Episode 458: Shout-Outs, RIP Chuck Barris, Movies (Bet: Life Animated; Stennie: Lion), Bummer of the Week, Book of the Month, New Favorites, Just One of Those Things, Generic Review, Jokes of the Week, Fuck Offs and You Rules.
Music: “The Hucklebuck,” performed by Sierra Rein, Lee Rocker and Frank Sinatra. “Movies” bumper by Duke, “New Favorite” bumper by Krizzer.
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Creepily enough – I was out of town last week and away from news – so when I listened to I will Cut You Hucklebug and you said Chuck Berry died – I actually thought y’all said Chuck Barris and my first thought was watching the Gong Show after school – I hope I didn’t jinx him 🙂 Wow – both of those movies said great – can’t wait to watch.
Guy walks into a bar and orders a fruit punch. Bartender says, “Pal, if you want a punch you’ll have to stand in line.” Guy looks around, but there is no punch line.
Hi ladies!! For the giving momey to strangers thing, I generally don’t, mostly because these days I only carry plastic (and more recently I pay using my new Apple Watch.) But I will chat with the person for a quick second to explain that I literally don’t have cash on me. And to acknowlwdge thwir presence because they’re a person and many people treat them like crap. In the past, I was happy to give them whatever change I had on me. Plus, being a starving actor, any pennies I had, I needed, but was willing to help when I could.
I also am weary to give strangers money for my own safety. Opening my purse in front of them, digging through to get my wallet out, opening the wallet…that’s a lot of distraction for them to try something and it only takes a split second. That may sound pessimistic, bit after the burgular teied to steal mu bike from my bedroom 2nd story balcony, I’m more guarded. So, I tend to politely decline giving money to keep myself safe. And I don’t ever open my front door to a stranger. Just a personal safety rule also. I do think it’s ballsy that guy came up to your front door. At least I don’t do what my dad did when I was little…if he saw a homeless person asking for money, he gave that person the jobs section of his paper he was carrying uder his arm and said “Here, find yourself a job.” Welcome to having a Marine Corp dad. I get what he was trying to do, but he was always sorta gruff about it to the person.
Sadly, I don’t have many jokes at the ready, so I looked one up:
“A blonde notices that her coworker has a thermos, so she asks him what it’s for. He responds, “It keeps hot things hot and cold things cold.”
The blonde immediately buys one for herself. The next day, she goes to work and proudly displays it.
Her coworker asks, “What do you have in it?”
She replies, “Soup and ice cream.”
Oh and I loved watching the Gong Show as a kid! I loved his wacky, off the wall energy because I was like that too. And to be honest, I thought he had been deceased for awhile already. But Bob Ross and Chuck Barris were my after school shows along with Captain Kangaroo and the He-Man cartoon.