The ScottyDontX Show
Solving for "X" - every day.
I am in the process of building a podcast from scratch, adding to it one step at a time, one day at a time.
Since there was no show preparation, no written script, and no market research, let's categorize this first one as comedy-improv.
Because, with me or at me, someone will find a reason to laugh.
The ScottyDontX Show
Episode #15 - Airbags, Scandals, and Laughs on the Road: ScottyDontX Travel Edition
Have you ever wondered just how much it costs to replace a deployed airbag? It's more than just a number; it's a glimpse into the high stakes world of road travel. On this adventurous leg of the Scotty Don't X Show Travel Edition, we're sharing the real, often surprising, stories from the road. From the nuances of driving etiquette to the shocking expenses of vehicle repairs, we cover it all while reminiscing about my days at KCOL Newswatch 25 and the unique connections we forged with the Columbian newspaper. This episode is packed with tales from behind the camera, and a few laughs about my high school intern days at the cable news station.
But that's not all – we tackle some thought-provoking subjects too. Reflecting on workplace dynamics and the power imbalances highlighted by the Monica Lewinsky scandal, we probe the complexities of consent and authority. For a lighter twist, we share the quirky story of a Monica Lewinsky bus tour hosted by Z100 Portland, complete with a couple of attendees who felt slightly short-changed. And just for fun, we sprinkle in a few playful warnings about the Illuminati, assuring you there's no secret society pulling the strings here. Tune in for an engaging mix of stories, insights, and humor as we continue our journey on the open road.
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Speaker 2:Part 2, still on the road, and the recorder nor the car have crashed yet.
Speaker 3:Oh, and also if you're giving out times and you're giving out exit numbers, like I'm coming up on exit 147, you need to edit clips out of your podcast. People don't track you in real time and send you a speeding ticket in the mail.
Speaker 1:That is, of course, if you're one of the people that is going faster than the currently posted, and maintaining a clean driving record is one of the things I'm proud of. But sometimes in traffic, if you were to go 60, you would get slaughtered, rear-ended upset. People would swerve in front of you and break check to bring you down to 30 miles an hour just to communicate thumbs down to your driving that you want to go slow. They're thinking, oh, we'll make you go really slow, yeah, and then they'll have tailgate damage and I'll have deployed airbags. Do you know how expensive deployed airbags are to replace if insurance isn't covering it? Hey, scotty, insert the cost to replace airbags here.
Speaker 2:Modern vehicles may contain up to 10 airbags in various configurations. You'll generally spend at least one thousand five hundred dollars per airbag, including parts and labor. As a result, you could be on the hook for five figures if you have multiple airbags that need replacing now that we've covered that portion.
Speaker 1:Back when I workedCOL Newswatch 25, which was cable news back in the early 90s, I remember being on headset while I was camera operator and other days floor manager, and when the director would you know, call out the typical things and then it would be roll us in record, because if they didn't record news episode then, oh gee, they wouldn't have anything to rerun later. That is a little bit exciting, doing live news Although and here's a secret live news Although and here's a secret this is back when the Columbian posted an early afternoon paper. So the secret tagline was if it's on the KCOL Newswatch, it's in the Columbian, or do I have that backwards? If it's in the Columbian, then it's on KCOL Newswatch 25.
Speaker 2:Ha ha ha. All three of your Vancouver Washington listeners are slapping their thighs at that one.
Speaker 1:Kind of missed those days as a high school intern. Of course, when I was a high school intern, the President of the United States was not introducing me to cigars. Thankfully. I don't know what I would have done in that situation. No-transcript, the situation was named after the most powerless person in the entire situation and thinking about consent and workplace and sexual harassment, which people know a little bit more about now. Now, but if the president of your company is, let's say, flirting with an intern, that is a huge power imbalance. Is there any possible way that she could have consented to that kind of relationship in a conscious, meaningful sort of way? I don't care who the president is when I say if the president asked me to do something, I would probably do it, because other than the puppet masters pulling the strings behind the president, scotty, don't speak about the illuminati.
Speaker 1:You have been warned this is a pretty powerful guy and you do well to listen. Uh, thinking about the monica lewinsky and relating this to z100 portland morning zoo, they actually had a Monica Lewinsky bus tour because she had for a while attended Lewis and Clark College, which is in Portland, and had ties to a few other places. So we drove around on a bus and saw a few of the places. It was kind of funny because there were two people on the bus who bought the tickets for $10.03 because Z100 Portland 100.3. And everybody else had won their tickets on the radio. So for those of us who won our tickets on the radio it wasn't a bad use of our time. But the two people who paid for it kind of felt a little ripped off and I think the station did refund their money.
Speaker 3:Finally, the Illuminati are not sponsors of the Scotty Dots X show and definitely do not know that he is on Instagram.
Speaker 1:TwitterX and Facebook using ScottyDontX for the usernames we are going to end this show.
Speaker 3:For now, remember, there is no.
Speaker 2:Illuminati.
Speaker 3:You have been warned.