Episode 19 – High School Golf, Game Show Congress, and Scientology
Show notes by Darryl Asher (09/04/15)
We are part of the Handheld Comedy
Corner of Movie Star and Dicey
The announcer from Starface, Mike Schmidt
Mike is wearing long sleeve wool on a hot day
Jimmy’s mom used to say a sweater would keep you cool
Matt’s dad used to wear a sweater playing tennis to intimidate his opponent
Jimmy says tennis has not gone “extreme” yet
Matt reminds Jimmy of Agassi in jean shorts and pink tights
Mike thinks there should be some kind of fast-paced indoor rock and roll tennis
Mike thinks tennis is devolving because they can’t make new stars
Mike basically shows he knows nothing about tennis by suggesting that the ball is moving slowly (WTF?)
Men’s tennis in 2006 had Roger Federer, Andy Roddick, and Rafael Nadal burning up the courts -Darryl
Jimmy meets the high school golf coach Ken Conner; finds him post-shower nude, drying off in his office
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Jimmy got kicked off the golf team for correcting the coach about the schedule
There had been a team car wash, and Jimmy reminded the coach that he didn’t show up for the previous year (turns out he wasn’t there becasuse his wife needed brain surgery)
Jimmy got kicked off the team for being a smartass jerk
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Jimmy humiliates himself by not listening to the coach
Coach had curse-explosive anger issues
Coach yelled at Jimmy for getting hit by a ball
Jimmy saw Coach after he grew up, and was not well received
Matt pulls a beautiful Terminator reference
Matt says he and Mike were accidentally privvy to Jimmy (Skinx) and Danielle’s (Moosh) lovey-nickname laced conversation pre-show
Painful under-table knee-hit
Jimmy is in sudden pain by banging his knee on the table
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Matt refuses to divulge his wife’s nickname
Jimmy talks about Bob and Tom Show trips to the Bahamas
Jimmy wore a microphone to record his parasailing trip with Danielle, wherein he got sick and repeatedly yelled out “Mooshie!!!!!”
The infamous Mooshie Tape was played in 100 radio markets
Me with my I Hate Jimmy Pardo bumper sticker
Origin story of the I Hate Jimmy Pardo bumper sticker
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For a self-addressed stamped envelope, you can get one of the bumper stickers, since he has a closet full (Offer expired)
Jimmy went to the Game Show Congress
Matt: Are they ratifying game show law?
Jimmy went because of J. Keith Van Stratten’s live What’s My Line show
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After initial coldness, some fans started saying hi to Jimmy
Some were nice, others insulting, including a 16 year old looking kid “You’re show was very sub-par, but you were pretty good as the host.”
Jimmy’s imitation of the kid is an awesome Truman Capote
GSN message board had a lot of vocal hatred about Jimmy hosting Funny Money
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Fanny Flagg and Patti Deutsch on Match Game
Jimmy will be hosting a live Match Game
Kennedy from MTV hosted Friend or Foe, Jimmy and Danielle go to her 4th of July BBQ every year
Jimmy greets Steven Weber from Wings with “HEYYY STEVIE!!!” like an idiot
Matt’s wife worked on Baby Blues, with the voice of Steven Weber, who came to a table read, and was not pleasant
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Matt was at PetSmart on Pico and saw Jesse Camp, former MTV VeeJay, bagging groceries
Jesse won the VeeJay contest; Dave Holmes should have won, but at least Dave is still working because he is talented
Embryonic beginnings of Celebrity Siting
Matt saw Mira Sorvino and Jenna Elfman
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Jenna Elfman loved Mike’s standup act
Jimmy suspects Jenna was just trying to suck Mike into Scientology
Mike took a Scientology “Personality Test” when he got to L.A.
Jimmy: You know the rules of this show, loosey-goosey!
The Scientology people kept Mike for four hours to try and hook him in
When he was trying to leave, they brought in the hot chick, which Mike saw as a ploy
Jimmy’s skepticism about religion extends to all of them
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The Scientology Celebrity Center is across the street from the UCB Theater on Franklin in Hollywood
Jimmy wonders why you don’t hear from former Scientologists (We now know why)
Matt defends his clock-watching on the show
Jimmy: Chicago’s Greatest Hits is still considered Chicago IX
Plugs:
Starface / AST / fanclub@jimmypardo.com
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