unconsenting third party listeners

[Steve in North Hollywood]

A lot more people at my hotel have started hanging out in the office while I have the show on (which is all 8 hours of every night because I often have to rewind because they're talking).  But whenever they do shut up, they always get a kick out of the show.

My next convert will be Adam.  He's already borrowed my Hippy Justice CD and LOVES it.  As a walking music encyclopedia, S&W speak to the core of him.

[LaunchCode]

lord how i've tried-- my wife, 15 yo my daughter, my best friend... i get nowhere with my conversion efforts...EXCEPT my brother-in-law-- who I haven't seen in about 10 years but who is now a BSOWFMU fanatic... because of an email i sent him while he was working in Kuwait!

figured he'd like it bein' one a nem philly guys...

[Steve in North Hollywood]

After many dosings of S&W CD's, my friend Charlene has finally decided to start listening to the show after Tom's "HuNan Giant" remark this week.  She's officially hooked.  That's THREE!!!

[SexyAnkles]

I wish my wife had the attention span to appreciate the show.  I wonder if it would help if I were to teach my 2 and a half year old daughter the phrase "heave ho".

[iAmBaronVonTito]

I wish my wife had the attention span to appreciate the show.  I wonder if it would help if I were to teach my 2 and a half year old daughter the phrase "heave ho".

it is not uncommon for FOTlings to take after their parents or catch phrases from the show.  do it!

[mostlymeat]

I wish my wife had the attention span to appreciate the show.  I wonder if it would help if I were to teach my 2 and a half year old daughter the phrase "heave ho".

My 3 yr old girl asks to listen to Tom, but she only laughs when he says HEAVE HO!

[Steve in North Hollywood]

It's a start.

[theElizabethanCaller]

One time, my old girlfriend wanted to have dinner on a Tuesday night cause her mom was in town from Cleveland.  Needless to say, I had to play the show during the whole thing.  The mom didn't seem to mind; but I was the only one laughing...  Also, any momentum I had gained in getting her (the girlfriend, not the mom)to like the show was completely destroyed. 

On the flip side, my mom does like the best show.  She heard Tom making fun of the old "Whopper Freakout" commercial and lost it.

[amiright??]

Over my last trip home, I tried to get my brother into the show and his only feedback was "Doesn't this guy know that dead air is bad?"

Doesn't my brother know that that's the best part?

I haven't been home since...

[iAmBaronVonTito]

yeah i get that a lot too: "i hate dead air" or "what's with the dead air?"


it's called letting the show breath, i explain.  this always results in a heated discussion on what makes a good radio show.  by the end, my argument remains, "i like it so you dont have to" or "tom wouldnt want you anyway"

it's also noted very quickly by the third party that tom is a jerk for hanging up on people.  granted, i continue to rush to tom's defense but if they dont get it, they dont get it.

[Reeleyes]

Calling into the show is a good way to get loved ones to listen.

[Geoff Johnston]

My wife enjoys the show, PBR especially, and has taken to slipping the occasional "Wait, whaaaat?" into casual conversation.  She's also a fan of Gene Simmons Toyota of Newbridge on Facebook. 

However, I am the downloader and keeper of the podcasts, which we'll usually listen to in the car.  And while I don't miss an episode, the wife doesn't make a point to listen, just picking it up peripherally.  There's also times when she'll veto the Best Show, saying, "I want to listen to music."  What the crap hell is that all about!?!?

That said, tonight we're going to listen live for the first time.  And our marriage will be stronger for it.

[driz]

havent posted in a while, just checked in and saw this thread was still around.

tonight after a long drive back in the rain from LBI to south philly, I played the juggalo/PFT episode and was laughing so hard i made my wife and daughter laugh not with me but *at* me. 

since i made this thread, my wife has started to like the show a bit more, but still dislikes the JW calls.  her view is that they are "a little funny but go on way too long".

she also went from thinking the heave hos were "mean" to now cracking up at them with me.