2703 – Letting the Air Out with Josh Johnson
Josh Johnson
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In studio notes by Garon Cockrell
Editing and additional notes by Darryl Asher
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00 – Welcome in! 2703! NNF! Pioneers!
Jimmy doing a Led Zep cover band post covid?!
Let’s do it!
Eliot says to do it now via blimp.
Get the band in the blimp!
Intro to Stairway to Heaven – The beginning of the song is mostly acoustic guitar and mellotron flutes, and a Fender Rhodes electric piano holds down the bass from the 1st B section onwards to the C section.
Jimmy talks about his dirigible joke he thinks he did on Kilborn.
Jimmy plans his performance!
Overhead Zeppelin!
5 – Jimmy is already prepared to be replaced as vocalist but wants just one performance.
Maybe he’ll do it via zoom?!
Matt gives his ideas about an encore featuring the blimp rising and then burning up in the atmosphere. Jimmy’s not that big on it.
No one likes the fade out.
I’m in Michigan!
15 – Weather talk. Over 110 in LA.
Talking power issues.
Eliot blacks out his windows WW2 style.
Talking my trip and flight.
35 – Stay safe Denver!
Talking wanting it to be cold again!
We’ll be right back with Josh Johnson!
We’re back! 3rd episode of the 27th season!
Josh Johnson is here!
The Josh Johnson Show!
Jimmy says Josh is using his mic like a Corn on the Cob.
Josh was part of the Comedy Line up on Netflix. The Pardo fam enjoyed it!
Josh grew up in Louisiana and moved to NY via Chicago 5 years or so.
Josh and Jimmy talk about Mick Napier from The Annoyance.
40 – Josh talks his comedy history in Chicago.
Josh talks living in a “Flop House” at 20 versus 30.
45 – Josh had his 30th birthday in March just before covid hit. His special was rescheduled because of it.
Jimmy talks about Oliver’s birthday and how they handled the social distancing.
Josh describes shuttles as the lowest stake version of Speed.
Talking covid uber.
50 – Get ready for Jimmy Pardo Rust!
Let’s play trivia!
Category is: Toon Up!
I’m betting 15.
Talking Primo’s Pizza!
Josh talks about a local Chicago pizza place that they ate and everyone got sick from.
Did I join a fight club?!
TRIVIA!
Starting as a short what show was the very first original piece of animation created for Cartoon Network.
Garon: Johnny Bravo (15pts)
Eliot: Ren & Stimpy (25 pts)
Matt: Power Puff Girls (25 pts)
Josh: Spongebob (25 Pts)
Jimmy: Ren & Stimpy (17 pts)
60 – Eliot gave himself a haircut!
Talking hair clippers being full of fair.
Josh talks about having to cut his hair once with a beard trimmer that belonged to his former roommate.
1h5m – Jimmy asks about Josh’s Thor-like roommate. He was an actor.
Josh’s girlfriend keeps his place looking great otherwise he’d be fine with an air mattress. He in fact had one for way too long.
1h10m – Josh talks about a woman he was dating thinking he was cheating on her and accusing him of it when his aunt called. The caller ID said “Auntie.” She ended up mad enough that she grabbed Josh’s only fork and stabbing the air mattress. He tried to stop the leaks with fingers. He had to get a real bed afterwards.
We’ll be right back with Trivia answers!
We’re back!
Jimmy wants Josh to laugh. Josh talks about being caught up about the Blood Moon. He doesn’t mess with witch stuff or anything you’d see in Van Helsing.
Josh talks about being from Louisiana but not New Orleans. He’s from Alexandria. (2 hours from Shreveport, 3-4 from New Orleans)
1h20m – Eliot has a story about a drunk tenant who forgot their keys. He thought he was gonna get covid from her.
Josh talks about how some drunk people think they are the same drunk and sober. No one is, and if you are, then that’s a bad sign.
1h25m – Talking Popeye’s chicken and the craziness around the new sandwich they had.
Josh warns us about a story before he tells it. It’s about a racist guy at a popeye’s in a black neighborhood being super crazy. On the story he’s going crazy and in the next clip he’s folded over after someone hit him in the face. Someone “eh but you didn’t have to take his sandwich though.”
1h30m – Matt talks about using a public pool that was rentable for $12! They sectioned off parts of the pool and let people use for 40 minutes at a time.
No diving!
1h35m – Matt’s answer is power puff girls.
Josh’s answer is Spongebob!
Jimmy’s answer is also Ren & Stimpy.
The answer is Dexter’s Lab!
I win $5 thanks to points!
1h40m – Josh talks about getting a birthday card from a distant relative that cost more to mail than the money they gave him for his birthday.
We’re done!
THANKS JOSH!
My pleasure,
Garon/The Beast/Mush Mouth Shy Guy/The Notekeeper/Lazy Queen/Sloth
