The Musers — 2025-02-15
The Musers — 1310 The Ticket, Dallas | Saturday, February 15, 2025
📋 Segments This Day
- Gordo Valentines Day Cards
- E-Brake
🎙️ Early Show Analysis
Segments in this portion:
- Gordo Valentines Day Cards — Gordo reads several inappropriate and humorous Valentine’s Day cards he’s created, with the hosts discussing their commercial potential
Funny moments, Gordo bits, or memorable quotes:
- [00:02:07] Gordo Valentine’s card: “Dear Sugar Sweet, first you were my lover, and now you’re also my best friend. With Carl, it went the other way. Love, Gord.”
- [00:03:15] Another card: “Dear person so dear, Valentine’s Day only comes once a year, unlike me when I look at your picture.”
- [00:03:31] “Dear 14th of February Maiden, love is a four-letter word, but it’s not the four-letter word I’m going to do to you and your sister tonight. Dress casual.”
- [00:05:03] “Hey girlfriend, do you ever love someone so much that it hurts? I do. That’s why I now numb my privates.”
- [00:05:35] “Dear Valentine, what do you do when you love someone so much that it makes you want to kill them? I send them a card.”
Recurring bits, characters, or inside jokes referenced:
- The show was broadcasting from Choctaw Casino in Durant, Oklahoma
- Reference to “P1s” (loyal listeners of The Ticket)
- Mention of “The Invasion” (Matt and Donovan’s show)
- Dennis Rodman and Jay King being Southeastern Oklahoma State alumni
This portion of The Musers features the hosts broadcasting from Choctaw Casino in Durant, Oklahoma, where they acknowledge the venue and thank listeners who visited them. The main focus shifts to Valentine’s Day when Donovan mentions bringing conversation hearts for the hosts, leading to George asking Gordo if he has Valentine’s Day cards prepared.
The segment becomes a showcase for Gordo’s characteristically inappropriate and shocking Valentine’s Day cards, each featuring crude humor and sexual innuendo that the hosts find hilarious despite (or because of) their offensiveness. The cards include references to STD testing, sexual frequency, threesomes, and other adult themes, all delivered with Gordo’s signature absurdist style. Some cards are deemed too inappropriate even for the hosts to read on air.
The conversation evolves into a business discussion about the commercial potential of Gordo’s cards, with the hosts suggesting they could be sold online or in adult sections of stores, comparing them favorably to generic store-bought cards. The segment concludes with creative ideas about subscription services and daily card deliveries, with the hosts genuinely impressed by Gordo’s comedic writing and seeing real market potential in his unconventional approach to greeting cards.
⏰ Mid-Show Analysis
What segments appeared in this portion?
- E-Brake (Emergency Brake of the Week) segment [00:00:01] – A weekly segment featuring embarrassing on-air moments from station hosts, sponsored by Advanced Hair Restoration and Crawford Services
Funny moments, Gordo bits, or memorable one-liners
- [00:06:17-00:06:41] Extended “kill card” bit where hosts repeatedly chant “the kill card” discussing a potential business venture
- [00:07:03-00:07:11] Discussion about Gordo hiring a “type A person that doesn’t have ADHD” to manage while he “sits in the back room and just scribbles away” writing cards, then distancing himself by saying “I didn’t write those”
- [00:01:34-00:04:18] Fake Corby impersonation during E-Brake segment, described as “simple Corby” that hosts loved
Sports topics discussed
- [00:07:19-00:07:24] Mention of Eagles parade in Philadelphia
- [00:07:29-00:07:33] Reference to current Dallas Mavericks team performance
- [00:07:33-00:07:36] Upcoming college basketball segment planned
- [00:00:10-00:00:40] Dallas Stars player name pronunciation issues (Bichsel vs Bichel)
Pop culture, music, or non-sports topics discussed
- [00:07:44-00:07:47] Valentine’s Day wishes exchanged between hosts
- [00:02:03-00:04:20] E-Brake discussion about presidential attire and public appearances, including Obama’s tan suit controversy
This portion of The Musers captures the show’s characteristic blend of absurdist humor and sports talk. The “kill card” segment showcases Gordo’s comedic creativity, with hosts getting caught up in a repetitive chant about some mysterious business venture involving deliverable cards. The bit evolves into typical Gordo fashion – grand entrepreneurial plans followed by immediate plans to distance himself from responsibility.
The E-Brake segment reveals the station’s self-deprecating culture, featuring embarrassing moments from their own hosts. The Corby clip about 9/11 demonstrates how quickly radio hosts can dig themselves into verbal holes, while the fake Corby impersonation shows how the station turns these mistakes into ongoing comedy bits. The segment’s structure, with listener voting at 888-787-1310, maintains audience engagement.
The show wraps with typical Friday programming preview, including their regular “Just a Sip” segment, parade discussion tied to current events, and sports coverage of the Mavs and college basketball. The Valentine’s Day sign-off adds a personal touch, showing the genuine affection between longtime radio partners while maintaining the show’s warm, familial atmosphere that has made The Ticket successful.
🏁 Final Hour Analysis
Segments in this portion:
- E-Brake [00:05:07-00:12:23]: A weekly segment where listeners vote on the worst on-air mistake by Ticket hosts. Featured three candidates: Corby making inappropriate 9/11 comments, Dave using profanity about WNBA draft coverage, and Peter Welton dropping the S-word during cross-talk.
Phone callers:
- Multiple callers voting for E-Brake winner, including “the real Piper” voting for Corby and “Piper’s real uncle” voting for “the snake” (Corby)
- One caller delivered a Valentine’s poem to the Musers with morbid humor about losing desire to live
- Another caller praised Craig’s scatter shooting segment and requested a top 5/bottom 5 list about 9/11 (redirected to Corby)
Funny moments or memorable Gordo bits:
- Extended discussion about Dave’s accidentally saying a C-word that “rhymes with hit-by-hit coverage”
- Gordo joking that hosts think “Trump’s got rid of the FCC” explaining the recent profanity
- The winning E-Brake featured Corby’s incredibly tone-deaf comments about 9/11 being “badass” and “awesome” if you “forget about all the people that died”
How did the show wrap up:
The E-Brake segment concluded with Corby winning his 86th E-Brake award, putting him 53 wins behind all-time leader “Norman 9-11 Hitzkiss.” The final moments replayed Corby’s shocking 9/11 comments that earned him the win.
Notable quotes:
- “You know what was badass was 9-11. Well, not 9-11 was badass. Geez.” – Corby trying to backtrack
- “If you just forget about all the people that died… take the death and destruction out of 9-11. The rest of it was pretty awesome.” – Corby digging deeper
- “I guess they think that Trump’s got rid of the FCC or something” – Gordo explaining recent profanity
Summary:
This final portion of The Musers was entirely devoted to the E-Brake segment, featuring three candidates for worst on-air moment of the week. The competition included Dave’s accidental profanity during WNBA draft talk, Peter Welton dropping the S-word during cross-talk, and Corby’s absolutely shocking comments about 9/11 being “badass” and “awesome.”
The hosts expressed genuine dismay at the recent uptick in on-air profanity, with one noting it was so bad they worried for job safety. Phone callers voted throughout the segment, with some delivering Valentine’s Day messages and poems. The tone ranged from comedic confusion about what Dave actually said to genuine disbelief at the audacity of the mistakes.
Corby ultimately won his 86th E-Brake for his tone-deaf 9/11 comments, which included him saying the terrorist attacks would have been “pretty awesome” if you removed “the death and destruction.” The segment ended by noting he’s now just 53 wins behind the all-time E-Brake leader, suggesting this is a long-running and beloved feature that captures the station’s most cringe-worthy moments.
Analysis generated from archived transcripts. Hosts: Gordon Keith (Gordo), George Dunham, Craig Miller, Mike Rhyner, Donovan Lewis (Junior). Station: 1310 The Ticket, Dallas, TX.
