DiscoverA Mediocre Time with Tom and Dan863 - Heel it Into the Carpet
863 - Heel it Into the Carpet

863 - Heel it Into the Carpet

Update: 2025-12-12
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• Used Google Earth and satellite imagery to assess exterior home condition and offer free painting estimates by text
• Covered full exterior painting scope including trim, doors, garage doors, ground level, and pool patios
• Promoted Paisley Painting's quality, detail, and customer satisfaction
• Live broadcast from the Just Call Moe Studio and show open for A Mediocre Time with Tom and Dan
• Introduced guest comedian Amy LaCoursiere
• Joked about medication changes and mental health among comedians
• Promoted the Just Call Moe free Christmas party with RSVP, location, Elf screening, Santa photos, mascot meet-and-greet, and football-friendly timing
• Talked about Mo hosting free community events without profit motive and personal ties to the venue
• Reflected on venue changes, smoking restrictions, bar nostalgia, food love, soup jokes, and interior artwork
• Amy shared stories opening for George Wallace and why performing with him felt career-defining
• Praised George Wallace's energy, longevity, crowd work, positivity, meet-and-greets, and cross-generational appeal
• Compared Wallace and Seinfeld, fame then vs now, authenticity, persona, and modern comedy visibility
• Noted sold-out shows running long, late-night scheduling issues, and venues running out of food
• Florida stereotypes, Diet Mountain Dew jokes, health judgment mockery, and soda culture humor
• Deep dive into Andy Dick, addiction cycles, fame, recovery stories, Steve-O comparisons, and aging comedians moralizing
• Bart Marek Team shout-out, milestone BDM home sale, and Rankin & Bass–style holiday pillow gifts
• Long debate on food-delivery tipping, standards changing, $2 tips, driver pay, platform practices, and resentment
• DoorDash pepper-spray incident breakdown, motives, tip visibility, cameras, legality, and anger overriding logic
• Delivery apps vs driving yourself, cost, cold food, quality decline, sodium concerns, and Orlando sprawl issues
• Proposed delivery standard: tip as time/distance bid, roughly $5 minimum plus about $2 per mile ("Justin rule")
• Music talk: household musicians, home studio, rehearsal livestreams, monetization, Teenage Bottlerocket, and Justin Bieber examples
• Music recommendation: Sunday Mourners – "Careers in Acting"
• Sponsor segment: Modern Plumbing Industries, preventative maintenance stories, flood avoidance, and reliability
• Merch deadline reminder for shirts and straw hats before Christmas
• Plugged comedy events, Florida Comedy Coalition nonprofit, venue challenges, and Scary Mondays open mic culture
• Florida Highwaymen history: Black landscape painters, segregation, bank sales, mass output, Florida imagery, and modern value
• Listener call with personal Highwaymen art, Treasure Coast hotspots, nostalgia for banks, small-town Florida, and local landmarks
• Ozzy tribute drum-off analysis featuring Barker, Chad Smith, and Danny Carey, groove vs flash, and why audiences misjudge solos
• Broader art debate: skill vs emotion, insiders vs casuals, skating analogies, restraint over spectacle
• Roller skating and roller derby stories, aging bodies, muscle memory, hustling jokes, and physical punishment
• Nostalgia for old radio humor, memes, cubicle culture, and generational awkwardness
• Sponsor: Fairvilla Megastore for quirky last-minute holiday gifts and extended hours
• Voicemail segment, app improvements, faster episode drops, and holiday takeout talk
• Holiday food planning: burrito bar, cooking with kids, homemade routines, catering vs Cracker Barrel convenience
• Gift-identity rants: snow globes, themed decor traps, Florida beach bathrooms, clutter, and ruthless decluttering
• Childhood sleepovers, looser parenting eras, bars and rinks as hangouts, and shifting norms
• Grocery talk: Kroger delivery ending, Publix dominance, Walmart reality, alternatives, and family Walmart memories
• Target decline complaints, dirty bathrooms, gut-health jokes, and morning shopping habits
• Shared guest social handles, name-spelling confusion, heavy production schedule, holiday content push, and closing remarks

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863 - Heel it Into the Carpet

863 - Heel it Into the Carpet

Tom Vann & Dan Dennis