Tom Laffs

[Deric W. Haircare]

Yeah, I caught Tom cracking up about the Super Dave wigs.

Wurster just about loses it during the Titans of Trivia call when he's talking about Trivius, the Greek god of factoids.

[steely damn]

was the result of a perfectly timed sudden stealth gomp

Tom: Hey didn't you call before under a different name?
Caller: yeah, I did. I used a different name- because I though you were gonna-
Tom: gonna what?
Caller: oh no, you're gonna hang up on me aren't you?
Tom: no, no I'm not.
Caller: oh, thank god I thou-
-click-
2 second pause then Tom completely loses it for 10 seconds with what I can only describe as pure glee at the perfection of the timing of the stealth gomp
Tom (still completely losing it):oh, he thought he was safe. Then I got him right at the last minute...

I listened to that bit over and over and every single time it cracked me up too. Looking for the episode now...

[Martin]

I love when JW seemingly tries to put Tom on the spot, causing him to crack up. Two favorites (which may or may not count as crack-ups):

During the Dr. Dandy Dan Dannington call, at about 6 minutes in, Dannington drops an obscure music ref, and Tom nearly loses it (it sounds "real"). (That call happens to be featured in this week's Best Show Vault update.)

At the near-end of Matthew Tompkins' call about The Shout! Network's new spring lineup, when Tompkins mentions The Van Morrison Variety Two Hours, Tom almost breaks down laughing. I love that moment.

[jane]

Tom's best full-on fake laugh:  August 24, 2004 at the 54:50 mark.  Tom interviews Bernie Cohen, author of the book, The Lazy Person's Guide To Life.  That's all I'm going to say.

[Omar]

The best one that stands out in my memory is the first time Zeph Marshack called in. It sounded as if Jon spontaneously pulled this character out of his ass during the whole Poster Children debacle, and surprised Tom when he called in as the character. One of the rare times when Tom totally "lost it" during a bit.

Recent discovery: In the "One on One News" call (10/25/05), the eventual Zeph voice was used in the voiceover for the commerical for Col. Jessup's Salad Plantation.

[bobby.]

Tom's best full-on fake laugh:  August 24, 2004 at the 54:50 mark.  Tom interviews Bernie Cohen, author of the book, The Lazy Person's Guide To Life.  That's all I'm going to say.

I loved his treatment of that *zany* guy who phoned last week to serve some poetic justice to the "DWI" celebrities. That call was just weird.


EDIT: finished listening to the show.
CORRECTION: THOSE calls were just weird.

STATEMENT: The funniest thing ever is Tom's kerazy character. He used it when interviewing that restaurant about the huge steak as well as the time Jane mentioned... can anyone remember any other times?

[Laurie]

Tom did a phony radio voice when he interviewed a correspondent for Seventeen or some other magazine about the MTV VMAs. It was the first year they came to Miami, I think.

[jrmw]

The August 24th fake laugh is outstanding - thank you for mentioning that.

Another favorite is the August 31, 2004 Elle Girl Magazine interview that Mrs. Jarvis Cocker mentioned...but after that interview is finished, Tom continues in the radio voice and has a chat with a guy who won free tickets to "Two Lane Blacktop" at BAM, and can't get in. Maybe someone has already mentioned this, but there's another amazing fake laugh in there...for some reason, that call makes my day every time I listen to it. I think I was convulsing uncontrollably at my desk the first time I heard it and wiping tears from my eyes. Maybe I was just exhausted? The call starts at about 1:02:33.

[Sarah]

That show was the first I ever listened to, chosen at random from the archive when I decided to take the plunge.  Not knowing, of course, that the voice and interviewing style were put on, I hated Tom at first, which depressed me hugely, since I'd just finished all the SSD archives and was looking for more funny talk to while away the hours.  Luckily, curiosity about the Gorch and Skag Winesack, mystification over the Purple Shirt/Officer Tom feud, and Rick Warren's odd reminiscences were enough to make me stick it out.  Thank heaven, eh?

[Dorvid Barnas]

September 25, 2007 - 1:10:15

Tom refuses a caller's suggestion for the movie quote list, and cracks himself up in the process. 
The giggles continue through the reading of the Stroszek quote. 
Killed me!

[masterofsparks]

I thought I'd resurrect this old topic since both Tom and Jon seemed on the verge of losing it last night when Gene Simmons said "condidacy" and "poncake" in rapid succession.

[Dorvid Barnas]

I thought I'd resurrect this old topic since both Tom and Jon seemed on the verge of losing it last night when Gene Simmons said "condidacy" and "poncake" in rapid succession.

I'd say they were a bit past the verge.  That entire call was hilarious and, for future readers of this thread, the laffs happened around 1:39:33, 11/13/07.

[buffcoat]

I thought I'd resurrect this old topic since both Tom and Jon seemed on the verge of losing it last night when Gene Simmons said "condidacy" and "poncake" in rapid succession.

I'd say they were a bit past the verge.  That entire call was hilarious and, for future readers of this thread, the laffs happened around 1:39:33, 11/13/07.

Thirded - that's the closest that the boys have been to full on losing it in a good while.  I, of course, did lose it, though much less publicly.

[B_Buster]

September 25, 2007 - 1:10:15

Tom refuses a caller's suggestion for the movie quote list, and cracks himself up in the process. 
The giggles continue through the reading of the Stroszek quote. 
Killed me!

That's a favorite moment of mine as well, Dorvid. Not only because of the Stroszek quote, but because Tom reversed his decision and gomped the caller right after the caller gave me a big, "Yay, Mike!" after I gave his quote the thumb's up. I've already listened to it several times. It's right up there with the Super Dave wigs moment and the Cowboy Star review for my go to moment for a quick laugh.

[Dorvid Barnas]

Bumped.