The Best/Worst Moments of last night's show

[ben]

This week's Gary the Squirrel/AP Mike showdown made me grateful to have ears.

Agreed!  Candace(?) back singing again did not.  Awful.

[joe_p]

can anyone identify the first song Tom played in tribute to Gord at the beginning of the show?  i really loved it

RIP Gord

[InspectorHound]

can anyone identify the first song Tom played in tribute to Gord at the beginning of the show?  i really loved it

RIP Gord

Shazam says it's Aloha by Bo Diddley.

[joe_p]

thanks!

[JonFromMaplewood]

My favorite moment was pretty much the same as it always is:

Caller: You hung up on me.

Tom: I did what?

Caller: You h-[click]

[JON IN PHL]

Thanks InspectorHound and your magical Shazam. I now have "Aloha" on repeat.

[RVARichmond]

This week's Gary the Squirrel/AP Mike showdown made me grateful to have ears.

Agreed!  Candace(?) back singing again did not.  Awful.

I have the exact opposite reaction. Her calls consistently have me laughing like a doof, good to have one in '012.

[emma]

This week's Gary the Squirrel/AP Mike showdown made me grateful to have ears.

Agreed!  Candace(?) back singing again did not.  Awful.

I have the exact opposite reaction. Her calls consistently have me laughing like a doof, good to have one in '012.

Yeah sorry Ben, the singing is consistently great. As is the fact that Tom just silently lets her go until she's finished and hangs up herself. The whole thing is always just ridiculous and perfectly timed.

[Austin From Chicago]

This week's Gary the Squirrel/AP Mike showdown made me grateful to have ears.

Agreed!  Candace(?) back singing again did not.  Awful.

I have the exact opposite reaction. Her calls consistently have me laughing like a doof, good to have one in '012.

I love Candace's vocal stylings as well. Especially given that they seemed to begin around the time Tom was having trouble mustering enthusiasm for the show in 2010, I always kinda envisioned them as something Candace would do to cheer Tom up. I could be wrong - no matter, she always makes me laugh.

[Christina]

My favorite moment was pretty much the same as it always is:

Caller: You hung up on me.

Tom: I did what?

Caller: You h-[click]

Also always funny:

When the guest speaks for the first time on mike & Tom audibly jumps in fright.

[cavorting with nudists]

Any show where Tom talks in falsetto a lot is a good show, so Gary the Squirrel made this one for me.  Boffo Moment: when Gary told Mike to "drop dead."

[Steve of Bloomington]

Gary's obsession with Box Office numbers was pretty funny to me. 'That movie underperformed.'

[buffcoat]

Listening to this one now:

February 3, 2010: Trip Whiting [Half Ape] (0:25), Matt Fraction Call [Make Love in a Comic Book] (2:28), Bryce [Matt Fraction] (2:53)


Matt Fraction and Tom are talking to a guy who purchased a pipe because he thought it would be cool.  They riff for about 45 seconds.

Matt, as the cigar store owner: "You're gonna be a regular SHERLOCK HO-OMES with this one."


Bryce named his pipe "Jerry."  Tom: "For Jerry Garcia?" Bryce: "Who's THAT?"

[JON IN PHL]

Listening to this one now:

February 3, 2010: Trip Whiting [Half Ape] (0:25), Matt Fraction Call [Make Love in a Comic Book] (2:28), Bryce [Matt Fraction] (2:53)


Matt Fraction and Tom are talking to a guy who purchased a pipe because he thought it would be cool.  They riff for about 45 seconds.

Matt, as the cigar store owner: "You're gonna be a regular SHERLOCK HO-OMES with this one."


Bryce named his pipe "Jerry."  Tom: "For Jerry Garcia?" Bryce: "Who's THAT?"

Also love Bryce's meek "Some pipes are cool" to begin the call.

[JonFromMaplewood]

My favorite moment was pretty much the same as it always is:

Caller: You hung up on me.

Tom: I did what?

Caller: You h-[click]

Also always funny:

When the guest speaks for the first time on mike & Tom audibly jumps in fright.

YES!

Also Hal Linden's head.