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A Mediocre Time with Tom and Dan

907 - Spring Broke

A Mediocre Time with Tom and Dan

Tom Vann & Dan Dennis

Comedy, Improv

4.92.3K Ratings

🗓️ 20 March 2026

⏱️ 164 minutes

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Summary

  • Core Flooring Center sponsor read with flooring installation across Central Florida

  • Core Flooring offers laminate, vinyl plank, wood, carpet, and dustless removal

  • 10% off flooring and labor plus 0% financing for 24 months with Tom and Dan mention

  • Core Flooring donates part of sales to Save a Life Pet Rescue

  • Listeners who use Core Flooring can send photos and join the hosts for drinks and gifts

  • A Mediocre Time intro from the Just Call Moe Studio

  • $5 BDM shirt deal ended, but extra shirts will be sold at the event

  • BDM Appreciation Event is April 11 at 6 p.m. for active BDMs and guests

  • Event lineup includes DJ Ryan Sharp, Jeff Howell, Casey Howell, Tom the Bomb, and The Juggling Jacks

  • The Juggling Jacks feature juggling, unicycles, and trained poodles

  • Outdoor studio idea sounds fun but Florida heat, bugs, and sound make it a bad fit

  • Tom talks about cold-damaged backyard plants and palms after the freeze

  • One bottle palm may still be alive while others look cooked

  • Plant recovery gets compared to Dan's slow hip recovery

  • Failed attempt to make grout white leads to spray-painted grass jokes

  • A school once painted dead grass before photos or events

  • Listener says Teslas become impossible not to notice once pointed out

  • Tesla logo, ugly Cybertrucks, and Kia's confusing rebrand spark logo talk

  • They joke about people suddenly noticing things everywhere after hearing about them

  • BuzzBall talk leads to spotting them all over gas stations and Wawa

  • Massive Sunoco on 1792 gets praised for weird inventory and giant BuzzBall display

  • Independent gas stations are celebrated for craft beer, pipes, knives, sex toys, and random junk

  • Kenny the Pervert voicemail kicks off genie loophole debate

  • They argue whether a third wish for a new genie beats the no-more-wishes rule

  • Robin Williams in Aladdin becomes the gold standard for genie law

  • The show spirals into shortcut culture, cheating systems, and loophole fantasies

  • Kalshi and betting markets raise questions about insider info and unfair edges

  • They debate whether success comes from hard work or spotting an edge early

  • Tom and Dan say early podcasting worked because they understood audience value before others did

  • Live event turnout proved engaged listeners mattered more than old radio numbers

  • Gambling gets compared to everyday decisions based on limited information

  • Dan admits risk decisions about hip recovery can trigger anxiety

  • Hip replacement lowered his baseline anxiety by removing constant pain

  • DeBary Joe calls in while secretly smoking weed with his partner's parents visiting for five weeks

  • They debate younger people saying partner instead of boyfriend or girlfriend

  • An audiobook voice interrupting the voicemail causes chaos

  • Fingerprint science argument turns into refusing to fact-check on principle

  • McDonald's nostalgia covers menu songs, PlayPlaces, birthday parties, and old jingles

  • They wonder whether any McDonald's still offers birthday parties

  • McDonald's once felt like a real family destination, not a trashy party choice

  • Kids would still love a McDonald's birthday party even if parents judged it

  • PlayPlaces, Ronald McDonald, liability, and staffing help explain why parties faded away

  • Las Vegas voicemail asks if bringing an escort to a company party would get someone fired

  • They joke that a high-end escort would blend in better than a movie-style hooker

  • Male escorts, gigolos, and Deuce Bigalow get dragged into the conversation

  • Prostitution talk pivots into a MyEternalVitality.com ad with Dr. Powers

  • Hormone therapy is pitched for fatigue, brain fog, irritability, and low energy

  • Gut testing can reveal foods causing inflammation and symptoms that mimic hormone issues

  • Andrea's hormone treatment and food sensitivity talk get used as examples

  • Bad Boys nostalgia covers all four movies and the original Miami setting

  • Martin Lawrence's public breakdown leads to debate over stress versus drug use

  • They argue drugs are usually behind the most extreme celebrity meltdowns

  • Bad Boys was originally set up for Dana Carvey and John Lovitz

  • They say Will Smith and Martin Lawrence made the movie work despite a weak script

  • John Lovitz once visited the studio, brought his dog, and shed all over the couch

  • Lovitz also wanted a much longer interview than expected

  • Fear Factor reboot talk includes snake cruelty complaints and who even watches network TV now

  • They question TV ratings, streaming numbers, and whether anyone is truly watching

  • Bluey gets called the most watched show mostly because kids loop it nonstop

  • They argue modern viewership stats are muddy, inflated, and kind of useless

  • David Bowie predicting the internet in 1997 still feels dead-on

  • Early internet visionaries saw streaming coming long before the tech could support it

  • RV and home TV talk turns into debate over whether giant televisions still matter

  • Phones and tablets now dominate how younger people consume media

  • Streaming services get slammed for bad support and unreliable 4K quality

  • Amanda Seyfried prosthetic body-part story leads to jokes about props versus CGI

  • They wonder how many weird celeb stories are just planted promo bait

  • McDonald's viral marketing talk turns into a broader rant about agency strategy and fake authenticity

  • Jeff Blasey, early studio lighting, and TV psychology lead to discussion of manipulative marketing tricks

  • Drug ads, actors playing patients, and blurred ad disclosure all feel gross

  • Corporate power and capitalism spiral into a depressing but familiar show rant

  • They admit independent media is harder, but it gives them control and closer ties to listeners

  • Small businesses offer better service while giant chains win on speed and price

  • Restaurant decline makes cooking at home feel more appealing

  • They hope people still want real human work instead of AI slop

  • AI may help with backend tasks, but not art, menus, or creative stuff people actually see

  • Hollerbach's German Restaurant gets praised as a full Sanford night out with food, drinks, music, and pins

  • Big roadside billboards used to feel magical, especially the old Universal E.T. sign

  • Digital billboards feel less memorable and less effective than old practical ones

  • They question whether billboard ads really work, even after trying them

  • Reddit story about a fake-working security guard sneaking into concerts and games for free

  • They debate whether the scam is harmless until greed pushes it too far

  • More scam talk includes hacked cards, bank robbery stories, old discount perks, and surviving on corporate crumbs

  • Forgotten Hooters cards, dead ad accounts, and leftover company resources become accidental loophole legends

  • Tax write-offs, audit odds, and corporate waste spark more rule-bending talk

  • The show ends with a terrible St. Patrick's Day rap and disbelief over the line leprechaun baby

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Where to Find the Show
Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a-mediocre-time/id334142682
Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkLnBvZGJlYW4uY29tL2FtZWRpb2NyZXRpbWUvcG9kY2FzdC54bWw
TuneIn: https://tunein.com/podcasts/Comedy/A-Mediocre-Time-p364156/

Tom & Dan on Real Radio 104.1
Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a-corporate-time/id975258990
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TuneIn: https://tunein.com/podcasts/Comedy/A-Corporate-Time-p1038501/

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Floor. What does floor rhyme with?

0:02.8

Moore. Door.

0:05.1

Core.

0:06.1

Oh, yeah.

0:06.9

It rhymes with core.

0:08.5

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

0:09.1

And if you need flooring, if you want the best in flooring, the best installation, the best experience for the brand new floors you're going to put in your home, core flooring Center is the place you want to go and you want to talk to Corey.

0:22.2

Yep.

0:22.5

Right there in Winter Park, serving all of Central Florida, C-O-R-E flooringFL.com is our website.

0:29.6

20 years experience.

0:31.3

Great ratings online.

0:32.8

You could look at it yourself.

0:34.4

Like I said, serving all of Central Florida.

0:36.8

Made in the USA waterproof,

0:38.3

laminated, vinyl plank, like you have Daniel, wood floors and carpet, dustless flooring

0:45.0

removal.

0:45.9

So if, you know, you hire core flooring and you need, you know, let's say the tile taken

0:50.9

out of your current place.

0:52.2

It's just a better experience when they don't destroy your home. Yeah, and then dust it all up. So they have the dustless flooring removal, which is

0:58.8

important. Zero percent financing for 24 months. And right now, limited time offer. You've got to

1:04.4

mention Tom and Dan. You can get 10% off your flooring and labor starting at a dollar or square foot so you can do the math.

1:13.5

They're super high quality.

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