For this episode, we visit a long-running south side Chicago institution: Calumet Fisheries (3259 E 95th St, Chicago, IL 60617). I’m joined by my (recently) former WLUP co-workers,
Al Roker, Jr. (YAY YAY! It’s a slippery slope!) and Abe Kanan (who joins the podcast for the third time).
In this BOOST MOBILE-sponsored episode:
We met at Calumet Fisheries, despite the fact that Abe hates fish.
The last time I saw Abe and Al was four weeks to the day… when it was announced the Loop was being sold.
Al has to go back to the Loop offices to pick up his boxes, but he’s not ready to do the “walk of shame.”
Radio people should be afraid of being involved in Hollywood films.
Roker’s (new) signature line: IT’S A SLIPPERY SLOPE.
The (relative) safety of the neighborhood surrounding Calumet Fisheries (“There’s a chance we’ll lose our lives here”).
Abe’s “mother sauce” is mayonnaise.
Whatever money Calumet Fisheries is making from the restaurant, they are NOT reinvesting in the exterior.
Abe drops beard knowledge on me.
As usual, the first clip of the show was done live, on-camera, for Facebook Live: “What are you doing, honey?” “I’m watching Al Roker, Jr. lick his fingers on Facebook.”
The current job search statuses of Roker and Abe (related: HIRE THESE GUYS).
The outrageous… truly outrageous… contract request Abe made (and got) from a previous employer.
The true test of being unemployed.
What would be creepier than LinkedIn’s existing creepy feature? If it existed on Facebook (“It would end Facebook”).
What is a “Roker Girl?” Is it someone who’s “plus-sized?”
Roker’s wife was watching Facebook Live as Roker was talking about “Roker Girls.”
Has Roker’s sexual activity picked up since getting laid off? Spoiler warning: Yes, and ick.
Roker and Abe once went to Vegas, ate like idiots and shared a hotel room. The story involves a magnificent buffet, a bathroom and revealing boxer shorts.
How does someone get hungry after hitting a buffet? “If you’re fat… “
I offered Roker an Orange Fanta. “Why would (James) ever buy an Orange Fanta?”
We speculate about what happened at the nearby bridge.
The unemployment routine: Is it disciplined or disastrous?
Why unemployment is like the stages of death.
Roker couldn’t get a call back from Destination XL.
“Death Wish” is not “Die Hard.”
Awkward transition around 38:00. Somewhere, on the cutting room floor, is a conversation about the things Al Roker, Jr. likes to do with a favorite breakfast condiment. You had to be there.
Everything at Calumet Fisheries is stuck in 1967.
Abe’s doing “intermittent fasting,” and swears it works.
Abe: “I was shocked to learn that you eat like we do.”
Roker watched a stabbing while doing a radio call-in.
Roker successfully scrubbed all the porn malware from his computer.
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