2098: The Best Show

Show Notes

• — Paydio: Tom Scharpling, host of The Best Show on WFMU, is in studio
• — What’s Up With Airplane Books?: Tom was a writer and executive producer on the TV show Monk, a show about a detective with OCD. Tom talks about his mild OCD tendencies.
• — Emotional Baggage: A woman was kicked off of a flight because the pig she brought for emotional support became too much of a hassle. Tom doesn’t lean his seat back on an airplane because he wants to change the world. Keith doesn’t mind the gross germs on airplanes because he knows how gross the world in general is.
• — Pigging Out: Tom stopped eating meat after he saw the movie Babe and is now a pescetarian
• — I Bombed Because They Bombed: Tom enjoyed Andrew Dice Clay’s book but does not like when people attribute personal failures to larger forces that clearly had nothing to do with their failures
• — Siamese Dream: Billy Corgan and Anderson Cooper’s feud makes the news
• — DO NOT PUB: People Magazine accidentally published an obituary for Kirk Douglas, who is still alive.
• — Pieces On Earth: Terrorists are plotting to blow up 5 planes flying to European cities over Christmas
• — Cold Cuts: After suing a deli for naming a sandwich after his character from Goodfellas, actor Frank Sivero is now suing The Simpsons for $250,000,000 for using his character’s likeness
• — I’ll Wait For The Fifth Week: The trailer for Star Wars: The Force Awakens has everyone excited
• — The Most Miserable Experience: The NY Jets are doing so poorly that tickets for their live games are down to $11
• — The Final Frontier: Keith vs. Space