🎙️ First Hour Analysis 🎙️

Analysis of Matt & Bob Show 09-07-2022

Food items/restaurants talked about

• 02:17 – Firehouse Sub mentioned during intro
• 13:11 – McDonald’s mentioned (Chewie gets something for $1 every morning at 2:17)
• 23:42 – Sandwich mentioned in context of airport elevator wait

What was the “Click Click Boom” segment about? Please list any clickbait news the hosts mention.

08:32-13:25 – “Nods to the Odd” segment (not “Click Click Boom”):

• 08:32 – Dwayne Hansen, 60 years old, paddled the entire Missouri River (38 miles) in an 846-pound hollowed-out pumpkin. He named the pumpkin “Berda” and it was a five-year journey to grow a pumpkin big enough for this accomplishment.
• 13:25 – Brian Cheverier found naked on top of an Appalachian Mountain Club hut in Bethlehem, New Hampshire, threatening hikers while “highly agitated” (suspected drugs). He descended around 10 p.m. and was taken into custody.

Funny moments or memorable quotes during this portion

• 00:36 – Discussion about someone’s “boom-boom song” that the hosts find ridiculous
• 01:47 – Matt introduces Chewie as someone “meeting cousins he never knew, uncles that he never had”
• 04:26 – Discussion about the building’s expensive handicap elevator that barely works, with Bob joking “it’s a greater tragedy for them than whatever accident landed them in the wheelchair”
• 06:43 – Bob suggests people on the slow elevator could “listen to one of our shows” while waiting
• 08:17 – The pumpkin joke: “Thing was enormous. In fact, 101X just offered it a job”
• 11:56-12:28 – Debate about hero’s journeys, with Chewie saying climbing Everest is “the ultimate look at me moment” and has “no reason”
• 16:32 – Chewie’s ACL Festival mushroom story where he had an “episode” with 200/100 blood pressure, had drugs in his shoe, and couldn’t speak. Bob: “You pulled out your member right there? Had a little stroke?”
• 17:56 – Story about Bob’s friend who thought people in a truck were aliens, jumped out of a moving truck, hid in a frozen mountain stream at Christmas, and jumped into a cop car’s driver’s seat
• 39:29 – Chewie: “I wonder how many world leaders would just be better if we were like, hey, our bad”

Bob’s Rock and Roll News segment

Bob opened his Rock and Roll News segment with characteristic enthusiasm, presenting multiple stories from the music world. The segment began with a humorous note about rock and roll being “stuck inside the airport right now” due to the Austin airport power outage.

The lead story focused on Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne’s new BBC docu-series called “Home to Roost.” Following Bob’s report from the previous week about Ozzy being fed up with America and returning to England, the BBC jumped on the news to offer the Osbournes a documentary series. The show will follow the family through important milestones including Sharon’s 70th birthday and Kelly’s soon-to-be-born baby, marking their return to television 20 years after their groundbreaking MTV reality show “The Osbournes” first launched.

Bob then covered Bruce Springsteen artifacts heading to the Grammy Museum in downtown Los Angeles. The interactive exhibit, opening October 15th and running through April 2, 2023, will feature live performance footage, instruments, stage costumes, and exclusive interviews. Bob noted he was in Los Angeles just two weeks ago and joked about having to return. He expressed particular excitement about this exhibit and mentioned he would also be attending the Broadway show “Almost Famous” in New York City.

The Almost Famous Broadway adaptation generated significant enthusiasm from Bob, who called the Cameron Crowe film “the greatest rock and roll movie of all time.” Crowe is writing both the book and lyrics for the production, which begins rehearsals with an opening night set for November 3rd. Bob claimed to be in talks to get tickets through someone who knows the lead of the show, expecting a “red carpet experience.” He repeatedly referenced the film with quotes and character names, though his co-hosts showed less enthusiasm, with Matt admitting he saw it “45 years ago” and noting Kate Hudson was attractive in it.

Bob concluded with two shorter stories: The Nirvana baby lawsuit being dismissed (Spencer Elden’s child pornography case against the band for the “Nevermind” album cover was tossed out by a federal judge), and The Weeknd abruptly ending his SoFi Stadium concert mid-song after three songs when he lost his voice on Saturday night. Bob gave a Rock and Roll News Salute to Heath Hogan, the young guitarist who performed an “incendiary” national anthem on Stratocaster at Q2 Stadium.

Bands talked about during Bob’s rock and roll news segment

• Ozzy Osbourne/Black Sabbath
• Bruce Springsteen
• Nirvana
• The Weeknd
• Frank Zappa (mentioned in drug story context)

3 paragraph summary of this portion of the show – excluding any of Bob’s Rock and Roll news

The show opened with the hosts discussing someone’s “boom-boom song” before launching into their typical enthusiastic introductions. Matt introduced Chewie as someone reconnecting with family and having a perfect 1-0 amateur boxing record, then introduced Bob with his characteristic rambling style. The hosts discussed the building’s expensive but rarely functional handicap elevator, joking about how painfully slow it operates and suggesting people stuck on it could listen to their show while waiting. They also promoted upcoming segments including Chris Tellez’s visit and Matt’s highly anticipated first-ever radio shoe unboxing of controversial Nike sneakers.

A recurring theme throughout this portion was the concept of “hero’s journeys,” sparked by a “Nods to the Odd” story about a 60-year-old man who paddled 38 miles of the Missouri River in an 846-pound hollowed-out pumpkin. Bob shared his college-era dream of hiking from Houston to Colorado, while Chewie wanted to climb the stairs at Machu Picchu. Matt cynically dismissed these journeys as pointless “look at me” moments, particularly regarding Mount Everest, leading to Bob expressing disappointment in his co-hosts’ lack of ambition. The segment also included a disturbing story about a naked man threatening hikers from atop a mountain hut, which the hosts attributed to drugs.

The show addressed the Austin airport power outage affecting travelers that morning, with Bob recounting a nightmarish experience from years ago when he was stranded without his keys or wallet, had to sleep on his porch, then panhandle $2 for parking. The situation escalated when he ran into an old college friend while desperately seeking money and acted rudely due to stress. Bob also shared Chewie’s memorable ACL Festival incident where he had a medical episode (possibly a stroke) after taking mushrooms, resulting in dangerously high blood pressure and a hospital visit. The hosts wrapped up by announcing that Bob and CJ had reconciled their recent conflict with a simple hug, with Bob explaining it was all about respect in his culture as an “insecure man.”

⏰ Second Hour Analysis ⏰

Analysis of Radio Show Transcript (Second Third)

Food items/restaurants talked about:

• Waffle House (42:02.354, 46:06.658) – Suggested as a place for people stuck in airport traffic to wait; mentioned it’s National Waffle Week
• IHOP (46:31.298) – Caller Margaret mentioned passing an IHOP and suggested going there with their “two for two thing” for pancakes
• Foie gras sandwich (44:29.119) – Mentioned sarcastically as available at the airport
• Vegetarian foie gras wrap (44:44.948) – Also mentioned sarcastically as available at the airport (but not hot dogs)
• Hot dogs (44:25.252) – Discussed that the airport doesn’t serve hot dogs
• Margaritas (54:51.822, 55:00.288) – Referenced in context of downtown workers going out for drinks from 2-5 PM
• Meat and bread (55:55.449) – Restaurant mentioned briefly

News stories talked about during this portion:

• Austin airport power outage (41:26-43:06, multiple timestamps) – Major story: Austin-Bergstrom International Airport experiencing ongoing electrical grid issues, causing flight delays and terminal closures; people unable to enter terminals; traffic backing up on Highway 71
• Texas electrical grid issues (43:03.217) – Discussion of ongoing problems with Texas power grid
• New tallest building in Texas (51:55-53:00) – The “Waterline” project breaking ground, will be 74 stories/1,022 feet tall, completion expected in 2026
• UT vs Alabama football game (44:52-50:50) – University of Texas not providing adequate seating for the Alabama marching band (the “Million Dollar Band”), causing controversy; band won’t attend the game
• Austin rent prices (52:52.305) – Two-bedroom apartment on Rainey Street advertised for $12,000/month

Predictions made during this portion:

• Market crash prediction (54:02.008) – Bob predicts an eventual crash in Austin’s real estate/economy, suggests people who’ve been in Austin a while will benefit: “for the people who have been here for a while…there’s gonna be a little schadenfreuden”

Interesting facts shared during this portion:

• National Waffle Week (46:06.658) – It’s National Waffle Week
• The UK is talking about going back to the imperial system from the metric system (01:15:11.647)
• The UK was a hybrid system using both miles for distance and metric for other measurements (01:15:27.727)
• UK ruled India for 300 years (01:15:47.171)

Funny or memorable quotes this portion:

• “No room at the inn” (42:01.056) – Bob comparing the airport situation to Mary and Joseph’s biblical story
• “Come for the food. Stay for the traffic.” (47:33.812) – About Austin
• Alabama band fiddle joke (45:04.444) – Reference to “If you’re gonna play in Texas, you gotta have a fiddle in the band” song
• “Keeping the Californians out” (53:13.120) – Chuy joking about the airport power outage
• “Oh, there’s a line I guess I’ll just get into here” (43:28.792) – Bob on people behaving like lemmings in traffic
• “You were grown-ass man” (56:14.023) – Repeated callback segment intro
• On downtown workers: “They don’t show up until 11 a.m….They do an hour’s worth of hanging out and playing ping pong…Then they go and drink margaritas from two to five. Then they go back to the office and then they block your account or something and then they go home.” (54:55-55:16)

Phone callers this portion:

• Margaret (45:36.158) – Calling from Del Valley, stuck in traffic on north/south sides of airport, been on road for an hour and a half
• Anthony (01:01:00.033) – Called to explain electricity/solar panels as “a two-way meter”
• David (01:01:29.345) – Married 42 years, can’t seem to do anything right according to his wife
• Connor (01:03:49.270) – Can’t organize clutter, had to call his mom for help cleaning
• Juan/Juanita (01:05:43.816) – Doesn’t separate laundry when washing
• Bart (01:07:27.160) – Cannot visualize measurements
• Caller about dishwasher (01:09:13.677) – Still doesn’t know how to wash dishes or load dishwasher
• Indian Steve/Sumitra (01:13:16.177) – Doesn’t understand American measurement system (inches, fractions)
• Preston (01:16:16.582) – Can’t remember family birthdays

Recurring jokes or gags:

• Del Valley jokes (46:57.752-47:24.582) – Running jokes about Del Valley being undesirable; Bob wants to start doing music festivals exclusively for Del Valley to make up for the town being “poorly treated”
• Bob’s confusion about electricity (57:51-59:35) – Bob admits he doesn’t really understand how electricity works, especially AC/DC and solar panels selling electricity back to the grid
• Wife always being right – Multiple callers and hosts discussing how wives always know the “right way” to do things

“ABC’s of Me” segment:

No ABC’s of Me segment in this portion.

“This or That” segment:

No This or That segment in this portion.

Guests in the studio or special visitors:

• Chris Tellez (01:18:23-end) – Comedian joining the show, arrived late after oversleeping; discussing his upcoming comedy album recording that has been postponed multiple times due to COVID

Summary:

The second third of the September 7, 2022 Matt & Bob show was dominated by breaking news about a major power outage at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport. The hosts extensively discussed the electrical grid failure that left the airport unable to operate, with terminals closed and massive traffic backups on Highway 71 and 183. Bob, Matt, and Chuy analyzed the situation with a mix of concern and humor, suggesting stranded travelers head to nearby Waffle Houses and noting it was National Waffle Week. The incident sparked broader criticism of Austin’s infrastructure problems despite the city’s attempts to present itself as a major metropolitan area.

The show also covered local news about the upcoming UT vs. Alabama football game, specifically the controversy over the University of Texas not providing adequate seating for Alabama’s marching band. This led to amusing exchanges about the band Alabama and country music references. The hosts discussed Austin’s continued growth, including news about the Waterline building project that will become the tallest tower in Texas at 74 stories. Bob made predictions about an eventual market crash that would affect newcomers who’ve been living on their parents’ money and partying downtown.

A significant portion of the show was dedicated to the popular “Grown-Ass Man” segment, where listeners called in to confess things they still haven’t figured out as adults. Topics ranged from understanding electricity and solar panels to loading dishwashers properly, organizing clutter, separating laundry, visualizing measurements, and remembering family birthdays. Bob particularly struggled with explaining how electricity works, admitting complete confusion about solar panels and how people can sell electricity back to the grid. The dishwasher loading debate became especially heated, with different philosophies on proper arrangement.

The segment generated numerous phone calls from listeners sharing their own inadequacies, including Margaret who was stuck in airport traffic, Connor who had to call his mom to help clean his apartment, and Indian Steve (Sumitra) who discussed not understanding the American measurement system. The hosts shared their own “grown-ass man” failures, with Matt admitting he can’t keep most family birthdays straight and Bob confessing ignorance about various household tasks. The banter was self-deprecating and relatable, creating a sense of community around shared incompetence.

The show concluded with comedian Chris Tellez finally arriving in the studio after oversleeping, apologizing for his tardiness. The hosts promoted his upcoming comedy album recording, which had been postponed numerous times over the past year due to COVID-19. Tellez explained he’d originally recorded the special in September but wanted multiple takes for a better final product, not anticipating it would take another year to reschedule. The casual, humorous tone throughout the segment demonstrated the comfortable relationship between the hosts and their recurring guests, maintaining the show’s laid-back Austin vibe despite discussing infrastructure problems and grown-up responsibilities.

🕐 Third Hour Analysis 🕐

Analysis of Radio Show Transcript (Final Third)

Food or restaurants talked about during this portion?

• 01:22:26.169 – Chris Tellez jokingly mentions having a “pre-show hot dog, chili” before every comedy show
• 01:42:25.677 – Extended discussion about Mmm-panadas (sponsor)
• Empanadas invented in Austin, started as food truck
• Available at HEB, Whole Foods, retail co-ops
• Flavors mentioned: green chili chicken, cheeseburger, Argentinian style beef, asparagus prosciutto, barbecue chopped beef, debris and soy chorizo (vegan), blueberry mango ginger, s’mores
• Recommended for quick meals and snacks
• 01:55:14.229 – Brief mention of Jersey Mike’s sandwich

Memorable moments during this portion?

• 01:20:19.925 – Chris Tellez discussing his upcoming comedy album recording at Cap City Comedy on September 9th & 10th
• 01:23:08.440 – Chris tells story about saving his neighbor’s life who was falling down stairs, but the neighbor never thanked him
• 01:26:12.728 – World’s first “unboxing video on the radio” – Bob Fonseca opens Nike Air Jordan One Utility shoes with cargo-style stash bags/pockets attached
• 01:31:47.231 – Revelation that Bob’s shoes have detachable “stash bags” (mini fanny packs) on the heels
• 01:32:42.463 – Bob reveals he has 5 toilets in his house (accidental flex)
• 01:48:21.326 – Discussion about viral TikTok trend of washing toilet seats in the dishwasher
• 01:52:35.516 – Conversation about brushing teeth in the shower and drinking beer in the shower

Any guests on the show?

• Chris Tellez – Stand-up comedian, main guest throughout this portion
• Recording his first full-length live comedy album
• Shows at Cap City Comedy on September 9th & 10th at 8pm
• Originally from Dallas, now based in Austin
• Has his own place for about a year (previously had roommate)
• Owns a dog
• Oliver – 26-year-old skater/video director who works at the station, briefly joined conversation about the shoes
• Brad (B-rad) – Called in (01:28:30.046) via phone to discuss the same Nike shoes he purchased

Any callers this portion?

• 01:28:30.046 – Brad (B-rad) called in
• Friend of Bob’s who attended a game with him
• Member of “Rezzy’s” (supporters section)
• Purchased the same Nike shoes
• Already wore them to Costco and got attention/compliments
• Sits “above 102, 103 above the stairs” at games

Any interesting facts shared during this portion?

• 01:21:05.746 – Comedy albums generate “mailbox money” through Sirius channels – approximately 6 cents per spin, checks sent quarterly (Bob jokes it’s about $16)
• 01:21:47.459 – Comedy albums require minimum 45 minutes of material for a one-hour recording slot
• 01:30:06.452 – Bob’s Nike Air Jordan One Utility shoes (model QDV 1717 100) cost $180 retail, now valued at $231 on resale app Goat
• 01:48:45.368 – Toilet seats have fewer germs and bacteria than human faces/mouths according to swab tests – because toilet seats only touch skin while faces/mouths touch many surfaces
• 01:52:35.516 – Some people brush their teeth in the shower to save time
• 01:55:31.343 – Someone featured on Vice or HBO show was cleaning sex toys in the dishwasher

Predictions made during this portion

• 01:42:32.717 – Chris Tellez predicts he would be able to sell Bob’s shoes for $300 to “a couple suckers”

Summary

This final third of the Matt & Bob show from September 7, 2022, featured comedian Chris Tellez as the main guest, who spent the entire segment promoting his upcoming comedy album recording at Cap City Comedy. The show took an unexpected turn when Bob Fonseca performed what the hosts dubbed “the world’s first radio unboxing,” opening a pair of Nike Air Jordan One Utility shoes worth $180 that featured unusual cargo-style stash bags attached to the heels. The moment became a focal point of discussion, with various crew members weighing in on whether the detachable mini-pockets were fashionable or ridiculous.

The conversation naturally evolved into broader discussions about collecting hobbies, with Bob revealing his interest in vinyl records and sneakers, while Matt admitted his somewhat embarrassing hobby of collecting high-quality wooden pencils. Chris shared that he used to collect basketball cards during the Mavericks’ “Triple J era” (Jason Kidd, Jamal Mashburn, Jimmy Jackson) but discovered they had no resale value during his “brokest days.” The group also discussed Chris’s living situation, noting he’d been living alone for about a year after having roommates for a long time.

A particularly memorable story came when Chris recounted saving his neighbor’s life by catching him as he was falling down the stairs, only to receive no acknowledgment or thanks from the man. Chris joked that the neighbor seemed upset it took him a few seconds to react, and that he was “high off his rocker” at the time, briefly imagining kicking the man Spartan-style instead of saving him. This anecdote highlighted both Chris’s comedic timing and the awkwardness of his new neighborhood dynamic.

The latter portion of the show veered into discussions about hygiene practices and household habits, sparked by a viral TikTok trend of people washing toilet seats in their dishwashers. The hosts debated the merits and disgust factors of this practice, with scientific facts emerging that toilet seats are actually cleaner than human faces. This led to related conversations about brushing teeth in the shower, drinking beer while showering, and other unusual habits like eating sandwiches on the toilet or washing sex toys in the dishwasher.

Throughout the segment, the show maintained its characteristic blend of promotional content (for Chris’s album and sponsor Mmm-panadas), genuine friendship and banter among the hosts, and willingness to explore both mundane and bizarre topics with equal enthusiasm. The chemistry between Matt, Bob, Chewy, and guest Chris created an entertaining listen that successfully promoted Chris’s upcoming shows while keeping the audience engaged with unexpected tangents about sneaker culture, hygiene practices, and the challenges of adult life in Austin.