- What's up? Greg. I hope
you're having a great day. Welcome back to another episode of this actually happened. Except it didn't. Lately I've become a little bit obsessed with this radio show that I hear when I drive to the gym
in the mornings, a lot. It's called waiting by the phone. If you listen to good
old Fred and Angie on one oh three five in Chicago, then there's a good chance
that you've heard it before. I think that it is awful and I've been listening to it a lot lately because it confuses me so much and I was taking up all of my thoughts and so I need to make a
video about it to vent so that I can stop thinking about it. And I can transfer all of
my concern to you guys. So that's what I'm gonna do. Basically the premise of the show, is somebody calls the radio because they just went on a date, they had a great time, but now they're getting ghosted. What went wrong on the date? Why is this mean mean person ghosting this nice sweet person who's
just looking for love? But then, craziness ensues. Here's the thing though. Every single situation, in all of these dates that they describe, are so insane that they
could not possibly be real. So in the past week I downloaded
the I heart radio app. I think I might be the first
person to ever say that, or admit that. So let's start off by
listening to one, shall we? Uh, we're going to listen to this one. It was actually recently
voted the number one episode of waiting by the phone by
waiting by the phone fans. They had a little contest. This one is called the drug deal. So let's take a listen. - (upbeat music) Why'd they get blown off? We'll find out now in waiting by the phone with Fred and Andy. (Phone beeps) - Hi Alison. How are you? - I'm great. How are you guys? - Very well, good morning. Thanks for being on the show.
It's waiting by the phone. Tell us about this guy, Matthew. How you guys met and
where you stand right now. - I like the little club beat that they always play at the beginning. It's this little like (upbeat music) and they're like, so this really nice guy
that you really like is not calling you back,
and now you're all alone? Tell us more about how this crippling failure is affecting you. - He came by and picked me up
then we went out to dinner, then a movie, and then drinks after. He didn't reach out to
me at all after the date. And I was kind of confused about that. - This girl is saying
that the date went great, nothing weird happened, it was just a normal date,
and nothing went wrong, and she can't possibly imagine why this guy would not
want to call her back. So now let's listen as Fred
and Angie call this guy, and ask him why he won't call her back. - Welcome back. Let's call Matthew. You
met through some friends, you were set up? - Right? - And you want to know what's going on? - Yeah. I'm really interested
to see what he has to say. - We'll call him right now. - She's very interested
to see what weird reason he could have for not
wanting to call her back. Let's take a look. (Phone beeps) - Hello? - Hi Matthew, good
morning. Fred and Angie. Paulina Katelyn called for
Fred and Angie in the morning on kiss FM. I have to tell you, before we go any further with the call that we are on the radio right now, and I need your permission
to keep talking. Is it cool if we keep going with the call? - Yeah. - We're calling on behalf
of a woman named Alison who reached out to us and
said that you guys were set up and you had a great date. She kind of wanted to
know what's going on, why you're ghosting. - We went on a date, just supposed to be a movie.
And then after the movie, she said, let's go get some drinks. And you know, it wasn't part of the plan. And it was all going really well. And on the way to get drinks,
she said let's go to target. And she tells me exactly where to park, which is not anywhere near
the front of the store. - (laughs) - And then I look out and
there's somebody in a car, his window rolls down,
and a drug deal happens. - (Laughs) - They were in the middle of
a date having a great time, and she thought, Hey, you know what would be really fun? A fun thing to do with this stranger, who I know nothing about? I'm gonna take him to deal some cocaine. At the very least, this girl has some very
serious time management issues. She booked a date at the
same time as a drug deal. That's a big no no. We all know that. We all learned that in
drug dealer one oh one. You don't book a date at the
same time as a drug deal. So now that she knows why
this dude won't call her back, let's see how she responds. Will she'd be like, oh, of course. Taking a stranger to a drug deal on a date is a weird thing to do. Let's find out. - You did a drug deal on a date. - I mean, I didn't make
him do any of the drugs. - You made me do the drug deal. You gave me money. I handed him money. - (Laughs) - He handed me cocaine.
I handed you cocaine. I became a drugstore in that situation. - You know what, grow up. - Grow up? Huh? Why is she so flabbergasted
by the idea that this dude didn't wanna do a drug deal on a date? Even people who deal drugs, know that you should
probably get to know someone, and you know, build trust with someone, before you reveal to them
that you are a drug dealer. - Allison, you have to acknowledge that maybe if he's not into that, then he doesn't want us to
get nailed for buying it. - Oh please. He wasn't buying it. We were just out to
have a good time, And so I was trying to make it better. - Okay. Look, so is there any way, would you get past this Matthew? - So then Fred and Angie
asked if there's any way that the dude could get past this, and go on another date with her. He obviously says no. And that is the end of the episode. That is an episode of
waiting by the phone. So, aside from how wild that was, it's kind of like a weird
premise to begin with, right? Like it's about people
who are getting ghosted or texts aren't being answered, their calls, aren't being returned, but they want a second
date. So they figure, Hey, maybe if I call the radio and I get the radio host
to interrogate my date, they'll want a second date with me. Because that's really what people want. It's to be interrogated on the radio. And the fact that the premise
is weird would be forgivable, if it weren't for the fact that this entire show is completely fake. That's right. The date didn't even happen. The whole show is fake, the
date was fake, the story's fake. Cocaine's not even real. Even though they do a couple of things to try to make you believe it's real, like when the person answers the phone, Fred and Angie have to
ask if it's okay that they're on the radio, making it seem like they need to get consent because this person
hasn't signed a release. But all in all, they do such a bad job of making this seem real. For one, they seem to do this show a lot. I think they do it multiple
times a week. In fact, on the podcast page, they upload one of these
podcasts every weekday, so five times a week. So you'd think, they would
need people to be calling in constantly to volunteer
to be on this show. But one thing that I've noticed
while listening to the show, is they never advertise
how to get on the show. They never say a number to call, or a website to go to,
or an email to email. There is no way, from
listening to the show at least, to get on this show. So I decided, okay, let's give them
the benefit of the doubt. Maybe I just have to do
a little bit of digging to get on the show. So
a couple of days ago, I tried my best to get
on waiting by the phone and here's what happened. So I'm just going to Google
it, to see if there's a number listed anywhere. All right. So I Googled waiting by the phone kiss FM phone number. The first option is just an episode of waiting by the
phone that you can listen to. And then the second one is
best of waiting by the phone. These are some videos
of waiting by the phone. Okay. So there's no number listed anywhere for you to call waiting by the phone. Literally no information on how to get on waiting by the phone. So what I think I'm
gonna do, is over here, on kiss FM's website, you can
click, there's an option to contact kiss FM. So I'm going
to do that. And then there's a few numbers here, studio
line, business line, advertise with us. So I'm just gonna try calling the studio line
and see if I can get on waiting by the phone. Okay.
I am calling kiss FM's studio line. (Phone beeps) (laughs) - Just not pick up. Can you
even call kiss FM at all? I've been waiting for three minutes now and no one has picked up. So
I'm gonna hang up. Can I tune into the radio right now and
see what's going on? Maybe they're doing something, where
they're using all the phone lines. (upbeat music) Okay. No, they're just
playing Selena Gomez. So, no reason that they shouldn't
be able to pick up the phone. I assume they have employees that do that. Maybe I'll try calling the business line, waiting by the phone is serious
business. So you got to call the business line. - Thank you for calling
I heart media, Chicago. Our office is now closed. - I found an email form I
can fill out to send to them. So maybe I'll do this instead.
Help. I want to be on waiting by the phone. Please. Help.
Yes, I would like a reply. Yes, I am not a robot. And submit. Your request has been received. All right. We'll see what happens. All right. It's the next day. It is 10:54. So, hopefully, this is within office hours of the kiss FM studio line. I'm going to try calling them again. (phone beeps) They're not going to pick up, are they? They're never going to pick
up. Okay. So I'm just going to assume that their studio line
doesn't exist and there's actually no way to contact kiss
FM. Unless they ever respond to my email request. Uh, which I also doubt they will do. (upbeat music) So. Yeah, it's impossible
to get on the show, because everyone on the show is an actor. And if you are not an actor, then you cannot be on the show. Alrighty. Let's check out
another episode, why don't we? This one's called the dump and dash. - How you doing? - I'm doing very well. How about yourself? - Uh, very well. Thanks
so much for calling Waiting by the phone. (laughs) Tell us about your day with
Stephanie. How you guys met and where you guys stand right now. - Well, we were talking for a
bit on Bumble. Uh, we went out for drinks (mumbles). Even
hooked up, which was awesome. - Oh man. They hooked
up? That sounds awesome. - It might've just been, you know, a uh, kind of a one night thing,
because she hasn't responded to any of my attack warmly or
hasn't uh jumped on anything. - Okay. And that you didn't
want a one night thing. Like you obviously you've reached
out to see her again. You want a repeat at least.
Well, that's where we come in. We'll call and ask some
questions. You'll be on the phone. Maybe we can straighten this
out, and set you guys up on another date. - All right. So the date went
great. They even hooked up. It was awesome. And this dude
couldn't think of any reason that this girl wouldn't want
to text him back. So let's see what the girl has to
say when they call her. - Can you tell us where you guys stand? - Um, so he called you? - Right.
- Yeah He called waiting by the phone. - He's a little confused. - He reached out to us - Oh. - and told us about
the date. He likes you, wants to see you again, and he's hoping we can put
you guys back together. - Probably not.
- Ha. So what happened? Because he, I mean, why? Are you just not interested
or did something go on or did he say something or... - Um. I mean, he just like uh, All right. He (beep) the bed - He pooped in her bed, left,
and then apparently was like, damn, that was a great date. I killed it. I didn't think I had it in
me, but I hooked up with her, and pooped in her bed? That was awesome. - I woke up and there
was (beep) in my bed. (laughs) - I forgot to mention that Joe is here. Joe, you left that detail out. - Oh my God. - That's a key detail at all of this. - Oh my God. - It's not a real detail. - So he tries to defend himself
for a little bit being like, what? I didn't know that.
I must've been so drunk that I didn't even remember
that I pooped in your bed. I didn't know. But then
like two seconds later, he admits that he did it.
And then he knew he did it. - Oh my God. Wouldn't I know if like, if it was my (beep) because like, it would be in my pants
not on my bed. All right? (laughs) - Yeah, buster. Let's
get one thing straight, When I poop my pants, I know
it. Because it's in my pants and not all over my bed. - Why would I just randomly
(beep) not remember. I was also drunk. I wasn't
necessarily just embarrassed. I barely knew that. - He barely knew? How do you barely know that
you pooped in someone's bed? Oh, come on, dude. I barely
even knew I pooped in her bed. Like, yeah, I know that I pooped somewhere that wasn't the toilet. And yeah, I noticed there
was poop in her bed, but how was I supposed to
know those two things were related? So this whole time, this dude knew that he
pooped in this girl's bed. He knew it from the start, but he still went for days
without her texting him back, wondering why she's not texting him back. And then he decided to call the radio. So these two radio hosts
would harass this poor girl and ask her, why won't you
call him back? Never once thinking it might be because
he pooped in her bed. This show is insane.
This show is a nightmare. So you might notice from the
two examples that I've shown that the show was a little bit formulaic. That's one of the big issues
I have with it, is that like every episode plays out the
exact same way, which one could argue is a huge indication
that the show was scripted. One could argue it, and one does. It is I. I am the one. The
person who calls in always starts off by saying like, we
had such a great time. Everything was great. I can't figure out why
they won't call me back. A lot of times they even throw in, like, we went back to my place and
hooked up, at which point Fred and Angie are always like, Oh wow, (music playing)
- They hooked up. That's kind of interesting. And then of course they called the ghoster and it turns out that
they're not the weird one, it was the ghostee all along.
And the reason they ghosted them is cause they did some
weird shit on their date, like poop in their bed or
take them to a drug deal. This happens in literally
every single episode. This one's called the competitive eater. - (music playing) after we
do waiting by the phone. Hi Greg. - Hi. - Oh shit. This one's
about Greg. Hey Greg. Let's hear how Greg fucked up. So we can just skip past
the exposition for this one. We know that the date went well and he can't figure out why
this girl won't call him back. Let's just skip to the
part where they call her. - I guess the best way to put it is like he embarrassed himself
really, really badly. And he embarrassed me. - How did he do that? Cause he
said, everything went really well. And he had a good time.
He didn't share any of this. So what happened? How did
he embarrass you both? - Wait. Hold on. Greg did
something weird? What a twist. But he said everything
on the day went fine. And now you're telling me that
everything didn't go fine, And Greg did something
weird? I don't know, man. Seems a little sass to me. - On, we were sitting at the
bar having a drink and all of a sudden he's on the stage with
like a bunch of other men and a woman actually. And
there were like piles of soft tacos and pitchers of water
and just food everywhere. He took off his button-down
shirt and he was wearing his white theater underneath. - (laughs) - Stop it. - Yeah. - Oh my God, the visual's amazing on this. - Okay. And so, you're still
sitting there at the table. Cause you know, you were on
this dinner date, And so you're just gonna be a spectator now. - Okay. This dude's kind of a savage. So this dude goes on a first
date with a girl and leaves the girl halfway through the date
to go enter a competitive taco eating contest. And then, I guess, leaves the date thinking
that he totally killed it. Very typical date if you ask
me. We talked about work, exchange pleasantries, made small talk, I ate a hundred tacos, threw
up and kissed her goodbye. Just another classic first date with Greg. - After the whole thing
is over, he comes back and he's starting to complain
about his stomach hurts. - Hold on one second. So
you're being like, so dramatic. - And then Greg doubles down.
He's like, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. You aren't
being so dramatic right now. I thought you'd think it was
really romantic If I shoved 50 tacos down my throat and then got a tummy
ache and had to go home, - I don't know. I maybe
misjudged the situation, as far as like, I don't
think that we're compatible. - Now he's like trying
to break up with her. He's like, look, I just don't
know if we're compatible, okay? I don't know if I could ever
be with someone that didn't wanna watch me strip down
to my tank top and eat soft tacos by the dozen. It's like, dude, we've all already established
that you're not compatible, that's why she didn't call you. I guess it's important that you
come to this conclusion too, but don't act like you're
the one who decided it. These characters are so bizarre. And I understand that that's
the point like that's where the entertainment value comes from. Is like, (high-pitched sound) whoa, this wacky thing happened. But kiss FM releases one of
these episodes, every weekday. So they expect us to
believe that they find five of these scenarios every week. Mind you, without knowing that
the scenario is this crazy beforehand, they just know
that there's a very normal sounding guy who had a very
normal sounding date, and now someone's not responding to them. Like how many people would you
have to go through until you got to a situation that was this weird? Cause I feel like 99%
of the people they call would just be like, Oh. Uh, Yeah, we just didn't really
have a strong connection, And I didn't really feel
like seeing him again. Cause obviously not every
single first date goes wrong because someone started
competitively eating, or pooping in someone's bed. All right. Here's one more episode called the crazy you date. - (music playing) Hey Zach. How you doing? - Oh, you know, I'm all right. Yeah. I went on this date with this girl. Um and uh, I had a really
great time you know. We got drinks, we even
hooked up. That was cool. - Well that's all... - Oh. - That's all good stuff. - Bam. Bam. Bam. - Oh wow. You hooked up, huh? - Bam. Bam. Bam. Is that how it went? Did it go Bam. Bam. Bam? (phone beeps) - Hello. - Hi. Is this Elizabeth? - Yeah. - Uh, good morning. Fred and
Angie from the morning radio show on kiss FM in Chicago.
I'm sorry to bother, but I have to tell you that we are on the
radio right now. I would need your consent to continue with
the call. Is that okay if we uh, talk for a couple of minutes? - Okay. - Oh, another thing. Why is
every person that they call always like, just cool with
being on the radio without any warning they always pick up
and they're immediately just like cool with talking about
their sex life and their dating life on the radio. They're just
like, Hey, so we heard that you had sex with this guy and
now you won't call him or text him. Would you care to tell
millions of people why you did that? Oh yeah. I'd love to. - Cause I feel like if they
called me, it would probably just be like, Hey Danny. We're
with the radio. We just have a couple of questions about
someone you went on a date with, and hooked up with. Do you mind being on the radio real quick? Yes. Or I just wouldn't even pick
up. Cause I never pick up unknown numbers. And I'm pretty sure no one does. And this right here, is exactly why. Cause
those pesky telemarketers always trying to get you on the radio. Yeah. Another weird thing
is that they even pick up in the first place. The show airs at like
9:00 AM. So presumably, a lot of these people
must be at work. Right? Why are these people so cool
with just like talking about their dating life out in the open at work? Just in your cubicle, like,
oh, you want to ask me about a girl I hooked up with? Sure. Okay. So basically right
after we hooked up, this girl put a huge
poopy in my sock drawer. Excuse me, Sir. This is an office. If we could keep private
conversations outside, if you need to step outside. Fuck off. Yeah. And then she
peed in all my water bottles. Yeah. An entire 24 pack. I don't
even know how she found the time to do that without me noticing. All right. Anyway, let's find out why this
girl is ghosting this guy. - (clears throat) Wow. Well,
he really freaked me out. - Why? - Um, you know, we went on this
date and we're having a good time and talking about all
these shows that we're binging and I start talking about this show, You, that we were obsessed with. I thought that that would the
end of it. And then we go back to his place and like, hook up and um, and then he disappeared
for a while. Then came back wearing this ball cap, like that guy Joe. - Wearing a hat? - And a backpack. - Oh, no. Yeah. He was wearing base
ball cap and a backpack. - And he starts talking like
Joe and it freaked me out. - Whoever writes these, what kind of people do you think exist? Is this something that you
think happens on first dates? Like all the time? So this girl said she was
obsessed with you and then they go back in her words because she
thought they were gonna hook up, and then he leaves for a
bit and comes back, dressed up as the creepy guy from you.
I don't know if he's like a murderer or something, cause
I've never watched the show. - He turns into the psychopath? - Yeah. - Oh my God. (laughs) - I'd just ran so fast. - I know. - I'm scared right now. - The guy's a psychopath in the show, and you're embodying that. - Yeah, I thought you were into that Beck. - I thought you would like it if I, for all intents and
purposes, a stranger to you, dressed up as a creepy
psychopath from a TV show while you're alone with
me in my apartment. I thought you'd think it was hot, babe. How was I supposed to know?
Wait, the weird thing is that the dude said that they hooked
up at the beginning, remember bam, bam, bam. But the girl
says they just went there because she thought they were
going to hook up. But then he left and came back, dressed
up as this dude from you. So did whoever wrote the script,
just forget that they had the guy say that they hooked
up or does the guy think that dressing up as a character
from you counts as hooking up? Does he think that's what
hooking up is? Anyway, that's the end of that episode. I would just really
like to be in the minds of Fred and Angie and
whoever writes the show. I don't know if it's
Fred and Angie or if they even know that the show is fake. Maybe they don't even know. Maybe someone else
entirely writes the show, and the producers at the
show do the whole thing. But Fred and Angie don't
even know that it's fake. And they think they're really
on the phone with real people. Cause a lot of the times the
reactions do seem surprisingly genuine, but the show is definitely fake. I just don't know if
Fred and Angie know this. All right, guys. (music playing) I hope
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