Story Behind Preston & Steve’s Notorious “Skull Sealer” Audio Clip

Philip Schuth’s opening statement during his murder trial became part of Preston & Steve Show lore. It's notoriously known as “The Skull Sealer” clip.

"I’d like to apologize to Jennifer Garner and her pool boy, Ben Affleck, for incorporating them into my fantasy life."   

Listeners of The Preston & Steve Show might not know the origins of this popular line. Everyone knows Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck, but who is The Skull Sealer? How does Philip Schuth relate to these star actors? 

We have to rewind back to 2005. A Wisconsin man, Phillip Schuth, was sentenced to seven years in prison after being charged with 8 felonies.  He is known for storing his dead mom in a freezer in order to cash her social security checks.  

But Schuth also claimed to have led an elaborate fantasy life. During Schuth’s murder trial, he apologized about the many fantasies he had… one of them being about Jennifer Garner. And that was bizarre enough to make a joke out of an otherwise disturbing case.   

“…I apologize to anyone who has been offended by my fictional creations, Crisagone, the philosopher of evil, and the Skull Sealer.” 

On April 17th, Jennifer Garner's birthday, the clip made a bold return after not being played prominently for a while. Steve rekindled the long-standing joke.

And that’s how the backstory on how the Skull Sealer term was coined.  Now that oddity of a statement rings through as a staple piece audio clip on Steve’s soundboard and fan favorite... if you want to call it that.

- Grace Hoath, The Preston & Steve Show Staff

We here at The Preston & Steve Show love the opportunity to play movie clips when listeners with certain names calls in. All the Richards (Tommy Boy), Garrys (Weird Science), Sandys (Grease), Bobs (What About Bob) and Leons (Midnight Madness) know what we're talking about.

Earlier this year we had a Lou call in. There have been many Lous before him, but none quite like this Lou. The first time he called in we obviously played the "Who's Lou" clip from A League of Their Own and he loved it. He repeated it back to us in his loud raspy voice and we had a short "Who's On First" type moment. And we immediately fell in love with Lou.

Slowly he began calling in more and more. About once every other week or so. The stories he shared were normal (for our standards) but then out even those began to get out of control. Driving for the mob, running away to Hawaii, so much craziness.

While we were enjoying his calls on air, Lou was adopting the tagline for his life away from the radio. With some help from his kids, it became his Instagram handle: @imwhoslou. He's living the Who's Lou life.