ML is STILL recovering from high school, so why is he going to his 40thclass reunion this weekend? Marc and special guest Tresa Baldas share some of their most vivid memories from their school daze.
STRAIGHT DOPE: You might think with his affection for New Wave music, and his 1985 Buick Riviera, that high school was the best days of ML’s life. Not so. Nevertheless, he is looking forward to attending the 40th class reunion of his alma mater, Grosse Pointe South High School, this weekend. Listen and learn why.
ML claims kinship with Millennials because he felt invisible in high school. Marc asks what changed.
Marc and Tresa haven’t had a class reunion. Ever. Marc reveals the reason for his reunion fail. Tresa cops to putting a curse on her class … and shares why she’s thinking of lifting it.
While Marc somehow stayed one step ahead of the law in high school, ML almost got banned from graduation after getting caught pulling a senior prank. He tells all about it – including how the punishment could have exposed him to a lethal dose of toxic material.
Unlike her husband, Tresa was popular in high school and got along with everyone. But she was haunted by a feeling she didn’t quite belong. She tells all about it.
Being a kid in high school can feel like the blind leading the blind. Well, when Tresa was in high school, she actually led the blind – in marching band, no less.
ML says being an unpopular dick in high school helped prepare him for his career as an investigative reporter. Find out why.
Tresa says one of her classmates was so hot even the blind girl knew he was a stud. ML is not impressed.
Mr. Binder held ML’s life in his hands, but showed the kind of mercy that can change a life. ML shares why he will never forget the grace that kept him out of jail … after his dad nearly shot him in the face.
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GEEK OF THE WEEK: ML offers one of the most obscure geeks ever before Marc calls out a current trend leaving college campuses on lockdown.
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