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Housekeeping, you want towels? No towels. Need sleepy. You want mint vape pillow? Please go away. Let me sleep for the life. You're listening to Preston and Steve on 93.3 WMMR with Preston Elliott. You will listen to every damn word I have to say. And Steve Morrison. Words are like bullets. Lost. Casey Boy. They all can't starve it. Kathy Romano. I'm lost.

Nick McElwain. I'm just not the hero type. And Marissa Magnata. Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain. And now, Preston and Steve on 93.3 WMMR. Yes, it's time to get started. Welcome, my friend. And we have a Wednesday that is laid out before us weather-wise for today.

A lot like yesterday, although we will see a little bit more sunshine. It starts off cold, biting cold, single digits this morning. A little bit of a breeze. Today's high about 20 degrees. Tomorrow we take a step up. The high will be 30 degrees with sunshine. And then Friday and Saturday, 20 degrees.

Mid-30s Sunday, game day, mid-40s. So that is going to be quite lovely. We're going to take a look at traffic, see what's happening this morning. Kathy, what do you have for us? This traffic report is brought to you by Whole Foods Market. Save on your favorite organics at Whole Foods Market. Get two for $5 organic large Haas avocados with prime.

Through January 28th, while supplies last, shop in-store or online, terms apply. We start the morning off with an issue on the Blue Road southbound, the off-ramp to McDade Boulevard. There's a crash. Also on the New Jersey Turnpike northbound at 195 exit 7A, there's an accident off to the shoulder. Other than that, the major roadways are all in good shape. No problems crossing any of the area bridges this morning or on mass transit.

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All right, today is Wednesday, January 22nd. Good morning, Kathy. Good morning. In the news this morning, the city of Philadelphia is launching a new program in the Kensington neighborhood on Wednesday with the goal of sending those with drug addictions to treatment rather than to jail. Mayor Sherelle Parker signed an executive order introducing what she calls Wellness Court.

The Kensington Wellness Court, which is a first of its kind in Philadelphia, offers an alternative to jail time for those struggling with substance abuse. It's part of the city's effort to address the ongoing challenges in Kensington. Parker says her action is just one small step toward the larger goal of ending the humanitarian crisis in the Philadelphia neighborhood.

The mayor signs an executive order that gives the police department the option to make a summary arrest instead of misdemeanor arrest for certain drug offenses. People arrested for certain misdemeanor drug offenses would have the chance for same-day physical and behavioral health assessment, basic medical care, and withdrawal management. A judge hearing...

sorry, a judicial hearing and diversion and intake for treatment. I hope this works out because it's such a, you know, you're dealing with such a virulent thing, addiction, and you see these people in such desperate shape. If there's something that can provide an alternative that is effective, that'd be

Yeah, it's a loop, man. It never stops. And listen, it's not going to work for everybody, unfortunately. But if some people can... If it's a better alternative than going to jail, which...

Really? Does that work very often? Not very often, probably. It has to be a multi-pronged approach. And I think this is one step that hasn't been tried. Let's see how it works. Earlier this month, the Riverview Wellness Center in Holmesburg opened a treatment and recovery facility where people could go for recovery. Parker says Philadelphia is attempting to build lasting infrastructure to compassionately and effectively get people recovered.

who are suffering from addiction and substance abuse disorder off of the streets and into long-term recovery.

The NFL championship is the hottest ticket in town. The Eagles fans will have to pay a pretty penny to be at the Lincoln Financial Field on Sunday, though. Tickets went on sale at 10 a.m. yesterday, and it appears all face value tickets were unavailable within minutes. The cheapest ticket available was over $500. As South Philadelphia bleeds green, affordable tickets seem hard to come by with people sitting in the Ticketmaster waiting room along with 37,000 other fans.

The Eagles said each buyer could purchase no more than four tickets. Do I eat or do I go to the football game? Is there a guarantee they'll win? Yeah. I mean, right now it's like, you know, a concert ticket. $500? Yeah. You've never paid $500 for a concert ticket? Only for like the super duper big ones that come through on a rare occasion. This is a super duper big one. No, I know it is, but it's still horse shit.

Crap. But you have to pay that much to go to a sporting event. Face value is like $300 for upper level because I'm upper level. So face value is like $300. Face value right now, you checked, is $300? Yeah. Well, they said they were gone within minutes. So you can get face value tickets. But what sucks is, and I was just kind of like tinkering around yesterday just to see how much tickets were going for.

The processing fees are over $200 per ticket. It becomes insane. Where do you get off? Where do you get off? How do you... Who are you paying? That's what I'm saying. Somebody has to process that? Is there still a way to get a ticket without the processing fee?

That's a good question. Remember, like that used to just be if you purchased online, but now that's it. The amount, talking about processing fees, I just learned how much in some cases Venmo will take for a processing fee. Like use Venmo with any frequency? Yeah, I use Venmo all the time. I don't pay any fees for Venmo. I think that's if you're set up as a business. Oh, all right. But like honestly, we have a new administration. Like can they look into this? Like I swear.

swear at that because they are... Can I give you some comfort? They're bleeding the American people dry for processing fees. Please, tell me how you can justify a $212 processing fee per ticket. I don't get it. Is it that much work?

Yeah. On the other side of the coin, tickets for the Taylor Swift Airons Tour have never been cheaper. Really? Hey, so does the NFL get any of that money? I have to assume, right? I don't know who's getting it. And then take a look at the salaries that your players are earning. I'll tell you right there. I don't know, though, because they can't sell anything that's other than face value.

So this is somebody... Oh, but this is processing fees on face value tickets you're talking. No, no, no. Processing fees on resale value. So if you're going to StubHub or... I would imagine the NFL's not getting that, right? Because they can't sell above face value. Yeah, I guess not. I don't know. It's got to be the company that's selling it. Let's call Gary. Lauer? Gary Lauer. Gary Lauer.

Within 11 minutes, Ticketmaster put out a note that availability was limited. The average price of tickets being sold on StubHub is running about $1,200, the company said. StubHub says that this year's Eagles Commanders NFC Championship is outselling the Bills Chiefs AFC Championship by more than double.

Netflix announced Tuesday it will raise prices on most of its subscription tiers in the United States and Canada after the streaming giant reported 19 million new subscribers in the last quarter of 2024. The jump in subscribers, Netflix's biggest ever, puts the streaming giant at 302 million globally, solidifying the company's hold on the top spot in the industry. So they're raising the prices along with more people signing up for the service? Right. Correct. Correct.

uh okay this is great yeah netflix attributed these services what what doesn't make sense guys yeah netflix correct me if i'm wrong but haven't they've been i think it seems like kathy every eight months there's a an increase well the last time they see i thought the same thing because i have netflix i pay for netflix and um that's what i watched the most but their last increase was actually in 2022

Oh, okay. I think we just... I've been unfair to Netflix. Well, all the other streaming services, we kind of lump them all together when you hear about it. Yeah, right. Hello and Prime and all that. I think YouTube TV has gone up, Steve, over the last two years, 60%.

You know, in just two years. Netflix is currently the one that I don't have. I like going through different streaming services and cancel from time to time. Do you know what, Nick? I don't miss it right now. I'm sure at some point there'll be something on that I really want to watch, so I'll bring it back. But for right now, I don't need it. I think the services have seen a satellite picture of my house, and I'm represented as a huge sucker. Yeah. Yeah.

I'm a huge lollipop because I pay it all. Netflix attributed the service's latest success to the Mike Tyson and Jake Paul boxing match in November, which is that it drew 108 million viewers worldwide, making it the most streamed sporting event ever. Netflix later hosted two Christmas Day NFL games, which averaged 30 million global viewers, making them the most streamed football games in history. And they actually did a pretty good job with those games.

You know, because the Jake Paul, Mike Tyson thing, there were there were some technical issues or whatever. But commentary wise, footage wise, I thought they did a pretty good job. Yeah. Subscribers were also buoyed by the success of Squid Games season two, the platform's biggest premiere to date, which drew 68 million viewers in the first week. Earlier this month, Netflix also added WWE Raw live broadcasts on Monday nights.

The price increases announced Tuesday will see the standard monthly membership without advertisements increase from $15.49 to $17.99, while the standard account with ads will rise $1 to $7.99. If given the option you have in the tiers and all the 14,000 streaming services out there, Preston, will you do the basic or do you pay to have the commercials go? The basic. Yeah. Yeah, just the basic.

Steve, I have the commercials go away on Netflix because that's what I watch the most and then the others, I have the ads. I can't take it. I don't know what it is, but I'll pay the premium to have the commercial. And I was not that way before. I don't know what the hell happened. Some of them are so bad. On Hulu right now, there are more...

I think, than if, back in the day when we would watch TV and you'd get, you know, whatever it was. Then a regular commercial break. Then regular commercial break. That's why I pay for the upper tier. I'm watching Gersperms, the new season. Kathy, I was watching Hulu last night. You know what's even on Hulu? If you hit pause on Hulu, an ad appears on the screen. So like, if you're watching an old, uh,

30 Rock or whatever, which is what we were watching last night. You'll get some insurance commercial just on the pause. Well, Nick, and have you gotten the choice where you can choose which commercial to watch? Uh-huh. Oh, boy. Kids, come in here. I'm like, I don't care. Do you want aluminum siding or auto repair? Just get me to my show. Yeah.

So let's see. Its highest price premium tier, which includes 4K video quality, will increase by $2 to $24.99. So you pay anywhere between $7.99 and $24.99. The price hike is the latest for consumers as streaming services increasingly ratchet up monthly costs and push subscribers towards lower price and supported plans to increase profitability.

As far as value goes, I still feel like Apple TV probably is the best because it's really good quality stuff and it's only 11 bucks a month or something like that. So like, I don't know. To me, it's not that much money. And the stuff that Apple TV Plus puts out every month is really damn good. And they don't,

They don't have too many ads, right? I don't think there's any. There's none, right? Yeah. Okay. Just ads for their shows. The shows. Right. Yeah. Yeah. In recent years, Disney, Max, Peacock, Apple, and others have all raised their prices. Netflix last increased the price of its standard plan in 2022. In sports this morning. Balls actually yelping. Balls actually yelping. Balls actually yelping.

What the f*** is that? The Flyers beat the Detroit Red Wings, winning 2-1 in overtime last night in South Philly. They did it! Ramis risked the line and tapped a loose puck across the goal line and scored in overtime to lead the Flyers to their third straight win as they extended their point streak to six in a row. The Flyers moved to 5-0-1 in their last six.

Joel Farabee also scored for the Flyers, and Samuel Erickson made 27 saves in the win. The Flyers are in New York tomorrow night with a game against the Rangers. The puck will drop at 7 o'clock. The Sixers lost again, falling to the Nuggets 144- What the f*** is this? To 109 last night in Denver. Nikola Jokic had 27 points, 13 rebounds, and 10 assists in his 19th triple-double of the season, and the Nuggets extended the Sixers' losing streak to seven games.

Tyrese Maxey had 28 points and 10 assists for the Sixers team that remains without Joel Embiid due to swelling in his left knee. They are back at home on Friday night and will host the best team in the Eastern Conference, the Cleveland Cavaliers. Tip-off is at 7 o'clock. And the Eagles will have a walk-through practice today as they continue to prepare for Sunday's NFC Championship game against the Washington Commanders. Jalen Hurts' status is the focus as the Eagles begin their practice week. As required by the NFL, the Eagles will issue an injury report after practice.

Kick off the link on Sunday is at 3 o'clock. And that's what I have for you this morning. Bye, thanks, Kat. We're looking at a whole lot of stuff today on this Wednesday morning, which is great. We have a secret text word today. Your chance to win a pair of tickets is MMR Rocks. Billy Idol and Joan Jett and the Blackhearts who made this announcement yesterday. That show is going to be Saturday, August 16th at the Mann Center. So text the word SECRET to 39333.

And, of course, we'll send you the secret word later on. We'll ask you to call them with the word designated. Call our Winslow's tickets and we'll grab a random texter as well. So you got a couple of shots to win that way. We will do our Wednesday check-in with Fox Good Day as we get closer to 8 a.m. We also have...

an announcement to make concerning a concert coming to town. We'll get to that around music news time. We got to talk birds. Our friend John Clark, the champion of our Mini Hoops Madness of the Camp Out for Hunger, two-time champ. Yes. He's stopping by today. Dynasty. He's going to come in this morning and we'll talk specifics on the birds and commanders this weekend. And speaking of that.

Are we announcing this right now? I think we should do it right now. I think we should do this right now. Ladies and gentlemen, we here on the Preston and Steve show. Excuse me. I'm sorry. Preston is now a bionic man who can burp. It's like a 60 mile an hour burp. I wasn't ready for drum roll. Steve said drum roll and I hit wrong button. You hit egg roll. It's all good.

Just to let you know, we will have your tickets to go to the game this week. The Preston and Steve ticket blitz that is taking place starting tomorrow.

morning. So we have a pair of tickets to give away to the game on Sunday and pregame tailgate with Philly sports trips, mind you. Nobody has a banner. Here's what we're going to do tomorrow morning starting at 6.15 around this time. 6.15 ish.

We're going to give you a keyword. We're going to do this Thursday and Friday morning. We'll be at 615, 715, 815, 915, 1015 on our program. Each time we give you a keyword, you enter that keyword at WNMR.com and that will be a chance for you to win. So,

It's going to be five times a day tomorrow and Friday, and then we will give away those tickets. So each time you enter is another entry to win the ticket. So make sure that you do it every time. The more you do it, the better your chance to win. Yeah, it's to your benefit. That's the way it works. So it is the President's Deep Ticket Blitz, and that starts tomorrow morning. So we're stoked about that. Did we have our sponsor that I was going to mention? No sponsors yet.

We're working on a sponsor. We want to give everybody their love and their credit. Thank you so much. Oh my God, actually, Bill doesn't work here anymore. Actually, we have Eagles bracelets.

out there? Yeah, just throw it out there. Maybe you should hook us up, you know? Influencers? I could give you guys some bracelets. Wow. Will you wear them? Let's collab. Depends on how they look. Okay. I'm sure they're lovely. Alright, listen, we gotta take a break. We're gonna come back in a moment. We'll get to the entertainment report. The Razzies are out. Gonna go through those as well as some other entertainment stories. Stay there. We'll be right back.

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for my fellow drummers here. That's why we should have a full drum kit in the studio. Next to Nick, we should have a full... Do you remember when I used to have bongos in here? Yes! Kathy loved that. She loved the bongos. I was hitting those during the break all the

All right, it's 640 with the President Steve Schell. Let us get a look at traffic. What's going on this morning, Kathy? We have an accident on the Blue Roots southbound. The off-ramp to McDade Boulevard is where this crash is this morning. On the Vine westbound, you're jammed 95 to the Schuylkill Expressway already across the Vine. 95 southbound slowing from Cotman through the bridge. And then on 422 eastbound, the off-ramp at Stowe, an oversized vehicle partially blocking the...

off-ramp. In Wildwood, Watermain Break has Park Avenue closed between Rio Grande and Andrews Avenue. A portion of Taylor Avenue and Arctic Avenue also closed. 295 southbound at

Hedricktown. Where is that? You know what? I think it's actually Delaware. I didn't even know that existed. It doesn't even sound real. No, sorry. It is New Jersey. And we have, there was a disabled tractor trailer, but that has just been cleared. Hedricktown? You made that up.

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That's your traffic on 93.3 WMMR. That was a rough one. I would have not gotten an applause if it came out. I'm heading downtown on the map, and it's kind of across the Delaware River from Marcus Hook, a little further south of that. But that's kind of the general territory, in case you were curious. A little cushy, maybe upper middle class, sort of from the pictures I'm seeing? I have no idea. I didn't see the pictures. I just saw the map. That's it. Where the hell is it? All right, so...

Stupid question time. We're going to give away four pack of tickets for three days at the 27th Annual Philadelphia Tattoo Arts Festival. So these are full three-day tickets. Question I have for you this morning is, which drink is made from espresso, hot milk, and chocolate? 215-263-WMMR. All right. Espresso, hot milk, and chocolate. So you can know the answer. 215-263-WMMR.

WMMR. Today is the 22nd day of January. Some birthdays to mention while we wait for that answer. Linda Blair has her birthday. Obviously, The Exorcist. She was a revelation because they had checked out a number of different actresses to play her character, Reagan, in The Exorcist. And William Friedkin said the first time he saw their screen test, she had that innocence. She was talking about riding horses and then...

He had to make sure she'd be able to handle the horrific stuff they were going to ask her to do. She turned 66 today. Olivia Diabo turns 56 years old. She was on The Wonder Years. If you remember, she was the older sister. Yes. She didn't have much dialogue because she was always like... Pissed off. She was always pissed off and leaving. Leaving. She was older too, you know. I guess maybe she was of college age, right? Yeah.

Law and Order Criminal Intent. She was in Conan the Barbarian, the second movie, right? Yeah, she was. And she was also in that crappy movie where she was really old Kirk Douglas' girlfriend and the family was vying for his money. I forget the name of it. I don't know that one. She is 56 today. The wonderful Diane Lane has her birthday today. She's 60 years old. Yeah, she's Mrs. Kent today.

You know, obviously Clark's mom in The Man of Steel and Batman v. Superman and so on. I just watched a movie of hers that she stars in over the weekend. I've seen before and I just wanted something to watch that I knew I liked, which is Secretariat. Yeah, she's great. She was really good in that movie. If you want to see her looking as good as anyone I think could possibly look, the movie Streets of Fire. She's stunning. I mean...

unbelievable and Seabiscuit to play Seabiscuit now just Secretariat yeah I'm done with the horsey movie murder at 1600 is another movie of hers that I like Rubblefish she's 60 years old today all right we have Steven Adler of Guns and Roses Casey I'm sorry I didn't tell you you're good musical birthdays coming up but Steve Adler turns 60 years old today always thought of him as a

Pretty cool guy. Yeah, and a really sad story. He had an abusive mother that really effed him up. So apparently where I used to live, the people who bought the house next to me, the guy who lives there, auditioned. For Guns N' Roses? Really? I believe Steven Adler ended up... No. It might have been Matt Thorum. Did Steven Adler live next to you? No, no, no. So when Steven Adler was out and they brought in Matt Thorum...

He had auditioned for that. Steven was the original drummer of the band. He's 60 years old today. DJ Jazzy Jeff has his birthday today. Here's the exact same birth date with Steven Adler as he is also turning 60 years old today. We've had a chance to talk to him on a couple occasions. Yeah. Nice guy. Please. Yes.

Made his way right here in Philadelphia. Didn't Kreischer have him at his Wells Fargo gig? Yep. Yeah. Happy 60th birthday to him. Love the song. Also celebrating a birthday today, the amazing singer Mr. Steve Perry. Steve Perry turns 76 years old today. There are times where I will listen to Journey and I go deep. I go into deep album cuts. And man, oh man, are there some songs where he just does stuff vocally that you just can't believe.

So your best prognostication, will we ever...

See him get back to with Journey. No, absolutely not. Done over. Never going to happen. There's too much ego between him and Neal Sean and Jonathan Cain. There's too much going on. His voice, I don't think he feels confident in his abilities anymore. He doesn't sing that much anymore. I'm sure he can still do it, but probably not to the level that he wants to. I just saw footage of him. He was at some sporting event. Might have been a baseball game or something like that where they started playing this song. And he was just in the crowd.

as a regular fan, and he's singing along with it. I think it was in San Francisco. Okay, yeah. Yeah, so he turned 76 today. And the last birthday, an old buddy of ours, we haven't talked to him in a while, but Guy Fieri turns a year older at 57. So happy birthday. Me and Guy have almost the exact same birthday. My birthday is on Saturday, and I turn 57.

He was a good friend of the... And still is, I assume. We have connections that are connections to him. I'd love to get him on the show again. Yeah, and honestly, if you're traveling throughout the country and you want to go try something, go to the Triple D website. Because I've done that and I've been to a few of the restaurants that he's visited. Listen, and it's been on long enough

to where chances are there's one not far from wherever you are going that you will find. Yeah. You know, and it's good stuff. So you're right about that case. All right, let's see if somebody knows which shrink is made from espresso, hot milk, and chocolate. 215-263-WMMR. We're going to go to Patrick. Take a shot at it. Hey, Patrick. Morning, bud.

Hey, good morning. Hi, good morning. What drink is made from espresso, hot milk and chocolate, please? It's mocha. Mocha. My favorite. Hang on, Pat. Got yourself a four pack of three day tickets for the 27th annual Philadelphia Tattoo Arts Festival. You can get tattooed by 1500 of the world's best tattoo artists. You can see live human suspension, sideshow acts and more. And it's this Friday through Sunday at the Pennsylvania Convention Center.

Get tickets at BillandArts.com. You can stop by Friday and catch Brent Porsche. He will be broadcasting live from 3 till 7. Brent himself is going to do some suspension. The hooks are going to be through his buttocks, he said. All right, Justin Baldani's legal team plans to launch a website sharing evidence to counter Blake Lively's claims of sexual harassment and retaliation on It Ends With Us. It's amazing how nuclear sick I got of this story.

And it's really not that old, this story. No. In response to Lively's December 20th complaint, Baldani's team released footage showing the actors joking on set, including moments Lively referenced in her accusations. The video shared online shows Lively and Baldani filming a slow motion dance scene for It Ends With Us with the actors joking out of character. In the footage, Lively jokes about possibly getting spray tan on Baldani, who laughs and responds, it smells good.

This video is seemingly meant to push back on Lively's claim that Baldani made inappropriate advances during the scene. He recently filed a $400 million lawsuit against Lively and Ryan Reynolds, alleging defamation and extortion. Lively's team maintains her claims are supported by concrete facts, calling the situation a case of illegal harassment and retaliation. But there's more.

Blake's team has criticized Justin for releasing footage to the public instead of presenting it in court, calling it another unethical attempt to manipulate the public. They claim the video actually supports Lively's allegations of inappropriate onset behavior, including unwanted physical contact and remarks which occurred without consent or an intimacy coordinator. So there are parties within both camps that are suggesting this all could be resolved with bare-knuckle boxing. Okay, why not? It's cool.

What's going on this weekend here in Philly? Lively's team emphasized her visible discomfort in the video, stating any woman who has been inappropriately touched in the workplace will recognize Ms. Lively's discomfort. Muldani's team denied the allegations, asserting the footage shows professionalism and mutual respect.

and announced plans to release more materials to refute her claim. So any evidence comes out and it said this clearly establishes this by one side, and the other said no, it clearly establishes the other way, and so that's how it's going to go back and forth until they finally get into court. Yeah, exactly. Speaking of court, New York State Senator Anthony Palumbo is reintroducing Carolyn's Law.

which would allow families to petition the court for visitation rights with loved ones under guardianship. And Palumbo apparently spoke with TMZ, sharing that the law would require guardians to justify blocking visits within 10 days, ensuring families have a legal path to see their loved ones. Now, this isn't coming from nowhere. Palumbo is reportedly concerned about Wendy Williams' case.

case. New York's guardianship system needs to be overhauled, he said, to protect some of the state's most vulnerable residents from forced isolation and provide them with the ability to see loved ones and friends.

The state senator hopes the attention on Williams' situation will push lawmakers to act on the proposal, which he first introduced in 2022. And notes that since then, his office has been fielding tons of messages from concerned citizens highlighting the need for reform. Seems like another issue that could be resolved with bare-knuckle boxing. But I'll say this. You heard the audio of Wendy Williams' speech.

And so that's a moment in time. But she seemed pretty lucid. Yeah. And then Harry Levin, TMZ? Yeah. He apparently conducted an hour and a half interview with her. Charlamagne Tha God was on the line as well. But apparently, he said, and he's saying this...

He says she was every bit as cogent and Wendy that he has known for years. So to me, Preston, this seems to be – it's kind of a terrifying situation. If someone can get the legal curtains drawn on you and they're barring access –

I mean, somebody with a nefarious plan or someone who doesn't really have your best interest at heart could really take advantage of that. Oh, yeah. So I think the idea of having other eyes on you is good. It's a gray area, too, because, I mean, you know, obviously, dude's not a doctor. Right. He can't actually, you know, he can say that this is my impression, but he doesn't have the, you know, the credentials to back it up. But then there's also the other side of this, too. Let's say you're trying, you have someone under guardianship who is not mentally capable

you know, stable and you're trying to prevent a, um, somebody from coming in and, well, yeah, or a, a, a, a toxic, uh, person, you know, who, who can come in and influence them in a certain way that, that, you know, it's weird, man. It's a case by case. But I get, I think this is a good idea that you have to present a case that says, this is why this person can't visit. What's your story? You know, it's not bare knuckle box. I just think of that movie that came out a couple of years ago with the, uh, retirement home. Yeah. With the,

Yeah, she's great, the actress. Yeah, I know who you're talking about. You recommended it. I watched it. Rose of Mime Pike. Rose of Mime Pike, yes. And she takes over that system and has people. She exploits it. Takes people under her guardianship and then steals all their money and just goes through all these legal loopholes to keep doing that. Yeah, it was a scary-ass movie, man. I care a lot. I care a lot. Yeah, that is a

messed up movie, man. But we'll see. We'll see what ends up happening to us. But yeah, I think it's... I mean, it sounds like a good idea. I think so. I don't... I think the case where you can have more eyes on someone, at least the review process will help. Or...

Bare knuckle boxing. So Justin Bieber has clarified some of his recent Instagram activity. The singer appeared to unfollow his wife, Hailey Bieber, at one point. What? But he said it was because his account was hacked.

Someone went on my account and unfollowed my wife. How many times has your account been hacked? I mean, really? Yeah. Is it? He quickly... Because I heard you saying some disparaging things about Haley Bieber, and I didn't think it was you. He quickly refollowed Haley, by the way. And earlier in the week, he also sang his wife's praises, calling her the greatest woman I have ever and will ever know, by the way. Wow. Somebody is trying to hack into my email. And it's an email address that I don't even use. But like every day, I get a password reset email.

We get bombarded. Really? Apparently after the holidays, so I've been getting a lot. The one I've been getting most frequently is the Facebook account, which I never use. I never post on Facebook. I have it so I can use my meta headset. And then I can live stream on Instagram. And then the other one I get is...

is the password reset for Instagram and for Twitter, which is completely fraudulent. You don't need Facebook to live stream on Instagram though, Steve. You do if you're going through e-cam, the program I use. Casey, I've been getting all day today calendar invites from you for scheduling stuff. So we're going to have Dr. Mike on the show on Thursday, December 5th.

All of this stuff that has been, all of these emails, I'm getting calendar invites from you from last year. And they all showed up today. And then calendar acceptance from you, Preston, from, again, from all last year. It got clogged in the pipeline somewhere and they're showing up today. Wow. All right. Maybe it's the same person that's hacking Justin Bieber's account that's doing that. I don't know. But by the way, he has 295 million followers. So maybe somebody does actually want to hack his account.

Uh, let's see here. Judy Dench, Dame Judy Dench's eyes are getting progressively worse. Last year it was revealed that, um, the legendary actor suffered from macular degeneration, which of course causes one's vision to deteriorate. She had explained that she can't even attend events alone anymore. She says that someone always has to be with me on red carpets because of her vision loss. She said, I'm not good at that at all. Not at all. Nor will, nor would I be now. And unfortunately,

And now, fortunately, I don't have to be now, she stated, joking that she has no eyesight. The condition has caused Dench to find workarounds as she continues to perform at the age of 90, by the way. In an earlier interview, she explained, I've had to find another way of learning lines and things, which is having great friends of mine repeat them to me over and over and over again. So that's how she's learning, but...

A lot of these people talk about the device called the earworm, which is when you get up there and you say you can't read the cards, you can't, or you're on set, or, you know, Bruce Willis, obviously that was a different case, but they actually have a little tiny transmitter in their ear and people read the lines to them and they recite them. Yeah, okay. All right, so the Razzie nominations are out. Drumroll. So, do we go through that...

Do we go through that here or save it for later? What do you think? You know, how much you got left in just regular entertainment news? I got lots of regular. So let's hold it for later. Okay, we'll do that in a little bit.

Because we got some room in our schedule today. And that might actually line up with something else that we were talking about. Okay. It's a potential topic. Fair enough. So it's official. Trevor Noah will be returning as the host of the 67th Annual Grammy Awards. He did a good job. I think last time he did a pretty good job. It'll be the fifth straight year of hosting for him. The ceremony will take place February 2nd at the Crypto.com Reno.

in Los Angeles. And we'll be broadcast live on CBS as well as be made available for live streaming on demand and on Paramount+. At the Things Remembered Arena. Is that stores? Wouldn't it be great if that had a resurgence? They are still...

Things Remembered is still around. Whenever I need to get anything engraved, which is very rarely, that's the first thing that comes up. And they're actually pretty good at it. Yeah, they are. They're good at the engraving. Steve, they have not announced the naming rights for the new arena in South Philly. Nor have they announced the naming rights because Wells Fargo is leaving the Wells Fargo Center. I've heard it is the Kathy Romano Collection arena. I can hear Matt Cord now.

Welcome to the Things Remembered Arena. Things Remembered Arena. Could you imagine? Yes. You're right. From the Hickory Farms Arena. Oh, my God. That's fantastic. Wait. There's got to be another. From the Pier 1 in Foray. Arena. From the Lane Bryant Arena. Arena.

From the High Goldberg. Is that what it is? High Goldberg. From the Hechinger's Arena. It's not going to be Pier 1. They went out of business. I know, I know. But I wanted to come back for crying out loud. I did like Pier 1. I did too. I still have so many Christmas decorations from them and it makes me sad. What was the other place that had a store right on Main Street Manioc? Restoration Hardware. Restoration Hardware is a thing. They're still around. They have one at King of Pasha. Do they? Yeah, they're still around. Is it next to Things Remembered? No, it's not.

But Pier 1 Imports, I still have my nightstand is still from Pier 1. And you got a chair one time and you were so angry at the price of it. Oh, yeah. It was overpriced, man. You'll see in the National Anthem, Preston's chair.

It's not like Pottery Barn overpriced or Crate and Barrel overpriced, but it was overpriced for sure. I'd never heard of Pier 1 until I saw the Blues Brothers. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. It's one of the stores in the mall. It's got pants and haircuts. Old mobiles are in early this year. I wonder if they're still online. Pier 1 imports.

All right, so I have other entertainment stories to get to. So in the new movie Opus, John Malkovich plays Moretti, a reclusive pop star making a comeback. And Io Adebiri plays Ariel Ecton, a journalist that Moretti invites to spend the weekend at his compound to participate in an exclusive listening experience for his new album. Surrounded by celebrities and fans who act progressively more odd,

Eddie Berry's character begins to think that the weekend may be more than just a listening experience. And there's other faces that you'll recognize, like Juliette Lewis, that are in the movie as well. But it's a thriller. It's supposed to be, I don't know if there's a murder, but something weird, cultish is going on. So we've seen things like it, but I like what they're doing with it. Did you watch the trailer? I did. Yeah, it looks really good. Yep, we shall see.

Netflix and Shondaland are celebrating Valentine's Day with a Bridgerton season four fan event on February 14th. The event will feature Bridgerton stars Luke Thompson and Yiren Ha as well as showrunner Jess Brunel.

And it will be hosted by Golda Roshevel. It should be a Shondaland amusement park. The event will spotlight Benedict Bridgerton's romantic journey and will apparently feature some exciting season four updates. The big event will stream live on Tudum.com and Shondaland.com. What is it? Tudum. That's the...

The Netflix sound? The Netflix name, yes. So that's the name of the network. By the way, I went on to a streaming service I had never heard of before over the weekend. So I wanted to find the movie The Substance. Yes. And so I went on to...

I had to go into Amazon Prime in order to rent it. And then it took me to Mubi or something. Yes. What is it? That's the company that put up some of the funding. When I got the preview copy of The Substance, it came through Mubi. M-U-B-I? Yeah. Is that like Tubi? But I can't find it anywhere. So the only way to get to Mubi was through the Amazon Prime. And then I ordered it and I watched the movie. And I got done with it and I wanted to go watch part of it again. And I couldn't find Mubi again.

You know what you can do? Not that you want to do this, but do you have Apple TV? Just download the app on your Apple TV. No, I go through my smart television. Okay. Yeah.

So anyway, first world problems. Yeah. I think it'll be okay, though. Let's see. Mickey Haller's Lincoln will continue to roll on a little longer. Netflix has announced that The Lincoln Lawyer has been renewed for a fourth season. Anybody watch any of this? I watched some of it. Is it good? It was good. I think with those shows, and it's all those same types of shows...

I get bored when something gets resolved, right? They figure it out, and then there's just something else. And I'm like, oh. Yeah. Like, I kind of want to stick with the big problem. Yeah. Right? Does anyone call him Stinkin' Lincoln? Because you assume, right? No, but it is a good show. I would say it's a good show. I trailed off, but it's pretty good.

Is it the Lincoln lawyer because he drives a Lincoln or is his last name Lincoln? You know what? I don't know. Or first name Lincoln. His first name may be Lincoln. Kathy would know. She's going to watch this. Would I? Okay. He drives like a classic car. Yeah, that's it. Yeah. So, Nev Campbell will return as Heller's former wife, Maggie McPherson. Campbell only guest starred in two season three episodes, but she's slated to appear in

in all 10 episodes of season four. No word on when filming, which will take place in Los Angeles. The fire is obviously going to delay things like that. I like the movie. So, yep, that's a new announcement. Oh, one last thing, and I thought this was kind of interesting, Steve. Knott's Landing stars Donna Mills and Joan Van Ark have announced that they've got a rewatch podcast on the way. Okay.

Which kind of blew me away. I'm like, really? Knotts Landing? Knotts Landing. So they'll be taking a look back at the iconic primetime soap opera alongside co-star Michelle Lee. Knotts Landing was a spinoff of Dallas. It ran from 1979 to 1993 on CBS. And apparently it's been getting some renewed interest on streaming as well. Which apparently inspired the idea of the trio doing a rewatch podcast.

So Mills said, we're just putting it together. I'm starting it. So we don't exactly know when it's going to be or where you can access it, but we will let you know. Uh, and the Hollywood show, uh, while speaking at the Hollywood show, a pop culture event, she revealed those details. So correct me if I'm wrong, Dallas, obviously very wealthy, um,

Notch Landing was more like a cul-de-sac. Yeah, it was like a nice neighborhood. Yeah, it wasn't filthy rich people, but it was all the drama that happened within that kind of cul-de-sac where everybody lived. I guess which is along the lines of Desperate Housewives, right? Wisteria, right? That was the lane? Yep, Wisteria Lane. All right, we'll roll clips.

We'll start with this. And Prime Target focuses on a brilliant math postgraduate who works to unravel the troubling conspiracy he is at the heart of. And Leo Woodall has played similar characters in the past. And here he explains...

What makes this one different? I'd previously played guys who were very outgoing and sociable and none of those things. It was just, for me, it was a new territory. And I was very interested in exploring that. You fat-ass piece of s***! So, Prime Target premieres tonight. You'll find that on Apple TV+. Here's our next clip.

Cameron Diaz returns to the screen for the first time in nearly 11 years. In this clip, she talks about past movies preparing her for the stunts and the new movie back in action. They're long, they're big, they took weeks to film. But for Charlie's Angels, you know, we had so... That was like the first sort of training I ever had to do for a fight like that. And it was really intense. Hi! Hi!

Back in Action is streaming now on Netflix. I've heard pretty decent things about it. That the chemistry between her and Jamie Foxx is good. And that it is a little... A notch above a normal Netflix movie. Did you watch it, Case? No. I'm reluctant to watch it because Netflix movies suck ass. Yeah. But maybe one of these days when I... I'm watching...

American primeval right now. What do you think of it? I'm digging it a lot. I have to go back because, I mean, there's a lot going on. There's, you know, the Native American tribes. You got settlers. You got the Mormons. Beavers. Beavers, probably somewhere in there. I haven't gotten to the beaver part yet, but there is a lot going on. All right.

All right, so we made an announcement earlier this morning I want to bring you up to speed on. We have Bird's tickets to give away for Sunday, my friend. And it's going to start tomorrow that we have your opportunity to get in on the winning. So we have 10 chances for you to win a pair of tickets to Sunday's game. Plus, pregame tailgate with Philly Sports Trips.

And that will feature appearances by former players, a performance by Snack Time, food, drink, and a heated tent as well. Even though it's going to be fairly nice, 44 degrees on Sunday will be the high. So here's what you need to do. We're going to start this tomorrow morning at a quarter after each hour, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10, 15. We are going to reveal a special keyword, and you enter that keyword at PrestonAndSteve.com, and you have a chance to win. So each time you enter is another opportunity to win.

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Alright, thank you very much. Kathy, yes, we have President Steve's Ticket Blitz starting tomorrow morning at a quarter after the hour, each hour. Thursday and Friday, we're going to give you a code word. You enter at PresidentSteve.com and each time you enter is another entry in winning a pair of tickets to the game. And also the pre-tailgate party at Philly Sports Trips and

Obviously, they do it upright. So listen up for your chance tomorrow morning. We'll give you those keywords. That's when we will begin. And make sure you spread the word. Let other people know that really wanted to go to the game and don't want to pay. Get what you will probably have to pay. We'd have your chance to win tickets. It should be pretty cool. All right. So we're going to go live on Fox Good Day about a half hour from now or so. So we get a little bit of time. We're going to talk about the Razzie nominations and a couple of other things. So the Razzie's.

Came out yesterday. And these, of course, are the awards for the worst. I've forgotten about this. I love this. The worst films of the year in a variety of categories. So we have several to get to. So worst picture, we'll start with the big one. And just I haven't I didn't see any of these movies.

The worst picture nominees, I'll read them all off and then we can kind of go through them. Borderlands, Joker, Follow You Do, Madam Web, Megalopolis, and Reagan. Did anybody see any of those movies? I didn't see Reagan or not Megalopolis. I saw the other three. You saw Madam Web, Joker, Follow You Do, and Borderlands. Yes. Would you agree that they were some of the worst movies of last year? Yes. Okay. I would. Would you say Madam Web is the worst? Madam Web is sick.

Staggeringly bad. I mean, I

I can watch... I love bad movies. That one offended me how bad it was. Wow. So I didn't make it all the way through. It was that terrible. Folly Ado, I didn't make it all the way through, but that's only because I was falling asleep anyway. But from what I saw, I was enjoying it. I got all the way up until when the insane asylum and prison was kind of set on fire. And I was enjoying it up until that point. You know, it does... I...

I'll say I enjoyed the first movie. I thought the first one was good and I thought it was a great character study of this guy who becomes the Joker. Yeah. But,

But then the second movie goes about dismantling. It seems like a guy was pissed off that he had to make a sequel. Yeah. And so completely dismantles what happens in the first movie. And it's, you know, it's like talent, cinematography, writing, all there. It just, it's almost like a big F you to the people who enjoyed the first movie. Hmm.

So the story just didn't bring it home. No, it wraps up, Preston, with you basically realizing you've been flim-flammed. You know what kind of pisses me off about movies like that, Steve? It's that a lot of people worked really hard to make those movies happen. Costuming and cinematography and everything. Effort was put into...

on their part, making it a good movie. Oh, yeah. And then it just gets trashed. Yeah. And not only making it a good movie, they're trying to make it a great movie. Yes. Like the first one was a hit. So they tried real hard. But I think they... Now, I haven't seen it, but from what I've heard, they took some chances that were outside the ordinary. That's it. People couldn't absorb it. Actually, in a nutshell. Yeah. All right. So worst actor...

The Razzie Awards. I'll read these off quickly and then we'll go through them. Jack Black, Dear Santa, Zachary Levi for Harold and the Purple Crayon. Yeah. Joaquin Phoenix for Follow You Do, Dennis Quaid in Reagan, and Jerry Seinfeld in Unfrosted. The only one that I... I know you like that. So did I. The only one that I watched part of was Dear Santa with Jack Black.

And I didn't make it very far into it because it just wasn't very good. It was also... It was a great idea. Fairly Brothers, too. I mean, I'm like... I think...

I think Jace liked it. Was that a kid's go-watch? Yeah, it's targeted more towards kids of 10, 11, 12 years old, maybe something like that. Maybe if they haven't been exposed to the Jack Black thing, which he's doing fully, but it is, I felt the same way. And I liked the movie Red One, which was another holiday Christmas movie, and it's

kind of crappy, but good crappy, fun crappy. This was crappy, crappy. So, Unfrosted, you guys liked it? Yeah. Listen, is it a great movie? No. Is Jerry Seinfeld a great actor? No. But the whole idea of how Pop-Tarts came into being is pretty funny, and I thought it had its moments. I laughed out loud a few times. Me too. And Jerry Frosted, Jerry Seinfeld has...

He's not a good actor. That's like part of the joke. And so you're never going to go see a Jerry Seinfeld project thinking, oh, I'm going to be blown away by his acting. He's playing Jerry Seinfeld every single time. Well, if he wins, maybe he'll come and accept his award. He might. Yeah. So and then, yeah, Zachary Levi did not see Harold on the Purple Crayon. That apparently is a beloved kid's book where you have this magic crayon that allows you to do stuff. I like Zachary Levi. I mean, you know, he's Shazam and. Yeah.

It's great. Tangled. Yeah. All right. Actress. The nominees are Cate Blanchett for Borderlands, Lady Gaga for Folly Ado, Bryce Dallas Howard for Argyle, Dakota Johnson in Madam Web, and Jennifer Lopez in Atlas. J-Lo, Kathy. Hmm.

So here's the deal. For all those actresses, I think they were trying their best with what they were given. But I didn't see the J-Lo one. And she's gotten a Razzie before, right? Probably. Don't know. I feel like she has. But Cate Blanchett, she's a big deal. She was miscast in that role. It's the video game realization. What was Argyle about? I think it was a direct to Netflix. Henry Cavill's in it. And so this woman learns...

She's sort of this nebbish writer who learns that she's actually a highly trained agent. I haven't seen this before. That whole trope. Jason Bourne. There's the cat. I don't remember if you think the cat is always with the one spy and he has a cat and sort of like this cat carrier. If you don't remember, it doesn't matter. So the director who directed it

uh, wrote, was the director of the first Deadpool. So he knows how to do that. Yeah. Yeah. All right. So, uh, they're up for worst actress, uh, worst supporting actor, uh, Jack Black voice only in borderlands, Kevin Hart in borderlands, Shia LaBeouf in, uh, megalopolis, uh,

Tahar Rahim in Madam Web and Jon Voight in Megalopolis, Reagan, Shadowland, and Strangers. So three different movies. So the dude, the guy you mentioned is the villain in Madam Web. Preston, they have the worst voice.

voice looping I've ever seen in a movie. You would think you were watching a Hong Kong Kung Fu movie. It's so bad. What's it like aging Mr. Herman? But the guys, they'll take, but they're using a voice that's suitable to him. Okay. But it's just horrible. Yeah. Uh, best, worst supporting actress, uh,

Ariana DeBose for Argyle and Craven the Hunter. Lesley Ann Down as Margaret Thatcher in Reagan. Emma Roberts in Madam Web. Amy Schumer in Unfrosted. And Faka Twigs in The Crow. The Crow.

So, yeah, still didn't see any of those movies. You know, I think what they might do, knowing about the way the Razzies go, they may target Megalopolis because it's Coppola. It's a huge movie, and it's just one of those big...

thudding flops. So he made it in Worst Director, Francis Ford Coppola for Megalopolis. One of the greatest directors of all time. S.J. Clarkson for Madam Web, Todd Phillips for Joker, follow you do, Eli Roth for Borderlands, and Jerry Seinfeld for Unfrosted.

Then you have the worst screen combo. It says any two obnoxious characters, but especially Jack Black in Borderlands. Wow, that bad, huh? Any two unfunny comedic actors in Unfrosted. Oh my gosh.

the entire cast of Megalopolis. Wow. Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga for Joker, Follier, and then Dennis Quaid and Penelope Ann Miller as Ronnie and Nancy Reagan. I mean, they really do have their sights set on...

Just a few certain movies. They usually do that. Yeah. Yeah, they usually do that. And some people can win tons of Razzies in one year. I respectfully suggest you shove it up your ass. Then you have the worst prequel, remake, ripoff, or sequel. And there definitely are some. So there's The Crow. Yeah. Joker, Folly, Adu. Kraven, The Hunter. Mufasa, The Lion King is in there. Oh. And then Rebel Moon 2, The Scargiver.

So that's the first for Zack Snyder. He's been on the list before. Yeah. Either people love him or hate him. I'll tell you this. And when we get a chance to talk, I'm sure we will, to Zack Snyder.

Let's no longer release the pre-version with the promise of the director's cut version. Release the director's cut version first. Because they're in tone, different movies. Not saying the first iterations weren't worth watching. But there is a big difference between...

between those and the second, the director quote-unquote versions of the movie. Totally. I guess they do that because usually the run time is a lot longer and they don't want to scare people away from the theater. But this is on Netflix. It both went to Netflix. You're sitting on your own couch. Then you have the worst screenplay. Joker, Folly, Adu, Kraven the Hunter, Madame Web, Megalopolis, and Reagan. So these are all the Razzie nominations. I was also in Rebel.

moon that were out. I played Guftar. And one of the reasons we wanted to bring this up here and not in the entertainment report so we could have a little room to chat about this is Nick brought up, I think it was Nick or was it you, was it Casey? Casey brought up an interesting concept that I think that we can all contribute to, which is you're watching a show on a streaming service and you're continuing to watch it

Even though you really don't like it very much, or you're not sure if you like it or not, but you're still watching it anyway. Yeah, we were talking about Severance last week, and the new season of Severance just started. And I watched all of season one, and I thought Severance is a great show, but I don't know if I liked it at all. Right. And I recommended it to you, Preston, to you, Casey, the Apple TV Plus show, Silo. And I really liked it. And Casey texted me a bunch. It was fun because we were having...

A text conversation over the holiday break in case she's like, I keep watching this and I hate it. I finished the first season and I texted you. I go, just finished season one of Silo. I go, I hated it. I hated it. But you found it compelling. It was compelling, but it was like really, really dark. And it left me like, it was hard watching several episodes in a row because it's just so dark and depressing. There's no sunlight. There's no sunlight. Yeah.

Not a whole lot of questions were answered. And so I was like, I just spent eight hours of my life watching this. And I think I hated it. I'm watching it as well. I'm season four of episode two. And I'm using it as my exercise show. I try to find a show that's got multiple episodes.

and I will make a bargain with myself that I will only watch it while I'm exercising, and if I really like it, it will motivate me to go exercise. How's that working with Silo? Well, I'm sticking with it, but I'm like with Casey. I'm like, I don't know if I like it or not. I'm going to keep going because I'm too damn far in to give up on it. Well, you've invested it now. Yeah. And I'll tell you why that's the case, and not even streaming. Shows going back throughout my TV watching years ago. I know, Kathy, you'll connect to this. Babylon 5.

when it started. She's all about it. I simply watched it because it was one of the first TV shows to employ CGI effects for spaceships. And Preston, I'm like...

And I'd say I just started dating Claire at the time. And, you know, it's kind of crappy. But, I mean, I like looking at the ships. They're kind of cool and what they're doing. And then by the, I think it was the third season, they did a callback to something that happened in the first season. And I went...

Oh, this is a, oh, and then I love the show. A five season complete thing. So the promise of that happening fuels my desire to give things a shot. But sometimes you're like, oh, this is not turning. This is not getting better. Well, I continued to watch a show. And at the end, I think I had the exact same question. Was it Babylon 5? No, but I was like, I don't know if I, I don't know if I liked that. Like it didn't suck. I didn't hate it. But like.

did I like it? I wasn't sure. And I was like all into it until the last scene and right when it ended. I was like, I'm not sure. I don't even know. Well, just touching back on Silo again because I, even though I hated season one, I gave season two a try. Watched the first two episodes and I'm like, okay, here's some questions that are being answered. I think I like this again. And by episode four, I was like, I hate the show. I hated it all.

over again. You should have him up on a dry erase board. Current status. Hate it. I think the way that Silo goes, and not to just focus on this one show, but like, it kind of, season two, which you're in the middle of, Preston, season two does answer some stuff at the end. It also takes a twist at the end, and no spoilers, obviously, but like, there's some stuff that

that happens at the end of season two that I think make worth watching all of it. The other thing that I like about it is there are these big unanswered questions and then within individual episodes are smaller unanswered questions. And so they'll tackle like one problem and solve that. And then the bigger stuff they're leaving to the end of the series or whatever...

And to me, that reminds me of Lost a lot. Like Lost was like, all right, let's go and figure out what's happening season to season to season. And the first four seasons of Lost were brilliant television. It ended with a bit of a sputter. But I like how Silo is building towards answering bigger questions. What is Silo about? It keeps popping up. It's basically a dystopian society. We don't know why these people are living in this silo. They don't even know why. They don't know why either. Tim Robbins is one of the stars. Rebecca Ferguson, who's incredible. And so...

They're in this futuristic society. Common's in it. He's great. We don't know why they're in the silo. They don't know why they're in the silo. And all they know is that it's not safe to go out. It's been so long that they don't know why they created the silo in the first place. Somebody texted and said, season four, silo. I thought it was season two. No, I said episode four, season two. You said it the opposite, but I let it go. You said episode four, season two.

You said season four, episode two, but you meant season two, episode four. I would July to a sweater. There's another show that I watched all the way through and it's called Ozark. And I was like, okay, every single character in this show sucks. They're all bad. They're all horrible, reprehensible people. The filters that they use to shoot it are...

make it dark and cloudy all the time. It's moody. Yeah, really, really moody. But I watched all of it. I'm like, do I like this? So your final assessment is you're not sure where you stand on Ozark? No, not really. I mean, it was like... Ozark is kind of like...

Breaking Bad with heroin. But Breaking Bad, I loved the whole time. Right. I liked Ozark because... You like heroin? They didn't... Well, no, I just like the drug dealers. Oh, okay. You know what I mean? Yeah. No, I'm not a heroin user. Okay.

I play one on radio. Yeah, I don't know. That kept grabbing me. There was something new and there was a lot of the same stuff and who's going to get killed and all that kind of stuff. But it kept grabbing me. Breaking Bad, I couldn't hang on. How much time did you give it?

I tried. Because it was a slow build for me. Yes, yes. I think that was it, Casey. I went back to it like five different times and I just kept trying and I couldn't. I thought it was really good. Some people thought it was the greatest TV show ever. I thought it was really good. Constantly invoked. They wouldn't push it that far, but people love it. People love it, love it.

You're exactly right. I think you'll find more people pound for pound who point toward Breaking Bad. Now watch the first season, but who point to it as the greatest complete TV show drama of all time. It is. And or The Wire. Or Sopranos. I've never finished The Wire, but yeah, I mean, Breaking Bad was perfect. And then they came out with El Camino, which made it perfecter.

Yeah, and Better Call Saul was also fantastic. The story arc and all of those. Yeah, I think Breaking Bad was perfect television. And the way the arc goes for all five seasons is terrific. Ozark, Casey, was literally and figuratively dark. They shot it dark and all the storylines were dark. So, like, it weighs on you after a while, right? It's like, man, this is heavy. And sometimes you're just turning for television and you're like, I need an escape. And this is making me feel worse. It's true. It's true. So, what...

I say three episodes. By three episodes... Well, to grab you. You can get an idea of where you're going. And then, honestly...

There's such a glut of good stuff on. If you're not feeling it by the end of the whatever first season is, disconnect and move on. Like ain't nobody got time for that. No, no. There's too many choices out there right now. One of the top texts on the board said Sons of Anarchy. And I watched almost all of it. And then I had to tap out at a certain point. I was liking it.

But it just became so, and I don't know why. Repetitive? Repetitive. And I'm like, hey, here's another. What's with the motorcycle? Here's another shootout on a Northern California highway between motorcycles. And you don't know who it is? Like you have no, you can't arrest anybody on this?

It just became ridiculous to me. Yep, yep. Steve, to your point about there being so many choices and so many options, it's all right there at the touch of a button. I know. The scroll of your finger, you don't have to go to the blockbuster and the video might not be there because somebody else ran it on a Friday night. Everything is there whenever we want it, however we want it, and we're so damn spoiled that we pick up

part, the littlest nuances. You might have made things more special because you had to be a little bit more invested. I'm just grateful that all of those options exist and they exist immediately. If you're just tuning in, we're talking about shows that you don't really like but you keep on watching anyway. Marissa? Have you guys heard of The Curse?

No. With Emma Stone? No. Good. Just ignore it. All right. It is 10 episodes. With Emma Stone? Emma Stone is in it. It is 10 episodes, and I'm pretty sure they were an hour each. And it's like her and her husband, and they play house flippers. So it's kind of like a take on HGTV. I was kind of into it. They have this eco-living reality show that they're doing in this New Mexican town. Right. And in the first episode, the husband...

gives $100 to a little girl on camera and then takes it back because he was like, oh, that was just on camera. You don't really need the money. I went to give you a smaller bill. So he's quote unquote cursed. I watched it only because I needed closure. And then the ending was worse than our immediate reaction to Lost. It was so dumb. And it was one of these darling movies that debuted at the film festival and everybody loves it.

It's a movie? No, it was a series. It was 10 episodes. But I watched, I gave 10 hours to this thing just for closure. And the closure at the end was so terrible. Okay. You know what else gets me? If somebody points something out not great about the show, right, like that I'm watching. So I was watching Virgin River. Did anybody watch that? No. Oh, yeah. Otter from Animal House. We had the guy, Tim Matheson.

Yes. Yeah, we had him on to promote that show. So I was watching. I watched the first couple of seasons and I loved it. I was super into it. I'm like, this is great. Somebody pointed something out to me and now I can't not see it. And there's a new season out and I've...

I've gone to the first episode of the new season three different times. And I get, I'm like, do you want to share what they pointed out? It's just like, just the overall cheesiness of it. But like, you know, it was a little more specific with certain characters or whatever, but they pointed that out. And now I just, I'm like, this is, this is so cheesy. Okay. All right. Let me get a couple of calls. I know we have to, we got to break here in a little bit because we're going to go on Fox this morning. I have Dean who's online. Hey, Dean, good morning.

Good morning. Hey. It's all right, ma'am. What is your observation here? In the 90s, I believe it was. I'm 45 now. And I know my sister's listening. But I invested way too much time possibly in Quantum Leap. Quantum Leap.

And what happened was, and this is before you guys just mentioned streaming and all that. This is when I had to be home by like seven to watch. I think Star Trek Next Generation was on. And then if you caught that, then you knew like Quantum Leap was on or it could have been reversed. I don't know. But you would watch it all the way through the next episode. The final episode would air. The next day was the first episode again of Quantum Leap. I think I watched it three times. Oh.

And I'm still not sure. I'm 45. I'm still not sure today. Now, there were some amazing performances. Scott Bakula really did a great job. Dean Stockwell, all that. But then you're watching episodes where he's a monkey. And what are you not sure of?

I'm just not sure if it was worth the time. And you watched it multiple times. So I would finish it, and my mom and my sister, they would get a test. I would be home. And again, this is before streaming. If you missed it, you missed it.

Dean, you raise a good point. There is the, and it used to be more the case, you know, when streaming doesn't present this issue for most people, but when you're pressing, you'd watch a show and it would lead into another show. You just watch that show by default. And many times, now sometimes you'd be turned on to something great, but other times it just became habitual. And now you have a quantum leap situation like Dean has. Yes. And again, I'm 45. I'm 45.

I three or four times through the entire series. And I mean, episodes I love. I just I'm I'm sitting here now as you're talking, going, did I like it? We're making you ask the right question. Nice team. Thanks, man. We appreciate it. I want to go to Lisa. Hi, Lisa. You're on the air. Good morning.

Hey, bitches. Hey, what? What's up, Lisa? Good morning. So we're a little late to the game on this, but my husband and I, for the last few months, have been watching How I Met Your Mother and streaming it. Right. And it's awful. We hate it. But now we're on the ninth season. We finally just found out who he marries, and we hate the show. We watch nine times.

seasons of it now. So I'll tell you this, it took a while for me to get into How I Met Your Mother, but then I began to enjoy it, mainly Neil Patrick Harris. But yeah, I know I could see that, but once you're in, you're in and you're like, well, I gotta finish the damn thing. We gotta know who he

he marries. The whole question of the series is right in the title. Right. All right. Thank you, Lisa. Thank you. Yeah, so she's stuck in the loop. You got to keep going. Hang on. I'll go to Frank. Hi, Frank. You're on the air, buddy.

Good morning, Ned. Good morning to see you. I thought he said Ned. Good morning, Ned. I thought he said good morning, Ed. He said good morning, Ed. I thought he said good morning, Nick. Also, good morning to see you. That's why I thought it would be nice you answer. All right, there we go. All right, go ahead, Frank. So I cannot stand, like, The Walking Dead because I've realized after, like, three seasons, it is the exact same storyline ever since.

every season. So you're speaking exactly what I think pisses most of us off. There has to be some sort of evolution. And I like The Walking Dead. I hit a point, and I think Preston and I have mentioned it many times, when they welcomed Negan, not welcome, but let Negan live after all the crap he had done. It's like, that was a disconnect. It's a bridge too far. But a show that you're reminding me of, Frank, Supernatural. Love the series Supernatural. But after a while, it became...

Dean's dead. But not if we can find the stone of Akbar and say, come on!

And it just kept blooping over and over. So I agree. You've got to have momentum. That's why I like shows where you never know from episode to episode if someone's going to die. Things change. But I watched Walking Dead. I never finished it, but I started watching the spinoff stuff. Skipping Dead. There was this moment where I was like, no, I'm committed to this. I'm committed to this story and these characters, and I got to see it all the way through. Yeah. Yeah.

Yeah. What he said. Yeah. All right. Thank you, Frank. Go ahead. Yeah. Shameless is also the same way. Shameless? Yeah. You watch all that. They what? Very little evolution. I'm...

They didn't evolve. Yeah, there's... I mean, but I think that's a different type of show. No, they don't evolve. I mean, because they are who they are. But you're comparing it to Babylon 5. And when they did try to evolve is when the show started to not do so great. Everybody loved that reprehensible family that did the awful things. It's a tough...

Tough thing. Do you stick with what works or do you change it to let the show grow? So I don't really know. You don't want to see Negan in the kitchen making cookies for everyone. Anyhow, well, this conversation got started with the Razzies. We were talking to bad shows and movies and so on. And hence we got on the why do you keep watching a show when you don't even like it? Yeah. You just do sometimes.

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Oh, maybe they got rid of all the dogs. I mean, in a good way. Yes. Doggy style over there. So let's get to Preston and Steve because that's what we're talking about this morning. Hey, guys. Hey. Morning, guys.

Morning. So dogs, should they be allowed inside of restaurants? This cafe owner posted on Reddit where she has a sign on the door that says, please keep dogs outside. But many people ignore it and they bring their dogs inside anyway. And she says she is an animal lover, but she just thinks for hygiene reasons. She just doesn't want dogs in eateries. So, Steve, you want to start? Sure. I have eight cats and a huge dog, so food doesn't taste right unless there's fur and filth in it.

But I believe the restaurant owner has the right to kind of set the rules and dog owners can go to another restaurant. Yeah. I would say the same thing. I don't even know what. I always thought. Now, I do see animals from time to time. But I thought there are rules against animals being in. You can't have them working. They can't work there. Okay. I guess that is it.

But people with like smaller, I've definitely seen people like smaller dogs, like they have it in their arms as they're sitting at the table. I've seen that a couple of times. It doesn't really bother me. Yeah, unless they're sniffing my crotch or something. Then you get a hotel room. Yeah.

Kathy, what about you? You're such a benevolent, sweet soul. Yeah. Yeah. Thanks, Mike. Oh, that's so sweet. Keep your pets at home. But I do think that if it's a small dog or a large dog, it doesn't matter. Like if the people with small dogs can put them on their lap, then a person with a large dog can have it sit at your feet. But I do think that the dog should stay home if you're going out to a restaurant.

Casey, what say you? Yeah, you know what? I just saw this. I was out to lunch about two weeks ago, and a woman walked in with her dog and had a little vest on it, which, by the way, you can buy those vests at Amazon. It's weird because I don't mind it, but at the same time, I'm like, you don't really have to do this. You know what I mean? It's like, you know...

You know, maybe it is a comfort or service. But, you know, and who am I to say if the restaurant determines that they don't want to have that? Yeah, they should. As a patron. But what's weird is, is there were two people that were sitting next to where this woman sat down and they got up and they moved their table after she sat down with their dog. So clearly they weren't down with it. You know, was it a big dog? It was probably medium sized dog. I would say somewhere between 20 to 30 pounds.

Yeah, I guess the question is, does it bother you if there's a dog in the restaurant? Nick, does it bother you? No, it doesn't bother me at all, but I understand that it bothers some people. And if it bothers them, then I think that that's reason enough to have the rule where you can't bring in a dog. You know, Mike, I'm with you. Like, if I'm in a restaurant and I see a dog, I'm totally cool with it. In fact, that probably makes me happier. I love seeing dogs. But, like, if it bothers somebody else and it gets under their skin and it prevents those people from going to that restaurant, then the restaurant might be killing business. You know, so, like, that's why I'm, like...

I'm alright with the rule. I think the caveat is if they're rabid. That's probably the determining factor. Is it rude to eat a hot dog in front of the dog? Anyway, what do you guys have for the Eagles?

Oh, so we got this thing called the President's Eve Ticket Blitz. We're going to give away birds tickets, and that'll start tomorrow morning. So we got a pair for the game to give away. Yeah, we're excited about it. People need to tune in each day at a quarter after the hour, and we give a keyword, and then you enter for your chance to win. So it should be pretty fun. I'm going to stay home. You should. Absolutely. I mean, it's like the most expensive NFC championship. Yes. There were thousands of dollars. Oh, that's really cool. Yeah.

All right. We'll see you sometime. You got it. All right. Take care, guys. We'll see you next Wednesday. All right. Let's see. Oh, and yeah, so quickly, I kind of glossed over that. But if you're not aware, we're doing the presidency ticket blitz and starting tomorrow at 615. We're going to try to aim for the quarters.

after the hour, 6 all the way to 10.15. We're going to give away a keyword, and then you enter it at PrestonAndSteve.com. That will be your official entry to win. And not unlike when you go to a raffle, the more tickets you put into that bag, the better your chance at winning. So each time you enter is another entry into winning tickets. And...

We have a couple of passes for the Philly tailgate for the Philly sports trips. Tailgate pregame tailgate snack time is going to be playing. There's food, drink, heated tents, whole things to be awesome. We know for a fact and you know, for a fact, too, we talk about nobody does a better job than do they for putting on any sort of tailgating or any sports appreciation event. Yeah. So they do it out of the the JETRO lot. And that's like right there on Patterson Avenue. And you're right. I mean, they do it.

they do it all right. And, you know, they got live entertainment and food and drink and all the fun stuff. So that starts tomorrow. Get ready for it. All right, it's time for the B-File. Here we go. Bizarre. WMMR presents Preston and Steve's Bizarre Final. Bizarre.

Brought to you by Special Olympics Pennsylvania, inviting you to get freezing for a reason. The 2025 Polar Plunge is February 1st. Citizens Bank Park. For more information and to register, visit phillyplunge.org. That's phillyplunge.org. We'll begin in, I think this was in Seattle. No, I'm sorry. It was in Mobile, Mobile, Alabama. A Tillman's Corner Starbucks employee required stitches and vaccinations last week after a customer's

Pet monkey leaped into her service window, ran up her arm or head and began biting her. We just talked about this, right? Dogs and animals? Yes, yes. So the attack reportedly ended when a co-worker grabbed the animal and threw it back out of the drive-thru. Freaking monkey. The police department were called to respond to an incident.

where officers learned that a customer's pet monkey left in the vehicle and ran through the window and attacked the employee. Where's my latte? Another employee was able to pull the monkey from the other employee. The monkey then re-entered the customer's vehicle before the customer drove away.

Monkey. You're not a monkey, are you? And the monkey left the establishment by the time police arrived and the county health department was notified about the animal bite. The owner of the animal could face charges. It remains an active animal investigation. The employee that the monkey attacked, who has to remain unnamed, sustained bite marks on her hands and laceration to her ear, which required stitches. Yeah, the thing's getting vicious.

She said, I was working in the drive-thru and the lady came through with two monkeys in her car. I've never interacted with her before. And I had her drink ready. They pulled up to the window. And as soon as she rolled down the window, one monkey jumped out and ran up to my hand and started gnawing on it. Bongo kill! They said the staff was in shock because they weren't expecting the monkey to jump from the car. She said that the monkey began biting her and hitting her.

and then ran up her arm and jumped onto her head. She said, bit my ear. I don't remember this, but one of my coworkers took it off my head and threw it out the window. Yeah.

They have to have footage of that, right? They have cameras in the drive-thru. Yeah, I don't know. She said that the customer, who she later learned was Tammy Elaine Gardner, came into the restaurant to check on the employee and discuss the incident. However, the employee said Gardner declined to leave her information or provide her name before leaving. So she is going to face some charges. Sorry about my monkey. A pair of young siblings who were reported missing in Ohio in October were just found this month feverish.

Thousands of miles away in Iceland, according to U.S. Marshall. Oh, my God. The children are eight and nine years old. Icelandic police found them at a hotel in the country's capital of Reykjavik. Is that how you say it? Yep. Yep. And a family member reported the children missing to Canton police on October 25th.

That's insane.

The children's mother took them to London, the island of Jersey in the English Channel, and a remote fishing village in Iceland before they were found in Reykjavik. The children were placed in the care of Iceland Social Services until a trusted family member could get them. Were there any indications they'd been mistreated at all? Not in this story that I read, Steve. It says the mother was placed in a hospital where she remained until she is well enough to travel back to the U.S. Reykjavik, by the way, is nearly 3,000 miles away from Canton. Wow.

Listen to this story, man. A daredevil passenger is lucky to be alive after clinging on to a high-speed train for miles that rocketed along at over 170 miles an hour. All right. So do yourself a favor sometimes. Stick your head out the window going 35, 40 miles an hour. Yeah. You didn't multiply that by 135. So the 40-year-old Hungarian commuter has...

had been riding on the Intercity Express train, which were traveling cross-country from Munich to Lübeck, when he decided to take a smoke break at the station in Ingolstadt. I'll just cling to the side of the train. However, he spent too long puffing away on the cigarette, and the locomotive's door closed, threatening to strand him at the stop. So, in a split-second decision...

He decided to jump onto the bracket between two of the cars like something out of an action movie. The train then sped away at 175 miles an hour, making it 20 miles with him hanging on for dear life before witnesses saw him and alerted the authorities. The conductor then brought the vehicle to a halt.

A police officer from the state police also happened to be traveling with the train and found the 40-year-old Hungarian passenger and brought him onto the train after all this had happened. Are you sure by that time he'd eaten five or six pounds of bugs? Yeah, maybe. I think we have audio of him. Guys! Look, I want to show you something because sometimes people are telling me I'm not wearing the right gear to go on the mountain. Okay.

How helpful I think of bullet train, no problem. The traveler who was amazingly unharmed was subsequently removed and the train continued on its way and was then handed over to authorities in Nuremberg. Well, that's what I get for smoking. While being questioned, he claimed that he had left his luggage on board the train during a cigarette break and he didn't want to lose it.

All right. And then we'll do one more story and then we will wrap it up. Yeah, let's end with this one. I love this one. Aaron Michael Yerima says he got carried away when he caused over a million dollars in damage to the city of Winnipeg's Deacon Reservoir water treatment plant after he drove an excavator into vehicles, equipment and buildings.

And he said at his hearing, I love my city. I regret what I did. Yerima has pleaded guilty to dangerous operation of a motor vehicle. I was having a down day. He also pleaded to a separate charge of assaulting a peace officer after he spit at an officer while jailed for sexual interference and sexual assault. That was in a different case. The prosecution said Yerima did not deny damaging the water treatment plant, but did. And listen to this.

justify and minimize the damages by indicating fault with the owner for leaving the keys in the ignition of the excavator. You know I'm stupid. He said any big kid is going to play demolition derby. Yeah, you should take some ownership of this, buddy. That's his defense.

You should expect a moron like me is going to come along. They said he had used crack cocaine and methamphetamine within the 24 hours prior to the offense. Five building city equipment like backhoes and skid steers and several employee vehicles were damaged during the rampage. Damages total over, like I said, a million dollars.

When officers arrived at the treatment plant about 4 a.m. that witnessed him driving the excavator in a reckless manner attempting to damage the building, they ordered him on loudspeaker to stop and turn off the machine, but he refused to do that.

and the court heard police had jumped on board, hit the door to the excavator with their batons, eventually threatened to use a stun gun on the man. They were finally able to open the equipment's door. They tried to remove the man, but he refused to get out of the excavator and spit on one of the officer's vests in the process. So he is... I just smoke crack. I hope you understand. Facing some serious issues. There you go. That's what I have in the bizarre file. By the way, the clip of this guy... So look what I have today. Look here.

This is protecting my ankles so I can go through the snow. In Austria, we call those...

So he is considered the happiest guy on the internet. He is an Austrian. He's a super good looking guy. Like male model level. And he's going to be on our show tomorrow. Ah, nice. Very cool. He's joining us around this time. I want to hear if in casual speech he is that way. Yeah, if he is. Yeah, I am the guy in the video. So we will find out tomorrow. Nice.

I just want to show you something because... I love this guy. Hey, good for you, man. All right, we are going to take ourselves another quick break. We'll come back in a moment. Don't forget, a little less than an hour from now, our buddy John Clark from NBC10 is stopping by. Yes. We're going to talk birds this weekend, obviously, and we'll get into a few other things, too. Concert announcement coming up with music news as well. We'll be right back. Is your phone an Apple?

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Now, back with more of the Preston and Steve Show podcast. Thanks, Kev. Real quick, if you guys don't mind, I'm going to do a shirt out and a butt plug. I got this from Mackenzie Ginter and she says, hey, my sister Samantha and I listen to your show every morning on our way to school. Ah. We've definitely bonded much more listening to the Bizarre Files as we rate them every day from least bizarre to most. I like that. And her birthday is today, the 21st. Actually, it was yesterday. And

And all she asked for was a shout out after she heard it one day while we were listening. She's 11 and thinks it's the funniest thing. Thank you so much. We love your station. So here's your shout out. And happy birthday to you, Samantha. It's adorable. Here's a plug. Says, hey, Presbo, can I get a butt plug for a benefit for a great family? Dan and Kate Palladino recently had a son, Callan, who was born on the 21st of November.

with a rare heart condition. He's a fighter and overcoming many complications, but in the effort to have a normal life, he will need several life-saving surgeries. The first of many is going to need to take place at Stanford in California. We're holding a benefit for this amazing family to help the aid of...

Uh, and the cost of bills, medical travel, since Kate will not be able to return to work after accompanying Callen during the journey. Uh, they have two daughters, Cadence and Braylon. These are all great names, by the way. Uh, which, uh, Dan will need to stay back to care for. Um, they said they're always the first to volunteer and help out people in need. So they want to help them out. Um, I sent this to you, Nick. Is it on the community page? You betcha. All right. Preston and Steve.com. You'll find the community page there.

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What was that? Pedricktown. Oh, Pedricktown. Place Kathy. We knew it never existed until a traffic report. All right, so we have medical studies and tests and surveys and things that have to do with discoveries and so on. So I'm going to start with this one.

A team of robotists at Sony Computer Science Laboratories and the Neuro Piano Institute in Kyoto, Japan... Neuro Piano. ...reports that a robotic exoskeleton strapped to the top of a piano player's hand allowed it to control the player's fingers during speed exercises, leading to improvements in playing fast-moving piano tunes. Wow.

The group conducted experiments with their exoskeleton hand robot with more than 100 trained piano players. Just let the machine control your body. Prior research and anecdotal evidence have shown that most musicians reach a plateau in their playing ability after long periods of practice, especially for instruments that require high-speed dexterity like guitar and piano. And in this new study, the researchers in Japan wondered if passive hand training with a robot...

...could help musicians move beyond this plateau... ...allowing them to play better and faster. They recruited 118 trained pianists... ...to take part in the series of experiments. The exoskeleton they developed... ...fits over the top of the hand... ...and attaches to the fingers... ...to keep it firmly in place... ...and control finger movement. The finger movements in the exercises... ...simulated the types that are used to play the piano. Now, each of the volunteers practiced playing pieces... ...prior to the experiments...

until reaching their individual plateau levels. And they then allowed the robot exoskeleton to conduct what the researchers called passive training, during which the robot controlled the fingers on just the right hand, moving them up and down in different patterns at different speeds.

And... We don't have Angry Young Man, which is pissing me off. How does that happen? Yeah, I don't know. Sorry about that. Angry Young Man is the one. So you want to... I got something different, though. Okay, so... I mean, you currently are an Angry Young Man. You're right. Does that work? Does that count? Following the training, the volunteers were then asked to...

Remove the exoskeleton, play the same pieces they had been practicing, see if there were any differences, and the research teams found the training had improved the players' performance, allowing the pianists to move beyond their plateau, most particularly for playing faster. So just to clarify, this is an exercise device basically for their speed.

They're not wearing it while they're playing. No, well, I mean, you do while they're practicing. Right. But if they're going to perform, no. It's not playing the song for you. But it does. It's like having Hulk hands while you're playing. So I watched a video of it on there, and the fingers are flying really, really fast. Right. And this thing is making your hand do that. And so I guess that if you practice with that long enough, you can push a little bit beyond your plateau. Right.

Yes, I can see that. You're working out the muscles. You're getting the dexterity there. Man, when I focus in on practicing drums and working on things like speed and mainly speed, trying to go faster and faster. I did a month-long session through Drumeo.

which is this online teaching course of how to improve your speed. I spent a month on this thing, and I did improve my speed a little bit. But after I got away from that, it went right back away. You're a robot. But the thing about instruments is you advance very, very quickly when you're learning how to play. Yes.

But then you significantly slow down. And then eventually you plateau. So you raise your level. You would have to keep practicing to maintain that level. The people that are some of the greatest musicians in the world do have some natural ability to them. But if you read enough stories about the masters, the great, the best...

They play all the time. They are constantly. Sting. Yeah, Sting. We had him on last time. He was practicing. Yes. When we, you know, he's playing some classical music. He's playing Angry Young Man. Practicing. But, I mean, you're Eddie Van Halen. These people that are incredible. You're Steve Weiss. Man, they just, they do not, they live with their instrument. Especially in their formative years. When they're learning, they just are spending time.

Literally eight hours a day playing that instrument. It's incredible. Yeah. How you can have that kind of, I mean, you have to love it, first of all, to do that. Yeah, love it and live it. And then live it. Yeah, exactly. So with this, do you think there's an application for self-pleasuring with this hand device? Oh, my God, yes. Imagine. Doesn't even feel like me right now. Put it on your left hand and turn that thing on. Howdy, stranger. Double stranger. Yeah. Okay.

Of course, the invariable short circuit that has your junk being ripped from your body. What is this thing you're wearing? I don't want to talk about it. The problem is that my penis has been ripped off. I forgot my hand thing. All right, so that's Sony Computer Science Laboratories is doing that. All right, I have some other things. Let's see.

Ah, yeah, this one's interesting. Scientists have uncovered a curious behavior in humans' closest living relatives. Well, every animal needs to relieve itself. You mean go potty? Yep. New research shows that chimpanzees, who share 98% of their DNA with humans, intentionally pee in groups.

Kinky. They're like girls. Exactly, Kathy. Come on, Popo, go to the bathroom. Want to come with me? Scientists are now trying to establish the role this behavior has in social and group bonds. So, in humans, according to Kyoto University's Ina Onishi, who led the study, said in humans, urinating together can be seen as a social phenomenon. We found that chimpanzees

tend to urinate in response to the urination of nearby individuals. She said that they studied 20 captive chimps living at the Kumamoto Sanctuary for more than 600 hours, including 1,328 urination events.

They analyzed the data to see whether peeing among the primates was simultaneous by incorporating potential influencing factors, including whether the behavior was influenced by nearby chimpanzees. So piss influencers. Urination events were more in sync during the author's observation than would be expected if the chimpanzees were peeing at random times.

the closer one was to the first urinator, the likelihood of these events was increased. So if you're nearby somebody who's peeing, you wanted to pee. Can I jump in here? And I think, could this relate to the fact that when you, for example, if someone...

or hiccups or yawns, it can be contagious. So when you see... I wonder. You see some... So in the chimp world or this world, one animal starts to urinate and it signals to the other to urinate. It's sort of a cascading effect. Maybe. Maybe. Or it may be social. They're not 100% sure. That's group piss. It's so good. Furthermore, those with lower... Come on, guys. We're having a piss-off. In these chimpanzees, those with lower dominance ranks...

were more likely to follow when others were peeing, suggesting that patterns were influenced by social hierarchy. A way to copy. So when the cooler chimpanzees piss, the less cool ones, the less dominant ones... I'm going to look stupid if I don't piss.

Bongo's the big guy. If I don't piss now, I'm going to look like a loser. It's kind of like that. Come on. Chim chim. Come on. While more research is... Monkey names are one word repeated twice. I noticed that. I was going to say. We piss together and that's how we name each other. While more research... Piss, piss. Come with me. Research is necessary to understand whether this behavior is also known in other species...

as well as the specific functions and mechanisms associated with contagious urination in chimpanzees. The researchers said that these findings could have important implications for understanding and exploring the role of this behavior in reinforcing social and group bonds. Great question. Yes. How does taking a dump play out? Is it likewise or do they go as far away from the rest of the group as they can? It's only pee. Only pee. I think... That's a great album. We as humans and they as chimps...

I think we have more tolerance for urine than we do for dookie. I don't think... That's right when you go... You never see a pooping trough at a men's bathroom. Honey, Kathy, your friend Julien or your friend's gay, I really have to take a dump. You want to go? I've got a massive turtle head poke. You want to come with? Mm-hmm. So, yeah. Let's crap together. Peeing is social and...

Pooping is antisocial. What is it? I don't like anyone near me anywhere when I poop. Peeing is no big deal. I don't care. But I mean, that's why I go down the hall. And if someone comes into the bathroom while I'm doing my business, I don't feel like continuing. I hear you say that, but really you should try this one time. Just one time and see if you like it. Do tell. Somebody give you a giant bear hug.

as you're going to number two. While I'm pooping? Yeah, just try it out. I'll try it out. What is it, Harold and Kumar with the two girls do battle? Battle turds? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Battle ships? Yeah, yeah. All right. Let's see. Let's go. Let's talk about sex. Baby. For a moment.

A handshake can make or break a first impression, and new research suggests it can also reveal details about your personal life. Oh, yeah. According to a new study, the firmness of someone's grip can offer insight into their sex life. Spinderella cut it up one time. Oh.

Researchers from Washington State University looked at upper body strength, especially grip strength of more than 4,300 U.S. adults. They also analyzed data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey to get responses about their sexual behavior. And they found...

Stronger men were more likely to be in long-term relationships and have more sexual partners than their peers. It's not a big leap of faith to believe that. Study authors believe this is because greater upper body strength is a desirable trait.

making men who have it a more attractive partner. I'm curious here because I thought the way this was going to go is the nature of your handshake. For example, if you shake a woman's hand, what does she perceive? If you have a firm grip...

Will she read that? No, it's not that. They determine on how you present. Right. It's not how we perceive. This is just what they found, that there's a connection. But maybe now that the word is getting out, ladies. My strong grip is indicative of my boners. For women, though, those with a stronger grip were more likely to have a longer list of sexual partners than their weaker counterpart. Slot. Yeah.

Yeah. What are you saying? Look at your grip. Yeah, I felt that. Yeah. She's got whore written all over her handshake. But that strength doesn't seem to affect the length of women's past relationships. And researchers admit it's still basically a mystery why women's strength affects their sex life. You gigolo. They say more research is needed to understand that connection in women. The study author, Ed Hagen, said men...

Are stronger than women on average and men report more lifetime partners than women. But men and women are on the same regression line. Regardless of whether they're males or females, stronger individuals have more lifetime sexual partners. That was a surprising finding. Isn't it funny that after all these generations and evolution and all this time...

Things still go back to who could be the best defender, provider. Yeah, the big alpha. Judging by all the handshakes you've ever received, Preston, who, what guy out there, because I got one in mind, do you think bangs the most? Matt O'Donnell? Joe Watson. Joe Watson. Joe Watson. Joe Watson.

Almost broke my finger. Yep. Dude squeezes hard. You know what Matt does, though? Matt squeezes along the fingers. Yes. Matt O'Donnell does? He does not come in on the full handshake. Yeah, you gotta lock thumbs, man. Right. You gotta lock thumbs. Yeah, that's a technique problem. Yeah. That means he's got a problem. No, I don't think so. I think he's grabbing the weakest part of your hand. Yeah. I think it would be different if you go in and you lock the webbing of the thumb. There you go. Bam. And squeeze there. It might just feel like it's really strong because you're squeezing the fingers.

That is a no-go, by the way. Don't like it. Don't do that. I will re-grip. If I go in for a bad handshake, I'm like, oh, no, no, no, no. You do that again. We got to lock the thumbs here. So if you're shaking a woman's hand or she extends her hand, do you... I assume you apply... I go softer. Lube? No, I assume you apply a softer... I'll show you what I do. I'll show you on Casey. When I go to grip a lady's hand, I don't go in the web to web like a guy does. Yes.

I grab more of the fingers and the thumb goes on top. Let me see. Like that. Kathy, I'll show you. I do this. Yeah, yeah, yeah. That's definitely my hand.

The tickle. The tickle. I haven't done that in a long time. That's the best when you do it to another guy. Oh, what are you doing? Hey, hey. That's me and my best friend Jeff's handshake. Every single time we shake hands, we do that. Yeah, but it goes back to a guy that used to belong to our swim club, and that's how he would shake your hand. Really? Yeah. There's a little bit more to the story. He wasn't creepy. No. Yeah. You know what Matt does, too, is that he holds it a lot longer than most people normally do. I don't know.

I've ever shaken his hand. Really? Because none of this is sounding familiar to me. To me, it's very noticeable. Every time I've ever shaken Matt's hand, it's a really hard, firm grip and it lasts a long-ass time. Also, there's so... And then... Yeah. Down. Yeah, he pulls you down. But Matt does? Matt does, yeah. Joe is just firm and like you want to be held by Joe Watson. And by the way, the holding... It's like Fabio. The holding too long thing is... That can be very awkward. There's a great illustration of that in...

Oh,

Ocean's Eleven. Bernie Mac does it. Oh, yeah. I shake the guy's hand at the car dealership and he does not let go for like three minutes. Ample? Yeah. What are you, like aloe vera on there? So, yeah, there's a whole etiquette. Sure, there's a thing. And sometimes it's a power move. All right, here's another. We're going to talk about sex again. Why not? Hit our theme again, Casey, if you would, please. So, one more time. Spinderella cut it up one time. Yeah. Oh, yeah.

So how long that you think sex should last is completely up to you and your partner. But Dr. Rina Malik, a urologist and pelvic surgeon, has decided to take a deeper look into what an average man and woman are thinking about the amount of time having sex. And by sex, I mean penetration. Yeah.

Yeah. I mean, getting it on, not leading up to. The whole meal. While it's happening. So, taking to her YouTube channel, the doctor revealed that the average person thinks the total length of intercourse should be, based on data from 500 couples, well, here, they said this is the setup. Sorry. So, the study found the average, there's an industry term for this, intra, I can't say it. No.

Because they get all funky about some of these words. The intra-latency time to be 5.7 minutes. That's what I would have thought. And even though men thought that the estimated ideal length is about 16 minutes, the actual result was nine minutes long. Women, on the other hand, I guess. Okay.

Much shorter, right? No. They desire an average of 25 minutes of sex. No, they don't. According to this study. Wow. Yeah, dude. No. No. 25 minutes. No. Right? A week? Yeah. Thank you.

I mean, come on. I think the first numbers were pretty good. 5.7 minutes? I mean, most videos are that long. Some videos are 25 minutes long, like they're saying here, but those are professionals. Yeah. You know, that's the thing. So, Dr. Malik said that in...

God damn it.

In the particular study, like I said, it means the actual penetration does not include foreplay. That does not mean that's what sex should mean for you, but that's how they define it in this study. Just a caveat here. So by this understanding then, the women would prefer to be, or at least the survey suggests that a full penetrative...

should be 20 minutes long. 25 minutes long. That's going to cause chafing. Yeah, in a big way. Unless you got the proper stuff to keep things smooth. That doesn't necessarily mean straight up jackhammering. Say that again? That doesn't mean you're going straight up jackhammering. It's exactly what it means. No, I know. You mean tempo-wise? Tempo-wise. What are you doing? Building a model while you're... No!

But, you know, I think that there's got to be a little... But, I mean, if you're... Lovemaking. Yes, but I'm saying, yes, of course, but that is... That's it. But even at going slow, 25 minutes, man. No, I'm not.

Oh, I know. I mean, I'm just a bacon. You just watched an entire episode of Man on the Inside, which, by the way, is the same thing that's happening while this is going on. I'm just going to get it on with you. So, yeah, I don't know. So, by the way, somebody commented, said, for me, once a week equals three to five minutes. Once a day, every day is 10 to 15 minutes.

So, I don't know, man. That seems a tad bit unrealistic for me. In your younger years, you figure the duration, an hour, an hour and a half, just keep going and going, and then you realize, no, no, no, no, that really hurts. Yep. I pulled my neck. All right. We're going to veer away from sex.

No. And we're going to talk about concrete for a moment. That's a sexy subject as well. Drexel University researchers have developed self-heating concrete to improve safety during icy conditions. Isn't this great? Self-heating concrete.

A sidewalk that could melt its own ice. That's the goal of a three-year-long project at Drexel University to develop self-heating concrete, which can keep streets safe from icy conditions, while avoiding the environmental and cost concerns associated with traditional road salt. So salting a city's streets requires lots of manpower. They can damage roadways, can contaminate the soil.

This is according to Amir Farnam, an associate engineer professor who leads the Advanced Infrastructure Materials Lab. He said we wanted to create an alternative solution. His team developed two types of concrete that use paraffin wax, which is a petroleum-based oil used in candles and crayons. And they placed several slabs in a university courtyard and let nature take its course. Although each performed better in different weather conditions, both types were able to melt snow on their own.

Researchers captured proof during February 2022 during a snowstorm.

They have video footage that showed a slab of normal concrete, blanketed in white, but its self-heating counterpart kept the flurries off for days. The concept utilizes the unique properties of materials known as phase change materials. Yeah, which are asbestos and radiation. So in warm, sunny conditions, a phase change material like paraffin will liquefy, but in cold conditions, it will slowly harden into a solid, and as it solidifies, it gives off heat.

There you go. How ingenious. Right here from Drexel. Farnham said, it's kind of like a battery. Paraffins recharge when there's sun and heat turning into their liquid phase. And when snow or rain or cold event comes, they start solidifying and releasing heat.

The team experimented with two methods of mixing concrete with paraffin. Both have useful applications depending on weather conditions. He said depending on the weather, one would outperform the other. That's pretty wild. But we shouldn't hold out for this just yet. In a 10-day cold snap, for example, paraffin will release heat as temperatures drop.

and then stay solid until they rise again. So it only works for a little while. So I know that the second I die, a doctor's going to come running into the hospital room and go, great news! They did that concrete now! No more shoveling! If you're designing this for Philly, you said it's not going to be working 100% of the time. Damn it. But

The team's self-heating concrete worked effectively more than 50% of the time during snowy conditions in Philadelphia between 2021 and 2024. So it works 50% of the time, 100% of the time? Yes. And during that time, the temperature dropped below freezing 32 times and the city saw more than an inch of snow five times. Farnham, who has a patent pending for the concrete developed at Drexel...

Said his most recent research was funded by a company interested in selling self-heating concrete. So he's being funded by somebody who has an interest in it. And I read the article. It doesn't seem to in any way affect the integrity of the concrete. Oh, okay. Yeah, I don't know how long it might last, but yeah, Steve.

So that'll be interesting to see if that really gets off the ground or not. Somebody commented on the YouTube channel saying, and I had forgotten this, that the Lincoln Financial Field is also heated. And I'm wondering how and why and how often do they turn that on? Because it snowed, obviously, over the weekend when the Eagles played the Rams, and there was snow all over the field. Yeah.

Could they just do it along the lines, like on the yard line, so you could see when you're on the 30-yard line or whatever? Or is it just the whole field? It seemed to me, anyway, that they didn't turn it on at all. Would there be a safety issue with replacing the lawn with concrete? Probably. Go back to the vet days, you know? I think they already have it, though, Steve. So it's 28 miles of heating pipes that are dug 11 inches deep and divided into six zones.

per the team's website. It's funny you mention that because at the beginning of the game, there was snow coming down, Case. You'd figure you would have seen something sitting on the field. It wasn't enough. The snow really didn't start coming down until much later on. And then when the snow started coming down, that's when it started laying down on the field. But even during timeouts and breaks in the game, they would have the guys come out with the leaf blowers, essentially, and blow the lines out.

Yeah, I happened to catch a story about this on one of the pregame shows. And Nick, they had the field covered with a tarp for like three days. So it kept it insulated and it kept the heat inside. But you could see like they said the field itself, like the 100 yards was warm. And then right around the outside of it, the sidelines was like not as warm. So I guess like if you insulated it stays in. If not, it's just a heated ground.

but it's still out to the elements, so it's still going to get cold. I got you. So maybe the snow, like there was more snow on the concrete in the stands than there was on the ground. Okay. Interesting. All right. Thank you, Marissa. And we'll go to another story, the Just Sayin' Institute. And I liked the headline on this story. It said, Multitasking, Turning People Into Halfwits. Ha ha.

Scientists are espousing the detriments of multitasking on the human brain. Dr. James Turner is a neuroscientist and is calling the concept of multitasking a myth. Hogwash? According to Turner, the human brain is not designed to handle more than one task at a time. We were having a conversation earlier this morning, Preston, about trying to multitask to have your schedule. And I always consider it an achievement when I can pull that off and take care of multiple things at once.

This goober is saying that you shouldn't be doing that? Said as a result, the habit of taking on simultaneous tasks can result in reduced memory, poor

poor decision-making, and long-term brain decline. He points out that each time you switch tasks, it takes a moment for your brain to reorient and refocus, which then slows down cognitive processing and increases mental fatigue. But aren't you always at certain... You're multitasking at some level or another. Yeah, I'm curious of...

Some examples of what this guy, what this goober might mean. Yeah, what this goober is talking about. Multitasking. I can see diffusing a bomb while you're building a ship in a bottle. Right. That's multitasking. A difficult multitasking. It's just more rapid fire than it used to be. Like you're doing it all the time, incessantly, every waking hour. Yep.

No, I was telling Steve, I like to plan out my day. I like to be as efficient as possible. I like to get stuff done as quickly as possible and have a list of things that I like to knock off. And when I already have a full list and something else gets added to it,

Then I'm surly like I am today. You look at your life as like a Rube Goldberg kind of dent. Yes! This goes into this, this goes into that. Yeah. And I get it. And it's incredibly frustrating when it doesn't go quite that way. And with the intent of what at the end of that, Preston? Misery. Smoking weed and doing nothing. Right. You know? Checking stuff off so you can smoke. Yeah, I'm with you. So I can just kick back, watch a show, do something like that, and...

You need to schedule your weed smoking a little bit more effectively. That's, yeah, that's always got a spot at the end of the day. It's on my reoccurring. Or at the end of everything that I'm supposed to be responsible for. It's my little treat. Take care of family. Provide. Gone. Smoke with you.

DBH. Dubong hits. Thank you. Your treat used to be ice cream and now it's weed. Yeah. It's both. It's both? Yeah. I've abstained. No ice cream. I'm eating fruit. Okay. That is my treat. That's a shame.

I'm proud of you and everything. But ice cream is so good. It's full of shame. Here's the deal. I've trained myself. I know this now. If I do it long enough, if I do it over a stretch of weeks, it becomes my ice cream. It becomes habit. And it becomes, I look forward to it. Good question. Grapes, I'm happy to have those now. What about on the weekend? No, it's been really good. What about your birthday?

Well, this weekend is going to not be a normal birthday for me. I have a family thing going on. It's going to be so fun. Gator meat. But next weekend, yeah, I'll dive in. Help myself probably to a little cake. So you're good at restraining and abstaining even when high? Yeah. Man, I am not. No, here's the deal. Here's the thing about high and the taste buds being amplified.

is that everything tastes better. So even the crappy stuff tastes really good. I got you. So if you can delve into that and appreciate what you're eating at the time, you won't worry about the fact that cake and pie exists somewhere else. Right. Like, this celery is amazing. Totally. Yeah. All right. Use it. I'll try. Okay. I just love cake. I know. All right. We'll do one more thing.

Let's go with... Man, I have so many good things here. By the way, as you're looking and you just said, let's go, if you're typing out the words, let's go, and you want to be excited, you can't add more O's because it turns into goo, okay? I'm just saying, add more exclamation points, not more O's. So how did this arise? I sent a text message. Well, it happened...

um i sent a text to connor barwin believe it or not um and that's why he doesn't contact us back yeah no no no no but it was it was the the eagles anthem that i wrote with jealousy curve a couple of years ago i'm like oh my god i forgot about this song i sent it to him and he wrote back let's effing go and uh and that was just on the heels of me noticing it because somebody it's just it's

not really though you're writing let's go you're not writing let's go because how could then how do you elongate go if you want to make some points or you could do if you wanted to do it phonetically you could do oh oh oh h but that would make it not a word or if you had the ability to put a long line over the top to indicate that it is a long oh i think everybody knows that it's not my words let's go i've been told that it used too many exclamation points

Who told you that? Elisa? No, my cousin. She's like, wait, three, yeah. Three is acceptable. She was like, I don't need, I understand that you're excited about it. I don't need the three exclamation points. Go! Send her back, let's go. Let's go. Yeah. Um...

Yeah, that's a little nitpicky, though. I like my exclamation points. How many T's do you use at the end of C-U-N? D-D-D-D-D-D-D-D-D-D-D-D. Hey! I would use more U's than T's, probably.

Hang on a second. What is this? Somebody pulled something up on our monitor here. Me writing an email. I'm using the exclamation point since you know I'm friendly and excited. But now I'm using a period so you know that I'm not crazy. Here's another sentence with a period as a buffer proving my...

Normalness? Normalness. Thanks so much. Exclamation point. Yep. That's so true. I like that. I do try to sparse out my exclamation point. Otherwise, it seems like you're screaming. You know, that you're just hyper. Yeah, every single time. Right. Or everything all in caps. All right. One more thing from Just Dance Institute, and we're going to talk about sex. Wow, again. One more time. Here we go. Spinderella cut it up one time. So, goop.

Being able to laugh with your partner is important for your relationship satisfaction, and it could be good for your sex life, too. Couples who joke around sex are apparently more likely to be satisfied

If they joke about their sex lives, they're more likely to be. So if you laugh a little, you apparently will have a better time in sex with your partner. You stink in the sack. Look, I want to show you something.

We're going to have that guy on the show tomorrow, by the way. Researchers worked with 196 participants who had been in a relationship for more than two years on average. The couples who overwhelmingly agreed that positive jokes about their sex lives led to feeling more satisfied in their romances. Study authors report things like inside jokes, rituals, physical humor, and smoothing over awkward moments increased comfort, fun, and closeness for the partners. Oh, yeah. I see it.

I see that. I have... Michelle and I have fun joking about sex and stuff like that. Humor, to me, the ability to just... Even outside of that, just to...

fine humor and everything throughout the day makes things so much brighter. I think the funniest thing is when you're belly to belly, skin to skin, and your bellies make the fart sound. I think that's hilarious every single time. Is that your excuse for when you actually fart? Yes, exactly. That was our stomach. Our belly buttons make a sound. Did you notice that? That didn't come out of my butt. Our belly buttons.

Oh, my God. Oh, my God. Her belly button. Her belly button. Let me go get a towel. How about this one? Have you ever heard their nose? I think we all know that one. Oh, yeah. You got to be able to laugh at it. You got to be able to laugh at it.

So you can't just start cracking more jokes about your partner and have it improve your sex life. The humor has to be positive and upbeat, and both people need to be laughing. You have such a small penis. If the jokes are one-sided or negative, they can have the opposite effect, making the other partner uncomfortable and being a mood killer instead. You're limp and small.

Instead of a booster. Honey, that's, no. That's not the kind of, those aren't the jokes. I want a dad joke. Give me something like porch to geese. Yeah. Alright. Abu Dhabi. Abu Dhabi. That's a good one. Alright, that is all the time we have for the Just Sayin' Institute. Lots of stuff, there were lots of sexual studies, so I was not expecting all that, but from time to time they do dive into that.

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All right. Thank you very much, Kathy. So when sports stories get really big, you know, we don't have a sports director here at the radio station. So we'd like to call in some experts to talk about it. So here clearly to talk about the Sixers this morning.

Now, we would like to welcome our good friend to the studio from NBC Sports Philadelphia, Mr. John Clark. Yeah. Your world champion. The champion of mini hoops madness. Two-time defending champion, like the Chiefs going for the three-peat. And we're hoping you get a three-peat next, this year, actually, technically, in 2025. Yeah, absolutely. And we're holding out hope for that. But, no, obviously, here to talk about the NFC Championships, which, by the way,

We do have birds tickets to give away. We're going to give them away on Friday and we start your chance to win tomorrow morning every quarter after the hour during the show. We're going to give you this keyword, tell you to enter it at WNMR.com and then that'll be your entry into an opportunity to have your name drawn out and you get tickets and go into the game. The potential there is to increase your odds of winning the more you listen. Yep.

And it's going to be an expensive ticket this year from what I understand. It's apparently the most expensive ticket in NFC title game history. That's what you're hearing. Which is absolutely amazing because, of course, you've got Washington within two and a half hours. So I'm sure they're trying to get tickets. So I think Eagles fans are going to try to make sure these... What are they? The commanders? Yeah. The commanders are not allowed in. It was pretty wild because on Sunday I was at the game and I didn't see...

Rams fan in that entire building. But I know that there were a few people that were there, but you just didn't see them. The week before, there were Packers fans there. But now, again, like you said, two and a half hours down the road, you know,

We got to do our, you know, listen, at least price them out. You know what I mean? Yeah. And this is the first time the Commanders, the Washington franchise, has been to a conference championship game in over 33 years. So they're going to try to get up here. I'll tell you, it's funny you say that because the only time this year where I saw a really big amount of fans from an opposing team was the Pittsburgh Steelers. Always. That's it. Yeah. But everyone else, it's not like when the Eagles go on the road and take over places like, you know,

They take over L.A. when they go to L.A. When did that shift take place? I mean, I remember for over the course of years and seeing, you know, the Eagles play around the country and there'd be a nice turn. But there was a point at which it switched. It had I assume it had to be the first one up to the Super Bowl victory where everything became worth spending the potentially spending the airfare to go. Because it seems like no matter where they go, they're going to get a nice turnout.

Yeah, I remember where it really hit me was over 20 years ago in Miami. You know, Andy Reid, Donovan McNabb era, when they started to build that in Miami, they took over. I think it was a Monday night and there was 20 to 25,000 fans there. They had at a racetrack, they took over and had 15,000 Eagles fans there. And that's where it hit everybody like this is becoming a thing. Yeah.

Wow. Yeah. Um, so I want to talk about this past Sunday's game because it was, uh, it was really, really cool to be at. And, uh, and you were on the field at the end of the game. I assume you weren't on the field the whole time. Maybe you were in the press box where it was a little bit warmer. Yeah. Hot chocolate up there. I'm a lightweight. That's nice. Um,

No flask, just hot chocolate. You did have a moment with Brandon Graham, who is a beloved Philadelphia Eagle. You know, he went down with a torn tricep earlier, I believe in like November. There was talk, if they made it to the big game, that he might be able to play. You know, I hope that his career is not done, especially with the Eagles. But you had a moment with him on the sideline, or on the field actually, after the game was over, and you asked if he was...

you know, perhaps going to be able to suit up on Sunday. And he gave you a short answer, but it was a positive short answer. Can you expand on that? Yeah, and it's funny because you can sometimes read a person's face because, you know, he said, we'll see, but he looked me right in the eyes like, what?

Okay, there's a legitimate shot of this. And I think he has been working towards that. I think that's what gets him up every single day for rehab and to continue this because this is a team we've seen the whole year that had a chance of going to the Super Bowl. And now it is set up with having home field advantage. This is going to be their fifth straight home game. Yeah. Whereas Washington is coming in...

This is going to be their fourth straight road game. And that is very tough to do in NFL history to make it all the way to the Super Bowl. So I think BG has seen it the whole way that we have a legit shot of getting to New Orleans and going to the Super Bowl. And I think there is a chance. I think there's a chance that Brandon Graham could come back. And I tell you, that third down pass rush when you need a sack, kind of like you had Jalen Carter up the middle on Matthew Stafford with the sack and the pressure.

BG could be big for the Eagles in the Super Bowl on third downs. I thought the, well, I want to ask you about our defensive line versus their up front. How do you think they match up? Well, see, Washington has a big injury. They've lost one of their best linemen now, Sam Cosme. And you saw Jalen Carter, the best part of the Eagles line at this point is the interior of the line, getting that push up the middle. Jalen Carter was left

on a guard for those final two plays and he just destroyed them. He went right through and pressured Matthew and then got the sack. So I think this plays into the Eagles' hands where you can line Jalen Carter up on the backup

and get pressure and i think who who can stop jaylen carter at this point i mean people have people have even compared him to reggie white former eagles are saying he reminds me of reggie white which is unbelievable exciting player to watch and you know i think you know people are talking a lot about jayden daniels um and you know we we have faced other like i'm going back to the the nfc championship game with with michael vick and it's like how are we going to contain this guy right

I don't know. I thought Michael Vick was more dynamic on the ground than maybe Jaden Daniels is. Maybe Jaden Daniels is a more accurate passer, but how do you contain that guy? It's a great question because this is a rookie quarterback like we've never seen. I mean, you had Vic Fangio yesterday, veteran defensive coach, basically say, yeah, I don't think there's ever been a rookie quarterback play like this. And he would be the first ever to go to the Super Bowl if he was able to pull off this monumental upset. I think...

Because he is so accurate with his throws, but then can outrun most people. I wonder if you want to spy him some of the time. And Zach Vaughn is a guy at linebacker who's got the speed and he's got the instincts, I think, to spy him. We'll see. But that is probably the biggest concern is that Jaden Daniels, if something breaks down or they could design it...

He can get around the outside and get first downs and he can outrun almost anybody. So I think that is the X factor in this game. That's a good call.

Casey mentioned you talking to Brandon Graham. I read this morning that the Eagles are doing a walkthrough practice, but with no media. Is that normal to not have the media there for it? It's interesting. It goes back and forth. They can decide whether they do a walkthrough or a practice. And in the last couple of weeks, I believe they've done a practice. But I think walkthrough today because maybe they want to give some guys rest as well. Yeah.

Could it be a situation? Let him through. He won Mini Hoops Madness twice. You know what? I'm going to start to use that. I'm adding that to my credential. Two-time champion, Mini Hoops. It's okay. He's a Mini Hoops legend. That's right. So, yeah, I do think maybe they want to hide a little bit. Jalen Hurts out there today. I mean, we all fully expect Jalen Hurts to play, but maybe the knee is...

a little messed up. So it might affect him running. So we won't be able to say, hey, Jalen was out there, looked great. Jalen didn't look great because we won't see it. Now they have to put out an injury report. Because the NFL makes sure that the gamblers all

know what's going on with everybody's injuries so but you don't have to see it displayed is what you're saying whatever level of secrecy they can maintain they're going to want to do that yeah oh that's today's NFL yeah John how often do you not share everything that you know because your job like you're there all the time and I'm sure that you find out stuff and you're like you know what I'm going to hold back on this and maybe that's an unfair question but like you I'm sure that there are times where you feel like discretion is important how often do you have to do that

Once in a while, you know, it could be a situation where somebody has a family issue going on or something that involves their family. Or look, if we know information and we have it corroborated by multiple sources, you go with it. But I guess once in a while, if it affects families,

or affects a family or things like that. I mean, I'll give you one quick story. I remember there was an Eagles player. It was probably 15 years ago and he was not in training camp and he was out with, let's just say, whether it's depression or something going on and he was away from camp.

and somebody sent us a picture from his hometown of that player at a bar with his brother, and he was holding a beer. They were all holding a beer. So if we put that picture out, and that player was basically saying to the Eagles, I can't come to camp because I'm going through some things, and then people see that he was at a bar with his brother and someone else, they're

They're going to say, I can't believe this. This guy is out partying. He's out having fun when he should be at camp. But we talked with that player, and he said, look...

I've been really depressed. My brother, he came and got me out of the house. He said, I need to get you out of the house. I need to get you out in public. You need to come out and have a good time. So that's where a picture can ruin somebody and you don't know the context. So we said, you know what? We're not going to put that out there because of what he could be going through mentally. And sometimes you don't know the full story. So, yes, sometimes you just say, you know what?

It's about being human. These are all human beings, and so you want to respect them as humans. Here's a technical question, a journalist question. How binding is the term off the record? Oh, it is. Let me tell you, if somebody says something's off the record, it is off the record. And then if you're somewhere and you hear somebody say something off the cuff...

Especially if it's somebody in this town that you have a relationship with. Somebody says something off the cuff, it's kind of genuinely or generally understood that, yeah, they didn't mean that to be on the record. Now, for example, the Braves player who was up yesterday

in Philly and said that comment about Bryce Harper in the clubhouse. Now that might have been someone else who was in the clubhouse that isn't there normally. So they put it out and then Bryce, of course, went off. Marcia, I think that was his name. And he hit the home run and stared him down. So yeah, you know,

We have relationships. You have to cover these teams every single day. So if somebody says something flippantly off to the side, you're not going to be like, oh my goodness, he just said this about the opposing quarterback. And you're going to do that for what? A few clicks and then never be able to talk to that person again? You know, you have a job to do. Off the record, it is pretty binding. Oh, I thought you were going off the record.

We're off the record, John. You have to, though, because it can ruin relationships. And I know in the industry we've seen it happen. More pointedly, though, I'd ask legally. Legally. How binding is it? How binding is the term off the record? I mean, obviously you want to procure relationships and you want those relationships to stay firm. But...

Legally, if someone says off the record, are you then beholden to keep your mouth shut? I can't. So do you know, journalistically speaking, I mean, have you known anybody who's said off the record and they went with it anyway and they received any sort of legal repercussions from that? I don't think I've ever heard someone say.

not being beaten in court because they ignored an off-the-record request. Well, yeah, and thank goodness. That's why I work in sports because you do hear the stories in politics or high-level business where somebody has information, whistleblowers and stuff, and they will go to jail instead of revealing their sources in a courtroom. Thank goodness.

I don't have to do that at my level. That's why nobody's taking me to court over what somebody said about... When I'm selling my body on the street, I always ask, are you a cop? I've heard that. I have. I've heard that. Off the record, conversation is not a legally binding agreement in journalism. It's an honor system. Uh-oh. An honor system. And so you did the right thing. I mean, you've kept tight-lipped about where Hoffa's buried, and we appreciate that. Absolutely.

none of your business all right so let me ask you the the line for this game has gone up and down just by like a half a point or so uh so it's back at six now it was i think six and it started at six and a half went down to five and a half now it's at six i actually think it i thought it started at like four four and a half or five okay maybe it did i think it went up a point or so i think so so now we're at six with the over under at 47 and a half um you know i'm not asking well yes i am i'm asking you to call it uh

What's the score on Sunday? When I look at this, the Eagles to me clearly have the better defense. Washington has a big time problem stopping the run. They're one of the worst teams defensively stopping the run. Saquon Barkley and the Eagles might have the best identity defensively.

going in NFL history to have that running back and that offensive line. And there have been teams like the Ravens, best rushing defense in the NFL that have tried to slow him down. No one can slow him down. And he is almost like the passing game for most teams. He's reeling off 62 and 78 yard touchdown runs, which teams would love to get in the passing game. So everybody says it's a passing league. But I do think

I think Jaden Daniels and Washington, they have an advantage in the passing game. But the Eagles, to me, are playing...

play off football to get to the Super Bowl, best rushing attack, best defense, and they're not turning the ball over at all. And that is their recipe and formula to win. So I think they will win with that formula. John, I want to make a musical analogy to the Eagles and specifically to Saquon Barkley. I go to a lot of Pearl Jam shows, as do you, and I know you love Bruce and the Killers. And the last few times I've gone to see Pearl Jam, I keep expecting, and I don't know why, but I keep expecting to be disappointed.

They're not going to live up to the expectations. I'm going to walk out of there and think, that wasn't a great Pearl Jam show. And I feel the same way about Saquon Barkley. I'm watching this guy and I'm like, eventually this guy's going to suck. We're going to have a game where he's just not going to do anything. And then he comes out and he did what he did last weekend. It's just to me, every time I'm like,

I'm so pleasantly surprised at how good he's been this season. It's just been remarkable. It's historic. I mean, another 148 rushing yards for him, and he will have the most rushing yards for an entire season, including playoffs, in the history of the league. Wow.

And so teams put eight players in the box. They stacked the box to try to stop him, and they still can't stop him. It is fulcrum. And some of that was in the snow. Amazing. And he looked just as fast or faster. And did you love the shot where he knows he's gone? It's amazing. And he starts slapping his helmet, you know, as he's running towards the end zone like a little kid running in the snow. Well, I will say this about the last time we played the Commanders. Yeah.

Saquon ended up with 150 yards. Most of that came in the first quarter. What I noticed is after Hertz went down, they did stack the box and Saquon had a harder time rushing from the second quarter on. I think he had over 70 yards, maybe even close to 80 yards after the first quarter.

When you take out or you eliminate, they were daring the birds to throw the ball. And Kenny Pickett wasn't answering the bell or whatever. So did they see something in that game that could make them more effective in their rushing defense? Absolutely. That is a great analytical analysis of what happened in Washington. That's excellent.

So here's what happened. Jalen Hurts gets knocked out of the game. You remember the start of that. Saquon's running wild for a touchdown. Jalen runs. He has a couple big runs. Then he gets knocked out. So Kenny Pickett comes in. So now you don't have the read option. You don't have the zone reads with the quarterback, the read option. So...

they basically did not have to watch out for Jalen running the ball anymore because he's out of the game and Kenny Pickett's not going to do that. So they were able to basically hone in on stopping Saquon Barkley and they were able to slow him down. But I will say about that game, even though Jaden Daniels threw five touchdown passes and brought them back,

If Devontae Smith catches that pass right over the middle, the game is over and the Eagles win. So to me, the Eagles have been in position to win both games. They won here. And then even though Washington had 36 points,

Eagles were in position to win that game without Jalen Hurts and without C.J. Gardner-Johnson. So to me, they are the better team. But that is a great point. That's why you want Jalen to be healthy. Or if the knee is bothering him at the beginning of the game, have him run. Yeah. Just to give them that threat and to put that in Washington's mind that they can't zero in on Saquon. They also have to think about Jalen running a little bit. I want to ask about this Lou Vu guy. Lou Vu, Lou Vu. Yeah.

Is he a dirty player or is he just an aggressive player? Because he took Jalen Hurts out of the game with what I thought was a dirty head. He ended up getting fined for it. He had the head against Goff in the game last week that a lot of people think was dirty. Is he just aggressive or is...

It's a great question. I mean, look, I think what happens with defensive guys, because they're really not allowed to touch the quarterback anymore, I think when they see an opportunity there, like here's Jalen, he's going down. I have an opportunity to get a little shot on him.

I think a lot of guys are going to do it. He does it. Now, I think Jared Goff was a defenseless player at that point, and he's the quarterback. But he sees, I can get a shot on the quarterback. So I don't want to call him dirty because I think if he was on the Eagles, we would be like, you know what? He's just living right on that edge and that line. So I think he's taking advantage of the moment. But I do think...

It's not cool. I think amongst players, you're like, hey, you're taking some shots here and you really shouldn't be doing that. But as a defensive player, I mean, they're going to do it. So that's why Jalen has to be sliding like he did this past week. I bet their fans love it. So there are multiple teams in this town.

And the professor mentioned earlier the Sixers. Not performing quite that well. And everyone's running a diagnostic on it. What do you see if you're to take a high altitude view of where the team is and what they need to do right now? What?

What would that be? Can we go off the record? Because, man, it is ugly. And it's such a shame because Joel Embiid, when healthy, is maybe the best player in the NBA or the guy who can't be stopped or you can't defend him. But you have based everything with the Sixers around Joel Embiid.

And that is really tough to build everything around him because, as we have seen, he just can't stay available. Yeah. And especially in the playoffs. And it's sad. But then you bring in Paul George and he's getting a little older. And then some of the other veterans are not working out. And it's a mess. Yeah. It is a mess. And it's surprisingly so. Me as a casual observer, it's like, what?

I know. Yeah. It's sad. And so if Joel is in and out of the lineup and they just gave him a contract extension, the foundation of this is kind of like building a house on sand. You know, it's like it's like.

We can't count on this guy being healthy. And then the other thing is when guys are unhealthy and Joel's not available, then you've got guys coming in and out of the lineup all the time and you've got new players. And so nobody ever builds cohesion. So imagine you guys every single day, you've got somebody else new coming in and you're trying to like build the great chemistry that you guys have built. And it's really hard. So Nick Nurse is like, what do I do here? I'm trying to get these guys to learn how to play together with the new guys.

But our best player isn't available. And it really stinks because Joel, it seems like his body is just breaking down. Every part of it, whether it's the knee, whether it's the feet, the back has been an issue before. All of this, he's breaking down. And it's scary because he has a lot of years to go with that new contract.

Off the record, what do you think about the new arena in South Philadelphia? They spent $250 million renovating the Wells Fargo Center. I guess the Sixers were going to get a new arena no matter what, but to me, it's just a bit of a waste. I'm a little conflicted on it, and quite frankly, I don't think that they should have done it the way that they did, but I don't get a vote. Well, I look at the end result, and yeah, maybe things didn't go the way people wanted them to go, and that's business sometimes, and

And maybe some feelings were hurt, but I love what the mayor said. You gotta suppress your own ego. You have to hide your emotions and you have to go with the best deal for the city. To me, I ask all of you,

I think we have the best complex in South Philadelphia in America, having all the teams right in that area. And they are going to build that area up with more hotels, shops, more entertainment spots. And I think it's great. Is it unique in the country in that it's the only spot where you'll see all the major teams in one area? The only spot where you literally have every single pro team in what, like 300 yards? I do. I do.

I like it. I do like it, honestly. I know some people have some issues. And then initially when the talk of moving the Sixers into the city proper, you came up with like, but they're all right there. And it's so important. Whenever I bring people, family comes into town, I'm showing somebody around, they're like,

Oh, wow, that's cool. They're all there. Yeah. Yeah, and much easier to get to. Yeah, exactly. I mean, I didn't hate it going into the city, and I don't hate it staying there. I think it's all exciting. But do you think their choice to stay has anything to do with Jeffrey Lurie saying that he wants to build a dome stadium?

I think it is the best deal. And all the Sixers wanted was a new arena. And Comcast stepped up in the end, gave them an offer they can't refuse. And I think it's great because that means the Sixers will stay with the Flyers forever.

with Comcast, with a new arena. If you had a new arena in Center City or Camden, because maybe that was still a possibility as well, they're going to have their own arena. They're going to have their own network eventually, probably. And then everything becomes splintered. So I think keeping everybody together in harmony is best for everybody. And best for NBC Sports Philadelphia. And my livelihood.

Speaking of all the teams, Nick brought up this interesting bit of information to me recently, and including the union, all of the major teams in our area.

Do you know who has the most social media followers? Who would you guys guess? Which team has the most social media followers? Since you're asking, I'm going to guess the union. Is it the union? I don't know. What are you guys saying? Well, I know the answer. Yeah, you do. Eagles. Eagles, right, John? 3.9 million followers on Instagram the Eagles have. I mean, I don't think any other team can beat that.

The Sixers do. What? Wow. Yeah. I was surprised too. And we threw the union in there to throw you off a little bit. Wait a second. The Sixers have more social media followers than the Eagles. 4.4 million Instagram followers. Isn't that interesting? I'm stunned. As much as the town is about the Eagles...

And the Sixers have a... We got those international players, maybe. Yeah, maybe that's it. And then below them, us. Well, yeah, we're right in there. I'm going to need to get a couple sources on this. You're exactly right. I'm looking at it right now. 4.4 million followers. Yeah. Look at you breaking sports news. How about that? I deserve the credit on that. Yeah.

That's off the record. Since we mentioned their Instagram account, though, the Eagles posted a video because they've teamed up with a couple of animal shelters and they're covering the cost of adoption fees. The video they put out of the players with the puppies is the best. If you haven't seen it, go look at it. Okay. Before you leave, I want to give some props to the Flyers because they're playing damn well lately.

Points in six straight games. They won again last night in another overtime game. I don't think that the Flyers are going to win the Stanley Cup this year. But I do think that they're probably a playoff team. What's your take on the Flyers? I think they're building it the right way. I love John Tortorella. It's tough love with these younger players. They have really been put in a bind with the goalie situation and Carter Hart's situation. And that's kind of one of the missing ingredients. But I think they are building it the right way. It's going to take a little bit of time. Yeah.

But I always say for these other teams, like the Eagles right now are going on an incredible run, a Super Bowl run. Then we will really start to hone in on the Sixers and the Flyers after this run. So they better get...

their shop in order. Yeah. Cause I'm mainly talking about the Sixers. Yeah. You're saying geometrically the, the scrutiny will skip up. Oh yeah. Cause right now, I mean, it's kind of like, is anybody really paying attention to the Sixers and flyers? John, what's your day looking like on Sunday? Sunday. It's going to be an awesome day. Get down to the link. Uh,

we have a live hit on NBC 10 at 1130. Then we've got pregame shows on NBC sports, Philadelphia, then game time. And then, uh, hopefully celebrating an NFC title win. Uh,

And I tell you, a guy like Zach Vaughn, the linebacker who comes here, he was a special teamer, and now he is an all-pro. He came from New Orleans, was drafted by New Orleans, and he could be going back to New Orleans to play in the Super Bowl. One of the greatest free agent bargains in history. You talk about Saquon, but Zach Vaughn is making a couple million dollars a year and is arguably the best player.

one or two linebackers in the NFL. So a lot of great stories, a great job of constructing this roster by Howie Roseman. Incredible job with all the young players that came in and having those draft picks that turn into great players. He's hitting on all of them right now. So this is a special team. All right. Awesome. We're looking forward to it. Feeling good.

Needless to say. We will give away tickets, by the way, for the game. We'll get some details for you in a little bit. All right, John, thank you so much for taking the time to come by here today. Thanks for having me. See you in December. Yes, for the three-peat. The champ. The champ. John Clark from NBC Sports Philadelphia. Thanks, man. We appreciate it. Thank you. All right, we're going to take a quick break. We'll come back in a second. We've got some B-File stories. They're on the way. Stay with us.

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To get started. All right, so this is messed up. An Australian influencer has been charged with poisoning her baby girl to elicit donations and boost online followers. We've heard this story before many times. The woman claims she was chronicling her child's battle with terminal illness on social media, but detectives allege she was drugging online.

the one-year-old and then filming her in immense distress and pain. It was like the sixth sense. Doctors had raised the alarm in October when the baby was admitted to hospital suffering a serious mental episode after months of investigation.

A 34-year-old woman was charged with torture, administering poison, making child exploitation material, and fraud. Between August and October, detectives say the woman gave the child several prescription and pharmacy medicines without approval. She went to great lengths to obtain the unauthorized medications and cover up her behavior, they allege, including using leftover medicine from a different person in their house. Man. Tests for unauthorized medicines returned a positive result. The child was now safe and doing well, by the way.

The woman had raised about $60,000 through GoFundMe donations, which the site is attempting to repay now. Right. You know what this makes me think of that video? Remember the video of the mother who was coercing her kid on her lap in the front seat of the car to cry? Yeah. That's really telling about people that live in this realm. Police had investigated other people over the alleged abuse, but there was no evidence to charge anyone else.

So a man was charged in a road rage shooting earlier this week, and he is also accused of trying to purchase a nine-month-old baby and harvest their organs, according to San Antonio police. But you know, you catch her on the right day, he's a pretty good guy. Jose Israel Teran, who is 21, is charged with prohibition of purchase and sale of human organs in addition to one kind of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. So police said that Teran was...

...mistakenly added to a group text message of family members discussing the details of a nine-month-old's baptism. Duran, who was not part of the family, responded, "...that's a nice Caucasian baby. How much you want?"

The creator of the group thread discovered that her uncle had changed his cell phone number, which was now being used by Turan. She told Turan wrong number and proceeded to block him. Turan continued to text in the group thread asking, are you not interested in selling? I'm willing to start the bid at 500,000. The nine month old's father called Turan who said he purchased babies for their organs.

and was willing to pay for the baby in cash or Bitcoin. Terran said that he was willing to meet the same night for the purchase and confirmed he knew the address of the church where the baptism was scheduled and their home address, which was sent earlier in the group thread. When questioned about the messages, Terran told police that he thought the group thread was spam.

Yeah, right. Tram was charged earlier this week in a road rage shooting, too. All right. He was driving Monday afternoon when he pulled out a gun and shot a man inside a semi truck in the leg. The two vehicles eventually crashed on the road. The driver of the truck was taken to a hospital for treatment. Tram was arrested in the road rage shooting and charged with aggravated assault and a deadly weapon. Just a lovely guy. I have a feeling this is just the tip of the iceberg with this guy. Yep.

All right, a Massachusetts hockey mom has been slapped with multiple criminal charges after allegedly assaulting two hockey reps. It all went down at the Foxboro Sports Center earlier this month. A woman who has been identified only as a player's mother reportedly assaulted the official on the ice, and another man was tossed from the game for verbal abuse. Was there any word on whether or not this mother indulged in activities periodically?

And now lawmakers in Massachusetts have introduced four different bills in an attempt to address problems with assaults on sports officials. So as a mom, we've got a little bit out of hand. In the UK, residents of Telford Shropshire are livid over a proposed home community.

overhead mock-ups of the 250 home development show the outline of the community that the developers want to erect, bearing a striking resemblance to a penis. It's always a penis. Town councillors, none of whom are named Johnson, are currently debating whether or not to approve the plan, but responses from those who live in the area have made their voices heard with 85% wanting to give the plan away.

The Shack. Hey! Here I am! The park will be right here where the testicles are.

So, a man was arrested in Memphis over the weekend after he broke into his mother's home and poured a relative's cremated ashes into her toilet. The mom said that her son... Don't you flush that! Adele Totten had broken a window and entered the home. She claimed that her son then took down the indoor security cameras before putting the deceased relative in the toilet. Could that be considered a burial, let's see? Maybe, but...

He has been charged with aggravated burglary and abuse of a corpse, though. Okay. I wonder what the motivation was behind that. I mean, the person's dead. They might have intentionally done that. They might not have liked the person. Well, that's what I mean. But why? What's the point? They're dead. That's two days in a row with the ash stories, right? Kids yesterday. They were eating them and everything. He's being flushed. It was gnarly. Or did they believe that if you add water, the person will come back?

I didn't consider that. Instant person. And that is what I have and we'll wrap up in the bizarre file with. All right. So we've been having you all morning long. Text the word secret to 39333. It is time now to get a winner. Kathy, can you give us a number caller, please?

Caller number 13. Yes, I like it. Caller number 13, 215-263-WMMR. If you know the answer, then you've got to call us. What is the secret text word? We'll grab a random texter as well, so we'll break and come back with that. Stay with us. It's a scientific fact.

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It is 12 minutes after 10 o'clock. The Preston and Steve show on a Wednesday morning. We called out, or more specifically, Kathy called out for a number caller for our secret text word. And it was number 13, so we have that caller on the line. Love to give something away, so let's get over there now and talk to Eileen. Good morning, Eileen. Hey, guys. Hi, Eileen. We're looking for the secret text word. Do you know what it is?

I sure do. It would be snarl. Snarl. Snarl. Like Billy Idol's lip. That's right. That's awesome. Excellent. Eileen, you're going to go see Billy and Joan Jett and the Blackheart Saturday, August 16th at the Mann Center. Congratulations. Thank you. Super excited. Thank you. Enjoy. You'll have a great time. Promise you that. Tickets go on sale, by the way, Friday at 9 a.m.

through Ticketmaster. And we have another winner, a random texter, and that is Bernadette Frith. Oh, Frith. From Newtownville, New Jersey. Frith. Frith. That's fun to say. It's very fun. Bernadette Frith from Newtownville, Newtonville. Is it Newtonville? It's Newtonville.

Don't give me the wrong name, I'll drive to the wrong town again. Congratulations to you. You get the tickets to see Billy Idol, Joan Jett, and the Blackhearts. The Man, August 16th. Tickets go on sale this Friday at 9 a.m. And we're not the only ones who have tickets. Pierre Robert will have a pair of tickets to give away today. You can go to WMMR.com. There's a pre-sale password there. And another chance to win tickets.

as well. That'll be one hell of a fun show, by the way. All right, time for today's lesson question, and I hope I didn't, where did I put that? Man, hang on, did I throw it away, Case? Maybe, I don't know.

I got him. All right, Nick, why don't you ask that first one, by the way? That's the one I think. Okay, what are we hoping might be the name for the new arena in South Philadelphia? There are a few options, but the one that Steve said, what are we hoping might be the name for the new arena in South Philadelphia? All right, and that was uttered early this morning, right? Yeah, 6.56. Okay, if you heard that and you know the answer, 215-263-7000.

WMMR. Let's see if you know. And we'll do the trash while you call in for that. The trash business is a goldmine. 93.3 WMMR.

With Preston and Steve's Hollywood Trash. All right, we'll get some stories and we'll see if we can get a winner. Steve, what's up this morning? Well, a collector's auction house is selling an early version of Bob Dylan's Will from 1975. Dylan says he fondly remembers tearing up hearing that Will read after he died. Hey! A full-blown melee. Breaking out at a Los Angeles Costco as adults fought over limited edition sets.

of Pokemon trading cards. Many onlookers said the display made them consider cheering for the wildfire. Oh my God. And finally, Ben Affleck seen walking a new guard, a guard dog that is, with trainers from Protection Dogs of America. Affleck says the dog's main purpose is to stop him from marrying Jennifer Lopez. Oh, good.

All righty, let's see. If you do know, what are we hoping will be the sponsor of the new sports complex? New Arena. New Arena, thank you. 215-263-WMMR. We'll go to Mark. Hey, Mark, how you doing, man? Good, how are you? Gadzooks. Gadzooks to you, bud. All right, who are we hoping is going to have the naming rights for the new arena? It will be the Things Remembered Arena. That is correct, yes.

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To get started, we will have a concert announcement. Actually, I have two concert infos. One is a full announcement. One is just a reiterating of information. So anyhow, but I'm going to start with this. This is sad news. Garth Hudson, the last surviving member of the band who toured with Bob Dylan, has died. He was 87 years old.

Hudson's death was confirmed in a statement shared to the band's official Instagram page yesterday. They wrote,

and helping people get to the bottom of their feelings. I love that quote. What a great quote. Oh, it's wonderful. And in The Last Waltz, they talk about Rick Danko and Robbie Robertson talk about how he, Garth, was very musically focused and very strict and sort of held them...

to task and made sure that they were true to their instruments and almost gave them a zen approach to music that they credited him for all the years of the band. Yeah, I'll explain something that's mentioned in the story about that very thing, but he was the keyboard player of the band. The statement said through his music, he did just that, helping us all feel more deeply and connected to something greater. Rest easy, Garth.

The multi-instrumentalist died early Tuesday morning at the 10 Brock Center for Rehabilitation Nursing in upstate New York. No cause of death was revealed, but Hudson's longtime friend, Jen House, said that he died peacefully and yesterday was a day of music and hand-holding.

He was born in 1937. The classically trained performer grew up in Windsor, Canada, and a family of musicians. During his childhood, he played the church organ, piano, and accordion. And by 11 years old, he wrote his first song. In his teenage years, he relocated with his family to London, Ontario, where he joined a band. And after seeing Hudson perform, Ronnie Hawkins and Levon Helm tried to recruit the musician to join their band, the Hawks. However, Hudson refused.

had aspired to be a music teacher. So he joined the group once they agreed to his terms to let him teach them music theory. So he said, I'm not going to join unless you let me show you guys the deeper recesses of music and how it's created and what it means.

And they sort of chuckled when he first said it. And then they said... And that really helped them achieve another level. By the way, hearing this in the background, I get chills. I do too. I love this song so much. I love the band so much. One of my favorite memories of this song is I was at a Steely Dan concert. We were tailgating outside the pavilion over in Camden. And...

I was playing this on my car stereo. And it was just like three or four of us. Next thing I know, there's like 12 people standing around my car singing this song. People I didn't even know. It just stops people in their tracks. Timeless, exactly. I love the fact that they were motivated to write it about Nazareth, Pennsylvania. Because of the Martin Guitar Factory. And it's not really about the town. It's just that was the setting. These strange cast of characters that are in it. It's a brilliant song.

The lineup also included Robbie Robertson, Rick Danko, and Richard Emanuel. Hawkins had split from the group in 1963, and eventually they became the band. But during their time as the Hawks, Dylan had hired them to be his backing band. Their relationship with Bob Dylan continued. They moved into a big pink house in Saugerties, New York in 1967.

where they penned the band's debut album, Music from Big Pink. Yeah. They also recorded songs with Dylan that were eventually featured on 1975's Basement Tapes, including Dylan's classic, I Shall Be Released, in addition to tracks from Dylan for the band, Like Tears of Rage and This Wheel's on Fire. Between 68 and 77, the band recorded seven studio albums with their self-titled 1969 LP and 1970's Stage Fright, both landing in the top ten in the U.S.,

Once the band reunited in 1983, Hudson joined them and eventually released three more albums with them during the 1990s. And throughout his career, he did session work with artists like Emmylou Harris, Van Morrison, and Leonard Cohen. Hudson also released a solo album in 2001 with The Sea to the North.

With the band, Hudson was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994. In 2008, he earned a Lifetime Achievement Grammy Award as well. They're all gone. Levon Helm was the first to pass of the group, I think. Was he? No, I think it was Danko. Danko was? Yeah, he died of an overdose. Oh, that's right. And...

And Levon Helm had a heroin problem and ended up taking him as well, if I recall correctly. Turned out to be a great actor. Yeah, so, yeah, sad news. Garth Hudson, who was the last of the band surviving members. Couple of other things, and we got to hear that whole song, didn't we?

It was just a few months ago that Joe Satriani and Steve Vai announced that they were joining up to create the Satch Vai Band. This cat really knows how to play guitar. And now...

They've announced the full lineup. Drummer Kenny Aronoff, bassist Marco Mendoza, and guitarist Pete Thorne are filling out the roster of the band. At least one member of the band is familiar with half of the superstar duo heading it up. Aronoff had toured with Satriani as part of the Chickenfoot Band and even filled in for Jason Bonham on the Best of All Worlds Tour. Never mind, I was singing to Pete Yorn. Never mind.

You said Pete Thorne, and I went Pete. Well, I think it sounds very similar. I'm going to give you this one. So Shinedown is headed back out on the road. The Dance Kid Dance Tour is set to kick off on April 25th in Des Moines, Iowa. They'll be hitting 30 cities, and Beartooth and Bush will be filling in for...

The role of featured... Oh, Beartooth in a bush! Special guest of Beartooth and the spring dates and Bush on the summer shows. I know Beartooth. There's a song on my iTunes that I have from Beartooth. It's been a hard day's Beartooth? No, no, no. I think it's Love Me Beartooth a few times. No, I don't know. L.A. Beartooth? No, but I also am having a hard time spelling Beartooth.

B-E-A-R. Yeah. Tooth. Maybe I was wrong. Okay. Back to you, Preston. More on Beartooth as it develops. We go down to the studios of WMMR in Mellikinwood where a Beartooth kerfuffle has erupted.

Pre-sales started yesterday and full-on sales start at 10 a.m. local time. The closest that Shinedown is coming to our area for this particular tour or leg of this tour will be in New York on July 20th and then in Pittsburgh July 22nd. But they love Philadelphia. They're going to have to slide in a date here and there. Are we correct in assuming that Bear Truth has a similar vibe to them? Or are they... Casey, you're familiar with... What is the music? You know, so it...

in Apple Music, they call it metal. So I says... So I says to them, I says, hardcore punk band, Beartooth, which in my mind, just reading that, I'm like, yeah, that's not in my wheelhouse. Okay. Yeah. Okay. Sorry about that. Anything else not on your list? I wish I didn't talk, guys. I like you. I like you to talk. I says to him, I says, I like when you talk.

I mean, you're batting 1,000. Pete Yorn and Pete Thorne and Beartooth. I've seen it. Negative 1,000. Negative 1,000. All right. Here's a little controversy. Marilyn Manson has announced a North American tour in May to support his new album, One Assassination Under God, Chapter One.

following a sold-out tour in Europe next month. So his North American tour kicks off May 2nd, and he will be in Philly May 9th at the Met. Tickets go on sale Friday at 10 a.m. local time on his official website, where you can also see the full list of tour dates there, too. Are there still any court things pending with him? I don't know about court. Are they all gone? Maybe civil stuff, Steve, but I'm not 100% sure. All right, we have an announcement. Hey!

This is a concert that is coming to the Wells Fargo Center. August 27th, it's a Wednesday night, and tickets will go on sale on a Wednesday. Next Wednesday at noon via Ticketmaster, and MMR is happy to announce that 9-inch nails. Coming to town. So again, a

A Wednesday show, August 27th at the Wells Fargo Center. And tickets will go on sale next Wednesday noon via Ticketmaster. It's kind of an odd date and time for those tickets to be available to the public, but that's when it's happening. And we have a chance for you to win tickets with Brent Porsche.

All week long. So make sure you listen up. I assume today he will start giving those away. And if you'd like another chance to win tickets or concert information, you can go to WMMR.com and get it all right there. So Nine Inch Nails. I hear that's a hell of a show to see. I would imagine. Yeah, yeah. Gotta have a big visual component to it.

And then I'm going to mention this. Marissa got all in a tizzy yesterday because Jet is coming to town. Yes. I'm so excited. With Band of Skulls. They have a North American tour. And they will be at the Fillmore, which is also going to be a Wednesday show. Wednesday, June 4th. Tickets will go on sale. What song is this? Oh, is this Are You Going to Be My Girl? Yeah. It sounds a little different. Oh, it's live. Okay. That's live. Woo! Woo!

Is that in here? I don't think so. Oh, okay. Because we weren't going, woo, when they started playing. That's a better one. There you go. I was about to say the tambourine's way off tempo. But this is it. Tickets go on sale Friday the 24th. So that's this Friday at 10 a.m.

And we, the President and Steve Show, are going to have your chance to win some tickets, it says. So listen up for your opportunity to win those. Did you hear Eric Simon's promotional idea? Because Joan Jett is also going on sale, so it should be a Jett weekend here on WMMR. We could do a big old Jett Arilano. We could do Jett. We could do Joan Jett. And songs that have to do with Jett. Benny and the Jetts. Very good. I'm trying to think of other... Jett City Woman. Jett Black Stare. You could do that.

L.A. Jet. Jet Black Stare. Oh, that's a band. That's a band. Riding on the jet. Jetro Tall. Jetro Tall. Absolutely. Come on. Yeah. It starts with jet. If you take the H out of there, you got Jetro Tall. Yeah. Yeah. We do the theme for the jet. There's a lot. All right. Look for a jet weekend coming soon here on WMMR.

All right, we're going to take a quick break. We'll come back in a moment and we will wrap up the program. We will also tell you how you could get birds tickets for the game on Sunday. You're going to need that information when we get back. Stay with us.

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Playing the MMRBQ this year. Really excited to see how Wolfgang is evolved musicianship-wise live. Because I've seen video of him doing all kinds of great stuff and we're going to catch him live on stage at the MMRBQ. That show is going to be here before you know it. I know it's cold, it's ridiculous, but May 10th we'll be here before you know it.

And we'll be there enjoying Mammoth and Alice in Chains, Dorothy and Three Days Grace and all the other bands that are on stage. And doing our side stage event as well. There's a lot going on. WMMR.com. Don't be left out. Get those tickets.

And join us for the event. It is 108 days away. I just looked it up. Okay. So, yeah, man, it's going to fly by. Well, the fact that we had last time around was September. Yeah. And now this is May. And it does seem like it's screaming up on us. Yeah. It's nice to have stuff like that to look forward to. Yes. Especially when it's seven degrees outside. Yes. You know what I'll do? I'll leave the cardboard glass. You can just drive over to the... All right. Just get ready for it. Get there early. Get there early. All right. I would like to thank Mr.

Mr. John Clark from NBC Sports for stopping by this morning. Our Mini Hoops Madness two-time champion. Back-to-back wins. We talked Eagles.

This weekend, all that, John feels confident. He does. It's like on paper, the way things look, yes, Eagles are the better team and should win because of, and he gave us the examples of our running game, their lack of ability to tamp down on the running game and a few other things as well. So it was cool to have him in here to kind of give us his knowledge, which is extensive.

And mentioning the birds, by the way, tomorrow we're going to have your opportunity to enter to win a pair of tickets that we have to give away. It's the Preston and Steve Ticket Blitz.

All morning tomorrow, each hour, starting at a quarter after each hour. It's close to it. You know how we are with times. As close to it as we can get it. We're going to give you a code word to enter at PrestonAndSteve.com. And every time you enter is a chance. It's an entry. It's like throwing a raffle ticket into a basket. Each one of those is going to be your opportunity to win a pair of tickets that we have a giveaway. And we're going to give that away on Friday. So we're going to do that both days starting at 615-

Tomorrow morning. And not only that, you also get a couple of tickets to go to a pregame tailgate for Philly sports trips. And that'll have appearances by former players. Snack time is going to play. Food, drink, heated tent. The whole deal. We've witnessed how they roll and they really deliver for the people who are, you know, are using them to whether it be tailgate or travel to spring training or whatever. They're amazing. Yep.

So make sure that you're with us as we will reveal those keywords. Hi, Pierre Robert. Why, good day then. Nice to see you. Why do you have the Eagles tickets? Yeah. I should have them.

I should have those tickets to ice those bastards. To ice those bastards? Opposing team people coming in. Yeah. Yeah. Take that. How do you know all the sports jargon so well? I don't know. It's a lifetime. I spit it out. It's a lifetime of caring. I grew up on it. I chew it and digest it and burp it back up again. That's how come I'm sports guy.

The what guy? The supports guy. He even knows the right way to say supports. You actually pronounce it supports. Don't mess with the Duke. Don't mess with him. I'm telling you, I got the ice and I've got the pick. All right. All right. And you will return to your original self in three, two, one.

Oh, hi. Thank you. I finally figured it out. How have you been? It's great. You probably don't recall the last 10 minutes. I don't know where I went. How did I get dressed? I don't know. Where did this coffee come from? I was with the fairies. The football fairies. All right. What section are they? I'm killing myself. Oh, my God. All right.

Kaboomza! Yeah, here we go. Kaboomza! Preston and Steve on 93.3 WMMR. Now, the Daily Letter. All right, the Preston and Steve show is brought to you today by the letter. Tea isn't terrible. All right, and we're going to give away a pair of floor tickets to the world's most exciting combat sport. This is where he's going to be this weekend. Yes! The Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship. Yes!

On Saturday at the Wells Fargo Center. Yes. Watch Philly's own Eddie Underground King Alvarez fight Jeremy Stevens with no gloves Stevens. Pierre's a cut man. Limited tickets remain and you can get yours at bkfc.com. By the way, Nick found this product.

Pierre, which is great. It's got to be at Ikea, right? It is indeed, yeah. A listener named Jen sent it to me and it's hilarious, Pierre. It's called the Kaboomba. Kaboomba. And it's a ceiling. Pow, pow, pow, pow, pow, pow! Kaboomba!

It's a ceiling lamp available at Ikea. And so I posted it on Instagram a little bit ago and I tagged you. I just said the fact that it exists at all is fantastic. We got to get you one. Well, I had to get a cut on that. I created it. Uh-huh. Kaboomba. Kaboomba. What is it? It's a ceiling lamp. Ah. Now they need to come up with a pow, pow, ka-pow, pow, cow, pow. Exactly. And then you'll have the set. Yeah, that goes with it. Ka-pow, ka-pow, ka-pow, pow, pow, pow. Kaboomba. Kaboomba.

Boom, boom, a-ga-chaka. Where did these things come from? Yeah, right?

I said Jen, I meant Lindsay. Sorry about that, Lindsay. Listen to him. Lindsay Johnson sent it to me, so thank you. Thank you, Lindsay. She spotted it in Ikea, and it's Pierre-inspired. I appreciate that. I'm going to get several of them and give them away. Yes. Do you have anything to give away today when you mentioned that about the Eagles tickets? I'm like, I know you have something to give away. I got Billy Idol and Joan Jett. Okay. We did a nice double of Jett yesterday, by the way, and announced the Jett show yesterday, which came along after you guys left.

And I love Eric Simon's idea for a jet weekend. Isn't that great? It'd be fun. We have on the program, Billy Idol, Joan Jet Tickets. We've got a workforce box of In Excess and Journey for Steve Perry's birthday and Green Day.

All right. Excellent. Thank you, Pierre. And I want to thank our sponsors. The President and Steve Show brought to you today by Dunkin'. And the President and Steve Show runs on Dunkin'. Also brought to you by Acme Markets. Fresh foods, local flavors. Tomorrow, man, we've got a full boat. We are going to have the happy Austrian on our program. Yes. Yeah. Where is his audio? Hi, everyone.

Hang on a second. Or you do it then. He like the German singer on Friday? No, that's a Russian singer. Russian, by the way. But this guy is...

He is an Instagram guy. He goes and shows beautiful scenery in Austria. And he narrates it with, and this is actually how he talks. Eyes. Look, I want to show you something. Because sometimes people are telling me I'm not wearing the right gear to go on the mountain. And he's known as the happiest man on the internet. He's in flames. Yeah.

But I can't wait to hear him. Yep. And let's see. We will also have Ari Shaffir joining us tomorrow. And Michael Imperioli and Steve Schrippa from the Sopranos. We're stacked. Will be joining us. So it's going to be a busy day. That's it. We're done. Rage on. Have yourself a great day. And we'll see you tomorrow, friend. Bye-bye. Yes! Yes!

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