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The MT Alternative Podcast is where music nostalgia meets sarcasm, humor, and the occasional political rant. Mike and Tom revisit the past, argue about the present, and never take themselves too seriously.
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"Living in '79: The Soundtrack of Chaos"
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1979 was the year music changed forever. The spectacular death of disco at Chicago's Comiskey Park, where fans rioted and burned records on the field, marked a cultural turning point that Mike and Tom explore with both historical insight and personal memories.
Against the backdrop of disco's demise, rock music reached remarkable creative heights. Pink Floyd's "The Wall," AC/DC's "Highway to Hell," and Led Zeppelin's final album "In Through the Out Door" all dropped in this pivotal year. The podcast dives into how these monumental releases shaped not just 1979, but set the stage for the explosive musical evolution of the 1980s. From Donna Summer's continuing disco dominance to The Clash's genre-expanding "London Calling," we explore the full spectrum of a year that refused to be defined by a single sound.
Beyond the turntables, football fever takes center stage as Mike and Tom preview the upcoming NFL season with equal parts analysis and friendly rivalry. Their breakdown of the historic Broncos-Patriots matchups reveals surprising statistics and memorable moments that football fans will appreciate. The conversation takes unexpected turns with a medical emergency story, casino adventures on an Indian reservation, and the return of the hilarious "Little Dudes" segment featuring Pip and Squeaky's completely unhinged retellings of classic fairy tales.
Whether you're a music historian, sports enthusiast, or just enjoy authentic, unfiltered conversation, this episode delivers nostalgic deep cuts alongside laugh-out-loud moments. Subscribe now and join us next week as we leap into the neon-colored explosion of 1980s music – where mullets were somehow acceptable and MTV changed everything.
Welcome to MT Alternative Podcast
Speaker 2Welcome to the MT Alternative Podcast, the show that proves history lessons are better when sprinkled with sarcasm and questionable accuracy. Today, Mike and Tom dive headfirst into the magical, disco-fueled year of 1979, a time when football haircuts were as terrifying as the shoulder pads. They'll probably argue about sports, stumble into music and who knows what else, because planning isn't exactly their strong suit. So buckle up. It's time for the MT Alternative, where 1979 meets two guys who still can't figure out how to set the clock on their microwaves. We'll be right back Easy alternative podcast. Let's ride With Mike and Tom. We're Southern, rockin' Live.
Speaker 4Alrighty, welcome back to the MT Alternative Podcast, Tom.
Speaker 5Hey, Mike.
Speaker 4Yeah, that was quite the introduction there, sorry, no, no problem. I had a little error, a little bit Only a little what's going on, not too much what's up, not me. Yeah, I had a little error, a little bit.
Speaker 5What's going on? Not too much.
Speaker 4What's up? Not me. Yeah, I'm not that excited. I'm excited, just not that excited. Yeah kind of like the Indian.
Speaker 5Reservation Indian Reservation. Yeah, I was excited about going up there this weekend, but they gave me a nickname Dumbass.
Speaker 4Nope.
Speaker 5Weeping Willow.
Speaker 4Weeping why did they call you Weeping Willow?
Speaker 5It was a naked thing. I don't understand.
Speaker 4We all were supposed to get in this tub. Maybe you don't need to go back up there anymore. Probably not. Or get the rules first.
Speaker 5There's rules.
Speaker 4Probably there's rules on everything there, Tom.
Speaker 5I thought when you were on the Indian Reservation, there were no rules.
Speaker 4There's always rules, buddy, there's always rules, anyways, anywho, no, no, no, I was work.
Speaker 5Were you not there with me?
Speaker 4Well, I was there, that sucked, but my mind was elsewhere. Well, that makes sense to you.
Speaker 5It really does make sense to me Because I was the same way. I got tuna.
Speaker 4Are you here, Mike? Yeah, I'm here physically. Mentally leave me alone. I understand. Tell me what you want me to do, I'll do it.
Speaker 5It's almost about break time. That's all I can think about.
Speaker 4Party time already? Nope, not here. I'm thinking about work.
Speaker 5Oh, work, work. As soon as I get there, I'm like it's almost about break time.
Speaker 4We had a great week. Finally no trucks, but we'll pay for it next week.
Speaker 5Yeah four. Have you been on a truck? Are we idiots? Yes, we are, we're fucking dumbasses.
Speaker 4Let's see, we're going to be talking about 1979 before we get into our 80s.
Speaker 5Wonderful 80s. That was the year that just came right after 78. It was awesome.
Speaker 4That was a whole 16 years old Imagine that I can't imagine you at 16. I was only 16.
Speaker 5Yeah, only 16.
Speaker 4I was too young to know.
Speaker 5Weren't we all.
Speaker 4Probably. Yeah, I'm still too young to know, but we didn't care. Well, really I'm old, but too old to know, too old to care.
Speaker 5Well, really I'm old, but too old to know, Too old to care. Well, no, it's too old to remember.
Speaker 4Too old to care too.
Speaker 5Yeah well, we don't care that we don't remember, You're right.
Speaker 4So let's see, we'll be talking about football, football, awesome, but uh, let's see Anything else planned coming up for yourself. You Uh-huh, but let's see Anything else planned coming up for yourself. You know, I'll be taking my big trip up north there next month.
Speaker 5I'm ready for October.
Speaker 4Oktoberfest.
Speaker 5Well, no, because they have what they call cantaloupe up there in October.
Speaker 4Oh, you like the fruit up north, yeah, like cantaloupe.
Speaker 5Yeah, I like that cantaloupe.
Speaker 4What does it do to you? Is it a sweet taste Gets?
Speaker 5all over my mouth.
Speaker 4Juicy, yeah, excellent, not moist and sticky, oh God.
Speaker 5No, no, no, that would ruin it. No, no, are you all right? Yeah, are you sure I'm getting there? You are getting there. Yeah, no more of that.
Speaker 4Well, that's a damn shame. I thought you were already there. Remember, wherever you go, there you are. Oh yeah.
Speaker 5Well, you never know where you're going until you get there.
Speaker 4Don't know what you got.
Speaker 5Until it's gone, okay. How do you know? Till it's gone, okay, how do you know? If it's gone, what do you got Nothing, she's gone.
Musical Shifts of 1979
Speaker 4Oh my. So let's jump until let's get our 79 music and whatever the hell else happened in 79. Because, I'll be honest, I'm kind of anxious to talk football.
Speaker 5Football is here.
Speaker 4But anyways, anywho, I promise, I promise. How are we going to do this this time? Well, however, you we're going to talk about the big shifts in 79 music. We'll start with that.
Speaker 5How's that?
Speaker 4Okay, yeah, I'm not going to do the top 10, top 20.
Speaker 5My favorite part.
Speaker 4We're just going to break it down by genre.
Speaker 5You want me to do my favorite part?
Speaker 4What's your favorite part?
Speaker 5When disco blew up and died.
Speaker 4Yes, we'll talk about the Comiskey Park incident. We'll bring that up as we're going through this, so we'll start off then.
Speaker 5Okay. All right, that's where you want to start I don't care, let's just kill it right up front, all right we had big shifts in in the 79 Music, as you brought up, and the Disco Backlash.
Speaker 4Yeah, July 12th 1979, Disco Demolition Night in Chicago, Anti-disco riot at Comiskey Park and boy oh boy, did that turn out shitty for them.
Speaker 5Let's burn these disco records and he's saying there's a riot, it's everybody burning everything down.
Speaker 4Doubleheader game. They had to cancel the second game. Something about a duck People starting fires on the field.
Speaker 5It's everybody burning everything down Double-headed game. They had to cancel the second game. Something about a duck. Disco duck, yeah something. There was a duck involved, I heard.
Speaker 4There was a duck, all right, yeah, that was quite the insight. I remember seeing that in the news. Actually People running around the field lighting fires 79.
Speaker 5What a year. Good old Jimmy Carter. What a president he was To lead us right out of that he was. Didn't he lead us into something else? Chase by a crocodile, or some shit like that.
Speaker 4Yeah, you're getting ahead here. We're in a segment, here You're jumping. I have everything written down.
Speaker 5Oh, I forgot. We wrote everything down. You're jumping the gun, buddy, but that's what, nope, that's later. Have everything written down. Oh, I forgot, we wrote everything down, you're jumping the gun, buddy.
Speaker 4Okay, but that's what Nope, that's later.
Speaker 5I love this part about this stuff where we can stop each other and say, don't say that we kind of have to you, dumbass.
Speaker 4Listen, just take my lead. I'm driving the ship today. Oh yeah, and despite the backlash, disco still had huge hits. Donna Summer's Bad Girls. Despite the backlash, disco still had huge hits. Donna Summer's Bad Girls. Glory Again, I Will Survive. Blah, blah. Yeah and she did. I'm waiting for your any comments on it.
Speaker 5I said she did, she survived.
Speaker 4Okay, so then let me jump into rock and metal. Oh, I like this part. All right, pink Floyd. The Wall was released November 1979. Massive cultural and commercial success yes, pink Floyd. I went and saw the movie the Wall. Yeah, it's kind of strange.
Speaker 5It was a little strange, wasn't it?
Speaker 4I might have been on some things.
Speaker 5Don't take the brown acid. No, I didn't, okay the purple. Well, there you go, my God.
Speaker 4We all know ACDC's Highway to Hell came out. The last album with Bon Scott A Vail Hanlon 2 release Dance the Night Away, dance the Night Away. Yeah, we remember Led Zeppelin Rees into the Outdoor, which was their last album. Oh yeah that's it.
Speaker 5Did you know what a Led Zeppelin was? It's an apparatus for smoking weed. Had no idea. I never knew that either. That's I'm, yeah, Just throwing that trivia out.
Speaker 4No, I never knew that either. That's yeah, Just throwing that trivia out. No, I never knew that. Just throwing that out. I know what a.
Speaker 5Zeppelin is there, you go. What is?
Speaker 4it A big balloon that flies through the sky. Yeah, zeppelin. Hence the Zeppelin on the album covers of Led Zeppelin. Oh, you know, like Hindenburg was.
Speaker 5Oh, there you go, see, we taught each other something today.
Speaker 4Don't know how it happened.
Speaker 5We didn't even have to hit each other with a newspaper or nothing.
Speaker 4Not this time, tom, not this time. Good, let's see, let's jump into Punk Evolves. Let's see Punk the Clash, london Calling.
Speaker 5I like the Clash, the Clash.
Speaker 4I think that's probably the only album I really like Talking Heads. They were like talking heads for your music, Brian Eno collaboration.
Speaker 5Did they do fish heads?
Speaker 4No, that wasn't talking heads. No, it wasn't. Was it Watching the days go by?
Speaker 5I made that mistake one time, say I remember.
Speaker 4So that was a class new wave breakthrough. You had Blondie with Heart of Glass. The Knack my big boner, I mean my Sharona, my boner. Elvis Costello. Elvis, not Elvis Presley. Oh, elvis Costello.
Speaker 5Yeah, Well, I die every seven years and change my last name too.
Speaker 4Thank God, we're not talking about your Elvis, though. Okay, nope, nope, let's not go there Sideburns and all. Yeah, yep, do you want to know the top albums of 79? Yes, let's hear those this is no order of mine, just what I'm reading here. Okay, all right, we have the Wall. Pink Floyd yeah, we heard that. Highway to Hell, acdc, yep that was a good one. In Through the Outdoor Led Zeppelin, Mm-hmm. All of my love.
Speaker 2That was on there.
Speaker 4Anyways.
Speaker 5Yep.
Speaker 4London Calling the Clash. London, colin, fear of Music Talking Heads Bad Girls, donna Summer and Breakfast in America, super Tramp. Key singles Tom my Sharona by the Knack Heart of Glass, blondie, I Will Survive. Gloria Gaynor.
Speaker 5There you go.
Speaker 4And Don't Stop Till you Get Enough Michael Jackson Off the Wall. That was a turning point for MJ, I believe.
Speaker 5Yeah, I believe it was.
Speaker 4Good old Michael Jackson.
Speaker 5Rest in peace, mike.
Speaker 4What a Fool Believes the Doobie Sisters, I mean the Doobie Brothers.
Speaker 5They had sisters, didn't they?
Speaker 4And another Brick in the Wall, part II. That was a late 79 hit for Pink Floyd.
Speaker 5Well.
Speaker 4I didn't know.
Speaker 5There were two Pinks in the Wall and it is.
Speaker 4My Sharona. I think I played the hell out of that Knack album. It was something else, because girls don't but I do, and it's a teenage sadness that won't stop the tears. What a song. When she's sitting on your face, it hurts. I was yeah what were you thinking when you wrote those lyrics?
Speaker 5Well, those lyrics. How this tickles.
Speaker 4Ah, that was pre. Okay, never mind, I won't go in there. We won't get into that part. Thank you All right. Cultural industry notes Disco back at Lash versus rock. Resurgence became a cultural divide Kiss yay. Tv still didn't exist.
Speaker 5TV didn't exist in the 80s or 79.
Speaker 4But New Wave was gearing up to dominate video culture which pretty much when you saw the first videos video killed the radio. I see punk fraction in the multiple directions hardcore punk in the US, post-punk in the UK and Michael Jackson begins his solo dominance with Off the Wall hey.
Speaker 5Some interesting stuff. There is some interesting stuff.
Speaker 479 had some good music because you were starting to trickle in, you were starting to even having some 80s type sound bands starting around that time and everything which was cool which I appreciated and, like I said back then, it was sweet for me Led Zeppelin, UFO, and once we get to the 80s, though, that's going to be a bomb.
Speaker 5It's going to be a bomb.
Speaker 4On wheelhouse, because then I'll tell you, everything exploded for me. Me too, Just like damn, what the hell is this? That's how I kept thinking of everything.
Speaker 5Chicago an RES Speedwagon Wow.
Speaker 4You know, I have some songs here from breaking down in genres. Want me to break down the list quick, because we're breaking down rock, hard rock, country, which I think is interesting because I like to see everything and it kind of jogs my memory on certain stuff. Rock and hard rock, I'll know pretty much, but when I get to the other songs I go oh, I remember that. Right Again, let's read the top rock, classic rock albums of 79. Okay, all right, pink Floyd, another Brick in the Wall. Right, these aren't, I believe, the songs. That's what we're doing. Okay, fleetwood Mac Tusk. Oh, my god.
Speaker 5Your favorite song Nightmares.
Speaker 4Why don't you do, do, do, do, do, do, cheap Trick. I Want you To Want Me Live at Budokan Love, that album, the Knack, my Sharona and Supertrap. Then we got Hard Rock. We have ACDC, highway to Hell. Van Halen Dance the Night Away that song I was just singing. Led Zeppelin Fool in the Rain. Yep Scorpion's Love Drive Disco. Anything I want to make a comment about when I'm reading it, feel free.
Speaker 5Yeah, because Disco died. Remember, we blew up.
Speaker 4This is the end of Disco.
Speaker 5Oh, okay, yeah.
Speaker 4But this is the top Disco songs from 79. Disco time and actually I know a lot of these and I kind of like them. I Will Survive, gloria Gaynor.
Speaker 5Oh yeah, well, that was good oh no, not I, I Will Survive.
Speaker 4Let's see, chic Good times, these are good times. Oh yeah, remember that one Donna Summer, I Want Some Hot. Remember that one Dinah Summer, I want some hot stuff. A hot stuff, baby, I want some hot stuff. Baby the Tramps Disco Inferno Burn, baby burn.
Speaker 5Disco Inferno that was on Kingpin.
Speaker 4Michael Jackson, don't stop till, you get enough.
Speaker 5I never do All right.
Speaker 4Thanks, michael, that must be your theme song for work.
Speaker 5Yep.
Speaker 4Thanks, michael, you owe it to him. And then we got R&B Funkin' Soul Prince, I Wanna Be your Lover. Earth, wind, fire. After the love is gone, commodore is still Still. What, just be still.
Speaker 5Be still Still.
Speaker 4How do you sing a song called Still, just be still?
Speaker 5That's how. This is stupid. See, that's always the song, anyway. Ashford and.
Speaker 4Simpson found a cure. Sanford and Simpson. No, Ashford and Simpson found a cure. Oh, they did. I don't know what they did, but then we got Peaches and Herb, Shake and Groove Thing.
Speaker 5That sounds like.
Speaker 4I don't have anything to shake. Groove Thing is pretty sad.
Speaker 5Wait a minute. Peaches and herbs. That sounds like a prevention. Right there I found a prevention.
Speaker 4Sounds like a hybrid to me, yeah.
Speaker 5A little indica, a little yeah, a little in there.
Speaker 4Oh then we get into pop pop music, not the song Pop, pop, pop pop music, not that Talk about. All right. So we got Blondie Hotterglass, the Bee Gees Too Much Heaven, nobody gets, too Alright. So we got Blondie Hot of Glass, the Bee Gees Too Much Heaven, nobody gets too much heaven, no more, I just blew up that song. We'll be here next week too, folks. Don't worry, please don't worry.
Speaker 5Barry.
Speaker 4Manilow Ships.
Speaker 5That's Say it Go ahead. That song man we never knew until we listened to it.
Speaker 4And then we're song man. We never knew until we listened to it, and then we're like, oh, okay.
Speaker 5It's one of them, john Denver songs. Olivia Newton-John Freaking sense, hubba, hubba, hubba. Olivia Newton-John. Yeah, a little more love. What's brown and lays in the grass? I have no idea, olivia Newton-John.
Speaker 4She doesn't have a John.
Speaker 5Wait a minute, that was the wrong joke.
Speaker 4Yeah, take that back. That's blasphemy.
Speaker 5I take it back, all right.
Speaker 4Now, with that, I'm moving on to punk.
Speaker 5What's brown? And ladies in the grass, gomer's pile.
Speaker 4That was the one Boy. How did you mess that up? Who knows? Anywho, anywho, all right. Punk the Clash, you're a punk. London Calling from Talking Heads Life During Wartime, elvis Costello and the Attractions Accidents will happen. The Police Message in a box Bottle oh yeah, it is bottle. Gary Newman, cars In cars. All right, tom, here we're getting into your territory, buddy Country. Oh, tom, here we get into your territory, buddy Country. Kenny Rogers, she Believes in Me, she believes in me. Oh, here's one for you.
Speaker 4Waylon Jennings, amanda, amanda, oh so wait a minute, waylon Jennings actually says the girl's name in a song, unlike John Denver with his.
Speaker 5Annie song. Was he drunk all the time, John Denver with his Annie song.
Speaker 4Was he drunk all the time? John Denver.
Speaker 5Just in the airplane, from what I understand, how?
Speaker 4about Willie Nelson Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain.
Speaker 5Blue eyes crying in the rain, go on In the twilight glow. I see.
Speaker 4How about Dolly Parton? You're the Only One I don't think I know that one.
Speaker 5I'd have to listen to it because it's probably one of them stumpers.
Speaker 4There we go. Charlie Daniels, the Devil Went Down to Georgia.
Speaker 5He was looking for a soul to steal.
Speaker 4He was in a bind. He was way behind.
Speaker 5Looking for a soul to steal. He was in a bind. He was way behind. Looking for a soul to steal, he came upon a crime. Okay, yeah, anyway, you know the song.
Speaker 4Oh, hip-hop was emerging. Tom Sugarhill Gang Rap is Alive, hip-ty hip-ty, hip-ty hop.
When Disco Died at Comiskey Park
Speaker 5Yeah, there you go. Hip-ty, hip-ty, hip-ty hop. Yeah, I remember that one.
Speaker 4And the head to. 1979 was a turning point year. Disco was declining, new Wave was exploding, hip-hop was born and rock was evolving in the heart of sounds, while still producing monster radio hits. 1979 was a good year, man.
Speaker 5It was a good year. It was all right.
Speaker 4I have no qualms or complaints about 1979. No, I don't. Nah, I even liked football back then. Yep, was it football better back in the 70s?
Speaker 5Yeah, because they could get the shit out of somebody and nobody worried.
Speaker 4Segwaying out of that, we have football season starting, tom.
Speaker 5We do.
Speaker 4As of today, while we're doing this podcast, our teams will be playing this weekend. This weekend, sunday, for the first time, dallas things are good so far. Dallas lost their first game, first game. Kansas City lost their first game. That must be a great thing for you. It is, it is you should get the Chargers there next week.
Speaker 5Well, yeah, it would have been better if somebody else would have beat them, like the Browns or some stupid shit like that.
Speaker 4Chargers didn't look good last night too.
Speaker 5They did. Herbert was balling man, he was. He was showing that he's getting ready to go out on top Credit man. It's going to be an AFC team this year. I mean, you've got the Raiders Powerhouse, you've got the Chargers now seemingly a powerhouse.
Speaker 4I look at the Chargers. Yes, the Broncos, I look at those three, but the Raiders, I'm sorry.
Speaker 5I think they did a lot of good things on offseason that really scare me as a Raider.
Speaker 4You know what does suck. Tom Brady's a proud owner of the Raiders.
Speaker 5Yeah, that does suck, don't it? Well, it's like the Broncos being owned by people at the freaking Walmart.
Speaker 4Freaking Walmart.
Speaker 5Yeah, well, here's what I like about it All the Raiders fans that go into Walmart. They're giving money to the Broncos. Yay, thank you.
Speaker 4Who's giving money to the Broncos?
Speaker 5Anybody who shops at Walmart, because the ownership is Walmart CEO or something. The wolf lady Dumbass, see. That's why I'm surprised we don't have a transgender.
Speaker 4Let's talk about the football games coming up. Yeah so, speaking of the Raiders, gotcha, my Patriots are playing the Raiders tomorrow. Yeah so, speaking of the Raiders, gotcha, my Patriots are playing the Raiders tomorrow, yep. And I picked the Raiders, and because the Patriots are obviously at home, they're our favorite Only by two and a half. Usually it's a three-point when you're at home, so it's just two and a half, which is nothing, yep. Then we have Tampa Bay and Atlanta.
Speaker 5That's another divisional game.
Speaker 4Division game right Pittsburgh at the Jets. That's another division game we have the Jets are in our division.
Speaker 5Did they do that on purpose? What's that, Tom? Open up with the division games all year.
Speaker 4They never really used to do that I know. That's what I'm saying, and then at the end they changed it because you had to play your teams, because people were sitting out Like well, we got like out. Peyton Manning and AFS Colts were known for that.
Speaker 5He was.
Speaker 4Let's just sit now. I'm a fan, I'm going to the game.
Speaker 5I want to see him play.
Speaker 4I want to see these players no, we're sitting out, they just milked it Now they have to play their division rivals, which I like Right I do. Then we got Miami and Indy Josh's team, carolina's, at Jacksonville tomorrow. Oh yeah, we have the Giants at the Washington Redskins Sorry, I'm not saying that other stuff.
Speaker 5Yeah, that commander shit is stupid.
Speaker 4Arizona Cardinals at the Saints. Here's another division game Cincinnati at Cleveland. Oh, 49ers and Seahawks. Right, you guys play. The Tennessee Titans are at Denver.
Speaker 5Yeah, denver's opening up at home, that's pretty cool.
Speaker 4Eight and a half point favorite too. Yep. So you got a division game Detroit at Green Bay. The next one is these are the 4 o'clock games. Now. Houston and Texans are at the Rams, baltimore Ravens and Buffalo Bills. That's an 8-20. That's a Sunday night game, which should be a good game. Then you have another division game for Monday night. You have the Vikings and the Bears. The week looks pretty good. I'm just looking forward to football.
Speaker 5I am too, ben.
Speaker 4It's exciting, I've been waiting for it for so freaking long.
Speaker 5I'm ready to kick back in that damn recliner and sleep, yeah me too.
Speaker 4Tomorrow's just going to be football. Probably have the tv on the porch too. I'll have the tv on in the bedroom. The ball and chain will be out there watching tv. Oh yeah, speaking of the ball and chain, I have a story to tell. It's very interesting, very strange, a little scary at first when I got the message I got you, you, I got you. So you know I want to do this justice. I'm going to read a text I received from my wife yesterday morning. Very strange.
Speaker 5So brother lady.
Speaker 4Very weird. Let me find the text.
Speaker 5Just bear with me, I'm bearing with you, because I want to hear it again.
Speaker 4So okay, this is how it starts, basically. She talked to the bank about something, but then she said this morning I woke up too early and had to pee. Then, after I peed, I started to sweat, feel like I was gonna pass out. Evidently I did pass out for a short time because all of a sudden I realized I had puke on me and on the floor. And then tito, which is our dog, he says either peed on me came in the, either peed on me or near me. I had quite a mess to clean up.
Speaker 5He was trying to wake her up.
Speaker 4I think it might have been the chicken salad I got from yesterday at I won't mention the place PS. I called in sick, so then we go on. How are you feeling Better Laying down, she's still having her problems. This is the one funny thing I ended up getting. Where is that, tom? I read this to you yesterday.
Speaker 5Where the dog peed on her. That was the funny part. No, that was the funny part too.
Speaker 4It was more or less. She called and said yeah, I never had that. I haven't vomited since January of 2000.
Speaker 5I remember the day. Yeah, I remember it was a day.
Speaker 4It's weird that I passed out and puked. Yeah, it's not weird that the dog went in and peed on you, though, is it. That's not strange at all, it's the other stuff. But anyways, bonnie's doing fine. She was urgent care in the emergency room last night. They did CT. Everything came out good.
Speaker 5Good man.
Speaker 4I feel that way every time I eat a Taco Bell. When someone made deer meat, they made a stew. Oh, and that's what made me not want deer meat for a long time Because you don't really like anything.
Speaker 5I love deer meat If I got sick on it it would be bad.
Speaker 4I'm always in my head now.
Speaker 5Did this? Got sick on it? I'm always in my head now. Did this stupid fucker cook it right? Well, and the thing about it is every time like fried chicken.
Speaker 4If it makes you sick, then you can't eat fried chicken for a long, long time. Well, that's what I said. I'm not gonna be eating chicken salad. Yeah, it sucks, because you really like stuff like that if I go to a restaurant and I bite into something, there's a hair that throws me off. I never want to go back there again. I change eventually.
Speaker 5If I ever get sick after eating bacon, I'm going to be sad. You'll be sad, yeah, because I won't want bacon. No more Bullshit, no more bacon. Nope, that's sad. I'll always eat bacon.
Speaker 4Who wouldn't? I had freaking a big potato as you hold my hair while I puke all over the.
Speaker 5I will eat bacon. You have no hair. Neither of us have no hair, okay then you don't have to worry about holding it back. I'm going to eat bacon, bacon bacon, bacon.
Speaker 4Alright, so you know what I think. We're going to let the little dudes come in now Do their thing.
Speaker 5I thought maybe they weren't even here.
Speaker 4Troy sounds like he's getting upset in the other room, so I think it's time to let the dudes in. On that note, folks, we're going to take a little short porch break and we'll be back right after the little dudes.
Speaker 1Oh, hello, scree. What the hell's happening? Bud Just drinking a little sundrop. What the hell you drinking that? Bud Just drinking a little sun drop. What the hell you drinking that poison shit, for that ain't poison.
Football Season Preview
Speaker 1You should be drinking a nice sparkling water, very healthy for you. Are you kidding me? Not at all. Are you one of those people? No, I'm just thinking of your health. I need to hydrate.
Speaker 1Have you seen yourself I'm gonna passrate? Have you seen yourself I'm going to pass out? Have you seen yourself in the mirror? Yes, and nothing alarms you. No, the only thing that alarmed me about the mirror Right Was my wife, your wife.
Speaker 1Yeah, she was staring in the mirror, crying. Why was she crying? She said I look awful, please say something that's nice. I said well, you have 20-20 vision, that's great. That's kind of mean, kind of mean. She want me to say something nice. That's not nice, what? She had wonderful visions. I think she was looking for something else. Well, well, she needs to look in a different place, in a damn mirror.
Speaker 1Anyway, screech, besides that, how you been, bud, I've been pretty good, pretty good, pretty good. Hey, did you hear? Those guys are all excited about football? We should start watching football, are you nuts? No, it looks fun.
Speaker 1Okay, there are so many things out there, a lot better than football. Like what? Well, because I saw midgets running track with camels. They were racing camels. That's ridiculous. Now, now, wait, wait, wait, that's ridiculous, greek, nope, nope, they weren't racing camels. Like being a jockey on the camel. The camel was running beside the midget and they were racing, so the camel must have beat the midget. Well, it was a relay race, okay. So there was one little slow midget His legs were a little short. Of course was one little slow midget, his legs were a little short, of course he's a midget. Okay, but the other midget had no trouble.
Speaker 1How does a midget run? Funnily, yeah, have you not ever heard the expression well, that's funnier than midgets running track? Well, there's a reason, that's a saying. Well, there's a reason, that's a saying. Well, since we're talking sports, okay, I heard you're joining a softball league. I am yeah, is this like the 70's softball league? Exactly no, that's what the squirrel told me. The squirrel, wait, okay, first off, he's squirrel. Wait, okay, first off, he's a squirrel. Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, hold on, okay, the squirrel is making this shit up Because he looks sincere. No, no, no, when we were, the tree had nothing. Okay, wait, what's going on? Squeak, nothing's going on. You seem a little nervous about something. There's nothing nervous about this at all. Okay, first off, I'm going to just tell you. All right, I'm going to tell you and.
Speaker 1I'm listening, well, okay. Well then, quit talking and listen, okay, see, shh Okay, shh Okay, but it ain't funny. Nothing funny about this at all. No, shh Okay, but he invited me, okay, no.
Speaker 1No, I don't even know this guy, oh you know this girl, you're trying to trick me into saying something that's going to. I'm not tricking you at all, sweet. Well then, why am I almost saying shit that hasn't happened? You tell me, what are you trying to hide? I ain't trying to hide nothing, it's just. No, I don't have nothing to hide. I didn't mean to make you speechless. Anyway, what's this shit about football? Football, didn't you say we had something to talk about? About football? Yeah, I really didn't care. I said I'd watch it. You'd watch it.
Speaker 2This is more interesting.
Speaker 1I just want to hear about the softball team. When did you become an athlete, the softball? Well, there's a pitcher. Wait a minute though. I heard you were the cleanup hitter. What does that mean? No, there's First off, we're the cleanup and the softball. No, we're not going to get into this. Wait, wait, that's nasty. Wait, wait, I've been told I was wrong. You are going to be the catcher? No, so I guess you're receiving stuff. No, see, no, who's giving you this information? Mr Squirrel? Okay, first off, I want to know one thing what's that? What's he got on you that you want to listen to all his stupid shit? All I have is this video from the parking lot incident of you and said squirrel, that's AI, ai, right, I've said this before. Okay, and you ignored it before. Okay, no, not, okay, it's fine. No, no, no, okay, how about we move on?
Speaker 1What was the story you were telling me about Goldilocks? That's another situation you want to piss me off about. Well, what's wrong with Goldilocks? Okay, what's Three bears? Stop, okay, we're going to skip through the forest, la-di-da, and come up on a house. Right, who should live in the house? A family of people? No, no, bears. Bears live in the fucking house. Are you kidding me? What's wrong with that? Okay, in what house have you ever seen a bear live in? Well, myself, personally none, but I'm not everywhere. Well, there's two of us. Okay, and I know a good house they should have went to. What house? The nut house you ever hear of Hansel and Gretel? Okay, first off, that was a nice house. It was built like gingerbread and all kinds of cool stuff.
Speaker 1Have you heard that story? It sounds wonderful. The nice lady took him in. Come on, in. Who's a-pecking at my house? It was a Old lady with a little senile. I understand Senile. She knew where the damn oven was. Hey story, hey, you go in there. She made them food. She made them food. All right, what are you telling me? I'm telling you she made them food. She was making them into dumplings. She made them food. She was making them into dumplings. She made them dumplings. No, no, no, she made them into dumplings. Wait, a minute, squeak. Are you telling me this nice lady ate the kids? I'm telling you this nice lady almost ate the kids. But once again, just one more time. Okay, have you heard this story? I thought I did. Well, no, evidently you didn't. It sounded wonderful.
Speaker 1Hansel, hansel, okay, hansel, the guy, the little dude. He tricked the witch by sticking an old chicken bone that he found. I can't believe this lady was mean. I'm sorry. She was well. She took him in her house. She didn't have to do that Exactly she didn't have to, but she did. They dropped breadcrumbs so they wouldn't get lost, but they didn't have a chance to go back to the breadcrumbs Because a nice lady took them in.
The Wife's Medical Emergency
Speaker 1Okay, what about if they went to Grandma's house? For Little Red Riding Hood, that would be all right. That was comfy, why he went to see his grandma. She looked pretty sick, though Something was wrong. I'm the big bad wolf, I'm going to eat you. Little Red Riding Hood said Don't eat my screw, no more. Wait a minute. Wait a minute. Wait a minute. Where's the wolf? Come in, little Red Riding Hood, ain't you heard that?
Speaker 2story either. Okay, she went to visit her grandma.
Speaker 1Yeah, the damn wolf beat her there, it did. Yeah, wow, I saw the grandma laying in bed. Okay, first off, first off, grandma, grandma, what big eyes you have. She did look kind of weird. The better to see you. Yeah, something to this. She was sick. Oh, saggy eyed grandma. Better to see you First off. I'd have known right then Grandma can't see shit, ain't it better to see me with? Okay, well, grandma, what a big nose you have. Not better to smell you? How come you beat my ass when I farted last Sunday in church? Well, you don't even want to smell nothing. Okay, not better to smell you? No, no, oh well, grandma, what big teeth you have. Well, that's better to bite you. Well, that's Uncle Henry's job. You understand? She was sick and delirious, right, you understand that? Is that a song? It could be.
Speaker 1Everything is a song. Yeah, sick and delirious. I think we should dive in this another time, because I think you're wrong on some of your things. I'm not wrong on any of my things.
Speaker 2You're just being mean to all these people, these people.
Speaker 1Oh, grandma's a wolf, oh boy, oh, the nice lady's a wicked witch, yeah, so wait a minute, we can just talk and discriminate. My last one. I see these three little houses. Very nice little pigs. I want to go visit them. Very nice little pigs. I want to go visit them. Very nice little pigs. They burn up a wolf on purpose. Somebody killed the wolf, yes, they did. Well, that's good little pigs then. No, is this the same wolf that you say supposedly was?
Speaker 2Little Red Riding Hood's grandma?
Speaker 1No, that was a different wolf. Oh, little Red Riding Hood's grandma wolf was a mean lying wolf. Oh, is it the other wolf? He, the other wolf. All he wanted was a pork chop. He wanted to blow, huff and puff, and that's what he did, and that's why he's dead. No, the smoking cigarettes is why he was dead. Okay, that's. Haven't you seen that commercial? Okay, that's not real. Wolves don't smoke cigarettes. This one did. He couldn't breathe. You know, squeaky, it blew down him, the hell. I can never have an intelligent conversation with you. You always go south, way up north, see To Alaska, way up north, see To Alaska. We're going north, I don't go south. I think we're going to take off hoser, great white north. Yeah, yeah, you, hoser. Hey, squeak, I'll talk to you next week, bud, okay, well, I got things I need to do anyway. All righty, I don't believe you, but you take care. Buddy Bye, folks, damn.
Speaker 4Huh, Squeaks a little salty there, isn't it? A little bit as usual, and evidently Pip's not going to let that squirrel incident go.
Speaker 5No, he knows the button to push.
Speaker 4Yeah, he certainly does. Pip's not going to let that squirrel incident go. No, he knows the button to push. Yeah, he certainly does. Pip's an antagonizer.
Speaker 5Yes, he very much is.
Speaker 4Yeah, you thought he was this nice guy. He likes to antagonize. He's a collector. He's a collector, yeah, of All kinds of things. Collecting things, yeah, okay, cool. Well, I want to go over some closing thoughts on what we spoke of earlier.
Speaker 5Okay.
Speaker 4Just for one thing, we talked football. Oh yes, football, and being a Broncos fan, Yep and you're a Patriots fan. A little head-to-head history on that. I figured it'd be interesting.
Speaker 4We've had a lot of history Beginning of the football season, so let's start off with. Broncos and Patriots have met over 50 times, wow, including multiple playoff matchups. Which team has the overall series edge? The Broncos lead all time, though the Patriots dominated in the Brady era. Their rivalry really heated up when Tom Brady and Peyton Manning clashed repeatedly. How many times did they face off in total? Answer 17. 17 times. Brady led 11-6 on those games. I mean, obviously with Indianapolis.
The Little Dudes Take Over
Speaker 5Well, because of the deflated balls, probably.
Speaker 4Yeah, we found out that was bullshit, so you can bring that up all you want. I forgot. Yeah, that's bullshit. They even said it after it meant nothing. Yeah, he has kids all you want I forgot.
Speaker 5Yeah, that's bullshit.
Speaker 4They even said it after. It meant nothing. Yeah, he has kids. Now you want?
Speaker 5to talk about Spygate. That's different. He has kids, for God's sake because balls weren't flat.
Speaker 4What the hell just happened? Oh no, something happened on there. Anyways, the memorable games 2005 AFC Divisional Playoff was notable because it ended Tom Brady's streak of 10 consecutive playoff wins. Who picked him off twice in that game? Tom Champ, champ, champ, champ and Bailey. One of them was a 100-yard return that he didn't score on, though.
Speaker 5Well, that's because some dumbass from your team was faster than everybody else.
Speaker 4Ben Watson Out of nowhere he did come out of nowhere. He took that right angle. Damn Gotta give him credit. Didn't give up. It still sucked. Yeah, they ended up scoring eventually, but it still sucked.
Speaker 5But not that time. It was nice hustle Golly, what a great play.
Speaker 4In 2013, the Patriots pulled out the largest comeback in franchise history against Denver. How many points were they down? 24. Yep, and they came back to win in overtime. Anyway, see, we both had a little fun here.
Speaker 5How come it seems funner for you right now.
Speaker 4Oh, here we go. I got a question, a little trivia which Hall of Fame tight end played for both teams?
Speaker 5Yeah, shannon, horseface, yeah, shannon.
Speaker 4Sharp. What a piece of shit. Always obviously more years with Denver. He only had one stint in the loon, I believe one year as a football player.
Speaker 5what a great great player, great player. As a person. What a POS Kick.
Speaker 4All right. Both teams have had legendary quarterbacks John Elway and Tom Brady. Tom Brady and John Elway ever played each other, tom.
Speaker 5Nope, couldn't have.
Speaker 4Nope, because Elway retired in 99 and Brady started in 01.
Speaker 5Brady was a baby when Elway was in there.
Speaker 4Yeah, pretty much, tom. Let's see odd facts. The Patriots have historically struggled in Denver's high altitude. What's their all-time record in playoff games at mile high? Ba-bum-ba-bum 0-4. What's their all-time record in playoff games at mile high? Ba-bum-ba-bum zero and four. The Broncos were the first team to beat the Patriots in the postseason during the Brady-Belichick era in 2006.
Speaker 5I just thought that was some quick little. Let's go back a minute. The playoff games. How many did Denver win? You said four, but to be that's a Mile High. Right, right. But let's be honest, Not very many teams beat Denver in Mile High.
Speaker 4No, but Kansas City's been doing pretty well here lately, not in Mile High. Oh, Mile.
Speaker 5High's gone.
Speaker 4Yeah, because the dumbasses ended up leaving that other thing open on the stadium, so anyway. Yeah, but anyway, I just thought that was cool, those were cool little tribunes.
Speaker 5Yeah, Football season I wanted to see.
Speaker 4Let's see what Denver and New England did against each other. But you know, I thought that was pretty cool.
Speaker 5They definitely play each other a lot more than I remember.
Speaker 4Yeah, see, we always had trouble. Patriots always had trouble in Miami too. Yeah, for the heat had trouble. Patriots always had trouble in Miami too. I don't know what it is, but it's the same damn thing. But yeah. I don't know if I told you I think I did. I got my new warning CD in the mail Very happy. I was tickled. It's awesome.
Speaker 4You were shickled titless, yeah of course, the CD really played in some place in Mexico, so they have more songs on that one. I think it was 20-something songs altogether. Wow, but it's well put together. I like it Again. I'm still rocking out the morning, wasn't it live? It's live. It's a live CD. Yeah, recorded, I think, over two nights in some place in Mexico I forget the place, but yeah, cd came in. But yeah, cd came in.
Speaker 4Guadalajara it's a Tepi Ale CD. For some reason, I guess they each have their own and they actually have little pictures, real pictures inside with little autographs.
Speaker 1Well, that's cool A little touch, Nice touch.
Speaker 4Anyways, you wanted to bring up something about lotteries. Tom, that's been bugging you.
Speaker 5You ever. Just the lottery right now is over a billion dollars.
Speaker 4That's awesome. I just want a twentieth of that.
Speaker 5I could do just $50,000.
Speaker 4I'd like to go $100,000, $200,000. I'll tell you what $250,000 I'm set. I'll still work.
Speaker 5Good point.
Speaker 4Pay off my bills, have some money If I win $250,000,.
Speaker 5I'm going to work, all right, but I'm going to piss them all off is what I'm there for. Look, let me just tell you how this thing ought to run.
Speaker 4Well, I think if I'd wait a little, I think if I had a million I'd do that.
Speaker 5Because I'd show up drunk for sure I'd piss $250.
Speaker 4Yeah, I'd show up coming, for sure I need a little more hey, hey, no, probably not. But what about the lottery that was bothering you?
Speaker 5It just it gets to where you know people, and you mentioned something about the casino.
Speaker 5Yeah, well, I went to the casino this weekend and it just brings up the lottery even more. I mean, you talk to some people, oh, I would do this, I would do that, and you got the stupid people. Well, I'd put in a transmission in the old truck. Well, get rid of the old damn truck, okay. Or you go to the Waffle House, okay, and the lady there like, nah, I just don't want to play until it gets way up there. Sounds like you Way up there. Okay, you just stay around here and dick around with the little tater hash browns, whatever you're going to mess around with over there behind the kitchen. If I was working at the Waffle House, they're probably making just as much as us.
Speaker 5I would spend my whole freaking paycheck on the lottery to get out of that place.
Fractured Fairy Tales
Speaker 4But anyway I'd be broke because I'd be eating all that bacon.
Speaker 5But I went to the Indian Reservation Right Pow Pow, indian. Okay, and they have a casino, yes, cherokee. Well, you always hear how the casino is not rigged and everything Well. So three of us, we went up there to visit the establishment again. Okay, that helps you out with your medical issues and stuff.
Speaker 4We can say dispensary.
Speaker 5Herbally. Yeah, Okay, dispensary. We went up there and got high and then afterwards we went to the casino.
Speaker 4Okay, that's the best way to do it, though. Yeah, go to the dispensary first, then the casino.
Speaker 5Yeah, because if you don't want to go to the casino, then go damn.
Speaker 4I can't go to the dispensary now. I have no more money I lost all my money.
Speaker 5We'll go to the dispensary, all right, and stand out there with a cardboard sign we'll work for weed, that's what it is. But no, then we went up to the uh after the dispensary, went up to the coat, to the casino, right, and I told myself 20 bucks, that's it. I'm only going to spend 20 bucks and I'm done, and that's all they're getting from me set yourself a limit.
Speaker 4That's good I did.
Speaker 5Yeah, we all set ourselves a limit. My brother-in-law, however, had to set a five dollar limit because that's all he had left, but he won more than everybody. He won $107. And yeah, and I beat his ass to tell you, no, no, didn't he spend it all quickly, very quickly, on something he didn't even know what it was to begin with. Oh God, a turd slurper. Oh geez, it was ad slurper. I mean, it was a turb slurper. It's it's to smoke wax through anyway, if you don't know. But he had no idea there was one available until. Well, first off, he said he was buying everybody dinner, right, okay? Well then, when he and my son came out from the vape shop, he had different plans for that hundred dollars. Okay, he was gonna buy this terp slurper, whatever. You don't need all that to do wax, you really don't.
Speaker 4So the point of this story is he's an idiot. Well, you didn't you establish this like years ago when I met his sister. No, point of my podcast, maybe two of our podcasts, three maybe I don't know.
Speaker 5There's a bunch there he's, he, he highlights a couple of them anyway. But yeah, we went up there and it just it's so much fun though to do, but the bad thing is it's always the inappropriate people who win, you know, just Not always. I mean, I've heard stories of older people.
Speaker 4I mean it sucks. When a 90-year-old man wins it's like, well damn what the hell is that guy going to do? He's got no family.
Speaker 5Or you've got a 40-year-old man like Lenore. There was a guy up there. He won a million dollars. He died eight weeks later. That sucks, that does suck how do, you do that I mean.
Speaker 4I have no idea, Tom.
Speaker 5I just don't want my whole family finding out. There'll be notices, there'll be things that you wouldn't see me much anymore. No, but there'd be signs Right.
Speaker 4Anyways, I think that's it for this week's podcast.
Speaker 5I've had a great time.
Speaker 4I did too. This time is a little better than the last one. We tried to do Our do-over.
Speaker 5This is the bogey.
Speaker 4Last. I just want to say people, if you get into the warning, if you're interested in the warning, check out the live CD. It's great. They also have a movie out Probably be on Netflix or something, man, sooner or later. Yep, it's a concert video, but, on that note, football, like we said, time.
Speaker 5Oh, it's football.
Speaker 4Football, chilling out tomorrow and watching that Yep, that's what you'll be doing.
Speaker 5Yep, I will be doing that.
Speaker 4Then we're back to work on a shitty, freaking week of four trucks.
Speaker 5Yeah.
Speaker 4Awesome.
Speaker 5So, on that note, folks, that's why we always have to thank God for the gift of gab. So we can do this. We can, yes.
Speaker 4All right, Well, folks, everyone take care. God bless and uh, see you next next time Later, See ya.
Speaker 2And that just about wraps up another round of the MT Alternative Podcast. If you made it this far, congratulations. You clearly had nothing better to do. Next week, mike and Tom will be tackling the music of the 1980s, which means you'll hear them argue about what was actually good, what was just neon-colored noise, and how mullets were somehow socially acceptable. Expect lots of stories, some nostalgia and probably Tom inventing new ways to embarrass himself. So tune in or don't. Honestly, your loss. This has been the MT Alternative Podcast. I'm Daniel, and I'd like to personally thank the universe for not cutting the power this time, though maybe it should have.
Speaker 3Thanks for rolling with us down this dusty road. Tom and Mike laid it down the story. Ending cold, we had our last, we dumped the virus glow.
Speaker 2Now it's time to pack it up and hit the road, Joe and Mike and Tom they tweet for more punishment.
Speaker 3Mt Alternative's just getting started. Don't lay a man MT Alternative Podcast rider down Till next week we'll ride the sky high.
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