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1-6-26 YTYGIB Taco Bell Rundown
The Rock 108 Morning Show with Brian Marshall · Tue Jan 6, 2026
Brian Marshall and Tom Garland for the first time in 2026.
Welcome aboard.
Hey, thanks, Brian.
Thanks for having me back.
Feeling good.
Yeah.
Feeling great.
I know that I mentioned here last week that things were not feeling well for you.
You picked up whatever, uh, crud was out there.
Yeah.
I had, uh, I had one of the variants,
one
of the 2026 variant.
Oh,
okay.
No, it was, it was all right.
I just got the COVID-26.
Yeah, I'm on my like 19th booster shot.
So
hopefully that helps at some point.
Is that why that's growing out of your shoulder there?
Exactly.
Right.
Yeah, that's a microchip.
It actually says Tesla Industries on it.
Fantastic.
I
was hoping something like that would happen.
You think you got a bad Tom Garland with something growing out of your shoulder?
How about this?
Pennsylvania woman accused of running over her boyfriend with a car.
Oh, I mean, I know we've
Both had probably some crazy exes in our day.
Well, I mean, I don't know if they're still- if she's an ex yet, but I mean, she uses the car.
Uh, they got into an argument at a Taco Bell.
She hit him with a car at a Taco Bell?
Uh-huh.
Wow.
That's- that's escalating things.
Uh, the whole incident was caught on security camera and the man walked away with scratches and road rash.
No word on whether or not he got the
chalupa.
Yeah, I was gonna say that escalated faster than the price of a chalupa.
That's That's really she blasted him.
She did Baha blast him.
She she didn't hit him.
She she supreme dim
There's a 12 year old witness the area in Pennsylvania who's talking about what happened Can you imagine being 12 and witnessing this this chaos?
Here's the 12 year old
I just hear a crash and I look outside and he's on the floor look
The car is destroyed from the front end.
If we didn't have the truck, you would have been not alive.
He got out of the vehicle, did the right thing.
He knew the tempers were flaring.
Got out of the vehicle and walked away.
Unfortunately, we've seen a lot of domestic violence incidents in the past month.
It's a tough time of year.
I've said it before.
I ask everyone to take a deep breath, stay calm, walk away.
I
just don't want to go walking there because I always go to Taco Bell to get a drink and I don't want to walk it there anymore.
I always go to Taco Bell to
get a drink.
I don't want to go there anymore.
First of all, I would assume the man was like a police officer
or
something like that.
Yeah, I think he called it domestic violence.
I wouldn't go that far.
I would call it more like vehicular salsa at that point.
And I like how the kid jumped in to say that he's a bit neglected.
He's like, they make me walk to Taco Bell alone.
Can you imagine going to school after that and try and tell your friends what you saw?
You guys think you guys think Fortnite's violent.
Let me tell you what I saw.
Hold my Baja Blast.
I got a
story for you.
How was your Christmas, Timmy?
Well, I saw I got run over by a car at Taco Bell.
What fight were they in, too, outside of Taco Bell, right?
What to get.
I mean,
what
to get.
That's a
big one.
Yeah.
I told you I wanted potato or lace.
Honey, they're not at Taco Bell.
Quiet!
That's it.
He was like, what's wrong with you?
Are you on your period?
She was like, I'm on four-wheel drive.
He's like, oh, you quare on good lawyer.
Oh my gosh.
That's good.
Tom Garland has his top five Tuesday.
It's coming up after the news.
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It's Top 5 Tuesday on The Rock 108 Morning Show.
Friend of the show, Tom Garland is here on this Top 5 Tuesday.
He is a stand-up comedian.
He is a filmmaker.
He is an actor and more all at TomGarlandStandUp.com.
Welcome aboard.
Thank you, Brian.
I appreciate the plug.
It's good to be a board of good to be back How long have we been doing having me on it's been like what two years now it almost two years almost two years It was like February or March two years ago.
I'm loving it dude.
I hope this continues And not just our relationship here me with the station and with you and everything but just the world in general Brian I think maybe our days are numbered
Watch
the
news.
I mean, it's
crazy.
Yes, we still got Russia at war with Ukraine right now You've got now we're bombing Venezuela.
I guess we're picking people up there and bringing them back here The Chicago Bears are about to play the Packers on this for the third time.
Yeah.
Yeah, the whole world's gone nuts Yeah, the
NFC North champion Chicago Bears you like what upside down are we in right now?
People think that
we're headed the upside down, is that right?
People think that maybe we're headed to World War III.
Oh really?
Because of the Chicago Bears?
I don't know.
If they play like they did last weekend, maybe not.
That's a pretty, that's just a flop festival.
I will say this though, World War III, everyone is so worried about it, right?
And I get why they're worried.
But I also think if World War III happens, there could be some benefits to it.
There's benefits to war well to specifically to World War three nowadays that I think that could really help
help our situation here in America.
Things could be positive about it.
These are the top five benefits of World War three.
Number five, there'd be less young drivers on the road.
Wouldn't need cars flying through the air, banging into two other cars in Cedar Rapids.
First Avenue.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Gotta be careful.
Less young drivers.
They would all go somewhere.
These are the top five strap in, Brian, because these are crash element ready.
to go top five benefits of world war three number four it raises the bar for what would be considered bad news yes yes sure does number three we may actually get to see robots fight this time
Yeah, actually knows the Tesla guy that would kick the guy in the nuts.
Yeah, let's bring those Tesla terminators over there and see I'm looking for John Conner.
I'm
looking for a guy named
Maduro.
These are top five benefits of World War three.
Number two, people will stop asking.
So what do you do for a living?
So what do you do?
What do I do?
I try to survive going down to the Cedar River.
Drinking out of that trying to hide throwing a line in yeah getting some catfish.
Yeah, I
love those things
Charging my scooter
scooter in the water.
Yeah, not during the winter time just bounces back
up
The top five benefits of World War three number one number one gun nuts and doomsday preppers will finally see a return on their investment There we go.
Yeah.
Yeah
those MREs that you've
been stocking up on for so long.
Yep We'll just justify all those people justify the flat earthers to
The bombs will go off, boom, boom.
They'll be like, see, I was flat.
It is now.
It is flat now.
You want some powdered beef stew?
Got it over here.
That's six of
them.
Who used all the Wi-Fi?
Ah, apartment life.
Bad Wi-Fi, mystery laundry piles, and a roommate who says, I'll Venmo you.
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Apartment?
Sometimes it's obvious.
Sometimes it's
obscure.
It's time for Brian's Brain Buster, sponsored by Puro Clean of Cedar Rapids.
Today, Tom Garland, you need to know a little bit of world history, because humans didn't inhabit this place until about 750 years ago.
So some of the guesses here earlier today have included Greenland, which was in the news, around 2,500 BC.
Don had thought Dubai as early as 3,000 BC there in the Middle East.
Antarctica.
We're looking at inhabitants.
Well, I mean, the Polynesians reaching as early as the 7th century and then went, hmm, it's a little cold for us.
Let's, let's move on.
First documented human landing by a sealer John Davis in 1821.
Easter Island came up and then Lewis and Indy said, the ocean.
Can you think, are we inhabiting the ocean?
No,
but I get what he's saying, like cruise boats and that sort of, but not seven.
Yeah, but you inhabit the boat, not the ocean itself.
Yeah.
And I don't know if that timeline, so okay, say it to me real quick.
It's 750 years ago, no one was there.
Yeah.
Humans didn't inhabit this place until 750 years ago.
So if you're thinking on this, like the ocean, it's like, okay, you know, Kevin Costner and Water World, you know, running around drinking his own pee.
Looking for the map to dry land on the back of the girl that ends up in Napoleon Dynamite.
She'll sell you some bracelets.
Can I guess?
Can I get a guess on this?
I'm wondering if you're going to get this right, because I think we've narrowed it down.
I
didn't peek or whatever, but here's my guess, honest to God.
Humans weren't here 750 years ago.
Right.
Tiff in Iowa.
I don't think people were there seven months ago.
They didn't drive by and it's like, there's like a town there.
What's going on?
It is exploding right now.
Yeah.
You just like, you can golf into the sky and whatever.
And you're like, I didn't, people live here in between.
What?
Oh, this is the real town.
Yeah.
It's like, it's going to be the new North Liberty.
Yeah.
North Liberty, the same thing.
You add that to it.
There's another fake town.
No, it's not fake.
It's not real.
It's grown.
It's
Tiffin.
You know, it's a rising star.
I feel like all you have to do in Iowa is like go out to a plot of land and like add a Casey's gas station and a dollar tree.
And then people are like, we're building houses around this.
Look out,
Robbins,
you're
next.
Waverly, what are you doing?
Janesville, Shellrock, look out.
So, yeah.
No, it wasn't Tiff and Sorry.
Yeah, but we'll have the answer coming up by 735.
Who used all the Wi-Fi?
Ah, apartment life.
Bad Wi-Fi, mystery laundry piles, and a roommate who says, I'll Venmo you.
Maybe 2027 deserves an upgrade.
Coming August 2027, Four Lakes Properties introduces the brand new Union Station Apartments, furnished in-unit washer and dryer.
Internet included a great central downtown location, one to five bedroom apartments, and no double occupancy fees.
That's less adulting and more actually enjoying where you live.
Union Station Apartments, now leasing from Four Lakes Properties.
Wait, we have a washer and dryer in the apartment?
It's top five Tuesday on The Rock 108 Morning Show.
It's the top five most reliable car brands in the United States, according to JD Power.
And it's ranked by problems per 100 vehicles.
Okay.
Toyota.
Toyota number two.
Okay.
How about Honda?
Honda, Honda, Honda, Honda, Honda, Honda.
Not in the top five.
Okay.
Which
surprises me.
Yeah,
me too.
Gosh, what's another?
Let's say Toyota's number two.
Number one is also a Toyota brand.
Is it Nissan?
No.
No, I'm gonna hold back.
So Toyota
is the base model, and this is their Lexus.
Lexus, very good.
Number one is Lexus.
Now I have to imagine some American.
Three and four are both American.
Yeah, yeah.
So I mean like Chevy.
Chevy's number four.
Okay.
And then, is it Ford?
No.
Number
three is a dad car.
A Buick Century.
Buick.
Does Buick Stick?
Sorry, Buick is number three.
No kidding.
Yeah, that's shocking.
I thought
Buick was like a dead brand.
I didn't even know they were around
anymore.
That's exactly what I thought.
Oh my.
That's not really a dead car.
And number
five, the one you haven't got is a British import.
Mini Cooper.
Yeah, Mini Cooper.
Really?
It's because they're so small all you have to do is replace the rubber band
I had a mini Cooper the first year they came out and they were hard to get and you paid over sticker form.
Yeah, and Mine blew up after 30,000 miles.
Do they have a four-cylinder?
It's an inline something isn't that four-cylinder is it really?
Yeah, I can't believe it fits in there cool little car I mean cool little car.
Can you just put another go-kart motor in it or
what?
You could.
Yeah.
Um, Briggs and Stratton.
Yeah, exactly.
Pullstart.
Um, Porsche was number six, Mazda seven, Mykea number eight, BMW nine and Dodge number 10.
Bottom of the list, the three most unreliable brands, Chrysler, Audi,
Land Rover.
Interesting.
I was going to ask about Tesla.
That's where I was chuckling earlier.
See if Tesla was even on the
list.
Is Tesla even on the list?
Let's see.
I
got locked inside my Tesla.
Tesla isn't even on the list.
Interesting.
No electric cars.
Yeah.
Give it a little time and then it won't.
They still won't be reliable.
You'll have to have batteries.
What can go wrong on a Tesla?
I mean, the screen goes dark.
Fair.
Can't go up a hill when it's snowing outside.
Is that true?
Yeah, you watched them in the snow.
Yeah, they have troubles.
How could that be?
They have all four wheels driving.
Yeah, and they spin ice.
Well, I
guess all cars have trouble going up hills.
Yeah, you're right.
Mine has trouble going right now.
Yeah.
Alice and James.
Rooster with Rock108.
We covered this this morning earlier on the show.
Russ, did you know that it's national take down your Christmas tree day?
I would hope so.
You know why it's always the sixth of January?
I learned this this morning.
It's always the sixth because the 12 days of Christmas just ended.
And if you keep your tree up after the 12th day of Christmas, it's supposedly bad luck.
I thought the 12 days of Christmas ended on Christmas.
That's what I thought.
But that is incorrect.
I think they're wrong.
You think that they're wrong?
What's your
source?
The complete sheet.
It's the radio prep service It's always the six because the 12 days of Christmas ended last night in per tradition supposed to keep your tree up until all 12 days have passed I did that yesterday because of you stepping out I actually took mine down and I had no idea that today was national take down your tree day I was just like, okay.
Well, this is silly.
It's you know, we're in January right now.
You're such a rule follower.
Am I?
Yes.
No, I just wanted the tree down So I took it down.
I packed it up even knowing you're a rule
follower.
What?
I
packed up all mine.
What
day is the 12 days of Christmas end?
Who are you asking?
Google.
Yeah?
Is it telling you right now?
Yeah.
January 5th.
So the 12 days of Christmas ended yesterday, yeah?
Yeah.
Why?
Does it cite the source?
Uh, Google.
Christmas.com.
Okay, what are the 12 days of Christmas?
Yeah, it begins on, it begins on December 25th that runs through January 6th.
On the first day of Christmas.
Hmm.
Why did we always think it was before Christmas?
I don't know, I was
assumed it was before Christmas.
Is it because of the advent calendars?
Is that why?
I never understood advent calendars.
Well, you open up the door and there's something in there and says, hey, you're counting down to Christmas.
Yee-haw!
Yeah, but
there's a religious component to those.
Oh, is there?
Okay.
I think, again, not sure.
It's
the period in the Christian theology that marks the span between the birth of Christ and the coming of the Magi.
There you go.
That's, it's a religious thing.
That's where the 12 days of Christmas.
Oh, because of the Mer, right?
Yes.
Yeah.
Mer.
Yeah.
Gold, frankincense, and myrrh.
You know, if you, uh, frankincense is actually a spice and is actually traded very well right now.
How do you know that?
I looked it up the other
day.
It was during the 12 days of Christmas, I
guess.
So we all learned something new today, thanks to Rock Whatta Wait.
I'm sure none of our listeners knew this.
Yeah, take down your tree.
Well, no, not that part.
The part about the 12 days of Christmas
running from December through January.
Somebody is going to tell somebody else.
You know what I learned on the radio today?
12 days of Christmas.
It starts at Christmas.
It starts on January 25th.
God.