S2 Episode 3

## Date

Monday, 1/18/2021, 3:00 pm

**Length:** 2:40:23

## Title

**The Day It Was MLK Day, Steve Wynn, Linda Pitmon and Scott McCaughey Of The Baseball Project Were SSSGs And Mary Ordered Indian Food While Josh Tried To Do A Lightning Round And Played A Long Version Of That Other Other Birthday Song**

## Link

Facebook Videos:

* https://facebook.com/1494525290755103

## Noteworthy Details

Regular Episode

**Location:** Living Room

**Secret Surprise Special Guest:** Musicians Scott McCaughey, Steve Wynn, and Linda Pitmon of The Baseball Project

## Quotes and Taglines:

* Conversation:
	+ **Josh:** Who's texting me in the middle of the show? Oh, it's the Rock 'n' Roll Hall Of Fame. Whaddya know?
	+ **Mary:** Oh, should you get that? I can cover. I can have, like, an impromptu…oh man!
* **Josh (laughing):** I assume they want me to call them back so that they can tell me to prepare my acceptance speech.
	+ **Mary:** I've already prepared mine.
	+ **Josh:** I thought you were already inducted.
	+ **Mary:** No, no, it's not official yet.
	+ **Josh:** Oops, did I just let the cat out of the whatsit?
* "Hurray, we did it. Let's do a request. Why are you doing this to me, (viewer) Casey? You guys remember this song, right? Sucks. The video is even worse than the song. This is one of the worst music videos of all time." (on Separate Ways (Worlds Apart) by Journey)
* (RPM) "Oh my God…that was so good, Josh! Can we have an all-Journey show?" (after Separate Ways (Worlds Apart) by Journey)
* "I should have learned this song…because (it) was in the news yesterday and it's gonna be at one of the inaugural things or something. And I listened to it last night 'cause I was like, 'I don't think I remember this song.'
* "Whatever that month it was that it was popular in 1998, I missed it. If I was smart, I would been like, 'I should play it on the show,' because everyone's talking about it and thinking about it. I'm not that smart. I apologize. I'll try harder to get smarter." (on request for You Get What You Give by New Radicals)
* Conversation:
	+ **Josh:** Get off my case, Kristine Kmr Fake Last Name Traffic Light Hot Dog. She says my lightning rounds are not very lightning.
	+ **Mary:** That's all right.
	+ **Josh:** She's giving me what for, right?
	+ **Mary:** There's different kinds of lightning, Josh.
* **Josh (laughing):** Is there a slow, meandering, like, aimless lightning?
	+ **Mary:** Yeah, it's like the lightning of a Flemish painting landscape. It just exists. It's just there. It kind of goes off, but you love it. I don't like Flemish paintings, actually.
* "I don't mean to be pedantic. No, I do mean to be pedantic. I very much mean to be pedantic." (on giving Bono what for about lyric in Pride (In The Name Of Love) about "early morning April 4")
* "Man, oh man, did I roller skate to this song." (on Another One Bites The Dust by Queen)
* "If you've been watching in recent weeks, you know this is a new segment. (Longtime viewer) R.J. came up with the idea where he said, 'I would like to hear Josh whisper text messages,' so now I do it. Until I get sick of it, or you guys revolt. So far the feedback seems to be overall generally positive on this segment." (on "Josh Whispers A Text Message")
* Conversation:
	+ **Mary:** Are you good with aloo gobi and pakora?
	+ **Josh:** Of course. You're placing the order?
	+ **Mary:** I think so…
	+ **Josh:** If you're placing the order, then that means…the clock is ticking on the show, right? Are we still in lightning round?
* Mary (laughing): Are we still in lightning round?
* "I'm blanking on the verse and the pre-chorus. That's all right…I'll just play the fun part. This is a dancealong." (on Freedom! '90 by George Michael)
* "I think it's safe to assume that we never have plans for a bonus (episode), but then they still happen anyway."

## Weekly Sponsor and Tagline:

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## Baseball Card of the Week

* Photo of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and his oldest daughter Yolanda playing baseball in their backyard. (Note: In pre-recorded SSSG chat/interview, cards of the week were Sandy Koufax, Willie Mays and Harmon Killebrew from the 1982 KMart reissue set of 1960s MVPs.)

## Album of the Week

* Stevie Wonder – Hotter Than July; inner sleeve with picture of Martin Luther King is displayed. (Note: In pre-recorded SSSG chat/interview, album of the week was Steve Wynn’s Benedikt’s Blues.)

## Hatter or No-Hatter?

* No-hatter — and no Red Sox jersey. (Note: In pre-recorded SSSG chat/interview, Josh was wearing the hat.)

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