Episode 459
Morning 6-Pack - Crack Open This: 6 Commute Wins Our Show Has Over Wife Banter
Today’s National Radio Day and I’m celebrating hard with the Morning 6-Pack — six fast, dumb reasons why our show is way better than talking to your wife on the drive to work. I riff through stuff like giving you permission to skip apple-picking, telling you it’s cool if you want a hotter nanny, reminding you you can always just turn us off, and even tossing out chances to win tickets on the Walmart app. We’re fast, sarcastic, and low-judgment — perfect for guys who’d rather grab beers with the buddies than make small-talk with the in-laws. I keep it snappy and silly and there’s a final punchline I’m definitely not spoiling, so crank it up and celebrate radio with us.
Takeaways:
- I kick off the show celebrating National Radio Day and even drop that experts say about 88% of Americans still listen weekly.
- We ran the Morning 6-Pack: six quick, sarcastic reasons this show beats talking to your wife on the commute.
- One highlight: I joke that if we ever ask you to go apple picking, you have our permission to 'shoot us in the face.'
- I plainly say you can always turn this radio show off — and we treat that option as part of our charm.
- We freely joke about hiring a hotter nanny and choosing to get drunk with your buddies instead of visiting family, pure playful banter.
- We save the top punchline for the finale — I won't spoil the number-one gag, but trust me, it's worth the wait.
Transcript
Good morning at Taste act.
Speaker A:And this 20th day of August is National Radio Day.
Speaker A:And I'm going to celebrate all morning long.
Speaker A:I, you know, I've done this for many years and I don't normally talk about National Radio Day a lot because I feel like it's kind of self aggrandizing, if you will.
Speaker A:But I'm going to celebrate.
Speaker A:This is a fun medium.
Speaker A:It's an important medium.
Speaker A:It's been around a long time and we hear in this industry, oh, no one listens.
Speaker B:To.
Speaker A:The radio anymore.
Speaker A:Well, the experts say that about 88% of Americans still listen on a weekly basis.
Speaker A:Do they listen to the radio as much as before?
Speaker A:Maybe not.
Speaker A:Maybe, you know, you've got that one podcast you listen to one day a week when you drive back and forth to work or something.
Speaker A:I realize there are so many options out there that just like with tv, audio attention is divided.
Speaker A:But there's still a boatload or a carload of people listening to AM, FM radio.
Speaker A:So I got to think of this morning.
Speaker A:What are some great reasons to listen to my radio show, to listen to this radio show.
Speaker A:And so I'm getting in so much trouble for this one.
Speaker A:Ladies, earmuffs.
Speaker A:This one's for the fellas only.
Speaker A:That's right, it's for the fellas only.
Speaker A:The morning six pack.
Speaker A:The top six reasons this is better than talking to your wife on the way to work.
Speaker B:Best way to start your day.
Speaker B:These six jokes.
Speaker B:He's about to say, listen up for old Hays back.
Speaker B:Crack open the morning six pack.
Speaker A:Here we go.
Speaker A:The top six reasons this show is better than talking to your wife while you're on to work.
Speaker A:Number six, if we ever ask you to go apple picking, you have our permission to shoot us in the face.
Speaker A:It's, it's not going to happen.
Speaker A:Number five, you can turn this radio show off.
Speaker A:Number four, we see no problem with your desire to hire a hotter nanny.
Speaker A:Go right ahead.
Speaker A:Number three, at least to give you the opportunity to win tickets to the Walmart app.
Speaker B:Number two.
Speaker B:Well, actually.
Speaker A:I, I kind of think it's cool that you'd rather get drunk with your buddies than go visit my mom.
Speaker A:I'm okay with that.
Speaker A:And the number one reason this show is better than talking to your wife while you're on the way to work.
Speaker A:I stopped talking after four hours.
