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[unlovablefrank]

Okay, you've convinced me to give it a try.  What's the first podcast I should listen to so I'm not completely confused as to what's going on?

I think the newest one is the perfect spot.  I'm working my way backward.  The first Philly Boy Roy call I heard had me rolling on the floor.  This is the most I've been excited about radio since I got my Sirius.

[unlovablefrank]

"You don't know who Andy Kauffman is?"

"Is he the guy who runs Trouma Films?"

David Shotwell, Jr. is my name. Learn it, love it, live it.

Oh god the Borat lawsuit thing was so awesome too.

[JoeIII]

Oh shit - he's having a video contest?  I may try to enter...

[unlovablefrank]

Man, the Billy Crystal rant totally saved my commute this morning.  Membership card on the way.    He's having a get together soon too!

[JoeIII]

Man, the Billy Crystal rant totally saved my commute this morning.  Membership card on the way.    He's having a get together soon too!

Let's go!

Dutch.

[unlovablefrank]

Let's go!

I'll be there!

[m welch]

I'll be so jealous if you guys go to the meet up.  So jealous.

Philly Boy Roy has really become my favorite character.  So funny.

m welch

[JoeIII]

I'll be so jealous if you guys go to the meet up.  So jealous.

Philly Boy Roy has really become my favorite character.  So funny.

m welch

I was just listening to him!

"Tom, I'd heard you'd been BESTED by the pride of Philly!"

"We don't like those Candy Cakes, so they're like salads to us"

"You know what Philly Boy Roy?  Good riddance to bad garbage"

"Yeah YOU!"

[m welch]

I was just listening to him!

"Tom, I'd heard you'd been BESTED by the pride of Philly!"

"We don't like those Candy Cakes, so they're like salads to us"

"You know what Philly Boy Roy?  Good riddance to bad garbage"

"Yeah YOU!"

That's from an older episode, man, Roy has had some great material since. 

m welch

[JoeIII]

That's from an older episode, man, Roy has had some great material since. 

m welch

Really?  It's hard to tell which one I'm listening to just by looking at my mp3 player, but Tom had said it was just after the last fund raising marathon ended.  Does Roy do multiple characters too?

[Shotzi]

The video that some Jedidiah guy posted on Philly Boy's Myspace is fucking bizzare. Philly is a weird place. Roy claims that you can see him and Roy Jr. in the background throwing batteries at the 99 lbs. girl in the wing eating contest.

[m welch]

Really?  It's hard to tell which one I'm listening to just by looking at my mp3 player, but Tom had said it was just after the last fund raising marathon ended.  Does Roy do multiple characters too?

That episode is from 2002 I think.  So it was after the 2002 marathon.

Philly Boy Roy = Jon Wurster. 

m welch

[m welch]

The video that some Jedidiah guy posted on Philly Boy's Myspace is fucking bizzare. Philly is a weird place. Roy claims that you can see him and Roy Jr. in the background throwing batteries at the 99 lbs. girl in the wing eating contest.

Jedidiah = guy from Danielson?  The dude that called this week. 

I didn't realize Philly Boy had a myspace. 

m welch

[Shotzi]

The best recent Philly Boy call was during the Freddie Danielson bachelor party. Roy was telling Freddie he should have gone to some specific strip club in Philly.

It went something like this:

Roy: Yeah, Roy Jr. and I went down there a few weeks ago.

Tom: Wait, isn't Roy Jr. like 15? You took him to a strip club?

Roy: No, he took me! I'd never even heard of it before! The girls there were smoking!

Tom: Really, you liked them then?

Roy: No, literally, they were smoking. One of them burned me.

Tom: They were smoking cigarettes while they stripped?

Roy: It was a cigar.

[Shotzi]

Jedidiah = guy from Danielson?  The dude that called this week. 

I didn't realize Philly Boy had a myspace. 

m welch

Yeah, he added me a month or so ago and put a picture of Rhoda's new tattoos in my comments. I didn't know about it either, I just got a request one day.

[m welch]

The best recent Philly Boy call was during the Freddie Danielson bachelor party. Roy was telling Freddie he should have gone to some specific strip club in Philly.

It went something like this:

Roy: Yeah, Roy Jr. and I went down there a few weeks ago.

Tom: Wait, isn't Roy Jr. like 15? You took him to a strip club?

Roy: No, he took me! I'd never even heard of it before! The girls there were smoking!

Tom: Really, you liked them then?

Roy: No, literally, they were smoking. One of them burned me.

Tom: They were smoking cigarettes while they stripped?

Roy: It was a cigar.

BRILLIANCE.  I had forgotten about that.

m welch

[unlovablefrank]

Why are the podcasts so random?  I only see 3 and two of them are from 2002.  The movie game rules!

[Shotzi]

Why are the podcasts so random?  I only see 3 and two of them are from 2002.  The movie game rules!

He just started podcasting this year. I would assume he probably doesn't have any pre-podcast archives other than the episodes he puts up when he doesn't do the show a certain week. I could be wrong, though. I always stream the show. I've never heard the podcasts, although they're just the same thing without the music.

There was a big deal on the show for a while about how only 8 people were subscribing to the podcast and he was going to stop doing it if more people didn't sign up for it, which, of course, was a total lie. He hasn't mentioned that in a while, though.

[unlovablefrank]

He just started podcasting this year. I would assume he probably doesn't have any pre-podcast archives other than the episodes he puts up when he doesn't do the show a certain week. I could be wrong, though. I always stream the show. I've never heard the podcasts, although they're just the same thing without the music.

There was a big deal on the show for a while about how only 8 people were subscribing to the podcast and he was going to stop doing it if more people didn't sign up for it, which, of course, was a total lie. He hasn't mentioned that in a while, though.

yeah, he said 41 subscribers on the last one I listened to.  Guess I'll get to streaming!

[Shotzi]

yeah, he said 41 subscribers on the last one I listened to.  Guess I'll get to streaming!

Don't take my word for that since I don't do the podcast. M Welch might know better than I. I have listened to the majoirty of the shows by streaming. A lot of the episodes with bits that ended up on the Stereolaffs comp. aren't streamable anymore, though, I don't think. It's a shame, too, because Kid Ebay is one of the funniest things I've ever heard in the history of comedy. If you find Kid Ebay in the archives, listen to it. Pure gold.

[m welch]

The podcast isn't going anywhere. 

When Tom takes a week off, it's always replaced by an old episode.  Although I can only think of one in the last month or so that was an old episode. 

m welch

[SockhopShindig]

Okay:
1)  This show is awesome.
2)  I want to assure people from outside the area that not all people from NJ are as dumb-sounding as some of those callers*.  We are all (almost) as funny as Tom Scharpling though.

*Not the fake callers, the real ones

[m welch]

Okay:
1)  This show is awesome.
2)  I want to assure people from outside the area that not all people from NJ are as dumb-sounding as some of those callers*.  We are all (almost) as funny as Tom Scharpling though.

*Not the fake callers, the real ones

RIIIIGGGHHHTT. 

And I'm glad you like the show!  I've been telling yous guys!

m welch

[Shotzi]

Okay:
1)  This show is awesome.
2)  I want to assure people from outside the area that not all people from NJ are as dumb-sounding as some of those callers*.  We are all (almost) as funny as Tom Scharpling though.

*Not the fake callers, the real ones

I think there are very few people in this world as funny as Tom Scharpling. One of the few might be Jon Wurster, but it's hard to tell since there's a good chance that tom writes the majority of the material.

I just thought of another one of the great semi-recent Philly Boy calls. The one where Philly Boy Roy set up a show for G. G. Allin in front of Geno's Cheesesteaks and G.G. went into the kitchen and started making his "special sauce." Holy shit, that was funny. Here's to hoping for a Philly Boy call tonight. Pudge hasn't been doing much for me lately.

[m welch]

I think there are very few people in this world as funny as Tom Scharpling. One of the few might be Jon Wurster, but it's hard to tell since there's a good chance that tom writes the majority of the material.

I just thought of another one of the great semi-recent Philly Boy calls. The one where Philly Boy Roy set up a show for G. G. Allin in front of Geno's Cheesesteaks and G.G. went into the kitchen and started making his "special sauce." Holy shit, that was funny. Here's to hoping for a Philly Boy call tonight. Pudge hasn't been doing much for me lately.

I like Pudge.  I think at first it was really funny because it was obviously Wurster and it seemed like a character made up on the spot (in reaction to another caller much like Pudge and Tom getting mad). 

I don't know if I give Tom full credit in Wurster's characters.  I think the guy is funny on his own.

m welch