Ron & Fez - Ron Goes In A Corner (The Breaking Point)

The Buddays revert to "Advice Show" mode over Fez's alcoholism; frustrated Ron loses patience with his delusional co-host; Mister B performs a radio strike. 12/21/10. Requested by @grimmis123
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[@zr03f0rt7]

The Ron and Fez show is the greatest psychological horror I’ve come across

[@NJ-os3rn]

I just started going down the rabbit whole this Monday. Man is this unreal to listen to lol.

[@midwestminifan7049]

@@NJ-os3rn same

[@bellumletale988]

@@NJ-os3rn haha i hope you enjoyed the mindfuck that is R&F. Even years later I still come back to listen to Fezzys craziness and breakdowns

[@NJ-os3rn]

@@bellumletale988 It's hard to tell what is real and what isn't at times but it makes damn good radio. Thank you. I hope you are doing well throughout this.

[@waltergross1269]

Work, shoot, both, yes

[@ShadowRulah]

Thankfully Fez took this to heart and the last few years have been smooth sailing.

[@JasonX2]

ShadowRulah

[@saraforney3940]

Have they? I hope fez is well

[@viper100200]

@@saraforney3940 No, fez continued this for 4.5 more years before throwing in the towel.

[@evansgate]

@@saraforney3940 lol comon now. how as a R&F listener do you not detect pure sarcasm, or know this?

[@oblivionnow92]

@@evansgate she probably discovered it online like I did

[@dezfusion]

I never thought I'd say this... But I actually miss this stuff. It's not that I don't like the new show, it's still Ron and Hicks doing their thing for the most part. But looking back I guess this was my favorite reality show. It was captivating and it sucks that it's the exact opposite of what Ronnie B wanted but it was so insane it was something I could never miss. I've missed a bunch of the new shows and find myself just scrounging KZbin for R&F clips nowadays.....

[@DiscoDog]

dezfusion "Absence makes the heart grow fonder."

[@wolfumz]

+dezfusion Ha, I'm glad you said this because I totally agree. And it's weird, because the show had this hopeless pall to it after Dave left. Listening to clips and bits, these shows have a layer of nostalgia to them. Maybe it's easier to listen because I know that there's a happy ending (the Bennington show) on the other end.

[@user-og6hl6lv7p]

+dezfusion Yeh it's like watching a study on unstable human behavior, it's just so intriguing

[@DHodges187]

In comparison to what SXM is serving up NOW. This was fuckin golden.

[@scottmiller377]

OMG me too! The show he does with his daughter is boring & it doesn't feel personal

[@JerFhilm]

Ron's analogy about the guy upstairs with the leaky pipes was dead on. Or a guy next door with a chirping smoke detector that won't let you lend him a ladder.

[@Demendred]

Hahaha dead on man.

[@JaneDoe-zr4px]

Ron Bennington is the greatest living American.

[@JaneDoe-zr4px]

LADY TRUCKER: "Have you ever thought of apologizing to me?" FEZ: "Never."

[@Trashcanman-]

not even being Fez crazy would make her a person in anyway

[@JaneDoe-zr4px]

"Russians, could not play the Fez Watley drinking game" LOL times a thousand.

[@kolbyhenry5188]

That line "I've got humor concussions from running into the wall time after time" was so fast and so funny. Ron is an actual comedic genius

[@jimmyglea]

"I don't care. I'm building a fort." lol

[@Mlotshaw1]

Stuff like this makes me think Todd really became Fez to Rons growing Horror

[@HendersonHinchfinch]

I have been an O&A fan for years but somehow never checked these guys out. I'm still very new but I like Ron right off the bat.

[@JaneDoe-zr4px]

Ron fucking RULES.

[@riistobuyers7513]

I was the same way, then I listened to the infamous "Cookie" episode and now they're my secondary radio staple.

[@Chris-km4lp]

Ron is hilarious. A funny version of what opie wish he was in my opinion. Not a selfish ass, genuinely looking out for his cohost and not worried about how he looks.

[@hesh8367]

Even O&A give HUGE props to Ronnie B. They recognize his on air brilliance and quick wit. Many fans thirsted for a Ron and Anthony show. Ron, Anthony, and Norton would have been brilliant. Hell, throw out Sam for Pepper while you’re at it.

[@KCCC326]

Eventually you'll go fully to R&F, and not even be able to stomach basically all of OandA, and will only enjoy the lady Di internship and a few Patrice heavy gems from them. That's the natural progression.

[@fifacraft49]

What a nightmare to have fez as a partner

[@alyxi]

33:46 - Ron Goes in A Corner

[@JaneDoe-zr4px]

"RUSSIANS could not play the Fez Watley drinking game" FUCKING LOL

[@tylerd80495]

I've listened to hundreds of hours of O&A and started listening to these guys after hearing a few of their features. I can honestly say, I've tried going back to O&A but I like the pace of this show so much better. Ron is hilarious and Fez's voice is a nice contrast.

[@Smokefrog-jb2uz]

I'm right there with you.

[@alana.418]

I agree. And now, radio as I know it has been whittled down to Jim Norton and Ron B, the two reasons I was listening to these shows in the first place.

[@MarcZERO1980]

Is it just me or is Ron's voice very different here?

[@emilyhernandez252]

Marc Zero he has a cold

[@jtbbrown3457]

"You're not homeless.......ronnie B, "not yet!".....killed me

[@Bobsteve222]

I hated it at the time, but this is so much better than, "is soup a meal?"

[@sara107610]

Mike Gill you're so right

[@neil340]

22:20 "I don't need to be drunk to not like you" OMG that's gold Fez, gold

[@johnmchugh2833]

once ron is yelling across the room asking questions I lose it laughing!

[@JoshyJosh610]

There's something about the end of the year that just pushes Ron to the breaking point; I guess it's the realization that another year has passed and nothing has changed.

[@mikealexander2005]

The most honest and painful radio bit I've ever heard

[@quigbytrollins]

maybe fez should just get paid per word

[@omayrasdemesne]

Oh snap lol

[@DHodges187]

He did, Thousands per word.

[@mikehoncho6489]

He'd be homeless

[@gaodene]

i'm at a point where i don't remember a time when fez wasn't like this... is that wrong?

[@subgrappling805]

Ron Bennington...Radio God! This is absolute gold right here. I sure miss the old days of O&A and Ron & Fez...so many fantastic memories over the years.

[@JaneDoe-zr4px]

B'sketti running down the wall . . .

[@doowopdanceparty]

One of the most infamous R&F shows of all time. Memorable for the sad reason. The beginning of the end of R&F.

[@booates]

lol the way this clip starts

[@shaneharding7706]

I'm dying rn with ron off mic under the papers

[@mattyboyanderson]

Tired Bored Frustrated

[@PixelPariah]

Those shrinks really did a number on old man Whatley.

[@Dre2Dee2]

I'm not ready to fully blame them. I think they are to a degree just milking him for some cash, but I think they know he has no real interest in getting better, so it's like... whatever man, you want to pay me to not listen to me? fine.

[@Marcus-zt6os]

Vince Williams you’re right

[@KCCC326]

​@@Dre2Dee2 does that include the one who told him to merge his personality to his fictional character? I think it's pretty clear that we're in dark age level understanding of psychological treatment. What with the lobotomies and the puberty blockers.

[@smecknell]

Awesome. Been eagerly awaiting this upload since that guys reddit thread.

[@KCCC326]

Whose?

[@fabreezethefaintinggoat5484]

His voice was completely different from 08 to 10 , rip

[@saraforney3940]

I still follow Ron, but this show will always be my favorite thing he does

[@jimmyrustler8983]

Said like a true stalker.

[@mikemcguinness1662]

What was the terrible thing he did? It must be common knowledge by now. I guess he was drunk and hit on a co-worker who wasnt even gay.

[@Mathers420]

He supposedly harassed a friends younger brother. It was right after he had told Ron his "secret" so the assumption is he made passes at a straight guy. In reality it probably wasn't a big deal at all, like everything else Fez fretted about.

[@paul_bellini]

35:11 I laughed way too much at this.

[@Dervraka]

Ron has stated that Fez's insanity those final years of the show was about 50/50 real to a work and he admitted half the time he didn't even know whether Fez was actually upset or just pretending to be for a radio bit. He said that after some of Fez's biggest on-air breakdowns he would just say after the show, "Oh that? I was just playing it up for the listeners." then other times he would be genuinely upset.

[@blancoboyjones7824]

Ronnie B sounds like the guy who sings for LCD Soundsystem with that cold and congestion.

[@TurkeyDart]

Love these clips

[@johnmchugh8049]

Workable shoot ? Or shootable work ?

[@Daryl401]

Thanks for filling my request on the R&F subreddit! Love the channel, you've done great work with it.

[@devilchille]

Anytime someone says, "You're crazy!" I think of Fez and laugh!

[@tylergee3043]

Please dont use that word if i called someone retarded they would go insane!

[@Vesperwow]

craziest thing is he NEVER got better, Ron put up with this for years after this

[@5milemacc737]

Your shit fuckin spread 😂 Fez’s lunacy actually made the show better imo

[@Alyx.A]

I hope Ronnie B got that cold taken care of. God blesssss.

[@nickypeeps]

do you have any clips of Crazed? last time i heard him on the show, he talked about his vegan diet for a half hour and then inhaled two fresh cupcakes without the slightest care regarding their ingredients. i want to hear it again more than i want to breathe

[@DiscoDog]

Working on it.

[@nickypeeps]

Disco Dog you're an absolute gentleman

[@BobbyDigital59]

A nice vegan meal

[@puddin4773]

Ronnie B is a radio legend

[@a.fortier7966]

Wait is this the chirping smoke detector episode? That alone is so deranged I have no words

[@AsyaCSmith]

What was the embarrassing thing Fez did while drunk?

[@jimmyrustler8983]

Only everything in his entire adult life.

[@jaysonjay9165]

Anyone know what the embarrassing thing he did

[@BlibbaBlob]

People that are in therapy are like vegans and crossfitters; you don't even have to ask, they'll tell you.

[@seventysue8090]

I don't understand people who say they have anxiety then can't give you a straight answer on why they are anxious. I have had full blown panic attack brain felt fuzzy, trouble breathing. Just loosing it and when someone asked what was wrong I knew EXACTLY what I was freaked out about and could tell you(it was an unpaid bill). My friend can't give me straight answer for shit when she's panicking. Is she lying? Or with holding info? How do you know what why you're freaking out?!?! I don't understand!

[@ConservativeVanguard]

33:00 I'm just gonna lay here till I die.

[@danielflorio4739]

Ron And Chris are still great I listen everyday and still laugh.

[@coolmike1538]

It amazes me how as humans, many times the answer to our problems stare us right in the face yet we dont see

[@alexmckelvey3768]

Ron sounds like he really wanted a drink here. .

[@wyattsafran]

33:47

[@richarddutton1981]

Been listening to OnA n RnF clips for a LONG TIME. This is the first i heard this one and holy shit. Fezzy literally begging him to come back to the mic is physically painful.

[@tombg555]

Ron sounds different in this video, is this from a long time ago?

[@coolboy5245]

He has a cold

[@markferguson5924]

Fez just wanted to sit there and absorb attention and sympathy forever. He really was the purest narcissist I've ever experienced - it was so extreme that it didn't even manifest as normal arrogance or cruelty, because even that involves thinking of others in some limited way. The original sin of Ron's show is that it took in these whacky characters who would act weird like Cosmo Kramer, but it was always at least 50% not acting. Michael Richards couldn't improv as Cosmo Kramer for 3 hours a day, but Fez and the rest could because of their legit problems. Whatever was a work for radio diminished over the years into a reality show where most content (hilarious as much of it was) leaned on Fez's oblivious narcissism, or Staples's self-pitying self-destruction, or Earl's confabulating sociopathy/autism, or Dave's addictions to humiliation and alcohol, or Stanley's deep depression masked with harmless, shallow anger. Characters who weren't quite messed up enough (Shelby) or those who overcame their problems (Vito) leave, but the BLs and the the Paul Os endure (when Gale O was still alive, they mined her madness hard as well). I have loved this show, and I've never thought that people should ever apologize for being funny ... but if there are a million idiotic accusations of 'comedy going too far' or being purely exploitative, this might be the one real case. And it was downright hilarious regardless. RIP.

[@restinbones2057]

big river Ron

[@5milemacc737]

“I’ve got what I call Humor Concussions… from this show” - Ronnie B 😂

[@InfiniteRhombus]

so not only does fez have diabetes but he continues to eat shit and drink alcohol? nah, no tears from me.

[@IshyVideos]

..... *I'm NAHT*

[@YAOK117]

Does anyone know what Fez's embarrassing drinking story that they kept referencing was?

[@Mathers420]

He supposedly harassed a friends younger brother. It was right after he had told Ron his "secret" so the assumption is he made passes at a straight guy. In reality it probably wasn't a big deal at all, like everything else Fez fretted about.

[@pdrysdal]

Four years later and what a night and day difference. Too bad whatever fire Ronnie had back then got blown out.

[@GregLionProductions]

What happened with them? I used to listen on freefm on the evening drive. I dont remember all this turmoil. They had great chemistry. When did all this begin?? I know fez is out of radio

[@Mathers420]

FreeFM was when it was developing. They hid it well on the FM show, but you could see it on the XM show way back then. It all fell apart when East Side Dave left the show in 2010 because there was nothing to cover up the insanity.

[@dftns19]

I forgot about the end of this clip. Hilarious.

[@sleepless9326]

Gez gets a lot of shit and he deffintly was silent on the show for a long time but when hes on he is a funny guy

[@InfiniteRhombus]

"mnyeah" - fez whatley, 19whenever - 2021

[@MrCoxie64]

Is that Paul O in studio or does Ron have a stuffy nose?

[@randonceccoli8428]

What's with Ron's voice

[@nick_double_you]

What was the embarrassing storey that made fez drink alone??

[@Mrz-bq2yb]

Fez and a caller did a drinking competition which was radio gold, but at the end he got so blasted that he ended up in a gutter shouting "Go get Ronnie". I'll try to find it.

[@nick_double_you]

@@Mrz-bq2ybany luck finding that clip ? I’ve tried looking through a few drinking shows but no luck

[@Mrz-bq2yb]

@@nick_double_you kzbin.info/www/bejne/qYSxonhpjbdgY7c&pp=ygUZUm9uIGFuZCBmZXogaXJzaCBjYXIgYm9tYg%3D%3D

[@jeffreycroop2265]

So what made fez silent?

[@mikehink4062]

I almost forgot about the Ronnie B “pre cigar damage” voice

[@coolboy5245]

What? He was already smoking cigars for like 30 years at this point

[@jgalway]

Lady truck stinks

[@bobjohnson4216]

22:22 "Never!" LOL!

[@DrGeta666]

Anyone know what the bad drunk event was?

[@Davidjon1946]

St Patrick day when fez wanted to fight the intern kid

[@FortunateJuice]

14:39

[@Grochlink]

So, what was the secret!?

[@coolboy5245]

Guess

[@omayrasdemesne]

What was the embarrassing thing? Him flipping out on Mikey D?

[@jrreogreugerugregreger7486]

Omayra Serrano No, that was 5 years before this.

[@DHodges187]

+Oma “omaseng” Ser I believe it was Him hitting on/coming onto Sheepy in a very awkward and uncomfortable way. Thus it made for a very embarrasing time for Fez. Even though I personally believe Sheepy played up the Twink angle solely to gain access to the show. Listen to the Fez doesnt talk for a week bit..... Sheepy was practically his boyfriend. Taking care of Fez's every need.

[@jennpenn5]

Supposedly he hit on, or tried to touch/kiss, a much younger family friend while visiting his family. Take that with a grain of salt considering I read it on a message board.

[@Tsadi9Mem9Khet9]

That's the worst mangling of a Seinfeld reference I've ever heard.

[@PeterTeal77]

I think fez was a kid toucher and the guilt/fear drove him insane

[@bgbg418]

So fez is kind of rons opie?

[@zr03f0rt7]

MammalsShmammals I think Ronnie genuinely cared about Fez for a time, Ant on the other hand hated Opie before 2000

[@WiGgYof09]

Not really. Fez was paranoid for no real reason while his partner still helped him at every turn. No one hid their issues with Fez on or off air. Opie was paranoid about shit that was actually happening while everyone lied to his face. Cant blame Opie for thinking Jim and Ant wanted him off the show when they flat out admit they wanted him off the show, but acted like they didnt as they pushed him out.

[@jameszipp6673]

Yes they are both paranoid. This difference fez was actually talented and funny. Opie on the other hand never moved passed “my first radio show” guy.

[@Ssv714]

@@WiGgYof09 they lied because he never accepted responsibility when problems were actually presented to him. what’s the point of trying to communicate with someone who doesn’t know how to listen.

[@WiGgYof09]

@@Ssv714 yeah, but that still means Opie had reason to be paranoid while those around him lied to him every day. Its no wonder he is fucking nuts now.

[@scottballard5575]

holy shit...I discovered Ronnie B with Gail...listening to this old shit is rough...

[@SAVikingSA]

you missed the good days fwiw where my kenny allen crew at

[@InfiniteRhombus]

not as rough as hearing gail laugh every 3 fucking seconds

[@chichi775]

His new show with his daughter is unlistenable! Can’t hold a candle to the old ron in fez show

[@adamf34]

I would take Fez over Gail Bennington any day of the week.

[@paulhendrick5857]

I've quickly become a Gail fan. What a difference , she is a great addition .

[@wolfumz]

+Adam Ford I don't understand this. Personally, I like to hear Ron in a good mood.

[@DHodges187]

+Paul Hendrick ive slowly become a non fan of her parroting, and her creepy childish laugh.

[@adamf34]

Agreed. She really is horrid. Sucks too because I could listen to Ron all day!

[@billstalker4906]

+Adam Ford Dead Air over Gail? OUCH..............

[@sara107610]

What is Fezzy's secret???

[@MrLickitylick]

+sara forney that he was/is gay

[@sara107610]

THAT is the secret??? I feel so disappointed.

[@MrLickitylick]

yeah, but they're both Masters of "The Bit", so peeps didn't kno if it was a work the whole time. like, for 20 years. but i feel u.

[@sara107610]

yeah man, I definitely don't think that was an act. I believe he IS asexual & he THINKS he is gay. This whole time I was thinking his secret was this crazy, awesome thing that he did or that happened to him. I gotta say, I'm really let down. I wish I had discovered R&F years ago when they were still a thing. O&A too for that matter. I feel like I'm such a huge fan but all I have are old youtube clips.

[@Dre2Dee2]

Yeah, it's almost like he's fucking crazy or something lol

[@richardcosentino8121]

How did fez die...

[@coolboy5245]

Take a guess

[@richardcosentino8121]

Sorry . I'm relatively new to this show how did fez die

[@coolboy5245]

Guess

[@reinier123]

Choked on a blueberry

[@reverend_wintondupree]

Ran out of time