Rewind Week kicked off Monday with the now-legendary 3/9/21 "Bitch You Da Robot" episode, the kind of cold-open bit that became Yak shorthand basically the moment it aired. It set the tone for the whole week — pull the old tapes, let new viewers see how this thing actually got weird in the first place.
The Rewind Week schedule went up with the 3/9/21 robot episode as the kickoff.
Day 2 is where it gets fun for the longtime Stoolies. The 5/25/22 episode getting the rewind treatment is the Shelly from Murfreesboro prank call on Mintzy about the Vandy Whistler — back when prank-calling Ben Mintz was basically a recurring segment the crew couldn't quit. They paired it with the 5/26/22 Frank-on-an-edible episode, which is a hell of a doubleheader for a Tuesday.
The Yak account flagged the Shelly prank premiere as it dropped.
The Vandy Whistler bit is exactly the kind of inside-baseball Mintzy lore that rewards a rewatch. Mintzy is a Vanderbilt guy through and through, and the whole premise of Shelly calling in to needle him about it is what made these prank segments work — a fake caller, a real soft spot, and Mintzy slowly figuring out he's been had.
A clip of Shelly on the line with Mintzy about the Vandy Whistler.
Mintzy, to his credit, is leaning all the way into the rewind energy. He spent the afternoon posting #JourneyThroughThePast and queuing up the rewatch in real time, which is the correct response when the show is publicly digging up clips of you getting worked.
Mintzy posting along with the rewatch under his own throwback hashtag.
The genius of Rewind Week is that it doubles as a highlight reel for what the Yak actually is — the robot bit, the prank calls, Frank on an edible ranting about the Mets. It's not a clip show so much as a reminder that this show has built a real catalog. If you're new, this is the on-ramp. If you've been here, it's a victory lap.
A reminder that the prank-Mintzy era was a full phase, not a one-off.