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Episode 60

## Date

Sunday, 5/24/2020, 3:00 pm

**Length:** 1:08:43

## Title

**The Day We Found Out It Was All A Dream (But It Really Was Bob Dylan’s Birthday)**

## Link

Facebook Video: https://facebook.com/252408972636418

## Noteworthy Details

Regular Episode

**Location:** Living Room

**Secret Surprise Special Guest:** N/A

## Episode Description

* Josh slept at the organ all night
* The little puzzle debuts, unboxed, on the table
* Chloe Jr. (Cleo) debuts on the regular set
* RPM "Songs gotta get learned"
* Bob Dylan Medley?
* Josh sees a Dream Theme

## Quotes and Taglines:

* “Oh, I see what’s happening. You guys are requesting dream songs because I mentioned dreams. And the thing is I see all these songs coming in and I’m like ‘I don’t know why you’re requesting them.’ Usually it’s long after the show that I realize all those dream songs are coming in. I don’t remember what I’m talking about like 30 seconds after I talk about it.”
* “I don't know what the scene is like these days for the kids.”
* “I’m weeding. That's what they call it in librarian talk — weeding the inventory.”
* “What even are days anymore, I ask you?”
* “Nancy (Faust), if you could just, like, telepath the chord progression to me, that would be super helpful because I don’t remember it.”
* “I played it recently, but I’m not gonna let you let that stop me. That made sense.”
* “Will any of (the jokes) be funnier the second time than the first? OK, well in that case you’ve given me all the inappropriate encouragement I need to attempt all the previously bad jokes in the hopes that they’ll be funnier the second time around… I thought the key to comedy was…uh…what’s that thing?…where you say the thing?…I don’t remember.”
* “I’m gonna have to fake this one.”
* “I was unicyclng across a tightrope and I wobbled. I didn't fall; I wobbled. Still scary.”

## Hatter or No-Hatter?

* Hat to Start

**Previous: Episode 59 | Next: Episode 61**
Episode 10

## Date

Saturday, 4/4/2020, 3:00 pm

**Length:** 0:33:07

## Title

**The Day Josh’s Brother Benjy And Niece Molly Dropped By At The Window And Requested A Song**

## Link

Facebook Video: https://facebook.com/3301095509919098

## Noteworthy Details

Regular Episode

**Location:** Living Room

**Secret Surprise Special Guest:** Family Members Benjy and Molly Kantor

## Quotes and Taglines:

* “I try to play (requests), but the problem is I learn them at the ballgame and then I play them and then I forget them.”
* “Hooray, I knew it!”
* “That’s the kind of filth I play for you people. I hope you appreciate it.”
* “Mary has more important things to do than writing down all the bad songs you love.”

## Hatter or No-Hatter?

* Hatter

**Previous: Episode 9 | Next: Episode 11**
Episode 75

## Date

Monday, 6/8/2020, 3:00 pm

**Length:** 0:59:22

## Title

**The Day The Stretch Celebrated Its Platinum Jubilee With Perfect Song Bookends And A Delightful Impromptu Call-In From Mikael Jorgensen Of Wilco**

## Link

Facebook Video: https://facebook.com/671669830087307

## Noteworthy Details

Regular Episode

**Location:** Living Room

**Secret Surprise Special Guest:** Musician Mikael Jorgensen Keyboardist of Wilco

## Episode Description

* The keyboardist from Wilco calls in
* Call in's, Jumping the Shark?

## Quotes and Taglines:

* “Let’s talk about that chord for a half-second.”
* “I’m probably never gonna do this one. And I may have said at some point, like, ‘Oh maybe I’ll do that one someday. I almost fully rescind that. I might still do it — there’s still a small chance — but there’s less of a chance than whatever chance it was that I indicated previously.” (on someone’s Frank Zappa request)
* “Basically I’m trying to stall for as long as possible before I start to play requests.”
* “Where was I? Oh yeah, regretting requests.”
* “I’m not throwing it off the board, but I’m not putting it on the A list.”
* “Don’t worry…I’m not playing very much today. I’m just babbling.”
* “Who wouldn't love this song? If you don’t love this song, man, I don’t know what to tell you.”
* “Let’s do my favorite part again.”
* “I don’t want to go to that well too many times.”

## Hatter or No-Hatter?

* Hatter

**Previous: Episode 74 | Next: Episode 76**
Episode 20

## Date

Tuesday, 4/14/2020, 3:00 pm

**Length:** 0:43:20

## Title

**The Day Nancy Faust Was The Stretch’s First Musical Guest And Josh’s Brain Almost Exploded**

## Link

Facebook Video: https://facebook.com/222958522381404

## Noteworthy Details

Regular Episode

**Location:** Living Room

**Secret Surprise Special Guest:** Organist Nancy Faust (Jenkins) most notably of the Chicago White Sox

## Quotes and Taglines:

* “Oh, the fun we have…”
* “You guys would not believe how many technical Emmys we are up for right now.”
* “Holy frijoles….it’s all downhill from here you guys.”
* “I’m practically scripting the show right now, which is kind of illegal but that’s what I’m doing.”
* “This is a great song that I surely do not remember how to play. But I’m not gonna let that stop me because I’m just gonna channel the power of Nancy Faust.”
* “I’m gonna play it a little slow. … It’ll be like watching a trainwreck in slow motion.”
* “I wrote that song. Why would I play it?”
* “We have like one minute to get to seven more. Piece of cake.”

## Hatter or No-Hatter?

* Hatter

**Previous: Episode 19 | Next: Episode 21**
Episode 25

## Date

Sunday, 4/19/2020, 3:00 pm

**Length:** 0:54:15

## Title

**The Day We Gave Josh A Standing Ovation For Nailing “Barracuda” (And Also Stood For “Stand!”)**

## Link

Facebook Video: https://facebook.com/259542801843882

## Noteworthy Details

Regular Episode

**Location:** Living Room

**Secret Surprise Special Guest:** N/A

## Quotes and Taglines:

* “I have half an eye on the chat…”
* “We never plan anything ahead, certainly not more than one day at the most.”
* “That’s actually the one James Taylor song I like…” (on Your Smiling Face)
* “I don’t know what the word droll means. I’m not very smart.”
* “I always make this way harder on myself than it needs to be.”
* “I can’t get to every request, which really bums me out actually. But I’m trying to be OK with it. I’ve talked to my therapist about it. She said it’s OK. So I’m a work in progress, people. We’re all a work in progress.”
* “Maybe I should give organ lessons so that everybody can do this show and I don’t have to do it anymore. I can franchise it.”
* “Is it a great song? Not for me to say. You guys might might not like it. I just like it. I don’t know why. Maybe ‘cause I roller-skated to it when I was a kid…”
* “We’re gonna have to be way more delirious. We’re gonna have to be up to like episode 260 before I start playing Go Cubs Go and the other ‘root, root’ songs for the other teams.”
* “I guess you guys are weird, so more power to you. I doff Don to you weirdos.”
* “What’s a Billy Joel song that I could play reasonably well and not feel dirty? No offense. I don’t judge people for liking music that I don’t like; I just tease them playfully, whimsically.”

## Hatter or No-Hatter?

* Hatter

**Previous: Episode 24 | Next: Episode 26**
Episode 49

## Date

Wednesday, 5/13/2020, 3:00 pm

**Length:** 2:31:25

## Title

**The Day The Stretch Time Warped Back One Day Before Continuing Forward On Wonder Day, When Josh Played 49 Songs In Honor Of Stevie’s 70th Birthday**

## Link

Facebook Video: https://facebook.com/243502106909041

## Noteworthy Details

Special Episode

**Location:** Living Room

**Secret Surprise Special Guest:** N/A

## Episode Description

* Stevie Wonder's Birthday
* 50 Stevie Songs

## Quotes and Taglines:

* “I made a list of 50 Stevie Wonder songs, you guys. I picked all the ones that I haven’t already played on the show, which I’ve played already about 10 or 11; I picked all the ones that I thought would sound good on the organ; and all the ones that I felt like wouldn't take a lot of homework on my part, because I'm a little lazy. Although I did some homework because I love Stevie that much. That’s how much I love Stevie, I actually did some homework.”
* “That guy (Stevie), he’s got more Grammys than I have, like, bottles of seltzer water in storage. It’s crazy.”
* “Innervisions is probably the one that most consistently comes out on top. But it’s like trying to pick your favorite kid, if you had, like, 30 awesome kids.” (on what his favorite Stevie album is)
* “There are some songs that are just perfect, and this is one of them. I’m not gonna play it perfectly, but the recording is a perfect song.”
* “This song...oh buoy. How does it go?”
* “I’m more excited about May 13th than I am about my own birthday.”
* “Did I play that song at a Red Sox game one time when Rev. Producer Mary was in the stands and it was, like, a secret love note to her? Yes, I did.” (on I Love Every Little Thing About You)
* “This song is amazing. Am I just saying that about every single song? Probably. I picked a lot of favorites.”

## Hatter or No-Hatter?

* Hatter

**Previous: Episode 48 | Next: Episode 50**
Episode 4

## Date

Sunday, 3/29/2020, 3:00 pm

**Length:** 0:33:31

## Title

**The Day Reverend Producer Mary Started Really Writing Down Requests And Josh Finally Played A Steve Goodman Baseball Song (No, Not That One)**

## Link

Facebook Video: https://facebook.com/10220936114569352

## Noteworthy Details

Regular Episode

**Location:** Living Room

**Secret Surprise Special Guest:** N/A

## Episode Description

* Annual Birthday Song
* On Personal FB Page
* Bobby Cressey Tunes In
* Zim Zoom Terrera

## Quotes and Taglines:

* “Look at this, I have notes. We are so darned professional.”
* “I hummed it to myself in my head before the show started. If that is cheating, call me a cheater.”
* “My mom’s here, so everybody watch your goddamn language. Hi, mom.”
* “By God, if I can’t play this song, I do not deserve my stripes. I didn’t say that out loud because I can’t play this song. Lord help us. God, I really should know this.”

## Hatter or No-Hatter?

* TBD

**Previous: Episode 3 | Next: Episode 5**
Episode 55

## Date

Tuesday, 5/19/2020, 3:00 pm

**Length:** 1:03:08

## Title

**The Day Lenny DiNardo (And His Daughter Abby) Sent In A Video Message To Take Josh To Task For Forgetting That Joe Hesketh Also Wore No. 55**

## Link

Facebook Video: https://facebook.com/865732073895415

## Noteworthy Details

Regular Episode

**Location:** Living Room

**Secret Surprise Special Guest:** N/A

## Quotes and Taglines:

* “What happened to my vision board? Everything’s a mess. It’s a mess, you guys. Ooh, buoy.”
* “I said I knew it. Doesn’t mean I actually know it, when push comes to shove.”
* “I don't really have it, which is embarrassing considering how many times I listened to this song as a kid and how much I roller-skated to it.”
* “That one would be the safer choice for me, which means I’m not gonna play it.”
* “Mashups don’t mash themselves up.”
* “Pretend it’s a cocktail party and I’m just playing lounge music in the corner. This isn’t, like, a show.”
* “Wow, this is gonna be a hot mess.”
* “Reverend Producer Mary is a bit of a puppet master here, and I’m a bit of a puppet.”

## Hatter or No-Hatter?

* TBD

**Previous: Episode 54 | Next: Episode 56**
Episode 108

## Date

Saturday, 7/11/2020, 3:00 pm

**Length:** 1:36:07

## Title

**The Day Yo La Tengo’s Ira Kaplan Swung By The Living Room On A Somewhat Silly Saturday Before Josh Got Everyone Thinking About Alfredo And Gelato And Mary Had A Productivity Time Adventure Zone**

## Link

Facebook Video: https://facebook.com/275526386885426

## Noteworthy Details

Regular Episode

**Location:** Living Room

**Secret Surprise Special Guest:** Musician Ira Kaplan of Yo La Tengo

## Quotes and Taglines:

* “That’s a tangent…” (on Mariah Carey being the face of crisps in the UK when Josh was there)
* “I’m not passing judgement because we all get excited about things we shouldn’t. It takes one to know one is what I’m saying. If I judge you, I judge myself because, man oh man, do I get excited about the most boringest stuff, you guys wouldn’t believe it.”
* “Guys we have a format here, a formula. We’re trying to get ratings. We plan things out in advance…”
* “I should know that one better. I’ve roller skated to it.” (on Everybody Have Fun Tonight)
* “I didn’t cuss hardly at all for like the first, what, 90 days, and then I’m letting it all hang out. You know, when you’re cooped up in the house for 17 and a half weeks straight, strange things happen. You start doing things that are not in your character, like cussin’ and fussin’.”
* “We don’t care about doing it right. We prefer to...” (Ira Kaplan on philosophy of YLT’s “Murdering The Classics” benefits for WFMU; also acknowledged as tagline for 7IS)
* Josh: You guys remember that movie Shall We Dance — Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, late 30s? // Mary: Yes. Yes, yes. // Josh: Do you remember the Gershwin song that’s in it; it’s called Let’s Call The Whole Thing Off. I think it’s the scene where they’re dancing while roller skating? You guys know that song, // Mary: Yesssssss! I do! // Josh: I just learned this morning that Gershwin borrowed several elements of that song from an old, traditional Italian folk ballad. // Mary: Of what song? // Josh: It was originally a traditional Italian folk ballad. Did you guys know that? It goes like this: ‘You say alfredo and I say gelato, you say alfredo and I say gelato. Alfredo, gelato, alfredo, gelato…let’s call the whole thing delicious.’ True. Italian folk music … they like to write about their cuisine, as does any culture that has good cuisine. // Mary (laughing wildly): Josh Kantor, you’re ridiculous! Let’s keep going. Oh, I just need a breath. I’m OK.
* “Guys, I don’t know what’s happening.”

## Hatter or No-Hatter?

* TBD

**Previous: Episode 107 | Next: Episode 109**
Episode 94

## Date

Saturday, 6/27/2020, 3:00 pm

**Length:** 1:19:06

## Title

**The Day Haben Girma Informed And Inspired Everyone On Helen Keller’s 140th Birthday And During Deafblind Awareness Week (And Josh And Mary Broke The Zero-Dollar Budget To Make It Accessible For All)**

## Link

Facebook Video: https://facebook.com/645497666044161

## Noteworthy Details

Regular Episode

**Location:** Living Room

**Secret Surprise Special Guest:** Disability Rights Lawyer Haben Girma, the modern day Helen Keller

## Episode Description

* Guest interview: Haben Girma SSSG
* Helen Keller's birthday
* Cheesecake with raspberries and a candle for all the recent birthdays
* Josh should have a talk show
* For it's one two three strikes you're out at Brad's Birthday

## Quotes and Taglines:

* “I played it once before, but that doesn’t mean much.”
* “I’m still Habenstracted.”
* “Ain’t no pandemic can keep your love down.” (on John W.’s delayed wedding)
* “There are jazz aficionados who heard his recordings for the first time and were literally like, ‘There’s no way. There’s gotta be a third hand in there somewhere, maybe it’s coming out of his chest or something.’” (on jazz pianist Art Tatum, whose “Best Of” was the album of the day)
* “For the first 93 days of this show, we literally had a zero-dollar budget and we took pride in that. And sometimes it was a bit of a perverse pride. We felt lucky. We can do the show that we want to do and have it be whatever we want it to be.”
* “Chloe and Mary and execs are threatening more guests. We’ll see what comes of that. I’m not opposed to it.”
* “Stevie Wonder was, like, hanging out with Haben and just started singing this song to her and all I can think of is what if I was Haben … I would melt. Or I’d lose consciousness. No, I’d lose consciousness thinking about it. I would melt if it actually happened to me.”

## Baseball Card of the Day

* Curtis Pride (Deaf MLB player): [placeholder]

## Hatter or No-Hatter?

* No Hatter

**Previous: Episode 93 | Next: Episode 95**
SSSG: Jenny Conlee and Nate Query

## Guest Info

**Website:** http://www.decemberists.com/

**Wikipedia Page:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nate\_Query, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jenny\_Conlee

**Bio:**

* Musicians from The Decemberists

## Link

* **Full Episode:** https://facebook.com/3141709522590631

**Start Time:** TBD

**Length:** TBD

* **SSSG Video:** n/a
Episode 92

## Date

Thursday, 6/25/2020, 3:00 pm

**Length:** 0:59:03

## Title

**The Day John W’s Record Hit Streak Ended And Josh Remembered His Dad’s Birthday And A Wedding Anniversary But Forgot A Nine-Year-Old’s Birthday, So Mary Came Back And Sang Him Two Songs**

## Link

Facebook Videos:

* Episode 92a: https://facebook.com/297367548114939
* Episode 92b (bonus content: Alexander's birthday): https://facebook.com/301177540925476

## Noteworthy Details

Regular Episode

**Location:** Living Room

**Secret Surprise Special Guest:** N/A

## Episode Description

* Ken Kantor birthday - 3 birthday-related songs
* John W. hit streak is over
* RJ got an award from RPM!
* Extra Post-show Show: Happy birthday to Alexander

## Quotes and Taglines:

* “Welcome to Episode No. 92 of the 7th-Inning Stretch. How do I know it’s number 92? Because I wrote it down. Could I have possibly remembered that without having written it down? Doubtful.”
* “Maybe by the time I finish the chorus, the verse will come to me…:”
* “We never do cheesy songs on this show.”
* “It got better each time through, but I’m like, ‘I’m not gonna make them listen to me play it six times through just so I can get it right once.’ One for six, that’s no kind of batting average.”
* “Let’s get on with it, shall, we?”
* “Sometimes the first note is the hardest one to find and yet it’s hard to play the song without the first note because where do you start if you don’t start at the start?”
* “Guys, I’ve rediscovered cereal. You can be an adult and eat it.” (RPM)
* Mary: “Josh, you have nine minutes.” // Josh: “Sure, plenty of time.”
* “I love this song. And I don’t know why I haven’t gotten to it before. There’s just been too many other good requests, I guess. Or too many other bad requests that I’ve had an opportunity to make fun of.”
* “We’ll get it, guys, before this meeting has to happen. … It’s not quite right. It’s gonna have to be good enough.”

## Hatter or No-Hatter?

* Hatter

**Previous: Episode 91 | Next: Episode 93**
Episode 112

## Date

Wednesday, 7/15/2020, 3:00 pm

**Length:** 1:23:52

## Title

**The Day Josh Got Us All With The Ultimate Rickroll Mashup Before Jenny Conlee-Drizos And Nate Query Of The Decemberists Stopped By And Gave Josh The Day Off From Playing “Take Me Out To The Ballgame”**

## Link

Facebook Video: https://facebook.com/3141709522590631

## Noteworthy Details

Regular Episode

**Location:** Living Room

**Secret Surprise Special Guest:** Musicians Jenny Conlee and Nate Query of The Decemberists

## Episode Description

* Josh: "Guys, I got glasses"
* TMOTTBG not played by Josh, rather by Jenny on the Accordion
* Josh and RPM stetch during the Seventh Inning Stretch
* Pandamnit Tax Day

## Quotes and Taglines:

* “I might as well just, like, take a couple (requests) right now and get them over with. That came out wrong…”
* “What if I just did that for the whole show? I feel like I could do that, just go back and forth between verse and chorus of Rickroll and verse and chorus of Roberta Flack (Killing Me Softly)…”
* “Dorky stuff is the best stuff…organs, accordions…” (Jenny Conlee-Drizos, during Zoom chat)
* “Guys, this is the first time in 112 days that I have not played that song. I feel great (about it). I don’t ned a day off — I’m ready to keep doing the show — but did I need 40 seconds off? Yeah, I did.“ (on Take Me Out To The Ballgame)
* “You guys know where to find me — just click zoom.us.”

## Hatter or No-Hatter?

* TBD

**Previous: Episode 111 | Next: Episode 113**
S3 Episode 13

## Date

Monday, 12/13/2021, 5PM EST

**Length:** 02:03:11

## Link

Facebook Videos:

* Full episode: https://facebook.com/457335062446086

## Noteworthy Details

Regular

**Location:** Living Room

**Secret Surprise Special Guest:** TBD

**Stretcher Guest:** TBD

## 7th Inning Stretch Orchestra

* Come and Get It, by Badfinger (Key: E)
* Start: 01:11:55

## Hatter or No-Hatter?

* Hatter

**Previous: Live Episode 1 | Next: Episode 14**
Appendix J

## Date

Monday, 9/28/2020, 3:00 pm

**Length:** 2:12:01

## Title

**The Day Jen McCaffrey Of The Athletic Joined To Give The Final Fenway Report, Josh Played Jump Blindfolded And Josh’s Brother Benjy And Niece Adele Delivered Masks And Jammed To Hocus Pocus At The Window (And Then Everybody Went To The Park)**

## Link

Facebook Video: https://facebook.com/2800219966879402

## Noteworthy Details

Regular Episode

**Location:** Living Room

**Secret Surprise Special Guest:** Jen McCaffrey (Red Sox reporter for the Athletic), Benjy

## Quotes and Taglines:

* “(My brother Benjy) requested a birthday song that I had never heard of before, and I was like, ‘Oh, I’ll learn it.’ But then I didn’t; I ran out of time and energy. So maybe I’ll play something else for him today that I know he’ll love or maybe I’ll learn that one for next time…”
* “I guess I want to play some requests. Do I? Yeah, I do.”
* “Let’s get to the requests already, for crying out loud.”
* “I don’t even know if that’s right. I might not be able to give myself credit for that one. I’m gonna have to go back and listen to the recording and see if what I just played was good enough to count as having played it or whether I just made the whole thing up.” (on Laughter In The Rain by Anne Murray)
* “I learned to how play this song when I was 11. And even when I was 11, it occurred to me that Eddie Van Halen is not really a good keyboard player. … He’s a great guitar player, I’ll give him that. One of the all-time greatest. Not such a great keyboard player. Can I play this song blindfolded?” (on Jump by Van Halen)
* “You know how to give homework that yields good product. My homework is always, like, ‘Why is the out-of-tune medium-sized roto-tom on The Kinks’ ‘Strangers’ in the 5/4 section effective?’ You don’t get good results from my homework assignments.” (on Mary assigning “homework” to chat participants to recount their pandemic summer activities)
* “Man oh man, did I roller skate to this? That’s a rhetorical question; the answer’s yes.” (on The Tide Is High by The Paragons/made famous by Blondie)

## Baseball Card of the Week

* Cliff Johnson: 1982 Fleer card
* Mike Easler: 1982 Fleer card

## Album of the Week

* Stevie Wonder – Songs In The Key Of Life

## Hatter or No-Hatter?

* Hatter

**Previous: Appendix I.2 | Next: Appendix K.1**
S2 Episode 17

## Date

Monday, 3/15/2021, 3:00 pm

**Length:** 1:56:30

## Title

**The Day Mary Whispered A Text Message And Got The Giggles While Thinking About A Year Of Stretches, While Josh Revealed That He Is Not A Shoe Collector And Took A Little While To Close An Open-Face Beatles Sandwich**

## Link

Facebook Videos:

* https://facebook.com/3926360580754112

## Noteworthy Details

Regular Episode

**Location:** Living Room

**Secret Surprise Special Guest:** N/A

## Weekly Sponsor and Tagline

* Having Too Many Shoes: The Chances Are I’m Talking To You.

## Hatter or No-Hatter?

* Hatter

**Previous: Episode 16 | Next: Episode 18**
Episode 52

## Date

Saturday, 5/16/2020, 3:00 pm

**Length:** 2:09:02

## Title

**The Day The Bobbleheads Got Their Masks, Convoy Finally Got Played And Kitchen Sink V Turned Into A Commencement Ceremony Led By Mary (Who Later Forgot She Was Doing A Show During The Show)**

## Link

Facebook Video: https://facebook.com/261516855038334

## Noteworthy Details

Special Episode

**Location:** Living Room

**Secret Surprise Special Guest:** N/A

## Episode Description

* Kitchen Sink
* The figurines got their PPE

## Quotes and Taglines:

* “Are we gonna get to all 175 of these (songs)? There's no way.”
* “I roller-skated to this song.”
* “We're going from a terrible song to a good song, and I feel good about that.”
* “You know what happened? I made a mistake. Hard to believe, I know.”
* “I’ll fake it. I'll come up with something.”
* “Of course, seven weeks ago, I knew it way better than I do now, but that's the way these things go, guys. Think, man, think.”
* “Who requested this song? For crying out loud. Why is this on the list?”
* “Why does everybody keep requesting Convoy? This is such a weird song. If you guys are not familiar with C.W. McCall’s Convoy, maybe take a listen to the recording after the show. Don't expect to hear something normal. That’s all I’ll say about that.”
* “(scanning song list) What’s essential? This is not essential, but it’s gonna be fun.”
* “I really wanted to end right at 5 o'clock, but then I was like, ‘That would be out of character for me, right? To end at the time I was planning to end?’”

## Hatter or No-Hatter?

* TBD

**Previous: Episode 51 | Next: Episode 53**
Jay Russell

> "The Scholar" (S1) "Sassy Honor's Student" (S2)
>
> Character Description, Maybe

* S1
* S2

Edmund Russell (vampire parent)

## Relationships

Chloe Taylor

[x]

Theo Russell

[x]

Andrew Russell

[x]

Dorothy Miller

[x]

## Trivia

* He was an advisor for the Byzantine Empire in the 14th century and became a vampire on the day the empire fell.
* Right after becoming a vampire, he travelled the world with Edmund.
* He has never been in a relationship in his life, both as a vampire and as a human.
* Although Andrew is 300 years older, he sometimes thinks Andrew's sly character is too much to bear.
* He remembers every detail in every book he has read.
* He finds it difficult to talk to people while looking them in the eye.
* Though he started off studying the humanities, he also took an interest in engineering.
* According to Dorothy, he has really soft hair.
Ares

> “The God of War who fights fear"
>
> Character Description, Maybe

## Relationships

Lucy Bennett

[x]

Apollo

[x]

Hermes

[x]

Zeus

[x]

## Trivia

* He sometimes transforms into and flies around as an eagle.
* He doesn't show much respect to the older generation gods either.
* He thinks reading and art is boring.
* He can't drink well but pretends he can.
Episode 48

## Date

Tuesday, 5/12/2020, 3:00 pm

**Length:** 0:56:13

## Title

**The Day Josh Talked Smack About Bono For His Part In “Do They Know It’s Christmas?” But Was Embarrassed When Cáit Corrected Him In The Chat**

## Link

Facebook Video: https://facebook.com/1481314905374929

## Noteworthy Details

Regular Episode

**Location:** Living Room

**Secret Surprise Special Guest:** N/A

## Quotes and Taglines:

* “I myself am not so much into, like, organ-centric songs, even though I am an organ player. Some people think that’s ironic.”
* “Why does this make me laugh? Because it’s funny. I laugh at funny things, guys. I also laugh at not funny things sometimes.”
* “Oh man, I wanna be a bear so bad…” (RPM)
* “This is a trusting community. … The problem with being trusting is I now have to figure out how to play a Steve Winwood song.”
* “Wow, I faked my way through that one better than I thought I would.”
* “Guys, we're not gonna sell out. We're not gonna have corporate sponsors, not for this. We're gonna maintain our independence and our commitment to a zero-dollar budget.”
* “I’m pretty sure I have played it before, but I’m not gonna let that stop me. I’m pretty sure I don’t remember how to play it now; not gonna let that stop me, either.”
* “Hey, it's 3:50. We're 50 minutes into a 30-minute show.”

## Hatter or No-Hatter?

* TBD

**Previous: Episode 47 | Next: Episode 49**
Episode 6

## Date

Tuesday, 3/31/2020, 3:00 pm

**Length:** 0:35:47

## Title

**The Day That Started With Name That Tune (For A Gold Star) And Josh Also Granted The Stretch’s First Repeat And Played “The Cup Song” For Children**

## Link

Facebook Video: https://facebook.com/10220961012031773

## Noteworthy Details

Regular Episode

**Location:** Living Room

**Secret Surprise Special Guest:** N/A

## Episode Description

* Gold Star Contest
* On Personal FB Page
* Eckersley Hat - A Giveaway

## Quotes and Taglines:

* “If I’m wrong, don’t even bother telling me. I’ll look it up later.”
* “I’ll just play a little bit of it because I don’t want to alienate people here…” (on The Best Theme From The Best Show)
* “You thought I didn’t know the middle eight, right? But I did…” (on I Only Want To Be With You)
* “I just don’t know what I know.”
* “I don’t remember the verse, but nobody else does either. So that’s fine, we just do the chorus and we’re all happy.” (on Mrs. Robinson)
* "Jazz chords, aaahhh!” (on My Funny Valentine)
* “Sorry, I’m not gonna mangle it. I’m gonna play it better than that.” (on Party In The USA)
* “See, aren’t they so much better when I don’t know them before I start? That was fun...” (on Don't Do Me Like That)

## Hatter or No-Hatter?

* Hatter

**Previous: Episode 5 | Next: Episode 7**
S2 Episode 16

## Date

Monday, 3/15/2021, 3:00 pm

**Length:** 1:34:13

## Title

**The Day It Was The Day After Pi Day (Or Was It Actually Pi Day?) And Josh Had A Hard Out Because Of A Work Call But Still Found A Baseball Card Pack To Open While Mary Conducted A Show-And-Tell Session Featuring Books, Quilts And Sticks**

## Link

Facebook Videos:

* https://facebook.com/458396538813404

## Noteworthy Details

Regular Episode

**Location:** Living Room

**Secret Surprise Special Guest:** N/A

## Weekly Sponsor and Tagline

* G-Rated Parmesan Cheese: It’s Grate For Cheese Lovers Of All Ages

## Baseball Card of the Week

* Rondell White and 1928 World Series lenticular, both taken from pack of 1991 Score opened during the show

## Album of the Week

* John Kiley – He’s Irish And He’s Beautiful

## Hatter or No-Hatter?

* Immediate Hatter

**Previous: Episode 15 | Next: Episode 17**
Episode 2

## Date

Friday, 3/27/2020, 3:00 pm

**Length:** 0:33:01

## Title

**The Day The Living Room Was Reassembled And Josh Technically Threw The First No-Hatter In Stretch History (Way Before That Was Even A Thing)**

## Link

Facebook Video: https://facebook.com/10220908611081782

## Noteworthy Details

Regular Episode

**Location:** Living Room

**Secret Surprise Special Guest:** N/A

## Episode Description

* Reverened Mary (sans Producer)

* On Personal FB Page

* April and Josh listen to Kenny Rogers

## Quotes and Taglines:

* “The first request I saw was Zappa, which is totally unfortunate but I’m gonna do it.”

* “I’m gonna regret this so hard…”

* “I cover this song with a band that I play with called Split Squad. Fun band … check them out. Nice self-promotion there, Josh.”

* “Wouldn’t it be embarrassing if I don’t remember how it goes after all the times I’ve played it.”

* “I don’t remember if I remember it.”

## Hatter or No-Hatter?

* No Hatter (the first!!)

**Previous: Episode 1 | Next: Episode 3**
S3 Episode 2

## Date

Monday, 10/04/2021, 7PM EST

**Length:** 02:24:38

## Link

Facebook Videos:

* Full episode: https://facebook.com/1299946343799674

## Noteworthy Details

Regular

**Location:** Living Room

**Secret Surprise Special Guest:** TBD

**Stretcher Guest:** TBD

## 7th Inning Stretch Orchestra

* This Land Is Your Land, by Various (Key: G)
* Start: 1:18:06
* Tempo: 74 BPM

## Hatter or No-Hatter?

* TBD

**Previous: Episode 1 | Next: Episode 3**
Episode 97

## Date

Tuesday, 6/30/2020, 3:00 pm

**Length:** 1:27:06

## Title

**The Day Atlanta Rock Royalty Steve Gorman And Kelly Hogan Joined The Show And Told Some Unsane Stories (And Josh Got Everyone Acronymstracted When He Conjured A Little R-E-S-P-E-C-T From RPMFTAZ)**

## Link

Facebook Video: https://facebook.com/563423757866660

## Noteworthy Details

Regular Episode

**Location:** Living Room

**Secret Surprise Special Guest:** Musician Steve Gorman, Black Crowes Drummer; Kelly Hogan, Musician

## Episode Description

* Scorecard Notation: KMR kicked some ass as the scorer/statitician
* FTAZ surprise early in the show
* RPM is sorting through boxes in the living room
* Aretha: RPMFTAZ "Respect"
* Special Surprise Guest: Steve Gorman, Black Crowes Drummer SSSG
* Steve meets Peter Gammons and celebrates with the Braves after World Series

## Quotes and Taglines:

* “The problem with making commitments to doing things is you actually have to do them.” (RPM)
* “Guys, I’m chatstracted. Not supposed to look at the chat, but I want to say hello to people and then what happens? I see a request that I. Want. To. Play.”
* “I’m always distracted, you guys know this. I get chatstracted, Marystracted. I don’t know what I am today. I’m jobstracted and phonestracted and computerstracted.”
* “I remember so little of this song it’d be a miracle if I can get four bars out of it.”
* “Who could forget? I forgot, but who could forget?”

## Hatter or No-Hatter?

* Hatter to Start

**Previous: Episode 96 | Next: Episode 98**
S3 Episode 15

## Date

Monday, 12/27/2021, 7PM EST

**Length:** 02:35:40

## Link

Facebook Videos:

* Full episode: https://facebook.com/290568579753578

## Noteworthy Details

Regular

**Location:** Living Room

**Secret Surprise Special Guest:** TBD

**Stretcher Guest:** TBD

## 7th Inning Stretch Orchestra

* Tragedy, by the Bee Gees (Key: B Minor [Chorus] / D Major [Verses])
* Start: 1:39:10

## Hatter or No-Hatter?

* TBD

**Previous: Episode 14 | Next: Episode 16**
SSSG: Gary Louris and John Jackson

## Guest Info

**Website:** https://www.jayhawksofficial.com/

**Wikipedia Page:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary\_Louris, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John\_Jackson\_(musician)

**Bio:**

* Musicians from the Jayhawks

## Link

* **Full Episode:** https://facebook.com/1015920945493302

**Start Time:** TBD

**Length:** TBD

* **SSSG Video:** n/a
Episode 72

## Date

Friday, 6/5/2020, 3:00 pm

**Length:** 1:01:58

## Title

**The Day Acclaimed Singer-Songwriter And Bandleader Ryan Montbleau Called Josh During The Show And Josh Called Him Back And Put Him On Speaker**

## Link

Facebook Video: https://facebook.com/2473779026055824

## Noteworthy Details

Regular Episode

**Location:** Living Room

**Secret Surprise Special Guest:** Musician Ryan Montbleau, lead singer of the Ryan Montbleau Band

## Episode Description

* Josh gets a phone call - Ryan Montbleau SSSG
* RPM gets Sticky Feet

## Quotes and Taglines:

* “There’s too many people here. It’s great; we love it.”
* “The requests are coming in, and I can already tell some that I’m not gonna play…”
* “The part where you know how to play it is not ringing a bell for me, I apologize for that.”
* “This is a repeat, but I dig it so we’re gonna hear it.”
* “When the show is not on, it’s singy singalong time for everything.” (RPM)
* “I’ll give it another shot, but I’m expecting another ‘fall flat on my face.’”
* “I think this is a perfect song. Not the way I play it. … I’m gonna give it a little bit of a dance beat, just to make it a little less perfect than its original form.”
* “There is a pandemic curve, that’s for sure. But I’d like to do better than that.”
* “Guys, I hate to disappoint you but I am not Tina Turner — yet.”

## Hatter or No-Hatter?

* No Hatter

**Previous: Episode 71 | Next: Episode 73**
Appendix O.2

## Date

Tuesday, 11/3/2020, 4:02 pm

**Length:** 0:03:19

## Title

**The Day It Was Josh’s Birthday And Puppet Mary And Chloe Jr. (In Elephant Form) Decided To Go Live And Surprise Him With A Little Hocus Pocus Serenade**

## Link

Facebook Video: https://facebook.com/973085433187954

## Noteworthy Details

Special Episode

**Location:** Living Room

**Secret Surprise Special Guest:** N/A

## Summary

Note: Josh does not appear in this episode

## Episode Description

* We celebrated Josh's birthday with the traditional birthday theme, Hocus Pocus by Focus!
* RPM and Chloe Jr. (as an elephant) Puppets!
* Also, this was Election Day 2020!

## Quotes and Taglines:

* (Puppet Mary) “Oh hey Chloe Jr., thanks for coming in on your day off. Are you ready to do this tune? Oh man, Josh is gonna be so surprised!”
* (Puppet Chloe Jr.) “Good afternoon, friends. On behalf of everyone at the 7th-Inning Stretch headquarters, I offer my very fondest birthday wishes to our host Josh. Man, that guy is super cool and he’s funny and he’s smart. Wowee! So happy birthday, Josh, and may all your hocus pocus have focus…”

## Hatter or No-Hatter?

* N/A

**Previous: Appendix O.1 | Next: Appendix P**
SSSG: Dale Murphy

## Guest Info

**Website:** https://dalemurphy.com/

**Wikipedia Page:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dale\_Murphy

**Bio:**

* Baseball Player, formerly of the Atlanta Braves; should be in the Baseball Hall of Fame

## Link

* **Full Episode:** https://facebook.com/660421154830969

**Start Time:** TBD

**Length:** TBD

* **SSSG Video:** n/a
Episode 57

## Date

Thursday, 5/21/2020, 3:00 pm

**Length:** 0:51:07

## Title

**The Day The Puzzle Was Finally Finished And Might Have Put Some Weird Mojo In The Living Room**

## Link

Facebook Video: https://facebook.com/922205251575407

## Noteworthy Details

Regular Episode

**Location:** Living Room

**Secret Surprise Special Guest:** N/A

## Quotes and Taglines:

* “I think I've done this one before, but it's almost impossible to remember.”
* “I gotta solidify this vision and move fast here, you guys.”
* “Where'd that fanfare come from? I don’t know. It's a variation on a variation is what that is.”
* “What if we tried it disco-style?”
* “Guys, the whole show is jinxed now. We’re gonna have to fumigate this room, I think.”
* (improvised song, to the tune of M.T.A. by The Kingston Trio) // All day long, trying to put on a show // that people will enjoy // but every time it doesn’t go right // I just sit here and say ‘Oh, buoy’ // And then the show is kind of strange // and we don’t know what to do // and we gotta get outta of this living room // It’s got really weird mojo // I said, ‘I told you so’ // We gotta get outta here
* “I’m feeling iffy about tomorrow already.”

## Hatter or No-Hatter?

* TBD

**Previous: Episode 56 | Next: Episode 58**
S3 Episode 21

## Date

Monday, 01/31/2022, 7PM EST

**Length:** 02:16:17

## Link

Facebook Videos:

* Full episode: https://facebook.com/598093881429978

## Noteworthy Details

Regular

**Location:** Living Room

**Secret Surprise Special Guest:** TBD

**Stretcher Guest:** TBD

## 7th Inning Stretch Orchestra

* The Goonies 'R' Good Enough, by Cyndi Lauper (Key: E major [instrumentals: C sharp minor])
* Start: TBD

## Baseball Card of the Week

* Multiple David Ortiz: 2013 Topps Update-Most Hits by DH, 2014 Topps-2014 World Series Game 6, 2004 Fleer Authentic, 2006 Upper Deck Future Stars, 2007 Upper Deck Goudey, 2010 Topps Peak Performance, 2007 Upper Deck Goudey Heads Up

## Hatter or No-Hatter?

* TBD

**Previous: Episode 20 | Next: Episode 21a**
Episode 62

## Date

Tuesday, 5/26/2020, 3:00 pm

**Length:** 0:52:57

## Title

**The Day Reverend Producer Mary Still Had Her Wedding Dress On — Or Was It All A Dream?**

## Link

Facebook Video: https://facebook.com/245328099897362

## Noteworthy Details

Regular Episode

**Location:** Living Room

**Secret Surprise Special Guest:** N/A

## Episode Description

* AP One Good Thing of the Day
* RPM wedding dress and bear essentials
* Cake Under Glass
* RPM dances and makes wedding dress percussion

## Quotes and Taglines:

* “I will get distracted by the chat, we all know that.”
* “If I know it, I’ll play it. Or if I think I can fake it, I’ll play it.”
* “Could’ve been better, could’ve been worse.”
* “Did the screen freeze? No, I just froze.”
* “Of course I totally forgot. But then I remembered that I forgot, and then I forgot again, and then I remembered that I forgot that I remembered that I forgot.”
* “I’m gonna play one song and make two people happy.”

## Hatter or No-Hatter?

* Late Hatter

**Previous: Episode 61 | Next: Episode 63**
Episode 8

## Date

Thursday, 4/2/2020, 3:00 pm

**Length:** 1:02:15

## Title

**The Day It Was Supposed To Be Opening Day At Fenway Park, So Josh Wore A Tie For A While And Was Introduced By Red Sox PA Announcer Henry Mahegan**

## Link

Facebook Video: https://facebook.com/950922805331542

## Noteworthy Details

Regular Episode

**Location:** Living Room

**Secret Surprise Special Guest:** Red Sox Public Address Announcer Henry Mahegan

## Episode Description

* Red Sox Home Opener
* Josh Wears a necktie on opening day, but never ever dresses up
* Madness Invented Ska, Our House mashup, inside joke, up beat down beat problems
* The composer of That Thing You Do, Adam Schlessinger contracted and died of Covid yesterday
* SIS2020 FB Page Debuts
* Henry sent the hostage video for to open TMOTTBG
* Josh is really missing Fenway and his coworkers
* Pawtucket Red Sox sign in to say hello
* RPM shows off the bear hat for cold weather
* Josh does not think he can last "the whole hour" in a tie
* Plug one thing each day: Bonnie Whitmore, Continental Club Gallery Virtual, last visitor since Pandemic. Left drinks in the fridge.
* Josh will play songs children request even if played the day before. Josh is so nervouis it makes me nervous.
* Josh will sort of be a self admitted jerk about it when someone requests a song not by the original artist, he'll play the original
* Josh and Kelly Hogan are both from Georgia and RPM always roots for Josh
* RPM bypassed the chat for the first time and made her own request "anything by Stevie Wonder" played Overjoyed, favorite post 1980 SW song
* Josh concots 14th inning Rafael Devers Walk Off, TMOTTBG Reprise, Josh calls the homerun and plays Dirty Water, didn't know how to fade out

## Quotes and Taglines:

* “I can’t remember how this goes and I’m stalling for time by not doing anything.”
* “I could’ve played that better, but I’m not gonna sweat it too much.”
* “This is a terrible, dumb endeavor, but maybe someone’ll laugh and then my soul will be fulfilled.”
* “OK I humiliated myself in front of all of you, but then I redeemed myself with a key change.”
* “I know I’ve played it well before. I’m gonna play it kinda, sorta well today.”
* “I’ll take it…that was decent. What was that song called again?”

## Baseball Card of the Day

* Ed Farmer: Pitcher in 70's and 80's Broadcaster, passed away last night, nice person

## Hatter or No-Hatter?

* No Hatter

**Previous: Episode 7 | Next: Episode 9**
Episode 114

## Date

Friday, 7/17/2020, 3:00 pm

**Length:** 1:25:30

## Title

**The Day Josh Put Jean From Korea To Bed And Then Woke Her Up, Revisited The First Request He Played At Fenway And Got A Chance To Catch Up With His Split Squad Bandmate And Blondie Drummer Clem Burke**

## Link

Facebook Video: https://facebook.com/1012568089176373

## Noteworthy Details

Regular Episode

**Location:** Living Room

**Secret Surprise Special Guest:** Musician Clem Burke Drummer of the Ramones and Blondie

## Quotes and Taglines:

* “Remember when I sang this on NPR? They interviewed me about songs that influenced me and (I sang the ‘Halo, Halo, Halo’ part) … and I was like nobody wants to turn on the radio and heard me sing Beyoncé, but it happened.”
* “I think the first line of this song is ‘I remember when rock was young…’ which I feel like if you’re 16, you don’t remember when rock was young. You remember when dubstep was young, maybe.” (on request for Crocodile Rock for a 16-year-old)
* “Normally we only go for 30 minutes…”
* “As Clem Burke says, mandatory masks, pants optional. I am fine with that. And I’m a prude. I’m the prudest prude that ever pruded.”

## Album of the Day

* Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers — Ugetsu

## Hatter or No-Hatter?

* TBD

**Previous: Episode 113 | Next: Episode 115**
Episode 117

## Date

Monday, 7/20/2020, 3:00 pm

**Length:** 1:29:38

## Title

**The Day Josh Caught Up With His Friend And Fenway Co-Worker T.J. Connelly Before Mary Awarded More Stretcher Sticky Stars And She And Josh Announced The Stretch Would Continue Weekly (On Mondays)**

## Link

Facebook Video: https://facebook.com/2367694450200848

## Noteworthy Details

Regular Episode

**Location:** Living Room

**Secret Surprise Special Guest:** Mixmaster TJ Connelly of the Red Sox, Bruins and Patriots

## Episode Description

* Gangsters Paradise was originally by Stevie Wonder
* It's not the heat, it's the humidity making the stickies not stick.
* Josh says many of the songs from TJ's worst songs list were requested by SIS listeners
* Less than daily form revealed/TJ reveals that Josh is heading back to work
* Season 2 will be a weekly format on Mondays at 3PM EDT
* Robin Jenks works at a skating rink

## Quotes and Taglines:

* “Oh my God, roller skating. I wanna roller skate so bad right now.” (on Get Down On It)
* “I don’t remember the pre-chorus; let’s go back to the chorus.” (on Stuck With You)
* “What am I achin’ to play?”
* “Don’t I get, like, an exemption for a certain person I talk to where it just comes out of me? Whatever…I’ll contribute to the swear jar, it’s fine. I mean, the swear jar’s the same fund as the candy jar, right?” (on using profanity during chat with T.J. Connelly)

## Hatter or No-Hatter?

* Hatter

**Previous: Episode 116 | Next: Episode 118**
Episode 66

## Date

Saturday, 5/30/2020, 3:00 pm

**Length:** 1:59:57

## Title

**The Day Kitchen Sink VII Turned Into Story Time Adventure Hour And Featured A Soundtrack Celebrating The Music Of Black America**

## Link

Facebook Video: https://facebook.com/1154988954834028

## Noteworthy Details

Special Episode

**Location:** Living Room

**Secret Surprise Special Guest:** N/A

## Episode Description

* Post Drop Kick Murphys
* RPM Talks PeeWee Movies
* Pseudo Kitchen Sink

## Quotes and Taglines:

* “I don’t know how long we’re gonna go, two hours tops. It might be a long show. It might be 40 minutes, gonna be at least 30.”
* “Just because I had a plan for this doesn’t mean I know how to play these songs, guys. Don’t get your hopes up. This is no different than any other show in that regard. I’m still gonna be stumbling and fumbling and unicycling across the tightrope and if I fall and crash, you guys can just yuk it up.”
* “I sort of have a list here, guys, but I’m playing fast and loose with it, as I’m wont to do.”
* “Man, I really should know this one. We’re talking like Great American Songbook stuff here, guys.”
* “Here’s a great song by a great band that I don’t know how to play. That seems to be the theme of the past 66 episodes.”
* “This is gonna be a struggle, you guys.”
* “This song might be a mashup with itself, you guys. Whaaaat?”
* “This song I actually do know how to play. Now watch, I just jinxed it. Why’d you do that, Josh, why’d you jinx it?”
* “I thought I’d read a book to you because that’s what I want to do and I’m gonna do what I want to do.” (RPM)
* “Did I sorta, kinda devise a plan going forward while I was on my break? Ehhhh.”
* “Now I’m especially scared because I know I’ve heard a recording of Nancy Faust playing it brilliantly and I barely know it, so cover your ears, Nancy, or we’re both gonna be embarrassed.”
* “I’ll try, but then I’ll probably mess it up and tell you to go listen to the record.”

## Hatter or No-Hatter?

* No Hatter

**Previous: Episode 65 | Next: Episode 67**
S3 Episode 25b

## Date

Friday, 03/04/2022, 5:07PM EST

**Length:** 00:08:37

## Link

Facebook Videos:

* Full episode: https://facebook.com/644352543492949

## Noteworthy Details

Special

**Location:** Mystery Tropical Location

**Secret Surprise Special Guest:** TBD

**Stretcher Guest:** TBD

## 7th Inning Stretch Orchestra

* na, by na (Key: na)
* Start: na

## Hatter or No-Hatter?

* TBD

**Previous: Episode 25a | Next: Episode 25c**