Mark & Brian Radio Show December 11th

Mark & Brian
(Dec 11th, 2001)
*Typed up by VALERIE*
Audio from Hanson's visit in the Music Room

Mark: Zac yours is coming up so start thinking now.
Zac: Ya ahm-
Taylor: I-I think-
Zac: Ahm, tryin’ [Mark has a long chuckle].
Taylor: You know what? The thing is, i-if I have to pull one record I have to pull a very broad record. I think I would probably pull um, Tom Petty's Greatest Hits, Tom Petty.
Brian: Hm.
Mark: Mm.
Taylor: Just because- it's such a good driving [as in "pushing"] record.
Brian: It’s got everything ya.
Taylor: You jus- you just put it in and it just-
Isaac: American Girl -
Taylor: let it play.
Isaac: [Singing] Ding dm [I don’t know!] -
Taylor: Oh God.
Mark: Zac?
Zac: Aghh . . . [I think it’s Ike singing something in the background, not sure] You know . . . I would pull like a U2 record but - you know, I'm not gonna do that ‘cause that's too easy. I would
Taylor: [Talking over Zac] Yes it is, I-
Zac: pull -
Taylor: I stepped away from U2 ‘cause it was just . . .
Zac: [Deep "Oo I’m still thinking" breath] Um -
Brian: U2 is awesome.
Zac: Wilco, Summer Teeth.
Isaac: Yes.
Taylor: You guys know who that is?
Brian: Mm hm.
Mark: Nno.
Isaac: It’s-
Taylor: Get-
Zac: Wilco!
Taylor: their record!
Zac: And their record is called Summer Teeth.
Taylor: One of their records.
Brian: One of-
Taylor: And called Wilco [people talking over him, can’t hear the rest].
Brian: One of many.
Mark: Wilco.
Taylor: . . . amazing.
Isaac: Yes.
Mark: Do ya know-
Isaac: W - I - L - C- O.
Taylor: Anybody know who they are?
Isaac: No they’re very- they’re ver- th- they’re a very underground kind of band.
Mark: Oh Kelli knows, Kelli you know these people?
Brian: She’s our news lady back there, Kelli, she’s- [he’s interrupted as all the guys laugh].
Mark: She’s frantically gra- [you can barely hear a female voice in the background].
Isaac: Frantically. Hello, can we hear you?
Kelli: [Still very very faintly] . . . the crap you gave me for it?
Taylor: [Several people say "okay" or something at once] Okay we’re-
Isaac: Okay hang on, we’re turning it up we’re turning it up-
Mark: I think-
Isaac: Can we hear you?
Kelli: [Loud and clear now] Remember? I played it on the birthday game and you guys gave me a lot a crap for it?
Mark: Ohhhh . . .
Brian: No that was the one we liked! [Kelli and everybody laugh heartily.]
Taylor: No but seriously,
Mark: Wow . . .
Taylor: the thing about Wilco is they um- well they're the kind of band that you- they-they -
Zac: Learn to love?
Taylor: Reall- no seriously they ss-stepped very far left center - but they’re actually kind of like a country band. Um, it’s-
Brian: [Like he’s surprised] Oh.
Isaac: They’re all-
Taylor: Sort of.
Isaac: almost countr- they’re like very alt. country. They have like-
Zac: Folk.
Isaac: but then they throw in like-
Taylor: Seriously they’re very very cool.
Isaac: quirky Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club White Album -
Brian: Cool.
Isaac: stuff. I don’t know.
Zac: White-
Mark: Ya, I don’t know.
Zac: Heart- album, in . . .
Isaac: [Laughing at himself] I was combining-
Zac: [Can’t hear it, still teasing Ike.]
Isaac: I was combining two of Beatles records and stuff.
Mark: Alright now, where’re you guys going to- we got Christmas comin’ up. Are you guys gonna stay here- here in Southern Ca-?
Taylor: I think we're gonna head home. Gonna be, try and be in- Oklahoma while we’re- during Christmas. Just a few people-
Mark: Ya, Mom and Dad - [a bunch a people are talking at once, can’t understand any of it, but someone snorts at the end, maybe Brian - I think they were talking "Oakies", but I’m not sure.]
Taylor: Ya, you jus get- get back home, an see, you know, do the whole family thing.
Mark: Sure
Isaac: [Starts singing] Living on Tulsa
Taylor: And we’ve been-
Isaac: [Continuing] time.
Zac: Ike! Shh!
Taylor: And we’ve been working on this record for a long time so - it’ll just be nice to just go -
Mark: Take a break.
Taylor: We won't be working we'll just take- you know take a few weeks off.
Mark: We got time for one more live thing from Hanson and they’ve thrown this together for us and we appreciate it.
Taylor: [British accent] We’ve- we’ve "thrown it together" literally. [Isaac starts strumming a dampened guitar and in a normal accent Tay continues] Um- I guess we're gonna play Wish That I Was There since we- kinda didn't plan on playing more than one.
Isaac: [Singing again] Living on Tulsa time . . .
Zac: Ike shut up! Sh! Shh! [Mark starts laughing.]
Taylor: Do you have that trumpet?
Zac: Shh!
Taylor: [Quietly] Trumpet?
Zac: Shhh!
Mark: [Laughing] "Ike shut up!"
Brian: What a weapon!
Taylor: Wanna [he’s too far from the mic and I can’t tell the rest but it was a question to Zac about the trumpet I think].
Isaac: Okay, sorry. [Zac blows a sour note on the trumpet and Mark laughs some more] Zac it- it, hurts me so when you-
Taylor: I meant- I meant as a weapon, not as a m- instrument.
Isaac: Yaha.
Mark: It’s only brothers that kin get away with that "Ike - Ike shut up!"
Zac: [Quoting himself] "Ike shut up."
Taylor: Just- shut yer hole.
Isaac: [In a Beavis & Butthead voice] Shut up!
Zac: You know-
Brian: Hush up!
Mark: "Shut yer hole."
Isaac: [Still in the B & B voice] Shut up baba- shut up! [Then he does the B & B laugh.] Okay! Here we go - Wish That I Was There. [Strumming a dampened beat and in his quiet growl] Won, two, three four . . .

Again, this version was slightly slower than usual. I think they were still kinda sleepy but it played off as more passionate with Taylor giving us a sexy "Break it down!" right before the end accapella chorus.

Kelli: Wooo!
Brian: Outstanding!
Mark: That’s really really good guys -
Kelli: Wooo!
Mark: Uh first and foremost we really wanted a- work it out to where you guys could do the Christmas show this year which is at the Wiltern Theater. But I know- this time next year you're gonna be in the throws of probably a tour with the new record out.
Isaac: [Sounding almost like Elvis but not on purpose] Uh huh uh huh.
Mark: Please don't forget us and if you can- if we can logistically work it out where you can
Isaac: Mm hm.
Mark: be in Southern California we would love, for you to come to the Christmas show
Isaac: Absolutely.
Mark: and do a whole thing.
Taylor: We would be very very excited to do that.
Brian: Y’all this was fun.
Mark: Ya.
Brian: Thanks for comin’ in man.
Taylor: Thank you guys so much for having us [Ike & Zac are saying some sort of thank yous too but everyone is talking over each other].
Brian: Great . . . [can’t tell] . . . outstanding.
Taylor: [Can’t tell] . . . a great time.
Mark: Uh- and do us a favor and if uh - when the new record comes out let us know, we’d love you ta swing back by, do some of the new
Isaac: Mm hm.
Mark: stuff live,
Ike, Tay or Zac?: Absolutely.
Mark: plug it in this time maybe.
Taylor: [British accent] We’ll do a real rock show.
Isaac: [Talking at the same time as Tay] Ya! You never know.
Mark: Ya-ya-ya.
Zac: [Scraping the back of his throat and in a British accent] Rock!
Isaac: [Doing an Austin Powers accent] We’ll rock [Mark laughs long].
Zac: [Still accented] Rockin’ band!
Isaac: [Still Austin Powers] Let’s hope that Zac doesn’t explode on stage.
Zac: I- I’ve been know to do things that!
Isaac: [Accented] Spontaneously combusting.
Taylor: See if we can get Brian to come in there, and just take his place.
Brian: Yessiree there you go [everyone laughs and I think Tay & Zac are saying something at the same time that can’t be understood]. But I have ta- I have ta sit on the globule.
Mark: Again.
Taylor: Yes, you will.
Isaac: [British accent, can’t tell what comes first] . . . globule.
Taylor: The globule doesn’t move . . .
Brian: [British accent too] Roight, yeea.
Mark: Well guys listen -
Isaac: [Still British] He he died in a bizarre gardening accident.
Mark: Best a luck with the new record. It will be out probably in the summer. This Time Around is in stores now- the Christmas record is around in the stores now so go pick it up.
Brian: We heard you were good guys and you are man.
Isaac: Oh well thank you very much.
Brian: Thanks for being so cool with us and havin’ fun.
Taylor: Thank you guys so much for having us.
Isaac: Well we heard the- same about you - actually no-
Brian: No ya didn’t! [Everybody laughs hard and this next might have been Zac, not sure] Real a-holes!
Isaac: [As Zac beats on the bongos] I was gonna say . . .
Zac: We heard something about you guys!
Taylor: I don’t know if it was good . . .
Zac: We jus- it was something.
Brian: Prima donnas! They’re pima donnas!
Isaac: I-I-I -
Mark: Engineer Rick-
Isaac: I was sti-
Mark: excellent job.
Brian: As always.
Taylor: Yes.
Isaac: You really did an excellent job,
Taylor: Beautiful!
Isaac: Bravo, bravo [someone is clapping lightly in the background].
Taylor: Thank you guys so much.
Brian: Alright-
Mark: Thank you guys-
Brian: We’ll be right back it’sa Mark & Brian radio program.

After the commercial they use MMMBop as the lead in music and you hear at least half of it.

Brian: Alright! [You can hear Mark, Tay and maybe somebody else talking in the background but you can’t hear what they’re saying over the music.] Zac was just giving us uh- advice on eh- you know how to get girls. He says that he has to get all the good lookin’ girls for the brothers ‘cause uh they- they feel he’s safe.
Mark: Ya and then he said as he walks out- which he’s still walkin’ eh- he says "Those girls, they need me!"
Brian: Ahhh!
Zac: I was say- no no no. I was saying Ike & Tay need me to get the girls.
Brian: [As Mark laughs] Your brothers need you.
Zac: [Something I can’t make out ending with] it up!
Brian: I see.
Mark: Zac is nothing but trouble!
Brian: Alright.
Mark: That’s all he is. Just trouble.
Brian: Ohhkay. Well that was fun. That was a big load of fun. That wa-
Kelli: [Quietly] Wooo.
Brian: Those guys’re cool.
Mark: Ya. [Says something unintelligible, there’s talking in the background that might be Hansons and another "Wooo" is heard and Mark laughs.] Well that was. Rita - was down here throughout the entire show. Sitting in there in the uh switchboard room checkin’ it out. Uh-
Brian: [Can hear a woman talking in the background.] Well she told me- she’s walking down the hallway before their first break with us?
Mark: Mm hm.
Brian: She goes - "I’m gon’ go sniff!" [Mark laughs] What?! "Gon’ go smell Hanson." [Mark makes a "that’s creepy" sound] Oh okay honny.
Mark: Well that was great. The guys were super showed brotherly uh- humor and uh- and they sounded great. And so hopefully we can work something out - the last thing Taylor said as they walked out was- uh, the Christmas show next year, he- I-I think they would love to- try to work that out. So that would be very very cool for us and you.
Brian: Alright that-
Kelli: [Interrupting] Wooo!
Brian: [As she laughs] So goes the Tuesday show. We will ba- uh, be back tomorrow - we have aaa, who’s coming in?

They said a little more ending up the show but nothing Hanson related. Then the deejay (Bob Keller) on my local station (KSEG) said "You know on paper Michael York and Hanson don't work but when you hear it on the Mark & Brian show it all comes together beautifully. What a great show this morning!"

And th-uh th-uh th-that’s all folks!!!

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