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#3711: Hooked

Mike O'Meara, Robb Spewak, Josh Sroka

September 21, 2026 · 1 hr 25 min

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Mike begins the show without running water after forgetting the bill, inspiring Robb and Josh to check their own utilities before the entire neighborhood goes dry. Then Michael steps on a fishing lure past the barb, and Mike abandons the studio for urgent care while the boys keep the broadcast afloat with Captain Hook songs and extremely unqualified medical advice. Robb and Josh use the emergency downtime to debate nameless neighbors, AI-powered memory aids, and whether adults have stolen Halloween by declaring “spooky season” before summer is technically over. Mike checks in from the waiting room as tales of giant lawn spiders, Disney’s Halloween crowds, expensive popcorn, and the Liberty Tree Tavern turn the show into a very unusual family field trip. Plus, an Elvis impersonator creates a cape-and-ticket-price crisis, the Cardiac Commanders break hearts again, and everyone learns that fish hooks, water bills, and professional football are all designed to keep you from getting away.

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[SPEAKER_03]: This episode of the Michael Marasio is brought to you by the T.M.O.S.

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[SPEAKER_03]: Now, on with the show.

[SPEAKER_01]: It's the season from here of LeBurn and Shirley.

[SPEAKER_01]: Michael Mara, radio entertainment.

[SPEAKER_01]: You can listen to the Michael Mara Show at TMOs Podcast.com or anywhere find podcasts or fun.

[SPEAKER_01]: Welcome to our show.

[SPEAKER_01]: We're gonna start with the race.

[SPEAKER_00]: It's got to be fucking look at our phone.

[SPEAKER_01]: There's plenty for everyone.

[SPEAKER_01]: It's the Michael Mara Show.

[SPEAKER_01]: With Michael Mara.

[SPEAKER_01]: Bye!

[SPEAKER_01]: Josh Roca.

[SPEAKER_01]: Josh!

[SPEAKER_01]: And Rob's speedwack.

[SPEAKER_05]: Oh, Rob!

[SPEAKER_01]: It's only the beginning.

[SPEAKER_01]: And now, here's Mike.

[SPEAKER_03]: There's nothing like experiencing the thrill of paying your little water bill, because if you forget, you'll make you leave town, but better yet, that'll shut you down.

[SPEAKER_03]: Yes, I, I come to you today, moments ago.

[SPEAKER_03]: Uh, having my afternoon moment with my clear rear and realizing upon flushing that, uh, there was no water and, uh, I, I pretty quickly assumed.

[SPEAKER_03]: that it's one or the other that there's some sort of water mainbrake or I have neglected the fabulous Lee County utilities.

[SPEAKER_03]: Well, you, will you entertain a question?

[SPEAKER_03]: Probably should say that.

[SPEAKER_03]: Should I?

[SPEAKER_03]: Right.

[SPEAKER_03]: I've made the mistake as well.

[SPEAKER_02]: Okay.

[SPEAKER_02]: Where they send you the bill.

[SPEAKER_02]: You said it aside.

[SPEAKER_02]: Mm-hmm.

[SPEAKER_02]: To mean to pay it.

[SPEAKER_02]: and suddenly they don't cut you off.

[SPEAKER_02]: If you applaud me, I would have given you kind of cut on the phone and you wouldn't have had to send the guy to turn off the thing.

[SPEAKER_04]: I'd have a similar story.

[SPEAKER_04]: In your home, the water bill, would that fall under the paying it?

[SPEAKER_04]: Would that be your responsibility or your ladies' responsibility?

[SPEAKER_04]: Mine would be.

[SPEAKER_03]: Okay.

[SPEAKER_03]: We go back and forth, but lately we've done it with me kind of being at the keyboard.

[SPEAKER_03]: Sure.

[SPEAKER_03]: She's sitting on the couch next to me and we do it that way.

[SPEAKER_04]: One time we came home from a a long weekend trip to our home previous home to this one the one we were renting and as we pulled up to the front door carry said What's that big posted on our front door We got a nice a nice big one that said you ain't got no water

[SPEAKER_03]: We got a post it about a certified something and Carla didn't know what it was.

[SPEAKER_03]: There was nothing on there about the utility company and I wonder if it's related and I'll find out when I fit because it was off the sticker was off the door and I don't know, you know, she's gone working all day long.

[SPEAKER_03]: Yeah, I just F-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-

[SPEAKER_03]: She doesn't use ant nearly the water early on the morning, you know, yeah, we both use it, but then then she's gone To the utility friction that you in spheres that remind you of a gentleman from your past name Rusty Ford.

[SPEAKER_03]: Oh, we had a guy Josh Josh, this is one of my favorites

[SPEAKER_03]: We had a guy, went to his house number of occasions where there would be a utility electricity sticker on his door, eviction notices.

[SPEAKER_03]: He was very, he loved payday, and he would spend it usually by the time the weekend was over.

[SPEAKER_03]: He would spend his entire paycheck, that's what he would do.

[SPEAKER_04]: But you know, he was a good guy.

[SPEAKER_04]: He dated a classy lady Barbara Britt from ABC News and cute one of them.

[SPEAKER_03]: He dates somebody else before that.

[SPEAKER_03]: Man.

[SPEAKER_03]: This episode of the Michael Marasio is brought to you by the T.M.O.S. [SPEAKER_03]: Amazon Portal. [SPEAKER_03]: Remember to click the Amazon link at T.M.O.S. [SPEAKER_03]: podcast.com before you shop. [SPEAKER_03]: It's that easy. [SPEAKER_03]: Thank you. [SPEAKER_03]: Now, on with the show. [SPEAKER_01]: It's the season from here of LeBurn and Shirley. [SPEAKER_01]: Michael Mara, radio entertainment. [SPEAKER_01]: You can listen to the Michael Mara Show at TMOs Podcast.com or anywhere find podcasts or fun. [SPEAKER_01]: Welcome to our show. [SPEAKER_01]: We're gonna start with the race. [SPEAKER_00]: It's got to be fucking look at our phone. [SPEAKER_01]: There's plenty for everyone. [SPEAKER_01]: It's the Michael Mara Show. [SPEAKER_01]: With Michael Mara. [SPEAKER_01]: Bye! [SPEAKER_01]: Josh Roca. [SPEAKER_01]: Josh! [SPEAKER_01]: And Rob's speedwack. [SPEAKER_05]: Oh, Rob! [SPEAKER_01]: It's only the beginning. [SPEAKER_01]: And now, here's Mike. [SPEAKER_03]: There's nothing like experiencing the thrill of paying your little water bill, because if you forget, you'll make you leave town, but better yet, that'll shut you down. [SPEAKER_03]: Yes, I, I come to you today, moments ago. [SPEAKER_03]: Uh, having my afternoon moment with my clear rear and realizing upon flushing that, uh, there was no water and, uh, I, I pretty quickly assumed. [SPEAKER_03]: that it's one or the other that there's some sort of water mainbrake or I have neglected the fabulous Lee County utilities. [SPEAKER_03]: Well, you, will you entertain a question? [SPEAKER_03]: Probably should say that. [SPEAKER_03]: Should I? [SPEAKER_03]: Right. [SPEAKER_03]: I've made the mistake as well. [SPEAKER_02]: Okay. [SPEAKER_02]: Where they send you the bill. [SPEAKER_02]: You said it aside. [SPEAKER_02]: Mm-hmm. [SPEAKER_02]: To mean to pay it. [SPEAKER_02]: and suddenly they don't cut you off. [SPEAKER_02]: If you applaud me, I would have given you kind of cut on the phone and you wouldn't have had to send the guy to turn off the thing. [SPEAKER_04]: I'd have a similar story. [SPEAKER_04]: In your home, the water bill, would that fall under the paying it? [SPEAKER_04]: Would that be your responsibility or your ladies' responsibility? [SPEAKER_04]: Mine would be. [SPEAKER_03]: Okay. [SPEAKER_03]: We go back and forth, but lately we've done it with me kind of being at the keyboard. [SPEAKER_03]: Sure. [SPEAKER_03]: She's sitting on the couch next to me and we do it that way. [SPEAKER_04]: One time we came home from a a long weekend trip to our home previous home to this one the one we were renting and as we pulled up to the front door carry said What's that big posted on our front door We got a nice a nice big one that said you ain't got no water [SPEAKER_03]: We got a post it about a certified something and Carla didn't know what it was. [SPEAKER_03]: There was nothing on there about the utility company and I wonder if it's related and I'll find out when I fit because it was off the sticker was off the door and I don't know, you know, she's gone working all day long. [SPEAKER_03]: Yeah, I just F-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O- [SPEAKER_03]: She doesn't use ant nearly the water early on the morning, you know, yeah, we both use it, but then then she's gone To the utility friction that you in spheres that remind you of a gentleman from your past name Rusty Ford. [SPEAKER_03]: Oh, we had a guy Josh Josh, this is one of my favorites [SPEAKER_03]: We had a guy, went to his house number of occasions where there would be a utility electricity sticker on his door, eviction notices. [SPEAKER_03]: He was very, he loved payday, and he would spend it usually by the time the weekend was over. [SPEAKER_03]: He would spend his entire paycheck, that's what he would do. [SPEAKER_04]: But you know, he was a good guy. [SPEAKER_04]: He dated a classy lady Barbara Britt from ABC News and cute one of them. [SPEAKER_03]: He dates somebody else before that. [SPEAKER_03]: Man. [SPEAKER_04]: Yeah, there was. [SPEAKER_04]: Remember, man. [SPEAKER_04]: Oh, I wasn't man with George Michael. [SPEAKER_04]: They're not George Michael. [SPEAKER_04]: Oh, not George Michael. [SPEAKER_04]: Not that in sports machine. [SPEAKER_04]: No. [SPEAKER_04]: That was. [SPEAKER_04]: No, I'm not. [SPEAKER_04]: No, I'm thinking. [SPEAKER_04]: I'm sorry. [SPEAKER_04]: I misspoke George McFly. [SPEAKER_03]: Man, I think, this is so in the weeds, this is so the casual morality of radio personalities. [SPEAKER_04]: Yes. [SPEAKER_03]: Rusty told me that they used, do you have to remember this Rob? [SPEAKER_03]: Because you heard this story. [SPEAKER_03]: They used to like to go to crowded bars. [SPEAKER_04]: Yeah, trench coat. [SPEAKER_03]: In trench coats, like big long over coats. [SPEAKER_03]: Yeah. [SPEAKER_03]: And do it in the middle of the crowd. [SPEAKER_04]: In the bar. [SPEAKER_03]: In the middle of the crowd. [SPEAKER_04]: That you think you would do that on payday? [SPEAKER_03]: I'm just wondering if that was- Yeah, I'm just- I'm just- Yeah. [SPEAKER_03]: Yes. [SPEAKER_03]: Hey everybody. [SPEAKER_03]: I'm roasted forward. [SPEAKER_03]: Just got paid. [SPEAKER_03]: Fantastic time. [SPEAKER_03]: Oh my god. [SPEAKER_03]: Look at this physical cache I've got. [SPEAKER_03]: I've been down the old town Alexander and Virginia and I'm going to party my ass off. [SPEAKER_03]: You bet. [SPEAKER_03]: Just got paid. [SPEAKER_03]: I forgot the name of the artist that does- Johnny Kent. [SPEAKER_03]: Johnny Kent. [SPEAKER_03]: Just got paid. [SPEAKER_04]: Long and dry. [SPEAKER_04]: I'm sorry. [SPEAKER_04]: It's definitely one from the week. [SPEAKER_03]: Yeah, just got paid. [SPEAKER_04]: Friday night. [SPEAKER_03]: Look at the non-reaction, does he give you anything more on still talking? [SPEAKER_04]: He does, but he's also like we share, and I'm just, I'm just on the edge of that era of radio. [SPEAKER_04]: So I can relate a little bit, Josh never even dipped a toe in it. [SPEAKER_02]: What are you, what are you just trying to do? [SPEAKER_02]: Because I went to my email to pull up the spots for today's show. [SPEAKER_02]: Yes. [SPEAKER_02]: And I can't find them. [SPEAKER_02]: But while I was looking, I got an email from St. John's County Florida utilities to say, your water bill was doing the 18th. [SPEAKER_03]: No, you two, you got to get her two. [SPEAKER_03]: You kind of voted. [SPEAKER_02]: So I have not shut it off, but I did go on and pay it while you were doing that this. [SPEAKER_02]: I paid it like that. [SPEAKER_02]: I paid it like that. [SPEAKER_03]: I paid it like at quarter or three. [SPEAKER_03]: Let me see. [SPEAKER_03]: Yeah, I got to have two time crunches. [SPEAKER_03]: Did you pay it? [SPEAKER_04]: Did you pay it online or did you call it, call it, call it, call it, call it, call it, call it, call it, call it, call it, call it, call it, call it, call it, call it, call it, call it, call it, call it, call it, call it, call it, call it, call it, call it, call it, call it, call it, call it, call it, call it, call it, call it, call it, call it, call it, call it, call it, call it, call it, call it, call it, call it, call it, call it, call it, call it, call it, call it, call it, call it, call it, call it, call it, call it, call it, call it, call it, call it, call it, call it, call it, call it, call it, call it, [SPEAKER_02]: because they can do it virtually, right? [SPEAKER_02]: Mike, go! [SPEAKER_02]: No, they come in there with a big stick because I've thought of buying it. [SPEAKER_02]: It has happened to me a few times to the point that I've considered buying the tool that used to turn the water back on. [SPEAKER_02]: What is the water stick look like here? [SPEAKER_03]: Look at them out there. [SPEAKER_03]: It's about. [SPEAKER_03]: Michael, William, O'Mare, come to this studio. [SPEAKER_03]: It's one Friday night. [SPEAKER_04]: Just go pay. [SPEAKER_02]: Come on. [SPEAKER_02]: Like a three-foot side kick and come in here. [SPEAKER_02]: I can hear you handle on the top and they put it in the ground. [SPEAKER_03]: I like the big T right. [SPEAKER_03]: You want to say hi on camera there to the guys. [SPEAKER_03]: You want to come around and say hi on the podcast. [SPEAKER_03]: No, I'm not. [SPEAKER_03]: I'm just trying to get worse. [SPEAKER_03]: Where is Michael? [SPEAKER_05]: He got hooked. [SPEAKER_05]: He was like, it's past the bar. [SPEAKER_03]: Oh, he did. [SPEAKER_03]: All right. [SPEAKER_03]: Come on. [SPEAKER_03]: Let's see. [SPEAKER_03]: Get everybody. [SPEAKER_03]: You can lean down into my camera here. [SPEAKER_03]: Hey, buddy. [SPEAKER_03]: This is Keegan. [SPEAKER_03]: Say hi to Keegan. [SPEAKER_01]: He's one of Michael's buddies. [SPEAKER_01]: How you doing? [SPEAKER_01]: All right. [SPEAKER_01]: I don't have to use the bathroom. [SPEAKER_03]: Did the water come back on? [SPEAKER_03]: Do you know? [SPEAKER_03]: I don't know. [SPEAKER_04]: Can you go check yeah go check and let me know when it comes back on drink as much as you can And I knew from off-camera mic that wasn't Michael because what I heard is you sound pissed instead He is a bio guy is good golfer to really good Go to this morning. [SPEAKER_02]: He's got a high voice like Jack Nicholas, maybe it's why That Michael's kids can call you out as sound and pissed. [SPEAKER_03]: Yeah. [SPEAKER_02]: Oh, absolutely [SPEAKER_02]: You know, it was when I was Michael's age, that my friends would call the house to find out how the Orioles did for the day to know whether or not to visit because my dad would be pissed. [SPEAKER_03]: That's funny. [SPEAKER_02]: Wow. [SPEAKER_02]: Wow. [SPEAKER_03]: My friends would call him. [SPEAKER_03]: He got a bar of business. [SPEAKER_02]: Yeah, past the barb is what I had to go to the hospital for and they cut it out. [SPEAKER_04]: Yeah. [SPEAKER_02]: Okay. [SPEAKER_02]: All right. [SPEAKER_04]: Well, that was the Ford past the barb. [SPEAKER_03]: Uh, you down at the, down maintenance. [SPEAKER_04]: I don't know that we've ever said this one on the air, but Barbara Brit was a news lady on Q107, which was the FM sister to the news station that did news for DCWML news. [SPEAKER_04]: And ABC News was based locally at WMAL. [SPEAKER_04]: She had a press picture that she could sign and hand out that said Barbara Britt, ABC News, and literally the news department would put it up so other real reporters would laugh at. [SPEAKER_03]: Now, Dirk is making me paranoid. [SPEAKER_03]: Why? [SPEAKER_03]: Because Dirk said, all right, you got hooked past the barb. [SPEAKER_03]: Now I'm parallel. [SPEAKER_03]: I lift that. [SPEAKER_03]: You know, right, like, if that really happened, that is a problem. [SPEAKER_02]: Because you can fix it in the hormone. [SPEAKER_02]: You can't pull it back. [SPEAKER_02]: You have to cut another hole and push it forward. [SPEAKER_04]: Yeah, we're just, yeah. [SPEAKER_03]: Let me let me see what's got. [SPEAKER_03]: I don't know what's up boys help. [SPEAKER_03]: I'm I'm lucky. [SPEAKER_03]: I'm doing a show. [SPEAKER_03]: Let's let's see how bad the hook is. [SPEAKER_03]: All right. [SPEAKER_03]: Yeah. [SPEAKER_03]: I don't know what to do. [SPEAKER_02]: I don't I if he one thing is bad. [SPEAKER_03]: Because jerk wants to be the dad in this house. [SPEAKER_03]: That's what he wants to do. [SPEAKER_03]: He's got to do it. [SPEAKER_03]: Well, I what are you talking about. [SPEAKER_03]: I'm working for God. [SPEAKER_03]: Take it off. [SPEAKER_03]: Okay. [SPEAKER_03]: If I was at it in a life in casualty working in the surety division, you know, come on now. [SPEAKER_04]: The worst thing here is that, you kno