3523 – Going long with Jo McGinley

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

NNF 3523 – Jo McGinley
IG: @mcginley.jo

00 Hello! Welcome in!

Happy February!

Loveless marriage? You’ll get through it,.

It’s pretty cold in here.

Shirtless office mate?

Talking wool hats!

Jimmy talks about going outside in the winter as a kid and the boys wearing hats only because they saw one of the cute girls do it.

Matt talks about getting a Don Johnson blazer as a kid that he couldn’t wait to wear but it was freezing so he had to wear a parka over it.

Matt talks fancy restaurants and coat checks.

There is a virtual greeter at a jewelry shop at the Fox Hills Mall.

Jimmy’s TikTok mother fucker is over!

10 – Jimmy has decided he doesn’t like Glenn Frey very much.

Chicago on Kelly Clarkson

Saturday In The Park – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aePGRI1XgRU
25 or 6 to 4 – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-znXZ0qkCA

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

15 – Talking Flappers! Oliver did another set! Matt and fam were there.

Word got out at Oliver’s school though so there were 20-25 more unexpected folks there. He did great! Friends in the room or not!

20 – Matt talks about the show and how Jimmy killed.

The guys talk about the show and the crowd and the kid in the front who didn’t like Jimmy.

30 – There was an independent group of teenagers there for a girl named Casper’s birthday. She was turning 18 but not at all related to Oliver or his friends.

What else happened this weekend? Jimmy explains!

I missed it because I was with our guest!

No call yet for whatever it is.

40 – Jimmy talks about trying to call a guy with great reviews to fix the dent/paint in the car and they flat out passed.

We’ll be right back!

47m29s – We’re back!

Jo McGinley is here! She was sick last time and explains what happened!

Her doctor heard about all the jokes we made!

Jo and Stephen were close to the fire evac areas but did not have to evac.

50 – Jo was by herself during the fire time because Stephen was on set doing a movie in the desert.

Jimmy’s definitely gonna end up seeing Jo’s Doc, Dr. Barker.

Jimmy talks about Faith, the old woman he used to rent from when he was at AADA.

55 – Jimmy talks about being disrespectful to the process when he was in that school. He just needed more discipline.

Jo talks about how her “problem” students usually end up her favorites.

Jo talks about being an Improv teacher and also a Speech Coach.

Tony Robbins was asked to be RFKjr running mate – https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/18/politics/tony-robbins-rfk-jr-vice-president-running-mate-outreach/index.html

1h5m – Jo talks about how she and Stephen met.

No kids for them but they do have animals!
One of their cats recently passed in Jo’s arms during the fires. He had a heart attack.

1h10m – They have one cat and one dog currently. The cat is named Claire.

“If you study wolves…”

Home

Jimmy talks a horrible gig out in Lancaster.

1h15m – Eliot wonders how Jimmy or a comic feels about shows, even as a veteran. Does he still care? Jimmy says he doesn’t think anyone doesn’t care.

Jo asks what made Jimmy want to be a stand up. Jimmy talks about it and how Bob Odenkirk and Bill Leff both told him he was the funniest person they ever met and inspired him to start trying stand up.

1h20m – Jo talks about the time she was doing as how at the Garry Marshall theater soon after he passed and how his widow was in the audience. They said not to mention death and the first thing she ended up doing is introducing herself as a widow (temporarily).

1h25m – Jo said she listened to the show and we reminded her of Paul Harvey, to Jimmy’s initial horror, but then joy once she explained she met the classic AM radio style.

https://shop.villagewell.com

Sometimes things are not stories – Jimmy on his Jeopardy employee story.

1h30m – The only person we will travel to for this show is Mel Brooks (or maybe another legend).

Jo has worked with Olympic gold medalists and Oscar nominees.

1h35m – When she was younger Jo went to a Christian school so she didn’t have any theater but she did love playing Basketball until she ended up having a terrible coach when her family briefly moved to Arkansas. Her love of the game was ruined because of his bad of a person the coach was.

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

Jimmy shares with Jo the time he took Oliver to the Globetrotters.

Talking Gilligan’s Island!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilligan%27s_Island

Trivia Time!

1h45m –

Catch up trivia for Garon!

President inaugurated with his nickname
Garon: 20

1h50m – We’ll be right back!

1h52m – We’re back!

Matt’s changing his answer!

Round the horn!

See below for trivia!

2h – Jo gives some insight on her book and who can and should use it: everyone!

https://www.ucihealth.org/blog/2018/04/redheads-pain

Get Jo’s book!

We answer some questions from Jo’s book!

An absolute delight!

We love the Kearin/McGinley household!

We’re done! See you next time!

Trivia Results:
Category: Symbolic Colors
Question: The colors of what object have the following meaning: Red blood, white bandages, and blue represents veins.

Garon: W.H.O. Flag (21 pts)
Eliot: Barber Pole (18 pts)
Matt: Barber Pole (3 pts)
Jo McGinley: Flag (6 pts)
Jimmy: French Flag (12 pts)

Answer: Barber Pole!

My pleasure,

Garon/The Beast/Mush Mouth Shy Guy/The Notekeeper/Lazy Queen/Sloth/Little Asshole