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Toucher & Hardy: Leftover Stack Stack featuring Joker 2, Coca Cola Spiced & Jon Stewart

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Hi… This is Hardy.

Each Toucher and Hardy show ends with “The Stack.” Well, technically, it ends with the crossover break with Beetle and/or Zo, but that’s kind of hit or miss. Blame them for being busy prepping their show, or blame us for running late.

Anyway, “The Stack” is our final planned segment each morning. It’s billed as stuff that we didn’t get to, and sometimes it’s stuff that would never make it on the air in the first place. They either would take too long to explain, or there’s a visual element that wouldn’t translate, blah blah blah.

So now, it’s my pleasure to bring you the Leftover Stack Stack. Starting with:

JOKER 2

Director Todd Phillips posted more photos on Instagram on Wednesday featuring Joaquin Phoenix in his Joker getup, alongside Lady Gaga, who will play Harley Quinn. And if you’ve been blissfully unaware, allow me to ruin your day by telling you it’s going to be a musical.

I can only hope they’re messing with us, and that it’ll just be a movie-movie. But with Joaquin’s previous forays into music – his fake(?) attempt at being a rapper and portrayal of Johnny Cash in “Walk the Line” – I think it’s real. And nothing makes me more anxious than the thought of sitting through a musical.

COCA-COLA SPICED

On Wednesday, the Coke people in Atlanta unveiled what they called their first new permanent offering in the soda portfolio, Coca-Cola Spiced. I’ll believe it when I see it on the shelves for more than 3 months. I mean, they put Cinnamon Coke on the shelves for a while, and just when I grew to love it (and the way it paired with my cinnamon nicotine lozenges) they stopped making it and it hasn’t been seen since.

JON STEWART

He’s back as the Monday host of the Daily Show. He goofed on both Biden and Trump in the one clip I saw online, which is how I expect I’ll consume all his appearances. 11 pm? Not for this guy. Hell, I wasn’t up that late before I started doing the morning show, and I’m starting to think I’ll never be up that late again in my life.

 

Nick Gemelli presents: The best (visual) moments from Toucher & Hardy

If you’re reading this article, I’m sure you know who I am and the show I work for. If you don’t, let me explain.

My name is Nick Gemelli, and I’m a producer for Toucher & Hardy on 98.5 The Sports Hub. This marks my 8th year as a member of 98.5 The Sports Hub, and to say it’s been a blast would be an understatement. The experience of working at the station and the opportunities it has provided have been amazing. I truly love working here.

One of these opportunities presented itself recently in September when BEASLEY MEDIA, the parent company of 98.5 The Sports Hub, made a huge investment in video streaming and production. At that point, the show was streaming on Twitch using tiny webcams, and it looked like complete garbage.

Fast forward to now: The quality of the video stream has greatly improved, and viewership has been consistently growing. It also gave us at The Sports Hub the opportunity to dive headfirst into the world of vertical videos on TikTok and Instagram.

I took this opportunity and ran with it. To give you an idea of how the show works, the easiest way to explain it is this: Dan O’Brien calls the shots, runs the board, books the guests, etc. Lockhart handles all the sound played on the show, creating 30-second promos, recording commercials, etc. My role encompasses anything video-related (YouTube/reels/TikTok, etc.), managing the social media accounts, podcasting the show, writing articles, street audio, and whatever else I may have forgotten.

To be totally honest, I think I’ve carved out a pretty good role for myself at the station, and I’m always looking out for more things to do.

So, why am I explaining all of this? Well, for one, I gotta hit that quota. But also, after a brief conversation with my boss today, it inspired me to highlight some of the videos you may have missed on the Toucher & Hardy Instagram account from the last couple of months.

And with that, enjoy!

  • BALLOON ANIMALS

     

    Fred is a big-timer. He’s an ESPN Insider, which is SUPER exclusive. Only the elite of elites are Insiders. But Fred has a heart and decides to share his status with the masses. To thank him, Hardy decided to make him a balloon animal.

  • MILKSHAKES

     

    Not only am I known as a hard worker around the station, but I’m also known for having a big booty. This baffles my wife how Fred is so obsessed with my butt. What can I say? My milkshake brings all the boys to the yard!

  • ZOLAK'S OOPSIE

     

    It was the Friday before Super Bowl week in Las Vegas. With the return of THE CROSS-OVER, Zolak talked about how he will not be packing for the trip. However, he did reveal a time where he had an accident on a chair Felger usually uses.

  • JULIE OR SOFIA?

     

    Julie Bowen or Sofia Vergara? That was the question presented to Hardy. Fred has criticized him for a taste in women that he finds odd. But the heart knows what the heart wants.

  • EGG SALAD SANDWICH

     

    Hardy shares a story of the time Scott Zolak ate an entire tray of egg salad sandwiches next to a dumpster behind a Star Market. I mean, that sentence speaks for itself. What else do you need to read to convince yourself to watch this video??

  • WHEN BUSTING CHOPS GOES WRONG

     

    We love Kendra. We truly do and believe her time at the station won’t be long. She’ll be off to do bigger and better things for sure. Here’s a clip from one of her appearances where Fred was trying to bust her chops only to have it bite him in the butt.

  • WALLACH BOMBS

     

    Jon Wallach means well, I guess. But not during a recent morning where he tried to make a funny joke only to have it come off RUDE and INSENSITIVE. How dare you make light of Fred’s sobriety, Walldick!

  • WALLACH'S EMAIL

     

    Did you know Wallach didn’t know his work email??? It’s true. This angered Fred, who gets most of the negative feedback about the show. It’s about time Wallach gets a taste!

  • ALSO...

    I want to set the record straight.

    Yes, I did have an accident in my bed… while I was unconscious! I was literally knocking on heaven’s door at that point. If my then-girlfriend (now wife) hadn’t barged in, thinking I was ‘ghosting her,’ I would be dead!

    I ended up having MRSA. It went septic and attacked my aortic valve, which led to me having open-heart surgery performed.

    The doctors replaced it with a mechanical valve. No, it’s not a pacemaker. No, it doesn’t run on batteries. It operates like a check valve for a sump pump.

    And that’s it. I’m fine… besides the stroke in 2022, but since then, I’m okay. To be completely honest, Zolak’s situation was FAR worse than mine!

    Okay, I’m done. Thanks for scrolling! 🙂

Nick Gemelli, the wizard behind the scenes at Toucher & Hardy and a maestro on 985thesportshub.com, kicked off his radio escapade back in 2007 as an intern for Toucher & Rich on WBCN. After navigating through WFNX and the Boston Phoenix, he made a triumphant return to the show in 2016. Hailing from Marshfield but currently holding it down in Tewksbury, Nick’s radio journey is as dynamic as his Twitter feed. Nick writes about what happens on the Toucher & Hardy Show and Boston area lifestyle content.

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