My First GOMP.

[orangewhip]

    I wasn't trying to sound like a Douche, but upon listening to the archived episode....I realized I did.
Anyway, I'm honored to have received my first GOMP.  Next time I'll try to actually finish a phone call.

-derek from detroit

[joanna]

don't worry, happens to everyone! keep calling.

[yesno]

Whatever you think of the caller himself (I love the caller but not the raps), MC Steinberg throughout early 2005 should be a model for tenacious callers.  I think it took him months of calling before Tom finally let him get through his spiel.

[John Junk 2.0]

I got GOMP'd this week.  It was oddly delightful.

[B_Buster]

I got GOMP'd once when I had the night off and called the show. The deep funny voice I used did the trick (I think the deep funny voice is more likely to get Gomp'd than the high funny voice, but you're in risky territory with either).

[JonFromMaplewood]

On one of my first calls to the show in 2006, Tom GOMP'd me because I refused to wake up my daughter by hitting her with a pillow.

[Omar]

On one of my first calls to the show in 2006, Tom GOMP'd me because I refused to wake up my daughter by hitting her with a pillow.

10/31/06:

- Weirder Jon calls (starts at 36:26) to say that he wanted to put his daughter on to tell Tom about her candy haul, but she just fell asleep. Tom wants WJ to wake her up. WJ says he can’t do that, so Tom gives him some help: hit her with a pillow. WJ actually does know how to do it, but he doesn’t want to unhinge her wrath. Tom thought his weirdness would make him prone to do such a thing, but he’s afraid of his kids. They’re brutal and get very cranky if jarred from bed soon after they fall asleep. Tom believes he’s a chicken and makes clucking sounds to taunt him. He dismisses him because he talks to humans, not chickens. Tom, who knows the dangers of parent-child power dynamics from his chats with Philly Boy Roy, suspects that WJ's kids are bullying him around. When they demand a trip to Toys-R-Us, WJ responds with "Yes, master." Tom thinks that, like Roy, Jr., his kids probably call him by his first name: "Hey, Jon, we're going to Toys-R-Us."

[JonFromMaplewood]

On one of my first calls to the show in 2006, Tom GOMP'd me because I refused to wake up my daughter by hitting her with a pillow.

10/31/06:

- Weirder Jon calls (starts at 36:26) to say that he wanted to put his daughter on to tell Tom about her candy haul, but she just fell asleep. Tom wants WJ to wake her up. WJ says he can’t do that, so Tom gives him some help: hit her with a pillow. WJ actually does know how to do it, but he doesn’t want to unhinge her wrath. Tom thought his weirdness would make him prone to do such a thing, but he’s afraid of his kids. They’re brutal and get very cranky if jarred from bed soon after they fall asleep. Tom believes he’s a chicken and makes clucking sounds to taunt him. He dismisses him because he talks to humans, not chickens. Tom, who knows the dangers of parent-child power dynamics from his chats with Philly Boy Roy, suspects that WJ's kids are bullying him around. When they demand a trip to Toys-R-Us, WJ responds with "Yes, master." Tom thinks that, like Roy, Jr., his kids probably call him by his first name: "Hey, Jon, we're going to Toys-R-Us."

I am reliving the trauma!  You're like a therapist, Omar.

[henry]

i got gomp'd twice in one night. 

[Steve in North Hollywood]

GOMP?  What's THAT!?

[erika]

I'm not exactly sure, but I know it happens if you talk about the prominence of David Boooie's package in the movie Labyrinth.

[Steve in North Hollywood]

I'm not exactly sure, but I know it happens if you talk about the prominence of David Boooie's package in the movie Labyrinth.

That's nothing compared to the Wolf in Into the Woods.  Oh man ... nightmares since I was a kid!

[masterofsparks]

I got GOMP'd once when I had the night off and called the show. The deep funny voice I used did the trick (I think the deep funny voice is more likely to get Gomp'd than the high funny voice, but you're in risky territory with either).

I just listened to the 12/9/03 episode and you, in your pre-AP days, came dangerously close to being GOMP'd after mouthing off about Dinosaur Jr. It's a hugely entertaining call.

[fyodor]

I'm not exactly sure, but I know it happens if you talk about the prominence of David Boooie's package in the movie Labyrinth.

Would that be Mr. Boooie's "knife"?

(ew brother)