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Topic:Toilets are one of the greatest inventions ever, but(t) they can kill
Welcome to Season 7 pre-board of The Garry Meier Show Cocktail Hour LIVE! Streaming starts at 6 p.m. Eastern/5 Central, on Friday, May 22, 2026. We know nonsense and yappetizers aplenty will be served. Jannelle Gordon will be tonight’s guest. Subscribe to the GarrForceLIVE channel! It’s free. Once subscribed, you can also click the bell icon to be notified when the show is LIVE! Every one of the cocktail hour shows can be replayed there on demand too. The GarrForceLIVE YouTube channel is the only place you MAY share comments that we MAY see in our virtual studio, and it is the only place you MAY play along with Leslie’s game. Comments shared while we are live streaming MAY be shown on the screen and/or we MAY talk about them. You MAY text or leave voicemail at anytime at: 1.773.888.2157 (regular charges apply). Tell your friends and family about the show by sharing a link on ANY of your favorite social media channels, including Facebook: just point that link to our YouTube Stream! SUBSCRIBE TO THE PREMIUM SHOW – GARRYMEIER.SUPERCAST.COM
Some things to be happy about from the book: 14,000 Things To Be Happy About.
Lexington, Massachusetts
the six sides of a snowflake
“My Girl” (song)
cayenne pepper
flying kites in the bold March sky
pizza crackers
a sizzle-red skimmer dress
24-hour stores
praying for a sick child
reading menus
1964
a Chinese basket of spring clover and tiny peach roses
a Sunday breakfast of eggs, Canadian bacon, and pastry
BMWs
a Thomas Edison Ediphone
italic writing
Health-Tex children’s clothing ads
opal or tourmaline=hope
a plastic inner tube with a duck’s head
real mashed potatoes, peeled on the premises and veined with melted butter
toasting forks
roast crown of pork, Florida style
wrapped in a quilt, watching a meteor shower
Gunga, galunga
Garry
I saw this piece and decided to reprint it here because I think it plays well for the holidays. One of many reasons adulting is hard: We don’t get recess anymore! A 2025 study from Oregon State University found that adults who ranked higher in playfulness-measured , by traits including uninhibitedness, spontaneity, and fun-seeking-coped better […]
ATTENTION, ATTENTION PLEASE. There are some changes in motion for the Garry Meier podcast. First of all the current carrier Libsyn will no longer handle premium episodes as of October 31st. The new platform is Super Cast. If you are currently a premium member you should’ve gotten an email detailing how to move to the […]
Garry Meier was inducted into the Radio Hall of Fame in November, 2013. Meier has won five A.I.R. Awards for Best Afternoon Show in Chicago and was awarded the National Radio and Records Award for Best Local Afternoon Talk Show Host in America. His segments have appeared on local and national television including World News Tonight. Garry has also been recognized multiple years by Talkers Magazine as one of the "100 Most Influential Talk Show Hosts in America".
