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The Best Show on WFMU => Show Discussion => Topic started by: Mr. Spacely on February 17, 2011, 02:07:17 AM
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*I've been updating this as new info rolls in*
I thought it'd be neat to create a thread that tried to shed some light on the various family trees of our favorite fake town. Obviously, much of this was covered in the defunct FOTpedia, but it could be fun to re-create it in thread form and make it up-to-date going forward.
The Scharplings:
Roger, patriarch
-Anita, wife
-Grandma Scharpling ("Meema"), Roger's mom; Tom's grandmother
-Grandpa Scharpling ("Pappy"), Roger's dad; Tom's grandfather
-Kim, sister or sister in-law (referenced by Butch Daffodil)
Tom, Our Hero, adopted (see: Allin Family Tree)
-Jillian, wife
-Shelia Larson, future ex-wife, half-sister
-Winnie, niece, unknown which side of family she's on, and/or to which brother/sister she belongs
-Skystalker, half-nephew
Mort, ste-puncle
-Randy, Mort's son, Tom's step-cousin
Butch Daffodil, Tom's Godfather
Hutch, cousin
Willy, cousin
Sherm, cousin (maternal side)
Ron, brother
-Caesar, son
-Dierdre, wife
-daughter?
Dom, brother
-Shelia Larson, ex-wife, dating on-off for five years
Jon, brother
Danny, brother
Sean, brother
Lon, brother
San (Korean exchange student)
Janine, sister
Rhoda, sister
The Zieglers
Royden S. Ziegler I
-Rhoda, wife
-Roy Jr., son
-Rhoda Jr., daughter
-Rhoyda, daughter
-Michael Philly Phanatic Jr. Ziegler, son
-long-lost step-son
-North Philly Guy Ty, grandfather
-Philly Man Stan, cousin?
-Manayunk Mel, cousin?
-Wealthy First Wife
-Carl: Soundboard Repairman, step-cousin
-Rolph, great-grandfather
-Ray (aka, Philly Boy Ray), Roy's father
-Mort, uncle
The Monroe Brothers, aka, "America's Kennedys"
Frank, patriarch, failed ballplayer, former rock breaking business owner, father of 17 sons
-Morton, brother/uncle
-Ray-Ray, brother/uncle
-Kerouac, brother/uncle, stole a parade; enjoyed "sweatpants fun"
Reggie, kicked off Survivor for having a spank-a-thon (i.e. a pant-party)
Phil, popular TCAP guest-star
-Phil's Son, drunk driver, booted off Apprentice Jr.
Norm, went to HS with Tom; Tom stole his Dokken tape.
Claude (minor league baseball star on half-A Newbridge Bridges/steamboat thief/cocaine enthusiast)
-Commissioner Selig, son
Sean & Mike (busted for selling pot to uniformed police officers at the 2008 Olympics)
Robert (Congressman, possibly dead in Emerald Nightmare explosion)
-Carl Palmer, son
-4 other kids
-Shelia Larson, wife #2
Blaze, self-styled "Alec Baldwin of the Monroes," failed actor/model/media personality
Miles Coltrane "MC" "Stench" Monroe, former star of reality show, "Sewer Skunks"
-7 kids, Emperor, Police Chief, Surgeon General, four unnamed
Bort, owner of Monroe Autobody. Monroe brother.
Denny, "Pant Bandit." Unknown if Denny's a son/cousin/stepnephew, etc.
Shelia, sister of the Monroe Brothers
Ron, Newbridge pride parade planner. Unknown how he's related.
Ty, youngest son of Frank Monroe and youngest "Monroe Brother." Habitual liar and unreliable narrator.
The Dalrymples
Cyrus (aka, "Old Man Dalrymple"), exsanguinated by Darren Ploppletone.
- "Young Man Dalrymple", son
- Jennings. Unknown if he's also YMD or a different son, entirely.
-Unnamed Wife, Kim's Mom and naturopathic/New Age healer
-Kim, daughter
-Tim, nephew
-Rod, nephew
-Older Man Dalrymple, older brother???
-Oldest Man Dalrymple, father???
-Cyrus Dalrymple the First (ascended to heaven -- but not before doing a backflip -- in 1914), grandfather?
The Hutchins-es
(Hippie) Johnny
(Tornado) Todd
The Ploppletons
Darren, aka D-Plopp aka Plopp-Tron 5000, penname "Colonel Klink's Dink"
-Janice, first ex-wife
-Helen, second ex-wife
-Greg, son
-Mindy, daughter
-Kim Dalrymple, third ex-wife
Len, aka "Hammerhead" from the NBHC scene, brother
-Emerson, son
-Taft, son
Ray (Chief), brother
Del, brother
Unnamed little sister (once eaten by a dog)
-Herbert, son, Darren's nephew (could also be Ray's kid)
Edgar, father, deceased (barged, but survived!)
The Kerns
Maurice Kern (Uncle to the Monroe Brothers)
-Jessup, younger brother
-Jarrett Kern, nephew
-Linus the Blogger, nephew
-Giles Kern, nephew
-Bill Rutliffe, grandnephew, Warden of Newbridge Correctional
-Mort Kern, ste-pneph-unc
--Rick Sherman, Mort's son
-Unnamed Grandson
Vaughn Kern, father; silent film star; died age 130
The Strauss-es
Trent L.
-Vince, son
-Strauss, L., trans-gendered step-niece, formerly step-nephew
L. Trent. L., grandfather
Dylan, brother
Bob L., brother
Del, oldest brother?
Tim, brother
Jimmy, youngest brother
Boyd R., unknown, erotic film director in the 70s
The Fleers
Power Pop Pop-Pop (barged, survived!)
-Cheap Trick Rick, illegitimate son
Reginald, father
The Halversoms
Tor
-Fat Mikey, son
Sven, brother
The Palfners
Kip
-Pudge, son
The Schwarzendrubers
Myron, father/grandfather???, inventor of pebbled garbage can
-Keith (Rich Robinson's life-stealer), son/grandson???
-Paul "Golf Nuts", son/grandson???
The Harris-es/Dinkins-es
Corey
-Shelia Larson, ex-wife
-Skystalker, son (Note: Tom is a half-uncle to Skystalker and an ex-brother-in-law of Corey Harris)
-Pam, mother
-Winifred, grandmother
The Davies
The Honorable Judge Montgomery Davies (since disbarred)
-Rick Davies, grandson (works at the Double C)
-Don Klaumenser, nephew
-Runyon, brother (owner of Newbridge Ratmen)
-Roderick Davies, elder relative? Former Newbridge mayor in the mid-80s
The Coopers
Jeff (passed-on, barged)
Craig, son
The "Bills"
Big Bill
Little Bill, son
Mr. Sherbert, dog
The Higgins-es
Paul
Rick, son
The Von Trimbles
Adolph Von Trimble and (Lady Doctor Von Trimble?), Timmy's parents?
Dieter Von Trimble, Timmy's father?
Timmy
Toffy, brother
Nathan, grand-uncle?
-Thaddeus, grandson, Timmy's second-cousin?
The Healys
Mark
-Emily, daughter
Mike
The Brushman/Brusher's Family
Rex, Sr. (aka, The Brushman, Tom's supervillain arch-rival)
Rex, Sr., brother
Rex, Sr., father
Rex, Sr., grandfather (croaked)
Mike "The Miracle" Manheim (former NY Giants player/father)
- "Magic" Todd Manheim (Newbridge HS basketball phenom/son)
The Harrupses
Mayor, father
Officer Wayne, bronzed, survived!
-Darlene Harrops nee Danzig, wife
-Julie Harrops (Glen Danzig's niece)
Theodore, unknown
Nathan, unknown
Guisseppe, unknown
The Prefontaines
Bryce
Brent, middle Prefontaine brother
Brad, Bryce and Brent's youngest brother, attends Newbridge Military Academy (unaccredited, online)
Steve, uncle
The Langstroms
Chris, lead singer of The Wednesday Rockets
Rod, father
The Sajaks
Mike
-Mike's grandson
Patty, brother
The Larsons
Shelia
-Rhonda, mother
-Madeleine, grandmother (?). Married to Roland Gorchnik
-Andreas, father (raised her)
-Roger Scharpling, birth father
-_____, aunt
-Darlene, sister?
-Skystalker, son
-Shandy, cousin
The DeMartinis
Rory, unknown (former bandmate of Bret Haskins's New The Clash)
Chub, unknown
Billy, unknown
Charles, unknown, nuclear engineer
The Dworkins
Barry
Skip, Barry's younger brother
Skyler, Barry and Skip's grandfather
The Garfinkles
Keith
-Edmund T., uncle/Postmaster General
The "Germans"
Werner
Ruteger, brother
-Wilhelm, cousin
Anita (Tom's Mom) Scharpling's Sister's Family
Sherm, Tom's cousin
-Sherm's Older Brother, Tom's cousin
The Whitings
Trip
-Trip Jr., son
Trip's Brother
The Remingtons
Rick
Mark
The Shropshires
Kenneth (Brooklyn hipster)
-Mr. T, son
-Dr. Kenneth Noisewater, son
The Roves
Kyle
Karl, father
The Threadwells
Rupert
Brock, father, 118-years-old
The Dworkins
Barrance (Barry)
Dawn, mother
Mike from Stonebridge (no last name given)
-Fogelnest, son
-Spielberg, son
-Roosevelt, son
-Robert Johnson, son
-Salk, son
-Edison, son
-Muhammed Ali, son
-Kinnison, son
-Monk, son
-Psychic Friend, son, disowned
The Tompkinses
Matthew, on-off SHOUT! Network executive
Chet, father? SHOUT! Network executive in the late-70s
The Allins
Merle Sr., patriarch
-Arleta, wife
-Merle Jr., son, Murder Junkie
-Kevin "GG", son, Murder Junkie, passed-on
-Tom Scharpling (adopted by Roger and Anita at age 2), son
The Jenningses
Sheldon, father
-Toby, son
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Zeigler(sp)
Roy
Rhoda
Roy Jr.
Rhoda Jr.
Rhoyda
Bryce Prefontane
Uncle Steve
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Zeigler(sp)
Roy
Rhoda
Roy Jr.
Rhoda Jr.
Rhoyda
While I don't even think that JW remembers this, Rhoda gave birth to another son in October 2008 (during a call, PBR cited this as the third most important event of that month). The name has never officially been revealed on the air. PBR was pushing for Philly Phanatic, Jr., while Rhoda preferred to honor her father by naming the boy Michael.
On the soon-to-be-released PBR trading card, the son is cited as "Michael P.P.J. Ziegler."
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Are Trent L. Strauss & Vince Strauss related? Father & son?
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I dug a little more into my collection and I turned up that Reggie Monroe's older brother is Norm. He went to HS with Tom.
Also, Ron's wife is Diedre. And D-Plop's first ex-wife is Linda. Actually, I'm not sure if Darren ever went on to marry Shelia Larson. So maybe Linda is his only ex-wife.
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Zeigler(sp)
Roy
Rhoda
Roy Jr.
Rhoda Jr.
Rhoyda
While I don't even think that JW remembers this, Rhoda gave birth to another son in October 2008 (during a call, PBR cited this as the third most important event of that month). The name has never officially been revealed on the air. PBR was pushing for Philly Phanatic, Jr., while Rhoda preferred to honor her father by naming the boy Michael.
On the soon-to-be-released PBR trading card, the son is cited as "Michael P.P.J. Ziegler."
In addition to young Michael Ziegler, I believe we also found out in recent months that Roy has a long-lost stepson.
Are Trent L. Strauss & Vince Strauss related? Father & son?
Yes, Vince is T.L.'s son and a peer in the film industry!
I don't think it was confirmed by either call, but it seems likely that professional Rich Robinson impersonator Keith Schwarzendruber is related to Paul "Golf Nuts" Schwarzendruber. It's possible that, like Werner and Rutager, they are brothers.
There's also Old Man Dalrymple's family: Cyrus Dalrymple of Consolidated Cardboard, his daughter Kim (one-time wife, ski partner and bandmate of Darren, so that's another ex-wife for him) and Dalrymple's nephew Tim.
The Halversoms were briefly major power players in Newbridge: Murderous chocolatier Tor Halversom, his morbidly obese son Fat Mikey Halversom and Tor's brother/Consolidated employee Sven.
Anybody want to try the Davies family?
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Corey Harris (RIP?)
- Skystalker Harris (Sheila is the mom, right?)
The von Trimbles, obviously.
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Is this on ancestry.com yet?
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Sheila's last name is Larson.
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Did Darren ever marry Shelia Larson? Did Dom?
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Trying to figure out Monty Davies family. All I've found so far is "Rick Davies," his grandson who worked at the Double C.
Also, anyone know the story on the Healys?
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I don't want to impugn her character, but it seems like Sheila Larson has had relations with several of the other people appearing on this list.
I don't think there has ever been an actual call from Sheila ... another significant figure who has never called the show is Tor Halversom. And then there were some scary German drug dealers whose names I can't remember ...
Honorary mention: Center City Sid, PBR's rival and nemesis in obsessive dedication to Philly Proid.
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OMG! I don't think anyone has yet mentioned Office Harrups and his various relatives in the field of law enforcement.
Watch out, Omar. I think I might be turning into a veritable suppository of information on this Newbridge stuff.
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Tor Halversom definitely called once. In his duties as an umpire, Tom kicked Little Mike out of a softball game for spiking the catcher.
I don't know if Timmy Von Trimble's parents have names, but his brother is named Toffy. Toffy was the winner of a Newbridge-based reality weirdo show when he ate a thousand pencil erasers.
Paul Higgins the Conventions, Inc guy had a son, Rick Higgins, the author of "Twittering While Main Street Burns or Look I'm Sorry You're An Obese Nitwit Eat A Salad or Read A Newspaper: The Stupidization of America"
There's also the Cooper family, who runs Radio Hut. Craig Cooper was the dad and Jeff Cooper was the son. I think they were both rocking the sheets with Shiela Larson.
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Tom also has a Stepuncle, Mort and cousins Hutch and Willy.
There's also the audio engineer Carl and his brother Carl and their parents, Carl and Carl. And Big Bill, Little Bill and Mr. Sherbert. Not sure if any of those people had last names, though.
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Thanks for the stuff, Phillaminion. I'll update the first post.
Doesn't Tom have a Godfather, too? Who was the guy that was in a "TV betting league" with Roger Scharpling back in the early 80s? I remember Tom's Dad lost a lot of money on MASH or something.
Another thing I'm gonna add is Power Pop Pop-Pop.
In that call, we learn that Quad P's Dad was Newbridge detective/TV consultant "Reginald Fleer," which means PPPP's last name is also Fleer, although we've never learned his first name.
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I've seen an unofficial Best Show wiki on wikia.com, but I can't find it right now. It's a little difficult to get around that site.
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I don't know if Timmy Von Trimble's parents have names, but his brother is named Toffy. Toffy was the winner of a Newbridge-based reality weirdo show when he ate a thousand pencil erasers.
Newbridge's Most Weirdest Stuff! Timmy and Toffy's creator is Adolph Von Trimble. Their name of the Lady Scientist who co-created them has not been referenced, to date.
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Another Von Trimble was mentioned by the Bruce Springsteen biographer Steven Jennings. Rolf Von Trimble was the founder of Foot Locker Jive Turkey.
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Re: Springsteen "biographer"
Is that canon, though? Because the Springsteen caller turns out to be a fake.
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On the Cousin Willy call from Spring '10, we learn that Trent L. Strauss's Dad is "L. Trent L. Strauss."
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Dylan Strauss is Trent's brother. He used to be a director of high school plays, but then he murdered a couple of Siamese twins, so he's probably locked up now.
Another Kern! I knew we forgot someone: Vaughn Kern, the old silent movie actor.
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Here is a link to the unofficial Best Show wiki at wikia:
bestshow.wikia.com
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Ugh, that unofficial Wiki is so hard to navigate (not that my first post on this thread is some paragon of readability, either).
Does anyone remember the name of Tom's Godfather?
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The Monroes
Reggie
Phil
Phil's Son (drunk driver)
Norm
Reggie's brothers
Claude (Half A Minor league baseball star/steamboat thief/cocaine enthusiast)
Sean and Mike (busted for selling pot to uniformed police officers at the Olympics)
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The Hutchins-es
(Hippie) Johnny
(Tornado) Todd
If I'm hearing the name right, I believe the Performafog salesman was one Rich Hutchins. I don't think any relationship is explicitly noted though. Nor whether P.fog is all natural and post-natural. Nor whether there's a purple, legal version available, "Faux Fog".
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I just re-listened to the "To Catch a Pervert Call," in which we meet Phil Monroe (although he's not named as Phil Monroe until his son calls in as the drunk driver), and in that, Phil claims that Maurice Kern is his uncle.
I assume that since they don't share last names, either Maurice married the Monroe Brothers' Father's Sister, or Maurice's sister married the Monroe Brother's Father.
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Has anyone mentioned Tom's personal villain, Brushman (aka The Brusher) yet? He said, if I recall correctly, that he, his little brother, his father and his grandfather are all named Rex, Sr.
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No, no one's mentioned The Brusher. I've actually never heard those calls. I'll listen tonight.
One thing I find funny about Newbridge is how the gender breakdown is something like 8:2 male/female. Reading these family trees is like reading the Old Testament.
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According to Todd Palin, Bishop Pablo Fontana and Rodriguo the corrupt drum pin salesman are both stepuncles of Robert Tru-ji-llo of Metallica fame.
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carl the board repairman is philly boy roy's stepcousin.
there are a few other members of pbr's family that have been mentioned, like philly man stan, manayunk mel, and his wealthy first wife. his grandfather was north philly guy ty (the pretend "cheesesteak maniac").
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While listening to the "Bret Haskins' The Clash" Gem, I noticed that the original founder of the New Jersey version of The Clash is Rory DeMartini. I believe Rory may be related to Chub DeMartini, a man Tom is alleged to have tried to ram with a shopping cart in the Neighborhood Watch call.
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While listening to the "Bret Haskins' The Clash" Gem, I noticed that the original founder of the New Jersey version of The Clash is Rory DeMartini. I believe Rory may be related to Chub DeMartini, a man Tom is alleged to have tried to ram with a shopping cart in the Neighborhood Watch call.
I thought Tom was alleged to have rammed a man named Merv Reynolds who worked at the Batter Butler.
To add - from September 23, 2008 both Chris and Rod Langstrom called.
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D'oh! Yeah, I got them mixed up. Charles "Chub" DeMartini threw a BBQ that Tom didn't show for, thereupon the other guys started ripping him.
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A new Monroe Brother is on the scene! This past Tuesday's show saw the first appearance of Reggie's older brother, Robert, who is a U.S. Congressman and a former mayor of Tribridge.
We also learn that one of Robert's five kids (from two women, one of whom is Shelia Larson) is his son, Carl Palmer Monroe. Also, the Monroes have a morbidly obese Uncle named Morton Monroe.
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There's also Shawn and Shane, the co-joined twins who were born as a result of an experiment by, if I recall correctly, Ectar (sp?) von Trimble. Possibly the brother of Adolf.
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More big news on the Monroe Family front! This week's Newbridge call from Newbridge High basketball player "Magic Manheim" referenced failed major league ballplayer, and Monroe Brother patriarch.... Frank Monroe!
Another great thing in this call is that Magic referenced "The Monroe Clan," and then rattled off the names: Phil, Claude, Norm, Mike, Sean, and Reggie. This confirms that the previously-only-mentioned-once-nine-years-ago Norm still exists in the Newbridgverse.
Now the only major hole left in Monroe Continuity is to figure out how, exactly, The Kerns are related to the Monroes (i.e., how is Maurice Kern is Phil Monroe's uncle).
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There's also Shawn and Shane, the co-joined twins who were born as a result of an experiment by, if I recall correctly, Ectar (sp?) von Trimble. Possibly the brother of Adolf.
I'll listen to this call again this weekend.
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More big news on the Monroe Family front! This week's Newbridge call from Newbridge High basketball player "Magic Manheim" referenced failed major league ballplayer, and Monroe Brother patriarch.... Frank Monroe!
Another great thing in this call is that Magic referenced "The Monroe Clan," and then rattled off the names: Phil, Claude, Norm, Mike, Sean, and Reggie. This confirms that the previously-only-mentioned-once-nine-years-ago Norm still exists in the Newbridgverse.
Now the only major hole left in Monroe Continuity is to figure out how, exactly, The Kerns are related to the Monroes (i.e., how is Maurice Kern is Phil Monroe's uncle).
In his mayubinatorial call, Danzig mentions a landmark in connection with the Monroes; I can't remember what it was but it's definitely in there.
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Not quite related to the topic, but how many callers have been incorporated into the Newbridge-verse? Laurie from Miami was married to... someone (No, I'm no Newbridge historian) and Spikeis Magic Monroe's best friend. Anyone else?
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Mike "The Miracle" Manheim (former NY Giants player/father)
- "Magic" Todd Manheim (Newbridge HS basketball phenom/son)
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In his mayubinatorial call, Danzig mentions a landmark in connection with the Monroes; I can't remember what it was but it's definitely in there.
The Monroes own a respected vineyard in Newbridge:
Glenn does see some positive aspects of Newbridge: the Hanging Turkish Gardens, Newbridge Harbor, and Newbridge Canyon and Monroe Estates, two of the most respected vineyards in the country. Tom didn't know they had such a good rep in the wine world. Glenn says it sounds like Tom's not a "winey."
Also this: Glenn's sister, Darlene, married Officer Harrops back in the early 1990s.
http://www.recidivism.org/2007/12/danzig_v_how_the_gods_govern.html (http://www.recidivism.org/2007/12/danzig_v_how_the_gods_govern.html)
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Catching up on shows. Last week saw another glorious (aren't they all?) Darren call.
In this one, we learned that Darren's Dad Edgar and Tom's Dad Roger were in a band together in the 70s called "The Guise."
Also, Darren revealed that he's still obsessed with his first wife, Janice. This is the first mention of her, I believe. It's also possible (likely?) JW was just riffing and didn't realize Darren's had two ex-wives already.
One moment of retro-active continuity that I support comes when Darren mentions both his and Tom's fathers being around 30 in 1973. This would make Roger Scharpling about ten years older than previously established (in the '04 Tom's Daddy call, Roger claimed to be only 52 and to have had Tom at 18). Now that Roger's around 69 rather than 59, it's more easy to reconcile with the Scharplings being a brood of ten or so.
Anyway, I went ahead and updated the Dalrymple and Ploppleton entries at the top of this thread.
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Update from a couple weeks ago: Newbridge Correctional Warden, Bill Rutliffe (sp?).
His gran-duncle is... surprise!... Maurice Kern. Which once again means Maurice has lots of un-referenced sisters who married off. (I figure one NB family has to be 10:1 girls, considering so many others are the opposite). Also interesting is that Bill said he was 57, so Maurice must be quite old now to be a gran-duncle.
Also, we learn that Trent L. Strauss has another brother, Bob L. Strauss, who directs "soft-X" films like "Dr. Fill and the Women."
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I figure one NB family has to be 10:1 girls, considering so many others are the opposite
And every generation-x family is 10:1 boys, considering the entire 30-50 population seems to have been pawing Sheila Larson at some point.
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I believe the caller in the Biased Election Poll was also a relative of Maurice Kern.
October 12, 2004: Biased 2004 Election Poll (2:22)
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Thanks for that one, Buffcoat.
Hey, do you or Omar know what's up with Darren's Dad, Edgar? I could swear he was barged-to-death a few years back, but then he showed up in the most recent Darren Call ("The Guise"/Bin Laden). At least I think he showed up. I couldn't tell whether Darren said he was talking about The Guise with Tom's Dad or with his Dad.
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*Another* Darren call. Truly, we are all blessed. Also, I'm beginning to think Darren is S&W's second favorite character after PBR.
Anyway, in this call we learned that Darren is back together with Sheila Larson. So, not much on the family front, but it's something. I'm still waiting to hear about whatever happened between Sheila and Dom, post-2007. Did they break off their engagement, or did Darren make good on his barging promises? Of course, just because someone is barged, doesn't mean they're dead (see: Ploppleton, Edgar).
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*Another* Darren call. Truly, we are all blessed. Also, I'm beginning to think Darren is S&W second favorite character after PBR.
Anyway, in this call we learned that Darren is back together with Sheila Larson. So, not much on the family front, but it's something. I'm still waiting to hear about whatever happened between Sheila and Dom, post-2007. Did they break off their engagement, or did Darren make good on his barging promises? Of course, just because someone is barged, doesn't mean they're dead (see: Ploppleton, Edgar).
And Wurster confirmed on Twitter that not only did Darren recover from the non-fictional quicksand on Tuesday, he also managed to fit in a love making session with Sheila afterwards.
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Last week's call from Newbridge resident and self-proclaimed "Mr. First" Ron Furst (www.furstfirst.com (http://www.furstfirst.com)) briefly referenced Giles Kern, yet another Maurice Kern nephew, as well as Del Strauss, Trent L.'s much older brother, who apparently has been active since the 1950s and is "The Father of the Exploitation Film."
I have updated the first post on this thread accordingly.
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I've updated this thread's first post to reflect the amazing, hilarious, pot-addled expansion of the Prefontaine family.
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First post updated to include the latest addition to the massive, incredibly male-heavy Monroe Clan... Blaze!
For those counting, there are now *eight* Monroe brothers, all of whom make incredibly poor decisions, have a desire to be media stars, and generally sound exactly the same.
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Some minor family tree updates after the latest Wurster, high-school reunion call.
Strauss L. Strauss, Trent's spe-pnephew
Billy DeMartini, unknown relative of Chub DeMartini
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I'm updating this thread with all the new Newbridge names dropped in last night's Skyp Dworkin call.
We learned that Skyp is Barry's younger brother and that their grandfather is named Skyler.
Also, Skyp referenced the *18* Monroe Brothers (though, I suppose, future calls could retcon this as a mere hyperbole on the park of Skyp).
Finally, Skyp mentioned Thaddeus von Trimble and Nathan von Trimble, two relatives of Timmy; as well as Theodore Harrups and Nathan (there's that name again) Harrups, relatives of Officer.
I'm still looking for a definitive spelling on the Harrups/Harrobs/Harropps/Harrubs last name.
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I think they mentioned his name is "Skip" but he spelled it "Skyp" for his drug-addled white power album.
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Oh, you're right, I'll change it.
Do you remember what was said about Shelia Larson's real/other surname?
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First post now updated with all the new info from Darren's latest call.
We learned that he has another brother, Del. And a nephew, Herbert. Whether this is Del or Chief's kid is unknown.
Also, we learned of a Rod Dalrymple, O.M.'s nephew, and Darlene Larson, who's possibly Sharon's sister, or sister-in-law.
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I've updated the first post with some new info from the two most recent calls (i.e. celebrity memorabilia guy and Ross Fryhinkle).
We learned of another Monroe family member, "Bort." We don't know if he's one of the core brothers, or just an uncle or cousin. Also, JW may simply have been confused and meant to say "Mort." Morton Monroe is an established Monroe, being the brother of the family patriarch, Frank.
Also, Ross Fryhinkle mentioned two new FEMALE Newbridgians -- Pam and Winifred Dinkins.
Pam is Mother 13 frontman Corey Harris's Mom (Corey's birth name was Corey Dinkins), and Winifred is his grandmother.
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The mega-Wurster call from last week, wherein he played Darren, Gene Simmons, PBR, Marky Ramone, Danzig, Bryce, and Cyrus "Old Man" Dalrymple, featured one, partial reference to Danzig's sister's daugher, his niece, "Julie."
Why is this interesting? Well, earlier it has been established that Danzig's sister married Officer Harrupps. So is Julie his child? Julie Harrupps? Or does Danzig have another sister? For now, I'm adding Julie Harrupps.
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The mega-Wurster call from last week, wherein he played Darren, Gene Simmons, PBR, Marky Ramone, Danzig, Bryce, and Cyrus "Old Man" Dalrymple, featured one, partial reference to Danzig's sister's daugher, his niece, "Julie."
Why is this interesting? Well, earlier it has been established that Danzig's sister married Officer Harrupps. So is Julie his child? Julie Harrupps? Or does Danzig have another sister? For now, I'm adding Julie Harrupps.
In Glenn's original call to the program circa the Mayubernatorial race, he discusses his niece .... Tina!
http://www.recidivism.org/2007/12/danzig_v_how_the_gods_govern.html (http://www.recidivism.org/2007/12/danzig_v_how_the_gods_govern.html)
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That's hilarious. My head hurts trying to figure out how to reconcile Julie with Tina.
Larger question: Should we count "celebrities" among the Newbridge families? If so, then we'll have to add all the Ramones...
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Last week's very funny call featured the first-ever (to my knowledge -- Buffcoat and Omar can correct me, if wrong) call from a relative of Tom hailing from the maternal side of his family (Tom's Mother's Sister's Son, to be exact). It was Tom's cousin, Sherm. Short for Sherman? Alas, we never got his full name or his last name.
My solemn hope is that one day his full name is revealed to be "Shermbert."
Anyway, we also heard that Sherm has an unnamed older brother.
All of this has been added to the first post in this thread.
Namaste!
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It's been a while since I updated this. My apologies to the few and proud who refer back to this thread.
I've added Rick Sherman, who's Mort Kern's son, who himself is Maurice's ste-pneph-uncle.
Also, Cyrus Dalrymple's (and Kim's Mom) unnamed wife, who's a naturopathic, New Age healer.
And finally, if anyone knows Trip Whiting's Brother's name (co-owner of the Whiting Haunted House every Halloween), that would be mucho helpful.
Keep on rockin'.
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Catching up on recent calls...
Last week's Darren gem gave us Denny Monroe - the "Newbridge Pant Bandit," and Jennings Dalrymple, one of OMD's sons.
I've updated the first post accordingly.
Later Days!
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Oh, I think I've mentioned this before, but does anyone remember Trip Whiting's Brother's name? Trip mentioned him back in a Fall '11 call, when he and Tom discussed "Whiting Manor" the scariest haunted house in the world.
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Finished up the great Gus Brennan call (s). We learned that Montgomery Davies has a brother, Runyon.
Also, Trent L. Strauss has another brother, Tim.
Enjoy the night!
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Okay, the Shropshires of Billyburg are on the board!
Also, The Roves, as in Karl and his high-school aged political manager son, Kyle.
And Trip Whiting, Jr., who unlike his father, seems to be a rather well-adjusted young man, but is sadly seeing his nascent political career destroyed by the above family.
Namaste!
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I've updated the family trees with two new names from this past week's 500th Show Mega Call. Time-traveling nuclear scientist Charles DeMartini, and creepy Monroe Brother sister, Shelia.
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Revealed: Hammerhead is Darrren from Work's brother...and named Lynn Ploppleton!
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That's HUGE. Total game-changer. I'm dead serious, too.
Darren now has THREE brothers. Tree changed accordingly.
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I'm pretty sure it's Len Ploppleton, not Lynn.
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That's HUGE. Total game-changer. I'm dead serious, too.
Darren now has THREE brothers. Tree changed accordingly.
That was fun to find out.
I was listening to some of the archives today and came across an old D-Plopp call, I think the one where he was live in studio from 2010, where Darren was planning on joining an ultimate fighting league. His first fight was against Hammerhead! Perhaps he didn't know his brothers alter ego at that point? Or he was just bragging and that was the toughest opponent he could think of? You never know with that guy.
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The other week's Dom call was pretty stupendous.
It mentioned "Lon Scharpling" again ("Daddy" Roger Scharpling stole his bass amp and attached it to the roof of a Chevy Nova to play Jim Nabors's gospel album).
Lon's another brother, who, I think came up once before in Ron Scharpling's sole call to the show. I forgot to put him on the Tree, but now he's up.
We also learned of Jessup Kern, the new judge in town and younger brother of Maurice. He's been added, too.
Namaste!
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Oh boy... hopefully this hasn't been mentioned, but here something from November 8, 2005: The Owner Of Club Pizzazz Checks In, Tom Works On His Public Speaking Skills, Philly Boy Roy Is Caught Up In A Weird Alliance, And Some Talk About Whether Sammy Hagar Was In Montrose (He Wasn't).
According to PBR, his dad, Philly Boy Ray, used to do deliveries at City Hall and got the inside juice Bill Bergey's suspension from nem Eagles... something involving Bergey's jockstrap, a cheerleader, and a nun.
I don't see Philly Boy Ray listed on the Ziegler family tree yet.
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Nice! I'll add Philly Boy Ray. That's a great catch.
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Claude Monroe's son's name is Commissioner Selig Monroe, his way of sucking up to the baseball establishment so he could win the Cy Young Ribbon.
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I haven't listened yet (I'm way behind), but I've updated the Tree!
Namaste.
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Finally catching up on shows/calls.
The PBR call from three weeks back (the one where he attends a Romney function) had a brief reference to Roy attending his Uncle Mort's funeral.
The tree has been updated, accordingly.
Fun Fact for Fellow Newbridgophiles!
There are *4* Morts/Mortons among Newbridge's many families. I am unsure whether these are all unique Morts, or if some bounce around between families (two of them are "ste-puncles").
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Updated with info from the Flesh drummer call. Say hello to Shelia Larson's mom, Rhonda!
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Don't have the date of the show, but this tweet from Emma in C-Ville's @OldBestShowWFMU seems to indicate a HUGE and not yet documented connection: Roland "The Gorch" Gorchnik is Sheila Larson's granduncle, and therefore Tom's future granduncle-in-law (maybe already his granduncle-in-law via Dom... I'm so confused)!
"I live with my nephew and his daughter. Hang on, here she comes now. (To her) Sheila, you get away from here! You take it outside!" - Gorch
https://twitter.com/OldBestShowWFMU/status/268457655541039104
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Okay, after this past week's fabulous appearance from the great Roger Scharpling, I've updated the Tree once again!
New additions include:
Roderick Davies, an unknown relative of Montgomery Davies/former Newbridge mayor in the 80s. I assume 78-88, since Newbridge mayors serve a ten-year-term and last election fell on an ---8 year (2008 for Mayor Ziegler).
Dieter von Trimble. Now, Roger referred to Dieter as Timmy's father, but previously we'd heard his father called "Adolph." So maybe Roger was just confused?
Ron Monroe, an unknown Monroe family member who headed up Newbridge Pride Parade planning.
A brief reference to Tom's paternal grandfather, name unknown.
And finally, we had verification of all of Tom's non-Dom brothers - Ron, Lon, Sean, Jon, and Danny. Even San, the former exchange student! No mention of the two sisters, though.
Anyway, that's all. I hope one day Tom and/or Jon find this thread and see the sheer scope of the beautiful madness they've created!
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Dieter von Trimble. Now, Roger referred to Dieter as Timmy's father, but previously we'd heard his father called "Adolph." So maybe Roger was just confused?
Considering the high-grade designer drugs that litter Roger's past, I think it's safe to say that he was confused. I believe Adolph von Trimble to be Timmy's father. Dieter was likely a deranged stepuncle.
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Dieter von Trimble. Now, Roger referred to Dieter as Timmy's father, but previously we'd heard his father called "Adolph." So maybe Roger was just confused?
Considering the high-grade designer drugs that litter Roger's past, I think it's safe to say that he was confused. I believe Adolph von Trimble to be Timmy's father. Dieter was likely a deranged stepuncle.
Omar has spoken. And I agree, in my own, small way.
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Catching up on calls in 2013...
I've added Miles Coltrane "MC" "Stench" Monroe and his seven kids. Miles is one of the *17* Monroe Brothers (siblings? Does Patriarch Frank produce female offspring???)
Also, Darren mentioned for the first time that he has a little sister (though she went unnamed), so I added her.
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Hello!
I am pulling together an outline of the history of Shout Network and I am wondering if anyone can help with people (calls) and threads to follow.
These are the relevant calls I have found so far:
May 23, 2006: Trent L. Strauss (0:30), Darren from Work (1:39), Darren Gets Slashed (2:54)
August 8, 2006: Settle a Bet (0:28), Gene Simmons (1:01), Trent L. Strauss [From Europe] (2:36)
March 14, 2006: Trent L. Strauss [Horror Movie Director] (1:35) No Archive
February 28, 2012: Steve Neckles [Shout Radio, clean out your desk]
February 25, 2003: Matthew Tompkins [Shout Network] (2:20)
March 2, 2010: Ron from Shout [Live in Studio] (~1:00), Bryce ["We Built this City"] (~2:09)
March 16, 2010: Ron from Shout [You're Fired] (~0:20), Cousin Willy [See the Baby] (~2:40)
January 25, 2011: Matthew Tompkins from Shout [Aziz Ansari, et al] ()
September 20, 2011: Matthew Tompkins [It's Time To Shout]
Any and all help is GREATLY appreciated!
Thank you!
--meredith
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Jerry van Dyke's Crime Crunchers gets mentioned in several other calls (I believe the long discussion is in the first Matthew Tompkins call). Alas, I cannot remember which.
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I believe the first appearance of Dom Scharpling in Summer 2007 talks a little about Shout, and how Dom wants to sell them a TV show idea of his called "Ancient Chinese Secret."
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Hello!
I am pulling together an outline of the history of Shout Network and I am wondering if anyone can help with people (calls) and threads to follow.
Wasn't "The Reggae Kid" a show on Shout!? I loved that show.
-aG
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Exactly what I was looking for in help! Thank you!
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Hello knowledgeable folks --
Did I imagine that there is a link between the Shout Network and Trent L Strauss?
Please help.
Thank you!
--meredith
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Getting caught up...
I've added The Threadwells, Brock and Rupert.
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Hello knowledgeable folks --
Did I imagine that there is a link between the Shout Network and Trent L Strauss?
Please help.
Thank you!
--meredith
May 29, 2007
from Omar's fourteen-paragraph recap of Matthew Tompkins's second call (http://www.recidivism.org/2007/06/fo_shizzle.html):
In addition to Cavemen, Tompkins is working on a pilot called Family Splatters with extreme filmmaker Trent L. Strauss. He wants Tom to keep this news under his hat. Tompkins says Strauss has invented a new genre called the "splatcom". Tom correctly assumes that it's a sitcom combined with some horror elements. Family Splatters is about the Slaughters, a normal, working-class family in San Francisco that struggles with the constant urge to commit murders. Tompkins claims it's a heartwarming show. He says there's been a snag because TLS sent them his cut, and it appears he just spliced in some footage from Dr. Sleaze, The Kidney Thieves, It Eats, and Face Peelers 3 with footage he shot on a soundstage in only one day. Tompkins says that TLS was paid $530,000 to shoot the pilot, so Tom can see how the network wouldn't be happy that he mainly used pre-existing material from his ouevre.
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Updated the Tree with Mike from Stonebridge (met Tom at the DVDAC - "Divid-ack") and his massive family of would-be famous sons.
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Oh, also added Boyd R. Strauss, who shot a bunch of erotic films in the 70s, currently re-released under the Criterion Erotic imprint.
Unfortunately, we don't know if Boyd is a brother, son, ste-puncle, whatever.
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Before I forget, Tom just referred to a niece Winnie in this Timmy von Trimble call.
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Okay, I added Winnie to the (very messy, sorry) Scharpling family tree.
I haven't listened to the call yet; was there any hint as to which side she hails from? I know that Ron Scharpling has a daughter who I don't think was named.
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Re: The Larsons, last week The Gorch mentioned being married to Madeleine Larson, who was being played by Loni Anderson in the biopic. Madeleine = Sheila's grandmother?
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Okay, added Madeleine. I'm still a few shows behind, though, and haven't heard the call myself. Hoping to catch up by D-Day.
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Almost caught up!
Added Tom's adoption to The Scharpling Tree, also added The Tompkinses, which includes Matthew and Chet, who Roger Scharpling briefly mentions as a Shout Network exec in the late-70s. I guess covering TV shows is a family business for the Tompkinses.
Also, JW mentions Rhonda Larson as Sheila's Mom, which we already had on the tree. So that's awesome. I hope that means this massive thread is one of the resources they use for that sort of minutiae.
Finally, I added the family of dear, departed Kevin "GG" Allin. Merle Sr and Arleta were Tom's birth parents and they deserve a hallowed place on the Unofficial Thread of Newbridge Family Trees.
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Updated with goodies from latest (I dare not say last!) Darren call.
Cyrus is now officially listed as exsanguinated. Sniffle.
Officer Harrups is now officially listed as "bronzed, survived."
More importantly, I realized a very fun (perhaps alarming) kink in one of the tree's many twisted boughs: Tom is the half-uncle to Corey Harris and Shelia Larson's kid, Skystalker! Further, Tom and Corey were briefly brothers-in-law!
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Updated with Officer Harrups's first name: Wayne!
Worth the wait, I think, as he shares the name with the turtle-like sheriff of Tom's favorite cable television drama ever, Sons of Anarchy.
Anyway, I think I got everything up from the final shows now. Of course, as a whole, I'd say the Newbridge tree is only 65% filled out. There are still tons of little pieces from older shows that will surely crop up as I begin my big re-listen.
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*I've been updating this as new info rolls in*
I thought it'd be neat to create a thread that tried to shed some light on the various family trees of our favorite fake town. Obviously, much of this was covered in the defunct FOTpedia, but it could be fun to re-create it in thread form and make it up-to-date going forward.
The Monroe Brothers, aka, "America's Kennedys"
Frank, patriarch, failed ballplayer, former rock breaking business owner, father of 17 sons
-Morton, brother/uncle
-Ray-Ray, brother/uncle
Reggie, kicked off Survivor for having a spank-a-thon (i.e. a pant-party)
Phil, popular TCAP guest-star
-Phil's Son, drunk driver, booted off Apprentice Jr.
Norm, went to HS with Tom; Tom stole his Dokken tape.
Claude (minor league baseball star on half-A Newbridge Bridges/steamboat thief/cocaine enthusiast)
-Commissioner Selig, son
Sean & Mike (busted for selling pot to uniformed police officers at the 2008 Olympics)
Robert (Congressman, possibly dead in Emerald Nightmare explosion)
-Carl Palmer, son
-4 other kids
-Shelia Larson, wife #2
Blaze, self-styled "Alec Baldwin of the Monroes," failed actor/model/media personality
Miles Coltrane "MC" "Stench" Monroe, former star of reality show, "Sewer Skunks"
-7 kids, Emperor, Police Chief, Surgeon General, four unnamed
Bort, owner of Monroe Autobody. Unknown if he's a brother, or cousin, or uncle.
Denny, "Pant Bandit." Unknown if Denny's a son/cousin/stepnephew, etc.
Shelia, sister of the Monroe Brothers
Ron, Newbridge pride parade planner. Unknown how he's related.
Kerouac Monroe, Reggie's Uncle, stole a parade, enjoyed "sweatpants fun"
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Added! Thanks!
I have not forgotten this thread. Have just been busy. Still need to update based on some names dropped in the Newbridge Adult Swim Special, too. So, man, I am behind.
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*I've been updating this as new info rolls in*
The Monroe Brothers, aka, "America's Kennedys"
Frank, patriarch, failed ballplayer, former rock breaking business owner, father of 17 sons
-Morton, brother/uncle
-Ray-Ray, brother/uncle
Reggie, kicked off Survivor for having a spank-a-thon (i.e. a pant-party)
-Kerouac, uncle, stole a parade; enjoyed "sweatpants fun"
Phil, popular TCAP guest-star
-Phil's Son, drunk driver, booted off Apprentice Jr.
Norm, went to HS with Tom; Tom stole his Dokken tape.
Claude (minor league baseball star on half-A Newbridge Bridges/steamboat thief/cocaine enthusiast)
-Commissioner Selig, son
Sean & Mike (busted for selling pot to uniformed police officers at the 2008 Olympics)
Robert (Congressman, possibly dead in Emerald Nightmare explosion)
-Carl Palmer, son
-4 other kids
-Shelia Larson, wife #2
Blaze, self-styled "Alec Baldwin of the Monroes," failed actor/model/media personality
Miles Coltrane "MC" "Stench" Monroe, former star of reality show, "Sewer Skunks"
-7 kids, Emperor, Police Chief, Surgeon General, four unnamed
Bort, owner of Monroe Autobody. Unknown if he's a brother, or cousin, or uncle.
Denny, "Pant Bandit." Unknown if Denny's a son/cousin/stepnephew, etc.
Shelia, sister of the Monroe Brothers
Ron, Newbridge pride parade planner. Unknown how he's related.
Bort identified as Reggie's brother in 2/17 Ty Monroe call.
Ty Monroe, the youngest of Reggie's brothers. Claims that he essentially raised himself after parents gave up after blowing it with all previous brothers. Unaware of vegetables until 2012; candy and Fonta soda diet caused withered legs. Left Newbridge at age 18; claims to be jailed for a mucho-rail-aided, flagrant fistfight with a guided tour group in Florida. May have made up some or all of everything he said on the air.
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Re: Ty
Omar, I'm torn on whether Ty Monroe is Monroe canon or not. You have contact with Tom-Jon...At what point in the call do you think Ty became an "unreliable narrator"?
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Re: Ty
Omar, I'm torn on whether Ty Monroe is Monroe canon or not. You have contact with Tom-Jon...At what point in the call do you think Ty became an "unreliable narrator"?
A disclaimer regarding veracity issues must be noted when discussing T. Monroe, but in my opinion the basic information that he is a member of the Monroe clan is legit.
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Okay, updated Monroe entry with info on Ty, as well as locking in Bort's status as one of the Fabled 17 Brothers.
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Added "Jimmy Strauss" the youngest brother of Trent L. Strauss.
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Added the Jenningses. Sheldon and Toby.
Also added Myron Schwarzendruber, the inventor of the pebbled garbage can, as well as -- presumably -- the father or grandfather of the other two listed Schwarzendrubers (Golf Nuts and Rich Robinson's Life Stealer).
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Added Shandy Larson, a cousin of Sheila's whom Roy mentions in his early 2013 call on the Box Set.