This was one of the funniest things in the history of radio. If you don't know who Gilbert is it's not quite as funny...but still funny. Here is the script, follow along if you can: MP3 of the show so Boring that the Caller Fall Asleep John – Let’s get Gilbert in here, Hey Gilbert! Gilbert - <Snoring> Lance – Shh, Shh, shh Gilbert - <Snoring> John and Lance <Laughing> John – Shh, shh, shh Gilbert - <Snoring> John and Lance - <Laughing> Gilbert - <Snoring> John – Gilbert has been waiting for 71 minutes… Gilbert - <Snoring> Lance – Gilbert’s been on hold for 71 minutes and 8 seconds. John – and 8 seconds. Gilbert - <Snoring> Lance – He’s fallen asleep on hold. Gilbert - <Snoring> John and Lance - <Laughing> Lance – I don’t, I w…Shh, shh, shh John – Can’t wake him up Gilbert - <Snoring> Lance – I…It’s a Wookie. Gilbert is a Wookie. Gilbert - <Snoring> Lance - <Wookie Growl> Lance – I’m just talking back to him. Gilbert - <Snoring> Lance - <Wookie Growl> Lance – I just said I’m going to stand in line, too, with the other nerds. Lance - <Wookie Growl> Gilbert - <Snoring> Lance - <Wookie Growl> John – Shh Gilbert - <Snoring> John - <Laughing> Lance – Is there…Should we wake him up…? John – should we wake him up? Should we scream? Lance – This is…to me…I don’t...I…I can’t…shh, shh Gilbert – Hello? John – GILBERT! Gilbert – Yeah…How you doing today gentlemen? John and Lance – Hey Gilbert! What’s Going on? Gilbert – About the Astros I’m pissed off the Astros they gonna you gonna let me interview Roger Clemens? They’re gonna be 30 games out when are you gonna let me be on with Roger Clemens…Interview him anyway now and I wasn’t happy and what the hell happened there don’t ya? There ya go ya know and it’s John’s fault anyway ya know? John – Ahh! Lance – It’s like the Gun was loaded and as soon as it went off. John – It just rolled… Lance – Budum budum budum budum… John – <Laughing> Lance – Like Buck shot John – Gilbert, you think they’re gonna be 30 games out? Gilbert – Yeah think they will be ya’ll gonna let me interview Roger Clemens anyway you better hurry up n let me interview Roger Clemens if pretty soon or we’re gonna be 30 games out we will be in trouble anyway and no one gonna want to go see the Astros play ball no more in the Astrodome and and and Minute Maid Park John – Ahhh. Lance – Gilbert, were you on hold for a little while? John – were? Yeah. Were you…what happened? Gilbert – mean what happened? John – Well you were on hold, right? I’m s…We’re sorry we took so long to get to you. Gilbert – Yeah why you wanna you put me on hold so long anyway it’s kinda ridiculous anyway hold anyway. John - <Laughing> Lance – Gilbert are you a little bit upset about the Astros right now? Gilbert – I pretty am yeah I am you know luh luh luh look here they gotta get back to 500 you know ought get back in the race anyways you know? John – you think so? Gilbert – yep. John – well… Lance – If not what’s gonna happen? John – I think we gotta turn it around Gilbert’s gotta interview Roger. Gilbert – Yeah..when Lance – Gilbert… Gilbert – When’s that gonna happen? Lance - I do…I do wanna make one comment though. This has come up…I do not agree with this…I just wanna tell you right now…I think this is bull crap I don’t agree with this…But Chance says that he thinks you may have jinxed the Astros as soon as the guy made the “Do it for Gilbert” shirt and when you had Roger telling you ‘Happy Birthday’ he thinks that may have been the jinx that made the Astros play bad. Do you agree with that Gilbert? Gilbert – No I don’t. John – Mm Kay. I’m with Gilbert on this one. I think Chance is just trying to get Gilbert to stop calling him every four minutes. Gilbert – duh hah hah hah John - <Laughing> John – Well Gilbert we, we, we’re sorry it took so long to get to ya. It must’ve been boring must’ve been boring sitting on hold all that time Gilbert – yep John – yeah. Almost make you wanna like fall asleep or something. Gilbert – yeah right yeah John – you know what I’m saying? All right well we’ll work on that Roger Clemens interview thing, okay? Gilbert – erright John – alright anyway.
Chance...you have got to let this guy interview Roger Clemens, but you've got to advise Roger to have a couple three beers beforehand!
Heard it this morning, hilarious. The wookie stuff was cracking me up. I'm surprised it took you this long to come here and post about it.
that was funny even if I don't know the full story on Gilbert.. too much time in Nashville has kept me away from many months of the show
Well very soon that will no longer be a problem. I was gonna post it earlier but I held off thinking one of you guys might mention it. Dayum it was funny.
Has it ever happened before.on 610?. as long as people stay on hold on shows like rome etc I'm surprised it doesnt happen more often
Nice. I don't think beer will get Roger where he needs to be for that interview. He'd hafta go straight to whiskey.
I heard that on the way to work. Pretty good. Funniest part was Gilbert's rant about the Astros shortly thereafter because one minute he was sleeping then he's off and running.
Chance. Who. Is. The. Guy. That. Talks. Like. This? He called this morning ranting about how the refs have had it in for the Rockets since david robinson's shot that came after the buzzer and lost us home court against seattle anyway.
I was driving to work Thursday morning and they had this thing with TJ (???), where they acted like they couldn't hear him. That was funny.
Dang ole man talkin bout dang ole hold man... talkin bout 71 minutes man. I tell you what man, that's dang ole long man, talkin bout make me wan fall sleep tell you what.
