33G – Waiting in the wings with John Ross Bowie
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In studio notes by Garon Cockrell
Editing and additional notes by Darryl Asher
IG: @JohnRossBowie
00 We all got the beep!
Stupid game explanation. We’re guessing G named actors. Annie Sertich sent her name!
My Secret Identity – https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094516/?ref_=nm_flmg_t_126_act
White Castle talk!
Jimmy talks his history with White Castle growing up and as a drunk comic.
10 – How do you use a microwave?!
Baked Potato food chains? 1 Potato 2
Loaded Baked Potato started in 1908?
We can’t park outside AND the dodgers lost.
https://apnews.com/article/dodgers-another-season-of-failure-50a7a394a0e88fad9490725a2d59bc37
Jimmy likely to have oceanside property in a few decades!
Chart game lets go!
1981!
Who sees The Black Keys and Guns and Roses?!
35 – Jon Ross Bowie is here!
Barry Manilow talk!
John’s off to the rest room!
40 – John is Jew passing apparently.
Kiss Acoustic set – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWmcU4CiPoM
Jimmy was mad at Kiss at the time so he didn’t see those shows.
45 – John shares his Barry Manilow story with us.
John is off Twitter and needs to be careful with social media!
50 – We’ll be right back!!
We’re back!
John Ross Bowie is at the table and is talking about the new play he wrote and wants to put up.
It’s called Brushstroke!
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/brushstroke-a-new-play-by-john-ross-bowie#/
Let’s get Jimmy into John’s play!
Jimmy was the lead in The Man Who Came To Dinner, and Biff in Death of a Salesman.
60 – John talks about his high school, shows, and Dustin Hoffman’s daughter.
High School Reunion talk!
John never did anything on stage during high school. He was terrified of it but he did stage work.
1h5m – John talks about his high school being the most diverse school in New York.
Matt talks to John about how he was taking acting classes from Matt’s landlord! He lived in the duplex where Caryn West gave acting classes! John probably met Matt’s dog!
Danielle loved John’s book! Jimmy hasn’t read it yet because of his tinnitus which makes it extremely difficult to concentrate and read.
John tells a story about betting on a record making #1 and the loser had to roll a twinkie across a roof in his underwear. That record was The Divinyls I Touch Myself.
1h15m – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Touch_Myself
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chrissy_Amphlett
I Touch Myself was on DiVinyls 4th studio album.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divinyls
Jimmy mentions not going to his reunion and the former schoolmates at his Chicago show talking to him and understanding why he wouldn’t go.
1h20m – 1.7 miles from High School to Jimmy’s old house!
1h25m – Kids backpacks are really heavy now with laptops and books etc etc.
https://pakapalooza.com/blogs/posts/backpack-history-evolution-design
School backpacks began to gain popularity in the 1960s, as textbooks became larger and heavier. Initially, these backpacks were basic and functional, with little attention paid to style or comfort.
John talks about his son and the terms that his dad used related to sex like “lay some pipe” or “more ass than a toilet seat.”
1h35m – The Secrets of Hillsong is on Hulu.
Is Oprah an idiot?
Round the horn!!
John talks about being shocked that his wife Jamie did not realize Jimmy was a huge Chicago fan.
1h40m –
Matt’s guess is Gary Cole
Jimmy guesses George Clooney
Garon guesses Gene Wilder
1h50m – Eliot talks about his feelings on the wilosophy episode and comedy bullying.
John describes Jimmy’s crowd work as “Eerily inclusive.”
1h55m – John is in a play called at the broadwater! Life Sucks – https://www.thebroadwaterla.com/events?pgid=llzjqhab-57bfcea3-78a5-4709-b6f7-a93370955506
John talks about Helen Hunt approaching him after a show and he complimenting her on an early theater performance of Our Town on broadway that she was in.
Eliot guesses Gilbert Godfried
George Goebel on the Tonight Show – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZjMmBQRxsY
2h – John Guesses Gerard Butler
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clive_Owen
Colin Firth – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colin_Firth
Fans!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garret_Dillahunt
Annie’s answer is: Gary Oldman! No Winner!
2h10m – Thanks John!!
See ya’ll next time!! Gift a sub!
My pleasure,
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