Special Sub-Topic: "Rick and Bubba" Part 2 Authored by: steventhomas42 Sub-topic of: US Radio

In the story of "Willie and Wanda," it is explained that Willie is excited about going on the trip with Rick and Bubba. Why was Willie excited about the trip?

"He ain't never been nowhere!". Actually, it's Wanda's husband who is in the pen. That's why her boyfriend Willie is going on the trip with her.

How did Willie and Wanda win the trip?

They filled out an entry blank at the title pawn place.. Rick points out that the radio station may have made a judgement error by putting a box at a place where people will give up their whole car for $25. Incidentally, Rick would never stand for a "phrase that pays" or "Caller #9" contest, it's too "radio-goob" for him.

Willie and Wanda registered to win a trip to what city?

Los Angeles. When she found out she had won, Wanda ran through the house on the phone yelling "I'm going to ... Los Angeles!"

Rick embarrassed himself once by accidentally doing what?

Pumping gas in his underwear. Rick explained that he jumped in his car and went to the drive thru at the bank and then stopped for gas, but forgot that he had taken his pants off when he got home.

Casio Kid once confided to the "Rick and Bubba" listeners that Maw-Maw was a what?

bleeder. Casio accidentally broke Grandma's nose. This was not the same time that he burned her house down.

Why did Rick and Bubba go to Atlanta with Killi Vanilli?

To help him pass his U.S. Citizenship test.. Needless to say, Killi failed, but he did go back later and pass.

When Rick used to call his old place of employment, he impersonated the owner. Based on Rick's stories, which of the following did Rick (as Car Wash Joe) never tell his co-workers to do?

"Come back to the back and grease my car door so I can get out!". Rick did tell new co-workers to go grease the door of Joe's little car, but he never called in as Joe to tell them that.

What did Rick yell out when Car Wash Joe wasn't looking?

"Hey, Big 'Un!". Joe obviously didn't care too much for being called Big 'Un.

Bubba had a dream come true when he was able to do what?

Speak via Ham Radio to an astronaut on the International Space Station. Bubba loves NASA and all things high tech. He couldn't wait to tell the story the next day when he did this, and he even played a tape of the exchange on the air.

What cable TV show is one of Bubba's favorites?

Junk Yard Wars. Bubba got turned on to this show and talked about it for months!

Mickey Dean told the story once of finding WHAT behind the water heater at his mother's house?

A Red Ryder BB Gun. Mickey had begged for a BB Gun for Christmas when he was a kid. He found one a few years ago still wrapped in Christmas paper that his mother had lost when she hid it.

In which of the following productions did Rick and Bubba not appear on-screen?

Southern Heart. In the movie "Southern Heart," Rick and Bubba can be heard as (What else?) radio announcers, but they do not appear on-screen.

Quirky Ryan Greenwood once got so upset when the Miami Dolphins lost a game. What did he do when the Dolphins lost?

cut off his hair.. Ryan butchered his hair and wound up with a buzz-cut.

What was the line of fishing lures, that featured Mark Prater's image on the box, known as?

HBT. The lure was called the HBT, short for "How 'Bout That," a phrase coined by Prater when the weather didn't turn out exactly like he had predicted.

Every year the "Rick and Bubba" cast and characters give a rendition of "Twas the Night before Christmas." Which of the following has never appeared in the telling of the story?

Bruce from PETA. I think Bruce is the last person Rick and Bubba want to speak to so close to Christmas dinner!