Episode 80: The One about Moonshine & Tennessee

Cold Open Question of the Week: What’s a lyric or saying that you misunderstood?No Shave ‘24: Gary and his buddies, Paul and John, will not be shaving for the rest of 2024.Townsend, Tennessee: How was Gary’s trip up north to ol’ Rocky Top? He was unresponsive via text most of the weekend? Gary stopped at a Buc-ees. A trip to Duke’s.“Hit This Man!”: Brian’s son, Joseph, learned what the Rock actually says when he says, “If you smell…”No More President Gay: Harvard president Claudine Gay resigned on Tuesday, making her tenure the shortest in Harvard’s history. Plagiarism and her answer to questions during a Congressional hearing about anti-semitism on Harvard’s campus eventually led to her undoing. Epstein Island Watch: Prince Andrew. Bill Clinton. Bill Gates? And Aaron Rodgers drops a joke on Pat McAfee’s show about Jimmy Kimmel as a suspect named on the Epstein Client List. ABC News, meanwhile, is calling them Epstein “associates.”Buddy Clarke’s: Brian shared some food and drink with college buddy, Paul Lazar, over the weekend. They watched Penn State’s loss to Old Miss in the Peach Bowl.Gary’s News of the Weird: Kenyan man’s motorcycle can’t outrun a lion and Maury Povich makes a big paternity announcement.Diet News: Brian drank 5 bottles of water while watching the College Football Playoff Semifinals on Monday night. A picture from his son’s first day of sophomore year in high school inspired him to get serious about losing some weight.The Schedule Begins: Following the welcomed holiday respite, Brian’s schedule fills up once again with teaching CCD, volunteering at bingo and the Cub Scouts, basketball and soccer games.Watch TheBrianLennonShow on Substack:Thank you for listening and watching TheBrianLennonShow! Please be sure to SUBSCRIBE so you don’t miss an episode. Get full access to TheBrianLennonShow at thebrianlennonshow.substack.com/subscribe