The Best Show on WFMU
My favorite shows so far are Mets vs Yankes, and the one with "Mr.
Loophole".
The one with "DJ Clue and Liquid Brooklyn" is classic. The other
day I think i figured out which DJ on wfmu that was making fun of...
For the first few months I thought he was saying "factory rap douche",
not "factory wrapped douche".
I'm still listening, just not updating this page. I'll get around
to it. Whatever.
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- ** this is pretty good.
Damn no-smoking joe smoked again. October 5, 2004:Tom
Surveys The American Public During The Vice Presidential Debate. Also,
Non-Smokin' Joe Becomes A Factory Wrapped Douche, And Other Such
Nonsense.
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- September 14, 2004: Listen
- *** The medical marijuana part
is great, other parts ok... September 7, 2004: The Exciting
Debut Of Tom's On-Air
Rock
Group 'The Medical
Marijuana'! A Call From The Poorest Rich Boy! And The Winner Of The 'I
Love The Best Show' Contest Is Announced!
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- *** August 31, 2004: The Gorch and Skag Winesack Team Up In
Memphis.
Rick Warren
Talks About His Adult Film Career And Arnold Schwarzeneggar. Talk About
The Video Music Awards With ElleGirl Magazine. And So Much More!
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- August 24, 2004: Jon Glaser And NBA Star Mehmet Okur Talk
About
Their West
Memphis 3 Benefit, An Interview With The Author Of A Book, Skag
Winesack Checks In, And Tom Misleads A Caller. And More! Whee!
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- August 17, 2004: An Arrogant Call From Air America's Sam
Seder,
Philly Boy Roy
Checks In With A Concert Update, And Tom Goes On A Gomping Spree.
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- August 10, 2004: Tom Holds An Audio Cuddle Party. Tom Talks
About
What You Wanted
To Be When You Grew Up. Tom Talks To A Potter And An EMT. And Smash Or
Trash Returns With Group Sounds!
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- August 3, 2004: Listener Mistakes Tom For 'The Problem
Solver'.
The Party
Doctor Checks In. A Round Or Two Of 'Getting To Know You'. Talk Of
Fantasy Bands, And An Eric Carmen-Fleetwood Mac Finale.
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July 27, 2004: Hot Rockin Ronny Calls From A Political
Convention, Tom Tries To
Start A Blog, Unfair Reviews Of Polyphonic Spree And Brian Wilson, And
Talk Of Pancakes And The MC5. Not The Greatest Show Ever, But What Are
You Gonna Do?
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July 20, 2004: Tom Does A One Man Version Of The Entire Movie
Road House! Also,
An Unfair Record Review Of The New Wilco Album.
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- July 13, 2004: Philly Boy Roy! Skag Winesack! The Party
Doctor! Matt Walsh!
Petey's Grandmother! The Leader! And Hanging Outside The Holland Tunnel
At A Hess Station With Officer Tom And Some Reckless Youth!
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- June 22, 2004: The Show Goes Off The Rails. The Leader
Calls
In. The Party Zone
Returns. And Capt. Jack Comes Down To The Studio!
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- **** awfulsome is awesome June
15, 2004: Tom Introduces The Word
'Awfulsome' To The
Lexicon. And A
Wonderful Call From Kid Ebay That Goes Horribly Wrong. And Horribly
Right!
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- June 8, 2004: The Trial Of Petey! A Prank To The Hosts Of
'Greasy Kids Stuff'.
And Other Stuff!
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- June 1, 2004: Tom Plays 'Make Me Laugh' With The
Listeners.
Talk Of The Big
Velvet Revolver Concert, And A Vocal Tribute To Stone Temple Pilots.
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- May 25, 2004: An Interview With 'Cy The Hole Guy'. An Old
High School
Classmate Calls Up Trying To Sell Tom Some Crap. And Other Stuff!
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- May 4, 2004: An Evening Of OnStar Related Comedy, Talk Of
The
Since-Postponed
Singles Mixer, An Old Lady Gets Jerked Around And Jason Returns To The
Studio With His British Buddy Debs.
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- April 27, 2004: Jason Comes From England To WFMU. The
Fast
Zombies Versus Slow
Zombies Debate Rages On. Philly Boy Roy Decides To Become A
Motivational Speaker. Plus Mike Lupica And Capt. Jack.
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- April 13, 2004: Basketball Oracle Hoopstradamus Calls In,
Tom
Makes Fun Of An
Old Lady, And An In Studio Appearance By Home Movies' Loren Bouchard
And Jon Benjamin.
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- April 6, 2004: Chubby Checker's Tenth Anniversary Tribute
To
Kurt Cobain, A
Call From A Republican Tax Nut, The Return Of The Party Doctor, Captain
Jack, And The Big Dipper Reunion Gets One Tiny Step Closer.
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- March 30, 2004: Petey's Grandmother Calls In, Talk About
The
Coen Brothers, Some
Other Stupid Stuff, And Somehow It Turned Into A Pretty Okay Show In
The End.
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- March 17, 2004: Week 2 of the 2004 Marathon with Co-Host
Terre T.
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- March 9, 2004: Week 1 of the 2004 Marathon with Co-Host
Black
Ops
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- March 2, 2004: Talking Toblerone, Open Phone Madness And
An
Unfair Record
Review That Proves Brad Delp Is The Godfather Of Independent Music.
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- February 17, 2004: The Return Of The New, Creepier Party
Doctor. Petey Interviews
Tom, And Plenty Of Bashing Of Steely Dan.
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- February 10, 2004: An Interview With Ty From Black Tyger,
Tom
Pays Tribute To Belle
And Sebastian With A Former Studio 54 Disc Jockey. And More!
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- February 3, 2004: An Interview With Author Paul Collins,
The
Big Dipper Reunion
Plot Thickens, And Plenty Of Dream Talk.
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- January 27, 2004: Wow, Was This A Bad Show Or What?
Technical
Problems Galore. The
Only Good Part Is Hearing Gary And Steve from Big Dipper Call In During
The Second Hour. Otherwise, Forget It.
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- January 20, 2004: Tom Compares Howard Dean To Cronos And
Don
West, Tries To
Re-Unite Big Dipper And Puts 'The Leader' In His Sad Little Place.
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- **** This was the first Best
Show I ever heard. I was hooked January 13, 2004: Tom
Fights Back Against 'Lady, Talk!'
By
Doing The Best Advice
Show On WFMU, Which Grows Into Tom Taking On Every Radio Format In
Existence.
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- January 6, 2004: (Show One) Tom Talks To An Angry Record
Promo Guy. Tom Talks To
'Extreme Dad'. Tom Talks About Who Is A Factory Wrapped Douche. Archive
Taken Down at the request of Tom.
- January 6, 2004: Part two of six hour show
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- December 30, 2003: The 2003 Artist
Of
The Year Tribute Show Collapses Under Its Own
Weight. Also, A Very Exciting Call From Timmy The Two-Inch Racist.
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- December 23, 2003: A Pre-Christmas Show, With A Call To
Gene
Simmons Toyota And The
Return Of Skag Winesack. Also, Officer Tom Stops By!
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- December 16, 2003: A Call From Reggie From Survivor, Who
Talks About 'The
Incident'. Also, Open Phones And Talk Of Christmas And The Artist Of
The Year Poll.
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- December 9, 2003: December 9, 2003: A Call From Skag
Winesack
About His Ex-Wife, A
Visit From Moriarty Of Aint It Cool News Fame, And Tom Talks Job
Interview Tips With Some Callers.
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- December 2, 2003: The Return Of Tom's Daddy, Who Has Some
Horrifying News For Tom.
Also, An Unfair Record Review Of The Entire Ryan Adams Oeuvre.
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- November 25, 2003: Tom Gets Back Into The Swing Of
Things,
And A Call From Someone
Looking To Be Tom's Personal Magician.
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- **** great show, all
parts. classic. smokin joe calls in. tom hangs up on
a 9 year old and wishes his candy falls down the sewer. October
28, 2003: The Cougar From Pout Checks In, Some
Intense Talk About The Band
Yes, And Plenty Of Halloween Chat.
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- ** October 21, 2003: Matt Walsh And Ian Roberts Discuss
Their
Suicide Plans, Tom
Hates Kill Bill And School Of Rock, And Tom Lies To Some People.
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- ** the beginning is ok, the
rest is eh October 14, 2003: A Call From Paul 'Golf Nuts'
Shwartzendruber, And An
Increasingly Annoying Round Of 'Getting To Know You', Which Devolves
Into Tom Breaking Down.
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- ** the schwarzenegger thing is
incredibly slow. JB needs to speed up. Skag is ok. October
7, 2003: Tom Talks To A Man Who Had An Encounter
With
Arnold
Schwarzenegger. And Detective Skag Winesack Calls Back With More Tough
Talk.
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- *** Bubba Ho-tep is eh,
rodriguo is pretty good, Skag is good, republican is good but
painful. September 30, 2003: Special Guests- 'Bubba
Ho-Tep' Star
Bruce
Campbell and Director
Don Coscarelli! Also, Calls From Rodriguo, The Hard Boiled Detective,
And A California Republican Committe Member.
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- *** September 24, 2003: Tom Signs Up For Friendster On The
Air
And Sings Most Of The
'Bridge Over Troubled Water' Album To A Troubled Teen. Also - Cookies!
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- September 16, 2003: The Exciting Conclusion Of The Best
Show
On WFMU Song Contest!
Also, An Appearance By Rodriguo The Corrupt Drum Pin Salesman, And A
Call From A Hard Boiled Private Eye.
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- September 2, 2003: Plenty Of Song Contest Entries, Back
To
School Talk, And Tom
Says 'Get Off My Phone' To A Woman Who Just Gave Birth Three Days
Earlier.
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- *** drags funnily for a while
and then
becomes awesome as Tom fucks with a random dude in CA. September
2, 2003: (Part Two): Bryce Doesn't Show Up, So
Tom
Calls Payphones From
Around The Country. This Features An Hour-Long Conversation With A Man
In California Named Clem And His Step Daughter. Pure Radio Magic!
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- August 26, 2003: A Call From One Of Tom's Neighbors, The
Best
And Worst Cover
Songs Ever, And Another Call From The Angry Mr. Bungle Fan.
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- *** The mr. bungle fan is
funny August 13, 2003: The Most Boring Caller Ever Calls
Back,
The
Return Of The Angry
Mr. Bungle Fan And The Debut Of The Super Successful Game 'Getting To
Know You'.
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- August 5, 2003: Tom Unveils The Sleaziest Rocker Of All
Time,
Bill Cheetah Takes
Over The Show, And Jamie Farr Declares Himself A Cyber-Punk.
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- July 29, 2003: The Most Boring Caller Ever Checks In To
Talk
About Arnold
Schwarzenegger, The Return Of Kevin And The First Installment Of The
Johnny Depp Game.
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- ** July 22, 2003: Discussion About Things That Changed Your
Life, Tom Gets
Interviewed By Mullet Man, And The Unsuccessful Reviewing Of
Thirty-Five John Zorn CDs In Fifteen Minutes.
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- *** mixed. nice call
from petey and a nice song by him later. Things that suck is good
too, damn bubble tea. Udo is strange though. He's so
sincere that it's hard to make fun of him. July 15, 2003: Dr.
Udo Erasmus Talks About Proper Eating
With
Philly Boy Roy,
Things That Suck, And The Return Of 'Smash Or Trash' With The Tokeleys!
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- July 8, 2003: Leidra Lawson, Author Of 'Sugar Daddy 101',
Gets Yelled At By
The Gorch, And The Director Of The Documentary 'Weapons Of Mass
Deception' Can't Grasp The Concept Of Compact Discs.
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- July 1, 2003: I wish this
show were online. An Annoying Audiophile Calls In
Complaining
About The Station.
Petey Records A 'Gay Bar' Remix On The Air, And Stuntman Creekwood
Banks Checks In.
- June 17, 2003: A San Antonio Shock Jock Calls To Even The
Score On A Sports Bet
With Tom, Some Harry Potter Talk. And The Listeners Fail To Make Tom
Laugh.
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- June 10, 2003: Tom Learns To Play Drums. Tom Does A Drums
And
Police Car Siren
Duet With Officer Tom. And Petey 'Quits'.
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- June 3, 2003: A Sad Yet Bittersweetly Funny Show. Philly
Boy
Roy Calls. Roger
Tamblyn Returns. And Tom Sings Along With Too Much Aimee Mann.
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- May 27, 2003: Tom Comes Back! Lots Of Calls From
Teenagers
And Pre-Teens! And
An Amazing Prank Phone Call To Country Superstar Kenny Dupree!
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- April 15, 2003: More Of The Patriot Zone With The
Colonel,
Including An
In-Studio Appearance By Kenny Dupree. Bruce Willis Also Storms The
Studio!
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- April 8, 2003: A Prank Phone Call Goes Horribly Awry As
Tom
Calls 'Bruce
Willis' And Stumbles Upon A Seriously Unhinged Man.
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- April 1, 2003: The Patriot Zone, Hosted By The Colonel,
Thomas Sharp. Three
Hours Of Extreme Conservative Talk Radio! Check It Out, Patriots!
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- March 25, 2003: Country Superstar Kenny Dupree Calls In
To
Promote His New
Record. Also, Some Talk About Hockey, Iraq, Petey And Movies.
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- March 18, 2003: Tom Talks To Bill Chippert, Host Of The
Chippert Report. And
Kevin Makes A Long-Overdue Appearance.
- March 11, 2003: Week Two Of The WFMU Marathon. Tom Rides
An
Exercize Bike For
Pledges. Please Don't Listen. There Are Better Shows. Like March 18,
2003.
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- March 4, 2003: Week One Of The WFMU Marathon. A Very
Special
In Studio
Appearance By Philly Boy Roy! Hova Co-Hosts.
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- February 25, 2003: Comic Book Genius Mike Allred Gets
Interviewed! Also, A Shout!
Network Executive Unveils The Spring Lineup, And Tom Announces The
Winner Of The Art Contest!
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- February 18, 2003: The Callers Were Pretty Shitty
Tonight,
Driving Tom To Song.
Also, Guinness Book Winner John Conte Returns For His Post-Record
Wrap-Up.
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- February 11, 2003: A Call From Jarrett 'The Weight Loss
Kid'
From Dessert Town, Who
Pushes The Toxic 'Chocologgedeon' On Tom. Later: The Debut Of 'The
Majority Report' With Sam Seder, With Julian Phillips Of Fox News And
Janeane Garofalo.
- February 4, 2003: February 4, 2003: Officer Tom At The
Movies, With Officer Tom's
Year In Review. Also, A Very Meta Conversation With 'Old School' Star
Matt Walsh And Jon Benjamin.
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- January 28, 2003: Very Exciting In-Studio Visit From
Tanner
Wildgrass, The
Inspiration For Patrick Swayze's Character In 'Roadhouse'. Also, Tom
Makes A Call To The Sports Radio Program 'The Shark Tank' As
Super-Idiot Steelers Fan 'Jack From Pittsburgh'.
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- January 21, 2003: Many Must Suffer For The Crimes Of The
Few
- After Some Negative
Feeback, The Listener Punishing 'Party Zone' Is Launched. Also, Philly
Boy Roy Checks In Post-Eagles Defeat, Tom Sings A Sad Song From
'Magnolia', And Some 'Two Towers' Bashing.
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- January 14, 2003: Guitar God Alan Licht Stops By To Talk
About His Book 'An
Emotional Memoir Of Martha Quinn' And Play Some Of The Best Of The 80's.
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- **** petey is awesome.
and the aqua teen hunger force guys talk to him in character
voices. the interview is better this time. tom pushes him to
improvise a song and i got worried for a second but he fucking pulled
it off awesomely. January 7,
2003: It's Petey's Twelfth
Birthday Party! An
Insanely Insane Three
Hours Of Petey! Music! Doc Shock and Doc Shock Junior! Genndy
Tartakovsky From Samurai Jack! Dave And Matt From The Aqua Teen Hunger
Force! And More! 'A Classic Best Show!
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- ***
great. philly boy roy is good, and petey calls! December
24, 2002: A Christmas Eve
Show Co-Hosted By Terre T. Philly Boy Roy Reads
His Philadelphia Rendition Of 'The Night Before Christmas', And A
Farewell Call From Kevin, Who Is In Jail.
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- December 17, 2002: Billy Joel Is Named The WFMU Artist Of
The
Year For 2002! The
Drummer For Billy Joel Tribute Band 'Glass Houses' And A Couple Guys
From John Cougar Tribute Band 'Pink Houses' Check In. Also, Kevin Makes
A Weird And Disturbing Call.
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- December 3, 2002: The World-Shaking Return Of Barry
Dworkin,
Kevin Calls To
Announce His Impending Marriage, Doc Shock Pranks Some WFMU Disc
Jockeys And There's Impending Talk Of A Peter Tork Interview.
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- November 26, 2002: The Long Awaited Return Of The Gorch,
Officer Tom Reviews
'Jackass The Movie', And Tom Talks To Your Pets. Fun!
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- November 19, 2002: Tom Calls Corey From The Corporate
Rock
Band Mother 13 To Even
The Score, The Exciting Debut Of www.friendsoftom.com, Kevin Calls Up
Yet Again, And The Premiere Of Tom's Alter Ego 'Doc Shock'.
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- November 12, 2002: Tom's Angry Co-Worker Ron Templeton
Mistakenly Calls Him Three
Times. Also, The Callers Speak Out About The Worst Band Of All Time.
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- November 5, 2002: Tom Couldn't Get His Hands On An Oreo
McFlurry, Thus Leading To
A Discussion On The Things In Life That You Crave. Also, John Conte
Depressingly Checks In.
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- October 29, 2002: Mischief Night Discussions, A Scarier
Call
From Kevin, And The
Debut Of The Award Winning Call-In Segment 'I Don't Get It!'.
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- October 22, 2002: The A Capella Soundtrack Vocal Duo
SOUNDTRACAPELLA Stop By The
Studio. Also Another Call From Kevin, And Officer Tom Debuts 'Officer
Tom At The Movies'.
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- October 8, 2002: Pianist John Conte Announces His Attempt
To
Break The World
Record For Playing The Piano For Fifty Consecutive Hours. Also, Philly
Boy Roy Welches On His Bet Again!
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- September 24, 2002: An Interview With Mark Porro From
Nutri
Nuts. Not One Of The
Best Shows. In Fact It Might Be The Worst Show Of The Year. And That's
Saying A Lot.
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- September 17, 2002: Tom Is The Advice Guy, Giving Advice
To
All Kinds Of People On
All Kinds Of Subjects.
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- September 10, 2002: An Exciting Interview With Jimmy
McDonough, The Author Of The
Neil Young Biography 'Shakey'. Plus, The Friend Of Tom's Younger
Brother Calls Back In To Kiss Tom's Ass Some More.
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- September 3, 2002: A Quiet Show - Tom Talks About Austin
Texas, The MTV Video Music
Awards And Takes Some Calls. Also, Tom Gets His Ass Kissed By An Old
Friend Of His Younger Brother.
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- August 27, 2002: The Farewell Party For Call Screener
Dave!
Featuring Hot Rockin'
Ronny, Philly Boy Roy, Officer Tom And A Smash Or Trash With Petey!
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- August 20, 2002: Still Searching For That New Call
Screener!
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- August 13, 2002: Call Screener Dave Announces His
Retirement,
And The Search For
A New Call Screener Gets Underway!
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- July 30, 2002: The Stitch 'n Bitch Sewing Circle Stops By
The
Show To Teach Tom
How To Crochet. Also, Cory From The Alternative Band Mother 13 Calls In
To Promote Their Latest Corporate-Sponsored Show.
- ** this is all right.
not so exciting, lots of music. July 23, 2002: A Very
Sad Tom Asks The Listeners To Cheer
Him
Up Or He'll Kill
Himself. And They Don't! Tune In To Hear Tom's Death!
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- *** some good rapping with
dave, funny talk about "spanish blackjack", the staten island cyclones,
"the band". July 9, 2002: Tom Tells Some Funny
Stories. He Gets A
Weird
Call From A Guy
Misialing For A Dating Service. And He Explains Why Creedence Are
Infinitely Better Than The Hyper Shitty Canadian Group Called 'The
Band'.
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- ** Petey interviewing the guys
from ATHF is not interesting. The contrast between Petey and Tom is
stark. Young smart ppl like Petey don't realize that there is a
whole social world out there. So he is just awful at managing and
playing with people, and imagining what he sounds like on the
radio. Despite the fact that he's really creative and able to do
technical things he just doesn't get people. Not particularly
interesting. The last part of the show with captain catchphrase
is hilarious though. June
18, 2002: Best Show Junior Correspondent Petey
Interviews Matt Maiellaro
and Dave Willis From Cartoon Network's Aqua Teen Hunger Force. Also An
Appearance By Captain Catchphrase, And Much Talk About Why The Band Are
So Incredibly Horrible.
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- June 11, 2002: A Second Exciting Interview With Matt
Walsh,
Who Is On The Show
To Promote His Movie Martin & Orloff Also, An Exciting Phone Call
From Jan-Michael Vincent, And Tom Tells A Personal Las Vegas Celebrity
Encounter Story.
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- June 4, 2002: Tom Gets Duped By Brett Haskins, The
Guitarist/Singer For 'The
Clash', A New Jersey-Based Blues Band Not To Be Confused With The Real
Clash. Also, Smash Or Trash With Ted Steel.
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- May 28, 2002: Tom's Dad(dy) Calls In To Bring Up
Childhood
Horrors And To
Borrow Money. Also, Smash Or Trash With Wafflestomper, And Ranger Jim
Is Forgiven!
- May 21, 2002: Daily Show Correspondent Matt Walsh Calls
In To
Promote His
Television Special But Is Interrupted By A Pair Of Fans And Is
Chastised By SNL's Horatio Sanz. Plus, The Return Of Mike Healy, And
'Smash Or Trash' With The Band 'Management'.
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- May 14, 2002: Philly Boy Roy Calls In To Announce His
Motion
Picture Debut,
Brooklyn-Based Alt-Country Rocker Alan Loewenstein Requests Some 'Real
Country' Music, Petey Checks In, And Tom Announces Plans To Assemble A
'Scared Straight' Segment On The Program.
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- May 7, 2002: Tonight's Best Show, With Exclusive Attack
Of
The Clones
Discussion, Is NOT Being Archived! If You Didn't Hear It Live, You're
Out Of Luck! That'll Teach You To Watch The Osbournes Instead Of
Listening To The Best Show!
- April 30, 2002: Post Extreme Best Show Fall Out Show. The
Kids Keep Calling, Tom
Talks To A Member Of Wafflestomper's Mommy, And Tom Nearly Falls Asleep
On The Air During The Final Fifteen Minutes (Listen Closely!).
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- April 23, 2002: The Best Show Brings It For Three Hours
With
The Best Show
Extreme. Come Strong Or Don't Come At All. Be Prepared To Bring It.
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- ** an annoying "real"
show. tom totally doesn't make fun of the guy from aint- etc for
being fat. He just basically sucks up to him. I keep waiting for
it to turn the corner but it never does. The later bits are nice
though, tom taunting the guy from STRO who's the perfect target, and
the last bit with the kid and the dad is good too, and it's hard to
tell what's really going on there. April 16, 2002: Special
Guest Harry Knowles From
Aint-It-Cool-News. Plus, Tom
Announces The Formation Of His Band 'The Medical Marijuana', Who Are
Being Assembled To Defeat Former Best Show Ally Band 'STRO', And Tom
Gets A Young Teenager In Trouble With His Military Dad.
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- April 2, 2002: An Interview With Barry Dworkin, The 4-11
Handlebar Mustachioed
Leader Of 'The Gas Station Dogs', Who Sings The Worst Song In The
History Of Music. Also, Tom Sets Up His Fight With Eight Male
Teenagers, And The First Installment of 'Smash Or Trash'.
- **** This show is
awesome. Awesome philly boy roy, JB and another DJ come in, great
call from 13-year olds. awesome. March 19, 2002: A
Barrage Of Special Guests - Philly Boy
Roy
Mocks Tom,
Turntable Artists DJ Clue and Liquid Brooklyn Stop By To Spin, And The
Party Doctor Sends Tom A Special Package. Also, Tom Challenges A Pair
Of Thirteen Year Olds To A Fistfight.
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- March 12, 2002: Marathon show with co-host Jason Das
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- March 5, 2002: Marathon show with co-hosts Belinda and
Hova
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- February 26, 2002: The Glutton Bowl Super Spectacular,
Featuring Interviews With
Richard Shea, The President of the International Federation Of
Competitive Eating, Eating Athlete Ed "Cookie" Jarvis, And Eating
Athlete/WFMU Volunteer Andy "Eyeball" Goldstein.
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- February 19, 2002: The Band 'Punk', Featuring Michael
Jackson
- aka Mike Jackyl -
Cancels On Tom. Barry Levitz Explains Why Michael Jackson Is No Longer
'The Prince Of Punk'. The Party Doctor Calls Up With Party Advice, And
Tom Bids On A Segway Human Transport.
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- February 12, 2002: Showbiz Agent Barry Levitz Calls To
Promote Michael Jackson's
Tranformation From 'The King Of Pop' To 'The Prince Of Punk'. Also,
Open Phone Tuesday, A Dramatic Reading From 'Good Will Hunting', And
Tom Is Kinda Punchy.
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- ** February 5, 2002: Tom Explains Why 'Lord of the Rings' Is
The
Worst Movie In The
History Of Cinema. Also, Philly Boy Roy Welches On His 'All Or Nothing'
Bet, The Hasu Kid Acts Out A Scene From 'Good Will Hunting', And DJ
Spooky Makes A Few Bad Requests.
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- **** all 3 parts of this show
are really funny. January 22, 2002: Philly Boy Roy
Challenges Tom To An
'All Or
Nothing' Football
Bet, An Exciting Interview With Utica NY Recording Artist Woodsy, And
Tom Talks To 'Captain Catchphrase'.
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- January 15, 2002: Tom Argues With Philly Boy Roy About
Why
Philadelphia Isn't
Better Than NY/NJ. Also Tom, Inspired By The Ghost Of Howard Cosell,
Decides To Tell It Like It Is.
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- January 8, 2002: The Return Of Hot Rockin' Ronny, A Great
Interview With Paul
Collins, Author Of 'Banvard's Folly', And The Fourth Appearance By The
Depressed Office Worker.
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- *** not nearly as annoying as
it would seem. talking to the kids is amusing, and is this the
first appearance of officer tom? He makes a good showing.
Tom's been cowed by him ever since the beginning apparently. December
11, 2001: It's The Night of a Thousand
Shout-Outs!
Plus, The Hasu Kids
Agree to a Christmas Morning Duel, and a Local Policeman Explains the
Finer Points of Getting Out of Speeding Tickets.
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- ** A whole lot of billy joel,
with a bit of JB and PBR talking about glss houses. December
4, 2001: Billy Joel is Named And Honored As
WFMU's
Artist Of The Year.
Also, Calls From The Billy Joel Tribute Band 'Glass Houses' And Donnie
Van Zandt.
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- November 27, 2001: An Interview With Michael Azerrad,
Author
Of Our Band Could Be
Your Life. Also, Kacper Tells Tom About The Oral Report He Did In
College About The Show.
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- *** ha ha ha. the smirnov
ice guy (JB) is hilarious, although it drags a little in the
middle. First call from the Hasu kids, who sing britney. November
20, 2001: Tom Gets Yelled At By An Alleged
Record
Fair Shopper. Tom Gets
Schmoozed By An Alleged Smirnoff Ice District Manager. Tom Tries To
Make A Love Connection Between Two Listeners. And A Little Bit Of
Cannonball Run Talk To Close It Out!
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- *** the classic example of the
"tom interviews real people" period. he really holds back.
i don't know, it seems like an attempt to establish believability for
his later guests. The guy is sort of interesting but come on, how
the fuck could an old french guy have known the future.
bullshit. Tom doesn't really call him on it - he seems strangely
restrained. Apparenlty he works hard to be as rude as he is to
random callers, and when someone is actually respectable he can't bring
himself to blow them off. Nostrodamus guy gets called by
various characters, including Woodsy. The Nostrodamus guy isn't
as crap as you'd think. November 13, 2001: Tom
Talks To Nostrodamus Scholar John
Hogue
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- ** i like talking about
cannonball run, but the depressed office worker is annoying November
6, 2001: Tom Talks To The Incredibly Depressed
Office Worker For The
Third Time. Also, Plenty Of Talk About Cannonball Run.
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- October 30, 2001: Tom Talks About Mischief Night And The
Damages Therein.
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- October 23, 2001: Tom Talks To Promoter Roger Tamblyn,
and
Vanilla Hotbox Grits.
- ** this is all right, but they
don't get very good callers. October 16, 2001: Teenage
Girl Night! Three Teenage Girls
Take Over The Show!
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- *** this one is pretty good October
2, 2001: Tom Talks To Three Teenage Girls And
Lays
The Groundwork For
Letting Them Host His Show.
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- *** September 25, 2001: Tom Talks To An Angry Mr. Bungle Fan,
Julian From The Strokes,
Mark From Sparklehorse, And Gets Goofed On By A Pair Of Teenage Girls,
And Ultimately Attempts To Return Things To An Artificial State Of
Normalcy.
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- September 18, 2001: Tom talks about the World Trade
Center
attack.
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- August 28, 2001: Tom Attempts To Interview Voice-Over
Legend
Kendrick Martin, The
Very Depressed Man Calls Again. Also, Overrated/Underrated.
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- ** eh August 21, 2001:
We Accidentally Listen In On a Cell
Phone
Conversation, Too Many
People Call And Talk About Getting High, And More Mike Healy.
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- *** this is all right August
14, 2001: Troy Dershman, A Bully From Tom's High
School Days, Re-Enters
Tom's Life, And A Very Depressed Man Asks Tom For Advice.
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- *** Mike healy is funny in a
painful way. HRR is pretty good. August 7, 2001: The
Return Of Hot Rockin' Ronny, And Tom
Gets
Yelled At Again By
Mike Healy
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- July 31, 2001: Tom Gets Royally Screwed By Perry Farrell
And
Virgin Records.
Also, "Scharpling's Army" Is Born.
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- * totally uninteresting for
people like me who've never watched band on the run. July
24, 2001: Bands On the Run Super-Spectacular with
Special Guests Producer
Dan Cutforth and Beastie from Soulcracker!
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- *** Brad lester is getting
ooooooollllddddd but this time it's better than the previous ones at
least. argument with mike healy is pretty good. July
17, 2001: Tom Talks To Tonight Show Segment Producer
Brad Lester Yet
Again, And Tom Gets Into An Argument With Mike Healy Over Whether Or
Not Tom Is Trying To Pass Himself Off As A Doctor.
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- * Petey gets dissed July
10, 2001: Tom Is The White Knight Of WFMU, Shining A
Light On The
Cockroaches That Infest The WFMU Message Board. (Note: This is a very
angry and not-so-entertaining show. For completists only!)
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- ** First mention of Petey July
3, 2001: The Return of Augie Richards, And His Plan
To
Sue Tom And Take
His Batter Butler On The Road. Also, Tom Challenges His Listeners To
Find One Frank Zappa Song That Doesn't Suck.
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- ** ok June 26, 2001: Tom
Talks To Augie Richards, Owner Of Ye
Olde
Burger Barn, Which
Features The Infamous "Batter Butler."
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- **** extremely funny June
19, 2001: Tom Interviews "Mr. Loophole" Tony
Torgvort,
Author Of The Book
"The System."
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- *** I still want to see Moulin
Rouge June 12, 2001: Tom Continues His Love Affair With
Moulin
Rouge, And Hot Rockin'
Ronny Allegedly Breaks Glen Jones's Record.
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- *** June 5, 2001: Tom Interviews "The Creature" From The Band
POUT. Tom Also
(Unknowingly) Begins His Love Affair With The Movie Moulin Rouge.
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- *** the producers bit is
good. May 22, 2001: Tom Says Farewell To The XFL And
Talks
About
"The Producers."
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- *** this is pretty good May
8, 2001: An Interview With Legendary Record Collector
Giles Palermo.
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- April 24, 2001: Tom Ties Up Some Loose Ends
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- ** April 17, 2001: Tom Explains Why He Hates Al Green and
NRBQ
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- * Tom acts like a thug, brad
lester goes on too long April 10, 2001: Tom Challenges WFMU
DJ's To A Fight, Plus
Tonight Show Segment
Producer Brad Lester (part two).
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- ** barber shop punk is sort of
funny, brad lester is a little slow April 3, 2001: Tonight
Show Segment Producer Brad Lester
(part one), Plus The
Return Of Zachary Brimstead, Esq.
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- March 27, 2001: 2001 Marathon Week Two
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- March 20, 2001: 2001 Marathon Week One
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- ? March 13, 2001: Listener Appreciation Week.
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- ** March 6, 2001: Hot Rockin' Ronny Versus Tom, and
Weatherman
Cliff Petterson
Explains "The Storm of the Century."
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- ** February 27, 2001: Tom blows the lid off the XFL
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- *** this one is pretty extreme
February 13, 2001: Tom interviews Ron Garver, author of
"Upright Positions: Flying
the Erotic Skies" and Tom Gets Hypnotized.
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- ** this would have been better
if I knew who george benson is February 6, 2001: Interview
with Rick Benson, "George
Benson's White Son."
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- ** January 16, 2001: Tom apologizes to David Clayton Thomas
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- *** January 2, 2001: Predictions for 2001 with the nationally
famous psychic Myrlyn
Hogan.
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- December 26, 2000: Tom Talks to
Dick
Halligan, Jr., author of Blood, Sweat and Real
Tears. (Archive removed at request of David Clayton Thomas.)
- December 5, 2000: Special guest Neal Pollack
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- ** pretty funny November
28, 2000: Barbershop Madness with Zachary
Brimstead,
Esq.
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- *** November 21, 2000: Tom Can Talk About Anything
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- *** November 7, 2000: Election Night Special
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- *** pretty funny. October
31, 2000: Halloween
Show with Pout
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- **** this one is great October
24, 2000: Yankees
vs. Mets
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