The guys at Bob's Boneyard produce one of the best podcast out there, twice a week since April each episode has been hilarious pretty much from start to finish, and not to take anything away from the other episodes, but episode 62 may go down as the greatest single episode of any podcast EVER!! In April The Mike and Bob Show, a show that ran for almost 10 years in Hampton Roads, Virginia was canceled without warning, pretty much everyone woke up one day and it was gone. The Mike and Bob Show was unlike anything else that came before it (or since on traditional radio) it wasn't a drive-time zoo, it wasn't four idiots talking about Top 40 hits, playing the big songs of the day, it was personality driven radio at its very best. When the show was canceled it had a lot of its fans puzzled, the reason it was canceled as it turns out was due to a new ratings system combined with another format change on their home station 96x, once the home for alternative rock, now a station that plays Top 40 Pop. The cancelation led however to the Bob's Boneyard Podcast, which is only a more evolved, funnier, more profane version of the show that came before it. The Mike and Bob Show ran for almost 10 years and received no formal farewell, the show getting canceled sucked, no farewell was an injustice. On Episode 62 fans finally got their wish as Bob's Boneyard celebrated the 10 year anniversary of the Mike and Bob Show, while also having a reunion featuring members of The Mike and Bob Show from years past, and a few famous callers. The show felt like The Mike and Bob Show never left, it was a look back at 10 years that changed the way people thought about talk radio, giving each member of the show their moment, telling funny stories about the people that couldn't be there, and sharing personal favorite and least favorite moments of the run of the show, it was a perfect recap of a show that was so important to so many people, closing an important chapter while leaving the door open for more stuff to come in the future. There was a moment at the end were Bob Fresh and Mike Powers signed off using their trademark "Goodnight and Rock n' Roll" that chocked many people up and brought a tear to many an eye, for 10 years the Dudes left us with that same exit, and it was great they got to say at least one more time.
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