Powercaller Spike?

[erika]

TOM is my leader.

[Spike]

TOM is my leader.

You have it confused, Pet. Tom is the leader of the show. I am the leader of the Supercallers

[Gagneaux]

^^^^ wow...you just got "Spiked"

[colonel panic]

This is the visual equivalent of that laugh.

then "cough".

[erika]

TOM is my leader.

You have it confused, Pet. Tom is the leader of the show. I am the leader of the Supercallers

Well then I'm glad I'm a powercaller.

snark snark snark

[Regular Joe]

TOM is my leader.

You have it confused, Pet. Tom is the leader of the show. I am the leader of the Supercallers

This begs the question... if you did have the legion of powercallers at your disposal, what tasks would you assign them?

[andrew in philadelphia]

spike is the superpowercaller of my heart.

mine too.

all week i couldn't stop thinking about how fascinating this gentleman is. i love his unfunny pet names for celebrities he despises (although "stinky/sleepy la beef" had me laughing pretty good.) i love that he has no detectable sense of humor and will, in all sincerity, repeatedly answer a very flat "no" to tom's increasingly ridiculous questions. i love how he never appears annoyed at these questions - no matter how humiliating or how many references to hot plates/parole officers they contain. i love that whenever tom has asked him to make an off show appearance, either via the phone or in person, he's always busy and/or needs to check his calendar. i love that he's possibly the only being on earth who enjoys the chucky movies. i love his weird laugh.

i love spike (i do.)

[masterofsparks]

i love that he has no detectable sense of humor

I've heard him chuckle away from the phone a couple of times (including this week when he called in during the topic), so I think he may just be doing a really good job of disguising his amusement. After all, he wouldn't listen every week if he didn't find the show funny.

[andrew in philadelphia]

i love that he has no detectable sense of humor

I've heard him chuckle away from the phone a couple of times (including this week when he called in during the topic), so I think he may just be doing a really good job of disguising his amusement. After all, he wouldn't listen every week if he didn't find the show funny.

and how amazing was that to hear spike contributing to that topic? and calling in well after 8:17pm too!

but the guy is a total enigma. i wouldn't be surprised in the least to learn he didn't find the show funny at all and listened for reasons you and i can't even fathom.

he's the best.

[Ike]

Easily the most fascinating part of the show.  Also the most up and down--when it tanks, blam-o, but when that "I don't know what" is there, it's funnier/more surreal than anything I can imagine. 

If this is an elaborate act, the guy's good.  Even that weird scrolling "I should be king of the supercallers" message...that's absolutely sublime. 

I hope I never, ever see Spike's visage in reality (or a representation of reality on the interwebs). 

If he ain't a super/powercaller, he darn well should be. 

Ike

[Tim K in DC]

[Regular Joe]

Wow, Sleepy La Beef is a real person? Spike went way over my head on that one!

[Tim K in DC]

Spike works for the government. I'm afraid to imagine how many people he knows about, let alone what he might know about them. Or maybe he just keeps his love of rockabilly locked in the dungeon.

[Patrick]

spike might be thee only super/power caller that is also in the hall of shame!  if thats not an accomplishment of epic proportions i dont know what is.

am i mistaken but wasn't officer tom a super caller at one point.  wasn't also paychecks friend in toronto (gordy?) a super caller also?

[masterofsparks]

am i mistaken but wasn't officer tom a super caller at one point.  wasn't also paychecks friend in toronto (gordy?) a super caller also?

No and no. They're both in the FOT Hall of Fame, though. And I don't think Gord and Paycheck know each other.