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The Best Show on WFMU => Show Discussion => Topic started by: Hugman 3.0 on December 19, 2011, 02:50:30 PM
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Anyone (Omar, perhaps) know on what episode the term "The Hut" was used for the first time? I want to hear it's introduction into the lexicon as well as Tom's reaction. Thanks!
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I want to say it was during a Jeff Cooper call (maybe the one on the Chain Fights CD), but I don't know for sure. Hopefully someone else will step up with more detailed info.
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I can't accurately place the original use of "The Hut," although if the term is indeed used in that Coop call, that would certainly be a very early appearance. I think it was used on occassion in the early years before appearing much more frequently around 2006-ish.
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Great question, and one I was recently asking myself.
My gut instinct is it first appeared in the Craig Cooper call (the one from Jeff's son), also around '02-ish.
Weird trivia from the other direction: I don't believe the Warden of Newbridge Correctional, Bill Rutliffe, ever used "the hut" once during his 40-minute call this year.
I'm also curious as whether Tom or Jon came up with "the hut." Obviously, Jon gets to say all the Wursterisms, but they both script the calls. Then again, Jon is always Tweeting about "Locked Up Abroad," so maybe it's a prison culture thing he's found funny for a while now.
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Great question, and one I was recently asking myself.
My gut instinct is it first appeared in the Craig Cooper call (the one from Jeff's son), also around '02-ish.
Weird trivia from the other direction: I don't believe the Warden of Newbridge Correctional, Bill Rutliffe, ever used "the hut" once during his 40-minute call this year.
I'm also curious as whether Tom or Jon came up with "the hut." Obviously, Jon gets to say all the Wursterisms, but they both script the calls. Then again, Jon is always Tweeting about "Locked Up Abroad," so maybe it's a prison culture thing he's found funny for a while now.
I can confirm that "The Hut" comes from Wurster.
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Omar, do you know of any Wursterisms that come *from Tom*?
In an interview this past summer Tom mentioned that it's he who is a big GG Allin "fan" (and thus the root of the references, I assume), whereas Jon is a KISS "fan." I found this to be very interesting.
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Re: The Hut
I'm also thinking it may have come out of a Hot Rockin' Ronny call or Mike Sajak. Then again, some Wursterisms have somewhat surprising first appearances. Like, "Weirdowood." I believe that was first uttered by Zachary Brimstead.
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Re: The Hut
I'm also thinking it may have come out of a Hot Rockin' Ronny call or Mike Sajak. Then again, some Wursterisms have somewhat surprising first appearances. Like, "Weirdowood." I believe that was first uttered by Zachary Brimstead.
I'm pretty sure the first "Weird-O-Wood" was from The Gorch's in-studio visit on 6/5/07. Do you know of an earlier ZB utterance?
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Omar, do you know of any Wursterisms that come *from Tom*?
No specific ones, but they certainly exist. Many, many characters and calls have sprung from marathon S&W conversations, so there was likely a constant back-and-forth riffage of terms/phrases that have appeared over the years. As has been noted in many interviews, Wurster also likes to try to surprise Tom with stuff during the call. I suspect, for example, his boundary-pushing sexual terms fall into this category, such as recent fellatio stand-in "mouth fun." In a lot of cases, I think they are equally fascinated/amused with an idea or concept. In the great AST Radio interview, they discussed how they both found cocaine references hilarious, which has resulted in many characters becoming avid skiers, rail captains, White Lady seducers, etc.
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Re: The Hut
I'm also thinking it may have come out of a Hot Rockin' Ronny call or Mike Sajak. Then again, some Wursterisms have somewhat surprising first appearances. Like, "Weirdowood." I believe that was first uttered by Zachary Brimstead.
I'm pretty sure the first "Weird-O-Wood" was from The Gorch's in-studio visit on 6/5/07. Do you know of an earlier ZB utterance?
D'oh! Yeah, you're right. I got the ZB in-studio from May 6th 08 (the recent Gem) mixed up with the ZB call from '06.
I also may have gotten "Lipstick City" references confused, too.
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You know what would be great is word-for-word transcribing of all the calls. I was thinking of ways to do this the other day, but it still seemed overwhelming.
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I don't think Tom or Jon coined the term "The Butt Hut", but their use of one of the most stupidly hilarious colloquialisms ever created, let alone the abbreviation, is genius.
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My favorite variation is "Los Hut."
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Well, I think I just blew $30 on some software called "Express Scribe Pro." I thought it could -- at least -- automatically transcribe a very, very rough transcription of a call, but I can't even get it to do that. In fact, I can't really even get it to start.
I feel like taking Quad P's sidecar over to their offices and ramming them with a shopping cart.
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didn't they use it in the Hut Pod call? The dad went to the hut for human trafficking?
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Yeah, Hut Pod is the Jeff Cooper call I mentioned. I was going to re-listen to it tonight, but my failures with the transcription software have sapped my will to laugh.
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My favorite variation is "Los Hut."
Yes. But in a tie w/"hut dog."
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Okay, I re-listened to the Jeff Cooper (son of Craig) call.
There's no "the hut" reference. This is good, though, because the call is from 2/21/2006 -- which would be rather late in the show's run to have the first-ever Wurster ref to "the hut."
I did make a list of some of Jon's other Wursterisms in the call:
"Are you strapped in? You have your helmet on?" (Is this one of the earliest uses of the "strapped/helmet" couplet?)
"A real A-load." I'm not sure this one's all that common. I can't recall it being used in other bits.
"Deep ess-hit." A classic.
And, most interestingly, perhaps...
"Madder than a rattlesnake at a Thai Wedding" When Jon says this, Tom laughs and asks, "What does *that* mean?"
Could our search for the first instance of "The Hut" have unexpectedly led us to the first instance of "Madder than a rattlesnake at a Thai Wedding"?
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Okay, I re-listened to the Jeff Cooper (son of Craig) call.
And, most interestingly, perhaps...
"Madder than a rattlesnake at a Thai Wedding" When Jon says this, Tom laughs and asks, "What does *that* mean?"
Could our search for the first instance of "The Hut" have unexpectedly led us to the first instance of "Madder than a rattlesnake at a Thai Wedding"?
Indeed. It definitely debuted in 2006, and I am almost certain it did not appear prior to the Jeff Cooper call.
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Oh, wow, neat. Finally, I got one right!
I'm certain we'll get to the bottom of "the hut" in the next couple days. I'm going to re-listen to the Gem where Ronny calls in from the political convention-slash-prison. That's an 04 call, so if hut's used in that, it'll certainly narrow things down.
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On Chain Fights, Beer Busts and Service with a Grin, the last track with Mike Healy from July 17, 2001 around 5:45 in he says "I'll call your station manager and get the station shut down." Tom: "Oh that's the spirit!" "Yeah, enjoy it in the butt hut."
Maybe that's it?
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Oh, wow! That's great. I think you just found it.
I just finished listening to the Hot Rockin' Ronny call from 7/27/04. And there is a "the hut" reference in it.
Jon: So, I had to go to the Hut.
Tom: *What* is the hut?
Jon: Well, *you* know.
Tom: Oh , okay, yeah, yeah.
Jon: You know, *that* hut. You’re no stranger to the hut.
Tom: Actually, yeah, I am a stranger to *jail*.
Other Wursterisms in this call...
"You don't call me that! I call you *that*!"
"I had to take a squeege in the woods."
"I was stealing cut-outs."
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Yeah, this unemployment thing is really productive. Solving hut mysteries and winning Low Times hash tag contests!
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Thanks, all.
Take a squeege always gets me, too.
I'm also on board with all the different kinds of *fun* popping up lately.
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I'm watching Stanley Kubrick's debut film Killer's Kiss, and a characters says "I ain't goin' back to the hut, see". Made me chuckle.
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I apologize in advance for being a topic necromancer but I wanted to share what I found. On the 1/16/2001 show, Hot Rockin' Ronny references the "Butt Hut" (it's within the last 10 minutes of the show). It would be interesting to find out when that got shortened to "The Hut".
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Is it possible Pizza Hut was the inspiration for "The Hut" reference? You have to admit that making pizza in a hut was a bold marketing move on their part -- food quality or everything else of quality aside.
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i was down in athens last spring and slammed on the brakes when we went past this place. HAD to stop and eat there.
http://www.butthuttathens.com (http://www.butthuttathens.com)
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I had completely forgot that The Hut and The Hut, Jr. got mentioned during Mark "The Arm" Rample's call. The Hut lives on the new Best Show!
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i was down in athens last spring and slammed on the brakes when we went past this place. HAD to stop and eat there.
http://www.butthuttathens.com (http://www.butthuttathens.com)
Moving back to Atlanta in a few months. When I went to Athens, back in the day, this wasn't there... so I guess I'm actually wondering... was the food edible? Is the place to be avoided at all costs?
And am I really asking this about a place that offers a Possum Salad and a Little Buttwich Basket?
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i was down in athens last spring and slammed on the brakes when we went past this place. HAD to stop and eat there.
http://www.butthuttathens.com (http://www.butthuttathens.com)
Moving back to Atlanta in a few months. When I went to Athens, back in the day, this wasn't there... so I guess I'm actually wondering... was the food edible? Is the place to be avoided at all costs?
And am I really asking this about a place that offers a Possum Salad and a Little Buttwich Basket?
Also the What-What Sandwich... I first read that as "Wait... Whaaaaaaaaat?"
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Omar, do you know of any Wursterisms that come *from Tom*?
In an interview this past summer Tom mentioned that it's he who is a big GG Allin "fan" (and thus the root of the references, I assume), whereas Jon is a KISS "fan." I found this to be very interesting.
Slightly off topic but I think GG came from Tom.
I interviewed him in December and asked him about the Geeg, and how it started, and he attributed it to people being gilded after they die. You could be the worst person in the world, but the moment you die you're a saint, and the late Kevin Allin is one of those people you can't really do that with.
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the food was fine. not terrible and not amazing. the wait staff was suuuuper great though so i'd like to give it a recommendation based on that alone.
I had a lovely time in Athens. The beer is good, everyone was nice and the Abba records are free. and theres this:
http://trappezepub.com (http://trappezepub.com)
10/10 would visit again.