This week’s episode of The GAR! Podcast includes discussion of the following:
intro / the heat / behind the scenes / Merds / the audience / wrestling news / Hulk Hogan / removal / Raw / Curtis Axel / measures of erasure / Wrestlemania in Dallas / Twitter talkback / the Iron Sheik / sex, exes, and videotape / Bill Cosby / the odds / the past / Camille Cosby / returned endowment / comebacks / idol / heartbreak / lawsuits / con game / New Coke / the Cola Wars / Ray’s Secret Wars blog / Dan Didio / Section 8 / The Blue Baron / Back Issue! on Avengers vs. Defenders / Glenn on Avengers vs. Defenders / Valkyrie vs. the Black Knight / closing / the chop shop / Ray’s pre-emptive strike /
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Special Note from Ray: If you’re a long-time listener to GAR!, you’ve probably heard a cat mewing in the background many times. More than likely, that cat was my pal Dewey, who I adopted in 2002 as a kitten. I found Dewey mewing his little head off in the adoption section of a Petsmart. I came over and asked to see him; he jumped over to me, crawled up my one arm, down the other, and went to sleep in the crook of my arm. We haven’t been separated since. I didn’t adopt him; he adopted me.
On Thursday, July 30th, Dewey went to the Big Farm, where he can roam and play. He was a champion mouser, and an amazing cat despite the onset of blindness midway through his life. He showed me more love, affection, and trust than any other animal I’ve ever known, and I will miss him terribly.
If you’re reading this, please consider making a small donation to your local animal shelter. They rock, and they could probably use the money. Or, if you have the room in your life and the love in your heart, consider adopting a shelter animal of your own.
Thanks to all of you for listening, and we’ll be back next week!
First of all, I’d like to say I am very sorry to hear about Dewey. It sounds like he was an awesome companion, and my thoughts are with you, Ray.
So, this episode was fantastic. I am always interested in hearing you talk about important issues. As much as I appreciate entertainment, there is something to be said about “no more business as usual” and really speaking to big cultural issues or recent events that are having an impact and should not be ignored. Conversations about racism, sexism, and assault are too often glossed over, avoided, or made overly simplistic. It is instructive to hear people wading their way through the complexities of it all in real time. It is courageous for you to put it out there, and hopefully it will encourage others to communicate about these things as well. These are messy conversations. They are not easy to approach, but we must. That’s the only way we will ever make substantive progress, IMO. So, thank you.
As for you, Glenn, and your romance advice… Ixnay! ;-) Obviously with such a long, loving marriage, you must be doing something right, and I am happy for that. But please consider your great pronouncements about love (or the lack thereof). Some of my exes are now close friends, and that feels perfectly natural to me. You never know what is possible, so do remember that affairs of the heart function differently for everyone.
You guys are awesome. I look forward to hearing your show every week.
Your Fan,
“Audacious” Robin Renée