Standing By: The Terry and Ted Podcast

Reluctant retirees Terry and Ted capitalize on their free time and mobility to blanket Montreal with their presence at various and sundry charity and entertainment events. Also, when he's not flitting hither and yon, Terry is anchored to the couch for hours on end, watching multiple streaming services and taking copious notes for his weekly viewing recommendations, and this week he's got some dandies. 

Terry revisits Vancouver and suffers the slings and arrows of commercial air travel. Also, summertime goings-on in Montreal, the mechanics of standup comedy and why no one asks us to name TV shows. 

Terry's warts-and-all review of a very busy social calendar in the week leading up to Victoria Day, which can itself be a trigger for an English boy from Verdun. 

The uncomfortable truth: Greeks make the best Montreal pizza. Also, don't cut in front of Ted in line at Costco. In an episode fraught with controversy, the boys shoot from the lip on their preference for Greek Montreal pizza, Terry calls out a pool company that tried his patience beyond the breaking point, and Ted almost turns Costco Pointe Claire into the Octagon. 

Terry and Ted conquer technology by successfully conducting an online interview with progressive rock legend Alan Parsons ahead of his charity fundraising show next week at Place des Arts. Also, the ban on phones in school, putting the Habs to bed for the summer and Ted gets something to cry about. 

The Habs are down but not out, a heartwarming story of love lost but not forgotten, and what's with the old guy rock star hair? That and more on this week's episode, including a pee-pants funny Tweet Sheet. 

The man responsible for Terry DiMonte's first big break in radio joins us this week to talk about a Montreal original and the ghost that haunted it. We also draw positives from the Canadiens' playoff-opening loss and lament the cool spring weather and leftlane hogs. 

In the spring, a young man's fancy turns lightly to thoughts of love, while an older man's fancy turns to the Masters, the Habs' playoff chances, breakfast and bunions (paraphrasing Alfred Tennyson here). 

In the absence of company this week, Terry and Ted let it all hang out and even veer treacherously close to breaking their commitment to avoid talking politics. Also, all the usual tomfoolery and features, including Terry's entertainment recommendations and the Tweet Sheet, as well as a cornucopia of reminiscences, which is easy to say and spell when you have autocorrect.