36T – Doing pull-ups with Johnny Pemberton

July 13, 2025 Darryl Asher

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In studio notes by Garon Cockrell
Editing and additional notes by Darryl Asher

@Johnny_Pemberton

http://linktr.ee/johnnypemberton

00 Hello!

Indeed! NNF! Jimmy’s having trouble with the intro but he’s gonna get through it.

Jimmy’s headed to Oxnard to do comedy!

He recalls the time he did a show in Ventura and a guy attacked them.

“Every guy’s got a horn man!” – Guy in Chico.

Jimmy talks traffic! (not the steve winwood joint)

Jefferson Avoidance!

https://www.al.com/politics/2025/05/donald-trump-claims-he-invented-the-best-word-its-been-around-since-1599.html

Matt Donaher is texting Jimmy!

Equalizers? Queen Latifah and Denzel together on screen?

Superman talk!

https://www.forbes.com/sites/conormurray/2025/07/08/supermans-an-immigrant-director-james-gunn-faces-right-wing-backlash-for-claim/

Fox News host Jesse Watters joked Superman’s cape reads “MS-13,” the name of an international gang designated by the United States as a foreign terrorist organization, and he questioned whether Superman is “from Uganda” and whether there’s a “love scene with Batman and Robin.”

10 – Talking Hot Dog vendors in LA making and selling bacon wrapped hotdogs.

15 – Fences up around the Forum?!

Nikki Cox talk!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unhappily_Ever_After

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Mom_Jayne

25 – Mail is here!

A card for Oliver and a gift card for me!

Thank you, Whitakers!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Benben

Annabelle Gerwitch was on Dream On!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dream_On_(TV_series)

30 – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arliss_(TV_series)

Lotta Robert Wuhl talk!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Wuhl

Jimmy is demanding evidence that he is funny.

35 – Another letter! From Colin Treat!

Colin wants a signed copy of my book!

Talking LPGA Fantasy!

Check those stats!

We’ll be right back with Johnny Pemberton!

John Sterling and Suzyn Waldman are the folks Jimmy was referring to.

No need to trade in the LPGA Fantasy…game?

40 – Jimmy had a bad draft…two years in a row.

One last piece of mail! Hand Delivered!

45 – As a kid, Jimmy and fam used to park 10 feet from the entrance of the stadium and go see sox games.

Johnny Pemberton is here! Patiently waiting!

We’ll be right back!

46m – We’re back!

Jimmy responded to Matt Donaher and lets us know what his response was!

Johnny Pemberton is here!

Jimmy is upset with Eliot because of his sticker and magnet comments.

Johnny went to college and majored in Communications. He went to FSU.

50 – Johnny was a DJ on college radio! WVFS!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WVFS

https://wvfs.fsu.edu/music/program-guide/

Johnny was in a class when 9/11 happened. He went home to check on his shrooms.

Johnny runs! He’s got some definition!

55 – We all try pull ups!

Johnny pulled 10!

1h5m – Johnny did push-ups this morning.

He talks wife and no kids!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morchella

Once our hominin ancestors habitually foraged on the floors of forests and in meadows, especially in tropical areas, they recurrently encountered mushrooms. By necessity, they experimented with mycophagy and found out which species could be safely eaten as food or carefully exploited as medicine.

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8514078/#:~:text=Once%20our%20hominin%20ancestors%20habitually,or%20carefully%20exploited%20as%20medicine.

Jimmy talks soda bottles. Why not using glass bottles anymore?

However, the study concluded that glass bottles can harm the environment more than plastic bottles. This is mainly because glass is heavier, needing more energy for transport. Also, getting materials for glass can cause noise pollution, water pollution, and harm ecosystems.

1h15m – Lotta talk about the clothing stores for shorter men.

Talking trademark words that are used wildly (google, Kleenex, bandaid etc)

Talking handwriting!

1h30m – We’re back on Robert Wuhl!

Richard Kind talk! Nicest man!

Tim Colceri – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Colceri

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/stanley-kubrick-full-metal-jacket-an-actors-heartbreak-1241107/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidney_Lumet

Johnny recounts a time a neighbor scolded them about Bottle Rockets, “almost burned by fucking house down!”

1h40m – Mean celebrities?

Nick Nolte talk!

Letter game! See below for guesses!