the caller to spend five minutes trying to explain something that he obviously already knows. Bonus points when he gets someone to do it in relation to a movie sequel/remake.
When either of them does it, though, it's just the way they manage to sound so proud of not knowing something that really makes me laugh.
Starting to drift off-topic, but: YES! I was just listening to the 2001 show wherein Tom insists to callers (for over half an hour) that they're mistaken about The Producers having been a movie before it was a play, and that an IMDB search only pulls up results for The Directors, starring Gene Wilder and Dom DeLouise (a la the later Dawn of the Dead dust-up). Radio magic.
I liked when he did this re: the announcement of the death of Gleason Jones, who he insisted, over the objections of numerous callers, was the actor who played the prinicipal in Ferris Bueller's Day Off. Or when he claimed that The Flintstones actually pre-dated The Honeymooners.
The CNN crawl guy was my Furst Wurst (before I was on the 'in'). What a good one to start with, as I don't think it was planned out, and he seemed like a real (though weird) person.
Then, "I wonder what I'm gonna say at your funeral? Which I have a feeling will be rather soon." And to the caller, not Tom. That actually freaked me out a little.
Tom did a GREAT Producers-esque one tonight, going all over the map with Bob Dylan's chronology.
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Tom did a GREAT Producers-esque one tonight, going all over the map with Bob Dylan's chronology.
Not to mention the Cubs' World Series win in 1999. He looked it up!
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A rare gem, but my favorite:
"How old are you, son?!"
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"You must not wanna live very long, then." I forget who this comes from.
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I love that no matter how many times Tom tells him that it's call screener Mike, Wurster always gets it wrong. The bishop had some good ones last night:
Call screener Ricardo
Call screener Benji
Call screener Sherman
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Sarcastic, over-the-top responses to very minor compliments. There's a whole character based on this, of course, but lots of them do it.
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references (Philly Boy Roy on July 11, 2006, Brian Hottenstein of Anything, Inc. on August 15, 2006, and Trip Whiting on Jan. 2, 2007) to G.G. Allin "passing on".
"He was a good dude!" - PBR
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also, dropping the real names of stage named celebrities. the whole music scholar call, kevin allin, bill macey. i can't think of any other right now.
"Oh, you probably know him as . . . "
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There's a variation on the "Why" where he makes a ridiculous statement and follows it with a rapid "Why?" without even allowing Tom a chance to express his surprise.
Bishop Fontana (2008.04.15): "Everybody has to stand for the four hours. They basically worship me. WHY?"
PBR (2005.07.12) : "Ladies love to get their tops yanked off... I was wearing a mask and I ran off. WHY?"
Mark Michaels (2005.08.02): "Fire. WHY?"
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"We're hoping for a hard R."
"It's kinda like ______, but a little darker."
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"He was a good dude!" - PBR
So funny.
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"Thank you, Saheeb." - Bob Bogle Jr.
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John Q Law
Can I say _____ on the radio?
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And the alternate version, present at the beginning: "Tom, can I use the F-word?"
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'You're NUTS!!!!"
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"Hey, don't use the 'S' word!"
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I have to say I really relate to this Pudge fellow - I negate everything I say with "I donno" and I'm a closet classical/music theory nerd and stuff.
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And the alternate version, present at the beginning: "Tom, can I use the F-word?"
Jon's ways around cussing are nice: Ess hit; Ash olé; Bustin' your b's; and Fumb duck (the desperate reaction this got from Tom was great). Are there others?
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Oh, I didn't know you were an expert on _______.
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weird-o-wood instead of hollyweird. and then tom tries to convince him that it's hollyweird by demonstrating how much more sense hollyweird makes than weirdowood. so awesome.
was this only twice, with the gorch and with PBR? or has it happened more?
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There's a variation on the "Why" where he makes a ridiculous statement and follows it with a rapid "Why?" without even allowing Tom a chance to express his surprise.
Bishop Fontana (2008.04.15): "Everybody has to stand for the four hours. They basically worship me. WHY?"
PBR (2005.07.12) : "Ladies love to get their tops yanked off... I was wearing a mask and I ran off. WHY?"
Mark Michaels (2005.08.02): "Fire. WHY?"
personal all time fav...
Troy from Newbridge, June 2, 2007: "Don't Stand So Close to Me '86, WHY?"
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i also like
pbr - wait, you don't like santana?
tom - no
pbr - wait, wherrrrre?
tom - what?!
pbr - where don't you like them? on your radio or on your stereo?
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Two from last week: "disgusten" and "dece."
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"dece."
More of a teenagegirlerism.
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i also like
pbr - wait, you don't like santana?
tom - no
pbr - wait, wherrrrre?
tom - what?!
pbr - where don't you like them? on your radio or on your stereo?
wait, wheeeen?
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PBR can't believe he doesn't like Santana, and he sings a bit of "Winning" from 1981's Zebop!. Tom says he doesn't like any era of the band, and PBR wants to know whyyyyyyyyyyyywheeeere Tom doesn't like them. Tom doesn't like the band on his stereo or on his television.
1.30.07
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"I agree with everything you just said except for the word 'maybe'"
"I agree with everything you just said except for the phrase 'kind of'"
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"you need to go back to school, son!"
also, where the hell did he come up with shellac-ing cheesesteaks? that's so weird and funny.
"aw, you don't know what you're TALKIN' about!"
i also love whenever wurster calls him a clever name that is radio appropriate. like "dunce", "jerk", "filth", "rube", etc.
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weird-o-wood instead of hollyweird. and then tom tries to convince him that it's hollyweird by demonstrating how much more sense hollyweird makes than weirdowood. so awesome.
was this only twice, with the gorge and with PBR? or has it happened more?
I've started using "Weird-o-wood" in my every day speech out here. Nobody even understands that I'm referring to Hollywood. The conversation usually goes something like this:
"Man, I was down in Weird-o-wood today, and saw a guy dressed as Optimus Prime."
"You were where?"
"Just down in Weird-o-wood, by the Chinese Theatre."
"Is that in Orange County?"
It's like being in a space race with people who still believe that the night sky is a blanket that God puts in front of the sun.
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Wait . . .
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weird-o-wood instead of hollyweird. and then tom tries to convince him that it's hollyweird by demonstrating how much more sense hollyweird makes than weirdowood. so awesome.
was this only twice, with the gorge and with PBR? or has it happened more?
I've started using "Weird-o-wood" in my every day speech out here. Nobody even understands that I'm referring to Hollywood. The conversation usually goes something like this:
"Man, I was down in Weird-o-wood today, and saw a guy dressed as Optimus Prime."
"You were where?"
"Just down in Weird-o-wood, by the Chinese Theatre."
"Is that in Orange County?"
It's like being in a space race with people who still believe that the night sky is a blanket that God puts in front of the sun.
steve...youre weird-o-wood
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It's Life is like being in a space race with people who still believe that the night sky is a blanket that God puts in front of the sun.
I am getting this embroidered on a sampler and a t-shirt.
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It's a Facebook favourite quote waiting to happen. Kudos, Big Steve!
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I'm glad you guys like it. I wasn't even drunk when I wrote it!
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i also love whenever wurster calls him a clever name that is radio appropriate. like "dunce", "jerk", "filth", "rube", etc.
The Keith Garfinkle call on Art of the Slap, wherein Tom gets called both a "munch" and a "fart," takes this to a whole other plane.
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Not exactly a Wursterism, but a Wurster catchphrase used by a Gawker post.
30 Rock In A Tailspin. Wait, wha(aaaaaaaaa)t? (http://gawker.com/5008397/30-rock-in-a-tailspin-wait-what)
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i think wurster has been reading this thread, because didn't zachary brimstead just the other night do a "wait, wheeeeennnn?" or was it "wait, wheeeeeerrree?"?
convenient that we were just talking about it in this very thread just a few days before!
that's not to say i don't LOVE IT. i was so pumped when he did that.
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"The caller is glad they filled up the hole with colored marbles and paved it over to erase all of the bad memories and help people move on."
http://www.recidivism.org/2007/05/power_pop_poppop.html
I love how strange civic details like these find their way into some of the bits. Wish I could think of some other examples.
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Not necessarily for this thread, but not worth a new one (Might be called "Best Show Math"?).
David Gedge of The Wedding Present
(http://philspector.files.wordpress.com/2007/12/david-gedge.jpg)
PLUS The Martian from Bugs Bunny
(http://world.std.com/~kentq/marvin6.gif)
EQUALS the voice of Zachary Brimstead
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Not necessarily for this thread, but not worth a new one (Might be called "Best Show Math"?).
David Gedge of The Wedding Present
(http://philspector.files.wordpress.com/2007/12/david-gedge.jpg)
PLUS The Martian from Bugs Bunny
(http://world.std.com/~kentq/marvin6.gif)
EQUALS the voice of Zachary Brimstead
more martian...but yes, i agree!
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I got an e-mail at work from somebody who runs an indie label in Minneapolis, announcing a whole bunch of shows to celebrate the label's 9th anniversary. The first sentence:
"So, are you strapped in? You got your helmet on?"
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I got an e-mail at work from somebody who runs an indie label in Minneapolis, announcing a whole bunch of shows to celebrate the label's 9th anniversary. The first sentence:
"So, are you strapped in? You got your helmet on?"
It's definitely spreading. I am hearing a lot of 'ew boyy'. They're not necessarily Best Show listeners, but probably picked it up from one though
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yeah...i say "ew buoy" about 50 times a day now. it's getting a little crazy.
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yeah...i say "ew buoy" about 50 times a day now. it's getting a little crazy.
yeah, i used to say it ironically.
now i use it literally.
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"my daddy"
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I was saying that before Tom Scharpling was born, damn it.
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"Idi Amin, who's she?"
Read your world history, pet.
??? ??? ??? ???
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"Idi Amin, who's she?"
Read your world history, pet.
??? ??? ??? ???
I wish you would call me Pet.
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"Idi Amin, who's she?"
Read your world history, pet.
??? ??? ??? ???
I wish you would call me Pet.
bleghhh. this whole nonsense is giving me the goosepump creeps.
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"Idi Amin, who's she?"
Read your world history, pet.
??? ??? ??? ???
I wish you would call me Pet.
bleghhh. this whole nonsense is giving me the goosepump creeps.
You're just jealous.
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"Idi Amin, who's she?"
Read your world history, pet.
??? ??? ??? ???
I wish you would call me Pet.
bleghhh. this whole nonsense is giving me the goosepump creeps.
You're just jealous.
truuue.
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I like "IMDB that" to things such as band members or musical artists.
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I like "IMDB that" to things such as band members or musical artists.
that's one of my favorites as well
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Marky Ramone:
"Ba ba ba ba, ba ba ba ba ba, yah gonna get muhrdud."
(maybe?) Hammerhead:
"I'm gonna smash you."
I actually said that to someone, and they backed off. It was great.
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"college greens"
"Rachel epitaphs"
but, especially, "death syrup"
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You have a radio show and don't know what XXXXX is?
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"whaaaaaaaat?" and variations, of course
"well, what would YOU have done?" (exasperated)
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I have fully adopted John McCain's "Eeeenhhh? Eeenhh?" that Todd Palin (I think) made fun of.
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one of my favorites: "you piece of dog FUUUUUUDDGE"
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Simon and Garth's Uncle.
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Define XXXX
Any reference to the murder junkies
and, for some reason my favorite, the exasperated way he says "what is that?" and "I don't know what that is".
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Kingdom Kong
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"Fontasies" as Gene Simmons for some reason cracks me up. Also the fact that Gene has an accent for some reason.
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"Fontasies" as Gene Simmons for some reason cracks me up. Also the fact that Gene has an accent for some reason.
he's Israeli
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"Fontasies" as Gene Simmons for some reason cracks me up. Also the fact that Gene has an accent for some reason.
he's Israeli
True, but Gene doesn't have an accent normally.
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This guy gets mentioned quite a bit. Always makes me laugh.
(http://thephoenix.com/BLOGS/blogs/onthedownload/GGALLIN%20Action%20figure.jpg)
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"Fontasies" as Gene Simmons for some reason cracks me up. Also the fact that Gene has an accent for some reason.
Yeah, any time he pronounces the "ant" syllable as "ont" cracks me up. Sadly (or perhaps hilariously, right?), it has worked its way into my own daily speech habits.
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"Fontasies" as Gene Simmons for some reason cracks me up. Also the fact that Gene has an accent for some reason.
Yeah, any time he pronounces the "ant" syllable as "ont" cracks me up. Sadly (or perhaps hilariously, right?), it has worked its way into my own daily speech habits.
Me too. "Fontasy" and "poncake" are now the only way I say those words. I heard a woman speaking at my wife's graduation the other day who talked like that. It was being held in Grant Hall and she kept saying "...historic Gront Hall" and it kept cracking me up.
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"Fontasies" as Gene Simmons for some reason cracks me up. Also the fact that Gene has an accent for some reason.
Yeah, any time he pronounces the "ant" syllable as "ont" cracks me up. Sadly (or perhaps hilariously, right?), it has worked its way into my own daily speech habits.
Me too. "Fontasy" and "poncake" are now the only way I say those words. I heard a woman speaking at my wife's graduation the other day who talked like that. It was being held in Grant Hall and she kept saying "...historic Gront Hall" and it kept cracking me up.
You are forgiven.
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Ste-puncle, Maclintosh.
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"That little bandido, who he think he is? Poncho Village?"
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"That little bandido, who he think he is? Poncho Village?"
Yes!
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Referring to John Hodgman as "Max." ;D
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Or calling Tom Todd. I love that.
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"Double R P" in reference to Rowdy Roddy Piper made me lose it.
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Need help! Told our driver I'm a geometry whiz and I'd tutor his son when we get to Austin. What the hell is an ice sauce of these triangle?
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Wursterism blatantly lifted by the bastion of journalism, The New York Times, for a headline:
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/10/fashion/10BUMBYS.html (http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/10/fashion/10BUMBYS.html)
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I may be new here, but I've been listening for a little while. And I definitely get a weird giggle going when Aimee Mann is on and she gets addressed as "Miz Mann".
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Did anyone mention "wiki it"? I did a search but nothing came up (for me) for this thread.
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Not a specific "ism", but any time Wurster is furiously mad (like Mike Sajak, Bruce Willis, one of Tom's relatives most recently) is one of the funniest things in the world.
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Wurster: "I'm _____."
Tom: "Oh, you're _____."
Wurster: "YESSS!"
Something like that.
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"Uh, question for you"
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"Uh, question for you"
That's a nice one.
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"Well..." said with a kind of "suit-yourself" tone always gets me.
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"Well..." said with a kind of "suit-yourself" tone always gets me.
I hear this ALOT in real life.
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Not a specific "ism", but any time Wurster is furiously mad (like Mike Sajak, Bruce Willis, one of Tom's relatives most recently) is one of the funniest things in the world.
There's a very brief moment in one of the Radio Hut calls where he turns viciously on Tom for interrupting an off-phone conversation that kills me every time I hear it. Just so much venom that comes out of nowhere and then goes away, it's amazing.
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I'll second the brilliance of Angry Wurster.
The top of the Ron Scharpling call is one of my favorite performances of his. "YOU KNOW WHO THIS IS!"
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Not a specific "ism", but any time Wurster is furiously mad (like Mike Sajak, Bruce Willis, one of Tom's relatives most recently) is one of the funniest things in the world.
There's a very brief moment in one of the Radio Hut calls where he turns viciously on Tom for interrupting an off-phone conversation that kills me every time I hear it. Just so much venom that comes out of nowhere and then goes away, it's amazing.
Jeff Cooper is very specific about his Taco Bell order and does not like to be interrupted.
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Two seven-layers. No guac on the first, but extra rice. Extra olives and *no rice* on the second.
Diet Pibb with about a quarter cup of ice.
4 things of hot sauce.
Mexican candy bar.
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Two seven-layers. No guac on the first, but extra rice. Extra olives and *no rice* on the second.
Diet Pibb with about a quarter cup of ice.
4 things of hot sauce.
Mexican candy bar.
No, they're not gonna charge me extra. It's still seven layers.
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Does anyone (*cough* Omar *cough*) know the first appearance of the "Tom uses a voice modulator" meme? I couldn't find it on Omar's site.
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Does anyone (*cough* Omar *cough*) know the first appearance of the "Tom uses a voice modulator" meme? I couldn't find it on Omar's site.
I want to say it was from Timmy on October 16, 2007 and repeated by Bryce on the 23rd.
Other favorite call-within-a-call moments are both Curt Gasteburn's and Ron Templeton's plans to kill Tom. The best part is their transition-less continuation of the conversation with Tom while he's flabbergasted.
"Getting a little 'tude from you which I'm not that into...," "Picking up on a vibe..." (mostly Bryce)
Referring to Corey Harris as a huge rock star.
Demanding respect/fame for novel jobs/accomplishments. (Rick Stevens, Poor Millionaire, Phil Monroe)
The abundance of terms for Reggie Monroe's actions (spankathon, pants vacation, pant rummage,
"Let me nutshell it for ya."
Mentioning the best director of all time or some other embellishment as Tom guesses incorrectly before it's revealed to be TLS.
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"hey, Tom."
because something awesome usually follows
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Referring to Tom as "host" gets me every time.
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Referring to Tom as "host" gets me every time.
Agreed. I love it.
Other additions (that I reserve the right to delete upon seeing they were posted on previous pages):
"pawing herself"
"You know who this is." Or, "You don't know who this is, do you?"
"Gotta take a squeege" (Does that mean number 1 or number 2?)
"Ooh, jeepers." (said sarcastically after Tom makes threat)
"Scared the bejesus out of me/him/her, etc."
"He/I was livid, Tom. Positively livid."
Any reference to baseball or softball. Running onto the field, running into a field, fighting a game, running over a game, President Baseball, etc.
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Anything having to do with fudge is the absolute pinacle of comedy for me.
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Another one I've heard a few times...
"That's kind of a legal gray area."
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The overuse of "juices flowing."
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Mentionning the Magazine.
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Hilarious when he mutters something quietly in shame after an investigative question by Tom.
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Any time he says "don't judge me." and the use of the term "you dip." Always crack me up
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"We could argue about that all night."
"Sure it/he is!"
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Whenever he has multiple/related calls in a night, like last night. It reminds me of when I played some Gems podcasts for my Mom, who asked "Is this always the same guy? Why does he always do the same voice?"
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Commanding Tom to do physical exercises (in often exaggerated amounts) - 82 push-ups, squat-thrusts, crunches, etc.
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My wife also says "All his voices sound the same!"
Of course, she doesn't have the keen ear we do. I've broken down Wurster's vocal range into the following categories, with some examples of each:
Regular Voice, High-Pitched: Darren, Drunk Driver, Caesar
Regular Voice, Low-Pitched: Bulk of the characters
Calm Scratchy: Corey Harris, Reggie Monroe
Angry Scratchy: Mike Sajak, HRR, Andy in Lake Newbridge
Old Coot Voice: Gorch, Cardiff Giant
Authoritative: The Music Scholar, Roger Scharpling -- except for the birthday call from a couple years ago. For some reason (laziness? cocaine?), Roger's voice was RV-LP during that one.
Funny Voice: Zachary Brimstead, PBR, Bryce, Timmy Von Trimble
Funny Voice One-Off: Todd (Audio Guru Disciple)
Funny Voice Foreign: Bishop Pablo Fontana, Rodrigo, Corey Harris's Nurse
Funny Voice Impression: Marky Ramone, Gene Simmons
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You forgot-
Old Coot Voice: Gorch, Cardiff Giant
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My wife also says "All his voices sound the same!"
Of course, she doesn't have the keen ear we do. I've broken down Wurster's vocal range into the following categories, with some examples of each:
Regular Voice, High-Pitched: Darren, Drunk Driver, Caesar
Regular Voice, Low-Pitched: Bulk of the characters
Calm Scratchy: Corey Harris, Reggie Monroe
Angry Scratchy: Mike Sajak, HRR
Authoritative: The Music Scholar, Roger Scharpling -- except for the birthday call from a couple years ago. For some reason (laziness? cocaine?), Roger's voice was RV-LP during that one.
Funny Voice: Zachary Brimstead, PBR, Bryce, Bishop Pablo Fontana, Marky Ramone, Gene Simmons
This is great. I would break out the funny voices into: "One-offs" and "Foreign Voice" which would be Bishop Fontana and Rodrigo.
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Wurster using the same weed-rage voice for Chip as he did with Bryce was great knowing he can maintain a voice through a coke-high (King of Coat-checks).
I miss Bryce's reggae rages.
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Okay, I updated the voice post.
It'd be neat if we could sticky some of the Newbridge continuity/Wurster posts to which we've all contributed.
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from the mind of Mike "The Miracle" Manheim: "nityintz", "jacknintz"
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I love any of the excuses to cover up for laughing:
"This pollen..why are the windows open"
"You'll never guess what I just saw" (mouse with a cape)
I also second any references to "the magazine"
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The references to Yes and people being really short.
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Another newish one, I believe:
Tom plugging "Wurster"'s book and Wurster making sure Tom doesn't leave out the colon in the title.
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my favorite "one off" is from the John Mulaney episode, he calls that weird sad music instant nostalgia bit at the end of SNL the "silver bye bye", which is hilarious, and also works perfectly as a description of whatever that is
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most of his calls ending in that explosion/gun shot sound effect
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most of his calls ending in that explosion/gun shot sound effect
I am big into this one, as well.
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Going back to the subject of Wurster Voices from a couple pages ago...
I was listening to the "Music Scholar Reprise" yesterday and in that, Charles R. Martin has Jon's "Normal Voice, Low Pitch."
In the original Music Scholar, Charles R. Martin has Jon's "Authoritative" voice.
I just wanted to point this out, because A. I'm an obsessive weirdo. And B., I'm a little disappointed that Charles R. Martin's voice changed.
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These may have been mentioned already but I thoroughly enjoy the use of "fudge," "jpeg," and making a point to say "colon" in book titles.
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The air horn.
And calling back with the air horn.
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"Absolutely."
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Wurster insisting on Tom pronouncing "diaper" with all vowels emphasized.
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I know this has been said multiple times, but "Yeah. Why?" kills me. Especially when PBR does it. There's a great instance of it during the Hurricane Tarp call last week. This is a beautiful thing, this radio show.
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"Show [me/him/her] some respect"
This non-Best Show instance of it had me cracking up today:
(http://i55.tinypic.com/2hwpppz.png)
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This kid I know made a spontaneous Wursterism the other day. I predicted what he was about to say, and he, in genuine shock, said, "Oh my god, how did you know that? Do you have ESPN?" (He wasn't kidding!)
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"bathroom area"
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Does anyone one know which episode "Up juggalo creek without a faygo" was in? I don't remember.
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Pretty sure that's from the disgruntled Juggalo call. It was a Gem a couple weeks back.
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When he rates something "0.0 out of 1000."
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Pretty sure that's from the disgruntled Juggalo call. It was a Gem a couple weeks back.
"You Jugga-dummy"
still makes me laugh
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Has anyone mentioned the "Wrist-Watch Alarm" yet?
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The woof man
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Seeing pics of Lou Reed & Metallica for whatever the hell project they did made me think of "truHEEho".
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this thread is lacking something, you all need to start posting with some zest!
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"Crack open a __________ much? It don't sound like you do."
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i did not laugh that hard when sheila larson killed for the first time, but when it happened again this week, i totally lost it.
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i've been listening to the best show gems podcast while walking around and keep laughing to myself. people think that i'm smiling at them (FALSE) and will awkwardly wave at me.
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I hope you're scowling at all false smile recipients.
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This is my first post — hi everyone!
I think someone might have mentioned this, but I love when he makes acronyms out of things that don't need to be acronyms. Like, LB for lidblower.
The "why" is by far my favorite recurring Wursterism (followed by variations on "wait, what?). There's one Wurster "why?" that I would love to find again, but I have no memory of which character he was doing. He was explaining something in an agitated tone, and ended it with a really forceful, definitive 'why' — employed as a period, not as a question mark.
I know this is pretty damn vague, but if this rings a bell to anyone, please do tell.
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Maybe during the Bruce Willis incident?
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My guess would be Bryce during one of his non-mellow moments.
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This is my first post — hi everyone!
I think someone might have mentioned this, but I love when he makes acronyms out of things that don't need to be acronyms. Like, LB for lidblower.
Yeah that's a good one. My favorite is probably "PR" for pants rummage from the infamous Reggie Monroe. He white walled his hand in the jungle, if you don't recall the name. A recent example was "GG" which OF COURSE means Gods Green, you 420-dummy ;D
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This is my first post — hi everyone!
I think someone might have mentioned this, but I love when he makes acronyms out of things that don't need to be acronyms. Like, LB for lidblower.
The "why" is by far my favorite recurring Wursterism (followed by variations on "wait, what?). There's one Wurster "why?" that I would love to find again, but I have no memory of which character he was doing. He was explaining something in an agitated tone, and ended it with a really forceful, definitive 'why' — employed as a period, not as a question mark.
I know this is pretty damn vague, but if this rings a bell to anyone, please do tell.
Sounds like Tank or Horse.
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Thanks... I'll listen to some old calls and get to the bottom of this. If it's the last thing I do.
In re: pant rummage, I've tried dropping that phrase into normal conversation a few times. Warning: this does not work very well.
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Some that I've enjoyed lately are his euphemisms for a person's "bathroom area."
I think one JW caller this summer used the word "ploopleplop," or something very close to that, for a guy's parts. It was great.
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Rat dip.
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Minor update: "Ploopleplop" is actually used in the Shawn from Rampridge call from Jan 09. Among the many plastic surgeries that Shawn wants is one on his ploopleplop to make it bigger.
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Oh the humidity.
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Two from the six-hour 6/2/09 show:
"Region of eros"
"'Born to Drink, Craig.'"
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One of my faves is when he does an exaggerated "wait wait"
Wait whuaaaaaattt
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Mouth fun.
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"Yeah, why?"
"aww...you got it all wrong man"
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Flamingo guitar.
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It was in "Christine Prediction"
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"Plookleduke."
"Spot inspection." The only kind of inspection that Ray Ploppleton and Dick Xap know.
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"Nutshell it" (probably mentioned already)
"Baker's handful"
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"He hates me. I don't know why."
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Ya munch
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"Hosing down the loading dock."
This doesn't come up that much, but it's popped up a few times on calls from Consolidated Cardboard co-workers. It always cracks me up, because The Double C ships cardboard, not fish or chemicals or something wet and gooey. But apparently they have the cleanest loading dock in the Quint Cities.
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You owe me a massage.
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Oh, Sheila, no!
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Those day-skunks don't mess around.
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Whenever a Wurster character references some kind of obscure music project, or one-off concert, or musician get-together in Newbridge, it's almost always some or all of the same odd, disparate line-up:
Steve Howe from YES
Gary Richrath from REO Speedwagon
Mike Score from Flock of Seagulls
Ross Valerie from Journey
Mickey Dolenz
and
Merle Allin
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Listening to the latest Gem reminded me of a new one:
Musically inclined Newbridgians who sing the praises of, or admit to only using, drum machines and/or Simmons Pads.
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The recent Gem with Darren From Work almost killed me.
"I was just really digging the greasy funk those guys were laying down."
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There's another Darren call (I believe from the previous year - 06) that I like even better. D-Plopp and Tom have just finished up a weekend playing in the Corporate Battle of the Bands. It just goes on and on and Darren descends into complete madness. It might be my favorite call ever.
I definitely think it's Gem-worthy.
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There's another Darren call (I believe from the previous year - 06) that I like even better. D-Plopp and Tom have just finished up a weekend playing in the Corporate Battle of the Bands. It just goes on and on and Darren descends into complete madness. It might be my favorite call ever.
I definitely think it's Gem-worthy.
5/23/06:
http://www.recidivism.org/2006/05/the_usual_gang_of_idiots.html (http://www.recidivism.org/2006/05/the_usual_gang_of_idiots.html)
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Omar, that's awesome.
That call has my favorite "don't judge!" of all-time, followed by a more restrained, semi-annoyed "you're judging..." as Tom runs down the list of Darren's depravity.
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I just heard this one again: "No pun nintendo", instead of "no pun intended"
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Edwardo Marbleman = Richardo Montalban
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Slightly off-topic.
I could be waaay off base, but just finished a StarWars/Empire Strikes Back marathon with my little nephews. Hadn't watched them in years. I was amazed at the similarities in tone between a young, bratty Skywalker (all that backtalk to Yoda! shocking!) and the indignant tones of some of the calls from various Newbridge residents. It was uncanny! The 'nooooooo' after (SPOILER) Vader tells Luke he's his father sounds identical to lazer whip death!
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Cutting off a line of questioning, or changing the topic, with a dismissive "Hey, ..."
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One that made me laugh for days afterwards - "you sound bald".
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He put a rag over my mouth and tried to Colorform me.
Power is a great lubricant.
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referencing bygone places in Newbridge:
"you know, down by the _____ before it ______."
one was something like "you know, down by the Newbridge Cod Fishery before it evaporated?"
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Listening to the latest Gem reminded me of a new one:
Musically inclined Newbridgians who sing the praises of, or admit to only using, drum machines and/or Simmons Pads.
On a similar note, I'm glad that JW recognizes the inherent comedic potential of Steinberger basses and guitars.
(http://www.steinbergerworld.com/Q&A/Zummo.jpg)
"Everyone looks cool playing a Steinberger."
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Thought of Mr. Wurster at the hardware store the other day for some reason...
(http://i1243.photobucket.com/albums/gg554/RourkenRoll/th_DNT.jpg) (http://s1243.photobucket.com/albums/gg554/RourkenRoll/?action=view¤t=DNT.jpg)
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"What is this? An inquisition???"
I get a kick out of him calling in and talking to someone while he's spying on them (EXAMPLE: December 14, 1010 - Aimee Mann calls in. 80s Rick calls in to talk to her. During the conversation he mentions how lovely she looks and when she says that she doesn't know how he would know how she looks he tells her to look out thewindow.)
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"The only thing getting tossed around here is your salad -- in prison."
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check here for my picks:
http://www.mypicks.picks/~myWursterpicks_2012/backslash/#tildy~.com (http://www.mypicks.picks/~myWursterpicks_2012/backslash/#tildy~.com)
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check here for my picks:
http://www.mypicks.picks/~myWursterpicks_2012/backslash/#tildy~.com (http://www.mypicks.picks/~myWursterpicks_2012/backslash/#tildy~.com)
Link doesn't work for me. Anyone else having an issue?
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check here for my picks:
http://www.mypicks.picks/~myWursterpicks_2012/backslash/#tildy~.com (http://www.mypicks.picks/~myWursterpicks_2012/backslash/#tildy~.com)
Link doesn't work for me. Anyone else having an issue?
try this:
http://www.geocities.angelfire/~myWursterpicks_2012/backslash/thewordbackslash/#hashtag/tilda.com (http://www.geocities.angelfire/~myWursterpicks_2012/backslash/thewordbackslash/#hashtag/tilda.com)
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Everything went to hell in a hambasket.
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check here for my picks:
http://www.mypicks.picks/~myWursterpicks_2012/backslash/#tildy~.com (http://www.mypicks.picks/~myWursterpicks_2012/backslash/#tildy~.com)
Link doesn't work for me. Anyone else having an issue?
try this:
http://www.geocities.angelfire/~myWursterpicks_2012/backslash/thewordbackslash/#hashtag/tilda.com (http://www.geocities.angelfire/~myWursterpicks_2012/backslash/thewordbackslash/#hashtag/tilda.com)
Cool...that worked. Thanks!
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check here for my picks:
http://www.mypicks.picks/~myWursterpicks_2012/backslash/#tildy~.com (http://www.mypicks.picks/~myWursterpicks_2012/backslash/#tildy~.com)
Link doesn't work for me. Anyone else having an issue?
try this:
http://www.geocities.angelfire/~myWursterpicks_2012/backslash/thewordbackslash/#hashtag/tilda.com (http://www.geocities.angelfire/~myWursterpicks_2012/backslash/thewordbackslash/#hashtag/tilda.com)
Still not working i am new to this site and to the Best Show on Wmsu and i don't understand. i reely want to see these pics what can i do to see them thanx for your hepl!
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I'm still laughing about PBR calling from Weirdo-wood about drinking Fiji water. That whole call in general still cracks me up. and of course, laser whips.
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(http://i1243.photobucket.com/albums/gg554/RourkenRoll/munch.jpg)
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You gotta be a real munch to buy a Munch.
I was just thinking of one that's not so much a Wursterism as it is a Newbridgism...
It's very often that Newbridge citizens will be talking on the phone to Tom late at night, only to spy a mysterious vehicle silently pull in front of their house and let off some other -- very angry -- Newbridgian (or hired goon).
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(http://img717.imageshack.us/img717/2515/92772068.jpg)
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To quote Buster Douglas pants pudding is the"top of the pinnacle.
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Lately, Newbridgians have been "dropping their wallet" during the funnier parts of their calls.
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This sounded familiar...
(http://i.imgur.com/e0KxC.png)
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You jidierk.
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(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8042/8065299631_09dcf8d774.jpg)
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Hi, new listener here. Have been listening to all the Gems available in iTunes, about to embark on all the full shows available. Really funny show.
I read through the thread and noticed something I found hilarious to be missing. These violent leagues some of the guys are part of, the belt whipping league especially cracks me up. There was also one guy, think it was a coworker at the Cardboard factory, who participated in some sort of rock throwing league.
Belt whipping league ;D
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"I'm gonna make you eat a lawn mower!"
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(http://media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/media/photo-s/03/37/2d/72/butt-hutt-barbecue.jpg)
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When someone refers to Barack Obama as "this cat in the White House"