Time To Get Weird

August 9, 2020·33 min

Stay at home, he says. John Salas opens with fake-serious crowd control, thanking security for stopping someone from getting into the last sold-out show. If anyone tries it at The Bald and the Beautiful, he says, they will get bit. That sets the mood. The weird-show itch is back, and he says this material had been sitting in his back pocket since the Inside the Shed days until the week became too strange to skip. Then food takes over. An In-N-Out craving turns into a little saga about burger sizing, a recent visit, and whether listeners get hit with the same craving. He treats hunger like breaking news. From there, the episode slides into Karen of the week, still on the mask theme and still full of producer patter. The DMV clip does most of the work. A woman with her boyfriend refuses to wait outside, argues over occupancy limits, and keeps pushing the staff instead of leaving. The host feels for him. His read is blunt: something strong, or something that has been going on a long time, must be keeping that boyfriend there. The episode keeps raising the temperature. Near the end, he asks listeners whether a disturbing beach story involving a dad and daughter could be real. He knows it sounds impossible. He still says it happened, and wants listeners to send their own strange moments or say whether they buy it. The tone keeps moving. Even when the story gets uncomfortable, he pushes ahead with quick questions, sharp pivots, and the sound of a solo host trying to stay ahead of his own disbelief.

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A loose, profane run through weird news, mask drama, and a closing beach story.

The episode keeps leaning into the host's stated goal of getting weird, and that is where it works best. It moves from a sold-out fourth straight show to a Karen-of-the-Week DMV clash built around masks, occupancy limits, and a refusal to wait outside.

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Why you'd press play

You want a loud, weird ride through a sold-out live show packed with profanity, weird news, and chaos.

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