858 - The Italian Bully
A Mediocre Time with Tom and Dan
Tom Vann & Dan Dennis
4.8 • 2.3K Ratings
🗓️ 7 November 2025
⏱️ 139 minutes
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Summary
• "Time for a bath" parody song filled with daily-life jokes
• Talk about wanting a tax refund and inventing "tax-a-tude"
• Imagined gas station purchase and March of Dimes donation bit
• Self-image jokes comparing to Kim Kardashian, Nicki Minaj, and Beyoncé
• Playful "sassy" expressions celebrating confidence
• Comedic rap about women's breasts and mock "National Titties Day"
• Show intro for "A Mediocre Time with Tom and Dan"
• Hosts joking about AI-generated intro music as "AI slop"
• Outkast's Stankonia 25th anniversary and evolution of their sound
• Dan naming Outkast as a father-daughter favorite
• Guest Ross Patchett joins; talks discovering Daft Punk at Pollo Tropical
• Discovering Kraftwerk through The Simpsons
• Tom recalling Outkast and Wu-Tang in high school and UCF choice
• First concerts: NSYNC, Slightly Stoopid, Rush, and Primus
• Discussion of Primus' humble new drummer and musicianship
• Complaints about watching concerts seated and feeling old
• Preview of Bad at Business Beerfest Nov 22—free event, noon start
• 600 gift bags, ID required, $20 Yellow Brick Road charity glasses
• Gift bag misprint panic with "Uncle Ben" image and Moe sticker fix
• Chat calls fiasco classic Tom & Dan chaos; "collector's item" jokes
• Full sponsor rundown: breweries, THC seltzers, coffee, plumbing, and Moe's cigar lounge
• DJ noon–2, live music after, free Supervillains show at West End
• Invite to bring families, pets, strollers—photo ID required to drink
• Emphasis: sponsors fund it, no profit, listener thank-you
• Tease of Sofas & Suds races the next day
• Ross's viral Halloween Labyrinth costume and "Bowie bulge" gag
• Sock-stuffing debate and hygiene tangent—feet vs. genitals cleanliness
• Viral video ethics: featuring kids, monetization, and consent
• Ross reflecting on family content making money and audience judgment
• Reminder to enjoy creative recognition without exploitation
• Story of spontaneous Halloween leading to contest win and joy
• Bowie music tangent and favorite songs shared
• Ross's toddler now walking; childproofing procrastination
• Talk about inherited performance traits and parenting approaches
• Ross preferring sports to teach resilience; golf as "jiu jitsu with clubs"
• Dangers of child stardom and peaking too early
• Plug for Ross's "Good Sauce with Ross and Joel" podcast
• Reflection on doing shows with spouses and oversharing
• Dan mentions recent health tests and medical oversharing jokes
• Watching WWII documentaries for perspective and comfort
• Curiosity toward darker historical footage and preserved WWII stories
• Call to talk to living veterans for firsthand history
• Tease: performing at Secrets Hideaway; "funny while horny" topic
• Tease: Jaguars possibly playing at Camping World in 2027
• Tease: Farmer's Almanac ending after 208 years
• Music break: Drain – "Living in a Memory"
• Infinity documentary discussion—nausea, awe, and humility
• Speculation about AI understanding infinity and multiverse theory
• Reading comprehension talk—losing focus on dull paragraphs
• Agreement that boredom, not intellect, causes zoning out
• Shift to "funny and horny" talk—Ross performing at Secrets Hideaway
• Debate over comedians mixing sex and comedy successfully
• Examples: Sam Kinison, Rodney Dangerfield, Andrew Dice Clay
• Secrets Hideaway's wild, nude comedy atmosphere described
• Story of crowd energy and guessing a Lockheed employee onstage
• Comparison to 1990s shock comedy style
• Curiosity about Oz Perlman's mind-reading with Tom Brady
• Discussion of mentalists reading cues and using "outs" in tricks
• Reference to hypnotists like Jay Medicine Hat and suggestibility
• Candy trick example showing layered outcomes
• David Blaine's humility after cursing on radio; redemption performance
• Joke about arrogant magician behavior and performer psychology
• Blaine handshake trick—card under watch, "under his spell" feeling
• Realization that such feats use reading skills and preparation
• Comparison of magicians and scam psychics using cold reading
• Admiration for Penn & Teller, Kostya Kimlat, and their precision
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Today's a mediocre time where Tom and Dan is brought to you by Moses DeWitt and the DeWitt law firm man. |
| 0:07.0 | Let me just tell you, if you are injured on the go, and I know many of you have, and if you've gone to Mo, you've had an excellent experience. |
| 0:14.5 | He really cares. |
| 0:15.3 | He's in our BDM group. |
| 0:17.1 | I've seen multiple weekends where somebody will be like, Mo, my daughter just got into a really bad accident. We need some help. He's like, I'll DM you call me right now. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Because time does matter for these sort of things, and you don't want to go with somebody that doesn't know what they're doing. And also, you don't want to go with somebody that doesn't have compassion. Yeah, yeah, yeah. And he has both of these things. He's just a good person. |
| 0:38.7 | So that's why I would say reach out to Mo. |
| 0:40.7 | He will fight for you. |
| 0:42.3 | He's an unbelievable sponsor of ours. |
| 0:45.3 | He's sponsoring both the Batta Business Beer Fest and Sofa and Suds. |
| 0:49.6 | It's one of the main reasons we can even do the Bat of Business Beer Fest is because of Mo. |
| 0:53.6 | No Mo? |
| 1:10.8 | You and O'Go. That's how it works, man. Yeah, he cares about you. He's a really, really good attorney. And if you are injured on the go, you got to call him. One more thing. Sense of humor. Yeah. He's a normal guy. He's been a listener of ours for a long time, too. He's vetted. He's normal. And that's what |
| 1:12.6 | you need when your family's facing something |
| 1:14.7 | that could potentially be a process. |
| 1:17.1 | A very long process. You want a good |
| 1:18.9 | person. Also, sign up for his |
| 1:20.7 | VIP program. You'll get a metal VIP |
| 1:22.9 | card in the mail. And he's |
| 1:25.0 | constantly doing free events, |
| 1:27.0 | community events, charity events all around |
| 1:29.5 | Central Florida and beyond. And you sign up for, to become Mo VIP. You can be involved and invited |
| 1:36.0 | to all those events. It's all free and he gives away a tremendous amount of stuff. Yeah, I mean, |
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