Is It Safe?

Scotty boy is on the road in the desert. That means we called in Steve Guile once more for quality show reinforcement. Steve is going to try to equal his effort last time out where he impressed someone with his depth of understanding about the space time continuum. Drinking takes place on this show, but it's nothing to fear. Luke likes to take the edge off to reduce the anxiety. Jeff Beck died, but Luke mixed him up with Jeff Buckley who died swimming in the Mississippi. That reminds Mike of the guy who recently survived 15-20 hours wading in the Gulf of Mexico after he got hammered and fell off a cruise ship. Luke says there is no way that someone can fall off a cruise ship because they have 10 foot walls. Steve says Christ never found his way inside of him despite a heavy dose of him in his childhood. Steve also grew up in Hawaii where they played on volcanic dirt. If you've never run the bases at your local professional baseball park, Steve says those infield dirts are slippery as hell. Have you seen the new film The Menu? Steve knows a bit about the restaurant it's set in. High pressure restaurants are hell. Mike recalls his days working at the Stillwater Grill in 2001 with his pal Morgan. Great memories! Also, Foghorn Leghorn is not Yosemite Sam. The Humpty Dance will always put a pep in your step. Steve and Mike are big fans and they say farewell to Humpty from the Humpty Dance, better known as Shock G, who died last year. It brings up Mike's memory of not getting busy in a Burger King bathroom even though he worked at a couple of them. We hit up your emails of course! Eric comes out with the tipping point as he is on the brink with the amount of tipping opportunities at even the most banal of eateries. The fellas are with the food service workers all day. Tip a lot and tip often. Those tips make a difference. Where do you stand on the battle between Jersey Mike's, Penn Station and Subway? Luke says the word complicated during the restaurant discussion which created a spark in Mike's mind to play Ain't No Blacks On The TV Screen from the Mad TV days. It's an example of a parody song being vastly superior to the original, which was Chris Rock's No Sex. Who is opening for Bill Cosby for his new comedy tour this summer? We HAVE to know. Who would stoop that low?!. Sean's email is about the options on HBO Max. Which one will you choose? We close this show with a classic from Jeff Beck called Greensleeves. If any of this nonsense strikes you, please email the show [email protected] to improve the overall quality of future conversations. We love you all!

Govier feels like garbo right now, so no drawn out show notes at this time for this episode. Sorry about that. Covid sucks, but at least we did a show. Right? We love you people! We close today's show with Big Thief's Heavy Bend. If any of this nonsense strikes you, please email the show [email protected] to improve the overall quality of our next episode.

Welcome to a bonus episode courtesy of your IIS pals where Luke & Mike sit down with their dear old pal named Steve. We know you will find some pleasure in it. Steve is not a replacement for Scott at all! This is just a one-off we have been meaning to do for quite some time now. We know Steve is a complex, fascinating character who has immense knowledge discerned from years of applying his keen analytical perspective. Give this episode a chance. We're confident you will find entertainment within this offering. We close this bonus session with a selection from Steve called Meticulous Bird by Thao & The Get Down Stay Down. If any of this nonsense strikes you, please email the show [email protected] to improve the overall quality of future conversations. We love you all!

Christine McVie has passed so we open with Songbird in remembrance. Obviously Scott is very upset about this death. Scott says Stevie Nicks is the Michigan football of the music world. Only one email today. It comes from Danny who thought the latest rendition of Scott's Plan was first-rate! Danny also watched Nope and wants to know what everybody thought of it. Govier watched Kinsey over the weekend. He found a girl in the film who likes just like Adam Scott. Have you seen This is Pop on Netflix? T-Pain was crushed by the overwhelming hate for his endless use of Autotune. This moment reminds us of how much we enjoyed Pop-Up Video on VH1. This opens a rabbit hole of discussion about the year 1999. Was it the best year for film? What jobs were you working that year? Do you remember when Payne Stewart died in that weird jet plane accident? Govier remembers watching the Music City Miracle in real-time while working on a Saturday at Lonestar Steakhouse. Willie Beamen also left the ladies creamin' in 1999. Never forget. Luke drops a bomb about Chomsky expressing that sports are a tool of submission by the masses. Amy Adams has a great sense of humor as she proved for her appearance on Between Two Ferns. Jalen Rose is married to an ESPN talking head and Govier had no idea. Luke is wondering why there is so much sexual deviancy within the ranks of college and professional athletics. Luke also squeezes in a quick word about the possible railroad strike looming over the holiday supply chain. We love you people! We close today's show with a farewell to Christine McVie with Fleetwood Mac's Tell Me Lies. If any of this nonsense strikes you, please email the show [email protected] to improve the overall quality of our next episode.

SCOTT IS BACK!!!! We are so happy to have our pal back in the fold! Scott's Plan! He makes our world go round. Scott is on California time now and that doesn't always work out. Scott doesn't listen to the show even when he's on it. Michigan beat Ohio State over the weekend and Govier is thrilled about it! Scott was surrounded by Michigan people Saturday and he was ready to lose it. Scott breaks down his Thanksgiving, but it turns out he loves Christmas more than he ever let on! Scott and his family cut down their own Christmas tree every year as well. Can you do an impression of Luke? It's tougher than it seems. Luke has a bombshell for the audience. Scott is more concerned about the death of his own parents than he is about celebrity deaths. Are you surprised? There is little news to update Scott on since he's been gone. Of course we get to your emails! Sean has a couple examples to offer related to least likely outcomes in 2023. Do you know anybody who is mailing it in at their job? Or maybe it's you? We definitely do not break down Bob Iger returning to Disney. Eric Branstrom has a fascinating email about break rooms at work. Turns out we have a lot of opinions about this. Remember Gimme A Break with Nell Carter? Joey Lawrence does. Sean has another email for us related to Avatar 2 and the legacy of James Cameron. It's a true or false question which we rarely ever get. Luke's boring synopsis of Avatar reminds Govier of a YouTube classic from the 2000s. The immortal Space People! We are so grateful for Scott's return to the show! We love you people! We close today's show with Scott's choice from producer Steve Albini. The band is Shellack and the song is Prayer To God. If any of this nonsense strikes you, please email the show [email protected] to improve the overall quality of our next episode.

We're still Scott-Free, but he is getting closer to returning. For now it's Luke and Govier. Luke went to North Carolina for a road trip last week. It sounds pretty trendy. Govier got a parking ticket in Detroit, but that's just the beginning of his problems. Detroit is a corrupt town. Are you surprised to read that? Mayor Mike Duggan is a scumbag of the lowest order. We ask the question you all are dying to know the answer to: did you use seek or scan when you strolled along the dial on terrestrial radio? Govier had a garbo rental car recently in Arizona and it was trash. Santa Claus has gotten a lot of love over the years, but Luke is baffled over the chimney thing and that Santa seems to ignore homeless people entirely. Have you heard Mother Theresa might have been a little worse of a person than you remember? Trump announced his run again after the mid-terms. He did it with a lack of enthusiasm that has some people concerned. Dr. Phil was on Joe Rogan's show talking about how Cheetos is the symbol of socialism and that's why the concept of a socialized society is a fraud. Also, have you considered that certain sentences reveal you have right-wing thoughts even if you didn't make the original connection? The Cheeto Depot is absolutely now and forever the official sponsor of the Is It Safe? Talk Show. Your emails are the finale for this episode. Emails came in from the original show stan Danny who misses Rodent Talk. Danny's email gets airtime and then Mr. Pink wonders about the lack of missing comedy bits about the bumbling adventures of President Joe Biden. We love you guys! We close the show with Born To Lose by The Bouncing Souls. If any of this nonsense inspires you for better or for worse, email the show at [email protected]

The fellas are still Scott free, but you can rely on Luke & Govier to bring you some quality entertainment. Luke's having a baby! The party is over and there is a shindig going down to prep this incoming baby for the nightmare of existence. We LOVE Scott! We know you do too! Email us directly about what Scott brings to your life when he is hosting the show. We will forward him your message verbatim. Check out last week's guest Van Lee's shows The Boob Tube Boys and Podcast: A Star Wars Story. We read your emails as always. Mid-term elections are around the corner. Are you stoked?! Luke breaks down why he has little desire to vote, even though Michigan has a prop on the ballot for abortion. The Blues and the Reds leave us with little to decide upon. Luke contends that maybe abortion isn't as crucial an issue in this election as the powers that be would want you to believe. We LOVE and RESPECT women here, but the issue is more complex than that. Paul Pelosi got rolled up, but apparently he's fine. Who cares! Socialism as a policy requires the proper people to execute those policies which makes the future of that ever happening very unlikely. Govier doesn't care to engage in the day to day distractions that some call politics. There is an active choice to be made. Remember those Motel 6 commercials with Tom Bodette? Govier had a recent cyber run-in with the man himself and it was awesome! This leads the boys recalling their worst motel stories. What about you? Student loan debt is divisive but not for the reasons you might think. William Peterson comes up for some reason. He knows how to get a crowd in a fever pitch rather quickly. An underrated bad-ass! We love you guys! We close the show with Down Rodeo by Rage Against The Machine. If any of this nonsense inspires you for better or for worse, email the show at [email protected]

Your favorite talk show is still Scott free, but we brought in a bad-ass special guest host to fill in for him. Please welcome in Van Lee! He's the host of The Boob Tube Boys & Podcast: A Star Wars Story. Van is an entertaining dude who you will grow to love if you start listening to him. We talk creepy pasta, Will Smith in King Richard, James Cromwell, the death of journalism, why Luke loathes Jerry Seinfeld and your emails of course. We close the show with It's Been Awhile by Staind. The reasons will become more apparent when you listen to this episode. If any of this nonsense inspires you for better or for worse, email the show at [email protected]

We are still Scott free. No show notes this week because I have to go to bed. Isn't it better to get a show now than have to wait for me to wake up and do the show notes tomorrow? Yeah. That's what I thought. Luke and I talk about being sick, Ten Foot Pole, self care, why doctors have no lives, anonymous opinions about the show, high school hi-jinx and of course your first-class emails! We love you guys! We close the show with Hold On by Pulley. PLEASE RATE US A 5 STAR REVIEW ON APPLE IF YOU LIKE THE SHOW? HELP US GROW PLEASE. If any of this nonsense inspires you for better or for worse, email the show at [email protected]

You're in for a treat! We recorded our first episode in person with Travis and Eric of the Cinema 9 Pod, Deary from the Pallazzo Podcast (sorta), Paul from Los Angeles and our very own emailer Brian! We hope you enjoy this unique gathering that took place in the bell tower of some old schoolhouse in the middle of nowhere. Email us your thoughts at [email protected]