"Come on. Help me! HELP! HELP!" -- Thomas Scharpling, yelling for the arrival of his army

"It's a recession. I'm not gonna name names, but, uh, let's just say there's a new President. Right? No? Played that wrong? Blaming Obama for this? That's not going over so well. No, I'm kidding. That was a joke. Please, that was a joke. I promise you, I voted for Obama." -- Tom, selecting a poor time to insert a fake political rant into the proceedings

"Is it 75 dollars in cash or in bottles that I can redeem 5 cents at a time in Delaware?" -- Tom, questioning AP Mike's payment method

"Looks like you guys are in trouble. What'd you do, spend all that dough on fudge?" -- Zachary Brimstead, Esq., speculating on WFMU's candy-filled coffers

"Ohhhh ... it's eros. And you'll be hearing much more of it when you guys ... go down in flames." -- Zachary Brimstead, Esq., promising an erotic takeover by Kern-O-Tronics

"You will never win. You will lose. You'll never make it. NEVER! NEVER!" -- Zachary Brimstead, Esq., casting serious doubts on WFMU's mini-marathon success

"Yeah, all broads*. Let's get all the broads sitting on the phones at 800-989-9368. Okay, thank you there, Rusty Warren." - Tom, taking Terre T to task for her terminology

*later revised by DJTT to the more flattering and respectful "beautiful, feminist, super-intelligent women"

"I've already pledged, but I'm pledging again because Tommy made a Rusty Warren reference. And that's why the station must continue!" -- Paul F. Tompkins, rewarding a successful quip

"I think he's one of the worst dudes who's ever done anything in any form. And I mean I'm not even talking about the arts. I'm talking about like ... like ... I'm comparing him against anybody who's done anything. He's worse than the worst garbage man. Worse than the worst guy who works at Home Depot. He's just bad. But how come I know so much about him?" -- Tom, explaining his complicated relationship with William Martin Joel

"It's an emergency so I'll save my novella for the regular marathon." -- The polarizing Michael K. from The Cynics, sparing listeners another one of his Pitt-y Parties

"Pumpkins on the floor, money in the bank." -- Tom, seconding Chris L's plea for pledges from hoarders

"We're all about the fire here! I'm not about some elevator rock "Moondance." I'm not at the Ice Capades with my parents! I saw Van Morrison's Ice Capades. He was pretty good. He's a pretty good skater. You'd think a guy with that girth would not be so good on skates. He was pretty good." -- Tom, complimenting the former Shout! Network variety show host on his blades of glory

"Let's do it for Poppa! My fans are calling me 'Poppa' now. So let's do it for Poppa!" -- AP Mike, summoning his followers with his new nickname

"Marathon's over. Marathon's over. No more pledges. Don't want 'em." -- Tom, fleeing Poppa's crazies

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