TonyTalk

TonyTalk is a show hosted on BlogTalkRadio since May 2018. The show mostly consists of Tony giving advice to callers, or people who email his show, though often veers off from this direction when various characters and trolls interfere. The show airs every Sunday at 9 PM EST, with some occasional spontaneous shows throughout the week depending on the situation. Starting off as a niche show, TonyTalk exploded in popularity following an influx of listeners from True Capitalist Radio in June 2018, trolling his show heavily following drama within that show and its community.

History
TonyTalk began in May 2018, focused mostly on wrestling discussion. At this time, Tony had a much deeper voice, which was explained away in late 2018 by Tony as it being another person doing the show instead of him, with the original plan for the show being two people named Tony hosting a show and discussing wrestling. This format was quickly abandoned, and Tony began making his show an advice show, giving advice to people who called in and emailed him. He broadcasted with an original schedule of every Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday.

In June, following Ghost of True Capitalist Radio removing Radio Graffiti and Shoutouts from his show's format, many trolls migrated to TonyTalk upon videos of the show being uploaded to Youtube by Lightning Note. This caused a massive increase in troll activity and in popularity for the show, resulting in Tony getting more and more frustrated with doing the show. Over the next few months, heavy trolling would continue, with Tony considering ending the show at some points.

In late August 2018, Tony would move his show schedule to once every Sunday due to picking up a job working as a security guard, as well as his mother's declining health. At some point during this timespan, Tony would pick up his first producer, Producer Calvin, to assist him in running the show. In late September, Tony would host a tribute show to a fellow BlogTalkRadio host and caller on his show, Pastor Kenneth Fishman, after being misled by trolls into thinking he had passed away. Tony was later informed this was false.

At the start of November, Tony and Calvin would have a falling out that they would not fully reconcile from, involving Calvin supposedly saying he would rather work for Pastor Ken's show than for him, and additionally forging Tony's name on a contract with Jesco White, Tony's nemesis on the show. This led to Calvin being fired as Tony's producer. Around Early 2019, Calvin would be completely replaced by a personal friend of Tony's, and a fellow East Bostonian, Producer Jaybo.

Later in 2018, Tony's mother's health would begin declining, effecting the show's schedule considerably. During a show on November 18th, Tony's show would end early and abruptly following a phone call from the hospital informing him of his mother's condition. Not long after this, Tony announced on Twitter that the show was cancelled, both due to his mother's passing, and also to do with an individual sending him disgusting pictures by email. However, due to an outpouring of support, Tony returned to the air the next month, confronting the alleged culprit of these emails on the show.

Shortly after this, Tony learned of the TonyTalk Discord room, which he was invited to in December. At this time, many people associated with Ghost and his show were purged from the room, and Tony began using it infrequently to conduct voice chat sessions with the community.

During Tony's first show of 2019, a caller by the name of Benjamin Buford Fontaine would call in, requesting to buy the rights to TonyTalk. Tony would decline this offer, and from then on Fontaine would begin making threats towards Tony and his show, teaming up with enemies of Tony such as Rico to "take down his show". This would culminate in several incidents where Tony's show was hacked and hijacked, with Fontaine and Rico messing with several episodes of the show, be it by simply taking over and taking calls themselves, or playing music at inopportune times for Tony. Eventually, this boiled over when Tony announced on March 10 that he would end the show for good. However, once again, thanks to an outpouring of support, he vowed to continue doing the show, returning later that same month.

During April 2019, BlogTalkRadio changed their chatroom layout, making people's email addresses and IP addresses public. As a result, Tony stopped using BTR for the chatroom, opting instead to use the TonyTalk Discord room in the future. This led to some trolls in the chatroom disappearing, while it marked the start of other trolling tactics.

In June 2019, Tony announced the show would be moving to once every two weeks due to scheduling issues. However, the week following this announcement, Tony would reveal that he was fired from his job due to an unrelated incident, causing him to return to the once per week format, even teasing that the show may go back to being broadcasted more times a week due to his schedule being freed up. Additionally, at Producer Jaybo's request, Tony made his PayPal account public and open for donations, though limiting it to $25 per person, as he says he does not want to "exploit his listeners" like Ghost.

In September 2019, regular caller and troll, Dr Joshua Higgins, passed away. This led to Tony hosting a serious tribute show to him, and even dedicating a song about him. This death led to a short hiatus for Tony, disappearing for roughly two weeks before coming back on the air. On October 13, during a call with a Hong Kong troll who told Tony that his mother was burning in hell, Tony slipped and called the caller a "chink", ending the show shortly thereafter.

On October 20, Tony would attempt to host an apology show, however it was plagued with technical difficulties. When he did get on the air eventually, Tony would once again mourn the loss of Joshua Higgins, before announcing that, due to there being spinoff shows out there such as Inner Circle Radio, Ashleytalk, and people showing more interest in other BTR shows such as Joseph Gibson, he would cease doing the show. Tony has been on hiatus ever since, leaving the future of the show unknown.

Format
The show usually runs for anywhere between an hour and a half to two hours, with the show occasionally falling just short of this if interrupted. Tony opens with his intro music, before segwaying into discussing his week, and then getting into what the topic of the show will be for the night. He then begins taking calls, which continues for the rest of the show, with occasional musical breaks in between. Musical breaks are a segment Tony uses throughout his show to play music that he's created, which can range from covers of other songs to "TonyTalk Originals". At the end of the show, if there is enough time left, Tony will give his final thoughts on the subject, before closing out with a song.

The show usually airs at 9 PM EST, though has been known to go later in the evening depending on the situation.

Callers
Tony has a wide range of colorful characters and callers who attempt to give him grief. Some of these include, but are not limited to:


 * Jesco White, Tony's arch nemesis and a notorious White Supremacist who claims to be from East Boston.
 * Andy and Anus, a man who often calls masquerading as a serious caller, but eventually segways into introducing his friend Anus before farting in the phone.
 * Rico Ramosito Martini, a Cuban man with a thick accent who often calls in exclaiming the phrase "Dick suck".
 * Benjamin Buford Fontaine III, a wealthy businessman with a thick southern accent who often calls in attempting to mess with or end Tony's show.
 * Alfonso, a gruff-voiced gay man that calls to talk about his recent dates and occasionally make sexual advances on Tony. He's often known for his catchphrase of saying "nom nom nom".

Links
Tony's BlogTalkRadio page

Livestreams and edited Youtube uploads

Full Youtube uploads