Gary and Mark are still Zooming episodes. Our listeners are covered since you all are more than six feet away. As always, there’s a lot going on in this episode. Gary talks about a recent backpacking trip where he encounters a bear AND a rattlesnake and we bring you a couple of jokes from Rich, a true fan. But it’s “The Little Buddy” device that Gary introduces that is sure to resonate with most of our listeners. Now that people are not gathering in huge crowds, the show’s “Pocket Buddy App” isn...
Jul 01, 2020•41 min
We are still zooming and invited past guests to come and pay a visit for this special occasion. The Gary and Mark Show has just finished its first year, compiling over 10,000 podcast downloads and a mess of video views on YouTube and Facebook. Once again, in this current age of social distancing, we were recording via Zoom. On this episode you’ll see (if you’re watching on YouTube) or hear Mayor Thomas, Dee Dee, Lawyer Joe, and Angela Nicholas. We discussed a little of everything including getti...
Jun 15, 2020•33 min
Guess Who Got a Job at the Watershed Dollar Store? – Dee Dee After our usual opening with shout outs, a couple of jokes, and moments in history…we decided to make a call down to Watershed to see how things were going at the local dollar store. We did not expect to find Dee Dee there….but weren’t particularly surprised to learn she was working security. Dee Dee, if you have forgotten…is head of the W3: Wicked Women of Watershed, a local all-female motorcycle gang. You will not be going into her d...
Jun 01, 2020•37 min
Don Silleman, the Gary & Mark Podcasting University Athletic Director, visited the show for this episode. And it’s a good thing. We were worried about our athletic program for the coming fall season. But, as is usually the case, Don has the answer to keeping the program active and on the cusp of greatness in the world of big-time college sports. Mark, Don, and Gary pre-social distancing. This photo was taken on the day Don accepted the position of AD for the Gary & Mark Podcasting Univer...
May 15, 2020•32 min
It’s a good thing we’re still social distancing because Dee Dee, head of the Wicked Women of Watershed joined us for our show. This all-female motorcycle “gang” is more commonly known as “the W3.” We’ve always stayed clear of the gang, and especially Dee Dee, when we’re in our home base in Watershed. But several fans have emailed in to ask us to get her on the show. It was a dare actually. So be warned that she’s a little rough around the edges. And she probably knows where you live. This podcas...
May 01, 2020•28 min
This is the first-ever episode where everyone was someplace else. In this current time, this is starting to seem like “normal.” However, using Skype is a bit of a stretch for Gary and Mark. Gary even claimed he was a Skype "virgin." We figured it out by show time…which is defined as whenever we hit “record.” We managed to record the show, including capturing the video, and even brought in Dr. James Moore, our Dean of the Western Campus of the Gary and Mark Podcasting University located out in Ar...
Apr 15, 2020•34 min
Gary and Mark gathered outdoors separated by mostly six feet of space (check out the YouTube podcast version if you don’t believe us) – to record this episode. There’s a lot to listen to so in these days of self-quarantines…you might as well grab a cup of coffee or a pint of brew and enjoy the whole episode in one session. As always, we have lots to chat about, but highlights of this episode include three guests brought in via cellphone. The first is our long-awaited chat with Watershed’s own ma...
Apr 01, 2020•46 min
There’s a whole range of topics Gary and Mark discuss in episode 27. It starts with a shout out to someone who actually was waiting for our “Security Pants” idea to make it to market. We’re about to close a deal on that. If that’s not enough good news, we share our sure-fire method to save parents hundreds of thousands of dollars with virtually no effort. And the good news is, it’s all completely legal. We recorded this episode at a new-to-us place, the Wakey Monkey in downtown Saluda. It’s a qu...
Mar 15, 2020•18 min
Gary brings up a shocking situation in the last few minutes of this episode – cat abuse of the elderly. It’s actually bullying from what we consider to be our feline friends. It’s a real thing and the Gary and Mark Show has the three behavioral signs of cat bullying! Learn them and be alert. But before we got into cat bullying, we had a guest on the show, Dr. James Moore from Arizona State University. While James is planning on staying firmly planted in the state of no daylight savings time…he h...
Mar 01, 2020•28 min
We’re putting the “continents” back in incontinence! The Gary and Mark Show doesn’t just rest when we’re climbing to the top. We’re always coming up with new businesses to help support the show, and Gary’s idea for “Security Pants” is bound to be a winner! Listen in to get on the ground floor. We also have some more news about our upcoming movie production of Pam Stone’s novel, “Girls Like Her.” Follow “The Gary & Mark Show” Please tell your friends about “The Gary & Mark Show.” Like us,...
Feb 15, 2020•21 min
Almost the entire faculty and administration of the Gary and Mark Podcasting University spent a pleasant half day in a team building trek to Drip Falls. Originally the activity was to take place at the luxurious Rabbit Island Resort, but after much thought and deliberation it was determined that a faculty retreat in a spa-like setting would send the wrong message to our student(s) and their parents. After a grueling two miles in which we had to walk both ways, with much discussion we reflected u...
Feb 01, 2020•22 min
We decided to record this episode at the special place where we met 49 years ago this summer. So, without asking permission, the duo assembled their gear on the tower that has stood as a symbol of Camp Mondamin for going on 99 years. Some of the episode is about camp but in their usual rambling style…Gary and Mark have a lot else on their minds. Gary has a new idea for an item to patent to help old folks and Mark has a scheme involving raising money for orphans (namely Gary and Mark). Luckily th...
Jan 15, 2020•26 min
Gary and Mark welcome 2020 with an easy-going chat about a few topics. They do “think” about some New Year’s resolutions, but that doesn’t seem to be a top priority. Then Gary brings up a certain magazine and an ad inside that’s sure to turn heads and get tongues wagging down on the corner with the old geezers (and young ones) in Watershed. For a few minutes we were afraid our “G” rating might be in jeopardy, but Gary has a way of turning things around. Welcome to season two of “The Gary and Mar...
Jan 01, 2020•21 min
Two Guests, Two Beers, Lots of Fun in 25 Minutes Gary and Mark celebrate the end of season one at Southern Appalachian Brewery in Hendersonville. As always, they had a bunch of things on their minds. But before they got too far in their thoughts a visitor walked over to see what the duo was up to. And when that happens, we see the opportunity for a guest. Of course, we’re taking a gamble, but this was a lucky day as Captain Jim Lombardo was a willing participant in our show and fun to chat with....
Dec 15, 2019•25 min
Exciting News from Watershed – bowl games, a whistleblower and a possible admission scandal, and our new movie studio in conjunction with Pam Stone (maybe). Gary and Mark are back in top form after a round of episodes with “real” guests. In this episode we bring you up to date on several happenings in our home of Watershed, North Carolina. We lament on our Gary & Mark Podcasting University football team not yet getting a bowl bid. We talk about a possible whistleblower who’s trying to get us...
Dec 01, 2019•24 min
Pam Stone was our most recent guest and she had us in stitches with some of her life stories. We’re sure you’ll be laughing along with us. If you don’t know Pam, you’re missing out. She is probably best known for playing Coach Judy Watkins on the ABC sitcom “Coach” for seven seasons with Craig T. Nelson. But that’s just the start. She’s an award-winning stand-up comedian (even opened for Jay Leno for weeks at a time), a book author, syndicated newspaper columnist, and a radio personality. In thi...
Nov 21, 2019•1 hr 2 min
We had a wonderful chat with Perry Hodgkins Jones who works with the amazing Muddy Sneakers program. Muddy Sneakers, based in Brevard (NC), partners with schools to give fifth graders an opportunity to leave the indoor classroom and take it outdoors. It’s an exciting program to hear about and even more exciting to be a part of. Boys and girls look forward to the days their Muddy Sneakers leaders meet them in the great outdoors. Students usually get out with the Muddy Sneakers gang at least six t...
Nov 11, 2019•40 min
Gary and Mark warm up with a few shout outs, a suggested name for the Gary & Mark Podcasting University team mascot, and then a few thoughts for alternative names for adult diapers. And all of that is in the first 4 ½ minutes. The rest of the episode is devoted to our visit with Linda Cluxton who had just completed a nearly 1,000-mile ride including both on- and off-road motorcycling. She’s also raced, ridden internationally, modeled cycling gear, and has completed many long-distance rides i...
Nov 01, 2019•39 min
It’s fall and that means it’s county fair season around these parts. Gary & Mark talk about the small fair that comes to Watershed, NC and then think back to a memorable time at a couple of county fairs during their youth. Put it this way, there is something they mention that they haven’t forgotten decades later. Next up is a discussion about the proposed tattoo parlor wanting to open up on Main Street. We will be getting the mayor of Watershed on the show with us soon to discuss this issue....
Oct 21, 2019•15 min
Even though the Gary & Mark Podcasting University is just a few months old, we’re already branching out and experimenting with divisions, departments, and special services. We still have big plans for our athletic department. But until AD Don Silleman can round us up some colleges to play, we’re not sitting around twiddling our thumbs. In this episode we talk about a “fantasy campus” kind of like those fantasy sports sites that people spend millions on. Maybe we can get a cut of the action. ...
Oct 11, 2019•15 min
Clemson’s Dabo Swinney should be scared! The Gary & Mark Podcasting University now has an athletic program. We have caved to pressure. We thought we could get by with just focusing on academics at our institution of higher learning. But we misread the demands of our alumni and current student body. They want an athletic program. Of course we can’t please everybody but decided that perhaps we should enter the world of big-time college sports. So meet Don Silleman, our newly appointed Director...
Oct 01, 2019•19 min
About this time twenty years ago Chuck Hearon was finishing up his thru-hike on the Appalachian Trail. Gary and Mark chat with Chuck about his backpacking journey of close to 2,200 miles in 1999. Two decades later he remembers it like he just walked off the trail. Most people only dream about such an adventure and those who actually start the journey call it quits a few hundred miles in. Chuck is one of those who made it! Only a small percentage ever complete the entire trail. Just in case you’r...
Sep 21, 2019•27 min
We’ve squeezed a bunch into a relatively short podcast for you. Take a listen as Gary attempts to get out the name of our host location by trying every variation possible from the words in the official name. But all was forgiven as our first bit of news announces our official sponsorship by the place whose name we have struggled with for so long – Green River Eddy’s Tap Room & Grill at Saluda Outfitters. That’s a mouthful, so Gary’s forgiven. Next up hear about the very first graduates of Th...
Sep 11, 2019•11 min
Big Eddie’s, no…make that Big Green’s, Green Eddy’s…no make that…okay…it’s… now what is it Gary? After struggling with getting the name right for many episodes, we’re thrilled that Saluda Outfitters has actually come on board as a sponsor of “The Gary & Mark Show.” Yes indeed! They didn’t even make us promise to get the name right…but for the record it’s “Green River Eddy’s Tap Room & Grill at Saluda Outfitters in Saluda, NC. In this episode Angela Nicholas joins us as she forgives all a...
Sep 01, 2019•15 min
We knew it was only time. But who knew we would be up and running this soon? Due to unprecedented demand, Gary and Mark have opened the Gary & Mark Podcasting University. Are you looking to move up from your present-day boring life? A BS degree from the Gary & Mark Podcasting University will open up doors like you would not believe. And who better to offer BS than Gary and Mark. Enroll today by going to www.GaryAndMark.com and clicking on the G & M Podcasting University tab. Educatio...
Aug 18, 2019•15 min
The Gary & Mark show is moving up in the podcasting world. Now that we have more than a handful of fans we’re upping our game to meet the demand for a quality podcast.Make sure you check out our website for all you ever wanted to know about Gary & Mark and the show. www.garyandmark.com . This episode was recorded at Saluda Outfitters in Saluda, North Carolina – the home of Green River Eddy’s Tap Room. www.saludaoutfitters.com...
Aug 10, 2019•11 min
Gary and Mark, along with our regular guest, Howard, reminisce a bit about some of our early experiences with beer. From early craft beers to first beer to getting confused about which bathroom to use, we tell it all. While "The Gary and Mark Show" is definitely not a show about beer…it does seem to come up a lot in our podcasts. Most of our podcasts take about as much time as a bathroom break, but this episode might be a good one to knock back a pint. This episode was recorded at The Sanctuary ...
Aug 02, 2019•16 min
You don’t think you are old until certain things happen. Gary & Mark talk about a few of the things that made them realize that yes, even they, were officially senior citizens. This episode was recorded at Saluda Outfitters in Saluda, NC – home of Green River Eddy’s Tap Room. Check them out at: http://www.saludaoutfitters.com/ And of course, thanks to our major sponsors - The Big Whizz Pocket Buddy and Rabbit Island Resort ....
Jul 20, 2019•8 min
Most podcasters have to pay their dues working in the trenches for years before scoring a big name guest to have on their shows. But word is out about The Gary & Mark Show. We’re excited to share this episode where we sit down and chat with Joe Dinan, the co-owner (along with his partner Lisa McDonald) and head brewer of Sanctuary Brewing Company in Hendersonville, NC. The Gary & Mark Show has visited The Sanctuary on a few occasions for research and development of our podcast and we did...
Jul 13, 2019•10 min
Maybe you already have a time-share or perhaps you are thinking of buying one. Wait. Hold it! Don’t do a thing until you’ve listened to this podcast. Not only are were thrilled to have our next major sponsor, Rabbit Island Holdings, the developer of Rabbit Island Resort – but they have the answer you didn’t even know you were looking for. So thanks to Rabbit Island Resort, The Big Whizz Pocket Buddy, and our host for this podcast, Saluda Outfitters in Saluda, North Carolina … the home of great o...
Jul 06, 2019•9 min
