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A Mediocre Time with Tom and Dan

815 - Gatorland with Savannah

A Mediocre Time with Tom and Dan

Tom Vann & Dan Dennis

Thomas, Radio, Orlando, Vann, Real, 1041, Florida, Tom, The, Morning, Comedy, Drunky, Daniel, Podcast, Improv, Dennis, Monsters, Dan, In

4.8 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 21 March 2025

⏱️ 131 minutes

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Summary

 

  • Jeff's Bagel Run sponsorship, including bagel flavors and custom cream cheese spreads (hot sauce cream cheese)
  • Ordering via Jeff's Bagel Run app; also offers cookies and coffee
  • Friday Free Show at Gatorland near Gator Lake with guest Savannah
  • Savannah's social media popularity and frequent fan questions about Tom and Dan
  • Moe Dewitt’s VIP program at Gatorland, Dan’s late arrival, and Christmas card photos
  • Savannah’s career shift after leaving radio; moved to Cocoa Beach for son's skateboarding, worked at Rusty’s, surfed
  • Unexpected passion for reptiles; childhood love for catching snakes and lizards
  • Opportunity to join a snake and lizard TV show in California; spontaneous cross-country move
  • Traveling to skate parks, hospitality from strangers, sleeping in the Jeep, pulled over by Texas State Troopers
  • Flooded skate park in Mississippi; using a shotgun shell as a thimble to fix Jeep top
  • Working at a reptile zoo in California; appeared on Conan O’Brien’s show, where a snake defecated on Conan’s desk
  • Lack of female-led alligator/crocodile shows in media; pitching one without success
  • Long effort to create a Gatorland-based show; struggles with industry gatekeeping
  • Seven-year attempt to work at Gatorland; initial rejection, eventual surprise hiring
  • Early struggles at Gatorland; coworkers refused to help, leading to solo content creation
  • Transition from radio to YouTube; generational gap in media consumption
  • Challenges in social media consistency, scheduling, and content planning
  • Learning alligator safety; Savannah’s son skeptical of her expertise
  • Gatorland’s 75-year history; Lamar the 13-14 foot alligator as a favorite
  • Naming alligators after celebrities; Ryan Reynolds, Lightning, Metallica
  • Alligator vs. crocodile behavior; social media clips of reckless interactions
  • Gatorland rescues nuisance alligators from farms/hunting camps
  • Savannah’s international Gatorland work (Belize, Australia, Jamaica, Mexico, Cuba)
  • Couch-surfing upon return from California to land Gatorland job
  • Spontaneous Cuba trip to find crocodile scientists with no Spanish skills, relying on a bird watcher’s help
  • Running out of money, drinking unfiltered rainwater, bonding with locals
  • Returning with Gatorland’s team to support Cuban crocodile program, forming Gatorland Global nonprofit
  • Gatorland spans 125 acres, housing 2,000+ alligators and crocodiles; ranked zip-line attraction
  • Tom feeding an alligator for the first time; hesitation in throwing food
  • Maisie’s preference for pork; gators also preferring pork over chicken
  • Introduction of aggressive gators disrupting feeding order; Gatorland’s discipline method
  • Alligator growth slowing with age but continuing for life
  • Alligators can survive two years without eating; Gatorland provides a "bougie" life
  • Feeding wild gators makes them nuisances, leading to relocation
  • Gators recognize trainers and social hierarchy; some respond to commands, others don't
  • Leucistic alligators at Gatorland, their rarity, and special care needs
  • Jawlene, the rescued alligator missing her top jaw; viral rescue story
  • Learning to eat despite injury; media attention making her more famous than theme park mascots
  • Jawlene estimated to be five years old but small due to malnutrition
  • Attempts to fit her with a prosthetic jaw; wouldn’t be functional long-term
  • Public perception of dangerous animals vs. cute ones in conservation efforts
  • Shark vs. alligator fear; media’s role in misrepresenting threats
  • Savannah camping at Gatorland, almost dragged into water by a Nile crocodile
  • Gatorland’s train ride, swamp buggy, and exotic bird rescue
  • Meeting Felix the donkey and Big Mike the cow
  • Savannah's desire to live at Gatorland; favorite animal interactions
  • Savannah’s Fairvilla Megastore connection; Bill Murphy’s mariachi party
  • Goats in the petting zoo; joke about them eating beer cans
  • Gatorland accommodating even the wildest animals rather than removing them
  • Dan and Savannah’s Taco Bell "Mexican Fiesta" tradition
  • Tom jumping on a moving train like a hobo; conductor recognizing them but letting it slide
  • Group reflecting on Gatorland’s old-school Florida charm and fun atmosphere

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Transcript

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0:00.0

This Gatorland special is brought to you by Jeff's bagel run.

0:04.4

Tons of Central Florida locations.

0:06.4

In fact, tons of Florida locations and up the East Coast, they're blowing up.

0:10.9

Yeah, these are the bagels you want to get.

0:13.0

Hand-baked and boiled every single day.

0:15.6

You can't sleep in because you might miss the bagel of the day.

0:18.3

Did that rhyme?

0:19.0

I think that rhyme.

0:19.9

Anyway, hand-stirred cream cheese is like your roasted jalapeno or my daughter's favorite,

0:25.2

made with Jason's mom's hot sauce.

0:27.3

It's called hot sauce cream cheese, and it's phenomenal.

0:30.1

Those spreads are made daily, and they have fresh ingredients.

0:33.3

That chive and onion spread is my favorite.

0:36.2

You're a bagel man now, you told me.

0:37.7

I never was a bagel man until Jeff's bagels.

0:40.4

And I was like, this is the best bagels ever have.

0:42.2

Because you're some running fuel.

0:43.4

You put a carb up, and then you go running down the road.

0:45.8

It's awesome.

0:46.6

They have custom bagels all the time.

0:49.4

A jalapeno cheddar bagel.

0:52.0

I mean, that's regular salt bagels.

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