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Pump, let's get started. Welcome to a Thursday morning with the Preston and Steve show. And yes, another cool day today, but this is the last we get up for a little bit, a tiny little respite from the super cold. I have only 31 degrees today. It's going to be mainly cloudy tomorrow. The summer turns in a little bit warmer temperatures, high of 43 degrees.

Clouds on Saturday, high at 44. For game day, it does drop down again. Our high temperature on Sunday is going to be 34 degrees. Maybe some snow showers. Not sure exactly what time as of yet. But it gets even colder after that. I mean, by a lot. So, hang on. Hello.

Preston and Steve's News Update with Kathy Romano. And today is Thursday, January 16th. Good morning, Kathy. Good morning. In the news this morning, a Philadelphia woman is out thousands of dollars after a vehicle. She says a New Jersey used car dealership took her for a ride.

Auto Emporium in Hudson County is accused of selling cars without a title. When the cars are repossessed by banks or ordered to return, the company is accused of not refunding the down payments. Erica Hester of North Philadelphia said she's out $8,000. Hester said she purchased a 2016 BMW last year after finding it on sale online. She said the Auto Emporium of Jersey City sold her the car but never produced the title. She said she couldn't get it registered. She couldn't drive it. So it sat in her driveway for three months.

Hester now filed a lawsuit. The loss has impacted her daily life. She says no car. She has no car and she needs cash. She says she uses Uber to get around and to work every night, but that's adding up quickly. Another couple is in a similar situation. They say they purchased a BMW from the auto emporium earlier this year and the dealership didn't provide them a title either. The car got towed by the NYPD for unregistered plates.

The owner of the dealership, Sarabha Gupta, has been named in a number of lawsuits for selling cars and not providing titles. Banks are taking the vehicles back, and he is not returning the down payments. The couple who purchased the BMW received a $5,000 judgment from a judge in October.

When Gupta didn't show up to court, Hester is still waiting for her day before the judge. The New Jersey Office of the Attorney General says the Consumer Affairs Division has a dozen complaints on auto emporium but couldn't comment if there was an active investigation. So don't buy a car from auto emporium. Seems that way, yeah.

The decommissioned aircraft carrier formerly named after President John F. Kennedy is scheduled to depart Philadelphia's Navy Yard on Thursday for the scrapyard. The journey to Texas was pushed back a day after a delay on Wednesday. The former USS JFK conducted 18 deployments during its 39 years of service. It was the Navy's final conventionally powered aircraft carrier before switching to nuclear power. Big John, as it was affectionately nicknamed, was decommissioned in 2007 and has been in Philadelphia ever since.

When the ship arrives in Texas, it will be dismantled. But a new aircraft carrier named after JFK will enter service later this year. It'd be pretty cool if we had a show aircraft carrier. Wouldn't that be nice? I didn't even think of that. I'm just saying. We've been talking about firetruck, but that's... We're not thinking big enough. We're not thinking big. I wonder which one it is. I took a look around the Navy Yard at some of the stuff that was there when we stayed there. The one that talks like this. Yeah.

I think it's the only aircraft carrier that's in the yard. Okay, so there's only one that's there? I have a picture of it, Kathy. I'll show it to you. It's really impressive. And as is the case with most aircraft carriers, it's massive. Do you know where it was? Yeah. So if you go to where Urban Outfitters is, make a right towards the bridge that 95 is in that direction. Okay. Like, I don't know, probably a quarter mile from Urban. Okay.

Okay. All right. Got it. The Transportation Department is stepping up enforcement of persistent flight delays with a lawsuit against Southwest Airlines and a fine against Frontier Airlines. The agency said the U.S. District Court lawsuit is filed in California on Wednesday and alleges that Southwest illegally operated chronically delayed flights and disrupted passengers' travel plans. It says it's seeking maximum civil penalties. Airlines have a legal obligation to ensure that their flight provides...

Flight schedules provide travelers with realistic departure and arrival times, the transportation secretary said in a statement. He also said today's action sends a message to all airlines that the department is prepared to go to court in order to enforce passenger protections. The transportation department said its investigation found that Dallas-based Southwest operated two quadcopters

chronically delayed flights, one between Chicago Midway International Airport and Oakland, California, and another between Baltimore, Maryland and Cleveland, Ohio. Both flights were chronically delayed for five straight months and together resulted in 180 flight disruptions for passengers between April and August of 2022. Wow, that's consistent. Yeah, yeah.

The department fined Frontier Airlines. Kudos for that consistency, though. It's hard to stay on track. Seriously. The department fined Frontier Airlines $650,000 in civil penalties with $325,000 to be paid to the U.S. Treasury and the remaining $325,000 to be suspended if the carrier does not operate on any chronically delayed flights in the next three years.

The announcement comes less than two weeks after the Transportation Department fined JetBlue $2 million for chronic delays, the first time it imposed a penalty for lateness on specific routes. JetBlue then said the government, which operates the air traffic control system, shares the blame for the late flights.

Aviation data provider Sirium said in a report released this month that Southwest ranked fifth among the 10 North American airlines and it evaluated for their on-time performance with 77.8% of arrivals and a little under 77% of departures last year taking place in a timely manner. By comparison, top-ranked Delta Airlines scored 83.5 for arrivals and 83.7 for departures.

That's pretty good. Last year, federal regulators increased their scrutiny of Southwest Airlines after a series of incidents, including flying at very low altitudes while still miles away from the airport. The FAA said in July it wanted to ensure the carrier was complying with federal safety regulations. They declined to provide details, but noted that it continually adjusts oversights on airlines based on risk. In sports this morning...

Ball sacks are yelping. Ball sacks are yelping. What the f*** is that? The Sixers lost to the New York Knicks 125-119 in overtime last night. What the f*** is this? Jalen Brunson scored 16 of his 38 points in the fourth quarter and overtime. And Josh Hart had his 11th triple-double of his career. Tyrese Maxey led the Sixers with 33 points. Paul George had 26. And Kelly O'Bray Jr. had 16 points and 10 rebounds.

Because of a left foot sprain, Joel Embiid was out for the sixth game in a row. The Sixers are on the road on Saturday night. We'll play the Pacers in Indiana. Tip-off is at 7 o'clock. The Flyers are on the road tonight with a game in New York against the Islanders. The puck will drop at 7.30. And the Eagles host the LA Rams on Sunday in the division round of the NFL playoffs. Kickoff at the link will be at 3 o'clock. Finally, a woman who accused Conor McGregor of sexually assaulting her after an NBA Finals game in 2023 has filed a lawsuit against the former UFC star.

The woman who was described in the lawsuit as a 49-year-old resident of Miami-Dade County and who works as a vice president on Wall Street at a high-profile financial institution alleges that McGregor sexually assaulted her in a bathroom in the arena during the NBA Finals in June of 2023. The civil suit stems from the same criminal sexual assault allegation against McGregor. An incident report was filed...

With the City of Miami's Police Department on June 11th, 2023, less than 48 hours after the alleged sexual assault happens. And that's what I have for you this morning. All right, welcome everyone. Thursday morning, or as Casey was telling me last night, almost Friday. Yeah. Almost no sad bro. Almost Friday morning. I consider about three quarters of the way through the show today.

Become no sad, bro. It becomes Friday. I think so. I can wrap my mind around that for sure. We have several people stopping by this morning, which is going to be pretty cool today. We have actress Taylor Misiak and also Tony Yesenda, their husband and wife.

And they are talking about a couple of different things. Going Dutch is the show that Taylor is on. It's on Fox 29 tonight, by the way. And then Tony has done a whole bunch of stuff in the world of entertainment. Great stuff. Including American Vandal. Yeah, the D-Pix. Yes, which is about people that go around spraying penises.

It was a parody of Investigation. Yeah, the true crime stuff. It's great. And it's great. So they're both stopping by today in the 8 o'clock hour. Our good friend Michael Barkan. We love Michael. In preparation for Sunday's game and with the Sixers Stadium news coming down, we're like, let's get our buddy in here. That's a ton of stuff to talk about. We'll talk to Mike and he wants to interview us too.

He did it last time. I kind of liked it. I loved it. Yeah. So we'll dive into that in the 9 o'clock hour. And also joining us in the 9 o'clock hour, good friend, longtime member of the Preston and Steve family, Nick Murphy will be here. Murph, our video guru. He's the best. He's actually done a really cool thing in conjunction with...

with Disney, and we're so proud of him. He and his co-worker, Paul Ritchie, are going to be here this morning. So we'll bring you up to speed on what that's all about. And, oh, don't forget, tomorrow, bonus activities. Yeah, baby! Kathy Romano has a list of new activities for you. First time ever we've done it around this time of year. And there's so many of them. And when you said that yesterday, I got, like, bombarded with, like...

Hundreds more. Not hundreds, but like a ton more. Offering up more things. Just more. And like, they're cool. Like, they're good things to do. It's not like it's crappy stuff. So we're going to do like a little, it's a bonus. It's not as in-depth because obviously I haven't gone out to, I haven't been able to go out to do all of these. But I'm just going to give you a full list of things you can do during the winter months. I think the positioning of it, people get a little cabin fever, seasonal depression. Yeah, totally. This is a good antidote to that. Absolutely. Seasonal depression activities. Yep. We definitely need a new jingle for that.

So we have a lot going on today. Let's take our first break. When we return, we'll have a stupid question and the entertainment report for you, my friend. Hang out. It's going to be daybreak soon, and we'll be with you.

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Thank you very much, Kat. So the Super Question Prize, four-pack of tickets for the Wings game. It's been moved to Monday. By the way, it was scheduled for Sunday, but it's moved to Monday against Vancouver. And, yeah, I found accidentally I'm in week two of just movie trivia. I'm liking it. So let's see if you know this one. In the movie Top Gun, the original movie Top Gun, what was Iceman's real name? And I don't mean Val Kilmer. What was the character's real name? Not Iceman. 215-

263-WMMR. Let's see if you know the answer to that. 215-263-WMMR. Iceman's real name. All right, we'll go through some birthdays. Waiting for you to call in for that. Today being the 16th day of January. The insanely talented Lin-Manuel Miranda. His birthday today. This is him singing this song. Obviously, he was the lead role. Played Alexander Hamilton in Hamilton. Yeah, he's a force. And you know what?

This obviously rocked the world. But his comedic chops on Brooklyn Nine-Nine, he played a character, the brother of one of the detectives. He was effing hilarious. Really? Yeah. All right. He was terrific. Steven, I know you like Tick, Tick, Boom. Oh, yeah. And In the Heights. Yeah. In the Heights, I think, got a raw deal. Yeah. I've not seen it. I saw just portions of it, but I got to watch the whole thing. But Tick, Tick, Boom is just so, so good.

And he's great at Mary Poppins, too. He plays the chimney sweep in it. So happy 45th birthday to Lin-Manuel Miranda. We also have Debbie Allen. Speaking of the arts. She wants fame. Yeah, she wants it. But that fame costs. It does. It costs in sweat. That's right. And urine. She was the dance instructor on the 70s TV show, Fame.

I think she was in the movie, too. She was. She was, yeah. And I was a fan of both. Yeah. I always wanted to erupt into spontaneous dance. Out in the middle of the street and stopping traffic and everything. Come on. Who wouldn't?

So Debbie Allen is celebrating her 75th birthday today. Steve, it's Faka Twigs. Faka! Faka! F-K-A Twigs. Musician and actress as well. She was in the movie The Crow, the remake. I didn't see it. The Savage. Yeah. Which is too bad. I mean, I...

I really, really, really like that original movie with Brandon Lee. It's got its faults, but it's still a movie and a character that I really dug. And I thought that if they did it right, they could really make it good. You know what they say one of the big mistakes was? And I haven't seen it yet, but they say one of the big mistakes is a lot of the movie takes place in the daytime and daylight. The Crow was perpetual night and rain. Yeah, it was dark and just brooding. So that's what they need to stick with. Faka...

It's 37 today. It is Sade's birthday today. Number one, I did like her music. It was very soulful and cool. Like a cool operator. Moody, but I always thought she was just a stunningly beautiful woman. Was she a model at any time? I don't know, really. Her name, her birth name was Helen Filosa. Lipschitz. I do Lipschitz. No. No.

And Sade turned 66 years old today. Nick's looking up her personal information. I mean, she easily could have been a model. Yeah. Oh, yeah. So her last name is Folstadé? Sade? Lipschitz. Lipschitz.

No, no. Adu is her last name. Oh, so full Sade. Sade is just a... I know, but look at her middle name. And Sade is at the end of her middle name. Oh, you know what? Yeah, Casey. So her middle name is Fola Sade. Sade, F-O-L-A-S-A-D-E. And Sade is spelled S-A-D-E. Interesting. Well, so happy 66th birthday to her today.

John Carpenter. One of my all-time, all-time favorites. Turns 77 years old today. The original Halloween and his version of the thing just rocked. I love seeing other horror directors talk about how pivotal that movie was.

It was just astonishing. The thing? The thing. Yeah. Yeah, that's a... You hadn't seen anything like that before that movie came along. It's messed up. Guillermo del Toro talks about watching it in a Mexican theater with his buddies. And to see him, you know, he goes, ah! Yeah. So he is 77 today. The last birthday today is one of the all-time greats in the world of auto racing, driver A.J. Foyt. Wow. Turns 90 years old.

He is the only driver to win Indianapolis 500, the Daytona 500, the 24 Hours of Daytona, and the 24 of Le Mans. He won all of them. It's amazing. He won the Indy 500 four times, so he's an elite club. I'm looking here. His full name is actually A.J. Foyt-Sade. What? That's weird. Wow. Kathy, do you think your grandfather ever raced against him?

Because he did Formula One, right? Yeah. He did the sprint cars. Oh. Is that... Well, in... So, A.J. Foyt has raced every single kind of racing you could possibly do. But in 1960, he was a sprint car driver. So, yeah. So, maybe he did. So...

So, yeah, my grandfather was from 57 to 71. Oh, yeah. I'm sure at some point or another he crossed paths with Angie Foyt. So happy birthday to all turning a year older today. I wonder if he has kids that no one knows about, too. Yeah, probably. You know, those pretty much the sport. Randy race car drivers. It's the 16th. All right. Let's see if somebody knows the answer to this question in Top Gun. What is Iceman's?

Real name, 215-263-WMMR. And we have, let's see, Jason called in first, so I'll let him take a shot at it. Hi, Jason. Good morning. Good morning. You guys rock. Love the enthusiasm, Jason. All right, what is Iceman's real name, please? Tom Sade Kazansky. Yes. He's not the Sade part, but yes. Tom Kazansky. He was close enough.

Hang on, Jason. You got tickets to go to see the Wings game. It is on Monday against Vancouver, Wells Fargo Center. And it's 90s night, by the way. And the first 1,000 fans will get a Wings 90s night fanny pack.

You can get your tickets at WingsLAX.com. It's cheesy and wonderful at the same time. I love what they did with Al Kilmer and his character in Maverick. It's a wonderful way to have him participate. Get your tickets at WingsLAX.com. So we're going to start. We were talking about the Hills, Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt yesterday. Well, they've opened up to Good Morning America about the Palisades fire.

And how it's left them devastated. She began to sob while remembering when they evacuated that their house would end up completely burning down. She said Spencer was like, grab anything you want to keep. And I was like, how do you choose? And my brain stopped working because I was so overwhelmed with so many things that you can't replace. And she also revealed their house and possessions lost in the fire were not insured.

She said, we were house poor, as they call it. We have a house and everything else is a hustle, is a grind. And she said, we're definitely counting every dollar that we make. And Pratt had asked the internet, we talked about this yesterday, for help by streaming Montag's 2010 album, Superficial, and it has skyrocketed to number one on iTunes. The Laguna Beach star shared her gratitude in her Instagram story, saying everyone for rallying behind us, she said, in this devastating time.

They had to evacuate with their two sons, by the way. So they have, it's all gone. The insurance is not going to cover it. So they got to start from square one, which, listen, there's a lot of people that are going to be in that same boat as well. Absolutely. Terrible. Speaking of the fire, Jay Leno.

He's one of the people stepping up for his community amid the fires. The former late night host has been driving to relief sites in his own fire truck to feed the first responders. You knew he had to have a fire truck, right? On Monday, he spoke with CNN's Anderson Cooper in an impromptu interview about the disaster relief he's providing those working around the clock. He told Anderson that he drove a 1941 American LaFrance fire truck.

to lend a hand and teased, it's good to have your own fire truck when you live in L.A. But he said, we're cooking for the crew. We've got a big barbecue going on. They're all getting boxed lunches, so we figured let's get some hot food to them. He also volunteered at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, revealing to Cooper that he will also visit other locations over the next week. He's a good dude, man. He's had a lot of stuff happen to him recently. His wife is battling severe dementia. Yes. And so he's got all that going on. But yeah, he is a good guy.

He said, I try to look on the bright side of things. Last time I remember was 9-11, the sense of community for three or four days. Everybody put aside their political beliefs. It's happening here today. It's an entire city wiped out, Pacific Palisades. It doesn't exist and probably won't exist for the next four or five years. And I don't know how you rebuild from this.

Four or five years seems quick. He said, giving a nod to the city of Los Angeles, but we all get through it and we always do. Yeah, I'd like to see what's going on with Maui because it had a similar fire. Yeah, and how the rebuilding is happening. And how the rebuild's going there. That'd be a way to meter it. And what has that been, like two years since that? Yeah. Somewhere in that range? Yeah.

Leonardo DiCaprio is also doing his part to help, and he has announced on his Instagram stories that he's donating a million dollars towards relief efforts. He said,

He is the latest celeb to step up as well, like Jay Leno. But Jamie Lee Curtis, Jennifer Garner, Jessica Alba, Halle Berry, and more have volunteered to help the first responders and families in the situation. So yesterday I heard that the affected area is now the size of five Manhattans. Yeah. I mean, that is...

And then, you know, the comparison to Lahaina is an apt one, except the Lahaina is so much smaller. Yes. You know, and like what the Palisades is going through, what Altadena is going through, like they're just bigger communities. And if you live and work in either of those communities, not only do you not have a home, you also don't have a job. You don't have a place to go to the doctor's office. You don't have a place to get your groceries. So it's just, Kathy, I think you're right.

A point is a good one. It's going to take years and years and years to rebuild. There was so much there. Yeah. And that's another thing they have to rethink about. How densely they're jamming houses into those areas. B, what kind of migration is going to take place? What's going to be the new town or the new area? I mean, you're never going to find people who don't want to live right near the ocean like that. So it's always going to be popular. It's how they re-approach it. I need to find out the history of this because...

My sister lived in L.A. in the early 1990s, and she hasn't been watching the news. And I was like, did you see the fire? She said, no. And I said, it's Pacific Palisades. She goes, again? Yeah. So she lived there. So she's like, that place was always catching on fire. So I don't know what the history of it goes back to, the 80s and 90s, that particular region. Yeah, yeah. But, I mean, just there in general, there's always a fire warning of sorts. I remember when we lived in Thousand Oaks, California, which was, you know...

Now it's become much more sprawling, but it was an up-and-coming suburban area. And I remember them doing fire mitigation out there at that time. Now this is 200 years ago, but yeah. But it's just one of the dangers of living in that area, unfortunately. All right, on to some other things. Just days after saying that she was manifesting a romantic partner in the new year, could it be happening for Sofia Vergara?

The actress was seen on what might have been a lunch date with Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton. Oh, a racer again. In New York City on Tuesday.

The two were accompanied by some of Hamilton's friends, but reports were Vergara was pretty focused on Hamilton at the luncheon. Other reports, however, suggest that the outing was merely a casual lunch with a big group of friends in a group setting and by no means a date. But they were together. Who knows? We'll see. And we will follow that for you.

There was a round on the future king of England, Prince William. An avid fan of the Aston Villa Football Club got together with other followers of the team at a pub after a long day of doing royal-type stuff. And the prince was in Birmingham for its inaugural emergency and critical care conference where he was announced as the new patron of the College of Paramedics. And after that drudgery, it was time to lift a pint with the boys. And Williams organized a meetup of Aston Villa fans and

at Weatherspoons, buying a round of drinks prior to the team's game later that evening. Did you hear what happened? No. He called one spectator a dumb C. Oh, you can't do that, man. The Prince reportedly downed a pint of Bulmer's cider before getting on a train back to London. I'm a Bulmer's man.

All right, so fool me once, shame on me. And that seems to be the mood among Sydney Sweeney fans as she was seen hitting up a Broadway play with her housemaid co-star Brandon Sklenner.

And it wasn't that long ago that Sweeney sparked romance rumors with her Anyone But You co-star, Glenn Powell, only for Powell to admit that they milked the rumor mill to further promote the film. And we're wondering if she's doing it again. To remind the more naive followers, Sklenar has been dating personal trainer Courtney Salavillo for years.

And Sweeney has been in a relationship with businessman Jonathan DeVino since 2018 with the two announcing their engagement in 2020. Completely believe this. You remember right when we were coming to WMMR, you and I purposefully had a whole bunch of public PDAs. Yeah, exactly. And it was all to drum up attention. It worked. Yeah, it did work. Look at us now. I'm sorry, though, but I just can't get away from her character in White Lotus.

I just don't like her because she was so mean. I know. And she's a good actress. She's really good. I like her. Her brother was so sweet and she was just so mean to him and she made him sleep in the closet. And you know what? So much so that I didn't even find her attractive in the slightest bit in that show. I was just like, you little. Well, look who some of her co-stars were.

Yeah, well, it was Alexandra Daddario was in it and everything. So I had other things to, you know. To look at. Yeah, but. I need to see her in something else because I haven't seen her in anything else. Whatever else she's done. The rom-com she did. You'll think she's very sweet. Okay. With Glenn Powell. With Glenn Powell. Yeah. Which one was that? You just said it. I just said it. It had to be you. Oh, it's you. Let me back up a little bit. Singing in the rain. Dumb and Dumber. Um.

Um, anyone but you. Top Gun Maverick. All right. All right. That's that's my assignment over the next week or so to watch that. It's cute. It's not a great movie, but it's cute. And I like the fact that she's she's throwing herself into all sorts of different roles. Casey, did you watch any of Euphoria?

Maybe like an episode or two. Okay, yeah, she's in that, and that might change your mind on her. Oh, yeah? Yeah, I mean, like, there's just some near-porn sex scenes in Euphoria. Really? Yeah. Really? Really? Relax. Kathy, don't worry about it. We're not on air. I just, I caught myself saying it. I know. Really? Well, listen, it's my fault. I started it. Really? Really? Really? Kathy, really? Really?

Say that again. I was thinking the other day when we had somebody on the show, I forget what we were talking about, but he called in and he was talking about not even thinking about sex with someone else or whatever. And before we hung up with him, you just went, okay, good luck not thinking about sex. Right? Yeah. True. True.

All right, yeah, it was somebody saying how, you know, it's a sin to even think. Yeah, like in the commandments, you don't even... Good luck with not thinking about that. Good luck with not thinking about it. So Renee Zellweger opened up about her six-year acting hiatus in a new interview with British Vogue, sharing the break was highly needed. And she said, I was...

Sick of the sound of my own voice. When I was working, I was like, oh gosh, listen to you. Are you sad again, Rene? Is this your mad voice? Don't yell, Rene. During the break, she paused and pursued new hobbies like writing music, studying international law, rescuing dogs, and creating a production company while prioritizing family and personal health. Some pretty big ass hobbies. She described the hiatus as an opportunity to find anonymity and rest.

reconnect with people on a human level, noting you cannot be a good storyteller if you don't have life experiences. It's true. She took a break from acting in 2010 after filming the movie My Own Love Song, and then she returned to acting in 2016 with the movie Bridget Jones' Baby, of course, playing the famous character Bridget Jones.

All right, listen up, folks in our area. This is a casting call. Steven Spielberg is filming an upcoming UFO movie in New Jersey, and the film stars Emily Blunt, and they are in need of Jersey people for background actors.

Grant Wilfley Casting says the production is holding an open casting call for Cape May locals to play train passengers and car drivers. The second time wasn't the Timothy Chalamet. A complete unknown. That was in Cape May. And they had a big casting call for that, too. Well, that seems to be the place to be these days. I love... This is Cape May County. What's that? It's Cape May County, not Cape May the town. What is?

what you were saying, where they're going to be filming. It just says Cape May Locals. Oh, Cape May... Okay, my bad. Okay. I apologize. So the filming will take place in March. But yeah, I love the fact that there's some spotlight is putting on this...

this place that I love. Yeah. I think it's really, really cool. Do we have any idea whether or not this is a, like a Close Encounters vibe or is it more comedic? I don't know. Like the title is even tentative. It's tentatively titled The Dish. Okay. And I know that a few names that are associated with it. So Josh O'Connor, Coleman Domingo, Colm Firth, and Eve Hewson, who by the way, Kathy, that is

That's Bono's daughter in The Perfect Couple, that show with Nicole Kidman. She's the main... The girl. The girl. The wife, okay. Yes, exactly. That's Bono's daughter, and she's going to be in this movie. By the way, in A Complete Unknown, it's not just like a flash and you see Kate May. It's featured prominently, and you see Congress Hall quite a bit. Oh, cool. And the hotel that's across the street from Congress Hall. It's all featured as a... It's supposed to be the Newport Hope Festival. That's the...

That's the Victorian, the one across. My friend's family owns that hotel, and they used a lot of that when they were there filming. It's in it a lot, and they spend a lot of time there. And it's, yeah, I mean, like, it's really cool to have, you know, grown up going to Cape May as much as I have it, and then, like, see it featured really prominently in the movie. Well, if you think about the possible symmetry, the alien that they discover could be Bob Dylan present. Very well said. We don't understand him. Eh!

We don't either. He's all shriveled. Universal Pictures and Spielberg's Amlin are producing the film, and it's penned by Jurassic Park, War of the Worlds, and Indiana Jones, Dial of Destiny screenwriter David Koepp.

The movie has been pegged for a May 15th, 2026 release. Wow. Spielberg spent some of his youngest years as a child living in New Jersey with his family, by the way. So here are the details for the casting call. The Spielberg production, Cody...

name non view needs extras to play car drivers, train station passengers and applicants must be at least 18. No previous acting experience necessary. Filming will tentatively take place Monday, March 10th through Friday, March 14th in Cape May. Uh,

The base pay rate is $216 per day, which is eight hours, and car allowance is $3,750. To be considered for the film, you can send Grant Wilfey Casting an email and use the subject line non-view Cape May locals and include the information of your name, pronouns, phone number, whether or not you're a SAG-AFTRA member, what date you're available during the filming, whether or not you have visible tattoos.

whether or not you are local to Cape May. Include current non-professional photos of yourself, both close-up and full body. If you own a car that you use in film, also send the color, year, make, and model and photo of the car. This is a comprehensive search, man. We should post this on our website. Yeah, we should. And we should all sign up for it. Yeah, it's during the week. Yeah.

We'll sneak our equipment on. What if we all get hired? We could do our show somewhere in Cape May every morning. And then when we're off the show, then we go to work on our movie crew. Mr. Spielberg's calling for you. Yeah, we'll be right there. It's a week of our spring training trip. All right. Let's cancel the spring training trip. All right. Let's do it. All right.

So the substance star, Margaret Qualley, has revealed on the Happy Sad Confused podcast that her face broke out in pimples so badly from the prosthetics used in it.

that it took a year for her to heal, for her face to heal. You know, and that's not like, you'll probably laugh at me, but like, that's no joke because they can leave like scars and stuff like that. Well, yeah, and that's their, that's their moneymaker. Let me tell you something. If you see the movie, she wears this prosthetic thing at the end. Did you see it? No. Okay. I mean, she is completely wrapped up in this frigging thing. So she stars in the critically acclaimed satire film as a younger version of Demi Moore's character who begins experiencing unwanted side effects from a black market

drug to de-age her. She emphasized that her face was so damaged they couldn't shoot her natural face at the end of production anymore. She said, at the end, when they're shooting up my skirt in the beginning credits, that's because my face was so effed up. But she looked on the bright side as her acne carried over into her filming schedule of Condor.

Kinds of Kindness, where one of her four characters featured blemishes on her skin, revealing that was just my acne from the prosthetics that I had from the movie before. So these pictures we have up on the screen give you an idea of what she starts as and what she ends as. Okay. Yeah. It's after 35 years since Gremlins 2, the new batch...

A new live-action Gremlins movie might finally be in the works. The upcoming film is being looked at by Warner Brothers. So the question is, would they go mechanical, real effects, or will they go CGI for the Gremlins? Yeah, maybe both. To be potentially written by original Gremlins writer Christopher Columbus as well. The potential movie is apparently by a...

broader effort from Warner Brothers to reinvigorate their franchises. Other franchises that the studio is apparently looking to get up and running include The Goonies, The Matrix, and The Lord of the Rings and more. So Adam Goldberg from The Goldbergs had reportedly been working on that Goonies movie. Yeah. And it's been for a while now. Yeah, I wonder what the status of that is now. We haven't talked to him in a long, long time. Were you a fan of the Gremlins movies?

I thought they were pretty good. Some people loved them, but I just thought they were okay. And I was around. I was a teenager in the height of that. I didn't really go gaga over it. However, this, Steve, I know that you have seen the trailer. The first trailer for Daredevil's return to the MCU. Daredevil Born Again. It's out now.

The series once again stars Charlie Cox as Matt Murdock Daredevil, while Vincent D'Onofrio will return as Wilson Fisk Kingpin. For those unfamiliar with Daredevil's story, Murdock is a blind lawyer and former vigilante with heightened abilities, while my boss Wilson Fisk is now mayor of New York, and the former foes once again find themselves on a collision course. How's he not dead? Who? Fisk.

He gets blowed up, does he not? Comic books. Okay. But listen, this seems far more in line with the Netflix version of Daredevil, which I freaking loved. Even the stuff that was not the best of that run of those Netflix Marvel series...

was still very good. I never finished season two of Punisher. I did. Is it worth it? Oh, yeah. Very good. I mean, and Charlie Cox as Daredevil and William D'Onofrio as King Penis Fisk. Terrific. I watched the first season of Daredevil and enjoyed it and for whatever reason did not pick up the second. How many, were there just two seasons? Three. There were three. Yeah. Man, that's too much for me.

Three of those and then, I mean, with Punisher and Jessica Jones and then Iron Fist. You have to watch all those? Luke Cage, they're all. Well, they do intertwine and then there's the Defenders. So they all meet together. They're basic Avengers. I'll tell you this. It's frigging worth it. It's some of the best TV I've ever seen. And what this trailer looks like.

for this version. You know, they have to go back and reshoot three quarters of the series. Kevin Feige went to them and said, no, this isn't going to work as it is. Really? In fact, I guess he laid down the law and said, go more Netflix. It's super violent. I mean, the trailer's really bloody. There's broken bones all over the place. And John Bernthal shows up in it. Yeah, the Punisher. The Punisher. And Michael Gandolfini is in it as well. I think it looks really damn good. So, I wonder if I could just...

watch this season alone. Yes, I think you can. If you've seen, you know the basic characters, then you watch the first season. You'll be fine. Yeah, I just don't want to have to go back and see everything in order to enjoy this. If anyone puts up a stink, tell them I said you could do it. Okay, alright, I will do that. Let's see. One more quick thing, and I thought this was kind of fun. Ben Stiller

still struggles to wrap his head around why he was such a beloved comedy movie star in the late 90s and 2000s. The actor, producer, director, who reached a new level of success thanks to comedic roles in movies like Something About Mary, Meet the Parents, Tropic Thunder, Zoolander, among others, recently looked back on that time in his career during a conversation with the New York Times podcast. And he also recalled that not everyone was his biggest fan. He said, I remember it, Liz, I remember opening up the L.A. Times article

And there was this writer who wrote a letter and it said, Dear God, stop putting Ben Stiller in comedies. And I was just like, I don't know. I'm here and I love doing what I do. Overall, Stiller is thankful that he was able to be a part of that chapter in movie history, adding it's only in retrospect.

that I can go, wow, there was a thing happening that I was fortunate to be a part of, but I don't know what the zeitgeist was. You can look at 2000s comedies, and they were a specific kind of thing, a tone, and there were a lot of great things in those comedies that we don't have now, and I don't know if you could recreate that. I completely tied into that tone. I found him very funny in a lot of stuff. I just watched something about Mary again.

And, I mean, he plays, listen, I guess a case could be made that he's often in one lane. Right. But he does that lane very, very well. Yeah. And you heard the news, did you have the other part of the story here, Preston? No, this is just an interview talking about his career. He's reprising his character from Happy Gilmore.

Oh, yeah, I knew that. Yeah, yeah, yeah. He's going to be in that movie. In fact, there's already some screenshots of him with the mustache and the whole thing. I love that character. Oh, my God. It's insane. Wait a minute.

For those who haven't seen Happy Gilmore, he works at a retirement home where Happy's mother is living now. And he is one of the aides there. And he's evil. He's horrible. He treats them horribly. And there's a scene where she is talking to Happy. And he is behind Happy's back so he can't see him. And he's looking at the grandmother and he goes, he puts the finger up to his mouth. And then he drags his finger across his neck like, shut up or I will kill you. Oh, my God.

It's horrible. You just pulled landscaping duty. Yeah. Now your back's going to hurt. So your hands hurt? Well, now your back's going to hurt because you just pulled landscaping duty.

Just terrible. Well, after departing Saturday Night Live after just four episodes in 1989 because he felt he wasn't great at live performing, Stiller later garnered an audience with his MTV series. And Steve, I know you love the Ben Stiller show. I do too. Massive fan. So much good stuff there. And he continued that momentum with a string of hit comedies. But yeah, I think...

I think we'll see a resurgence of Stiller in acting roles. I know he does stuff behind the scenes now, but I think he'll be one of those older guys that returns to doing it regularly. Look at Dodgeball, for Christ's sake. Oh, my God. I mean, maybe, I guess you can dismiss that stuff, but I think that's hilarious. Well, and his dad did, too. Oh, Jerry Stiller? Yeah. Legend. Yeah. All right, we are ready for clips.

XO Kitty is a spinoff of the teenage romance series To All the Boys. And in this clip, Anna Cathcart, who received Cathcart Towers Hotel, revives her role as Kitty Covey, teases what the new season has in store. Here we go. I think we're like doing something that they're really going to be pleased with. And I really hope that's true. I think the cameos people are going to freak out about there.

There's like some surprises that I'm really, really looking forward to seeing how people react to that. I don't even know who the hell you are. XO Kitty season two premieres tonight and that is on Netflix. What's that? You guys are going to watch it? Absolutely. XO Kitty, sign me up. All right. So Unstoppable tells a true story of an athlete, Anthony Robles, defying expectations in college wrestling. I'd hear Anthony describes the inspiration in the film.

You know, it's going to take away just where my strength came from. Exactly. You know, just seeing that my mom was my hero, that during certain moments we leaned on each other to get us through the difficult times. And that's something that we can take in our own lives as well. Right. We all need someone at a certain moment. Sometimes you have to have the courage to reach out and say, I need help. It's you wrestling at the end of the day, but you need that support around you. So people are going to see where my support came from, where that strength came from. And I believe that's going to inspire them to say, you know, I can overcome my challenges.

Ka-pow, ka-pow, ka-pow, pow, pow! Kaboomba! And Nick, you pulled up William Goldenberg's IMDb. He was here in our studio, right? He was the director. Promoting this movie. Yeah. He was a long-time editor and directed this film. Yeah, and it's about a guy who was born without legs and goes into the world of wrestling and becomes a huge success. Unstoppable is streaming now on Prime Video.

And that is what I have in the entertainment report for you this morning. A lot of people stopping by our studio this morning, including our good friend, Mr. Michael Barkan. We'll talk birds. We'll talk Sixers and, you know, what's going on with the announcement, the stadium and all that stuff. And we'll just dive into some fun with him as well as we have actor Taylor Mischiak. She is stopping by and her husband, Tony Ascenda, who's a director and writer and all this great stuff,

They're going to be in the 8 o'clock hour, which is really cool. And our buddy Nick Murphy is stopping by, too. So we have a lot to get to this morning. We're seeing daybreak now. No clouds as of yet. It's supposed to be a cloudy day, so soak in some sun while you have the chance to. We'll return in just a moment with some stuff for you. Drive in. We'll be right back.

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Hey, just a reminder, this week's big friggin' deal is a chance for you to get an open-to-close lift ticket.

to Camelback Mountain for $40. That's pretty amazing. Yeah, 12 hours that you get this for $40. 39 trails, fully lit night skiing and high-speed lifts at the largest ski resort in the Poconos. You can go to wmmr.com slash deals to get the info. And I handed you that information specifically because that deal is about to sell out. Oh. So if you, and once it sells out, it's gone. Yeah, a lot of these are while supplies last. Yeah. Hey, before we dive anything into anything, I have a chart out.

And I'm doing this now as an example of something that I will not do. Okay. Okay.

The reason being is because this person told me, I listen between 7.17 and 7.30 a.m. Okay. Okay, I'm going to do this. I'm going to be nice. Okay. But you can't specify the times at which we're going to do these types of things because... You're lucky if he gets it on the right time. I know, it is. But she was really sweet. Her name is Ava, and her screen name is Artemis, which I thought was cute because it's a reference to...

Ready Player One. Ready Player One, which is one of my all-time favorite books. Anyway, she writes, and also, she requested a song, and we don't play requests. It's too hard to fit them in. But she said, I've been listening to your show for quite some time now, and every morning and every afternoon, going and...

and coming from school. Tomorrow, January 16th, is my birthday. And I would love it if you could play a ghost song at any song at any length. And I usually listen from 7.17 to 7.30. It's very precise. But we're not playing music between 7.17 and 7.30. So I'm not going to be able to do that.

And she said it would be ideal if you agree, if you would agree to play it during that time. Your devoted listener, Ava S. Wow. So I'm going to give her a shout out at least. It's kind of like a ghost song. And there you go. There's some ghost for you. We're at least going to play that. There you go. And thank you for listening, Artemis. We do. It's very sweet. All right. So, but yeah, please, you know, I'll do my best.

Pick the year you want it read in. That's your best bet. I can usually hit that. Yeah. There have been times when I've not. You're spot on with that. I mean, we all know Angorski. Angorski. I was a couple years late on that. That was a paper falling down between two other papers. Yes. Yeah, that was physical error. All right. It's time to put on our thinking caps, folks. We're headed to the Just Sayin' Institute. The Just Sayin' Institute, home of the Kathy Romano Non-Seasonal Activities Research Center.

By the way, we will have Kathy's bonus seasonal depression activities tomorrow morning. Yes. She's got a whole list of new activities for you. She came to us and said, you know, I'm getting bombarded with these. We have to let the general public know. So the Justine Institute has found a study. Space technology has now advanced to the point that they are using wood. Wood? An experimental satellite made of wood.

has now been deployed into orbit from the International Space Station to see how it holds up. What about space termites? Researchers...

will measure the response of Lignosat's magnolia wood body to the temperature swings and high radiation levels in orbit. Yeah, you know, it's funny. There are probably some woods that would be... Yeah. Yeah. I figure balsa wood's very strong. No. They've actually had theorized of using wood during the early space promontory

projects because and I've seen there's a great YouTube channel called Vintage Space that I follow and it talks about the Apollo programs and the Mercury and Gemini programs and all that stuff and I love that I love that time of history and

And for a while, they knew about, you know, the heat and the return to the atmosphere. And so they had initially thought about using as the heat shields made of wood. Yeah. It would burn off. Uh-huh. And by the time they get, you know, through all the wood, it would, you know, discard it. And then they found it. It's not working!

They found products that were better to use. But wood has been considered in a lot of space programs. So the satellite is going to circle the planet every 90 minutes. And during that time, it will be exposed to temperatures as high as 250 degrees Fahrenheit and as low as minus 250 degrees Fahrenheit every trip around the world. So the wood needs to be able to handle that fluctuation, that swing. According to researcher Takayo Doi,

If we can approve our first wooden satellite works, we'd want to pitch it to SpaceX. You said it don't mean a thing if the wood can't handle the swing. Right. It probably can. But if so, I would imagine that's going to save on cost as well as wood as opposed to alloys and things like that. It's funny that it's something I never considered, but it's sort of an obvious. Yeah. So that's pretty cool. Soon, Tupperware in space? That they sometimes will go back to...

You know, and try retro. You know how many, there's a ton of anime shows that have basically things that look like wooden schooners in space. You know, that are like, I mean, they're not made of wood, but they're, you know. But they appear that way. Yeah, they appear that way. Pretty cool. So I thought that was an interesting little story to pass along. All right. How about this? This is a bit of a heavy subject, but...

About a million people, about a million Americans, I'm sorry, a year are expected to develop dementia by 2060. Roughly double today's toll, researchers have reported. That estimate is based on a new study that found a higher lifetime risk than previously thought after age 55.

People have up to a 4 in 10 chance of eventually developing dementia if they live long enough. It is a sobering number. Kathy, 30 years. I already have that. There are steps that people can take to reduce the risk, such as controlling high blood pressure and other bad for the brain health problems. And it's not too late to try even once you hit middle age.

Research suggests what you do in midlife really matters. So taking, and here's a peek into this.

dementia and Alzheimer's. So taking longer to recall a name or where you put your keys is typical with older age. Yes. Yeah. But dementia isn't a normal part of aging. It's a progressive loss of memory, language and other cognitive functions. Simply getting older is the biggest risk and the population is rapidly aging. The thing is, is that and I think we all perceive this, is that would you as the sufferer be aware, you know, like you, you

Can't recall the name. Okay. Oh, damn it. What is that? But as these things start to slip, are you aware that they're slipping? I think in some cases you are because a lot, sometimes with dementia, they actually decline quickly because they know that that's happening. So they stop talking. They stop communicating. Oh, they draw in? Yeah. To try to avoid the embarrassment of it. Sucks.

So Alzheimer's is the most common form and silent brain changes that eventually lead to it can begin two decades before symptoms appear. Other types include vascular dementia, when heart disease or small strokes impair blood flow to the brain. Many people have mixed causes, meaning vascular problems could exacerbate brewing Alzheimer's symptoms. Measuring the risk from a certain age over the potential remaining lifespan can guide public health recommendations and

and medical research. It's wild. You know, once things like Lewy body dementia, and these things that we had not heard of until celebrities started having them. Robin Williams. That was the first time I heard of that syndrome. Bruce Willis, who has aphasia at first, and now I forgot what form of dementia he has now. But there are, not unlike, and listen, I'm not a doctor clearly, and I'm making this statement, but along the lines of

autism, there's this spectrum, this range of different, an umbrella that all this can fall under as far as dementia and Alzheimer's go. And as I found out with my mom, there's like, there's

It's an accumulative gathering of information that leads to a diagnosis. It's not a blood test. There's not like one thing to go, you have this. It's a collection of... The litmus paper doesn't turn a color. It's frustrating and it's

If you didn't know that going into it, like I didn't know him, I'm like, well, how can't, why can't you tell? Yeah. Why can't you, we're like, eh, she kind of this and kind of that. And I'm like, well, what's going on here? How, how, um, so did you hit a point with your mother where it was, um, extremely accelerated or was it, was it, um. No.

Is it just been chipping away? It's been chipping away. And sometimes so my mom has a form of dementia, not to the extent of like she she always knows who we are. Yeah. Never forgotten who we are. That's awesome. It's not that type of thing that I think might fall more under Alzheimer's if you can't remember who people are and all that.

But she does have these delusions. Oh. Like I'll give you an example that, you know, there's a person that works at the home she lives in who's a vampire. Oh. Or something like that. Okay. Or, you know, and they're scary things. Yeah, sure. But she knows and remembers all kinds of stuff. And it's not, you know, what you might typically think of. Yeah. And I think Alzheimer's is like the, I think, the...

the slow progression of it like the slower of the two it get well not not that it was but just like as it progresses like you asked if hers was progressing so my grandmother uh she had terrible dementia at the end you know she didn't know anybody she was calling people uh you know bob hope and richard you know gear and like you know it was it got crazy you know it was like you almost had to laugh about it because um it got so terrible but anyway she had

Her dementia stemmed from a traumatic brain injury that she had in her 50s. So they kind of attributed it to that, saying, you know, that injury, although she was okay afterwards, she was never the same, but she was okay afterwards. I mean, she lived a long life, but that the dementia at the end of her life probably was caused by that. Well, they're saying now, they're finding out, Kathy, this is good news for you, that you can slow the process through excessive margarita drinking. I know.

Listen, don't laugh. I found that information as well, and I'm working on it. Yes, she's always researching. By the way, one of the examples that they've given us to protect herself from this down the road, Kathy, is...

If you ride a bike, wear a helmet. Essentially, if you have some sort of brain injury, it may not be much of an effect now, but later on in life, it could be the cause of that. Look what Chris Hemsworth found out about genetically that he's predisposed to, I believe it's Alzheimer's. And the doctor recommended that he become a god. I'm glad he moved on that.

So prior studies estimate about 14% of men, but 23% of women would develop some form of dementia during their lifetime. It's such as, it seems like they're making inroads. I was reading an article, Preston, that suggested, again, you know, all these journals and all these, from the Daily Mail to anything that's online looking to get clicks, wants to terrify the crap out of you. But I've seen this pop up a lot, that excessive meat eating. Yeah.

that if you eat, if your diet is predominantly meat. Now, this very well, Monday they'll say, eating lots of meat will eradicate Alzheimer's. But you know what I'm saying. So I don't put a lot of stock. And it's no guarantee either, yeah. The things it always seems to default to is trying to exercise, trying to keep... My mother-in-law had a precipitous decline. Kathy, you talk about drawing in and drawing yourself away from people. She was...

She was married at the time and the husband that she was with, not her, not my wife's father. They moved to this remote sort of lake cabin in Connecticut. She had no engagement and it went south dramatically. Yeah.

So, yeah, Steve, there are some things you can do like exercise, avoiding obesity, control blood pressure, diabetes and cholesterol. Margaritas. Margaritas. Margaritas. All that stuff. Oh, good. But anyhow, they're saying real quick and then we'll move on to the next one. Only 4% of people develop dementia between the ages of 55 and 75. What they call a key 20-year window for protecting brain health. For people who survive common health threats until 75, the dementia risk then jumped over

to 20% by age 85 and 42% between ages 85 and 95. So at that point, you're kind of just, you know, that's the point at which we all expect you to be, you know, limited vampires. And if you live a long time, you have a more substantial risk of this happening. My dad was sharp as a tack right up to the end. And I only hope the same.

All right. Let's see what else we have here. We're going to do a completely different topic from the Just Say Institute. A new analysis revealed the countries with the largest average breast size. Finally, information we can use. I know. I wanted to ease ourselves into this. Now, when I saw this article, I purposely did not look at the countries that are on the list. But as I did so well with the largest penis survey, may I...

May I guess that... Can I guess? Yeah, sure. I'm going to guess that the United States is in the top three. I was going to say the same thing. Yeah, they are. Okay, all right. So the report published by the World Population Review analyzed the average bus size of 108 countries around the globe, finding which countries boast the largest average and which didn't measure up. According to the report...

Breast size is unique to each woman and is influenced by several factors, including genetics, nutrition, and diet, weight and body mass index, fitness level, and age. And the average cup size per country varies between AA and C.

Uh, those are both batteries, by the way. Yes, they are. Um, so the researchers, Kathy, you're a nine volt, right? Noted that, uh, BMI, the body mass index is closely linked to breast size. Yeah. I mean, honestly, because we're, you know, the, uh,

They always call the United States the fat country, you know, whatever. But we're always seen that way. And that's what made me think that because I think the breast size does come from that often. It does, yeah. With higher BMI is often resulting in larger breast size. So the United States is second place.

We've got the boobs. In first. No, who's got the boobs? Norway. Norway. Norway's got the biggest boobs. So I have not been. You have. I have. Have you noticed? I did not spend a lot of time around Norwegians while we were there because we were kind of out in the country. But you always travel with your breast scale. I do. I just didn't. I was on vacation. Yeah. I didn't feel like using it. So.

So to be honest, and I was thinking about that very thing. Sure. I didn't encounter a lot of women while we were there. I guess it maybe would have been. I don't know. There just weren't that many people around while we were in Norway. I didn't notice any large knockers. When I was in Ecuador, all I saw were enormous penises. Yeah, yeah, yeah. So it says here that Norway was an outlier. The country's average BMI. Here's the thing about them.

They have lower BMI, but they have huge boobs in Norway. What the hell? So they're skinny with big boobs. Do you know what they attribute that to? Sir Stroman. Oh, really? So the country's average BMI was lower than other countries at 26.2, but the Scandinavian nation took the crown for the largest bust size. The average BMI.

between C and D cups. Wow. Average. Average. The U.S. trailed behind in second place with an average BMI of 29 and a cup size of C, while the U.K.'s average BMI was 27.1 with an average cup size of C. So in Norway, they refer to it as the around-the-shoulder Juergen holders. At dead last with the smallest average bra size was Greenland, which researchers claim had an average of A cups and

And a BMI of 26.7. Remember we had the bra whisper in here? Yeah, yeah. And the different way, I mean, listen, obviously there's the no pun intended titillation and fascination, but the amount of, and Kathy, we talked about this,

The inability for the companies to get the sizes right. You talked yesterday or the day before about this woman with the size P or P. And she pays on average $175 per bra. Correct. I mean, it's crazy. By the way, the measurement for bra sizes, in case you did not know this, is determined by measuring the band or underbust size.

Mm-hmm. Denoted by a number and the fullest part of the breast denoted by a letter. So, Kathy, she means measuring underneath the breast? Yeah, so like under your boobs. Okay, rib cage. Like you would lift your boobs up and you would measure under there. Because that's, think about it, that's where the band of the bra sits. Okay. And then they measure on top of the boob because that's where the cups would be. Yes, okay. Now...

And I'm serious about this. Do you just want me to take my shirt off? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Please, please. The cup size. Let me get some popcorn. How do they, do they actually have a thing they put on there or? No, they use the same, like they'll measure with a tape measure underneath and then they measure with a tape measure over the boob too. So they can tell the difference between the two numbers what your cup size is. Right, so by that number it's associated with a cup size. They use a protractor, Preston, because it kind of looks like a boob. Okay, okay.

Does it? Yeah, I guess so. It's got that curve on the top. And that's the time when they're like, honey, what size bra are you wearing? You got to go a size up. It's always wrong. In fact, in every case with the bra whisperer, everyone was wearing the wrong size bra. But then again, she was using... She was using European measurements. Okay, so Kathy says here, the greater the difference between the measurements, the larger the cup size. So the difference between the number of the under breast and then over the top, that difference

determines the angle of the dangle case. Yeah, plus the heat in the meat. What does that equal? The torque of the door. That's right, that's right.

So it's important to remember that not all sizes within a given cup size will be the same. For example, 32C is much smaller in volume than a 42C because there is a greater difference in the band size and fullest part of the breast measurement. Yeah, like there's always two sizes you can wear. Like I think, I forget, like it's like if you're a 36C, you can also wear a 34D. Okay. You know?

It makes sense. Yeah. Because I wear on my shoes, I'm going to do correlation, I wear bras instead of shoes. A lot of times you can play that sort of trickery with a size that's larger if the width of the shoe is more comfortable. You know what I'm saying? Yeah. Yeah, yeah. Yeah.

Do we have any more boob questions? Because Lindsay worked at Victoria's Secret. Hi, Lindsay, good morning. Hi, good morning. How long did you work at Victoria's Secret? Probably about four years. At King of Prussia?

No, I was at the Morristown Mall. Okay. So anybody have any boob questions? So on average, did you find, to the earlier point, most women are wearing the incorrect bra size? Absolutely. Okay. Usually too small?

Yes, too small for the bigger women and typically too big for the smaller. You'll see a lot of gapping for smaller breasts, and then you'll see that spillover when bigger women come in and the bras are too tight. I've got to believe that...

everyone's bodies are uniquely shaped. Yes. And that it's got to be, Kathy, when you find one that fits just right, that's got to be, do you like buy up a bunch of them? Yeah, I have them, you know, in the same color. And then when, you know, they rip or the, like I said, the wire pops out or something, I go right back to the store and buy the exact same one. Because now when I buy, when I find shoes I like,

I'll buy like three pairs. So do I. Every color. And I wear them as bras. Let me ask you, Lindsay, what is the largest commercial size bra that Victoria's Secret sells?

They got better over the years, but it is not nearly big enough. I believe they got up to triple D when I was there, but there were women coming in and like you were mentioning how you measure it. Like, let's say someone is a 32 pan size and then I measure them around their breast and that's an additional three inches. So now I'm measuring 35. Okay.

So that would mean that they're a 32C. So I add an inch for, or a cup size for every inch. I was having women come in with, you know, measuring 40, where we don't even sell 40, and then eight, nine inches. So it's not... You got to be a mathematician to do this. Yeah. Yeah. So what does that go for, that bra? Because I'm thinking of people going broke trying to purchase bras. Okay.

And they're incredibly expensive. Yeah, no doubt. Victoria's Secret. But the quality is decent. But those women just have to go to specialized stores. I wonder if they leave it. All right. Thank you, Lindsay. Appreciate it.

Have a good one. You got to find a broad place, Kathy, that has like an LL Bean return policy. No. Oh, are you kidding? No. Like undergarments, once you wear it, you're out. And Victoria's Secret, especially the way they put their tags on, like they put it on so that you can't wear it and return it. And if the tag is taken off, you can't reapply. Really? Some places you can put the tag back on and stuff like that. Yeah, they make sure and they use, you know, pink little, what are those? The

the little plastic pieces that hold the tag in place. Like you can't really find the ones that they use because they don't want people doing that. Crafty. But recently, I don't know, we talked about bras or something not that long ago and a place in Mays Landing reached out to me. It's the Bra Boudoir and they have sizes 28A up to 52O. 52O? Yes, she reached out to me and just said, hey... That's a carport. I heard you guys talking about this if you're ever in the area. Oh!

If you're ever in the area, stop by. So I don't know. Maybe when I'm headed down to the shore next summer, I might swing by there. But this is what they do. They measure you for the, you know, perfect bra. What's it called again? The bra boudoir. Boudoir. From A to O. Dude, how did you even think of that? I have a very juvenile question. So with men, and Kathy, our dangly bits,

if you're naked you know getting out of the shower whatever it's kind of fun to you know kind of flap around a little bit no the answer is no it hurts women like just bouncing your boobs isn't kind of fun it hurts I mean especially if you have large boobs that's part of the reason you wear a bra it is a funny thing to do though I mean I'm sure it would be but it does it doesn't feel good

By the way, here are the top 10 countries with the largest bus size. Number one is Norway, followed by the United States, United Kingdom, Luxembourg, Iceland, Russia, Colombia, Canada is number eight. Number nine is Poland, and then ten is Venezuela. Interesting. Yep. All right, we'll move on to something else. Let me see. What will you guys find interesting? Oh, yeah, I definitely want to bring this up.

As the United States Food and Drug Administration is pulling the plug on red dye number three. Oh, I saw this. Synthetic dye known for its vibrant cherry red hue, but also linked to cancer and lab animals. Used in everything, man. And Steve had sent me an article this morning of the list of products that use red dye number three. It goes on for pages and pages and pages and pages. I can't, there's no way I can go through that whole list. So were you like me...

laboring under the misconception that years ago when they made a big fuss about red dye number two, that they were going to remove it from the food. That was part of the deal. Yeah, I thought they were. Yeah, I mean, I knew that they didn't, that they hadn't removed. I think it takes a long time. Like, you know what I mean? Once it's approved. I mean, Kathy, red dye number two, that's like 20 years ago. Number three.

What's that? Red dye number three. You said number two. Oh, no, red dye number three. I remember that years ago, Preston, that first came out. I do, too. It was a thing called cyclamates, too, that they removed. And just a few years ago, California had...

Had, I guess, outlawed it or whatever. Yeah. And so now this is going to be, the FDA says it's gone. Using everything, like I said, from candies and cereals to fruit cocktails, cherries. The petroleum-based colorant has sparked concern for decades, Steve, in all this time. There we go. It's in medicines, too. Like to change the color, you know. Like Robitussin? I'm not sure which medicines, but yeah.

So manufacturers have until 2027 to phase out of foods, phase it all out. And while ingested drugs like supplements get an extra year. I love that we have two more years of ingesting this cancer causing additive. I mean, stop and think about it. Why can't they stop?

Two more years. You got asbestos for another five years. I mean it. Oh, you better. Yeah, I mean. Let me ask, does my ibuprofen have it in there? Because it's kind of got a reddish hue to it. I don't know. Why don't we ask a doctor? How about that? He's calling in on our Xfinity mobile guest line. And you know our good friend from Fox 29 and Penn Medicine, Dr. Mike Sirigliano is joining us. Dr. Mike Sirigliano.

Happy, happy new year. Happy new year to you. Now look, so red dye number three. It's been on the radar for quite a while. In fact, in 1990, it was banned in cosmetics.

Now, why we can put it in our bodies and not on our skin, that's a story that I can't answer. But there is data in lab rats. In male rats, it can cause thyroid cancer. Now...

The FDA, when it decides if something's okay or not, has a rule that if there is anything that causes cancer in humans or animals, then they ban it. And so there's a lot of controversy about this. You know, the people that are involved with red dye kind of say, well, the data's not there in humans, but...

I think it's a good thing to get it out of our food system. And there's a lot of interest now in the food that we put in our body. Well, Mike, it's my understanding that, again, this is now in the news more frequently about all the things that are not in, say, the European system.

versions of the food that we eat and the Canadian versions of the food that we eat that we have, and a lot of it has been determined to be less than wonderful for your health. Is that correct? Yes. The only thing that the Europeans have allowed red dye number three in is maraschino cherries. How do you like that one? Yeah. All right. But everything else, it's been banned.

And we've talked about this. There are lots of young people getting cancer, and we don't know why. It's probably environmental. Who knows? The other thing about food coloring is that there are – I don't know about you, but when my kids, when they were young and they would eat something that had food coloring in it,

They went crazy. They were off the rails in terms of behavior. And that's why California has already banned a couple other food colorings. So, look, it's the right thing. I think that we're going to see more and more interest in the food that comes into our mouths in this country. We need to do something.

I got to believe there are natural agents that they could use that would, I mean, beet juice for crying out loud. That's what Canada does. So in other words, so if you look at the difference, you can use natural colorings. It may not be iridescent, you know, but it may not cause you cancer, too. Well, red dye number three is a petroleum product, just to let you know. Yes. Now, I will, listen, I freely admit, I will sit down to a tall glass of Vaseline in the evening.

But, yeah. Well, just there's more to come, and I think that that's a very important move on their part. Do you remember Cyclamates? Dr. Mike, years ago, it was a sweetener that they had in all sorts of diet sodas. Because I remember that being mentioned right about the time of this red dye. The first time I heard about the issue with red dye was around the same time as Cyclamates. Well,

We are what we eat. And all you hear about now are PFAS, these forever chemicals in the environment. And what we put in our bodies is so critical, whether it be – and the whole issue of highly processed foods –

I think has to be addressed. And what we should do, rather than keeping me busy all day with people that have disease that's already gotten there, we need to get people to start at a very young age, eating the right foods, exercising, getting into better shape, and then I hopefully will be like the old-fashioned Maytag man. I'll be sitting there reading

You have nothing to do. Yes. You're right about what you put in your body. And I've even reconsidered the kinds of light bulbs I'm putting in my ass, Preston. Oh, wow. Yes. And those things are... You got to make sure. Yeah. Make sure they're durable. You don't want them to break. But yeah. No, Mike, I've started to think about

Things like, you know, microplastics and stuff like that that are... Do you know, Preston, do you know that they are finding nanoparticles of plastics in carotid arteries? Wow. I don't like that. And that leads to inflammation.

And diesel fuel particulates, they get into the body. It goes on and on and on. And so I'm all for progress and technology and everything, but we've got to start focusing on what we put in our bodies and start with young people, getting them healthy and learning how to eat right and exercise and take care of their machines. So...

They can live a long life, later in life, and enjoy it. Sage advice. All right. Sage advice. We love you, Dr. Mike. Love you. All right. See you later. Dr. Mike Stringley. Do you ever at the gas station, and I'm guilty of it, you are, say, putting gas in your car and you take a swig off? A sip. Oh, yeah. Just a sip. Yeah. I mean, it gives you a little buzz. Like a garden hose. Mm-hmm.

I want to move on to one more story, but very quickly, since Lindsay is on hold, she works in food regulations. She reads these labels for a living. So hi, Lindsay. Good morning.

Good morning, guys. Hi. It says there's a lot of misinformation you had indicated. Yeah. You guys mentioned about the Canada, United States, Europe, like, banning things. So the color thing, like, oh, it's banned in Europe and stuff. Europe still does use these colors. They're just labeled differently. Those bastards. They have a number in front of it. And in actuality, we ban stuff that is allowed in Europe. So it's not just, you know...

everything's great in Europe, we're fat, stinky Americans, it's like we actually have higher food safety standards than some European countries. Well, that's good to hear. And in a way, we're number two on the big boob list. So something's working right. Yeah, like going for it. So that's an interesting perspective. Because we tend to default. And listen, I don't default to Europe's doing everything right or Canada's doing everything right. But you're saying there's simply...

renaming it or changing the designation and they're getting away with it. Yeah, they'll have like an E number in front of it. So instead of like red dye number two, it'll be like red. It'll be E47 or something like that. Freaking Europeans, right? Yeah, there's very different rules. And I work for a Canadian based company. So I look at Canada.

Canada labels as well. So, and there's like very different rules between everybody. I look at, we export to Mexico. So I look at Mexican labels. Everybody has their own rules. Everybody has their own flaws and everybody has their own quirks. So the biggest thing is that people just need to realize that their food is safe. And Kathy, I know that you're scared about the, like the food recalls and stuff, but

Them actually putting that out is a good thing because before like 2009, they weren't putting that out. And people were just randomly getting sick thinking they had an upset stomach. Let me ask you, Lindsay, though, there are things in the food that they find from time to time that are not good or just... They come up for review every once in a while once they do these studies. But these studies are sometimes backed, need to be backed. And it's hard, you know, you have to have...

quite a bit of research. It's not just like coming in and saying, oh, I got cancer because I drank 500 bottles of apple juice and I got cancer. So it takes a very long time. That three-year thing, you have to be able to find a new source of it. You have to be able to price it. Is it going to change your pricing? Is it going to change shelf life? That whole three-year

thing is why it's there. And Preston, you said that in a lot of foods, it's approved for a lot of foods. It's actually red dye number four. Red dye number three is not in a lot of stuff. We don't use it at the company I work for. They replace it with rad feces. Right.

Brad feces, sometimes dog poop, depending on what's available. But it's actually in like hot tamales and candy corn and like the lower tier candy, as I call it. Something as healthy as candy corn. Yeah.

Yeah, so healthy. Just learn how to read labels and then, you know, if you have any questions, I can answer them. Awesome. Thank you. It involves reading. Appreciate it. Well, she's right. You do have to learn to read labels. I mean, I disagree with her in some of the stuff that she says. There are so many additives and so many things put in the foods that she's saying are safe to eat that affect our brain health, affect our heart health. I agree with you, Kathy. It doesn't mean...

So you can say it's safe to eat. At the time, over the accrued time of eating it, what is that going to do to you? Just because the FDA approves it. Because my knockers are huge and I'm upset. Doesn't mean that it's healthy for us and that it's not going to affect us. I know what you mean. If you're overeating something...

you know, that has a, uh, an additive in it of sorts that, that maybe over time you overdid it with that. You know what I mean? That's why I only eat free range candy corn. Ah. Yeah. Because I, I don't want any additives. It's organic. Yes. Candy corn. All right. Um, I think we'll just wrap it up. Is that it? That's it. The JSI. I have more. I have a lot more. They're always working on stuff.

at the Just Saying Institute, and we'll get back to it in the near future. But in the meantime, we do need to take a break because we have a nice stack of guests that are coming by this morning. We'll break, come back, do the beat, follow, tell you who's on the way. Stay put. We'll be right back. We'll be right back.

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All right, thanks, Kev. Real quick, a shout-out from our good friend, Mr. Bob Havens. Oh, he's a great guy. One of the classics and one of the greats at the Cardboard Classic, speaking of that. And then he said, hey, can I get a shout-out to our friends Dan and Michelle Eastwood, who joined our Cardboard Classic team last year.

And was on our Wally World sled. And we hooked them. And now they're traveling up from Baltimore on the weekends to help with our 2025 sled build. So they're coming up every weekend. Yeah. Working on Bob Haven's sled. People may not be aware that many of these monstrosities that you'll see coming down the hill at the Cardboard Classic are months old.

Half a year in the making. Unbelievable. Yep. So he says, much love, bitches. And that's from, of course, Bob Haven. So here's a start-up for Dan and Michelle Eastwood. And yeah, SLED registration is up and running now at WMMR.com for the Cardboard Classic. First time ever that it will actually be in February. It's on the 28th. And all the information is available at WMMR.com. If you go to WMMR.com slash Cardboard Classic, Marissa sent us a list of

Just all the things that you can find on there. There's even sled building instructions. Yes. You've never done this before. Yeah. Like there's a full rundown of pictures from years past and all the information, all the specifics you need to know, but also some guidance on top of that. I would say it's well worth your time to check that out because a lot of times if people encounter issues coming down the run and things fall apart, see which designs have been most successful in completing the run. Yep.

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Visit lasalle.edu slash grad dash open house dash dash open dash house to get started. So here's a very interesting story out of Italy. Italian soccer club Lazio have fired a man responsible for handling the club's eagle mascot like a live bald eagle. All right. This is after he shared videos online of his prosthetic penis.

Falconer Juan Bernabe has handled the eagle named Olympia since the 2011 season. Let me clarify here. It's he himself who has the prosthetic penis, not the eagle, correct? That is correct. And he flies the bird over the club's Stadio Olimpico before matches. However, Lazio, whose crest is emblazoned with an eagle...

have parted ways with Bernabe after he shared images and videos online of his penis on social media. They should be doing that. After undergoing implant surgery. Take your penis and your bird and get the hell out. I would imagine if you went for implant surgery, you'd want to show it off a little bit. Yeah, do you do it on your site? Palazzo said that they were shocked by the images and that Bernabe had been fired with immediate effect.

I'm just very proud of it. The club added they were aware of the shared pain the loss of the eagle will cause to fans for upcoming home matches, but added it was impossible to associate our historic symbol with such an individual. Bernabe defended his decision to publish the videos. He was trying to bring awareness to the operation and shared it on his private social media, adding that nudity is normal. I grew up in an open-minded, naturist family.

And the 56-year-old was suspended from the club in 2021, though, for performing a fascist salute at the end of a match against Milan. This is not looking good. So Eagles routinely land on a perch of sorts. Listen to this. Bernabe was filmed making the salute and chanting, Duce, Duce, which translates as leader, leader, and is commonly associated with former fascist Italian leader Benito Mussolini. And he said...

I did it and I don't regret it because I admire Mussolini. He did great things for Italy as Franco did for Spain. There you go. But enough about Mussolini. How about my penis?

Nigerians on social media are mourning the death of a woman who was allegedly beheaded by a man reported to be her boyfriend. And listen to this. So police arrested Timelen Ajayi, a gospel singer, on Sunday with the severed head of his victim, 24-year-old Salome Adadu. Sorry about that, near a church. He is alleged to have been carrying the head in a bag.

which drew attention from other people who accosted him before police took over and arrested him. Other dismembered parts of the deceased's body were allegedly alleged to have been recovered later in his home. Was he in the process of disposing of the parts or was he just keeping it like it as a comfort head? I think he was just walking around with it. Wow. Police spokesman said the suspect was found with a fresh human head. And when we got to the scene, we rescued him from being mobbed.

The deceased was identified as a member of the National Youth Service Corps who was serving in the federal capital investigation of the incident are ongoing. That's just horrible. All right. In...

At just 12 years old, a Michigan boy traversed nearly 100 miles of the state from behind the wheel of a stolen SUV. Oh, wow. Drove 100 miles? Yeah. Grand Traverse deputies contacted their counterparts in Clare County asking them to be on the lookout for a red 2000 Chevrolet Blazer. The SUV had been reported stolen by its owner who said his 12-year-old son had taken it.

The boy's parents had been tracking his or the vehicle's progress. And that's according to the sheriff's department, Lieutenant Aaron Miller. He said, we had our heads up as he was coming into our county. Our deputy happened to be in a good position to intercept the young man, and he pulled right over. Deputies stopped the preteen on southbound US 127. The preteen had driven the vehicle an estimated 90 miles.

Geez. There were no passengers. Deputies did... What was the reason? Was he running away from home? They did locate and confiscate a 12-gauge pump-action shotgun with several rounds of ammunition and a small amount of marijuana as well. You little rag-rut. There's no indication the boy intended to use the firearm, Miller said. The lieutenant added that it's not known where the boy was heading...

only said that he was unhappy at home. Oh, okay. Deputies held the boy in custody until his parents arrived to pick him up. Sounds like a scamp. They sent a report requesting the pre-teen be petitioned on charges of joyriding, operating a motor vehicle without a license, carrying a concealed weapon, and a minor in possession of marijuana. So compare the stuff you got in trouble for getting behind the wheel of the car. You didn't drive 90 miles with a shotgun. I didn't do that. I didn't go that far. You just had a field on fire. I did some things. Yeah, shouldn't have done.

In England, a police emergency call handler has been commended for her quick thinking after realizing a call ostensibly ordering a pizza was in fact a woman in urgent need of help. And we've heard the audio is just unbelievable. We've heard these before. The Metropolitan Police share the audio of the call on social media.

Uh, the handler structured her questions so that the caller could answer in brief yes or no answers. And I thought this was pretty ingenious too. She also instructed the woman to respond with pepperoni if she was in danger and cheese if her children were in danger. Uh, the handler sent an emergency team to the property and finished the call after a short time. So, uh, its length would not arouse the suspicion of anyone in the home. Uh,

They have issued advice for making a silent 911 call. They said if you're in danger, call and try to speak to the operator if you can, even by whispering. You may also be asked to cough or tap the keys on your phone to answer questions. Can you imagine being the person getting that call? And you call 911 and you don't want someone to know that you're on the phone. You could just cough a few times or clear your throat.

And they might eventually go, are you doing this to signal me? Right. And you can communicate that way. I thought it was pretty, pretty interesting. If the call was made from a mobile phone and the caller can't speak, it says here. Now, this is in England. Pressing five five will transfer to the police.

who will be able to find your location. And from a landline, the operator can only hear background noise. They will transfer your call to the police as well. So that's valuable, too. If we're here and we have a local situation, but we want British police to respond. Hit 5-5. Yeah. They'll be on a boat right away. You're in trouble. The bobbies are on the way. Yep.

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Now, back with more of the Preston and Steve Show podcast. Once again, by body language alone, I can tell that our guests are incredibly impressed with Kathy's traffic report. I can see them marveling at you, Kathy, as you do that report. It is wild to see it live. I know. Very cool. We are happy to have our guests in this studio because we can talk about loads of different things with them. One of them being the new show Going Dutch, which you can see tonight on Fox on 930.

Another one, a show called Chad Powers on Hulu, which is really cool, amongst, like I said, other things. So we want to welcome back to our studio Mr. Tony Yesenia, who is here. And we've spoken about American Vandal before and a few other things. And he was nice enough to bring his wife this morning. Yes. And she is one that stars in the show Going Dutch. We want to welcome Taylor Mischak. Yeah!

To the show too. Hi, Taylor. Hi. It is very nice to meet you. It's nice to meet you. Excellent. Thank you guys for coming in today. Yeah, thanks for having us. Like I said, there's a lot going on in your world. The show that I mentioned, Going Dodge, how many episodes have aired now? Is it two? Two episodes have aired. The third one is coming out this evening. Okay. And how does it feel so far? It feels so fun. Yeah. It's so fun to be in like a new workplace space.

family dramedy comedy. It's awesome. I watched both episodes. It was a massive undertaking. It took about an hour. But no, it's really solid. Dennis Leary. And I love the conceit. Why don't you explain the conceit of the show for people who might be interested in watching it? Because we're really enjoying it. Absolutely.

So Dennis Leary plays a colonel in the army who is obsessed with war and he gets demoted and punished by the higher ups in the U.S. Army who don't love his like rough, gruff, tough to get along with-ness. And he's recorded. Yes. He's recorded during- Bitching and moaning. Yes. Yeah.

he's recorded kind of going on a, on a big old rant and insults a bunch of the chiefs of staff. And they decide to punish him by sending him to the least important U S army base in the world, which is a tiny service base in, uh, in,

Holland. Yeah. And it is ran by his daughter who is an estranged daughter. They don't get along at all. They haven't spoken in two years. That's the character that I play. And so the real punishment is the mental warfare that this colonel who is so obsessed with war now has to be at the most peaceful base and co-operate it with his daughter who he does not get along with whatsoever. So he's like a pet

nasc type guy and and he describes where you are as kind of like a glorified montessori school and and there's and are there in fact service bases that do things like that like yes make cheese and clean laundry yes so our base is is based off of a real base that was just recently closed because it had a lot of um a lot of illegal not so great uh doings were happening there

But there's bases that operate just to service other army bases. So they were doing the laundry for surrounding bases. They'll do laundry for like NATO conferences that are nearby. They do, they create cheese. They service other bases. Yeah. Steve, it reminds me a little bit of Sergeant Bilko. Yes. On the surface. You know, this group is like, all right, what are we going to do with our time? They're not really giving us any real information.

you know, army jobs to do. Well, that's this. And then there's the bowling thing and he's a fish out of water because he's in this very bucolic... And you guys are all almost... In fact, one of the characters is very hippie-esque. Yes. And we were talking off air, but the gentleman who wrote at least the first two episodes, I believe, is the writer of Brachmeyer.

Yeah. Joel Church Cooper is our showrunner and co-creator. And he, yeah, is the genius behind Brockmire. Super, super funny. Very, very sharp guy. I just have to jump in here real quick. Doesn't she look like Alison Dunlap? Oh, yeah. A little bit. She's like a friend of ours. And even when you were sitting in the green room, I did a double take because I thought it was her. And so, like, I'm watching you. You don't talk like her. Your mannerisms are not like her. But look.

your face, your hair color. It's her. She's very beautiful. I'm sure she's breathtaking. She is. She is. Tony, how did you two meet? And how long have you guys been married now at this point? We've been married since, what, November 9th? Yeah, we got married in the middle of me shooting the show. Wow. Okay. So how does that work out? How do you fit that in? It was a little tough. We shot, obviously the show takes place in Europe and we shot it in Ireland. And we shot it in Ireland

At an actual base? At an actual army base. Because it looks like it. We were shooting at an Irish army base, which was really interesting. Kind of embarrassing when we were pretending to be soldiers next to real soldiers. Wouldn't recommend. But they were very kind and helpful. And then we also had a lot of resources that were kind of teaching us what was legit and what wasn't. Okay, so how does this work with... You're working with a new group of people. And do you invite them to your wedding? I know. Or not? Or...

Dennis gave me a lot of crap for not inviting him to the wedding. He was like, I'm your TV dad. I should walk you down the aisle. I should come sing a song. But they were really wonderful. We had obviously planned. There's something in show business where we'll be like, oh, if you want to book a job, you plan a vacation. Tony and I planned a wedding and then we both booked

big out of town jobs. And the show was really supportive and they wrote me out sort of of half of an episode so that I could fly from Ireland to Los Angeles on a Thursday night, get married on Saturday and then return on Sunday and go back to set on Monday. Which means we could have

invited all of them they wouldn't have come they had to shoot I think this is calls throwing you under the bus at this point yeah thanks guys Tony so so with so you guys met was it a music video was that the first time yeah that's right yeah for Lil Dicky Philadelphia Zone yeah Philadelphia Zone we worked on a music video and then subsequently on the TV show Dave where which took off Ali oh yes it was huge

Yeah, I mean, Nick is a big fan. I jumped in and out. I wasn't, but it was, it came, I think Dave hit right in the middle of kind of COVID, right? I mean, and just took off. So I can't say enough good things about that show. And Taylor, you're fantastic on it. And your relationship with Dave is really interesting to follow because, yeah, I think you guys, your characters love one another. And Tony, you directed and worked on a lot of the different episodes. Is it finished? Is it coming back? What's the status of the show?

Do you know? Is it up to Dave? Dave's taking a little break. He's taking kind of a Larry David approach to it where he's got to live his life in order to make more of the show. Well, that makes sense because it really is informed by who he is. And you can see a lot of, I guess, him as an artist on the TV show, Dave. And I don't know him personally, but it seems like it's very curb-like in that.

Yeah, he shares so much of himself on it and it's such a gift. He devotes so much of his energy. He really is writing and acting and producing and wearing all of the hats. And it's nice that there's been this little break as much as we love the show because then it gives us

the two of us, I could say, the opportunity to do things like Going Dutch and then Tony's new show, Chad Powers. Yeah, and I want to ask about that, but before we get to that, I have to ask you both about Brad Pitt on Dave this year because he shows up and he plays himself and he's freaking hilarious. What was that like? How did that happen? And it's freaking Brad Pitt. How did he end up on the show? I've never been more envious of another episodic director. But...

Ki Tao does a great job directing that episode. I know you wish you were in that episode as well. Oh, my God. It was so painful, too. And not only was I not in it, then they used... Brad used my trailer. Oh. So they stuck Brad on top of Taylor on the door and sent me a picture. And I was like, this is really just salt in the wound. The universe is sending you a message. But the crew was just raving about, like...

one of the biggest stars on the planet coming and doing a half hour show for TV and he's shooting overnights, which means 12 hours from like start at 5 p.m., wrap at 5 a.m. and was there the whole time and, you know... He has a kind of history. I mean, remember he did that with Jack, the Jackass crew. Jackass, yeah. He did the fake abduction. So he seems to be like a kind of go with the guy. A guy that just wanted to have fun and that was the impetus of all of it. Obviously, like...

FX isn't going to be able to pay him his rate. He was just a guy who really liked Dave and liked the show and...

said, yeah, this would be a fun way to spend a couple evenings. Taylor, you were sort of a, your character, Ali, is a compendium of former, this is my understanding, former girlfriends of yours, correct, Tony? Of Dave's. Of Dave's, yes, yeah. That is, I

I think that's right. In the folklore of Dave Bird's life before he moves to L.A., there's relationships he sings about in certain songs. Right, right. He wanted to bring that element of merging his real life and his artistic...

artistic life together because that's something he had to deal with in his real life. But it would confuse audiences a little bit just because Dave is playing a version of himself. Gaeta is playing a version of himself. And I'm playing a fictionalized character. But it is strange that I would get DMs online or I would meet people in real life who'd be like, why would you break Dave's heart? And I'd have to be like, well, I'm an actor.

And that's the character I play. And she is just a character that was created to be this vehicle to allow the audience to love Dave when he's in his most deeply flawed moments, which I think is part of what makes the show so great, is that there is this, not unlike Curb Your Enthusiasm, this deeply flawed, idiosyncratic, and honest character is sometimes hard to love.

From what I saw of the show, and having seen a few episodes, to compare it to Curb, there seems to be a little bit more of a heartfelt...

element to it. I would say so. Herb is very antiseptic when it comes to true human emotions. Sure, sure. Where this has it. When you are part of, so obviously you have that character and both of you guys. Is it flattering or a little off-putting when you're so closely associated with something and people can't detach from it? I find it so flattering. I think it's so sweet when people are

absorbing the show so much that they'll see me as a friend. Just recently we had a really sweet server at a restaurant who thought very flatteringly that he went to high school with me. And I was like, no, probably not. He was in his 20s. But he was like, oh no, you're Allie from Dave. And I think

Conflating those two things speaks to how friendly they feel the cast of that show is. And it makes me feel like it's touched them more and that they're more, I don't know, absorbed in it. Does that make sense? No, it does completely make sense. Yeah. I was reading about you, Taylor, and that you had...

Obviously, you got interested in show business and you went out to L.A. and you got, I think, a receptionist job and started working your way up on the production side of everything. And you actually had a pretty solid job. Yes. But you wanted to act. So you did kind of a walkout on the tightrope thing and you quit that job. Yeah. My parents were so sad. Like it was great.

pretty heading in a high power way, right? Yeah, but it's Hollywood's a really interesting place and I did get this fantastic job where I started off as a receptionist at a production company on Warner Brothers and then I, because it was such a small and brand new company, I started doing what's called writing coverage where I would read screenplays and write the logline and write summaries of the screenplays and then read them to the executives before they went into meetings where they would pretend that they read the screenplays.

I've heard that's a thing. That really happens. It's got to be. There's too much. Right. There's just too much. So I was reading screenplays and screenplays and then was kind of acting as an executive assistant to a lot of creative executives and was working my way up and trying to audition at the same time. And in that time, I booked my very first co-star where I got to say like two sentences on a show and my character's name was Girl at Bar.

And the office was so sweet. They all watched it. We all went into like our president of the company's office and watched it on the big screen. And I was like, I finally made it. And fortunately, I got really fantastic advice from the CFO. And I asked if I could have more time off for auditions. And he was like, look, you're going down the path of you could be

working in development and make this something that you really want to do. And maybe one day you could develop your own show to star in or you can go pursue auditions and really hunker down and make that your goal. And let me tell you something, the reason that waitressing and acting is a cliche is because it works. It's a flexible job and you could do it and

So to have one of my bosses be like, you should basically go waitress. I mean, there are restaurants, there's one in particular on Broadway, people trying to make the Broadway tract. Yeah. And it's populated by waiters and waitresses that will sing because they're all... Oh, Ellen's Starlight Diner in New York City is just amazing. Because that's the most flexible thing because auditions are a big time. And it occurs to me that...

the process of auditioning is a job unto itself. Oh, yes. And they don't really tell you that when

that when you're going to acting school. Not till the very end. And it's so fun to dive into learning accents and phonetic alphabets and Shakespeare and all these styles of acting. And then at the very end, it's like, by the way, auditioning is actually the job and you get to act like twice a year. Bye. And auditioning is just a really, really intense kind of psychotic job interview. Looking at, as an example, you know, like the movie La La Land. It probably illustrates that pretty well, right? Very much so. That movie is very triggering to me.

I can imagine. Tony, I want to ask you about Chad Powers, but I also really need to know about the Buffalo Wild Wings commercials because that buffalo is the coolest looking thing I've ever seen on television. How did you get that gig and how did you get that buffalo to do all the things that you guys wanted it to do? I love Hank dearly who is...

is voiced by Beck Bennett from SNL. He's awesome. I didn't know that. Hilarious guy. Really good. Beck Bennett, really good dude. He first, a lot of people don't remember, he used to do those commercials for AT&T with the kids. Yeah. It was epic, hilarious. Oh, yeah. Yeah. You can see why he's so brilliant. And,

And it was interesting shooting with Jason and having... Because Beck comes on set so he can improvise with the talent. And it was...

Jason having just retired and sort of wrestling with what is the rest of my life, obviously he's doing quite well. But you can see, he's like, I'm leaving something that I was best in the world at. And they both had this love-hate relationship with SNL and the NFL, which are like really, it's funny, they're completely different things, but they're both like, if you hear stories about Saturday Night Live, they

They put you through the gauntlet and it's really cutthroat. But if you're good at it, it's also invigorating. So both these people had these experiences where they were one of the best in the world at one of the most coveted positions and...

you know, leaving it like, wow, I'm, I feel healthier and better, but I also miss being right. Being in the trenches like, let me ask you to that point because we were perpetually fascinated with SNL and, and you know, that Saturday night movie that, uh, Jason Reitman did, um, um, it,

Were you ever... Was that ever something that you might have turned your attentions towards as a writing or producing? You know, they have the vignettes that they do on... Was SNL ever anything that figured in your long-term prospect? I would say no. No. Because...

I think most of the people that are on SNL have wanted to do that since they were kids. And when I was in high school, I had delusions where I was going to be Steven Spielberg. And then I realized I was into comedy. And by the time I was doing that, I had kind of found my own lane. And SNL was no longer an ambition. I liked the...

the weird specific stuff I was doing. If you're just tuning in, Tony Yesendes, who we're speaking to, and his wife, Taylor Mishak, who is here as well. And we wanted to get to Chad Powers, the show, and you're directing that. I've only seen the teasers, the ads for it. It stars Glenn Powell, who's obviously a hot commodity right now. Yeah, he's got a little heat right now. He's doing well. Listen, man, I don't know what...

There are so many shows and schedules right now. I don't know what is airing currently, what is not, what's going on with Chad Powers as far as... Is it available to watch now? No, that'll come out in the fall, right before the football season. Okay, but they've been teasing it. We've seen some glimpses of it. Which is really exciting that they're putting muscle behind it already. Clearly, they believe in it. So, what can you tell us about that show? It's...

it's based on a sketch that Eli Manning did where he goes to Penn State in prosthetic makeup and, uh,

to walk on to the Penn State football team and you got all of these other high school wannabes looking up and being like, oh my God, this guy has a heck of an arm. And the Eli Manning and Peyton Manning's company, Omaha, were like, could this be a real TV show? And I think...

A lot of people around Hollywood were like, I don't know, it seems like a sketch. But Glenn Powell was like, I think there's something here. Had they never heard of Ted Lasso? Because Ted Lasso had the same trajectory. Yeah, exactly. And then they just found such a great team. There's a writer named Michael Waldron who comes from the Dan Harmon, like Rick and Morty world. And then ended up running the show Loki.

brilliant writer. Uh, Glenn goes to him and says, could this be a show? And, uh, the, the idea is you have this hotshot quarterback, Russ holiday, who has his moment and loses everything. And then eight years later tries to sneak on to an sec football team. I love that. I, yeah, I can't, I love this sort of stuff, but you know, when you, for me, uh, filming football, uh,

and making it look real, it can be a real chore. And things that bother me in TV and movies, like when a character is smoking, and I go, in my mind, I'm like, that person actually has never smoked a cigarette in my life. You know what I mean? How's Glenn Powell's arm? You know? Glenn Powell is...

incredibly athletic. Really, he seems to be out of shape. And worked really hard. But in shape and being able to throw a football convincingly are two different things. I am not in shape, but I can throw a football. And it looks like I can throw a football. You know what I mean? They're like two totally different things. Yeah, I don't know you, Casey, but I also like you gotta throw the football not just like a guy who can throw a football, but then like an SEC player. So you're like, there's all of these camera tricks we're doing too, because like

Glenn Powell can throw a football much better than almost anybody you meet, but he can't throw a football better than, you know, Carson Beck. So you have to, you're employing a bunch of, where it's like we're bringing in real players that have played for years

big time blue chip college football program. Some played in the NFL and they're like, uh, they're on our show and they're having a,

We have a football coordinator who's like running them through the plays. That's wild. You know, and then it comes to like protecting the edit, which is I think where a lot of people get it wrong is like you see a play and it might work for the emotion and it might work for the story and the editors and the executives and all of the people are like they aren't as bothered by that throwing motion as you might be. And then it gets in the cut and sometimes I'm like you just...

cut to another angle. You can't, don't hang your actors out to dry like that. Do you know what that becomes most obvious to you? And it's one of the things that action directors talk about. And like, you know, the fight scenes, choreographed fight scenes. And you look at the boxing in the original Rocky, which plays like real boxing.

And then you get to Rocky III, where he might as well be dressed as a transformer at that point. It's so absurd. But yeah, and then, you know, but those are the little things. And you, Tony, as a director and a writer and somebody who's kind of overseeing everything from the 30,000-foot view, I guess it must be hard to not get distracted by minutia like that, right? What is the general audience going to process and what are they going to give a rat's ass about? Yeah, and, you know, some of that,

You have those conversations about what is the most important for this shot or for... And we always go on this one, subconsciously, even if you're not a real football fan, the more real version is going to... You're going to clock it and it's going to feel more real even if you don't know enough about college football to necessarily...

call us out on it, you'll feel the reality. And then if it feels real, the world building feels real, then all of the dumb jokes that come after are going to be that much funnier. Taylor raised her hand. You're catching up. No, I wanted to say...

say because I do think that this is a funny like in the Venn diagram of Tony's mind. I mean you guys mentioned American Vandal and that Tony made that show. It's so genius and part of his secret talent is that he can make things feel so real to the point where there's plenty of people on this planet who think that Dylan Maxwell was really suspended for drawing the dicks at this high school.

And what's been funny about watching Tony make Chad Powers is that he comes in and it's always his artistic goal to make things feel as real and believable as possible. But now in this particular instance, he gets to tap into this part of his brain that's

And that to watch like, oh, all of this that he knows and pays so much attention to about football and the way football looks and the way that people who play football act and all of these different little details is now infused into this television show to make it feel extra real and detailed and nuanced and so much more.

But stuff like that, that attention to detail in comedy, and you're talking about people who leave SNL because they realize it's not tuned in. We're talking about Ben Stiller who had the same thing. He was doing parody films where he wanted to get in that zone that SNL wasn't resonating at at that time. But like with American Vandal, when it's just a notch off, to me that is the most hilarious stuff. Yeah, it's the stuff that makes me laugh too. You know, the

The verisimilitude is a word that gets thrown at me sometimes. You really do try to make it feel real so that like the stuff that makes me laugh is dumb comedy. Yes. Like really dumb jokes but built on the scaffolding of reality. If you could make someone for a second go,

Yeah, exactly. Like the dog looking at a fan. By the way, I want to point out Taylor justifying his obsession over football and now is like turning and goes, you see mom? I told you. Someday.

I told you someday this would be like some kid who plays video games. It did work. It's so true. But Tony, like talking about making things seem real, like even the freaking commercials, the bison seems real to me. And you got to shoot the one with Kelsey at the King of Prussia Mall, which I know holds a dear place in your heart, mine as well. And then I was just scrolling back through your Instagram, the Brad Garrett at Jimmy John's commercials where like he's this mobster type character. Did you do mobsters?

more than one of those? I did. I did a couple of those. Those were, uh,

A director named Craig Gillespie, who is one of my heroes, started that campaign. And he's incredible. Brad is so funny in this role. But it seems real. It's like this dude was in the mafia at one point and now he's owning a sandwich shop. He would think it was his Scorsese. Yeah. They set the language of that. So it was fun stepping into that campaign because...

made it look like a real Scorsese. He took the good fellow's language and applied it to a guy who was mad about Jimmy's John's having the greatest ingredients. Now, Taylor, we know about Tony because we've had him here before and his, you know, growing up in Philadelphia and his background and all that. Where are you from?

I'm originally from California, but I moved around a lot. My dad had sort of a traveling salesman type job. So yeah, I've lived in California and Oklahoma and New Hampshire and Minnesota and New York. Wow.

Wow. Were you in San Francisco? Yeah, I was born in San Francisco, but I lived in San Jose until I was 10. A lot of my family still lives in that area, like the Bay Area. Where did you live the longest of your childhood, would you say? Well, I've now lived in Los Angeles the longest in terms of my life. And I did live in California the longest because I lived there until I was 10 years old. You don't have any property that's...

subject to what's going on there now, do you? No, fortunately, we're safe, thank God. And a lot of our friends and coworkers and stuff in our inner circle have either evacuated or are safe, which is good. I wanted to ask about, because you're sitting so close to me, I see your little charm necklace that you have on here. Is this representative of your life? Are these various things that are important to you? You know...

there is a place in Los Angeles called Charmed LA and I brought a friend there. It's so cute, right? So I brought a friend for her birthday. She's a wonderful writer. She actually wrote on a show that Tony did called Players. Her name's Natasha Cannery and we thought it would be this cute thing to go make charm necklaces and it's kind of funny because you walk in and there's abundance of charms and you go, oh my gosh, so cute. We're going to have such a great time and then you smash cut to us like sweating and red face being like, what is the best

charm to go on this necklace. And there's just so many artistic direction to go in a simple, simple line. So it's a high pressure version of Bill with Eric. It's not fun at all. It becomes not fun at all. We weren't even talking. She was like mad I brought her. She was so angry. It took us an hour and a half. We were starving by the end of it.

And I did pick like sort of a theme. I got married this year. I shot a show in Ireland this year. I had a bachelorette trip to Vegas. So I went with like lucky wedding love themes. And even then I was still ripping my hair out. But thank you for noticing. I do love to wear it. I noticed the ace of hearts. So that's got to be Vegas. Yeah. Okay. I have a Vegas. There's a plane and a passport. It was a very, you know, in a lot of ways, it was a very lucky year for me. I got to make him my legal property. Oh, there you go. I love it.

Whenever you can hone a human being, that's always wonderful. There's a similar shop in Montauk, New York. I vacationed there and I had a similar experience and we ended up, we had like kids with it. We were going to let the little girls do it. Yeah. We ended up putting everything back and leaving. Yes. It was packed. It was a rainy day in a beach town. Yep. So-

so many people were in there, again, same like you, sweating. Kids were taking their sweatshirts off. This sounds very unpleasant. It's super unpleasant. They trick you. They really trick you. And each bead is like $9. You're like, I'll do it. I'll do it. I'll do anything. That is literally like the Build-A-Bear thing where you go, and this is going to be sweet and wonderful. And then by the time you're done, you could have actually, the money spent, you actually could have built a living bear. You're looking at a girl who's like, nine Build-A-Bears, so I hear you. But you know what? It's

giving people too many choices. Like at Build-A-Bear, they're like, you know, do you want a heart in your bear or not? So like at least it's that, but with charms and anything in life, when you have too many choices, you can't make a decision. It's too much. It is funny because like it ends up being sort of this trendy thing and my wife is an artist and she makes them and by far her hottest seller right now are charms and it's just one of these things where like they, you know, probably in two years it won't be as hot as it is right now, but the fact that you're wearing them is kind of a cool thing. Hey, they

Kath, I literally just watched this reel yesterday where this guy, he owned a shoe store. And so you saw it, right? I saw it. This is crazy. But like they would say, all right, woman come in and say, oh, I want to look at those shoes. Right. So she would take down a pair of shoes. And then let me see those shoes. And then so now she's looking at two pairs of shoes. And then if she asked for a third pair of shoes, the shoe seller would say, well, which pair do you want me to put back? Because.

Because if they had to choose between two, they would choose. If they had to choose between three, they wouldn't choose anything. Yeah. So they only have two pairs of shoes at all times. He makes sure that there's no more than two shoes, two pairs of shoes with them. He'll take the other box and put it back. That seems stressful too. Yeah, it does. Tony, are you going to the game this Sunday?

Oh, yeah. Yeah. Is that why you're here? I wasn't sure if you guys were here to promote the show or if you were just in town visiting family. You did Jason Kelsey's show. You did an episode of that, correct? Oh, I wish. No, the only time I met Jason Kelsey was through a CGI buffalo. Oh, really? Yes.

I thought you wanted names listed because he's doing like five or six of them. No, but if you're putting a good word somewhere out. But are you here just to visit family? We also live here part-time. Oh. Yeah. Yeah, so we're spending time part in L.A., part in Philadelphia. Philadelphia.

What do you think of it? Had you been to Philadelphia before, Taylor? So as you guys know, I moved around a lot. So my favorite place to live was New England. I lived in New Hampshire for a while and absolutely loved it. And then started dating Tony and we would come visit his family who live in the suburbs of Philly. And then we would slowly start doing hotels tonight and stay one night in Philly. And then the next trip we would stay two or three nights in Philly. And then all of a sudden we were spending a lot of time in Philly. And I really fell in love with it. Some people might say he brainwashed me.

But I love it so much. It's the best food. It's the best people. It's the best sports. Are you going to the game on Sunday too? You know, my nephew is visiting and I don't want to bring my eight-year-old nephew. I went last weekend. I sat in the bird's nest. Yeah. Pretty cool. So,

So I, but I'll, I'll let Tony go and brave the weather and I'm going to watch it at home with my nephew. All right. Tony, we've talked about this before, but like the number of Philly transplants in LA and then they end up hanging out with one another. And I know you, you're friends with our buddy, Blake Wexler, who interned here a long time ago. Um, can you talk a little bit about the Philly community in Los Angeles, like going to Eagles bars and that kind of thing? You know, what's wild is, uh, uh,

While doing Chad Powers, one of the EPs of the show is also from Philadelphia. And Blake reminded me that we watched the Super Bowl at his house at a big Super Bowl party. In L.A.? In L.A. We find the video that we've seen. Taylor took a video of Blake and I embracing after the Eagles win the Super Bowl.

And then I see in the video, I'm like, oh my God, that's Adam Fasulo, the EP of Chad Powers. It's like the second person I embrace.

We don't talk for another five, six years after the happiest moment of our lives. And now we're back in the trenches. And there is a real sort of fraternity that is entirely based around Philadelphia sports. You'll bump into all of them. Adam McKay's out there, yeah. Yeah, he reps the teams. You'll see him at the...

you'll see these people at the,

The Rams game, Eagles-Rams, it was a real takeover. I loved it. It was really fun. Terrific. Now we got part two this week. Hopefully it goes as well. I'm feeling good. Enjoy while you're there. Well, listen, we're glad you guys had some time to come by here today. It was great to catch up with you, Tony, and wonderful to meet you, Taylor. The show was very fun. Listen, the proof is in the pudding. I was laughing throughout it, and you were great. And to see Dennis Leary again back on TV is...

It's awesome. Thank you so much. Tonight's episode is one of my favorites. Oh, is it? Okay, awesome. It's at 9.30 on Fox, and it is called Going Dutch, so make sure you check that out. And then, Tony, we'll keep an eye on Chad Powers. That's on Hulu, and that doesn't come out until the fall. Maybe we'll talk to you before it actually comes out again if you want. Yeah, it'd be great. Just to spread the word about it. So, all right, thank you guys. Appreciate it. Wonderful that you came by this morning. Let's give it up for Taylor Mischek and Tony Estendak.

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Hey! BC Sports Philadelphia. What's up, my man? That is correct. Thank you. That is correct. Good morning, everybody. Good morning. How are you? Kathy, you need a chopper. I was just thinking. And not like a bike. I mean like a chopper. We had her up in a chopper one time to see if she could identify the streets from the air. Yeah. That's not true. No, they have it all wrong. First of all, it was not a chopper. It was a little tiny thing that scared the ever-living hell out of me. It was a helicopter.

It's not what is typically identified as a chopper. How about this? Next time you do traffic, this is Kathy Romano on this Google Expressway. It looks like it's jammed up. Just to make it sound like I'm up there? That'll work. Yeah, that'll work. Wow, they really increased the budget. Son of a gun. What's going on, everybody? Everyone looks bored. No, everything is good. Thanks, great job.

We had a very kinetic segment last time, and we're just taking a break now with you. By the way, Tony and... Taylor. Taylor. Love it. Wonderful. Tony Ascenda. He was super excited to meet you, Michael. I was stunned. Yeah, it was nice. I was stunned. And the stuff he's done has been incredible. Yeah. But, you know, sometimes I don't realize, I don't know if it's the same with all of you, but some of the people who are now...

if you will. They grew up listening to you. It's the same people at the misfortune to watch me. Shane Gillis went backstage to see Shane. He's like, what's up?

That's awesome. Most of our people are in prison. We get a lot of letters from federal penitentiaries. It is weird when you have somebody who has achieved something who comes back and says they enjoyed the show. It's always very nice. Most definitely. Speaking of nice, we brought you in this morning. Is it going to be a nice weekend? It's going to be a great weekend. Usually I get very nervous. The Green Bay game, I thought they were going to really pound them. It didn't work out as well.

as I thought, but they still obviously won the game. And I think with the Rams, they beat the Rams 37 to 20 in week 12 in November. It was the Sunday before Thanksgiving. They went out there and they beat them. And it would have been 37-14, but the Rams scored a last-minute touchdown with a minute left. Yeah.

Like garbage, garbage time, garbage yards, garbage touchdown. I mean, it still goes in the stat books, but, you know, sometimes the stat books will lie to you a little bit. They will. And, yeah, and I remember that because there were a couple of games in a row like where, you know, the opposing quarterback ended up having statistically a nice game. But it was like, yeah, but you did that at the end of the game when we had already really secured things.

My line of thinking is I don't like to get too ahead of myself. I know that this is a really good team, and I know that this team should have legitimate Super Bowl aspirations. But you still have to play the game, and you're still playing against other grown men who are arguably the best at their craft as well. But, you know...

I was listening to our friend Tyrone down the hall last week, or yesterday, I should say, and he's like, I don't know why people go in the favor of the opposing team when they're thinking, oh, well, things could go wrong. Well, what if things go right?

Well, because we're in Philadelphia. You know what I mean? That's why. It's just not happening. That don't happen here, man. No, it does. Of course it happens. But when you get down to this, obviously everything can change. But also when you're desperate or that adrenaline is coming in and you know it's a do or die situation, anything can happen, obviously, right? But on paper, things look very promising. On paper, they look great. If we were playing paper football, like when you skip class, you're like,

Come on, Steve. Give me the goal post. Absolutely. In the cafeteria. If we were doing it that way, it would be 100 to nothing in favor of the Eagles. But they actually... And here's the other thing. I'm thinking of all the sports, the four major sports, the coaching comes into play way more in football. It is highly choreographed.

and you have to respond appropriately, the offense is going to send something out there. Defense has to respond. Sometimes the defense dictates, and the offense has to respond. And no one knows what the other's doing. It's a little bit easier on the defense in that they know the play that's called. But if the offense comes in there, oh, they blitzed, they sent an extra player. Now I'm on my back, and that's what happens. So you've got to figure that out. So I think, I hope, Kellen Moore, the offensive coordinator of the, put your hand,

of the Eagles will come up with a great game plan. I think he will. Yes, Nick McElwain, Post Gazette.

What are you, Helen Thomas? You're the one who addressed me. It's not the White House press corps. The head coach of this team is a really polarizing guy. There's a lot of people that love to hate on the dude. I don't know enough about coaching to be critical, right? It's not my job. It never will be my job. But here's what I know. The guy wins. And when people are critical of Nick Sirianni, I understand the criticism. What are your thoughts on him? Because it seems to me like...

he just finds ways to get, to get the team, the victories. And that is the bottom line. That's it. It's the, it's the wins and losses and the winning percentage. And the guy's got top three win percentage all time. Now he has way less games than someone like, like say Bill Parcells, but his winning percentage is amazing. He does just win. And I always wanted to know the secret sauce for Nick Sirianni. I don't know what that is. It could be Ken's, uh,

It could be. Ken's is good. Ken's is good. It's from my balsamic vinaigrette. Ken's. I'm Nick Sirianni for Ken's. If you're wondering how I do it, check the back of the bottle. That's my recipe. But when you look at what he does, and now he's known as a CEO coach because he's not calling the plays on offense.

They have Kellen Moore this season as offensive coordinator. Vic Fangio as defensive coordinator. But what he does do is motivate the team and help keep the team together when they hit a road bump. And I think he's done that.

Really, really well. And you can't deny. We all need a pat on the head and pat on the butt. We don't think we do, but we do. And I think this guy has the full attention of the team. He doesn't throw anybody under the bus. He doesn't divulge what's going on with injuries.

I think they like him for that, and they respect him for that, and I respect him for that because as his body of work increases, he's still winning. So it ain't bragging if you can do it. And I really respect that. I also think we watched that very first episode.

news conference that he had in 2020, I think it was. And we all said... And I heard it, so it wasn't as bad. It was like the Kennedy-Nixon debate. I heard what he said, and he sounded okay to me, because we were on the air, and it was COVID, and I was listening. But people who watched it said, did you see this guy? Oh my goodness, we hired him. But when you just heard it, he sounded fine. He sounded a little shaky. I thought, okay, it's his first day as an NFL head coach. Exactly.

Listen, I like him and I like that his players like him or at least that his players seem to like him and that they play for him. He does...

He does confuse me from time to time with some of the decisions that he makes. Like what? What does he confuse you with? Going pantsless? No, I'm not confused at all. No, but there were a couple of... And I feel the same way about Dan Campbell, who is the other coach for the Lions. Sometimes he makes decisions...

I don't know if he's making decisions with his nuts or if he's using his brains. But, like, there were a couple of times, and I want to say one of the times was in the Rams game, believe it or not, when we were getting towards the end of the fourth quarter, end of the second half. Oh, cheese and crackers.

Fourth quarter, I remember it was 2.42 to go. End of the first half. Just game management stuff, right? Just simple stuff like burning timeouts when you don't need to burn timeouts or not burning timeouts when you should be burning timeouts. There was one against the Commanders where it was coming down to the end of the first half.

And he was burning timeouts like crazy. And you didn't have to. We were in a first and goal situation. We did not need to call timeouts. Washington ended up, they did have two timeouts. At this point, I'm like, this is like, this is elementary football right now. You don't burn the timeouts. You make them burn the timeouts. And he burned them. And then we ended up maybe only getting a field goal out of this situation. And then we gave the ball back to them with like 50 seconds left. This is the second game.

This is the first game, actually. Yeah, but just simple things like that. Do you see that? Do you see him with Casey's point? Yes, I do occasionally. At the same time, we don't know what's being said from the press box and the coaches in the press box to the sideline, or maybe they can't communicate a play properly. They all make mistakes. It does happen, and you have to be, it's so highly choreographed that if you're not on it,

then you've got to stop everything and say, let's reset. And it is frustrating, especially if it's a close game. It's in the second half. The timeouts are in a premium, and you really want to make sure you've got enough left to be able to come back if you're behind or to do what you need to do. Let me ask a question. Steve. Yes, the Times Courier. Steve, WMMR. Steve, Times Courier. So if we...

We try... Casey bleeds green, and obviously we're dialed in, and we enjoy the sport, and so on and so forth. But you're a coach like Sirianni. And what is the level... I mean, you have a closer perspective. What is the level of pressure in-game? Do you have... I mean, can you contextualize it for us? Do you have any idea? I mean, all the people that are barking in your ears and all the things you have to juggle, because it all comes down to that. I mean, it must be...

you know almost incomprehensible you know what i i don't think there is any pressure in the way that we perceive it i think that they are so competitive they don't care about the pressure they don't even hear even nick sirianni i remember several times asking brad lidge from 2008 you know you got the crowd on its feet you got to throw that one more strike you're facing eric henske the world series is right there it's on the line he said man i didn't even hear the

crowd. I'm looking at Chooch. All I want to do is throw a strike. I've got a batter in the box, and that's the bottom line. And I think it's like you coming in in the morning to do the show. You've done it so many times that you're comfortable with it, and if the pressure gets turned up, you know what to do to adjust. And it's the same thing on the sideline, whether it's Brad Lidge or

Or whether it's Nick Sirianni. That guy's not thinking about the crowd. That guy's not thinking, you know what, this could cost me my job if we get bumped from the play. He's not thinking about that. All he's thinking about is what's the next play that I can call and get it in and be successful. Because I'm taking it from my perspective. When Nick said we were going to have Michael Barkan in studio today, I pissed myself. I was so nervous. So did I. I'm wearing Depends right now.

Unbelievable. Special brand. Award winning, Michael Barkan. Stop. Hang on. Preston Elliott, Hustler Magazine. Yeah, Hustler. Never heard of that magazine. Seems like you do a lot of good work. Michael Barkan is the Philadelphia Sportswriter Association's choice for the 2025 Bill Campbell Award for Excellence in Broadcasting. Yay! Yay!

Thank you. Thank you, everybody. I'd like to thank my parents for being born. That's the first thing. My Lord and Savior. Thank you very much. My Lord and Savior. And I'd like to thank all my friends out there. Have you received the award already or is this coming up? No, I'm getting it tonight. It's tonight. Yes, but I'm doing the show so I might not be up.

Well, yeah, I mean, it happens. Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway presenting. No, no, Jack Nicholson. Come on. Yeah, I mean, please. Michael, I read the article that you sent, and it was written by our buddy John Marks. It's really nice and has some great things to say about you, but I'd love to get your perspective because it's the Bill Campbell Award. Your perspective on Bill because he really was a Philadelphia institution and just one of the great original broadcasters in this town. What does Bill Campbell mean to you? He was from here? He was from Philly, yeah, yeah.

Bill Campbell was the original sportscasting stud. This guy was unbelievable. At one point, this is before the Flyers, he was calling the play-by-play for three teams at one time. The Philadelphia Warriors basketball team, the Philadelphia Eagles football team, and the Philadelphia Eagles baseball team. And then when the Warriors left town, you know, I guess I'll do the Sixers for a little while.

And he did that. And he did it with passion. He did it with preparedness. He did it with lightheartedness. And I had the honor and the pleasure to know him a very little bit. I also had the honor to attend his funeral. He passed away in 2014. And he was a great human being. He was so much fun to be around. But at the same time, he was serious about his craft. And he was serious about calling the games seriously.

And it was way before. He called Wilt Chamberlain's 100-point game. Wow. When Wilt was playing for the Warriors. It was April of 1962. Steve, you were about 15. I was about 15, yeah. 16 years old. You also called Chamberlain's, though, his 2,000th bedmate. Yes, he did. Yes, he did. We're bedside right now. Wilt Chamberlain. This is 2,000. Going very well for the dipper. Yes. Brought to you by KY Jelly.

It's a dipper dunk. A dipper dunk. That's what he said in 1962. This is the weird part about the NBA. In 1962, Wilt was playing for the Philadelphia Warriors. And they would leave after that season to become the Golden State, actually San Francisco Warriors. Now the Golden State Warriors. Right. It was a Steph Curry thing. But then Philadelphia Warriors and Wilt, because he was Wilt, lived in Manhattan.

And he owned a nightclub in Manhattan. And he drove to the game with the Knicks. They played the Knicks as they did last night. Overtime loss, unfortunately. It was a great game. Thought they might have won it, but no. And so he actually drove back to the game.

with the Knicks players after the game. That's wild. And he feigned being asleep as they, you believe what this is, 100 points in a basketball game. It's insane. Yeah, it was April of, might have been March 1962. And if you call the NBA and they put you on hold, you can hear that call. Let me ask you, oh really?

That's really cool. Preston asked earlier. So the Sixers staying in their current home or at least a variation of it. They're staying in the area. Within throwing distance. In South Philadelphia. And that's a tough one for me. And I know you and I grew up not too far apart in Long Island and central New Jersey. Yeah.

I love going to Madison Square Garden or walking to a game when I lived in Boston, going to the Boston Garden, walking to a game, taking the T or in New York, taking the subway. And I thought that's going to be pretty cool to be in Center City and a market east. It'll be awesome. I also understand there were city groups, there were the Chinatown groups that did not want this stadium there. And I also think that

They finally had the sense, both parties, to get together, Comcast and the Sixers or Harris Blitz Sports and Entertainment, and say, how can we make this work and stay there? And how can we both be fruitful here? Would you as a betting man? I mean, it was whiplash when we heard that that was the final decision because it looked like it was all but a completely done deal that they were going. Yeah, I...

I was unsure. I really was unsure. And I think Mayor Sherelle Parker did a great job. I love what she said when she called it a curveball. I was not expecting this. And also said, if you think I'm going to let my ego get in the way of what's best for Philadelphia, these two parties, Comcast and Harris Blitzer Sports and Entertainment, came together. But think about it. Had the Sixers been...

on Market Street. Yeah. And pick your favorite concert. You know, Coldplay comes in. Where are they playing? Yeah. You know, and now they're playing in one spot. It's going to be Wells Fargo Center or whatever the new arena is going to be called, which should open in 2030. The Barkham Center. The Barkham Center would be preferable. I think it's a great idea. At the Bark.

Are you going to the park tonight? Watch Coldplay? Speaking of that, the Wells Fargo Center, I mean, they just did a $250 million refurb on it. It looks phenomenal.

are they going to build a whole new stadium and what is the fate of the current building have you heard anything i i'm collecting pieces of the court already hey i got a little chip of ice for the flyers and no i think they're going to i agree with you first off i think they did a great job dan hilferty uh did a great job he's the the chairman of comcast spectacore the

building looks awesome when you consider that, what, 1996? Yeah. April of 97? World Cup of Hockey, 1996. I was there. I sat in every seat. That was six or seven? It's 96. So think about that. And you work there every day. I mean, that's where your office is.

I think that's what gets me most about it. I understand the ego and the money and the desire for a Sixers to have their own building and all that kind of stuff. It's just not necessary. All the money that they just spent on the Wells Fargo Center, it's a great building. So what happens to the current building and where will the new one go?

The current building they're going to make into a shaky, like a snow globe. It's going to be nice. Sit on a very, very big desk. Remember this? Imagine that. No, the current building is going to be torn down at some point. And I don't know. I don't have the plans on me right now. But they're going to build another...

Wells Fargo Center, for lack of a better word. And I believe the TomCast Spectacore will have the naming rights for it. Thus, I will get the bark. It's just insane to look at that building as it is with all the modifications and realize within just a couple of years, they're going to demo it. Yeah. I mean, it's going to be spectacular. Whatever they're going to do. Nuclear bomb. Oh,

It's going to be amazing. And I'm looking forward to it. 2031. So you're going to be pushing 50. For the second time. I'll be 45. I'll still be 30. Footprint wise, where are they going to put it? Is it going to end up in one of the lots? Will they go to the other side of 95 and do something on...

The grounds of the Navy Yard or directly on 95? I really, I don't know. I really believe that, and this all must have happened fairly quickly because I think they realized, you know, you've heard of divide and conquer. This is unite and conquer. We're better together than we are apart. And this way everybody can share in the success.

And the upcoming wealth that will be amazing for that whole area. Also, remember, way back when, when the late great Ed Snyder was still alive, there was supposed to be a whole shopping mall. You know, where Xfinity Live is? Yeah. We were talking about that.

live is like a pimple compared to what it was supposed to be. A condo building, a shop, promenades, everything. And I believe it's going to be an underground garage so all the parking spots that will be seemingly lost will be made up for. There'll be underground parking. It's going to be really cool. Where they're going to put it, I don't know. I don't think it'll be on the other side of 95, but I think probably anything's

up for grabs. The same, how about FDR Park, which is across Broad Street, which I hope not. It's a lot of green space, but you know. Yeah, I think it's going to be cool. Preston. I love the idea of the park because there's so many things. It turns you into a nightclub in the evening. It's the park after dark. By the way, Across 95 is where they do Bark in the Park for the boys. Yes. How about Bark in the Park at the Bark? Yes. MC'd by the Bark. Ha ha ha.

Marky Mark. Do we have to think of everything? Tony Stark. That's why I come on this show. This isn't just some lark. Hey, don't give me the snark. Mark. Way to hit your mark. Yes, more, more. So last time we were here, we spent a little time where we turned the tables and

And you interviewed members of the press for the Steve Show. Do I understand we're doing that again today? Yes, I do. Yes. He's reaching into his... We need special music or something like that. Do we have any bark music? Any bark music? How much is that doggy in the window? How much is that? Been caught stealing starts with barks. Yeah, yeah. All right, hang on. I already got one. He's got something right. How long do we have for this? We'll let the dogs out. Woof, woof, woof, woof, woof.

And now, Michael Barkan interviews members of the Preston and Steve show. Oh, man. To you by the bark. That is phenomenal. You can put that together. Bark at the moon. Yeah. Oh, it's even better. How's it going? A little more crunch to it. Okay. Here we go. Michael Barkan, Penny Shaver.

Penny saver. Hey, penny saved is a penny earned. That's exactly right. Try to tell my family members that. We'll get some ambiance here, too. Nice. Some mood lighting? No, we'll get some audio ambiance. Hang on a second here. There we go. Oh, I like this one, man. Yeah, this is beautiful. Okay.

Is this on television anywhere? It is. Are you seeing this? Yeah. Tubers? That's what they call them now, tubers. Is it? Yeah. Teletubers. Teletubers. Okay. Question number one. I'm always interested in this stuff. You get up at odd hours. Yeah.

What is your sleep cycle? In other words, do you go to sleep at a particular time and sleep the whole way through? Do you go to sleep late and then get up after two hours sleep and then take naps all day? What do you do, Preston? I, okay, so I head upstairs to bed around 8.30. 8.30. I unwind a little bit and then I will try to fall asleep by 9 o'clock. My alarm clock is set at 3.45. Okay.

And I do take a half hour nap when I get home. When does your how to do with Mr. Handy take place? That's at 8.45. Yes. Take the edge off. Yeah. Yeah.

Looks like it's me and you again tonight. Rosalie. Oh, my God. You want to pose that question? Yeah. Kath? So I'm similar to Preston. I don't nap at all, but I will go up around 8 o'clock, 830, kind of wind down. I'll watch maybe a half hour, hour show. I go to sleep, sleep through the night, 415 alarm, and then I stay up again until I go back up at 830. I will not nap. Otherwise, I can't go to sleep at night. Okay.

Nick, have you ever cried on the air? If so, over what?

Actually, yeah, I have. Probably more than once. You know, every now and then we'll sort of dip into like a more emotional stuff and that might evoke some tears. But we might even have audio of this. I climbed Mount Kilimanjaro and it was a really emotional thing for me. And I was able to call another radio station that the show was not on. Matt Cord was hosting mornings. And so I used a satellite phone and called in live to the radio station from Africa. And I got really emotional and I cried live on air. That's beautiful. Preston?

No, no, no. Hang on. Casey? Ever? Yeah. Actually, I cried on the air when we were... We drove across the country for the Super Bowl. Yes, yeah. And it was really bizarre because I didn't expect it. So we drove across the country and we sort of like...

We had little stops at different Philadelphia's across the way. And I planted Philadelphia things along the way. But I also took items from people from Philadelphia to plant at the actual stadium. And so there were ashes that I needed to bury. And then there was a woman who was a longtime employee for the Eagles who I had her lanyard. And I'm just reading basically what her family member had written about.

And I was overcome with emotion. I couldn't finish what I was saying because Gargano had to finish what I was saying. Not only did I cry and get emotional in the air...

But it stuck with me for like an hour, hour and a half afterwards. It was really compelling and so honest. And it was a beautiful gesture. We were done driving on the air or talking on the air. Like we drove like Dunkin Donuts. And I was like, thank God there were other people in the car talking because I was like just overcome with this emotion. I think maybe it was like because my father's no longer with us and he didn't get to see them watch the Super Bowl. And I don't know who knows why.

I was caught up, but I won. You don't need a reason. That's beautiful, Kat. No, Barkan, I'm not a pussy. Oh, wow. No, I actually did. I got choked up the other day talking about something with my son, but no, I don't think I've ever cried on the air. Okay. You bet that wasn't on the air with your son. Hang on. Let me call in. Preston?

I can't remember. There have been many times I've gotten choked up and it's... A story will catch you in a certain way. Yeah, a story. Yes. Well, you're not a crier. No, I'll tear up. When your dad passed. Well, when my dad passed and a few years ago I climbed Susan Boyle. And...

I remember that. But yes. You shared the audio with your dad, and I found that to be really compelling and emotional and heartfelt. And you expressed emotions when you were doing that? Yeah, my dad had recorded like seven, eight hours of his journal, and so we were playing clips on the air. It's not a full-out cry, but it was definitely, you know, it was tearing up.

Right somewhere in my daughter's listing saying, there he goes, sad dad. That's what she calls me. Have you ever flat out, just a quick second, have you ever flat out cried on the air? I assume in moments of elation. Yeah, no, I cried when Harry Callas passed away, I cried. And I cried because really more for everybody else's loss than for my loss. And I loved Harry and I would see him at the Wawa, especially in the off season. How do you think the boys?

you're going to do this year, Michael. And he was wearing his white shoes. And that really hit me harder than the loss of him in the booth. But I was just so sad for everybody else that knew him to be the voice of the Phillies since 1971. It's one of those seismic shifts that takes place where you say, okay, things are not ever going to be the same now. Yeah. You know what else? It was like the difference between...

sitting up in the nosebleeds versus courtside or right behind home plate. We were out in Pittsburgh on a family vacation in Cleveland and Pittsburgh. Yes, that's where we went. It's a long story. We're on our way back. I get word that Harry passed away. And I'm like, oh, that's a shame. Harry Callas passed away. The closer we got to Philadelphia...

The bigger the lump got in my throat, the heavier my chest got. And then I had to go in to do a special that night. And, you know, I just realized it was just so sad. Yeah. And it was not even a year after the Phillies had won the World Series. They would go back again. They passed away in 2009. I was at that game. It was in D.C. Yeah. It was so weird. And you started getting word in the stands that Harry had passed. And he...

Look, he did it literally until he was done. Yeah. You know, he was in the broadcast booth when he passed away. So, you know, the guy lived the life. Yeah. This is really happy stuff. Next question. This is good. How about this? Dream guests, Preston. Who would you like to have on the program that you have yet to get on the program?

I had a chance to interview him myself, but I would absolutely freak out once again if we had Paul McCartney here in our studio for a chat. That would be the one for me. Okay. Yeah. What would you ask him?

Oh my God. I would ask him if he remembers the horrible interview I did with him back in 1992 because it was just terrible. You know what? I was scared. I didn't know I was going to be talking to Paul McCartney. They threw it on me. I was going to the concert like, you get to interview Paul. And I'm like, what? And I was not skilled. He seemed sincere. He was super nice. He could not have been nicer. And then you got to interview Linda McCartney. Yeah, she was really cool too. Linda Eastman McCartney. Yeah, correct. His girlfriend, as she used to say. Yeah. Oh, that's beautiful. Steve?

Well, it used to be Steve Jobs when he was alive. Now that would be a little gruesome. But I think Clint Eastwood, honestly, is one that I've had on the list for a long time. And he doesn't do a lot of interviews, so I'd like to do Clint Eastwood. There's a whole bunch of others. On the director side and creator side, Spielberg certainly would be interesting. Tarantino. But...

Eastwood doesn't do a lot of interviews, and the clock is ticking. And I know it's a big, that's on his bucket list for us to interview him. I remember interviewing Joe DiMaggio on a golf course. Wow. And he was playing in a celebrity tournament at a course in South Jersey, and I was working at Channel 3 at the time. And I went over there with a camera crew, and I saw him on the green, and I said, Mr. DiMaggio.

Can I talk to you for a second? I'm like, what the heck am I? You know, he's like, what do you think of the Phillies this year, Joe? How's Mr. Coffee? Do you remember what you asked? It was something friggin' stupid. You ever do a Dutch oven? Only with Marilyn. I only did that with one time.

Hey, he was known to be a little difficult. How was he as an interviewer? Bad. I mean, basically, he was like, one question. Yeah. Well, I mean, when you have that kind of, you're being pestered constantly. You're like, I only get one question. He goes, that was your question. That was it. That was it. Let me, oh, if you ever left Philadelphia, where would you like to go, Nick?

Permanently? Where would I want to move? I would love to try a place like the Netherlands. I'd love to live in Europe for a stretch and see what that would be like. And live in a very different environment from what I've known most of my life, which is a place where I love. But I've spent most of my life in Philly. I'd like to try something drastically different. And for whatever reason, Netherlands tops the list.

Wow, you've thought about this. Is it Kathy? Yeah, I would either go to London or somewhere in Italy. I'm not sure which city I would go to, but one or the other. Steve? Well, listen, the notion is so alien because I do love it here. But I guess...

I do love New England and Northern California, Monterey. It's a good one. Yeah, yeah. Yeah, right by Pebble. It's a close one. Either Wilmington, Delaware. That is close. Yeah. No, probably, I think probably like Northern Arizona, maybe like Sedona, something like that. Sedona, beautiful. Yeah. I like it. Press? Press.

I've only been, I haven't really thought about this much, but mentioning Monterey, that's my uncle used to live in Carmel. I spent time there. He used to be the mayor. But you know what? I've only been there one time and I think San Diego would be a pretty cool town. It's beautiful there. It's gorgeous. I think I'm serious when I say this. Tel Aviv. Tel Aviv. Right on the Mediterranean. It's gorgeous. It's gorgeous. Incoming!

But even with that, I said to Ellen, I said to my wife, I said, I would go over and visit now. It's beautiful. Anyone who's traveled says it is a place you definitely have to visit. Okay. You're just tuning in. Michael Barkan interviews. Hi, everybody. Hi. Correspondent for Beaver Magazine.

You know, them beavers on the wire missing creek there, this time of year, they're building a lot of stuff. It's delightful your mind went there. Well, you know what? I have a family. I have to support a family, so I had to go with the animal rather than the vagina. Oh, my word. My word! Uh...

I've never heard such... I am a guest. I am a guest. You, sir, are a cad. Are you... Speaking of that, are you...

What's his name? Taylor... Not Taylor. Who's the 1923, 1883 Yellowstone? Oh, Taylor Sheridan. You watch Lioness? I have not yet. I just started Landman. Yes. Landman. I watched one episode. It's good. He's phenomenal. Yes. He's really good. And Taylor Sheridan has the knack, man. He really does. He has the knack. I mean, he just flows from him. I don't know how he does it. You think about it. Yellowstone, which was however...

I don't know how many seasons. Five? That's Kathy's favorite. I love Yellowstone. And then 1883, which might have been better than Yellowstone. It was so good. And Isabel May, who was really the star, the breakout star, was phenomenal in that. And then 1923, which I just finished. And I'm like, I don't want to watch 1923. Harrison Ford. It was good, right? It was really good. And the second part is coming. Is it coming? 1924? Next month. Oh, wait.

Yes. I mean, it's been a few years. I've been waiting because they really left you with a cliffhanger. Right, right. Kind of like Chad Powers. Why'd you bring up Taylor Sheridan? Why did I? Yeah. Something just hit me about it. I don't know. We were just talking. We were saying stuff about being a cad in Beaver Magazine and then you shifted to Taylor Sheridan. Well, because of the wilderness. Beavers build dams usually out in the creeks and Yellowstone. You didn't see 1923, did you?

Is out to the... No, you said... Focad. That's what triggered it. Oh, I see. Kath, at the end where they have the whole thing, the duel and all that... I thought 23 was when Beaver Magazine came into being. I've got a great idea for a magazine that shows ladies' private parts.

What are you going to call it, Taylor? Beaver! Now, from the publishers of the Saturday Evening Post, Beaver Magazine, with original artwork by Norman Rockwell. That's a heck of a beaver there, Norman!

Look, this beaver just discovered that all the Christmas gifts are purchased by his parents. Okay. Okay. Oh, my word. My word. So, anyway, the reason I thought of it, Nick, is when he said, when Steve said, you can't. Gotcha. It was a part in 1923 in the last episode. Sometimes we need like a crime team investigation into where the topic started. One final question. Yes.

Oh, one final question. One final question. Hang on. No, I'm not asking you. One final question. Make it about Mr. Coffee. Mr. Happy, where do you see yourselves in five years? Oh, God. Five years. In five years, Kathy Romano. You can't ask that with this issue. You can't ask that question. How are the ways it's been going lately? Well, I hear you, but I'm just, I'm talking more for you.

Spiritually. Sexually. Well, okay. That's when we go to break. I'll have a dungeon in my basement. Dungeon in the basement. Nick?

I mean, it'd be great to continue to do this in some fashion. Who knows what happens in the next five years? But we're lucky enough to hopefully be under contract with this company for that amount of time. And so I'd like to still be doing this and then figure out what happens after this. I'll answer a question. And it doesn't necessarily have to do with our job and with the show or anything like that. But in five years, for me personally, we will have been empty nesters for a little while at the home, at the house, at the home.

And so maybe that's might be it might be when we consider to maybe downsize or something like that and and shift in that regard in my personal life.

Okay. And maybe, you know, like my wife and I talk about like what type of a house we'd like to have built that's a little bit smaller than what we have now because we don't need it. We're a family of five and when we're down to two, it's smaller. Claire gave me that. They get together for lunch and talk a lot. My wife. Yeah. So my wife, Claire, she goes, and I know all the plans, it's going to be like a ranch. It's going to be like that level. Oh, yeah. So she's...

Yes, and actually, I think it's kind of ingenious. Rochelle is drawn out of the actual house. I think that's so cool. Blueprints. That's so, so cool. So that's me in five years. Beautiful. I mean, come on. You're not going anywhere. We're actually under contract until 2030.

2030. Well, one more year, 2031, that's when the new Sixers flyers building is. You got to come on. If there's ever a reason for an extension, it's that. You know it. Actually, I will be 71 then, and I'll just be signing a new deal. I think probably a 20-year deal. That's right. Let's talk about the Eagles.

All right, I'll shine, but I want chav. I can't answer that question. I've never had a five-year plan. I've never had a 10-year plan. I barely have a tomorrow plan. So wherever the wind takes me, my friend. And look at yourself. What have you done with your life? You're only part of the top-rated radio program. Yeah, and that all seems like a dream. I know. It's pretty crazy. Do you ever have that? I mean, honestly, so at some level, and people will talk about that.

the success of the show, but you, you're a legend. You had, you know, you are, I mean, but you don't, is there ever a point? I don't think, I almost think it's bad if you can process that. Like you should always be like, that's kind of weird that you're, you're grateful for it, but you should, you know, when you buy it, when you believe it, I think that's when things go asunder. Absolutely. Yeah, absolutely. Uh, and that's why I never do believe it. I can't believe, uh, uh,

I can't believe I'm sitting with all of you here. Legends we are. Yes, but it's true. And I feel blessed each and every time. Are you kidding me? I drove 90 minutes to get here. Wow. Yes. I only live five miles away. 90 minutes. He loves to party a lot. I think I put in the wrong address on the GPS. Donuts. Son of a gun.

So, no, it's been a beautiful time. You got off on the wrong end. I really, really did. I really, really did. By the way, what do they, this will signal that this whole thing is over. What do they call a bear with no teeth?

A gummy bear! Oh, there we go. Ladies and gentlemen. Ben Davis gives me all my dad jokes. By the way, I do have a question from our YouTube audience. And someone is wondering why...

We will have you on. No, why your eyebrows are black but your hair is gray? You know what? It's... I don't know. But I don't... You don't dye. I don't dye. You don't dye your eyebrows? No. Actually, I have a couple of...

You read every freaking question on there, don't you? I have a couple of gray ones in here. I want you to just do my eyebrows. Actually, I'm going for a haircut today because of the, you know, tonight. I'm going... You can't go the same day of the cut. You gotta go...

Really? You had to go yesterday. Or at least a few days ahead. Then they'll style it for you. You'll be okay. And now with his unusually well-crawled eyebrows, Michael Barca. Will you have him trim your eyebrows? No. Well, the woman who cuts my hair, Athena, she does a great job. Athena? Yeah, Athena. Wow. Roger Daltrey. Yeah. And she always trims my eyebrows, and I say, get away from me!

And she said, do you want them like that? You want them a mess like that? I'm like, okay, fine. Do you want your eyebrows clipped, Mr. Barkham? Don't neglect your eyebrows. You know what's great? We should have an idea. We need to have Michael Barkham and Dr. Mike on at the same time and do some sort of contact. Who's Dr. Mike? I agree. Dr. Mike Siriguliano. He's the Fox 29 doctor. He's our own physician. Is he really your own physician? Every single one of us. How's his prostate exam? When he removed mine. It's tender, except the dismount's a little rough. Really? Yeah.

Oh, my God. He's good. But you're both very spastic in the same way. Yeah. That's a compliment from Kevin. You can't say that today. You're both raving morons. He didn't call you a pussy. Here's what we'll do. We'll do a job switch that day. He'll talk sports and you give us prostate exams. That's great. Yes. On the air. Bruce, if you just step up, drop your pants, turn your head. All right. Now turn around. All right. We got to wrap this up. No.

He's getting a big award tonight, ladies and gentlemen. Philadelphia Sports Writers' Choice. Philadelphia Sports Writers' Choice for the 2025 Bill Campbell Award for Excellence in Broadcasting. And he deserves it. You deserve it. Congratulations to you, sir. Thank you. Love being with you. Love all of you. We love you, Michael Barker. Thanks so much. I'm going to dye my eyebrows. Go do that thing. Get ready for tonight. All right, Michael Barker. Take a break. We'll be right back. Stay with us.

Wouldn't it be great if there was a place to listen to MMR online nationwide where you could sign up for an MMR insider newsletter so you never miss the important stuff on All Things Rock. Maybe see Preston and Steve Daily Rush videos. Look for upcoming shows on a comprehensive concert calendar. See when and where we'll be out and about. Pick up some MMR gear and like all that.

A whole lot more? Well, it turns out there's a website that does all that. WMMR.com. And it's always available, like right now, on your computer or phone or whatever. And we even made a catchy little jingle so you remember it. Bizarre. WMMR presents Preston and Steve's Bizarre Files.

Brought to you by Special Olympics Pennsylvania, inviting you to get freezing for a reason at the 2025 Polar Plunge. It's going to be February 1st, Citizens Bank Park. For more information, excuse me, or to register, visit phillyplunge.org. It's phillyplunge.org. So in Portland, this pretty wild story, a rescue swimmer on a surfboard paddled out into 12-foot waves at night.

to rescue a 19-year-old boogie boarder who went missing at Cannon Beach on Monday. It's pretty amazing. Beach Fire District responded to the beach after a distressed call from a family. And the family had entered the ocean with boogie boards just before sunset, they said. And one of their relatives was missing when they returned to the shore. The swimmer entered the ocean, paddled into 8 to 12-foot waves in pitch black of night.

to locate the victim. Excuse me. After five or ten minutes of paddling through the large surf, the rescue swimmer heard a faint yell for help. And with no visibility, the rescue swimmer turned and proceeded in that direction that he estimated that the yelling was coming from.

He paddled in the dark for a while and eventually spotted a figure silhouetted in the flashing lights of fire engines and police cars. Swimming toward the figure, he found the missing teenager clinging to his board about 50 to 75 yards offshore. The firefighter placed him on his rescue board, paddled back to the beach where paramedics were waiting to give him medical care. He was released from the scene without serious injury. Beach Fire Ocean Safety Head,

Koya Louie said that the, he was, he said that the, oh, his quote was, I cannot express how lucky this guy was to be found. With a large surf and king tides, it was a miracle. The water was cold. He really wouldn't have lasted much longer with hypothermia because it would have set in. It's almost impossible to believe that it happened. At night. You would have to expect to get back and realize he grabbed a shark or something. In eight to 12 foot waves. You know what?

big those are, man. So three to four foot waves in the water? That's what you, like at the beach. Yeah, this is ridiculous. Yeah, this is really intense stuff. Alright, here's another story. A pizzeria in England has taken the pineapple on pizza debate to the next level. They charge $122 for their Hawaiian pizza. What? Yeah. Lupa Pizza in Norfolk hopes...

hopes the sky-high prices will steer customers toward what they call better choices for their pies. So they're trying to be prohibitive in the pricing. Yeah. Why would you eat this piece of crap? While the rest of their menu is reasonably priced at $12 to $20, the costly pineapple pizza stands as a cheeky deterrent, though it is still available for diehard fans. Just a bit of a joke. So far, their bold move has paid off. No one has shelled out for the pizza.

pizza yet. Hey, you guys know how much I hate ranch dressing on my pizza. There's something that I'm going to try and I don't think this is such a bad idea but on a pepperoni pizza with a little bit of hot honey. What are your thoughts on that one guys? Pepperoni pizza with a little bit of hot honey? Yeah. Yeah, I think it'd be good. I don't like pepperoni pizza so I'll have to recuse myself. Damn it. Alright, I'll report back to you. Alright, thank you.

More than this as it develops. Here's a story out of Brigantine. A Brigantine ring camera led police to the arrest of a babysitter who allegedly passed out drunk while the toddler in her custody left the house. Wow. Yeah. Police were called to the residence by a neighbor. I'm going to get help. They found the child outside the toddler's residence without supervision. The father called the neighbor after seeing the child leave the home on his ring camera. The neighbor went over and got the child and was in care. When police arrived, the babysitter was found unresponsive inside the home.

Gina Davidson, who's 35, had been hired by the parents to a well-known online platform used for child care. They didn't name the platform, but two different sites had active profiles for her. One on Nanny Lane lists her as a kindergarten teacher with a degree in elementary education from Penn State. There is a list you can pick from if you don't mind them being drunk. A police officer found Davidson on the ground in the home, conscious but unresponsive.

An investigation found that Davidson had consumed a significant amount of the homeowner's alcohol to the point that she became unconscious and unresponsive. The affidavit goes into more detail saying that there was an empty bottle of tequila that the father said was not empty earlier. It also says the officer found alcohol in a mug on the counter and an empty plastic shot bottle inside Davidson's handbag. Police and fire EMS responded and the woman was taken to the hospital.

Patrol officers and the neighbor assumed care of the child until the child's parents returned home. And she was charged with second-degree endangerment in the welfare of a child. She doesn't appear to have a criminal history, but does have at least two prior incidents of driving under the influence.

So the world's first toilet paper made from used diapers has been created. So are they reclaimed or is there crap already on them? I think they cleaned them. Currently available in seven retail locations in southern Japan, the paper is enthusiastically seen as environmentally friendly alternative for the island nation's bathrooms.

The city of Shibuji, along with the neighboring town of Osaki, began recycling disposable diapers last April by separating them from the routine waste streams. That first year, they collected 98 tons of used diapers.

Man, sounds like a great job. Hygiene products, I know. Yeah. Guess where I'm working. Sanitized and bleached and shredded into a pulp to be mixed with recycled paper at the Poppy Paper Company's plant. At the Poppy Paper, we clean diapers so you can use it with toilet paper. 30,000 rolls were created in the first two months of the production, and they're being called Shibushi Osaki Rolls.

That sounds tasty. It sounds like sushi, doesn't it? Yeah. How are your Tsubushi Shaki girls? What is their name again? And are currently sold. So used diapers have a variety of applications. They can also be used as additive for concrete in place of sand. Wow. And the diaper showed increased strength in the end product as well. So it's kind of interesting. Amongst parents, there's a big fight between cloth diapers and...

Disposables, yeah. Who's out? Were you out any preference? I assume disposable, right? Yeah, we didn't. The notion of cleaning diapers. It's a bit much. I think there's a small community that uses the cloth diapers. They probably live in the mountains. So that's what I got in the beef out for you. Do you want me to go to this call real quick? Yeah. We only have a moment. Let me go to Kevin. Hey, Kevin. Good morning. Hey, good morning. Hey, what's up, bud?

Hey, I was just calling. I heard you never tried hot and honey on a pizza before. There's this place, Icon Pizza on Baltimore Pike. They do a Detroit with a cup and curl pepperoni with the hot and honey on it. You got to try it. All right. Baltimore Pike, which town? Is it Springfield? Morton. It's right next to Springfield. I think it's considered Morton. All right. I'm going to have to drive. Thanks for the tip. Appreciate it, Kevin. Give it a shot. I'd drive from Delaware for it.

Wow. Okay. Listen, Detroit pizza is... I do. I'm a fan. So that's the thing. I have a Detroit City pizza I get from Costco. So I'll just throw a little hot honey on that. There you go.

Try this one at Icon. Icon Pizza. I got to find out where that is. We have a couple of guests that are in our studio, and we're very excited for these gentlemen because they are now working for the mouse. Yes. They have found their way into the world of Disney, and you know our good friend, Mr. Nick Murphy. Hey! Murph is here and returning as well. Mr. Paul Ritchie is here too. Gentlemen.

It is nice to see you. Good to see you guys. Congratulations for being in the house of mouse. Appreciate it. Yeah, I'm super stoked. So how are you? There we go. How are you now working with Disney? This is so cool. Yeah, we got hired to write a Disney and Audible partnership.

Audio adventure starring Mickey Mouse and his friends. So Audible books for kids? Yes. Okay. So I'm a huge fan of Audible books in general. Same. Very nice. And so you've written a few already? We wrote one. It just came out. It's called Mickey and Friends Escape from No Escape. It's great. It's really, really fun. It's not just like...

It's not just with a narrator. There's sound effects. There's music. All the character voices are done, which is mind-blowing. Are you involved in the production of the audio side itself? No, we just wrote. Wow, and that's very cool. Yeah, so Paul, what's it like hearing Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, Donald Duck, they're saying the words that you wrote? It's pretty surreal. Yeah. It's pretty nuts. I played it for my wife and my son, and...

And like, you know, the book starts with a whole thing and a whole setup. And then like it gets to Mickey's voice. And my wife Rebecca was like, oh, my God, I can't believe this. This is like really. Sure. This is incredible. And I listened to a portion of it because it's made for little kids. But I listened to a portion of it and enjoyed what I heard. But still, to this day, I can't understand a goddamn word that Donald Duck says. I can't understand what he is saying. So from what I understand.

in this Mickey Mouse is in the bathroom stall at 30th Street Station and inadvertently witnesses a murder right no wait no no that was witness oh yeah great movie yeah yeah sure uh

Alright, so how did this come about? Did you guys write this stuff ahead of time? Pitch this to Disney? What was the origin of it? We wrote a comic book a couple of years ago and the editor there moved on to Disney and so we just kind of came along. He liked what we did on our comic books. That's perfect. Yeah, so he just brought us along over to work on this. He's a good friend of ours and

Yeah, it was a great opportunity. So a question would have to be, if you're writing a script for something of this nature, and they have obviously their short subject department, they're always releasing all sorts of content, could this lead in fact to, I mean obviously anything can lead to anything, but has any interest been voiced in having you guys do something other than the Audible books right now? I don't know. I'm hoping that's the case. We're already working, we're continuing to work with them on more projects, so we're hoping that it'll go into something else, but

I mean, from the way we wrote it, it's very cinematic. That's like the background that we have. Right. Every time we go into a new writing venture, it's always in something that we're not familiar with and we have to like... Learn. Figure it out. Yeah. When we're writing...

screenplay stuff, we're thinking about time, we're thinking about camera movements and stuff. And then when we got into comic books, it was like, oh, we got to figure out actual space and real estate and figure out how that plays into the storytelling. Yeah, we weren't storyboarders, but we became much better storyboarders working on that. And then with this one, it was the same thing. It was like,

When you write a script for film, you kind of just like, oh, the character walks into the room. And you don't describe the room because that's someone else's job unless it's important to the script. So we're just writing it like that. But with this, our editor was very like, you guys got to build the whole thing and make it. I was like, oh, yeah, we can do that. We'll describe everything. So Paul was really great in expanding a lot of that stuff. We kind of really just...

I don't know. I never think about color and you're always just like, everything in there should have a color kind of thing. Yeah, I'm the color guy. Yeah. That's the partnership. That's why it works. And with that, do you indicate the sound effect cues and things like that? We do. We do get to do that, which is what we had the most fun with. Yes. I think like every single episode we tried to have

Some sort of gag that made sure it played with the sound. Played off the sound? Are you present for recording? No, but we did... I think if we get to do more, which I think we will, our plan is to... We're going to do some scratch tracks, hopefully. Nice. We'll record the voices and be like, it should play out like this. I feel like when we write together, there's a very...

There's a good dynamic and we have a good sense of pacing and the way dialogue should go back and forth. And we kind of want to make sure that gets represented in a way. By the way, Mickey and Friends Escape from NoScape, you can get this on Audible. And I would imagine other platforms as well. I think it's an Audible exclusive. So if you have an Audible account, it's free. Yeah, if you have an Amazon account, Amazon Prime gets you an Audible account. And it's great. I mean, I think it's great for kids.

10, 11 and younger. It's very like fun. I mean, as soon as you, it's very cartoony, which is really fun. Seems perfect. We had a really good time. Like, you know, we're like writing Goofy says Gwarsh, G-W-A-R-H. And he did it. Oh, Gwarsh. Yeah. And then if Donald reacts to something just right, like Donald screams incoherently and then the voice actors just know that's what that sounds like. By the way, it's two hours and 26 minutes long.

I mean, it's got some, it's got some meat. I know there's some audible books that are, you know, 15 hours, 30 hours, whatever, maybe, but this is for kids listening, but 226 minutes, that's a long chunk for kids. I love it. It's 10 chapters. I mean, I think we wound up writing. It's like 180,000 words or something like that. It was a lot. It broke down to like, almost like a full length script. Like two, I think it was like 100,

158 pages. Let me tell you where this makes, like, you're getting in the car frequently with a kid, a younger kid who might be the audience for this. Installments, they have something to look forward to when they're getting in the car. It's great. I played a little for my mother-in-law. She was very, like, excited about it. And I was like, all right, I'll just put it on so she can, like, hear some of it. And I got to a part where I was like, yeah, you get the gist. They're saying the things and it's the characters. It's really cool. I'm really excited. Thank you. But you don't want to feel this in the whole thing. So I played just a portion of it and I paused it and she's like,

you got to keep playing that. All right, fine. I got to find out what happens here. Yeah, we lend to the end of the chapter and she's like, well, we got to keep going. We did our jobs well. We did. I think every chapter ends with a really fun cliffhanger and like Paul was saying, there's very like audio specific things. So the premise is Mickey and his friends get trapped in this mansion and every room that they encounter is kind of like an escape room. So they got to figure out how to get

Out of each room and through the mansion and out. So that's the NoScape? Yes. Yeah. It's owned by Dr. NoScape. Okay. Runs the whole thing. And so like the first room they encounter is the staircase and there's black and white stairs. And then they figure out that, oh, the stairs are actually a piano. So they need to play the right key to get up. So there's very like sound specific kind of things. The other one was really cool is they get to this like shrink ray room, this like experimentarium thing.

and they find the shrink ray, so Mickey, Donald, and Goofy get shrunk down, but Minnie's still regular size, so when we're with Mickey, Donald, and Goofy, Minnie, who has a super high-pitched voice and very like...

but then she gets this monstrous deep tone. Because she's enormous. Yeah, it's really fun. Like a kaiju mini thing. Really fun. Exactly, exactly. Oh, that's great. That's awesome. All right, so you send this out there and they'll test the success of this and then maybe that means more? Hopefully. Hopefully.

Okay. Yeah. We're working on some stuff already and I hope that people enjoy this. Stop and think about it. Kevin Feige's a co-worker at this point now. Yeah. We're bros. So here's what we want you to do if you're a fan of the show and especially if you have an Audible account. Just go on... The book is free, right? And you can just...

Grab that, download it, even if you don't want to listen to it. You want to support our friend, our family member here at MMR. Always a family member. It's like the Marines. Absolutely. It's a real fun listen. I think people really enjoy it. When they came to us, they had the concept and the idea of...

And then once it gets going, it turns into this wacky adventure that has me and Paul's writing style all over it. We assume that they're pleased with the results, right? Oh, very, yeah. There you go. Excellent, excellent. Nice. That's very cool. All right, anything else coming up you want to mention? Yeah, we're just always doing this stuff. I mean, we got Continue is like our main show that we do with me, Paul, and our friend Josh. That's on YouTube. Yeah, it's on YouTube. Still going, like, forever.

15 years now. We're over 15 years now, I think. Wow. That's why you guys got to the dance early. Oh, yeah. Yeah, yeah. And we just keep going. That's the nice thing. We've experienced ourselves growing up, which is fun, but then also our fan base growing up, too. So when we started, we were doing games from our childhood, and now we're moving into, like,

PS2, Xbox, N64 games. Oh, you're still working your way forward through that? We're going to play every single game. Every single game ever made. How many people follow you or subscribe? Just shy of 200,000. Yeah, just a little under 200,000.

Nice. Yeah, it's going great. And we have like a really loyal, really passionate fan base. And we do the show for them. There have been many who have come to that dance since you guys started. But you got there early. So we like you. And we've known this all along. Your subscribers are passionate about that. Any other channels in the works? Or right now you've got your plate full? Yeah, I think we got a lot going on. We got this. We got some other pilots that we're working on and things like that. But yeah.

Nice. For now, we're kind of focused on the Disney stuff. Love it. Actually, yeah, we have some, we've wrote for this comic called Cat Ninja, which is super popular with kids. We have a few episodes, a few issues of that coming out soon. So yeah, we've got a lot of stuff. We're discovering, like going from YouTube where you just like hit the button publish and it's live to,

Yeah. To actual like publishing. It's much different. So much longer and like the lifespan is so much longer, which is great. That's good. All right. Well, we'll point people in the direction. It is, it's called Escape from No Escape. It's a Disney's Mickey and Minnie Escape from No Escape. And also, and you can get that on Audible. So please grab that and watch.

Oh, and Continue is on YouTube, obviously. Yep. And watch our show. Well, thanks for coming by. We'll spread the word, all right? Yeah, I appreciate it. Thanks for having us on, guys. Our pleasure. All right, Paul, Nick. Yay! We do have to take a quick break. We'll come back in a moment. Get ready to get to the lesson questions. Stay with us. The MMRV, it's coming to you.

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What's going on this morning, Steve? Well, Khloe Kardashian calling L.A. Mayor Mbass a joke for knowingly ignoring infrastructure that could have helped fight the Palisades fires. Khloe says she couldn't even cry because the service that provides her tears was out of water. Hey! Sally Struthers saying the late Betty White actually had a mean streak, claiming she fat-shamed her during a production meeting. Struthers says she eventually let it go, but admits she's thrilled White is dead. Oh, that's funny.

And finally, Jessica Alba has hired a high-powered legal team to handle her divorce from Cash Warren. Warren says he's not afraid, though, because he's stupid. Yeah. That's your only trick.

We will see if you know the answer to this question. What magazine did Taylor Sheridan debut in 1923? It's a conversation we were having with Michael Barkan while we were here. We will go to Steve, see if he knows the answer. Hey, Steve, morning. Morning. All right, Steve, what magazine debuted in 1923 with Taylor Sheridan? Hustler magazine? No. Ah.

Hustler was mentioned, but that's not the one. Thank you. We will go to Cork next. Yo, Cork. Hey, guys. How you doing, buddy? Good. Beavers. Beavers. Yeah.

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All right, I got a couple of stories for you. We'll start with this one. The first live album from Dirty Honey is on the way. Mayhem and Revelry Live is set to release on February 21st with a four-part tour documentary. The 16-track album and documentary were recorded over the course of the band's Can't Find the Breaks tour in 2023 and 2024. Side A of the vinyl pressing for the album will feature...

Recordings from the North American gigs from the tour and Side B will include recordings from the UK European leg of the tour. And that album is available for pre-order on Amazon. Dave Grohl has not been visible much lately. But that changed yesterday. TMZ caught up with him spending his birthday cooking up and serving chili as a volunteer with Feed the Streets in Los Angeles.

The group stepped up to feed displaced families. And, of course, it says inmate fighters. Inmate firefighters. Oh, yeah, yeah. So, yeah, they're hiring inmates to go out and help fight the fire. And other frontline workers in the wake of the wildfires. At first, I thought it said inmate fighters. And I'm like, yeah, prison fights. Yeah, you know, let's feed those guys. They get hungry beating the crap out of each other. Well.

I worked up an appetite. So it wasn't a surprise to see Dave volunteering because he has helped out feed the streets for years. It's something he does regularly. And of course, he's getting out while all the mayhem is taking place. Do we think, or should I say, give me a guesstimate as to when you think he might come forward? Or do you think he'll, that's three questions now. Do you think he'll ever address this?

The cheating scandal? Yeah. He already did. But since he's made that statement, he's gone away for a while. Oh, yeah, without question. I think Dave is a guy who doesn't

mince words and he doesn't hide much other than when he's cheating on his wife. And having a whole other family. But he will... No, I think he'll address it for sure. A spring tour is kicking off April 21st for Bush with support from rival sons and Filter. Most of the dates...

For the year, though, we're going to be in Canada, starting in Victoria, British Columbia, and running through May 13th in Silver Spring, Maryland. I took a look. There's nothing coming very close. I think there might be some stuff in New York. But they're also playing festival slots throughout the year, but nothing that's going to be right in and around our area. But maybe, you know, sometimes they expand these tours, so that's why I bring it up. But that'd be a cool bill with Bush, Rival Sons, and Filter All together. Yeah.

Artists Live, it says, artists in Live Nation resales are currently active. General sales start tomorrow at 10 a.m. And then the last thing, I thought this was nice. There's not much that the amazing Ringo Starr hasn't done in his storied career, but there is one thing, and he's about to check that box. Ringo was on stage yesterday.

During the first of his two night sold out headlining shows at the Ryman Auditorium Tuesday night, when Emmylou Harris came out to invite the former Beatle to come back to the theater to perform for the Grand Ole Opry. Oh, nice. And he said, I'd love to. He said, it's an honor and a pleasure. Thank you. In a statement, Opry executive producer Dan Rogers said...

What an honor that after all the extraordinary music he has made and all the incredible history he's been a part of, Ringo Starr will be making his Opry debut during this, the Opry's milestone 100th year. And it's going to be a night like no other. I mean, it's...

What is he going to play? His standards stop, right? They're not going to ask him to do... No, but you know what he might do is a song called Act Naturally. Yes. Which was a cover of... Oh, my God. Of Buck Owens' song. Buck Owens originally did that. So...

He loves country music. Ringo is a country music fan, so I bet you he would do that song because he had a hit with that with the Beatles. And it has country roots to it. So he will make his Opry debut on February 21st. So we'll find out then. And that is what I have for you this morning in music news. All right, we'll take a quick break. We'll come back in just a moment and wrap up our show. Letter of the Day for the Word of the Week Prize, which he gave away tomorrow. You got to have it. We'll get it next. We'll get it.

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And Joan Jett and the Black Harkes. Harkes? I said Harkes with a K on the end there. I like that. Joan Jett and the Black Harkes. You still got Michael Barkin on your brain. That must be it. Bark. It's a hybrid of that and Gerspark. 10.52 as we were coming to the end of the show. And yeah, I'll go ahead and thank Mr. Michael Barkin for being here. Philadelphia Sports Writers Association Bill Campbell Award winner. He receives that award tonight. And he deserves it.

And I trust his opinion, and he thinks the birds are going to win this weekend. He had a lot of great reasons why. Seemed very confident. And it was nice chatting with him. And he does this new thing where he interviews us for part of the segment, which was great. It is kind of fun. He asks good questions. Really nice to meet Taylor Mischak and her husband, Tony Yesenda. We know Tony. Tony's from Philly. He's been here a bunch of times, and he directed American Vandal.

And he's done a bunch of stuff. And right now he's got the show coming out with Glenn Powell. And it's called... Chad Powers. Chad Powers. The name is similar with Powell and Powers. I'm forgetting that. But that's not out until the fall. It's on Hulu. Looks really cool. And Taylor is on a show called Going Dutch with Dennis Leary. And the third episode airs tonight at...

At 930 on Fox 29. And they live here part-time. So they are living in the city. She's fallen in love with Philly, she says. I've fallen in love with her. She was adorable. So I'm really happy for those guys. It was nice to have them come by. And then we chatted with our buddy Nick Murphy and Mr. Paul Ritchie. And they have written an audible book for Disney called Mickey and Friends.

No Escape. Escape from No Escape. So it was really cool. You told me this. I don't know the next one. Fifty Shades of Mouse. Oh, right. Why not? It's going to be wild. So nice having those guys by. And then Ryan Shuttleworth came in our studio. I've heard that numerous times. Hello, friends. Hello. And we said, where's Pierre? And you said? Well, he's taking a last minute, not so last minute trip. So he's like, oh, dear, I should probably book this trip.

Oh, dear. I should probably book this trip. This is Pierish. Very Pierish. But we got it together. He's just headed back home to San Francisco for the long weekend. All right. And so you're Pierre today. God help us all. Oh, God. You're Pierre tomorrow, of course. No, that's the other thing. So Ray will be in tomorrow. So I'm confusing the hell out of everybody. All right. Who's in tomorrow? Ray Coop will be in. Ray Coop. All right. Well, let's do the letter of the day and we'll find out what's going on. Here we go. Preston and Steve on 93.3 WMMR. No.

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And we also have comedian Ben Bailey. You know him from Cash Cab. He's in town. Our good friend and comedian Jake Matera will be in studio. We will have the connoisseur segment and Kathy's seasonal depression activity. Yeah! Tomorrow morning, she's got a bonus list of activities for you to participate in to kick the winter blues. Love it. It's going to be wonderful. So that's it. We are done. Rage on. Have yourself a great day. And we'll see you tomorrow, friend. Bye-bye. Bye.

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