Sam Webb's Laugh Brings So Much Joy
At the end of John U. Bacon's segment on WTKA this morning, Sam let out one of the greatest belly laughs I've ever heard. I love Sam's laugh and this outburst is one for the ages. The whole segment is great, talking about the great U of M basketball centers and the steroid era in baseball.
Skip to 26:17 to hear it. Sam makes another "pitching a tent in Schembechler Hall" type of comment and JUB cashes in.
Happy Friday! Go Blue, beat IU!
January 25th, 2019 at 4:02 PM ^
Hi Sam...cool to see you posting here
January 25th, 2019 at 6:14 PM ^
Was the laugh a gut feeling?
January 25th, 2019 at 4:03 PM ^
Sam is a cool guy.
January 25th, 2019 at 4:08 PM ^
JUB said something about being a freshman in 1983. He's not too much older than I am. From listening to him on the radio I would have sworn he was in his late 70's.
John U. Bacon from his webpage.
January 25th, 2019 at 4:31 PM ^
Yup. That's John Bacon.
January 25th, 2019 at 5:06 PM ^
I'm reminded of Brian's statement on Craig Ross. "He is an age, but he talks like he's thirty years older than it."
January 25th, 2019 at 5:10 PM ^
Seriously. I've been listening to him for a few years on Sam's show and would have bet a lot of money that he was an octogenarian.
January 25th, 2019 at 5:53 PM ^
I’m willing to bet that this picture is 10-15 years old because he doesn’t look like that anymore.
January 25th, 2019 at 9:07 PM ^
You're confusing John U. with Craig Ross.
January 25th, 2019 at 4:10 PM ^
Who knew Sam's mom was "The Fugitive"?
Then again, I've never seen them both in the same room, so there's that.
January 25th, 2019 at 4:12 PM ^
Interestingly enough, I've been in your mom's room several times. Usually when you were sleeping.
January 25th, 2019 at 4:14 PM ^
““well, that escalated quickly”
-Ron Burgandy”
-WindyCityBlue
January 25th, 2019 at 4:14 PM ^
That was coooold blooded!
January 25th, 2019 at 4:15 PM ^
Maybe if you were at home with your wife she wouldn't be dead.
January 25th, 2019 at 4:42 PM ^
Duty calls, man. I had to go into the OR. The problem was letting Nichols borrow my car. No forced entry for Sykes.
January 25th, 2019 at 4:25 PM ^
only if you're into ashes
January 25th, 2019 at 4:39 PM ^
Dude obviously owes you an apology. Sorry 'bout your moms.
January 25th, 2019 at 4:49 PM ^
It's ok..... we should probably just get off of moms all together....
like i just................nm
January 25th, 2019 at 5:40 PM ^
He/She sleeps in theirs mom's room, and wasn't always asleep when you were there? That is interesting, tell us more.
January 25th, 2019 at 5:48 PM ^
So over used but still gold.
January 25th, 2019 at 6:06 PM ^
To be fair she was sleeping too. Tommy Lee Jones was right to be suspicious of you.
January 25th, 2019 at 4:17 PM ^
Yeah, he lost it and was laughing uncontrollably on the air. So much so that I forgot whatever joke preceded it or was maybe half listening. It did brighten up the morning. :-)
January 25th, 2019 at 4:30 PM ^
They were talking about bacons 5th anniversary and how the traditional gift was wood, JUB made a subtle boner joke.
January 25th, 2019 at 5:45 PM ^
I will be celebrating my 15th wedding anniversary in April, which is traditionally the "Crystal" anniversary, I believe. To that end, I have already told my wife that I plan to open the bottle of Crystal Pepsi that I've kept since 1994. It should be nice and rancid now, as it was in 1994.
January 25th, 2019 at 5:49 PM ^
Preferable over crystal meth.
January 25th, 2019 at 6:08 PM ^
Not so fast my friend.
January 25th, 2019 at 7:04 PM ^
Similar to cocaine, doing it one night a year is a blast ... preferably not on the same night though
January 25th, 2019 at 8:56 PM ^
Anyone remember Sam's laugh when Ira and Brian filled Sam in on Herm Edwards apparently not knowing that a sun devil was the mascot of the university he just got hired at?
January 25th, 2019 at 4:18 PM ^
As opposed to Desmond Howard who has one of the more annoying laughs I've ever heard.
Love the guy of course, but I cringe whenever I hear his laugh on Gameday.
January 25th, 2019 at 4:21 PM ^
I'd rather listen to Desmond laugh continually than listen to Joey Galloway say anything ever on ESPN.
January 25th, 2019 at 4:34 PM ^
Fair point. Still doesn't change the fact that Desmond's laugh is a shade or two under nails on a chalkboard.
January 25th, 2019 at 4:41 PM ^
I don't think his laugh bothers me... or a least I don't remember it if it does. Joey on the other hand...
January 25th, 2019 at 5:15 PM ^
Doesn't bother me nearly as much as people who say the word "cringe". Plenty of people I know laugh like that.
January 25th, 2019 at 4:37 PM ^
Amen.
January 25th, 2019 at 4:40 PM ^
I was thinking the exact same thing this morning re Sam's laugh about JUB's wood anniversary comment.
I laughed hard at Sam's laughing. JUB does laugh like an old man.
Was in West Quad just before JUB. First people I met in the dorm were the Paul Heuerman and the Bodnar brothers. Great guys except Heureman's kid became a stud TE at OSU.
January 25th, 2019 at 4:40 PM ^
26:37, not 17... I want 20 seconds of my life back you bastard...
January 26th, 2019 at 10:02 AM ^
There was a pretty good, but not uproarious, laugh, just before 26:17, and I thought, "Is that all? I know lots of people who can laugh like that." Then I got to 26:37. Now that was a laugh his mom can be proud of.
January 25th, 2019 at 4:41 PM ^
I always wondered when this blog would slip into the world of the sensual. And so it begins.
January 25th, 2019 at 4:44 PM ^
Did you miss the Sexybits Saga?
January 25th, 2019 at 4:48 PM ^
I do remember. That was only sexual though. I'm talking sensual, like a wonderful belly laugh or a perfect Mesko pun. The type of thing that turns up both the brain and body heat.
January 25th, 2019 at 5:38 PM ^
Did someone say Mesko pun?
January 25th, 2019 at 4:53 PM ^
Most everything about Sam brings joy.
Smart, patient, good man.
He should finish up and get that degree, though.
January 25th, 2019 at 7:25 PM ^
Yes, most everything about Sam brings joy.
Especially one cold winter night each December, when that joyful jolly laugh of Samta signals to Rudolph, Donnar Blitzen, and the rest of the crew that indeed it is time to launch into the night sky, pulling the jolly elf and his sleigh full of joy.
BTW, Samta does NOT wear red, not even on that one night each year.
January 25th, 2019 at 5:15 PM ^
Family member? Come on Fugitive, thread worthy? :)
January 25th, 2019 at 5:43 PM ^
I'm sticking to my guns. It was funny.
January 25th, 2019 at 6:48 PM ^
January 25th, 2019 at 5:58 PM ^
easy fix for that, umbig11 - drop some nuggets in the comments. rescues any thread. No offense, Fugitive. I enjoy Sam and his laughs as well
January 25th, 2019 at 6:05 PM ^
Such a strange post
January 25th, 2019 at 6:47 PM ^
January 25th, 2019 at 6:20 PM ^