Getting Through This with Tom and Scott

It seems to us that a fellow can live a decent life driving a less expensive car than a Rolls Royce. When Tom drives his Prius he feels like a man of the people, like Jesus of Nazareth. We look to the future when Jesus goes to Las Vegas and is the headliner at a Vatican themed hotel.

The customer used to be king. Now we are serfs as we must assemble our furniture, check out and scan our grocery and pharmacy items, with no reward or remuneration. And then we’re told to answer survey questions about the experience.

Thrill to the edge of your seat suspense as Scott throws caution to the wind, and eats his delayed Freshly delivery,, defying a warning that said, “The food is not fresh and is unsafe to consume.”

We think it’s time to start answering infrequently asked questions. And to start using silly putty instead of weapons. And to “Just Say It”, instead of prefacing what you’re about to say with “I just want to say...”

Tom and Scott are enthralled by the Nobel Prize for Chemistry lecture by Emmanuelle Charpentier, who along with Jennifer Doudna, won for their work on the genetic modifying tool KRISPR. And they look forward to hanging out with them after work at a science pub near their lab.

Will Scott’s passion for finding travel bargains for his friends, lead to a Cabinet position as Secretary of Travel and Tourism? And would he be able to wear Hawaiian shirts and have a drink with an umbrella in it when he appears before Congress?

International versions of the term “whew”, fitting thinking caps under imagination helmets, having an egg as a symbol of the 1939 World’s Fair, and the unlikely meaning of hirsute, are just some of today’s wide ranging topics.

It’s a Hanukkah miracle! Scott finally finds someone to assemble his plastic shell armless tulip chairs, after they sat on the floor of his apartment for eight days.

Our vision for world peace doesn’t require building bridges, because they take years to construct. We propose using that time more constructively by having leaders of the world sit in Eames loungers and simply talk to each other. And be served refreshing Hawaiian Punch.

If 2020 is getting you down, join us for a trip back to 1901, when there was no such thing as prewar apartment buildings. And since films of that year are upscaled now, pedestrians don’t walk like speedy penguins rocking from side to side.

We remember our elementary school book clubs, Scott’s reading camp in Saranac Lake, and the connection between reading, ping pong and impressing a woman.

After watching YouTube videos of American Bandstand and The Perry Como show from 1959, Scott becomes the foremost authority on Paul Anka. Both Scott and Tom echo Sinatra’s hit written by Anka, because they do this show “My Way”.

We don’t have to dread Monday anymore, since we usually don’t know what day it is anyway. And we also tell you why quicksand isn’t as scary as it seemed in movies we saw as a kid.

We salute Nobel Prize Week, although it is a bittersweet one for us since we were not awarded a Nobel Prize. But in our silver lining mining, we are relieved that now we have another year to book a venue for our after party in Oslo.

Buckle your seat belts, as we take you on a ride back to 1971, and the age of gigantic cars, most notably the iconic Cadillac, which an ad called “The best synonym for quality.” Scott once bought a $10 stapler that the salesman called “The Cadillac of staplers.”

Tom ponders getting cosmetic surgery, or “co -surg”, the phrase he coined. But at Scott’s urging, and due to our current situation, he chooses DIY non surgical alternatives.

Scott overcomes his procrastination, and uses his Waterpik Water Flosser for the first time,, with copious amounts of water shooting out at the shower curtain and on his clothes. Tommy suggests a 310 foot animatronic statue of Scott using a Water Flosser.

We’ve talked about phrase and cliche writers and ghost writers, but what about store name writers? They should avoid soon to be outdated names like 2.0. A restaurant in the 50’s called Blacklist is not likely to be in business today.

We think of ourselves as work from home astronauts who journey into space every single day on this podcast. And we defy the gravity that pulls normal conversations back to Earth.

We often take flights of fancy to the past but today we’re looking forward to taking actual flights next spring and summer. And doing something we haven’t done since March. Make plans.

Tom is a “fast foodie”, and loves Domino’s, which pizza purists scorn. Especially during these times, Scott also loves comfort food because it’s delicious and helps us get through the day.

Walking is the most powerful thing we can do. We just put one foot in front of the other and move forward. That’s why we want The Pedestrian to be honored with an enormous monument.

It’s time for the spoken word to be matched with the appropriate fonts. Soon scripts will have different fonts depending on the character and their dialogue. And for our nemesis, the goons, there will be a goon family of fonts.

Tom and Scott are thankful they recorded this episode on Thanksgiving Day., which includes, for the first time ever on a podcast, a real time procrastination. Don’t put off listening to this until later.

Tom wonders how he will spend the many hours that he used to watch cable news, once Trump and the pandemic are over. We rule out ice fishing. And notice we spelled it fishing, not fishin’. People like us who don’t fish don’t drop the g.