857 - The Golden Jokers Plan
A Mediocre Time with Tom and Dan
Tom Vann & Dan Dennis
4.8 • 2.3K Ratings
🗓️ 31 October 2025
⏱️ 151 minutes
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Summary
• Bart Marek Team ad; listener Mike's testimonial
• Bart and Crystal's experience, communication, and professionalism
• Bart fixed an underpriced listing; guided buyers in a slow market
• Thanks to listeners who use sponsors; long-term client relationships
• Brightline to Fort Lauderdale; checked bags due to size limits
• Bags sent to Miami; staff confusion; no clear protocol
• "Uber plan" to deliver bags to specific cruise ports
• Doubts about entrusting unsupervised luggage to random drivers
• Miscommunication on port; HR contact "Priscilla" looped in
• Bag arrives three minutes before departure; board with relief
• Key West stop; Sam's crawl with custom tattoos; Firehouse Museum
• Bum Fardo legend; vanished firefighter/drug dealer; local merch
• Torrential rain; closures; listeners helped with rides
• Bimini by golf cart; beaches, local lunch, Nate's Bimini bread
• Family argument inside Nate's; still bought bread
• Accidentally in funeral parade; intense, awkward moment
• Note on Bahamian funeral customs; "bad-luck orb" continues
• Cruise trivia dispute over a cheating kid; tempers flare
• Observations on cruise fights and ship disorganization
• Karaoke room chaos: tech issues, unprepared host, random walk-ins
• Emotional show endings; hugs; goodbyes
• Ongoing Twitch: "Sipping with Sammy"; gaming with Travis
• Plan to make music again using a new electronic drum kit; Sweetwater follow-ups
• Dan chooses Pierce the Veil with Max; Turnstile skipped
• Max sings every song; joy through his son's excitement
• Concert bits: band-shirt norms, TikTok resurgence of songs
• Outfit drama: black tie sent to Miami; painted nails; chain wallet
• Venue bans chain wallets; security hassles; older fans react online
• Personality talk: fixed traits vs growth; therapy and taking initiative
• Halloween segment: define "spooky" (murder, ghost, mystery, supernatural)
• "House of Horrors" (Calcutta): father Aurobinda, son Partha, sister Debjani
• Neighbors report smoke; father found burned; suicide note discovered
• Home in filth; nonstop Joyce Meyer sermons playing
• Debjani's dressed skeleton; dogs' bones; months undiscovered
• Partha dines beside her remains; claims nightly visitations
• Notes everywhere; sister coherent, brother obsessive and erratic
• Father plans property split; family mental-health collapse
• Partha institutionalized, later self-immolation like father
• Dyatlov Pass (1959): tents cut from inside; calm barefoot escape
• Bodies with burns/trauma; radios/radiation; lights reported; Bigfoot-like photo
• Theories: avalanche, infrasound, animals, Cold War secrecy
• Pascagoula abduction (1973): Hickson & Parker; blue craft; paralyzed, examined
• Hidden police recording of terrified talk; consistent stories for decades
• Polygraphs/hypnosis/toxicology passed; no fame motive
• Note on unreliable eyewitnesses despite multiple witnesses
• Roast recap: News Junkie event at Dr. Phillips; Pinkman, Sabrina
• Moe Dewitt praised; video intro highlight
• Tuddle introduces C-Lane, not roasting; chaos ensues
• Tuddle rants on modern radio; challenges Ryan Holmes to "stunt off"
• Belt off; demands whippings; storms off; audience stunned
• Radio's wilder past vs now; jokes about missing "fun"
• Close: thanks to Samantha; plug "Sipping with Sammy"; tease Halloween special at Seth's; seagrass poison mishap gag
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | If you're looking to buy or sell your current house, the Bart Marek team. |
| 0:05.0 | What do I do? |
| 0:05.8 | I have so many questions. |
| 0:06.6 | I don't know what I'm doing. |
| 0:07.4 | It gives me anxiety. |
| 0:08.6 | You have two super experienced realtors that makes me feel better. |
| 0:12.2 | That will walk you through the process and help you get the best value. |
| 0:15.6 | And that's like you're hiring professionals to get you either the most money if you're selling your house or get you the biggest discount if you're buying house or to make sure you don't screw it up. Yeah, I was going to say, can I add one more thing just to make sure it's smooth? And Bart did that for me. I actually sold a house with Bart and Crystal, and they did such a great job. I had it underpriced. Meaning Bart was like, you're leaving so much money on the table. |
| 0:40.6 | Let me handle this. |
| 0:42.2 | And I did. |
| 0:42.8 | And it worked out perfectly. |
| 0:44.3 | Yeah. |
| 0:44.6 | They could help you make tens of thousands of dollars. |
| 0:47.7 | It was closer to 20, I would say. |
| 0:50.1 | This is a gigantic purchase. |
| 0:52.6 | Or if you're selling your house, you know, a huge sale that you need to make sure it goes correct. |
| 0:58.1 | And Bart and Crystal will walk you through. |
| 1:00.3 | And we've got a listener on the line. |
| 1:01.7 | Mike's on the line. |
| 1:02.5 | How you doing, Mike? |
| 1:03.9 | I'm great, guys. |
| 1:04.8 | How you doing? |
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