Unofficial August Fan Club

[Sploops]

August is clearly the new break out character on the Best Show.  Some have called him the new Petey but I think this is an unfair comparison.  August brings an eloquence and intellectualism to his calls that Petey never did.  Not that Petey wasn't great in his own way but he was never as umm... articulate as August is.  Petey's time has passed.  Long live August!

[DanSF]

He's Petey's complete opposite, man, and if you ask me it's a little creepy (though not in a bad way.)  August is around the same age Petey was when he started calling, but August is well spoken, soft spoken, not prone to talking over Tom, and extremely low key.  Petey was a maniac in those first few years.  August sounds like he's got ice in his veins.  Nothing against August or Petey, I'm a huge fan of Petey's and I think August is a great caller, but it seem a little odd, no? 

[Richard_From_CHI]

He is no Petey.

He's not even Sathington.

He seems like a good kid, but I want him to dish on his Rock Music taste.

[Forest]

august is a nice young lad. but he is definatly nothing like petey is to the show.  a Petey call adds as much to the show as a wurster or earles call.  its hard to tell whether anything petey says is true or just part of an act.  i love it

[Sarah]

Petey is a genius (and was much younger than August when he started calling, I believe).  August is simply a nice kid, though possibly a serial killer in the making. (So much self-possession in someone so young makes me nervous--though, come to think of, I was pretty self-possessed at 12/13, too, and I haven't gone on a spree yet.  There's still time, though.) 

[Emerson]

Lifelong internet access has made kids way more intense than they used to be. I'm curious about how many of them will end up "going off the grid" as their form of rebellion. I went ahead and trademarked "Amish Chic," just in case.

~EmD

[Richard_From_CHI]

Sarah,

I have every faith in you that you could aspire to serial-killer status if you wanted to.

R

[Sarah]

Aw shucks, Richard.

Actually, I'm already playing one online, so the urges have a harmless outlet.

[jed]

i love august. such a decent kid. i am re-thinking my position on atheists because of him. i guess they can't be all bad.

[John Junk]

Sathington was the king of creepy.  There's no way anyone could call August creepy when, right there on the same planet, is Sathington, playing really long bass solos and threatening to kill himself.  (not that I don't like the kid --we're myspace pals!)   August seems like a good kid.  He's probably just overcompensating in sanity for his psychotic, petey-esque brother.  He'll probably too much pot in high school and become a straight-edge science professor in north carolina, just like my repressed, atheist cousin. 

[Mainiac FOT]

There's something really endearing about Tom's rapport with the younger FOTs. Remember the show where Tom said he could do any format? His kid's show was goofy, but had a lot of heart.

[Omar]

There's something really endearing about Tom's rapport with the younger FOTs. Remember the show where Tom said he could do any format? His kid's show was goofy, but had a lot of heart.

In the case of August, you can tell that he really likes and respect Tom.  He starts every call by defending Tom against previous callers that have given him a hard time.  He seems to be sincerely troubled by those who attack/disrespect The Kid.

Tom + young FOTs = Awesomeness.

[Petey]

August is the new petey. Im too old. I dont really like his calls though.

The natural instinct to act retarted on tom's show didnt settle down yet. I'm changing, anyway.

-peter

[emilyrides]

Tom used to be referred to as 'Puberty's Chaperone' which would seem to be a succinct way to some up his rapport with the 'tweens.

[Richard_From_CHI]

Lately Tom seems like the substance abusers chaperone.