839 - Bud Kill
A Mediocre Time with Tom and Dan
Tom Vann & Dan Dennis
4.8 • 2.3K Ratings
🗓️ 5 September 2025
⏱️ 114 minutes
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Summary
• Underground Metalworks sponsorship: Orlando welding school with MIG/TIG/STIC classes, weekend basics, hobby/father-son angle, Dan with Maisie, hands-on facility, promo code
• 2025 Bad at Business Beer Fest (Nov 22 Sanford, free beer, wristbands, gift bags, food, music, hosted by Mo DeWitt)
• Friday free show intro with Ross McCoy: hangover Uber/bathtub puking, Dan’s puking/peeing stories, ruined cars, gagging pranks, fast-puke anxiety, Grill Them All illness, puking blood before flight
• New Jaws pinball from Pinball Dudes: movie clips, shark fin, chum bucket, gameplay hype; Daniel visit promo (50–100 miles)
• Launch of Tom & Dan straw hat (Hittin’ Skins/Danger Brains)
• NFL kickoff Eagles–Cowboys: gambling strategies, middle-bet stress, knee injury vs Rodgers, Jalen Carter spit on Dak, fan debates, taunting crackdown, lightning delay past midnight
• Lightning safety talk: school 10-mile rule, theme parks 3-mile, pool 2.5, lawsuit fears, past fatalities, stadium strikes, “30/30” confusion, probability vs possibility
• Lottery chat: billion-dollar Powerball frenzy, regular habits, odds unchanged, crude bet jokes, checkout line delays
• NFL betting: kickers’ own balls, “smooshing,” Super Bowl ball history, longer field goals expected, kickoff rule changes, parlays, Chiefs–Chargers in Brazil
• Concert tourism: Weeknd and Taylor Swift abroad, concerts as travel excuse, Rhode Island boring joke, hummus humor
• Gambling/Vegas: casino habits, iHeart Festival trip
• Cam Patterson joins SNL: past conflicts, rise via Kill Tony/touring, confidence in success, salary comparisons
• Bruce Willis: viral clips, health decline, caretaker move debate, Die Hard legacy, film talk (Sixth Sense, Unbreakable etc.), nostalgia stories
• Netflix “Unknown Number” catfish doc: vulgar, victims reenact, bizarre twist, sympathy, comparison to scams/odds/lightning, beyond MTV’s Catfish
• Corey Feldman on Dancing with the Stars: themed dance predictions, eccentric style, exploited for laughs, unkept pedophile promises
• Eminem discovering internet porn late; Bubba’s shock-site pranks; old office prank culture vs modern HR
• Ross’s in-law German Shepherds: protective dog traditions, bite suit shock, On Patrol Live K-9 injuries; contrast with pee-pee dogs; Dan’s poodle bite; knife heirlooms and hassles
• Jeff’s Bagel Run sponsor: bagels, cookies, Otis coffee, #TDBagel
• Music: Curtis Harding “The Power,” Goldie Boutilier “King of Possibilities”
• American Air & Heat sponsor: AC upgrades, ducts, financing; lightning 10-mile joke
• Illegal gambling: Grady Judd’s bust, curiosity about poker/slots, rake legality, bingo loopholes, massage parlor comparison, raffles/bookie ideas, THC drinks at venues, Guru Man ad, nostalgia for sidebar ads
• Listener bits: “Pukes of Hazard,” period/diarrhea themes, Debary Joe mall puke; suit tailoring, $1k suits mocked, funerals casual now
• Genealogy: listener poem link, Kipling speculation, famous relatives
• Under-the-table awkward stories: hot tub ecstasy, mistaken foot petting, code of silence
• Nostalgia: Hawaii tapes, buddy pass travel, discomfort seeing old selves, teens’ permanent records, Sopranos quote, want Sopranos pinball
• Listener swords; Bud K comedy bit: catalog sales, killing lore, chainsaw, sword-for-sword trades, exit to GA
• Moe’s Comedy Jam Oct 2 promo
• Lifeline Screening sponsor ($159 scan), health scare stories, planned “I’m Not Dead Yet” party at Johnny’s with burgers/beer/pinball
• Wrap-up: Ross McCoy’s Orlando Talk Show, merch, thanks, Monday BDM, legal disclaimer
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | This episode of A Mediocre Time with Tom and Dan is brought to you by Underground Metalworks. |
| 0:05.5 | We went and did a podcast at Underground Metalworks. |
| 0:08.1 | You probably recognized the name. |
| 0:09.8 | We went out there and spoke to a BDM who is a welder, and he just happens to have one of the best Orlando-based welding schools that you could ever go to. |
| 0:19.4 | The place is absolutely immaculate. |
| 0:21.1 | I had a great time on it. |
| 0:22.1 | This was an awesome show. Daniel and I were talking about we should go out there and take the classes and learn how to weld because if you ever wanted to learn how to weld, this is the place for you. Yeah, explain this to me because now I can like as a hobbyist or as like, you know, I just got done doing this scooter. if I'd have known how to weld, it would have been a lot easier. |
| 0:19.3 | So help me out here. |
| 0:20.3 | They do full week, mig, TIG and Stick certification welding. Weekend basics, MIG and TIG, if you want to learn on like a weekend classes. You know, I talked to the owner who's a BDM and he told me that people come out and learn how to weld for art. |
| 0:54.5 | They want to do it for their hobby because they always want, they have father and sons come out and learn their weld together. You might be a handyman plus. Yeah, yeah. Annyman Plus might need to know how to weld. Yeah. And this is cool, man. This is really, I'm like super interested in this. Me, a maze you'll take it. Hands on learning, modern equipment. |
| 0:52.7 | They get a super nice facility. |
| 0:54.4 | It's great. I'm like super interested in this. Me, Amaziel Teghan. Hands on learning, modern equipment. |
| 1:12.8 | They get a super nice facility. |
| 1:14.5 | It's great. |
| 1:15.1 | Daniel said right there in Orlando. |
| 1:17.1 | And if you ever wanted the weld, go check out their website or Instagram. |
| 1:21.5 | It's underground dash metalworks.com. |
| 1:24.9 | And also, if you enter promo code mediocre, you get 10% off your classes. |
| 1:30.8 | Small classes, five student max, full week, weekend, like Tom said, the weekend thing is very |
| 1:36.0 | interesting because I know that fits a lot of schedules. Like Tom said, check them out. It's |
| 1:40.0 | underground dash metalworks.com and learn how to weld. Did you know Tom and Dan have been putting on a free beer fest for over 11 years now? |
| 1:49.0 | And did you also know that when they die, this beer fest dies with them because most people |
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