Saved By The Belmore Presents: DON’T LET THE SUN GO DOWN ON ME (Episode 4)

a liking to you, it seems according to the Facebook page. Listeners. Well, let's not get carried away, but they do like to um hear what's going on with you. I guess there's an a lot of sad women that I feel the same way as you do. So what's new with you, Cinti? Oh, well, I wouldn't say sad, but you know, I actually I have some big news. So, as many of you know, my ex husband did leave me for an unnamed real house life of New York. Yeah we know, Cindy, you

bring it up every episode. Well, well we have a little update. It turns out her contract wasn't renewed for a new season and he's gone ahead decide to come back to me. So and you believe him he's lied before. Well, he said I'll be back next week as soon as she's done paying to have his stuff moved out. You know the price is steep for moving cause he's moving back in here. We lived together, Cindy. I've taken over. Yeah, but that doesn't mean you can't stay. I know that

doesn't mean that. But I turned his man cave into a prop closet, and I am not having California closets coming in and redo it. It was very expensive. I already got out of paying for it once and I spent all that money that I saved on the Student Theater Society. I gave it to them because remember when I took the money from the bake sale and everybody got into so I paid it back. But the point is I did save it from California closets. Yeah, well, you know what, You're right. I'm sure you can find

some other space. Maybe we can get in a little cupboard or something for for Yeah, maybe that's where we can put his body. I'm just I'm not here for Cindy. But in the meantime, let's just move on and save unpleasant conversations that nobody cares about, like this one for our ears only. Gotcha? Sorry, yeah, great, that's what listeners get for asking to hear what's going on with Cindy, So onto me as you know, um, last week Rent was on hold the production and it is back on

and I could not be more stressed. I have invited so many, thank you, so many friends from the industry are coming. The biggest web series pioneer on the East Coast. The head of craft services for the Wendy Williams show in New York City will be there. The audience wrangler from the Tonight show I have an in with and he said he'll be coming to the show, so several ushers from different Broadway shows venues. I mean, it's it's a lot. I mean, you must be a little bit nervous, right,

A lot. It's a lot. It could potentially change my entire life. I can't believe it. I just it's just it's all happening finally, but in some unfortunate news. You know, I like to be vulnerable. I've been brought to the Disciplinary Board because someone that listens to my show is a rat and has hold the principle, Miss any Joe Fletcher, the disparaging things I've been saying about her, her family, and some of the students of Lakeland High in general. Oh no, it's not, Oh no, Cinti, it's oh no,

big surprise. Artists like me are never appreciated in their time. I'm like Picasso in that way, or um Jody Picult. You know, it's sure, it takes a minute. The important thing I must put on the table and just say is that I do not apologize. In fact, if I'm going to apologize about anything, it's going to be for thinking too big for such a small minded school, which brings me to our first segment, bell even or not that never gets old. No, I know, it's such, it's good.

It's good. I'm I'm a marketing genius. That's right, Sinti. It's believe it or not. And it's a very important addition of this because there's a chance for me to get all the rumors surrounding Lakeland High out on the table before I'm forced to cancel my radio show. You know, I'm being silenced, but who wasn't you know a lot of huge people were silence in their day. Lucille Ball. There was something about her, I believe actually in her time, you know, she had the show and there was something

where they thought she was, I think a communist. And now she's being played by Nicole Kidman, so anything can happen. I just have to get it out. So Miss Amy Joe Fletch, her the lesbian principle of Lakeland High, is threatening to release me of my duties of being a teacher and theater department head because she just doesn't understand

how important it is for an artist to express themselves. So, since Ms Fletcher just loves ruining people's lives, I thought maybe i'd mentioned the fact that she's potentially stealing from the very school she pretends to care about so deeply. Yes, since I even have evidence. Last year, you remember she bought a brand new used Ford Taurus for her wife, Bonnie Leather interiors. Okay, Bonnie, you'll remember attends the gym

Jim's aren't free. The last time I checked, and I heard Amy Joe discussing the newest season of Ozark with another teacher. Ozark, you may know, only streams on Netflix, which also costs money. Costs money, it does, we don't have Netflix. What we have your ex husband's password? Well, my ex husband's ex girlfriend, but that might be expiring soon because her contract did not renew. Well, we'll text her,

we'll find out. Um, but listen. After an Instagram deep dive for the cause, I saw that Amy, Joe, and Annie have been going on vacations upstate to some luxurious resort with a pool. But yeah, I'm sure everything's completely on the books. Okay for our listeners, you can't see it, But that was sarcastic. He just rolled his eyes. Yeah, I did hard. I would also like to mention the gym teacher, Mr Ryan, has been taking the bus to work, which leads me to believe he's gotten another d u

I and had his license revoked. I had a friend who went to college with his ex girlfriend, and from what I understand, it wouldn't be that out of character for him. And finally, I need to say the real reason I think I'm being brought to the disciplinary board. It's because I'm too real and I tell things like they are not wrapped up with a pretty little bow.

So Miss Fletcher and the sheep that run this public and I use air quotes with that school can't handle someone who's confident and talented, which brings me to a new segment. Classes that are completely pointless. Oh, Stephen, do we think that this is a good idea? You're right, I think it's an amazing idea. So I'm also going to discuss what teachers should be replaced. Okay, classes that are pointless? Uh? Intro to biology, I've seen Planet Earth.

I've seen all the planet Earth too, and my Planet on Netflix. And that's a way more than you would learn in miss Jaffies biology class. And she smokes cigarettes. Okay, Class two Forensics, I understand it. I get it. It's fun. The new class has garnered a lot of interests from students, But my question is, why are we literally training our students on how to get away with murder? Well? See, I think the point of the class is to teach the kids how to solve crimes that seems somehow even

more dangerous. You know, I don't necessarily think so. You also let your fairweather husband get a life insurance policy on you, so I don't know that you're the best person to discuss potential murder plots. Since Okay, next class that needs to be canceled physics. It's obvious. We don't need an explanation for that pottery. Did you know there's a pottery class? Are you serious? These kids can't appreciate pottery. Who even uses pottery anymore? Well, you see, it's it's

for like making plates and mugs and stuff. Nobody uses glass plates and cups anymore. My god, I've only used paper plates and styrofoam cups since the early two thousand's so much easier, easy clean up. Are you sure you've seen all of planet or because you know those things are watched on silent Yeah, they're They're not so great for the environment, the styrofoam and oh environment. That reminds me environmental science canceled or the teacher at least should

be replaced. Did you know that she has adult braces? What message does that send to our students? I mean, you know, I guess it doesn't get better. It does not get better, not if you're teaching environmental science at Lakeland. I'll tell you that, miss pedigrew. Okay, of six, we all have smartphones. It's absolutely pointless google it um in business. Most of these kids are queer. Let's be realistic. None of them are going to end up going into business.

I'm glad that I could get that out because who knows which way this is gonna go. Because today we have a very special interview guest. As my loyal listeners, No, I'm a very strong willed, strong minded individual, which is why I've brought on my biggest enemy. And let's be transparent here public enemy number one at Lakeland High at least Lakeland Principle for now, miss Any Joe Fletcher outrageous.

Joe outrageous. First of all, First of all, you brought me here under false pretenses, and you told me that you had something incredibly personal discuss I do, and that I needed to meet you outside of school. I do have something very important. This is Cindy. She'll be acting as my legal counsel. Just f y. I Hi Cindy, We've met many times. Hi Cindy, Hi Amy. Joe. I do have to let you know I am I am not qualified, I know, but I will help you and

support you, Stephen as much as I can. Well, well, I feel on or bound to answer some of the things that have been said already on this podcast. Okay, number one that I'm not stealing, Well, I'm gonna need proof of that, Okay. Bonnie's parents passed away, which you know because they were sucked up in a tornado and it was huge news in the town. So you know that that must have been. That must have been when we had canceled the cable. I didn't know. You've made

many comments about it. You seem to find it very funny, so it's it's interesting for you to forget it now. I find it ironic. Bonnie's parents were sucked up in a tornado, and we got a little bit of money from that, and we got a little a tiny bit of money. So you made money after having to pick her parents up off the highway being sucked up. And you know that, and you brought it up. You brought it up to upset me, and now here I am, and I'm upset. The house landed on the wrong witch.

That's all I have to say. Well, Steve, and you've said that before, you wrote that down to say it to me. I've had it written down since the day it happened. Of course you did, since the day you told me that I couldn't play alphabet in Wicked last year. I said, how fucking ironic? Of course you did Bonnie's parents. They had a common that's also from Chicago, which you wouldn't let me perform the musical. I've explained many times that it is not appropriate for you to play parts

in the play. The play is for the students to learn about theater too, maybe decide that that's their passion, or to just have a good time as children. Oh my god, a good time. That is what you have to provide. You hired the best Broadway has to offer to teach children a good time. You might as well, uh send them down to to math, to the math class where they can do little times tables. They're always so excited to run off to math after theater. I

think that math and theater are equally valuable. I've told you that many times, which is why it's so hurtful to me to find out that you've been making allegations of such a serious nature on this podcast. To find out that you're just referring to me as lesbian principle, well, which I've asked you not. It's neither here nor there. But I don't see it is necessary to say if the flat shoe fits, and now we're talking about my

flat feet, Well, listen. I read it's the below the belt nature of the podcast, as we've discussed, and the salacious nature of many of the things that you're saying that has created such a problem for us here today. Wow. Okay, well, since you have such a docket here, why don't you explain this to me? Why do you hate creative people so much? And me specifically? I do not? You? Have you not? Stephen the art teacher told me that you yelled at him as well, So don't think that I

came here today without my receipts miss thing. Okay, Well, if Drew has a problem with our conversation from last Thursday, he can take it to me privately. His emails said that it's in I read it. I do not hate creative people. I have allowed you to put on rent at enormous difficulty to myself and to the people who answer my emails. Do you have any idea? Oh so

she doesn't answer her own emails? Okay, good to know. Yes, I've had to get an email service because of the emails that I have been receiving, not only because of this podcast, but ever since you started with the ad campaign for Rent, which I did not approve. Any of those images. Those were printed off of Google dot com. It's public domain. And I think that the drug paraphernal adds to what is at the heart of the issue.

I understand that. I understand that I also have allowed you to take many liberties with the script, with replacing HIV with COVID, which I've told you I find to be tasteless. That was creative. That was so creative. Well, we differ on that and socially relevant. Yes, I thought the coughing. I thought Mimi coughing the entire way through her her solo number I Want to Go Out. It was iconic. Okay, I think that it makes the plot it doesn't make sense, it makes it make less sense.

And also it's a sense that, you know what whatever, what I'm saying is, I don't hate creative people. I've given you a lot of creative liberties at the school. Well, then let me ask you this. How come in two thousand three you tweeted that you would rather and I quote die than see a three hour play. Why do you hate theater so much? I just that's pretty damning. It was in two thousand three. It looks like November one, two thousand three. Um, okay, I will say that I

disavow that comment. I put a comment out there to be honest. Bonnie and I were having a bit of an argument. We were supposed to go out. I didn't want to go out. I tweeted something hastily. Bonnie and Clyde weren't getting along, am I Clyde? Yeah, because you steal I'm Clyde. I'll fact check it, but I believe that makes you Clyde. Yeah. Okay, Well we've gone as that for Halloween a million times. Well that's creative. I'll be honest. That's a good costume. I like that costume.

Thank you. So listen, how come last year when cheerleading coach Benson overdose Sun Riddlin and hold Brew, you brought in an outside higher instead of taking a chance on me. That is not what happened to him. That is not instead of taking a chance and saying, you know what, you can also coach? What is it called palms cheerleading? Well, Stephen, you know what. I'm gonna be dead honest with you. It is because I have never seen you interact with

the cheerleaders in a positive way. What is that supposed to mean? Ever? I'm trying to get them to be better. I've never even seen you act neutral towards them. Well, it's open hostilities every time you interact with them. I need an example of that. I demand an example. Do you want to talk about when you pulled Ashley Bennington's hair, Well, that was a different situation. When you pulled her ponytail right out? She listen. I told her, no fucking ponytails

at spring Jubilee? What is it called? The plutes off? It's not your place. I've told you it's not your place to just what hairstyles the girls can wear to the Spring Jubilee. There's no there was no one back there telling these girls how to do their hair. Coach Benson with snorton crushed riddling off of toilet seats. Okay in your school and I'm sitting on my thumb in the bleachers. It's not correct. Okay, what's again? It's not appropriate for you to be in the girl's locker room.

I don't care if you're doing hair, makeup whatever. That's not acceptable. Well, I have to tell them what is looking bad and what is looking good. Their reputation affects mine. It doesn't because I exactly for this reason. I did not put them in your You have nothing to do with them, Okay, And in fact, I've actually set up the schedule so that I keep you as sort of physically far away from them as I possibly can at all times. Oh my god, there's such babies. They are

such babies. Ever since I keyed that one girl's car, it's all been. You know, I didn't know she was a student. I thought she was a student teacher. Well again, if I had known that girl was only sixteen, I would not have keyed that word into her car. Well, it's interesting because this keeps happening where you attack or otherwise harass a student and then you say, oh, I thought she was never been kissed. I thought she was an undercover was I've been. She's all that added. You know,

I believed it the first time she looked older. I understand that you've been. She's all that added. I understand that. But fine, you know I can't be we can't be doing this. The same thing happened when the head of the English Department had to leave his position for legal reasons. I believe that's what I heard, But I'm sure you have a good reason he moved. Well, but why did he move? These are the questions that Yeah, because legally he had to move. It was my understanding that his

wife got a different position. She works in tech, So allegedly, I didn't realize that we had the creator of Apple. Cindy google that for me. Who's the who creators? I'm already honest, Steve Jobs is the creator of Apple. Oh well, sorry for trying to keep things old school. Uh listen, why was I not allowed to keep that cat that I found in the alley in my classroom? But precious little Mims mcgilla cutty had that beta fish for years, for years, and you said no, no, tabbys, not in

my school. Well, number one, the cat was visibly sick, even more reason to take it in. Yeah, that's absolutely something we can't have a to school. We have students who are allergic to cats and dander. That that makes sense. Take a pill. You could have had a beta fish. What do I want with a fish? In fact, I

gave you a beta fish. Yeah, And I took the fish, and I took Mrs mcgilla cutty's fish and I raced them and it did turn into a bit of a blood bath, and that I will admit I didn't realize was going to happen, and the students were upset by that, and it was a whole thing, and once again my emails. You never think about my inbox before you do these things, Stephen. You never think about what it's like, what my home answering machine is like after one of these little stunts. Listen,

they're not stunts. I just care, maybe you should try it. I cared deeply about the students and about the school, and frankly about you, which is why it's so hurtful to find out that you've been slandering me, that you've been saying these things about Bonnie. Well, Bonnie. I tried to be friends with Bonnie. She didn't give me the time of day. We go to the same gym. Bonnie loves you. No one wants to be sung at at

the gym I was. I told her Bad Romance was a great workout song, and I thought that chanting it at her while she was on the elliptical would inspire Bonnie forgetting she was a lesbian. And when I remember that, I switched to come to my Window by Melissa eth Ritch, and she I thought had a great workout. She was scared by that, and she actually came home and she was worried for you. And that was her first question, because Bonnie is the sweetest. Everyone who knows Bonnie knows

that she only cares for others. And so she came home and she said, I think something is wrong with Stephen. Well, and I said, no, he's that's very he's fine. Well, final question, I want you to explain to my lists why you're trying to take me away from them. I was gonna say, I'm not trying to take you away from them, but I am. What I'll say to your listeners is it's completely inappropriate as a teacher at our

school for Stephen to have been running this podcast. Some of the things that he has said and done have opened us up to legal liability, not to mention some of the moral questions that this entire operation has put forward. Have have your legal people, because I I have nothing yet, didn't you didn't get anything in the I didn't see any problems, no discrepancies over here, any legal issues, Okay, nothing,

nothing that I can think of legal jargon. Well, Stephen has contracts that he has signed with the school district, well that he is almost certainly in violation of at this time, Steven, and once again not to mention the ethics of doing this at all. Ethics. Well, ethics is that's in the eye of the beholder. What is ethics. It's subjective, thank you, it's pathos. Honestly, Stephen, maybe you should be the lawyer. I think so too. No one

here is a lawyer allegedly allegedly allegedly. Okay, you know what, I was really hoping that when I came here that this would be a fruitful conversation. Well, I think we all knew that that wasn't what was gonna be. Well more fool Stephen. I think this actually turned out better than I had anticipated. Well, I didn't ask the hot questions. I'm going to go it's like going to are you and Bonnie in an open relationship? Yes? Oh my god? Oh wow, wow? No, and you want to talk to

me about ethics? Get her out of here? Um, okay, no, well there's no there's no need a bad, horrible I'm so thank you, Sindi. She's a strong lie. She listen. We had security standing by at the office. She's calling in from the office. I'm not at the school because I'm suspended. But regardless, I'm so glad that we did call the guy that you knew sent a thank God for Hank, because I had a feeling we would have to use him. We did. So what do you. I hope you don't have to do too much for Hank?

Oh no, I don't. I just make um Hank a big potti stew every week, drop it off. He doesn't. Yeah, he doesn't need any other payment except for that he's been doing security for us since the beginning. Actually, yeah, well it's time for uh. The weight of what just occurred is starting to come in on me and I guess potentially our final Belmore's chore if things do end today, Cindy, I want you to know you've been a perfectly fine producer.

Oh well, thank you. You know. To go from flip phone from you know, just a little flip flop flip flop, you know, to producing a radio show and paying back my credit card from the online classes won't be easy, but these memories last a lifetime. You are so welcome, Sante. I'm so glad I was able to help you through one of the lowest times, and you're already pretty low life. Thank you. Now, who is the last person that will

ever help? Oh? This listener comes from Quantico, Virginia. Dear Mr Belmore, you're in federal violation of the FCC Radio lack code. Oh, let's just uh skip skip that one, go to a different one. Actually, Actually, Stephen, I'm just getting through this email inbox. There's a lot. Oh, there's a lot of emails from this f c C in Quantico, Virginia. Keep scrolling. There will be something yep, violation, violation, potentially

criminally liable. Next, next, a potential present time. Next some lawyer, lawyer, copyright infringement. Oh, that one must be older. That must be from the One Man Crucible Show. Arthur Miller's family is notoriously sticklers for copyright. It's pathetic. Really Yeah, no, I see that. There's there's lots of copyright emails in here. There's some FBI, you know. On second note, I think we might have to wrap this episode up early. We may not be here next week. We're gonna be taking

a break. We will be back everything all through the computers in the fucking ocean. Throw the I love you remember, I love you? Oh,