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When it comes to bizarre compulsive behavior, we think you'll agree that Chick McGee is on the cutting edge. His love of shoes, (edgy depressing singer) Ryan Adams, and Washingtion Redskins paraphanalia is unrivaled. Now you can join Chick and come out of the collector's closet by sharing your crazy collections of eBay gems, garage sale steals and seemingly worthless inheritances by submitting a photo of your Crazy Collection for public view on this page. Sure, we'll probably think you're weird and eccentric, but it's all in good fun! Send your photo and a description of your collection to bobandtom@bobandtom.com.
 
Bob, Tom, Chick, and Kristi -
Just looking at all of the pictures of different collections that everyone has sent in and felt very moved to send you mine. I just graduated college in May and have been working in Des Moines for the last five months and every day I go to work I make sure that there is at least one Red Bull energy drink in my bag. There is well over 75 cans of Red Bull, (small and tall), and a number of AMP energy drinks. Needless to say I have not had a day where I have been tired at work. Let's not forget that these are only the ones I have drank at my job. I have to drink something to make myself do taxes everyday!! And just one more note, there is over 250 dollars sitting in the picture and the deposit on each one will surely get me at least enough money for two more cans of Red Bull someday!! Thanks.
Greg
Iowa
 
This is our collection of Richard Nixon wax heads. We think everyone in
America should own at least one Nixon candle. How many do you have? We have
over a dozen. This makes us better than you. By the way my wick is not lit.
Jamie from Grand Rapids, MI
P.S. We have a letter of resignation from each head.
 
Bob, Tom, Kristi and what's his name,
This is my beer can collection that I've had since the mid 70's.  There's about 800 on display here, since I don't have the wall space for all 2000 cans I have.   Beer can collecting was fairly popular back in the seventies, but hardly anyone keeps them now. 
Jeff Lamb
Ohio
 
Hi Bob and Tom,sorry but I am not a listener but I have a great reason why,!!!! I am in LA on the left coast but have a very great friend in Concord and he told me since he knows about my collection of Nascar and NHRA die casts that I should send a pic in,so I did... This is one room or oh 400 of the 700 cars i have... Its not bizarre but... peeps think I am...
 
Howdy Guys, I have been listening to your station whenever I need a good laugh in the morning and I heard that you are looking for strange collectables, well here is mine. In my job over the past 10 years or so, I have collected enough staples that have been removed from paper documents to fill this gallon jug. I cannot guess on how many staples are in there but there is approx. 10 lbs. so go figure. All of the staples that have been collected are the standard size that were once used in a regular stapler.  Who say’s you cannot have fun working inside all day or should I say - go crazy!
Jim U.
Lincoln, Nebraska
 
HI BOB AND TOM,
I LOVE YOUR SHOW AND LISTEN TO IT WHEN EVER I CAN. I HAVE ABOUT 13 DIFFERANT CD'S FROM YOUR WEBSITE ALSO. HERE IS A PICTURE OF PART OF MY COLLECTION OF SMURFS. I HAVE COLLECTED THEM FROM THE AGE OF 17, I NOW AM 45. THE FIRST ONE I EVER HAD WAS GIVEN TO ME BY A GIRLFRIEND, IT WAS GROUCHY SMURF. FROM THAT POINT ON I STARTED COLLECTING THEM. I HAVE APPROXIMATLY 600 DIFFERANT ONES. SMURFS WERE FIRST INTRODUCED IN 1959. I HAVE QUITE A FEW FROM 1965. KEEP UP THE GREAT SHOW!!
JOE TENBUSCH
TRAVERSE CITY, MICHIGAN
 
Dear Bob and Tom Show,
I know that a jar full of toe nails is going to be a hard act to follow, but here is my attempt to get the Crazy Collector's Corner of your web site back on track.
This is just some of my collection of mini football helmets and other football related memorabilia. In the picture, you can see helmets from the Canadian Football League, the 1983-85 United States Football League, the 2001 XFL, NFL Europa and the Arena Football League as well as college and other various helmets. It is my way of keeping alive the memory of some of the teams and leagues that have come and gone over the years. I currently have over 130 mini helmets in my collection, which is growing all the time. (As you can see, I also have my name spelled out in the top two rows of the center section using all college football helmets)
The shelf units are actually made to hold music CDs, but they work perfectly for displaying mini helmets. You can also see a “drinking” helmet on the floor, which holds a couple of beverage cans, and some footballs from various leagues. Along the top of the shelves are Pocket Pro mini helmets from various CFL and college teams.  There is also a football player lamp, with gridiron shade, helmets with logos of the Pro Football Hall of Fame and Super Bowl XL, both still in the box, and a miniature replica of the CFL Grey Cup trophy.
Randy Snow - Kalamazoo, Michigan
 
Chick,
as you can see I am a teddy bear collector, not the Chicago Bears!
I am also working on a celebrity collection this year.....
so far I have met Ace Young, John Mayer, John Heffron and hope to meet you all next week at the Comedy all-star show in Grand Rapids. thank you for making us laugh every day..........
Dana
 
Hi there, I was just listening to a song called keeping your poop in a jar and your website was at the end of it so I had a look and found you wanted crazy collections, so here's mine. I was cutting my toenails one night and I lined up the clipping on the arm of the lounge chair and when I got up I must have bumped them and they fell on the floor, when the Mrs got up in the middle of the night to go to the toilet she stepped on them in her bare feet and got a puncture so the next morning she went off her face at me and told me to clean them up. When I went to pick them up there was an empty jar close by so I threw them into the jar and I have been doing it now for 30 years. So, here is my 30 year toenail collection.

Dean Bunnett
Gladstone.
South Australia
 
These are animal skeletons I have collected over the years. I started collecting bones at age 4, completed my first skeleton at 15. I also have an action figure collection of over 1000 figures, including over 300 transformers.And my insect collection numbers around 700 species. - David
 
 
 
You guys rock! Here's my contribution to Chick's Crazy Collections. I have been a collector of Classic Video Games for over 15 years. My collection revolves around the three big consoles of the 1980's: Atari, Colecovision, and Intellivision. I have about 200 complete boxed cartridges for those systems as well as a dozen battery powered tabletop arcade games (a few are in the picture), lots of memorabilia from the era of Classic Games (toys, posters, arcade tokens, books, magazines, etc.), two full sized arcade games, an Atari 800XL computer setup, and a Commodore 64 setup. After all these years, the games are still fun to play!

You guys are the highlight of my morning!

Chad Shumaker
 
Thoroughly enjoy your show! I have attached a pic of my only collection that will fit on one picture. These fish have come from my travels as well as online, so who knows what fridge they have swam on? I have been assured they all practice safe swimming. To help babysit these, I have nearly 200 glass fish paperweights. And finally, I have 77 lighthouse reproductions. Probably time to become an online seller.
Stan F.
 
Bob and Tom... You guys ROCK!
Here's my collection. I collect traffic lights. As you can see, they come in many varieties and sizes. I couldn't fit everything in the picture,
as I also have the actual controllers that make them work. There are others like me with even neater collections. Some of them have
what I currently only plan on having... A permanent display in their yard.
Notice the small one I'm holding? I'm trying to make a light in tribute to the greatest football team on the planet, The Indianapolis Colts.
Who knows, I might even make a light the reads:

BOB
AND
TOM

You guys may have always wanted to see your name in lights... Well, that's the best I can offer.
Terry B
 
This is a photo of my slingshot collection taken in 1999. Since that time I have added a hundred or two new items to the collection. I started buying slingshots in 1966 and was hunting for the “perfect slingshot”. By the time I had over 25 to 30 slingshots, I realized I was collecting them. While I haven’t found the “perfect slingshot” I have located quite a few contenders. Besides collecting slingshots, I do a lot of shooting. In 1976 I started the Summer Nationals Slingshot Tournament. It was held annually from 1976 until 1988. The tournament was revived in 2000 and has been held every summer since then. I also have a web site where you can find out more about the sport of slingshots.
www.slingshots.net

Kent Shepard
 
Attached is an image of a representative portion of my collection of "pocket" calculating devices. I have included slide rules, scientific calculators, and two mechanical calculators: the Arithma Addiator and Curta Calculator which operate on a similar principle. Oh, and by the way, I actually know how to operate each of these devices. Anonymous
 
Hey there Bob and Tom (and Chick and Kristie)...
I heard your show this morning requesting photos of peoples collections and decided to send some pics of my stuff in for your approval. I consider myself a super collector and some would say that I have OCD (obsessive Compulsive Disorder). Thats kind of ironic because I work as a mental health therapist counseling people on the problems including OCD. 
I currently collect memorabillia from the tv show 'The Simpsons'. I have over 11000 different Simpsons Collectibles in my collection and actually operate a Simpsons Museum in my home in which I give tours and talk about interesting and unusual items such as the Simpsons Condoms- shaped like the heads of Bart and Maggie, Krusty the clown Bong, and Bart Chop sticks. Of course the condoms are unathorized items and clearly states on the bottom of the package 'for novelty use only'.  Last year I purchased an old car dealership that I am renovating into an extreme home complete with revolving door, outhouse bath, theater bus, and Car lift bedroom.  My full size Simpsons school bus is parked inside my home and features a theater with a full size Homer driving the bus, and bart and lisa manequins sitting in theater seats watching the big screen plasma tv. 
With the recent release of the Simpson's Movie, I have been busy collecting all the new items that are flooding the market including going to Burger King for breakfast everyday to make sure the Manager saves all the Simpsons advertising stuff and toys for me. 
I have gained over 15 pounds!! Do'H!!!
Love your show but I can't access your website on my computer at work because they consider it 'adult material' and automatically flag your site. They gave me a verbal warning last month about logging onto your site or maybe its because I spent 14 hours on it during the month. Who knows, all I know for sure is that they can't control the public air waves-(radio), so I will continue to be a faithful listener...

P.S....
I now use "go to my PC" to access my home computer and your site (among others)...

PSS.. Keep up the great work and tell Chick he should name his Shoe collection the 'Shoe-seum'.

Sincerely, Laine Henson (a.k.a. Homer Simpson)
 
Hey Bob and Tom!
You guys rock! Heard about the Chick's crazy collection corner and just had to submit mine. I'm a baker by profession, but my true passion is "Happy Days," you know The Fonz, Richie, Potsie, etc. My collection started in the 3rd grade when I was 9. I'm now 21 and my collection has gone from one black and white picture to over 400 pieces of memorablia. Two rooms plus the basement of my house are filled with Happy Days items. My parents, boyfriend and friends actually look for items to give me for Christmas, Birthday or any other occasion that comes along. My collection ranges from button and necklaces to gaint posters and all the action figures. My rarest and most prized item (besides the picture of Henry Winkler with me) is the Happy Days pinball machine that still works. My friends think I'm such a nerd when it comes to the show, but my knowledge proved best this year when I won the Happy Days International Trivia Contest! Yes there is such a thing! So here some pictures of my collection! Just remember this is only about 1/8 of my collection!  Hope you like it! Love your show; my boyfriend and I listen every day!
Always Baking,
Jessica R. Radtke
 
BOB AND TOM [ CHICK & KRISTI ]
THIS IS MY BASEMENT AND MY DIECAST TOY COLLECTION. I COLLECT [ CARS - TRACTORS - BOATS - AIRPLANES - PEDAL CARS AND A PINK TRICYCLE FOR MY
GRANDAUGHTERS.
ALWAYS LISTENING IN WHITE PIGEON,MI...............RODNEY T.
YOU KEEP ME LAUGHING WHILE I'M FIXING GARAGE DOORS , THANKS
 
Dear Bob and Tom:
You guys rock! I just wanted to include a picture of my collection of BASSES. I am the bass player in the Air Force Band OF Flight in Dayton Ohio. Today is my last day of work because I am retiring after 24 years of service all in the Band. I did have the greatest job as a bass player, I guess now I will be delivering pizzas! This picture was taken a few years ago and I have more basses now! My wife just shakes her head and just doesn't understand.
Vinnie Marshall, TSgt, USAF
Bassist Air Force Band Of Flight. TODAY
 
Bob Tom Kristy Chick you guys rock. Wanted to submit my collection, since I don't know anyone personally who has one. It started as a souvenir from a friend back in 1985 and has escalated to close to 300 in all varieties shapes and sizes. I collect Frisbees. I have one whole wall in one of my bedrooms just for my Frisbees. They are not as popular as a souvenir as they used to be so when I come across a cool one it is mine. I now have all my friends and family in search of one when they are on vacation or just out and about. The wall consist of ones I have received from a vacation destination or new ones i've gotten. I have about 50 displayed on the wall and the rest in boxes or shelves. I have sodas,beers,sports teams,motorcycle makers,cereals,chips,large companies and news and radio stations(I would LOVE to have one from you guys, it would certainly go on the wall) I even have a couple that look like cow pies. I took a picture for ya, hope ya like it. love your show keep up the good work. 
Stacey R from Peoria,IL
 
Comedian Matt Weinhold shows off his "impressive" collection of sci-fi memorabilia, and in doing so proves that he's just like Chick, except he doesn't like shoes, sports or Ryan Adams.  Oh, and he's obviously a huge nerd.