The Musers — 2025-11-03

The Musers — 1310 The Ticket, Dallas | Monday, November 3, 2025

📋 Segments This Day

• Friday Frivolity The Musers 10312025
• E-Brake The Musers 10312025
• Observation Deck The Musers 10312025
• Steve in the Attic The Musers 10312025
• Carlton Maxwell The Musers 10302025
• Riding it Out Talk The Musers 10302025
• Observation Deck The Musers 10302025

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🎙️ Early Show Analysis

Analysis of The Musers — 2025-11-03 (Partial Transcript)

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Segments That Appeared

• Friday Frivolity (Halloween Edition) [00:00:00]: A producer named Travis ran a game called “Halloween Who Am I?” where hosts (including Donovan and someone named Matt/Maddie) took turns giving clues about popular Halloween costumes — both classic and current — while their partner tried to guess them. It was a back-and-forth guessing game format.

• E-Brake of the Week [00:00:01 of second segment]: The weekly segment highlighting the biggest “wheels off” moment in radio from across The Ticket’s programming that week. Three candidates were presented for listener vote.

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E-Brake Segment

Three candidates were presented:

• Candidate #1 — DJ: His computer was on mute when Corby called for a sound drop on the hard line. Corby and others scrambled on-air for nearly a minute and 45 seconds trying to get the audio to play, with Bob making sarcastic comments in the background. One host quipped: *”You’re not going to believe this, but this is a super successful radio station you’re listening to.”*

• Candidate #2 — Corby: While discussing what appeared to be the new female ownership/management of a sports team (possibly the Colts, given references to “Carly or say” and sisters named Casey and Kaylin), Corby accidentally said the D-word (a vulgar term) when he meant to say “dipping into” something, then caught himself and tried to recover.

• Candidate #3 — Bob’s mic being cut on the Cowboys pregame show: During a Cowboys pregame broadcast, producer EA (on instruction from Joe Lecce) cut Bob’s microphone because he was going too long before a break. The other panelist’s mic remained on. Bob was visibly frustrated. The hosts then played a classic throwback E-Brake clip of Dale Hansen being caught off guard on a live broadcast, saying *”I have no idea. John, why don’t you go ahead and do it?”* — described as one of the all-time favorite E-Breaks.

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Sports Topics Discussed

• Dallas Cowboys: The cutting of Bob’s microphone during the Cowboys pregame show was the subject of E-Brake Candidate #3. Brief mention of Cowboys-related conversation about player value and draft picks (in the clip where Bob’s mic was cut). [E-Brake segment]
• Dallas Stars: The intro clip before the E-Brake featured what appeared to be a Stars-related discussion about a player named Liam and comparisons to Thomas Harley and Lundqvist going through developmental challenges. A name — “Bishel” (B-I-C-H-E-L) — was being discussed and its pronunciation debated. [00:00:10–00:00:47, E-Brake intro]

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Funny Moments, Gordo Bits, and Memorable Quotes

• “It the Clown” confusion [~00:03:44–00:05:12, Friday Frivolity]: The longest and funniest stretch of the guessing game. Donovan was trying to get Matt to say “It the Clown” but Matt kept answering “Pennywise,” correctly identifying the character’s proper name. The back-and-forth went on comically long, with Donovan insisting there was just “one word” missing between “It” and “clown.” Matt never got there on his own — a bystander finally just said “the.”

• Glinda the Good Witch clue chain [~00:09:06–00:09:44]: Donovan constructed an elaborate clue path: “What rhymes with Brenda?” → “Linda” → “Warren G of the Regulators” → the letter G → “G-Linda” → “Glinda.” The hosts celebrated this as genuinely impressive wordplay.

• Minions confusion [~00:06:56–00:07:57]: Extended bit where neither host could land on “Minions” from Despicable Me. One host described them as “the annoying yellow things with goggles” and eventually got there via the word “minion” as in a henchman.

• Elphaba clue [~00:11:18–00:11:58]: Donovan clearly didn’t know the character’s name either, leading to a fumbling clue involving the word “Elf” from the Will Ferrell movie and ABBA’s “Dancing Queen,” somehow arriving at “Elphaba.”

• Bob’s mic being cut / Dale Hansen callback [E-Brake]: The Dale Hansen classic clip — where he’s caught live on air with no idea what’s happening and says *”I have no idea. John, why don’t you go ahead and do it?”* — was called *”one of our favorite E-Breaks of all time.”*

• “You’re not going to believe this, but this is a super successful radio station” [E-Brake, ~00:03:09]: Sarcastic line delivered during the DJ mute fiasco.

• Lord Farquaad: [~00:12:46, Friday Frivolity] One host revealed there had been one more costume on the list — Lord Farquaad — that never got played because the game ended before it was reached.

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Recurring Bits, Characters, or Inside Jokes Referenced

• E-Brake of the Week: A long-running Ticket institution, sponsored here by OTW Service Experts and Advanced Hair Restoration. Listeners vote at 888-787-1310.
• Dale Hansen E-Brake clip: Referenced as a beloved all-time classic E-Brake moment — Hansen caught completely off guard on a live Cowboys/sports broadcast.
• “Bob’s mic” / EA and Joe Lecce: References to behind-the-scenes Ticket/Cowboys broadcast personnel, suggesting this was a known ongoing story discussed multiple times that week.
• Friday Frivolity: A recurring end-of-week comedic segment, typically producer-driven with a game or gimmick. Travis is the producer running it here.

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Summary

This portion of the show opens with the Halloween edition of Friday Frivolity, a producer-driven segment run by Travis. The game, “Halloween Who Am I?”, had hosts Donovan and Matt trading clues about popular Halloween costumes ranging from classic monsters to pop culture figures. The segment was light, loose, and generated several laugh-out-loud moments — particularly the extended “It the Clown” confusion, where Matt kept correctly identifying the character as Pennywise but couldn’t grasp that the list wanted the informal nickname “It the Clown.” The Glinda clue construction was a highlight of genuine radio improv, and the Minions and Elphaba guesses showed how uneven the hosts’ pop culture knowledge could be, which was part of the fun.

The E-Brake segment followed, presenting three candidates for the week’s biggest on-air gaffe across The Ticket. Two of the candidates involved technical failures — DJ’s muted computer during a Corby segment and the deliberate cutting of Bob’s microphone on the Cowboys pregame show by producer EA at Joe Lecce’s direction. The third was a verbal slip by Corby, who accidentally said a vulgar word when discussing the sisters who apparently own or run a sports franchise. The Bob mic incident generated the most discussion and clearly resonated as a story that had been circulating all week, with the hosts noting Bob was “not real happy” about it.

The segment closed on a nostalgic note with the replay of an all-time classic E-Brake featuring Dale Hansen being caught completely flat-footed on live television during a World Series night broadcast, delivering the helpless line *”I have no idea. John, why don’t you go ahead and do it.”* The hosts treated it with affection as a foundational piece of Ticket lore, and it served as a perfect bookend to a Halloween week full of technical gremlins and on-air chaos.

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⏰ Mid-Show Analysis

Analysis of The Musers Transcript Portion

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Segments in This Portion

• Observation Deck (Halloween Edition) [00:00:00–00:11:52, Observation Deck segment]: Gordo’s recurring segment, sponsored by Tylek George Eye Care, focused on Halloween statistics and trivia dubbed “Spookonomics.”
• Steve in the Attic [00:00:00–00:05:37, Steve in the Attic segment]: A Halloween-themed recurring bit featuring a deeply disturbed fictional character named Steve who allegedly lives in the studio attic and watches the hosts.
• E-Brake Voting Calls [~00:07:23–00:13:52, pre-segment material]: Callers phoning in to vote for the Emergency Brake of the Week winner, with Corby Davidson ultimately winning his 91st e-brake.
• Carlton Maxwell [00:00:00, Carlton Maxwell segment]: A sports psychologist character (apparent Gordo bit) visits the studio — though only the opening exchange is captured in this portion.

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Observation Deck

• Gordo presented a Halloween-themed “Spookonomics” segment with statistics and trivia:
• $13.1 billion projected in total Halloween spending this year
• Average American expected to spend $114 on Halloween
• 73% of Americans plan to celebrate Halloween in some way
• 32% will attend or throw a Halloween party
• 46% plan to carve a pumpkin
• 51% plan to decorate their home
• 51% plan to dress in costume
• 5.6 million adults will dress as a witch; 2.7 million as a vampire
• Top pet costumes: pumpkin, hot dog, bumblebee, ghost, superhero
• The phrase “trick or treat” was first used in the U.S. in 1927 (Calvin Coolidge was president)
• 67% of Americans say they would live in a haunted house
• Top Halloween candies: M&Ms, Reese’s, Sour Patch Kids, Skittles, Starburst
• Kids are four times more likely to be killed in pedestrian accidents on Halloween
• 45% of Halloween night motor vehicle deaths involve drunk driving
• 56% of people would rather stay in a haunted house with friends for $10,000 than go alone for $1 million — a stat George flatly rejected as “hogwash”

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Were There Any Phone Callers? What Were They About?

All calls in this portion were E-Brake voting calls [~00:07:23–00:13:52]:

• Casey Mustard: Voted for Corby Davidson; made a crude remark about “vagina popsicles”
• Unnamed caller: Suggested George laughing at a P1’s photos should be on next week’s e-brake; voted for Corby “ricking the Colts owner”
• Cruz and Lito: Shared a creepy *Lonesome Dove* quote attributed to Blue Duck about gutting someone and feeding body parts to wolves/coyotes; voted for DJ
• Unnamed caller: Voted for Corby
• Wesley: Made a comment about not dressing for Halloween but looking forward to “getting stuffed at Thanksgiving”; disqualified for not voting after forgetting the choices
• Unnamed caller: Voted for Corby “giving it to the Ursae sisters”
• Unnamed caller: Asked if it was acceptable to hand out “vagina suckers” for Halloween candy; voted for high school football scores as the e-brake winner
• Unnamed caller: Referenced Larry Sinners and Visek Ahima (apparent fake running back names from the 80s/90s); no valid vote
• “Coco the Gorilla” (recurring Gordo character): Called in “from lower heaven,” expressed grief over the Tulane monkey truck disaster in which monkeys were killed, promised “swift lower heaven revenge for primate comrades,” and voted for Corby

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Funny Moments, Gordo Bits, or Memorable One-Liners

• Gordo’s “Coco the Gorilla” character calling in from “lower heaven” to mourn “the truck of monkeys” from the Tulane incident and threatening revenge was a standout absurdist moment [~00:12:04]
• George flatly stating the haunted house survey was “hogwash” and that “anybody out there with a haunted house that wants to pay me a million to spend the night — I’ll do it” [~00:10:54–00:11:08]
• Gordo asking “Kids aren’t Americans?” when discussing costume statistics [~00:05:35]
• The hosts’ confusion over which president was in office in 1927, cycling through “Nixon, Hoover, Nixon, Hoover” before settling on Calvin Coolidge [~00:08:26–00:08:41]
• Gordo joking the phrase “trick or treat” was first used “in 1400 BC” [~00:07:33]
• The E-Brake host announcing this was Corby’s 91st E-Brake win, placing him 48 behind the all-time leader “Norman Halloween Hitskiss” [~00:13:48] — an apparent fictional/running joke record-keeper
• Steve in the Attic bit contained numerous dark-comic one-liners, including: “I threw Mommy in the fire and then dressed in her clothes for 30 years,” stapling his privates to an anvil, and claiming Halloween is “the devil’s birthday” and his father is the devil [00:01:42, 00:02:56, 00:03:17]
• Steve casually announcing his big Halloween plan: “I’m going to be placing a prop bet on Trayvon Dink’s return” — a jarring pivot from horror to sports gambling [00:04:48]

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Notable Debates or Host Disagreements

• George strongly disputed the survey finding that 56% of people would choose $10,000 with friends over $1 million alone in a haunted house, calling it “hogwash” and “invalid.” Gordo pushed back that people just think differently than George does [~00:10:44–00:11:13]
• Minor disagreement over whether coffee “smells better than it tastes” — one host said yes, Gordo disagreed, saying it “tastes nearly as good as it smells” [~00:03:43–00:03:49]

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Guests or Special Visitors

• Steve in the Attic: A recurring fictional/character bit — a deeply disturbed, possibly supernatural man who claims to live in the studio attic, watches the hosts through vents, lowers spiders on them, and has elaborate trauma backstory involving his mother. Gordo voices the character. The hosts played along in-character, with George and Craig expressing genuine discomfort. The segment ended with George declaring “We’re not having him on anymore. See you next Halloween.” [00:05:34–00:05:37]
• Dr. Carlton Maxwell: A sports psychologist character (likely another Gordo voice/bit) from UT Dallas who has “authored or co-authored more than 4,800 books.” Only the opening of this segment appears in the transcript.

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Pop Culture, Music, or Non-Sports Topics

• Halloween/Spookonomics: Extensive discussion of Halloween statistics, traditions, candy preferences, and safety [Observation Deck segment]
• Lonesome Dove: A caller quoted a graphic Blue Duck line; Gordo confirmed it was Blue Duck and referenced Gus’s tongue as context; one host noted they “only read 1,000 pages” of the book [~00:09:56–00:10:34]
• Indianapolis Colts ownership: Brief discussion of Carli Ursae (co-owner/CEO of the Colts) and her sisters Casey and Kalen; the hosts debated whether it was too early to evaluate her as an owner given the team’s strong start, and one host was clearly interested in looking up photos before catching himself [~00:12:44–00:13:38]
• Tulane monkey truck disaster: Referenced by the Coco caller — apparently a real news story in which monkeys from a truck were killed and had to be euthanized [~00:12:06–00:12:26]

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3-Paragraph Summary

This portion of the October 31, 2025 Musers broadcast opened with the tail end of an E-Brake of the Week voting segment, in which listeners called in to choose their pick from the week’s candidates — primarily various Corby Davidson moments. The calls ranged from crude (vagina popsicles, Kardashian candy) to absurdist (Gordo’s “Coco the Gorilla” character phoning in from “lower heaven” to mourn the monkeys killed in a Tulane truck accident and threaten revenge on humanity). Corby Davidson won with his 91st all-time E-Brake, placing him 48 behind the fictional all-time leader Norman Halloween Hitskiss. Brief discussion of the Indianapolis Colts’ ownership structure followed, with the hosts noting Carli Ursae’s role as co-owner and CEO and debating whether her strong early results as owner were meaningful.

The Observation Deck segment — Gordo’s Halloween edition, which he dubbed “Spookonomics” — presented a series of Halloween-related statistics and trivia. George proved surprisingly adept at guessing the numbers, winning several rounds. The hosts discussed total Halloween spending ($13.1 billion), participation rates, pumpkin carving, costumes, and pet costumes, before landing on a statistic that broke George entirely: 56% of Americans would choose $10,000 to stay in a haunted house with friends over $1 million alone. George declared the survey “hogwash,” while Gordo defended it. The segment also covered Halloween safety (kids are four times more likely to be struck by vehicles on Halloween night) and included some playful historical confusion about who was U.S. president in 1927 before landing on Calvin Coolidge.

The Steve in the Attic segment was the show’s Halloween centerpiece — a recurring horror-comedy bit featuring a deeply disturbed fictional character who claims to live in the studio attic, spy on hosts through vents, lower spiders onto their shoulders, and harbor an elaborate trauma backstory involving a violent mother, self-punishment rituals, and believing his father is the devil. The character, voiced by Gordo, vacillated between genuinely unsettling imagery (throwing his mother in a fire, dressing in her clothes for 30 years, self-mutilation with an anvil) and jarring mundane pivots like announcing his big Halloween plan was to “place a prop bet on Trayvon Dink’s return.” The hosts played along with increasing discomfort, and George closed the segment by declaring “We’re not having him on anymore. See you next Halloween.”

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🏁 Final Hour Analysis

Analysis: The Musers — Final Portion (2025-11-03)

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Segments in This Portion

• Carlton Maxwell (~00:00:33–end of segment): A recurring comedy bit featuring Gordo voicing “Dr. Carlton Maxwell,” a flamboyant sports psychologist and UTD professor. Maxwell celebrates his 15-year anniversary teaching at UTD, announces a scholarship in his name for “sons of overbearing single mothers who also have an eye for fashion,” and presents a series of fake book titles roasting local sports figures.

• Riding It Out Talk (~00:00:00–end of segment): The hosts discuss the overwhelming listener response to Episode 17 of *The Musers, The Podcast*, titled “Riding It Out,” which covered the universal habit of putting off household repairs and other tasks. Each host shares their own ongoing “rides” and progress made.

• Observation Deck (~00:00:00–end of segment): Gordo’s regular segment covering off-sports topics of interest. This edition focused on U.S. currency — specifically a proposed Trump dollar coin commemorating the 250th anniversary of the U.S., the phasing out of the penny, and a broader discussion about the decline of cash and coins.

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Sports Topics Discussed

• The Luca Dončić trade was referenced briefly as a running joke — Dr. Maxwell claims to be teaching “Decoding the Luca Trade 201” at UTD, noting it’s a “high-level course” (~Carlton Maxwell segment)
• The Cowboys’ defensive struggles were alluded to via a fake book title: *Drilling New Wells in East Texas: My Plan on How to Fix the Cowboys’ Defense* by Jerry Jones
• Jerry Jones’s grip on the GM role was skewered: *I’m Going to Be the GM Till I Die* by Jerry Jones
• Matt Eberflus was mocked with a fake book titled *In Over My Head*
• Brian Schottenheimer referenced with *Being Nice to People Is More Important Than Winning: My Plan on How to Keep My Job as Head Coach*
• Nico Harrison and Rob Pelinka referenced with *Would I Do It? I Don’t Know: A List of Things Rob Pelinka Has Tricked Me Into Doing*
• The NBA gambling scandal was mentioned as the topic of the latest *Musers, The Podcast* episode (“Gambling with Beer Enemas”) (~Riding It Out segment, ~00:00:13)

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Funny Moments or Memorable Gordo Bits

• Carlton Maxwell’s fake books were the centerpiece comedy bit (~Carlton Maxwell segment):
• *Becoming a Late-in-Life Parent* by Junior Miller and Jerry Jones, foreword by “Veruca Jones”
• *Drilling New Wells in East Texas: My Plan on How to Fix the Cowboys’ Defense* by Jerry Jones
• *In Over My Head* by Matt Eberflus (“a lot of tears in this one”)
• *Being Nice to People Is More Important Than Winning* by “Brian Shotty Schottenheimer”
• *I’m Going to Be the GM Till I Die* by Jerry Jones (labeled a “spooky” Halloween book)
• *Would I Do It? I Don’t Know* by Nico Harrison
• *Just Me and My Horse: A Book of Erotic Photography* by Bruce Bochy — the punchline that ended the segment

• Maxwell’s scholarship criteria: Awarded to “young men who are sons of overbearing single mothers who also have an eye for fashion” — worth $100 off per semester (~00:01:34)

• Maxwell choking on coffee twice while the others watched with amusement (~00:02:55–00:03:07)

• Maxwell’s feather boa explanation: Feathers all over his Prius’s back seat from “a vigorous bit of exercise me and my new friend were doing” (~00:04:05)

• Gordo’s “Sacagawea was out of office” joke: While discussing the dollar coin, Gordo quipped, “We waited a while after Sacagawea was out of office before we put her on the dollar coin” (~Observation Deck, ~00:02:05)

• “The rest is pretzels”: After learning pennies are only 2.5% copper, Gordo deadpanned, “Yeah, the rest is pretzels” (~Observation Deck, ~00:05:41)

• George’s cash habits: The guys ribbed George about still using cash, with Junior joking, “His dealer only takes cash” (~Observation Deck, ~00:12:19), and George sheepishly admitting, “Sometimes if you lose a bet, you got to pay cash still”

• Gordo buying Craig new headphones but still not fixing his own car problems — George pointed out the irony: “But you took five minutes to get him new headphones.” Gordo’s response: “That was for someone else. He deserves a better life. I don’t.” (~Riding It Out, ~00:07:06–00:07:10)

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Were There Any Phone Callers?

A listener named P1 Sean submitted a text/email listing things he’s “riding out”: two wheels off an ice maker, a constantly running toilet, a garage door that “sounds like a drawbridge,” and a 20-year-old hot water tank (~Riding It Out, ~00:09:44).

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Strong Predictions or Bold Takes

• Gordo predicted that by 2030, 98% of people will not use cash (~Observation Deck, ~00:11:10)
• Gordo noted it will likely become impossible to use cash in five years, preempting George’s claim that he’d still be using it (~00:11:17–00:11:19)
• The hosts flagged the Trump dollar coin as potentially the first time a sitting president’s image would appear on circulating U.S. currency (~Observation Deck, ~00:03:48–00:03:55)

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How the Show Wrapped Up

The Observation Deck segment closed with a lighthearted back-and-forth about cash, coins, and George’s mysterious cash usage, ending with George half-admitting he uses cash to pay off bets. Junior tied it back to the current *Musers, The Podcast* episode on gambling. The tone was casual and comedic, without a formal sign-off in this transcript portion.

The podcast was actively promoted throughout:

• Episode 17 (“Riding It Out”) — cited as the most-responded-to episode ever (~Riding It Out, ~00:01:03)
• Episode 18 — featured Frank Caliendo discussing the art of impersonation (~00:00:27)
• Episode 19 (“Gambling with Beer Enemas”) — current week’s episode, covering the NBA gambling scandal (~00:00:13 and ~Observation Deck, ~00:12:33)

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Notable Quotes

• Gordo (as Dr. Maxwell), on self-care: *”He deserves a better life. I don’t.”* (~Riding It Out, ~00:07:09)
• George, on decision fatigue: *”At the end of my day and I come home and I’ve had to make a thousand decisions. All I want to do is eat a cheeseburger and drink an IPA.”* (~Riding It Out, ~00:08:21)
• Gordo (as Dr. Maxwell), closing book pitch: *”Just Me and My Horse: A Book of Erotic Photography by Bruce Bochy.”* (~Carlton Maxwell segment)
• Junior, on the Eisenhower dollar coin: *”That’s a boring one.”* (~Observation Deck, ~00:02:30)
• George, on the penny’s composition: *”The rest is pretzels.”* — actually Gordo (~Observation Deck, ~00:05:41)
• Junior, on going cashless: *”When someone says that they only take cash, it is a panic in my life.”* (~Observation Deck, ~00:11:40)

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3-Paragraph Summary

The final portion of this Musers broadcast opened with the recurring Dr. Carlton Maxwell comedy bit, one of Gordo’s most beloved characters. Maxwell, the flamboyant UTD sports psychology professor, celebrated his 15-year anniversary at the university and unveiled his 12,438th published book — then proceeded to present a series of fake book titles skewering Dallas sports figures. Highlights included Jerry Jones admitting he’ll never give up the GM role, Matt Eberflus tearfully confessing he’s “in over his head,” Brian Schottenheimer prioritizing niceness over winning, and Bruce Bochy’s inexplicable “erotic photography” coffee table book. The segment was a showcase of Gordo’s absurdist humor, with Maxwell choking on coffee, explaining feathers in his Prius, and dispensing unearned wisdom at the hosts.

The Riding It Out segment was a warm, relatable conversation prompted by the massive listener response to *Musers, The Podcast* Episode 17. The hosts revisited their ongoing household “rides” — Gordo’s broken fence gates (now fixed by “Gate Jesus”), a year-long bed repair saga, Craig’s broken headboard propped up with bricks for years, and Gordo’s car with soggy carpets, a broken airbag module, and constantly unlocking doors (his solution: wearing gun range hearing protection while driving in traffic). A listener text from P1 Sean added to the list with his own household failures. The segment struck an earnest note, with the hosts concluding that “decision fatigue” is the real culprit and encouraging listeners to pick just one deferred task and tackle it during what they dubbed “Get Right November.”

The Observation Deck closed the show on a nerdy, comedic note with Gordo presenting facts about U.S. currency. Topics included a potential Trump dollar coin featuring the iconic “fight, fight, fight” assassination-attempt image, the Treasury’s decision to end penny production after more than 200 years (it costs 3.69 cents to make each one-cent coin), and the surprising fact that a quarter actually turns a profit for the mint at 14.68 cents to produce. The conversation drifted into a funny debate about the decline of cash, with George defending coins for parking meters and inadvertently revealing he still uses cash to pay off bets — a detail Junior gleefully noted “ties back into this week’s podcast topic on gambling.”

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Analysis generated from archived transcripts. Hosts: Gordon Keith (Gordo), George Dunham, Craig Miller, Mike Rhyner, Donovan Lewis (Junior). Station: 1310 The Ticket, Dallas, TX.