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I'll skip it. You want towel? More towels. Need sleepy. You want me to put pillow? Please go away. Let me sleep for the love of... You're listening to Preston and Steve on 93.3 WMMO 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 are dead starving. Kathy Romano. I'm going to...

I'm just not the hero type. Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain. And now, Preston and Steve on 93.3 WMMR. Morning. Time to get started. Preston Steve radio program on a Thursday. And the weather is getting ever so slightly better today. We're going to warm up to a balmy 29 degrees. Yeah.

And it keeps heading in that direction through the week. We're going to see plenty of sunshine today. Tomorrow, sunny, high 34. Pretty much the same thing on Saturday. Clouds return on Sunday, but warmer temperatures as well. And at the link, going to be topping out about 44 degrees into Monday as well. So not too bad. And now, Preston and Steve's News Update. News.

with Kathy Romano. All right, today is January 23rd, a Thursday. Good morning, Kathy. Good morning. In the news this morning, the Montgomery County District Attorney's Office announced charges against three people who allegedly sold fake Jason Kelsey signed memorabilia valued at approximately $200,000. 51-year-old Robert

Capone of Philadelphia, 43-year-old Leanne Bronco of Bristol, Rhode Island, and 39-year-old Joseph Parenti of Cranston, Rhode Island, are all charged with 60 felony counts, including forgery, theft, deceptive business practices, and other related charges. The investigation began in June of 2024 when officers were alerted to more than 1,100 fake memorabilia purportedly signed by Kelsey, according to the DA's office. The merch was supposed to be signed by the Eagles legend at a real event on June 11th and 12th at

at the Valley Forge Casino Hotel. Authorities allege the items were up for sale by Overtime Promotions, which is owned by Capone and Diamonds Legend, owned by Parenti. We've talked about fraud in this industry, where you go to collector shows or, you know, trading cards or whatever. Yeah. And fake signatures. And, you know, I don't know where you go to validate. Well, they had it validated. Like, you know, I mean, all these people were in on it, Steve. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

So the ones who are appearing to validate it were in on it as well. Right, exactly. The items were verified by Bronco, an employee at Beckett Authentication Services. There you go, Steve. Yeah, there we go. The value of these 1,138 memorabilia items included signed jerseys, helmets, mini helmets, hats, photos, footballs, and other items was approximately $200,000, the district attorney's office said. Also, a signed short-term rotisserie grill, which didn't make any sense at all. Yeah, yeah.

And a samurai sword, of course. So Kelsey had a private signing event at Valley Forge Casino. Authorities say Bronco, who allegedly attended the event with Parenti, is accused of taking a photo with Kelsey in order to validate her in the presence authentication of the fake memorabilia that was actually never signed at the event.

One of the victims, Joseph Bartolo, who runs a nonprofit group that conducts silent auctions, says he paid Capone $4,700 for 40 autographs. Beckett Authentication Services apologized to those impacted and has filed a lawsuit against Parenti and Bronco. I'd like to apologize.

I told you guys I went when I was a kid for a friend of my dad's. There was a convention that was in town and I was probably like 22 years old or something like that. Or maybe I was like 20 years old. Anyhow, early on a Sunday morning, he had me get up and go

to get Willie Mays' autograph. I remember this story. And so I went and I stood in line and I was not aware of this culture of going to these events and paying and standing in line and getting an autograph. And I'm like, this is really weird. I just thought you got people's autographs. You know, you're paid for people's autographs. But it actually makes total sense.

Because if they're going to sign something and someone is going to take it and sell it, they may as well get some money out of it while they're... You know what I mean? And to be honest, that's how you get the names to come to these things. Because it's... That's why...

The latest trend has been in these sort of pop culture signing shows where people from movies and TV and sports all gather. It's like you're one stop shopping for all that. But the unfortunate thing about that is for the people who are paying for these, the more you do that, the less your signature is worth. We really screwed ourselves with those calendars we signed. Yep.

Beckett Authentication Services says those impacted will be fully refunded for the items and shipping costs once they file a claim. Capone was arraigned Wednesday and was released on bail. Bronco and Parenti are expected to turn themselves into Montgomery County detectives. Sorry to jump in again, but we got those Campbell's soup cans sent to us. Yeah. Were they? Yeah, they weren't signed, I don't think. It was his signature reprinted, right? I believe so. So they were the Campbell's Chunky Soup, Jason Kelsey's signature edition. Yeah, we have one right here. Right, right.

I mean, yeah. Are they hand-signed or printed? No, this looks like it's printed. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Let's try to sell it and see what happens. Yeah, right? Yeah.

These are limited edition. They are. It says on the box right there. We need a little extra cash over here. Yeah, we do. A New York esthetician was arrested on Wednesday for allegedly buying counterfeit Botox from China and injecting it into patients without the required license, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office in the Southern District of New York. And oddly enough, Kathy, it was Jason Kelsey brand Botox.

54-year-old Joey Grant Luther was charged with wire fraud, smuggling, and other crimes related to the purchase and import of misbranded and counterfeit drugs at his medical spa, JGL Aesthetics, located in New York City's Hell's Kitchen. None of the Botox was approved by the Food and Drug Administration, prosecutors said. The U.S. attorney said in a statement, as alleged, Joey Grant Luther...

who does not possess the license required by New York State to perform injections of Botox, knowingly purchased counterfeit Botox from China, injected it into his clients, and represented that the counterfeit Botox that he was peddling was genuine. Luther allegedly continued to purchase and inject the counterfeit Botox despite knowing its clients had fallen ill and experienced strange symptoms.

He allegedly reassured them that it was a name brand. He reassured the patients that any side effects were temporary. Okay, if you say so. This is awful.

awful though like getting it from china and being like no this is this is legit don't worry i know there are concerns for legitimate botox that it migrates when you use it sometimes and people have had issues imagine this scenario luther's disregard for the health of his clients put all of the victims in harm's way in some cases caused a life-threatening injury as the u.s attorney said according to the criminal complaint an investigation began after one of luther's

Luther's patients said they experienced double vision, heart palpitations, weakness from the waist up, and other problems after receiving the Botox injections from JGL Aesthetics. The victim visited three different hospitals to be treated for symptoms and was diagnosed with botulism toxin in March of 2024. Customs and Border Protection intercepted parcels intended for JGL Aesthetics.

finding one of the container's significant quantities of counterfeit drugs, including counterfeit Botox. Luther was scheduled to be in court Wednesday if convicted. He could face up to 20 years in prison. The case comes after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, alongside the FDA, opened an investigation last year after 19 people across nine states experienced negative side effects after receiving counterfeit Botox injections.

Philadelphia Eagles are selling the snow collected from the end zone at Lincoln Financial Field during the NFC Divisional Round against the Los Angeles Rams. Preston, I figured you probably got right on that. Oh, I jumped all over this. It's $50. Wait, plus shipping. It's $15 for shipping.

I believe overnight, Kathy, it's sold out. Sold out? It is sold out. Okay. Didn't they, the last go around, didn't they sell something that was similar to this? Was it pieces of grass in the field? Yeah, they sold the grass. Yep, Steve. The snow comes packaged in insulated containers with dry ice and detailed care instructions, according to the team's shop website, The Realist.

The snow pints are priced at $50. Within three hours, all the pints were sold out. Yeah, listen, I have no problems with them selling snow. But for $50, you should be ashamed of yourselves, Philadelphia Eagles. You really, as an organization, you should be ashamed of yourselves. I agree. They should include at least a fake Jason Kelsey autograph. Yeah.

The pints were available to be shipped in the United States only, or you could have picked it up at the link. If you're opting to ship, that was $15. You see them scooping it into the cup as they're getting ready to sell it, just laughing their asses off. Oh, my God. And they sold out. They sold out. And of course they did. Oh, my God.

Why didn't we jump on stuff like this? I know. We could have marketed fraudulent Eagle Snow from the playoff. According to the site, the snow is a completely unique way for fans to commemorate this extraordinary moment.

Listen, if they took all the proceeds and donated it to the Eagles Autism Foundation, okay. 50 bucks, great. If this is just straight profit, like, come on. You're ridiculous. And also, let's pump the brakes a little bit. They haven't won the Super Bowl yet. They haven't even gotten to the Super Bowl yet. So maybe that snow? Different story. Now, it's not going to happen because it's indoors, but you know what I mean? Anyway.

Not only can you buy pints. What if they bring snow in, Preston, indoors and then sell it after? Did you guys see it was snowing in New Orleans yesterday? Yes. They had more snow in New Orleans than we had here. They had about eight inches. They had about eight, nine inches. So sell that snow. Yeah. Not only can you buy the pints of snow, but you can also buy grass clippings, Steve, from various games as well. So you can get the clippings. Preston's got his snow coming. In sports this morning. Hooray!

Ballsacks are yummy. Ballsacks are yummy!

What the f*** is that? The Flyers, who have won three games in a row, are 5-0-1 in their last six. They're on Madison Square Garden tonight with a game against the New York Rangers. The puck will drop at 7 o'clock. The Sixers, meanwhile, have lost seven straight games and continue to play without Joel Embiid, who was out because of a swelling in his left knee. The Sixers are back home tomorrow night and will host the best team in the Eastern Conference, the Cleveland Cavaliers. Tip-off is at 7 o'clock.

Billy Wagner, the closer who played two seasons during his 16-year career with the Phillies, was elected into the Baseball Hall of Fame in his 10th and final year on the ballot. He'll be joined in the class of 2025 by all-time hit king Ichiro Suzuki and left-hand pitcher CeCe Sabathia, both first-time candidates. Suzuki, the first player born in Japan to make it to the Hall of Fame, was a landslide choice, appearing on all but three.

one of the 394 ballots cast by members of the Baseball Writers Association of America. Sabathia received 86.8% of the votes, while Wagner came in with 82.5%. And the Eagles continue to prepare for Sunday's NFC Championship game against the Washington Commanders at the link. Quarterback Jalen Hurts, who has an injured knee, and cornerback

Quinion Mitchell, who hurt his shoulder, both participated in yesterday's walkthrough. Hurts and Mitchell both expected to play on Sunday. And Mitchell said there was no limitations on him despite being listed as limited to start the week. Tight end Dallas Goddard, who was nursing an injured ankle, and center Cam Juergens, who hurt his back, did not participate. Kickoff at the Link on Sunday will be at 3 o'clock. And that's what I have for you this morning. Thank you, Kathy. And speaking of kickoff at the Link...

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Listen to our program regularly. We welcome you. We have a lot going on in the program today. We're going to have Michael Imperioli and Steve Sherpa from Sopranos. They are coming to town actually in Wilmington. They're going to be doing Sopranos live tour and it's conversation with that type of thing. It's going to be at the Grand Opera House.

Like I said, February 1st. So we're going to check in with those guys. We're going to have comedian Ari Shaffir on the show, too. America's Sweetheart is streaming on Netflix now. It's his stand-up special. We also have a gentleman by the name of Peter Merofer. And he is the happiest man on the Internet. He is from Austria. And he sounds like this. 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. So look what I have to do today. So that's him. He's happy. He's happy all the time and he's going to check in from Austria this morning via Zoom, which is going to be great. And also, this is really cool. We have stopping by this morning our good buddy Marcus in the Darkest. He and Mark Feynman are coming in and MMR's

You know, the bike-a-thon. He's the chairman of the bike-a-thon team. Marcus and Mark Feynman together, I assume. They're both co-chairs. Yes. But if you think that the Camp Out for Hunger is the one big event that we do charity-wise, my friends, they...

made a donation of $1.7 million. It's amazing. It's incredible. And they work it. We're going to talk to those guys about that a little bit later on this morning, too. So we'll get into it all. We're going to take a quick break. We'll come back in a second. The Stupid Question and Entertainment Report is up next. And, of course, all those chances to win those tickets to the game this weekend. We'll be right back.

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Alright, we are going to give away for the stupid question four pack of tickets they're worth for three days actually at the 27th annual Philadelphia Tattoo and Arts Festival. And the question I will ask you is this, in what organ in the human body will you find the Alveoli 215263 WMMR is our number. In what organ in the human body will you find the Alveoli, A-L-V-E-L-V-E-O-N-G?

It's alveoli. O-L-I. Alveoli. What did I say? Alveoli. Oh, say alveoli. Yeah, that's correct. All right, let's see if we know the answer to that. 215263. WMMR will mention the birthdays while we await your answer today being the 23rd day of January. It's MacGyver's birthday. Oh, wow. Richard Dean Anderson.

75 years old. Is that who Marge's sisters love? Yes. Massively in love with Richard Dean Anderson. I think he did, he appeared on this series at one point, but they were huge MacGyver fans. Yep.

Also, a guy celebrating a birthday today. I'm going off the board. I saw him on IMDb. He's an actor named David Patrick Kelly. He turned 74 today. And you might know him from the movie The Warriors. He is the guy that says, Warriors. Yes. Come out to play. Come out to play.

He's also been in a lot of other great roles. In 48 Hours, he plays Luther. He's the one that gets a car door slammed into him. That must have hurt. And in The Crow, he plays a character called T-Bird. He's always a lunatic. He was in the movie, what's the one with Kevin Spacey where he's from outer space and he's in an asylum? K-Pax. K-Pax, he's in that. And just looking at his credits, he was in a couple of episodes of Succession, and I don't remember that. I'm going to have to go back.

And take a look and see. Because I love that guy. He's just, he's unhinged in his characters. Walter Hill, the director of 48 Hours and The Warriors, uses him, or you had used him a lot. And he was the one who came up with the bottles. Yeah. From The Warriors, yeah. He was the clink, clink, clink, Warriors. So happy 74th to him. We also have Gil Gerard, who played Bodgers in the 25th century.

And he turns 82 years old today. This show was cute. It was pretty crappy. I was revolutionary. I loved it. I loved it as a kid. We had him in studio. I was 61 when it came out. I know, yeah. So when I was a kid and when we had him in studio, it was meeting a childhood hero. I loved Buck Rogers. I loved Aaron Gray. I loved Twiggy. And Val Blank did the voice. For Twiggy, yeah. Yeah.

Happy 82nd birthday to Gil Gerard. Mariska Hargaday has her birthday today. Law and order, SVU. Some TV luminaries today and the daughter of Jane Mansfield. Yep, she is 61. Tiffany Thiessen from Saved by the Bell turns 51 years old today. She was also on Beverly Hills 90210. Yes, she was.

And, yeah, I saw some pictures of her surfacing yesterday, actually. So she's still quite active in the world of action. She's friends with my friend Matt, like this kid that I grew up with. He's a florist out in L.A. I was actually just talking about this the other night. I had dinner with our friend JoJo.

And I'm like, we watched Saved by the Bell. We watched 90210. We were huge, like, geeky fans over this stuff. And now, he's like buddies with her. Yeah, pretty cool. I'm like, that's awesome. All right, so happy birthday to Tiffany Thiessen. I guess no longer Tiffany, Amber Thiessen. I don't think so, Tiffany Thiessen. All right, and then we have a celebration of a birthday today. Lead singer Robin Zander of Cheap Trick turns a year older. I want you to watch.

Me. Live at Budokan. We had a great exchange with him at the MMRBQ. I was backstage just kind of hanging out and I see Robin Zander and

And, oh my God, why am I drawing a blank? Oh, the, yeah. The Greg Nielsen? There we go. Standing there together and I'm like, I'm just going to go over and talk to those guys. And I stood there and I talked to them for like 20, 25 minutes. Yeah. And just shot the crap and had a great time. They were super nice. We talked about the fact that they've been able to slalom in and out of different rock genres. Like in the alternative world, they're beloved in classic rock and active rock.

You got it. So happy 72nd birthday to Robin Zander. Two more birthdays. We have Princess Caroline of Monaco. She is 68 years old today. Happy birthday. She was also known as Caroline, Princess of Hanover as she married Germany's Prince Charles.

Ernst August of Hanover in 1999. Has been come to know now. So happy birthday, Princess Caroline. And then last birthday, Chelsea, Sully Sullenberger. Wow. 74 years old. Just a couple of weeks ago, Sully was on TV because it was the anniversary. Yes, it was. Of the event. He flew a plane into the river again. I watched it again.

and I love that movie. They did it so well. It's really well done. Yeah, so happy birthday to everyone celebrating birthdays today. Let's see if we can get an answer. In what organ in the human body will you find the alveoli? Alveoli. Alveoli. Why can't I say that? Because you want ravioli for dinner. I guess so. Alveoli. So let's go to Mike. Hey, Mike, good morning. Hey, good morning. Good morning to see you, Mike. All right, in what organ in the human body will you find that thing?

Those are the lungs. Yes. There's a little air sac. Mike, hang on. You got yourself a four-pack, three-day tickets for the 27th Annual Philadelphia Tattoo Arts Festival. Get tattooed by 1,500 of the world's best tattoo artists. You can see live human suspension, sideshow acts, a bunch more. It's Friday through Sunday at the Pennsylvania Convention Center, and you can get tickets at Villanarks.com. Stop by Friday and catch Brent Porsche.

We'll be broadcasting live from 3 to 7. All right, we will start with Prince Harry. Won a big victory against British tabloid The Sun's publisher, receiving a full and unequivocal apology from News Group Newspapers, or NGM. We have it. I'd like to apologize. For intruding on his private life. And they admitted to wrongdoing from 1996 to 2011. Yeah. That's a huge chunk of time.

And they reportedly agreed to pay an eight-figure sum for substantial damages covering Harry's damages and legal fees. We're very sorry, and we shan't do it again. NGN also apologized for a similar intrusion into Princess Diana's private life during Harry's younger years, acknowledging the distress caused to the Duke and...

And the damage inflicted on relationships, friendships, and family. The notorious British tabloids for hacking into phones and things of that nature. Stuff like that goes on here as well. But their laws are a little bit more aggressive when it comes to fighting it.

The Duke of Sussex's lawyer, David Sherborne, called it a monumental victory, accusing NGN of obstructing justice. Prince Harry's long-running battle with NGN began in 2020 with accusations that the son unlawfully obtained phone records of Harry's then-girlfriend, Chelsea Davey, in 2005.

While that case did not get Harry anywhere, he was later allowed by the courts to take legal action against NGN owner Rupert Murdoch for turning a blind eye to illegal phone hacking accusations. There you go. And claims private investigators targeted Harry and his family.

That's it. Eight-figure payout. He hired the British Marty Singer. So good for him. Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds have asked a judge to issue a gag order against Justin Baldani's lawyer, Brian Friedman. They accuse him of engaging in a harassing and retaliatory media campaign. The couple claims that Friedman violated court rules by making public statements that could prejudice a jury, including releasing unedited footage from Lively and Baldani's movie, It Ends With Us.

Baldini's team says that it's unbelievable that Lively wants a gag order while allegedly running a takedown campaign against him. Man, this is getting so dirty. Here's the deal. Leading up to a case, this is a case that's being kind of tried and it hasn't even started yet.

How can you gag someone from just speaking their mind? What's the case, by the way? Well, it's not gagging someone from speaking their mind. They're posting that footage, and that's what they want the gag on. But that's still like a First Amendment. You can post footage. It's...

Well, maybe if the footage is legally... Ah, hell, I don't know. Well, I mean, this lawsuit is already happening, right? So, yeah, I would assume that if it falls under that, then they could tell you to... Yeah, maybe. You know, I'm pre-med. In keeping the integrity of the case...

it would be in the best interest of the case to not reveal this stuff because you want a jury to not be, you want to be able to have a jury pool. Absolutely. I would say, though, that in the process of selecting the jury, you would say, would this sway you? They would have the opportunity to see if they had been tainted by,

I like that word. Right. By the evidence. So we'll see. Maybe we should defend them. Lively, meanwhile, also alleges the recently released footage supports her initial complaint of sexual harassment against Bolbani. He denies her allegations and is countersued for $400 million, alleging a defamation of civil extortion.

Living in that world must be a friggin' nightmare. So, connected to that, I have another story here. So, as this drama unfolds, one key player is opting out, at least on social media. Colleen Hoover, the author of the novel that the movie was based on, has apparently deactivated her

Instagram account, excuse me. Hoover has been public with her story and support of Blake Lively, writing via her Instagram story, Blake Lively, you have been nothing but honest, kind, supportive, and patient since the day we met. Thank you for being exactly the human that you are. Never change, never wilt, she said. Hey, girl. Kathy, have you read any of her other...

Did you read this? I did not read this one. I loved the movie, but I did not read the book. But I mean, a lot of my friends, they love her and they love all of her books. You were a big fan of the movie, yes, Preston? I thought it was. So Kathy said it was one of the greatest movies she's ever seen. So I'm like, all right, I'll watch it.

And I watch it. I'm like, okay, this is not the greatest movie I've ever seen. It was really compelling. Okay. Very interesting. It was well done. I liked it. Most definitely. Is it sleeping with the enemy compelling? No, no, no. Not like that at all. It's the way they tell the story and then what you find out at the end.

and you kind of go back and see how the story was told because you see it one way and then you see it a different way. Exactly. Oh, like a Rashomon kind of approach. So the... I don't know what that means. Okay. So the... But the film work in it...

makes you question it as it's going along. Oh, all right. That's interesting. And then you're like, oh, okay. You got to experience it for yourself. So I thought it was interesting in that regard. Noah didn't part the Red Sea. No, he didn't. No, he did not. So let's see what else we have here for you. So I'm not familiar...

with the show Bling Empire New York. But one of the stars, Lynn Ban, died a month after undergoing emergency brain surgery following a ski accident. Oh, man. A post on her Instagram account, her son Sebastian wrote, my mom passed away on Monday.

I know she wanted to share her journey after her accident and brain surgery. So I thought she would appreciate one last post sharing the news to people who support her. She was only 51 years old. That sucks. I think skiing would be much safer if they could get it off the mountains. Maybe. So that's terrible news. Oh, man.

Let's see. What else do I have that's lighter than that? Okay. Lin-Manuel Miranda. Insanely talented. Yeah. You would think he'd have all sorts of ends when it was determined that a Broadway musical would be adapted to a movie. But you'd be wrong about that. And it wasn't for lack of trying. So the Hamilton creator had been tweeting about his desire for a role since 2016 in Wicked. Director John M. Chu said...

in Wicked Digital Edition commentary that Miranda called him many times looking for a part, a very specific part. He wanted to play the Munchkinland citizen who at the beginning of the movie asks Glinda of Elphaba, is it true that you were her friend?

The two had worked together in the Heights, and so you think for sure. But no, Chu said that he thought Miranda in a cameo would be too distracting to the film. He'd probably be right. Which it might be. Yeah. Yeah. Well, listen, this director, he also did Crazy Rich Asians and did this. And he's...

In both movies, he's good with the cameraman, you know, and he's very talented. So I think he's probably right. Go with the instinct. Yeah, probably. Has Lin-Manuel Miranda threatened to kill him? No, not yet. So there's still time for that. So this is interesting. When Harry Met Sally stars Meg Ryan and Billy Crystal shared a mysterious post on Instagram teasing, and I quote, it's finally happening. We're returning. We're reuniting for something iconic. Can't wait to show you all soon.

And while an announcement like that alone is exciting, what's sending rom-com fans wild is a picture of the duo. And it's set with them sitting on a brown couch in front of floral wallpaper that looks remarkably similar to the final scenes in the 1989 film. Now...

Some fans, and this is probably right, are thinking that they are teaming up for an ad of some sort. That's what I'm thinking as well for the Super Bowl. Maybe, yeah. Yeah, because a film, we probably would have heard rumblings about that for a while now. And I don't see her doing that. And I don't see her doing that either, Kath, but it would be pretty awesome. And...

then again, maybe not. I mean, I get excited when I hear about a sequel to something that happened. It was a long time ago. And then you think better of it, yeah. And then it comes out and it's like, no, we probably should have just left it as is. These delightful vignettes in When Harry Met Sally when they were talking to the couples who had been together for a long time. It was just a wonderful way to frame the movie. I've been married 55

years. Yeah. I love all of those little vignettes. He was on Colbert a few weeks ago promoting that TV show that he's on called Before. Yes. And Colbert asked him about when Harry met Sally and Billy Crystal got up and did the speech where he goes to see her on New Year's Eve and I want to spend the rest of my life and he does it right into the camera and

And so I don't think that either one of them wants to shy away from that, you know, and I think that they embrace it. But yeah, I can't see them doing a sequel to that movie, you know? By the way, that show. Before? Yeah, I watched the first episode and it didn't draw me in enough. Have you heard anything about it? I know that it is darker and that it's dramatic. Yeah, very dramatic. And so that it has sort of a, it seems to have some sort of quality.

quasi-paranormal. It's on Apple though, right? I kind of trust that place. You trust them. I'd forgotten that I'd watched that first episode and I need to go back and spend a little bit more time with it. So good you'll forget it. People are hoping that maybe they'll do a movie. It remains to be seen, but I think that the Super Bowl ad thing is probably a better fit for that.

So it's been 10 years since The Accountant captivated audience with its action, compelling premise, and complex characters. And now the highly anticipated sequel, The Accountant 2, is going to have its world premiere. Tell me, who is your accountant? It's going to have a world premiere at the 2025 South by Southwest Film Festival. That's coming up March 8th.

The theatrical release is set for April 25th. That was an out-of-left-field movie that I'm like, this is really good. I like it a lot. I heard nothing about it. Yeah. I've only watched it one time. I need to go back and see it again because I did really enjoy it. Ben Affleck returns as Christian Wolfe, joined by Joe Barenthal. John Barenthal is his brother, Brax. The official synopsis reads...

Christian Wolfe is brought out of hiding after someone close to them is killed by unknown assassins. To solve the murder, Wolfe must recruit the help of his estranged but highly lethal brother, Brax.

The first installment of the action flick followed a Christian Wolfe forensic accountant who works for criminals while using a small town office as his front. His life changes when the Treasury Department goes after him just as he uncovers a massive conspiracy at a robotics company. They're working on a shoot-off or a spin-off series called The Notary Public, which will be very interesting. They kill people with that little seal that they have. You know who killed him? The seal's right on his forehead. Yeah.

We got another one here. They left his mark. Yeah. That's his calling card. The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. How can we not find this guy? It's right there. It's printed right on their forehead. George Lopez is going to do one final stand-up special.

The actor and comedian is bringing his Muy Catolico to Amazon Prime Video. That's Spanish for LVOI. February 18th. And Lopez will touch on getting older, Latino family dynamics, superstitions, and more in the new show. He's been a staple in Hollywood for five decades across TV, movies, and stand-up.

Some of his other stand-up specials include The Wall and It's Not Me, It's You. So this is what he says is going to be his last one. If you see him lately, he looks like a guy who runs a bodega in Tijuana. Oh, yeah? Yeah. There's a picture of him. But he was in the Blue Beetle movie. Did you see that? I did not. It's not very good. Yeah? But he's good. Okay. Yeah. Did we talk about him walking off stage on this show or did I just see that online?

He did a comedy show within the last few months, and I don't remember what the context of me seeing it or us talking about it or not talking about it. Yeah, it was not, Steve, it was not pleasant. He was really mad at the audience. I think he was mad at the booker and, like, not that into the set, not too long into the set. He was like, I'm done. Well, maybe it's time to wrap it up. Vaguely familiar that maybe people were talking or something like that, and he just got out of there. Wow.

This is funny. So I was excited to see this. The highly anticipated third season of Yellow Jackets now has a trailer. For those who need some catching up, Yellow Jackets follows a high school girls soccer team who survived a plane crash deep in the remote northern wilderness.

And the series follows their attempts to survive the plane crash and each other while also tracking the lives 25 years after the accident. There's some good names in it. Melanie Linskey, Christina Ricci, Juliette Lewis, Elijah Wood, Hilary Swank, Joel McHale are all in this. And with a cast of teens that are great too. So this is one that I've gone to and I like it, but when I stray away from it, I don't go back to it. That's me.

have nothing to watch and I'm like oh yeah let me go back to that but you really like it right Preston? I can't wait. I think I need to. It's weird. It's weird and I'm curious as to what is happening so I think I need to get to maybe. We'll break up the wine and watch it together. I mean if you have wine in your house sure. My wife has lots of

And pet cats drink wine. No, no. It's the same thing because Preston and a number of people rave on it. And to me, it's very Lord of the Flies. It's got a darker element to it. It's very cool. But if I go away from it, I don't come back for a while. Season three debuts on Paramount Plus for Showtime with two episodes on February 14th before the season's on-air debut following...

the following Sunday, February 16th. Timothy Chalamet is getting ready to host Saturday Night Live this weekend. He's also going to be this musical guest, and that's a lot of work. And the promo for this week's episode shows that the actor has a plan to not get overwhelmed. And he brought in some of the lookalikes from the contest that they had.

And he has them practicing the monologue, talking to coworkers, doing an appearance on The Tonight Show on Fallon. It's pretty damn funny, actually. It is good. Yeah, one comes out as Willy Wonka. That's well done. I really like him, so I'm looking forward to that. Nick, I got to get out and see it come.

I wanted to do that this week and I didn't have time, but I want to go see that movie before it leaves the theaters. I'm going to keep recommending it to you. Anybody that likes any biopics or... It's funny because we loved Walk the Line, which makes fun of... Walk Hard. Walk Hard, I mean, which makes fun of Walk the Line. And so there are kind of elements of Walk Hard in A Complete Unknown, but it's so well done. It's just a terrific movie and he's incredible in it. All right, two more quick things. I know we're already running late, but...

A movie called Drop, new horror film, is coming out on April 11th. And a trailer's come out for it. And it centers around Megan Fahey, very beautiful actress you know from the second season of White Lotus, as Violet. And she's a widow and a mom who goes out on her first date in years with a guy named Henry. During their date, Violet gets a series of anonymous drops to her phone.

She's instructed to tell no one and follow instructions or the hooded figure she sees on her home security camera will kill her young son and sister. And what is she instructed to do? Kill the date that she's on with. Who is she in White Lotus? She's the hot wife of the guy who we see from behind. I think that's her, right?

Nick is not spelling her name right. It's just M-E-G-H-A-N-N. Scroll down. Scroll down. Hold on. Hold on. Scroll down here. We might see her. Is this the first season or second season? Both. Oh, no. Wait. Maybe that's not the same girl. What? It just looks like her. How do you spell it? M-E-G-H-A-N-N.

Fahey. Fahey. That's White Lotus. Oh, that is her. Oh, yeah. And she was also in The Perfect Couple, Kathy, by the way. Yes, yes. I don't care for the way that she spells Megan. Yeah, come on with that. It's not her fault. I blame her parents. You dizzy bitch. But this looks good, Casey. I thought of you, though. You may not like it because it's a similar type of scenario as Carry On.

Yeah, I mean, listen. I'm not going to go there. Listen, I watched Carry On. I enjoyed the ride, but it was completely ridiculous. You know they're doing a sequel called My Wayward Son? Are they? Oh, no kidding?

One last thing. I thought you were moving on. I am shortly, but one more thing I want to get in because season two of Severance premiered last week and we're already learning some more secrets about Nick. Is it pronounced the Lumen Industries? Yeah, Lumen. The latest Easter egg reveal is that Keanu Reeves

He's the cartoony voice of the Lumen building. Oh, man. Okay. All right. Have you seen any of it yet? I have. That didn't dawn on me until just now, but maybe. Okay. Welcome to the building. Would you like to take the elevator? It's the best way to go upstairs. So Dan Erickson, the creator, confessed other actors were in talks for the role, but he explained that they always wanted it to be somebody that people have certain associations with, but also it had to be a very warm person.

presence. The highly anticipation return of the Apple TV Plus workplace thriller has fans shocked and locked in after season one was very well received throughout award season and given heavy praise by viewers. So the conceit, Nick, and I watched a little bit of it. Are they sticking to the conceit that

They parse their minds and they have a sort of a work brain and a home brain. The way that they create in this world, in this industry, a work-life balance is that you are very separated. You are severed. There's a severance from you going to work. You get in the elevator, you go up from the elevator, and then you forget everything that happened at work. And so you go home and you lead a very different, separate life. And that is supposed to be appealing. However, they don't.

reconcile the two. You don't know what's going on at work. You don't know what's going on in your home life. And there's confusion and fear and murder and the plot twists and... Interesting. All right, we have clips to play. We got to hurry up because we got to break and come back with our keyword for the bird tickets we have to give away. All right, the night agent centers on a White House FBI agent who works on a fast-moving conspiracy that leads...

Back to the Oval Office. This action-filled series called for many stunts. And in this clip, Gabriel Basso explains why those scenes were so exciting. Or is it Gabriel? I'm not sure. Here we go. I think just doing it was really cool because I'd been in movies as a kid and stuff, but I'd never, you know, I had to be a kid. There was no, like, fighting stuff for me to do. So, yeah, I think that was the most exciting prospect was, man, I actually get to do this stuff.

Anyway, the Night Agent season two premieres tonight. That's on Netflix. Here's our next clip.

Going Dutch focuses on an army colonel's trials in restoring order to not only a new military base, but also his estranged daughter. And here, our new best friend, Taylor Mischiak, explains their on-screen contentious relationship. They're both really, really ambitious, really stubborn, really strong-headed people. They just have different approaches. But like what happens to a lot of us when we're around our parents, she really regresses into this like 16-year-old, you're ruining my life! Yay!

New episode of Going Dutch airs tonight on Fox, and she is a lovely woman. We fell in love with her. She's great. All right, we need to break right now because in 10 minutes, we are scheduled to have a keyword for the presidency ticket blitz chance for you to go to the game this weekend. We'll tell you what to do with that word when we return. So stay with us.

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All right. Thank you, Kathy. It's time for the President's Tea. Ticket blitz for this hour. So every hour on our show today and tomorrow at a quarter pass or as close to it as we can get. We're going to reveal a keyword and then you'll enter that keyword at President'sTea.com. Then you'll be in the running for the tickets that we will give away. Oh, and not only that. What? We're also going to give away a pair of Philly Sports Trip tailgate passes.

And there's appearances by former players. There's snack time is going to be playing live music, food, drink, and a heated tent as well. So your word for this hour is SACK. And let me spell that for you. S-A-C-K. Not S-A-C. It's S-A-C-K. And you go to WMMR to go to PrestonAndSteve.com more specifically. And you'll see the link for you to enter the word SACK.

And there you go. We'll see if you end up being a winner. All right. So good luck to you with the presidency. Ticket blitz this morning. Next one, an hour from now. In the meantime, I think it's time to open our minds. My mind is a raging torrent flooded with rivulets of thought cascading into a waterfall of creative alternatives. The stream of consciousness, sir. Yes, sir. Many things.

That runs through my mind and I feel compelled to share them with you. You have to listen. You're in danger of an aneurysm if you don't tap some of this off now and then. Yes, there's a release valve that has to be open from time to time. You'll have a brain bleed. So according to new research, parents really do have a favorite child.

Oh, I know that. A new meta-analysis of 30 previous studies involving close to 20,000 participants suggest that they do have a favorite. So who's your favorite? I knew it. It's Carter. I know it's Carter. And it tends to be a specific type of child. You're asking me specifically? I know. Listen. No, I look at it this way. I think the term favorite child is a little bit off.

Is it more appropriate to say the ones you don't love as much? No, I think it's you connect more with. Because you love them more. No. Oh, I was going to say maybe of the ones you worry more about or the most. I wouldn't. That's a good question. I see that as different. Kathy, who's your favorite child? I know. It's easy for you. It's easy for Nick and I. Yeah, Nick. Who's your favorite kid? Jace. Jace! No, that's not language. No.

No, I mean, look, I have two brothers. Kathy has two brothers. Clearly, Kathy and I were the favorites. No, I wasn't. You weren't? No. But that's the thing. As the other kids, you know who your parents' favorite is. It was Adam. My dad's favorite was my younger brother, Tom. And that's because... Now, that may have shifted now and then, but he was... My dad was...

home more. He was a traveling salesman and out on the road a lot. And he was home more for Tom than he was for my older brother, Gene, and myself. Didn't mean I knew he loved us, but it's okay. You know it. You know, there's, there's an Island's in the, in the Hemingway story, Islands in the stream, there's an older brother and a younger brother. And, and, and the Hemingway character played by George C. Scott, you know, the, the son says, listen, I know you, you loved him.

I know you loved him more. And he says to him, but I loved you the longest. To the oldest son. So, yeah. Tom was the youngest out of all of you? Yes. Tom is my younger brother. Is Adam the youngest out of all of you? Adam's middle. Oh, middle. Okay. Then my theory is out the window because ours is the youngest too. And I just think like they're the baby. Yeah. But it's also different for each parent. But everybody babied them. Like including the other siblings. Yeah.

No, but it's different for each parent because I know for a fact that my dad's favorite was my older brother, Dave. And my mom actually, I think, accidentally revealed to us when we had dinner a couple of weeks ago that I'm her favorite. Oh, really? I didn't know that. And then she went, well, the other siblings don't tell anyone, but you're my favorite. Casey, she won't have anywhere to live if she... Exactly. It's cold out, woman. How do you feel about me? I'm intimate. I'm intimate.

I was the favorite of my parents. My sister's a handful. That's all there is to it. And so, therefore, I end up with that. I think I was the favorite and then I got to college. And my dad and I had a strained relationship for eight or nine years. That's my... He's in college for a decade. But of my kids, I probably connect with my youngest, the most Caleb, former Caroline, now Caleb. She identifies as transgender. And so...

That is the one I connect to, I think, the most. Now, it does not mean that I love them any more than any of my other kids. Right. At all.

in any way, shape, or form. Though you clearly love Carter more. We have a little more in common. Also with Caleb, you've just spent more time as a parent with your youngest. You've changed over time. You've learned, I think, probably, we all try to anyway, how to be a better parent over time. You just were more naive when you had Parker. You didn't know as much. Carter's just behind Parker in age. I think as the boys got older, you probably learned some stuff with Caleb where you're like, yeah,

maybe I could do this a little bit differently or just quite frankly, spend more time with over time. Probably. Yeah, possibly. It's still the case though, like with the three of us, even though, you know, we're all adults, we all have kids. Like you can still see it with my parents. And you know, if anybody ever criticizes anything with Christopher or whatever, she goes,

Well, I just disagree. I don't know what you're talking about. So I'm just like, coffee, and you're like, wow. I think I might have been my mother's favorite. Of course, she died way young, so I let this out. But no, it's interesting. I don't think as a dynamic, maybe it drives some people crazy. It never did for me to know that, you know, you know,

Well, you were the favorite president, so you would know what it was like to not feel the favor. You know what I'm saying? So, to me, it didn't impact me that. Like, I still felt loved. But as you say, you just jive with people in a different way. Steve, Kathy, Nick, myself, we are one of multiple. I'm one of four. You're one of three, one of three, one of three. Press, you're one of two. Marissa is one of two. I'm curious as to who she thinks her parents, who are her parents' favorites. Oh, okay. Hmm.

I think you're your dad's favorite. I don't know about your mom, though. He is way smitten with his daughter. He's told me that before. I think I'm the more fun one. And my brother's the practical one. If they need something fixed, they call him. Okay. If they need a party. If they want to go to the Phillies game, let's call Marissa. Right. I'm really in the mood for a Pringles party. Marissa!

So the new study led by Alex Jensen with Brigham Young University School of Family Life combed through previous research to see how factors like birth order, temperament, personality, and gender influence parents' favoritism. They focused on five ways that favoritism manifests, and here they are. Overall treatment, positive interactions, negative interactions, how much parents spend on a child, and control.

And the research reveals that both moms and dads tend to favor daughters slightly more than sons. But personality matters too as kids who are agreeable and responsible tend to get more favorable treatment.

Younger siblings also tend to get more favorable treatment as well, Kathy, so the younger. But older siblings get their own kind of special treatment in the form of more freedom and anonymity. I'm sorry, autonomy. LVOI. While parents may recognize their bias, the good news here is that kids usually don't.

So a lot of times the kids are oblivious to the fact that they're the favorite or not. That their parents don't really love them. I don't think my younger brother would have known at any point that, you know, that my dad favored him. But again, my dad was around more for him. I made my dad laugh a lot. And that was my thing. Because I think, Preston, also with your different... You have special things with each of them. So, right? There's...

And you go out of your way to... Like, you took Parker on a trip. You took Carter. You took them all on separate trips. And you spend time with them so that they know there's something special. And then it's during those trips you're going to say, you can imagine how much I love your brother. Yeah. More than you. Yeah. Yeah, I think as kids, you don't know. They're just your parents. And they tell you they love everybody the same. They're lying. When mommy lets me out of the basement, I seem to...

Here's an interesting text. It says, I'm the youngest of 11 kids. Oh, my God. And we all universally agree who is my mom's favorite and who is my dad's. And my parents don't deny it either. Yeah.

And she signs it Joelle, or either Joelle is the favorite. I'm not really sure, but that's a lot. When we've said something to my mom, she grins and just, no, I love you all the same. That's a classic parent lie. So Claire is the youngest. My wife is the youngest of nine. And when I went to ask her dad for her hand in marriage,

Both he and my mother-in-law, who both have since passed, indicated how much Claire was a favorite. And it's like, oh, be careful. Don't break this one. This is our favorite. Here's another text that says, father of two boys. I love both equally. But I like one more than the other currently. And then another one says, all my kids suck.

Uh, but then they have moments that make you feel that they are the best. So, you know, it's a little give and take of this whole thing. Uh, Jensen points out that, uh, most parents connect more easily with one child over another. Uh, but that doesn't necessarily mean that they've picked a favorite.

He said sometimes parents get so concerned about treating their kids the same that they may overlook individual needs. We're not suggesting parents feel guilty. Instead, parents can look at this research and use it as encouragement to look at places where they can improve without going too extreme. Or maybe this is a call to action. Pick the child you love the most and start actively favoring them. Yes. Hang on. I'm going to go to Samantha real quick. Hi, Samantha. Good morning. Good morning. Hey, what's up?

Hey, how are you? Good. So I'm one of six. My mom had four girls from herself, and then she had two stepkids.

My sister is her favorite. She tries to deny it, but she does just exactly like Kathy's mom does. When I was born, I was 18, when she was born, I'm sorry. Are you there? Yes. Oh, I'm sorry. It was quiet. When she was born, I was 18 months old. And recently my mom told me that

She was done with you. I got a new one. This one's better. $18.

Here, smell that. It's fresher. Take care of yourself. Oh, that's funny. Wow. All right. I love it. Thanks, Samantha. Appreciate it. All right. So, yeah, it's okay to have one that you lavish attention on. No, that you maybe appreciate or connect with more than the other. Don't feel guilty about it. Coming from the favorite.

It's okay. It's okay, guys. It's quiet. You just go ahead and do it. It's wonderful. It's like the guy who shows up just as they're, you know, the prison's letting him. What's the big deal? So they kept you incarcerated. Meanwhile, Nick and I are in therapy on it. Why?

Why? Oh, you'll be fine. Not everyone can be at Preston. All right, let's go somewhere else. The stream of consciousness, sir. So a plastic surgeon has come up with a list of the 10 most beautiful supermodels in the world. Ah, this is always wonderful. Not just opinion, though. It's a science-backed. Dr. Julian De Silva, a facial cosmetic surgeon, used the Greek golden ratio of beauty to come up with this gorgeous top 10. Now, they did

They've used this before. Yeah. Well, they've listed men recently. This is specifically supermodels, not just actors. Actors that they zeroed in on that particular profession because beauty is what that profession is all about. You know what? I don't think I'm as aware of the current status of supermodels as you used to be. You used to be able to reel off four or five at a clip. You will know almost all of these names. All right. All right.

So the golden ratio, by the way, was applied by Leonardo da Vinci. And he used it to create the perfect human male body in the Vitruvian Man, his famous drawing. But the idea behind the golden ratio is the closer the ratios of a face or body are to the number 1.618, the more attractive they are. It has to do with the distances and sizes of your facial features. It is your nose on the front of your face. So I think the...

A recent one came out and they determined, and Steve, I've forgotten the actor's name. He played Quicksilver. He's going to be the new Bond. He's in Kick-Ass. Yeah, he's going to be playing Kick-Ass. Oh, God damn it. So he is considered...

like almost perfect in the golden ratio. Aaron Taylor Johnson. Aaron Taylor Johnson. So for this study, Da Silva looked at supermodels from the mid-1980s to today. Okay. Assessing them at their peak of fame to make it fair and determine which one is the most beautiful. So when they were at their peak, At their peak. He took photos and measurements and all that and used that ratio. Are we getting more

prettier or are we getting uglier? These are all perfect though, right? That's what they're saying. They all scored close to a perfect 100 because these are supermodels. Let's see who ranks. The most beautiful according to the Golden Ratio is Kate Moss.

With a score of 94.14%, thanks in part to two features, her chin and almost perfectly... I know you're saying no. And almost perfectly shaped jawline, according to De Silva. I thought she has gotten prettier with age. Do you know what, Casey? Yeah. I agree. And she's... She was hair...

Pinnacle of heroin chic. And once she puts some weight on, she looks a lot better. Second is Cindy Crawford, a second with 93.87%. Oh, and she sort of has like that same jawline. Earning the highest score overall in three categories. Her chin, which got 99.6. Her eye position, 99.4. And forehead at 98.6%. What does her forehead look like?

Come on. Let me see this. So, forehead. I've got a five head. It's big. It's big. You need a photo of her in her heyday, in her height. That's incredible. She has a big forehead. You know, early 90s. Yeah, I'd say, yeah. Around the time of the Dennis Leary fascination. 92, something like that. Yeah, she's gorgeous. I mean, she was and she is gorgeous. She would be number one except her lip.

score was 84% and that brought her down one spot. Pathetic. Did they say why, shape or size? They didn't. It just, whatever the measurement is. They're a little, they're thin. Maybe so. So third is Giselle Bunchen. So we do have a more current member on there. Number four is Jordan Dunn. Don't know that person. Winnie Harlow. Not familiar. Winnie Harlow is the one who has a, a, a,

God, I'm forgetting my own disease. I was going to say Viagra. She has Viagra. The woody on her.

Then you have number six is Kendall Jenner. Kendall Jenner. I call no fair. It's all after factory crap. Yeah, like Cindy Crawford was naturally beautiful. I mean, Kylie Jenner's lips, her nose, everything is not hers. Oh, Kendall Jenner. My bad, my bad. I retract my statement. Oh, so you think Kendall's had no work done? Yeah, but Kylie is straight up like...

Just kind of plain looking, but without the plastic. Kylie was put together in a lab. Now, mind you, the lab was a good lab. She looks fantastic. But Kendall, I think, probably has... She's definitely had stuff, but she's had less. Look at her nose. She definitely had her nose done. Oh, yeah. She had a big conker. She looked like Karl Malden in the before picture. Liu Wen is a supermodel's name. I'm not familiar with her, but she's in seventh, followed by Cara Delevingne at eighth.

Emily Ratajkowski is ninth. And rounding out the top ten is Naomi Campbell. Yeah, my number one is not even in the top ten. Who's the number one here? My number one is Christy Brinkley. Christy Brinkley. I loved her so much, man. Yeah. She was way up near the top for me, too. I'm surprised Kathy Ireland is not on the list. Because Kathy Ireland had that.

girl next door thing. But you know, it's funny because how often do you find yourself saying, being attracted, or finding someone attractive who you normally otherwise wouldn't find attractive? Like, you know what I'm saying? Do you think out of the box a lot? Or is it more fickle? I think so. At some point, Emily Ratajkowski is on this list. I don't find her attractive at all. Neither do I. I understand why people do and why she's ranked in there and the symmetry in her face and

her giant knockers and whatever. I get that she's an attractive person. I am not attracted to her. So this is according to the Golden Ratio, but number one they have on this list per the measurements is Kate Moss. That's pretty wild. All right, another story. The stream of consciousness nerds.

All right. Let's go with something a little bit on the local side. And we're all over the place because it is the stream of consciousness, Nora. But Historic Philadelphia Incorporated has...

has opened up auditions for costumed storytellers and interpreters of history to be stationed around Philadelphia's Historic District and at Valley Forge National Historic Park. My cousin needs to do this. He was a longtime lawyer in the city and then...

judge at City Hall. Well-versed in local history. And loved it. And so he would, a lot of times, like, you know, because his office was at City Hall, he would kind of, like, go outside, like, during lunch breaks or whatever, and look for tourists and let them know about things. That's cool. Yeah. Leave us alone. My buddy Will, Will Chapman, should do this. Now, his area of expertise is the Civil War. Okay. But it doesn't matter. Like, he knows history very, very well. He loves to share it. Detailed stories. But he doesn't

but also is a character, too. They're looking for people with personality on top of it. So on its site, Historic Philadelphia Incorporated says that it's looking for people who can interact with visitors, looking to learn more about American history and can be flexible and engaging. I was impressed with the Nate Pagazzi bit about if he were to go back in time with what he knows now, things wouldn't change much because he doesn't know a lot about anything. So this is a social job. One should be able to work well with others and...

Acting experience preferred but not required. No one wants a pissed off Ben Franklin. Know the importance of the guest experience being engaging, flexible, and an overall great communicator. That's what they're looking for according to the posting. The company is looking for people who can act and can make relevant connections for guests.

can be adaptable and have a general knowledge about 18th century Philadelphia and the American Revolution. The posting also notes that they are looking for someone with a willingness to explore and share complex and sensitive aspects of history, too. So you've got to be able to touch on, you know, uncomfortable past in American history. I love slavery.

No, no, no! What a whore master Ben Franklin was. Oh, I was banging him nine deep. You know where they're really good at this? Ren Faire and also Colonial Williamsburg. If you go to either of those places, it's a full-on acting show when you get there. And I could never, ever do it. Those people pull it off really well. I was at Colonial. Listen, and the only thing I didn't really care for is that I actually thought I was going to like Authentic and I didn't realize it was a recreation or whatever. But

I walked up to one of the character actors or whatever because I wanted to smoke a cigarette. And I'm like, you're allowed to smoke around here? He goes, this whole land was created on tobacco. He's like, smoke whatever you want. Smoke them if you got them. He pulls out a lighter for you.

How about a juber? Actually, they can flit and steal. Hold these still. No, don't you do it. Let my slave light your cigarette. Wow. So, by the way, the...

Oh, man, did I throw the story away before? I was telling my dad I had the information on where you sign up. I think this is a good opportunity for someone who's interested in either the acting and or the history. So auditions are held tomorrow and Saturday. So if you want to reach out, do a search on Historic Philadelphia Inc., I-N-C, and you might find yourself a new gig, which would be pretty cool. All right, speaking of jobs...

Another story.

So what career would you love to have if you could do anything? There's a new study that looks into the top dream jobs of people around the world. What they fantasize about having as an occupation. And a lot of folks share the same one around the world, which I found kind of interesting. And gang, I don't think you'll get it. I don't think you'll get it. Can I guess? Yeah, please. Producer for Pierre Robert? No.

Is it actor? It's not actor. I know I always wanted... When I was younger, I always wanted a job where I traveled. Now the thought of having to travel regularly for work, because I know a few people that do, it's a nightmare. Yeah, it's why my friend...

had retired early because his job had wanted him to start towards the end. He only had like a year or two left. And they wanted him to start doing like worldwide travel. And he's like, I'm, no. That's going to wear me the hell out. And he ended up retiring.

Anybody else want to guess as to what might be a common shared fantasy job? Occupation around the world. Because you're going across different cultures, language barriers, hygiene. I'll ask you to think practically. Okay. Cobbler. Casey Shedd actor. And that's not it. Now, I'll just go ahead and reveal it for you. It's a pilot.

Kathy, thinking about and talking about traveling. So they can travel, it's just quickly. I would never trust myself to fly an aircraft. Research for Remitly, I'm not sure what that is, analyzes global Google search trends in 186 countries over the past year to find the roles people are curious about in every corner of the world. The financial services company looked at searches including how to be a dot, dot, dot, to come up with the most popular dream jobs and

Pilot is a winner by a landslide. Around the world. More than 432,000 searches of how to be a pilot in many different languages. The most ironic part of this conversation, Steve, is that you jokingly said producer for Pierre Robert.

Ryan Shuttleworth is a pilot. And he left that industry to work in radio and then ultimately become the producer for the entire career. Thank you. I had a feeling. Not only that, Casey. Pierre's brother was a pilot for his entire career. And he earned...

I've heard, and I don't know if this is still the case or not, but when you start off as a pilot, even for commercial airlines, you do not make any money. You have to work for a long time to earn a salary. By the way, a question, just a technicality here. If you are the producer for Pierre Robert,

Could that also be considered charity work on top of that? It should be. Hazard pay. It's my understanding. It's my understanding. And Nick, you can confirm or deny. You also have to be a travel agent. Yeah. I mean, like you're a producer, but you're really personal assistant. That part comes first and then you produce...

produce a show, but sometimes you produce first. Anyway, it was a great job. I loved every second of it. It's just a lot. It's a lot and it's a lot on the fly as well. So I have a friend who is a pilot and he's a pilot for FedEx. If you were to be a pilot, would you prefer to be a pilot for something like Federal Express or UPS or would you prefer to be commercial airline? I think that having...

the big question mark in whether or not this is going to be a good flight is the passengers and how they are going to act and what kind of drama might unfold back there. I think moving packages would be a way better gig than moving people. The case of pens will never complain about the bumpy ride. So what about, would this be tangential to like a steward or stewardess? Because like Saucy Redhead, you know, Sarah, who

baked a lot of stuff for the show. She's a flight attendant? She is now a flight attendant and appears to love it because of the travel. I actually have thought about that because I honestly, whenever this job goes away for me, I don't have any...

I couldn't do anything else. I think I could be a flight attendant. I think you'd be a good flight attendant. You'd have to deal with all those people. I can deal with people. Casey deals with people well. All those whining people. Yeah, I can deal with people. By the way, the number one job in America, dream job, flight attendant. It's number one? Mm-hmm.

So I guess people don't take the time to go and search for how do you become a famous actor or how do you become a quarterback. They're being more practical. Something more attainable. Because obviously the thing is you can –

You know, get on a flight. Your family travels for either free or discounted. Big time discounts. It's pretty nice. I would be the bitchy flight attendant. Get it yourself. Why are you working this job if you hate it so much? I don't hate the job. I hate you. Why do you keep pushing that button, dickhead? I hate you, man. Diet Sprite. Yeah.

No, we don't have that. No more jerks. Do you guys catch yourself when you're a passenger kind of just staring at the flight attendants and watching them do what they do? So that'd be another thing. What are you looking at? Can I help you with something? This is the Kathy Romano School of Flight Attendants. What are you looking at? I get up and mimic them as they're moving. Yeah.

Welcome to DBA. Dumb bitch airlines. You dumb bitch. In case of a water landing, I get out first. Seriously. I'd have to work for Southwest where it's a little unconventional. Yes. Yeah. All right. So the top digital dream job is a YouTuber. Actor is the most popular arts and culture dream job.

And pharmacist is the number one science dream job. Interesting. I've heard that's a great job because... All the drugs you get. Well, free drugs. You can just steal stuff and nobody even pays attention. But if you want to get into that field as a pharmacist, the hours are kind of set, right? So you're going to work and you... I guess sometimes as a scientist, you're in the lab 24-7 or whatever. If you're a pharmacist, you know what your job is. You get paid relatively well. And then you go home at the end of the day.

I can see that. I don't know. When I go to pick up my scripts and I see the people working back there, I'm like, it looks a little monotonous to me. Oh, yeah. I don't think I could do it. Yeah. But if you're getting in that field. You can certainly make a good living out of it. But if you make a mistake like old man Garrow, it's a wonderful life. All right. So the top 10 dream jobs of people around the world are as follows. Number one is pilot. Number two is attorney. Number three is a lawyer.

Number three is police officer. Number four is pharmacist. Number five is nurse. Six is physical therapist. Number seven is midwife. Then you have at eight, a prosecutor. Number nine, oh yeah, put those bastards in jail. Lawyer, prosecutor. Had I been able to get through the schooling, I could have been a lawyer. I can see that.

I could maybe be an assassin. I think I watch those shows. I'm watching The Day of the Jackal right now. I'm like, yeah, I could totally do that. Just disassociate myself. You'd last a day. You'd get killed so fast. You see Casey meticulously setting up his sniper rifle. And the guy just turns around.

Damn it. You saw me? You saw me? How did you see me? Because you're wearing an orange jumpsuit. Bye. He's in his orange Adidas jumpsuit.

Case is an assassin. Nobody's trying to kill him. He's trying to kill other people. You don't know I'm coming, bro. He's so obvious. Nick, look behind you. Go ahead. You're in front of me the whole time. Maybe you'll be shooting people in the luggage area of the airport. Yeah. Case, do you think your ability to jump out and scare people in the office makes you a trained assassin? Oh, that's it. That's it. Yeah, that's it. The element of surprise. Oh, my God. Number nine is actor.

And number 10 is a judge. Professional gurner? Not on this list? No. There's three law professions there. Lawyer, prosecutor, and judge. Do you know why that is? Because of the preponderance of, I think, lawyer shows and legal shows. Yeah, maybe. And people see that, and they see people who are making a change. I'm surprised...

So medically, correct me if I'm wrong, the only thing that popped up that was close to it was pharmacists. Pharmacists and midwife and physical therapist. Okay. I mean, physical therapist is not- Not surgeon. Not proctologist. There are a lot of-

openings in that. I wonder why physical therapists, because we've had a number of lists and physical therapists always seem to pop up on them as good jobs. I wonder what it is about it. Maybe it seems more attainable than a full-on medical degree. I don't know, but you do have to, like Christine from Trinity, she had full-on medical training. I don't know if she went through full-on med school or not, but there are some aspects of that

world that you have to be a part of. Is she a doctor? I mean, by degree? She's a cobbler. I don't know. I think it's like a doctor of physical therapy. I think she had to go to... She doesn't just have an undergrad. She had to do additional schooling. You have to get a degree.

I would say this, Preston, maybe the fact that you when your your work ends up making people feel better. Yeah. You are you are helping to alleviate them of pain, gain the mobility. You have your efforts receive an immediate response and effect. And that's why my friend Emily, she is right. She's a nurse and gets complete satisfaction. Yes. Taking care of people, making them feel better. It's a.

You know, not just a profession. It's a passion. It's a calling. It's also a 12-hour shift. And I don't think I could do that. Well, at the end of the day, your dogs are barking. Yeah, totally. And then you try to go out and kill someone. And you got to stand around for hours waiting on them. I saw you a mile away. You're wearing an orange jumpsuit.

By the way, physical therapy is desirable, according to this posting, because it offers a holistic approach to improving mobility, managing pain, preventing future injuries, and helping individuals regain function after an injury or illness. That makes sense.

All right, so anyhow, those are the most desirable jobs in America, or in the world. The stream of consciousness, sir. According to this study. All right, we have to wrap this up now. We are less than a half hour away from our next keyword and your chance to win tickets. And the Preston and Steve ticket blitz, your chance to go to the game this weekend. Let's take a break, come back, and do the B-file. And then after that, around quarter after 8, we'll get your next keyword. Stay with us.

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Laced with erectile dysfunction drugs and sold as an all-natural aphrodisiac are being seized in record quantities in France. And where are they keeping them? Authorities have warned customers are taking serious risks by consuming the honey due to potentially deadly effects. French customs officials said a record 31,000...

Tons of the illegally imported honey touted as an all-natural sexual enhancement but often tainted with drugs like Viagra was seized in the country last year. What if this gets into the paws of bears? The packets of honey and gels sold as shots or sticks with names like Black Horse or Biomax are often sold surreptitiously in clubs and other nightlife spots.

Use of the aphrodisiac honey has increased in recent years, with officials warning of potentially serious health risks from ingredients not listed on the labels. France's customs office said the honey that was seized was mainly entering by ship from countries including Malaysia, Turkey, Tunisia, and Thailand. The biggest find was made in the Mediterranean port city of Marseille in November, 13 tons sold.

or in around 860,000 sticks were found in a shipment from Malaysia. Wow, that's crazy. And this is crazy too. An Australian cruise company

Sent a parade of workers marching through the ship dressed in pointy white hoods reminiscent of Ku Klux Klan garb, which freaked passengers out. They called it wildly offensive. Footage of the bizarre stunt shows eight P&O Cruises cleaners tromping by a pool on the ship's deck while dressed in the face covering hoods along with all white outfits. It was a joke. Funny, right? You got to see the pictures of this.

Hoods worn by the workers featured eye holes cut in a manner similar to those used by the notorious white supremacist group. In the footage, a woman in the foreground of the video can be seen eyeing the Klan-like spectacle with an exasperated facial expression. Passenger Terry said, we were like, are we seeing this correctly? Yeah, what kills me is that there's a Santa Claus leading the parade. What the hell is this? She asked the firm for explanation. The cruise company said the workers were dressed up as upside-down snow cones.

Yeah. ...during a Christmas-themed event on the Pacific Explorer Voyage. Didn't the Klan use the same excuse themselves? What the heck? This is ridiculous. We're just upside-down Nazis. So a spokeswoman, Linz Scribbins, said, "...we regret the incident on the Pacific Explorer cruise if it offended any guests." Sorry about that, Klan parade folks. So it wasn't clear why workers were dressed as, quote, "...snow cones for a Christmas event."

But Scrivens said costumes and other resources are limited on cruise ships. Tonight's blackface gala has been canceled. In their defense, the KKK, of course, was founded in Tennessee in 1865 and apparently is not widely known in Australia. I'm going to give them this one, but still, that is kind of...

It looks like a Klan convention. But they purchased form-fitting robes for the snazzier-dressed Klansmen.

A Pennsylvania man is facing charges for shooting an Instacart delivery driver that he mistook for a home intruder. Authorities say they received a call at 7.30 p.m. on Saturday for a man shot in the leg in a neighborhood of Newtown Township. Investigators learned that a woman had ordered groceries through Instacart that evening, but she didn't alert her husband, 43-year-old Nicholas Sabo, that the delivery was on its way. When the Instacart driver arrived...

Sabo's wife saw an alert from the home security camera system that movement was detected near the garage. She told police she believed someone was trying to break into a utility trailer on the property. This is a woman who ordered the food. That's when Sabo grabbed a gun, went outside to confront the suspected criminal and shot the driver in the leg. Now, the police chief, Paul Wolf, said the husband goes out, sees the individual and no verbal confrontation, no nothing, just shoots the guy.

The Instacart driver ran back to his car where his wife and child were waiting for him, drove down the street and dialed 911. He was rushed to a hospital where he had to undergo surgery to treat his injury. He is in stable condition and is recovering. Whatever happened to the warning shot? Sabo was arrested on charge of recklessly endangering another person. Wolfe expects more charges will be filed against him. Similar incidents have taken place across the country, by the way. Sorry about that. I totally forgot.

All right, one last story. A pickup driver learned a tough lesson when they crashed. This is in Florida, by the way. Crashed into a creek after doing donuts on a snow-covered Florida road. Yeah. So they're not familiar with snow in Florida. No, they're not. They know that you can do donuts in snow, but they don't know exactly how to do it. Deputies responded to the crash overnight after a caller reported the incident. Further details regarding the crash were not immediately released.

In a social media post, the sheriff's office urged people to stay off roads due to hazardous conditions. The sheriff's office wrote, perhaps don't zoomy zoom on the slicky slick so you don't end up in the ditchy ditch. You may end up in the snowy snow waiting on a toe-e-toe. So they were talking to a reporter in New Orleans. You know, they got about eight, nine inches of snow as well, and they are not used to it as well. And so they asked the guy, have you seen any snow plows, president? He goes, yes.

Yeah, there's one that comes through now. Right. They're not prepared for that. Yep. All right. And there you go. That is what I have in the bizarre file for you. All right. In about five minutes or so, we are going to reveal our Ticket Blitz word. Yeah. And your chance to win Bird's tickets for the weekend. So before that, we have a couple of guests that are in our studio. And we first and foremost want to welcome our good friend and fellow family member here at WMMR.com.

Marcus Goldman. Marcus in the darkness. Happy Thursday, everybody. How you doing, man? Doing well. Excellent. Now, listen, one of the reasons we have you here is because of the ACS Bike-A-Thon, which has been a passion project of yours for how many years now? 19. 19 years, yeah. Man, oh, man. Well, along with you, we have the chairman of the Bike-A-Thon, Mr. Mark Feynman, who is here. Yeah.

Mark, thanks for being here this morning. Good morning. Thank you for having me. Absolutely. Now, we found out about some staggering numbers and donating to the American Cancer Society. And...

Marcus, is this through the WMMR team? It is through the team, but Mark Feynman was the one who got the donation. And being a member of Team WMMR, we are also part of that recipient. It's mind-blowing. It's surreal. It's...

It's absolutely bonkers and amazing and magic. It's awesome. So, you know, our big focus here on the show is our Camp Out for Hunger every year. And we're very proud of those numbers that come together. You guys blew it out of the water. Oh, my gosh. So, Mark, can you tell us about this donation? Oh, absolutely. So over the years, the team has raised $1,000.

About a million dollars in the 19, 20 years that Marcus has been captaining and shepherding the team. This year, we had a one-time special gift that was made by a nonprofit organization based here in Philadelphia, the Ronhurst-Busselton Ambulance Association.

That donation is in excess of $1.7 million. That's sensational. And so do your efforts, I mean, was it a case where it kind of just fell out of the blue or had you been working this organization to see if they might be interested in participating?

It took about a year to complete the process. Right. The organization was getting ready to wrap up their operations and dissolve. They'd been in existence for 65 years. Okay. And providing services of free transportation in Philadelphia. Wow. And what they decided was...

They wanted to give the funds that they had to an organization that could perpetuate their mission of providing free transportation. And the American Cancer Society has a program, Road to Recovery, that provides free transportation for anyone in need of transportation to and from doctor's appointments or hospital for their cancer care. Critically important. Yeah.

it's crucial because without the transportation, what good is offering the services of treatment? Right. Because if they can't get there, it's useless. They also have a program based out of the Hope Lodge in Elkins Park, PA, where people come from more than 40 miles away from the city to get their cancer care and treatment. But again, they need transportation from the lodge to the local hospitals. Right.

So there's shuttles that take them over. These funds are going to be used to fund both of those programs. It's going to be at least for the next half dozen years, we project it's going to cover more than 22,000 rides for patients during that time. So it's a tremendous benefit and truly a legacy for patients.

the runners bustling the Ambulance Association. No, it's amazing. And so obviously we talked about this many times over the years speaking to you, Marcus, that this is your commitment to it and all of you and you as well, Mark. It's about...

More than you can write a check, you can make a donation, but you guys roll up your sleeves. You guys work it on every level. And so to get to this level has to be mind boggling that it is it is playing out this way. So.

Next year, two million? Wow. I'd love it if that happened. That would be incredible. By the way, Mark wanted us to make sure that we get out the ACS hotline a number of times. 1-800-227-2345.

Who calls the ACS hotline? What do you call that for? Anyone who has a need. Anyone who has a question, concern, needs services, needs some support, guidance, they can call that hotline. There will be people who are trained to take those calls. They can provide support. They can give directions and where to go for additional help.

care, whether it's helping with bills, finding a facility, getting transportation, anything of those nature, support. They have individuals manning the lines that will help women, for instance, get directed to where they can find wigs when they're losing their hair during their chemo treatment. They have feel good, look good, feel good programs, helping with makeup. So anyone that has any need at all,

involving cancer, any questions at all, they can call that hotline. You know, the first step is always being aware that there are other people out there that are going through what you're going through. There are people who really want to help. There are people who have gone through, survived, and want to pay it forward so that first, when you get that diagnosis and you think,

Your world stops and you're alone. There are so many people who want to actively, eagerly help you and can help you turn something that is... Obviously, no one signs up for cancer. But when you're going to get it, just know that the support group and what's available to you exceeds even your wildest dreams. Absolutely. As a cancer survivor, you know when you hear those words, I've got cancer, that...

Something has to happen. You need to take action. And this is a source of where you can go for that action. By the way, you wrote down a couple of figures here, Mark. The Ronhurst-Busselton Ambulance Association, $1.7 million. It says team here,

$1,812,823. Is that Team WMOR's contribution with this? And then what is the BAT? It says $2.8 million. Bike-a-thon. Bike-a-thon. The Bike-a-thon of Rootshead Beach for 2024 is reflected as having raised in excess of $2.8 million. That's great. And what's...

Wow. What's really unique about that number is that represents about 2% of the amount of money raised nationally by all community-based events for the American Cancer Society. That includes marathons, making strides against breast cancer, Relay for Life, all those events. So...

Two percent. Two percent. Staggering number when you think about it. Yes, absolutely. And by the way, the American Cancer Society Bike-A-Thon 2025, when is that coming up?

June 1st. June 1st, all right. Yeah, there's going to be a link up at WMMR.com in the next few days, and you can sign up with Team WMMR. Please ride with Team WMMR. Right now, we have 98 riders signed up already. We've already raised $8,500. We have our big tap into spring event on April 26th.

We have the big Philly Bike Expo coming up March 8th and 9th, which you can get more information not only about Bike-A-Thon, but about the incredible biking community in this area, which this biking community is absolutely amazing. And tonight and the third Thursday of every month, people from Bike-A-Thon are going to meet at Brittingham's in Lafayette Hill at about 6 p.m. just to talk Bike-A-Thon. And if you want to learn more about what...

what transpired with this donation, then show up at Brittingham's tonight at 6 p.m. Mark will be there with a few other people. Excellent. Well, you guys should be incredibly proud. This is amazing work, and this is going to go a really, really long way. So congratulations. I'll give that number for the American Cancer Society hotline again. It's 1-800-227-2277.

2345. It's huge news and we're very excited and happy to highlight this stuff for you guys. So Mark, anything else you want to mention? One last point, if I may. As a result of these funds coming in, Team WMMR gets the benefit of being able to select and name a research grant that the American Cancer Society approves and gives out to a researcher to do cancer research.

They give out millions of dollars every year to do cancer research. Team MMR has selected with Ronhurst-Bosleton Ambulance Association a research grant that's being given to a researcher out of Fox Chase Cancer Center in northeast Philadelphia. It's a three-year research program, and we're really excited that these funds are staying locally to commit patients

to research and we're looking forward to meeting and hearing from that researcher of how these funds are being used. Okay. That's great. Amazing. Can you name it the No Sad Bro Cancer Research Fund? We didn't think about it, Marcus.

Well, this is awesome. So reach out to Marcus if you want to about getting on the team. Absolutely. Is that the best way to do it? Yeah, Marcus at WMMR.com. Awesome. Thank you guys for coming by here. Congratulations. Thanks for having us. That is huge, huge, huge. Nice job, guys. All right. Listen, it is... Oh, my God. Oh!

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Now, back with more of the Preston and Steve Show podcast. Thanks, Cass. So the other day when I was getting ready for work, I pop on the ABC National News. It's the pre-Good Morning America show. Right. And towards the end of it, they usually do a nice light little feature. And they introduced, they said they were going to have on the happiest man on the Internet. I love it. I was like, oh, I'm on board. I can use some happiness. Yeah.

And they go to this clip, this gentleman from Austria, who we're going to welcome to our show in here in just a moment. And I just immediately, I'm like, I love this guy. I love this guy. Number one, the videos that he shares are in the most beautiful settings you've ever seen. Gorgeous. In Austria. And his delivery, number one, he's not only happy, but he just... I'm going to play a clip for you. If you haven't heard, this is him. Guys, look where I am now.

Isn't it so beautiful? I mean, where am I? Really? So he's standing out in front of these mountains and all this beautiful scenery. And he's just saying how lovely it is. So we got to get him on, right? Yes. So we do have him right now. We would like to. Do you have some music? Yeah, thank you.

We would like to welcome from Austria right now and joining us via Zoom and he is standing in a just beautiful forest. Please welcome Peter Meierhofer. Hey guys, how are you doing? We are great, Peter. How are you today? I'm great, thank you. I mean, look where I am. I have to feel good. Where in Austria are you currently in Austria?

Yes, I'm on the mountainside of Austria where the Alps are. Where the Alps are. And the forest behind you, does it have a specific name?

No. Just Annie Forrest. Just Annie Forrest. Your Instagram account and everything plays like a wonderful travelogue. I like to hike out in nature. Nick does as well on the show. And it's a wonderful Zen thing. And I love seeing you get caught up in the emotion of where you are. And, man, that's really resonated with people who –

flock to your site. Does it amaze you how many people are enjoying your experiences?

Yeah, it's unbelievable, really, because my community is growing so fast right now. And for me, I see it just as a number. But now on Instagram, for example, we are now close to 500,000 people that are following me. And for me, it's still unbelievable that all over the world, people are watching my videos. Well, you know, also another thing, and you are a proponent of happiness and being happy and doing things that make you happy. And I'll say this, I

I'd probably be a lot happier if I looked like you. That's funny. But, you know, I think that only because somebody looks...

in general beautiful for other people, it doesn't mean that they are happy with who they are. You have also, if you, for other people, look beautiful, you also have to start love yourself how you are. And only because somebody looks beautiful from the outside, it doesn't mean that they love themselves how they look. It's very true. Wow.

Very true. Very insightful. Very great insight. I love it. Peter, tell us a little bit about you personally, your family life. Where do you come from? Do you have any brothers and sisters? What your parents think about what you're doing?

So for your last question, what my mother is thinking, what I'm doing, I think she's always sitting at home and having fear in her eyes because she knows I'm on the mountains and she's always very worried about me when I'm out in nature, but she also trusts me and she knows how much freedom it gives me to be out in nature. And I'm very close with my family. I have three siblings. I'm the youngest and

Yeah, just actually a very simple guy from Austria who is enjoying his time in nature. And has this become your profession now? Are you able to make money with your Instagram account?

I think Instagram is working like this, that you start corporations with brands. And yes, I'm making money with social media, but I am a person who I don't want to advertise things that I wouldn't buy on my own, you know. So I'm not having a lot of corporations, but the ones that I have are things that I really stand behind and that I think...

people should really know them. Yeah, your heart is in the right place. We subscribe to the same notion of using and endorsing things that you actually feel passionate about. With hiking, in one of your videos in particular, you were talking about being called out by the

community, the hiking community, the outdoor community for not having some of the proper attire. So do you have companies stepping up and offering you proper hiking attire? No. No. Well, they should be. I mean, you're a male model, right? So you're a perfect person to endorse their products. We should put out the call to get you some endorsements.

Yes, I also think like that, but I don't know. Maybe they don't know me yet, but I've never got an offer from any hiking company to send me anything. And I also have to laugh about it because I go outside with my usual clothes because I think it's fine like this. I mean, I go on the mountain since I'm like a little baby child. Right. And

some people go on a mountain with the biggest equipment that they have like everything and still they are dripping over a little wood that's all over the floor no it's true it's true that's what I was going to say do you even want that attire I feel like what you're wearing out there on the mountain that's you and that's part of what makes up what you're doing

Yes, exactly. I feel so comfortable in my clothes. And sometimes, especially here in Austria, people, it's got normal to wear proper hiking clothes, what I really like. But the hiking clothes, they are so colorful and like very strong colors, you know. And sometimes when I go on a mountain and I meet people, they look a little bit like parrots to me because they have so much color.

different colors going on i hear you peter uh i i love you this conversation is just making my morning i'm so happy that we're having you on the show today your attitude is fantastic your english is also really impressive have you spent um any time in the united states and and if so uh is are there any hikes in the u.s that you would like to attempt

Yes, absolutely. I would love to come back to America. I've been there a few times already. And right now I'm getting my working visa done to come back and hopefully stay also for a few months and connect to where I have been. I work as a model and everything.

Right now, when I get my working visa done, I would love to stay in New York again for a few months and try to get some nice friends to work with together. But for sure, I also want to see the nature side of America. I want to travel around and go hiking there. And for sure, it would be very different. But that's exactly what I love to have friends.

new to discover. Well, two things. Uh, when I showed, uh, the picture of you to my wife, uh, last evening, I said, this is the guy we're having on the show tomorrow. I had to pry the computer out of her hands. So I would, I would assume you could stay with us if you want. Uh, but also that's right. We'll be your host family. My wife would be thrilled. But, um, with that and with your fitness, um,

And it's my understanding that you've adopted sort of a fluctuating regimen, a health regimen. You do different types of exercises because you're in great shape. Got yourself, obviously, you said you're a model. You're a very good looking guy. What is your favorite way to exercise? What is your system? So...

I think why I'm actually exercising is not to get a beautiful body or something. Exercising helps me to free my mind and it helps me for my mental health. So sport is very important for me. And I also am a friend of diversity because you cannot always do the same, like always go running or always go to the gym.

And I also discovered now Freeletics. It's an app and it's super amazing because I can do my workout where I want and when I want. And it's also nice because it's a difference to my gym sessions. So I don't always have to drive to the gym. I can also do my workouts at home or in the gym.

I come here in nature and I can do my workouts here. And that's just perfect. That's great. Uh, if you're just tuning in, we are speaking to Peter Mayerhofer, who is, he has been, uh, nicknamed the happiest man on the internet. And he is, uh, he is currently zooming from Austria, his native land. And I wanted to ask you about Austria in particular, Peter, I've been there. It's been a long time. I went, uh, probably around 1990, uh,

and spent some time in Salzburg and did the Sound of Music tour. So it was beautiful. But you are doing a wonderful job at promoting this gorgeous country, Austria. And are the heads of tourism reaching out to you or anything along those lines? Because I'm sure you're helping to promote tourism to your home country.

Yeah, that's a very interesting question that I'm thinking about lately a lot because...

I've been now on ABC News, how you mentioned already, and now you're interviewing me. Last year, one year ago, I've been on the Times Square for a huge advertising. And the funny thing is, the newspapers and TV shows here in Austria, it seems like they don't even know me yet. In your home country. TV invites, it's really like... Because I make it to America...

Well, for a moment there, Peter, I had to dump out on our audio. In America, we're not allowed to say curse words like that on the radio. That's okay. It's okay. I totally understand. But you honestly, you are doing a great service to your country because I think that people are watching your videos are going...

Where is this? Where is this beautiful landscape? And I've been as well. It's stunning, isn't it? It's a stunning country and the people are wonderful. But you're showing a lot of times what you're showing is not what routinely ends up in the tourism push. I mean, it's just scenery like no one has ever seen. Yes.

I love to go off the tracks and discover places where no people are. And the most beautiful adventure starts the higher you get to the mountain and to the mountain peak because there are barely no people anymore. And there you can see rare animals, waterfalls, beautiful flowers that usually other people don't see. And that's always why I leave the tracks. And for sure, it's also more dangerous, but

This is the way how to find places and things that nobody else sees in this way. If I could just jump in quickly and Nick will follow up with the question you mentioned about this. It can be dangerous. Have you had any moments where you felt, oh, boy, I've made a bad mistake coming to this area?

Actually, it's not that I ended up in dangerous situations because I made the wrong decision. The dangerous things are the mountains on their own. The weather can change immediately and there are dangers waiting for you that you cannot control. And I mean, I grew up on the mountains. I know what's happening up there. But still, there's so much things that can happen immediately.

immediately without that you can think about why it's happening. And then it's about how you deal with the situation. And the mountains are dangerous on their own. I mean, so many people die every year on the mountains here in Austria. And for me, it's like a home. I go there and I see the dangers coming and

I mean, going off the tracks is for sure more dangerous. But for me, it's normal. It's my home and other people see it as very dangerous situations. But for me, it's just like walking on the street to the supermarket. Yeah, I mean, I've had a couple of falls on mountains. And I'm not trying to make this about myself, but I know how dangerous they can be. There are 63 national parks in this country. And they're jewels, not only of this country, Peter, but really of the world. And

I would love to go on a hike with you in any one of them because there are so many wonderful things to see. Your approach to life is just really ringing true with me. And getting into the mountains, getting away from people, and the higher up you go, sometimes the happier you feel. And so I feel like your philosophy and your approach is ringing true, and not just with me, but with a lot of people in the United States. Which brings me to my question. Do you think overall...

Part of the reason why you're responding and getting so much response in the U.S. is that we're seeking happiness in ways that Austrians and people like you may have found that's not as natural to Americans.

Yes, I think everybody is seeking happiness in his own personal way. And I also have to find out how I can be happy like I am. And now that I'm on a state of happiness, I think it's in my purpose to share it with the world. And I think Americans especially like my videos so much because I'm authentic and not always is everything working.

Peter, are you hiking alone or are you with people?

I cannot always wait for somebody to come to me. That's my ranking most of the time. And I also don't want to bring other people into danger because the places where I go, they are dangerous and...

So I'm hiking alone all the time. I love your laugh. It's infectious. Your laugh, Peter. And by the way, your voice, you have a unique voice. Who have people told you you sound like?

My god, oh my god, where do I start? There are so many characters going on that people compare me to. Lately, I'm always the guy from Frozen. Yes, from Frozen. He makes up a lot. Yes.

That's wonderful. I wasn't sure if you were aware of that or not. That's great. I wanted to ask you about, you mentioned Freeletics and AI-powered fitness and nutrition and says you have coaching services. Can people reach you online for coaching tips and things of that nature, whether it be for physical fitness or attitude or any of that?

Yeah, I'm sharing some of my personal workouts that I'm also creating with the Freeletics app on my social media. So I hope to motivate the one or the other to start with fitness. And I think it's a very easy way to start fitness with Freeletics because you don't have to make a membership in a member. I'm sorry.

It's okay. That one's allowed. It's a different program. You don't have to make a membership in the gym and you don't have to force yourself to go running all the time. You can just stay at home and train at home or go

Go any place and work out there. So I think for people who start with fitness, it's a nice way. Listen, and you're exactly right. Exercise, you get out and exercise, you feel better. And you're doing something that I think I've told many people because I heard someone say it a long while ago. The best give you can give other people is being happy yourself because it's contagious. And people are responding to you because you are authentic. And we all think you're fantastic.

I'm very thankful for that and I think it's also the most important in life to just be yourself. You don't have to try to be someone else because once you love yourself the way how you are, you will also find people that like you this way and it's a very hard life if you permanently try to be someone else so that just the other people like you. And I had this experience in my life as well and once I realized

truly become who I am. I lost a lot of friends and people didn't understand me anymore and also my happiness. But now I'm just who I am and I attract everything that belongs in my life right now. That's great. And I think

Everybody should just stop to try to make other people like you. Just be yourself and everything other really doesn't matter. Wow. You have an old soul. You have a lot of wisdom for a young man. You do. And a lot of people are texting and wondering how they can see Peter and his videos. You can find him on Instagram and Tik Tok.

And the name is Peter underscore my spelled M-A-I. So Peter underscore my underscore. Or you can do a search on Peter Mayerhofer as well. M-A-I-R-H-O-F-E-R. And you will find the happiest man on the Internet. We'll link to him on PressUnsealed.com. We will add all the links on our socials and on our website and everything.

Peter, thank you for your time. You're a wonderful person. It is so great to chat with somebody like you. And when you come to the United States, you're going to come visit us here in the studio, all right? Yes, absolutely. I will. And if you ever come to Austria, hit me up and we go hunting together. And thank you so much for your time. I'm really thankful for this interview. You got it. Thank you. Peter Meirhofer.

Take care of yourself. Oh my gosh. I love him even more. Like I love the videos and after that interview he's so great. I know. We were talking about the favorite kids earlier and I love my son dearly but I'm going to adopt Peter and he will outrank my own son. He's my favorite. I want to

spend time with the dude. I want to go hiking with that guy. Well, he's got, I mean, again, to have that insight and a lot of times, you know, literally, it's the classic case of going out into the wilderness and finding yourself. Yeah, it can actually be a healing thing for sure. It was weirdly

looking up, it was like looking into a mirror. You know what I mean? When you were looking at the screen talking to him. He looks so hot when you look at yourself like that. But oh my God, I love that guy. How old do you think he is? You know what? 27? I was thinking young, but it's hard to tell. I mean, to have that philosophy on life already at that young age, I mean...

He's on his way to a happy life, hopefully. 27. 27? He is 27? Yeah, yeah, yeah. All right. Well, anyhow, we will take a break. We will come back in a moment. Maybe you'll be super happy if you win tickets to go to the game this weekend, especially if they win. We will come along with the Preston and Steve ticket blitz in just a little bit. And comedian Ari Shaffir will be joining us next. Right after him will be Michael Imperioli and Steve Schrippa from Los Sopranos. Stay put. We'll be right back.

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And it's always available, like right now, on your computer or phone or whatever. Wow, what a time to be alive. All right, thank you, Kathy. Our next guest who's joining us via Zoom is getting dressed as we speak. I just saw his nipple. I saw a nipple, too. He's actually going to help us out with our ticket blitz in just a moment because I think he's going to have our word. But when I came in to work this morning and walked into the studio...

The conversation that I heard was between Casey and Steve, who had watched his comedy special, and you guys were talking about how much you enjoyed it. Yeah, I'll say it, and he can hear it right now, but I've seen everything he's done. I think this is his funniest special. I was howling. It is on Netflix. Currently, there are two specials, America's Sweetheart, which is the new one, and Double Negative as well. Oh, and available on vinyl, Ari Shaffir Jew. You can get that, too.

I love the way you say it. I love it. You gotta hit it, man. Please welcome Ari Shafir. Hey, man. How you doing? I'm great. How are you guys doing? It's great to see you. What were you switching out of and into? I had a robe on from after my shower, but I thought it was...

He's too unprofessional. A little too Hugh Hefner-ish. Yeah, yeah. I was like, oh boy, you know what? Yeah. Well, let me start out of the gate and say, again, seriously, I was laughing heartily last night. The special is excellent. There are a couple of things I want to ask about it, but I'm going to tell you straight up. There was just so many...

The regular material is great. The follow-ups, the tags, and everything is great. And it's just, I mean, the concepts, you've always been great and sharp with that stuff. But how do you feel about the response? Because the crowd was loving it. It was in a wild venue, I guess, D.C., that looked like it needed Agent Orange to clear off some of the shrubbery. But it was amazing. How do you feel? You have to be happy with this special, correct? Yeah, people seem to be happy with it. People seem to look.

Get it and like it. Not that many angry people. Are you the kind of person who ruminates on stuff like that? Or once you put your hard work into it, you cast it off into the ether and you don't think or do you sit and kind of ponder what you did and the ramifications?

Yeah, no, I do. Once I've also finished editing it, then I'm like, is this even funny? A week goes by. Marijuana's taken everything from me. I got every joke. And then people are like, I like this one joke. I'm like, oh, yeah, I had a joke like that. I'm like, why? Just tell me.

All right, Ari, I'm going to stop this right now. You have something dangling from your beard. It's down low. It's like there's a hair or something. There we go. You got it. You got it. It's a piece of his robe. Friends do that for friends. So, no, wait. You said at the top, Ari, that the more angry people, not as happy. What did you say? There's not as many angry people as usual. Okay. Yeah.

Well, I did notice that. So it's funny because in the same year, just a while ago, Tom Papa had his newest special come out and he actually went a little bit darker. And I'm not going to say you've lost your edge. You haven't. You're amazing. But there was a lot more what I would call sort of fanciful, just...

I don't want to say lighter because it's not true, but just stuff that was just out of left field. You do a bit about the Olympics, and I don't want to give away any punchlines, but it was sort of how people who might predate upon children view it. And I had to stop because I was laughing so hard. So those moments, I think, I guess my general question is, do you want to go in a direction when you start a special or the material falls where it falls?

I start with just the material. Lately, then I've begun like, what do I want to say? Yeah. Beyond the material. And then I sort of guide what I choose and what I talk about after that. Then maybe write towards...

So this was all about, like, just being happy. Yes, and you don't usually think of Ari Shaffir as your life coach. Yeah, it's the only way I can get back at, like, my friends who are all super into, like, being angry that I'm like, I think I want to, like, mess with everybody. Now it's like, things are cool. And everyone's like, what are you talking about? Yeah, before, things were terrible. And everyone's like, no, shut up, get out of here.

And now things are awesome. He's like, I hate you. That's funny. The ultimate act of the contrarian is to go against the public time. And you are taking that. And you have been. I mean, the last time you were here, the last couple of times, you know, because you travel a lot. You have the wanderlust and everything. And you seem to be in a good place. And I think we need – is it safe to say we need Ari Shaffir now more than ever? Yeah. Yeah.

I'm leaving this country back to where it's supposed to be. I'm going to go outside and get drunk on a weekday. I believe in this world. But that also sucks because when I was going on your website today, you have the farewell tour and it says... What's Dallas sucks? We're not even in the playoffs, brother. Yeah.

That's not the time to attack someone on downswing. I wear it every Thursday. I wear it every Thursday before a big game. It's out of line. Wait, are you just picking up homeless people and taking their money? It's crazy. So Casey's wearing a Dallas sucks shirt for those who don't know. You don't like my shirt. That sucks.

No, but are you going to go away for a little bit? You've got this tour going on until June, and then are you going to not perform for a couple of years, or is this a joke? No, I'm going to go backpacking. I'm going to go travel. For like two years?

A year. Wow. A year plus, then we'll get back to it. Well, you have your podcast with us. You'll be tripping. The last couple of times we talked to you, you travel a lot. You love it. I would say you even need it. You know, it's part of who you are. So you're going to do a full year, and you've obviously become good at sort of going off the grid. Yeah, I'm going to backpacks without South America. Wow. Yeah, I'm going to chase the sun all the way down to the tip.

All right. Do you need anybody to come with you is the first part of my question. And the second part of my question is, I think the last time we chatted with you, you were thinking about or had just been to some of the stands in Central Asia, like Kyrgyzstan. No, I was thinking about...

I haven't been there. I want to go. My buddy wants to go too now, but it's like every other one, they'll just like hanging you for wearing purple. And then the other one, pretty nice. Yeah. I read, I read this story. Like I, I'm not as into it as these guys are, but there are, you know, um, rock climbers love going to Kyrgyzstan because apparently some of the best rock climbing in the world is there. And, uh,

And like half of them got kidnapped a few years ago. So it's this beautiful place where they do this world-class rock climbing, but you run the risk of maybe being a hostage for a stretch.

I would love that where you're like, I just think everything's beautiful. I just want to see the world. And people are like, no, we're auctioning you off. It's like those people jump into the lion cage when they're messed up on mushrooms and go, I just want to pet it. It's true. It's true. And you, I think you, and you've talked about this. You run the double-edged sword because you go to countries that, you know, that might be a little bit more problematic. But for you, a lot of times, the most problematic thing is getting past TSA. Yeah.

Right? Yeah. I'll start it. I don't know. Do you ever feel like a patriot in the wrong moments? I'm doing it here. Take a stand.

Yeah, with some guys working for $16 an hour. Do you have a consistent travel partner who's able to take a year off as well? Are you comfortable sort of jack-kirwacking it and going solo when you need to? Yeah, I'll meet people. I'll figure it out. Really? You make little travel friends for like a week or a month.

Yeah, that's I mean, I don't have the balls to do that. Listen, I started jump in in the middle of a line of questioning, but it is 915. And we need you to press the Steve ticket blitz. Now, Ari, are you you prepared to give the special keyword? Did anyone tell you to Marissa tell you? I think I am prepared for it. All right. So Ari Shafir is going to give us the presidency ticket blitz keyword. And what is that, Ari?

Well, I asked for it to be one word and they said I got to change the letter because radio will not allow this word. Okay. So they changed it, unfortunately, to punt. Punt! I see what you wanted to go with. No, but the word is punt. Go to Ari's show. You'll hear the other word. No problem.

And what you need to do is go to PrestonAndSteve.com and you'll see the link and you can enter it. And we will give away the tickets tomorrow. I can vouch for the fact that that very word appears prominently in the new Netflix. Really? Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. Bring it back. What a great word it is. Talking about the theater that you were at. Is that is that is it in D.C. where is that where it was recorded?

Yeah, it's a capital turnaround DC, but we built it up to look like that. Oh, it's insane. How long did that take? I didn't do it, but yeah, I don't choose on new gardening. Yeah, but your last special Jew had all of the candles on. I think that we talked to you about it last time. You were like, it was hot. It was hotter than I think you had anticipated. But so it went with the theme. But

But who was, you know, who's behind the design? Like, do you have a say in that or does that all go through the director? We all design it. My friend Corey helped me with it. And then we just got hired this crew design foundry. And they're like, first, they were like, we're never gonna be able to do what you want for that money. And then I told them why I wanted to do it.

And they're like, actually, that's kind of cool. All right, screw it. We'll just work for break even. Do you know what's a cool thing, too? It's on Netflix, which I think is kind of cool because everyone's been doing the YouTube thing, and that's cool as well. But is there a special sort of...

I don't know. Does it still carry any gravitas that it's Netflix? At this point, it's less views, but it's like your mom can brag. Everybody's like, oh, YouTube. I'm like, shut up. This is like, oh.

So it's more like a vanity project for mom. Yeah, when your daughter dates a doctor, you're like, oh, nice. If you're like a veterinarian, like, oh. I can see that. I was watching an interview with you on Adam Carolla, and Adam's great. The one thing, and I think, let me ask you if you'll agree with this. The one thing with Adam, though, is that so much of an Adam Carolla interview is finding out about Adam. Oh, yeah. Yeah.

Yeah, you got to counterpunch with Adam. You got to be Conor McGregor. You got to wait for him to change the subject and then tag that up, joke that up. Yeah, it's just like you got to drop it at the door and forget anything you want to say. Yeah, yeah. Just dare to feed Adam. He's so crazy, though. Yeah, he's great. Have you considered a show where you interview other people? Would you be decent in that role? I'm pretty bad at it, but I've done it for like 15 years, different podcasts. Okay, cool.

You're bad at it. You guys are solid. The conversation always goes wonky when I do it. Sometimes I'll stare at them like, what else? And they're like, yeah, what else? It is a lot easier when there's five people doing the interview. Yeah, because you can just ask a question, get the answer, and then sit back and hope that somebody else takes the time. Five years, we're committed to the 18th best quarterback in the league, the most money of all time. I got to come in here...

well past when he'd been eliminated from the playoffs and deal with this kind of disrespect. You've got a bigger fish to bribe.

He's so pissed about the Dallas Sucks shirt. He really sent him off in a bad way. By the way, you wear that shirt every Thursday? I never noticed. I'm pretty superstitious when it comes to my Eagles team. I have been wearing the Dallas Sucks shirt with my blue Adidas pants every Thursday. I was on stage before the Eagles Super Bowl win.

And I bought a Patriot Suck shirt. Is that what they were playing? Yeah, yeah, yeah. And, man, I had it under my button-down shirt. Halfway through the show, I was like, it's getting hot in here. I guess. But, you know, I'm just setting it up. And I was like, can I take off my shirt and go to my undershirt? And they were like, yeah, okay. And when I pulled that thing off, I mean, I buttoned it and kept it tight. And then I opened it. I've never gotten as big a response. No doubt. Yeah. Yeah.

That's like a Superman moment. How fanatic are you sports-wise? I mean, are you... I have no football team that will believe in it as a sport anymore. It's stupid, to be honest. And I'm a Yankee fan. But football's dumb. Actually, soccer's a better sport. What was the turning point for you, Ari, with football? This conversation. Yeah, pretty much now, right now.

What are your roots for football team? Really, you're a loser. They suck. They suck. Imagine your dad decides how you want to run your life. That's what we got now. Some father deciding, well, I like this player's name better and I'm going to give up.

There was a story that came out of the Eagles last weekend. It snowed, and at some point in the game, some of the players laid down in the end zone, and they made snow angels. Well, the Eagles management went over, and they shoveled up all of that snow that these guys were in, and they have been selling it in tiny little buckets for $50 a piece. $50? What? I know. Yeah.

And they sold out. And they sold out overnight, immediately. I mean, easy to make new ones and not tell anybody. Seriously? Yeah. Right?

Yeah, it's the amount of money that gets thrown around that kind of sullies it for me personally when it comes to especially the NFL. Displaced snow? Yeah. Yeah. It's ridiculous. I mean, it's going to melt. What are you going to do with it? Well, that's it. You have the collectors. And again, I think a lot of times, a lot of chest thumping prior to getting to the actual day is

tends to run contrary to what you do if you want to maintain the lucky run, right? If you get too much, too certain of a win, you're going to screw it up. I hate that, and that's why I won't do it, you know? You know...

Look what happened. The commanders beat the number one team in the NFC last week and just, you know, destroy them. So it can happen. So, you know, I never get too ahead of myself. I'm confident. And I think that the Eagles are the better team. But, you know, I always say we got to see how it plays out on Sunday. And, you know, I'm going to the game. I want to ask, Ari, you're from like the D.C. area. How are you a Cowboys fan? How did how did that end up happening?

Yeah, it was a terrible childhood. I lived in North Carolina until fourth grade, so I'd already picked a team. We didn't have the Panthers yet, so it was America's team. Then I had to move to this enemy territory. I mean, I asked my parents, like, don't do this. Just leave me. I'll be fine. I've got people here. So they set you in motion with your fandom, and then they abandoned you. Yeah. They made me the fan that I am today. You're a Yankees fan. How did that happen?

Same thing with no team, so America's team. I choose teams with class and style. I choose teams with history. So you're a Lakers fan too then, right?

Shut up. You are. You're a Lakers fan? Do you follow Duke basketball? You're that guy. You probably like the movie Rudy. No, I'm actually a Laker hater. I'm actually, more than any other team, I revel in the Lakers' losses. Every year I look at the standings just where the Lakers are and I want them to go further down. It's pretty fun. I know.

Yeah, and I lived in L.A. for a long time. I know that you're also big into MMA, and this weekend we actually have bare-knuckle boxing going on. I don't know if you're into bare-knuckle boxing at all. Well, let me tell you about it. I've been to Philadelphia on weekends. There's bare-knuckle boxing everywhere. Yeah, good point. Yeah, as a matter of fact. This thing is wild. This thing is really catching on, and it's sort of at the heels of mixed martial arts and UFC. Yeah.

at least in some areas. And, uh, yeah, we're, we're curious to see how it plays out, but you've never seen it. Yeah. I mean, that's now that there are rules. There's no, there's no, uh, ground game. There's no, I mean, they're, they're literally, it's, it's just, it's just punching. And, and, um, yeah, I don't think there's kicking or anything. I don't think, but, uh, Eddie Alvarez, who, you know, he, he fought in the UFC for, for quite a while, actually had a title match against, uh, Conor McGregor. Uh, he is the, um, I, I guess the, the, the,

I don't even know what you call that. The ambassador? Well, the ambassador, but like the top fighter. What is that? The reigning champ? Yeah. Not the reigning champ. The last fight of the evening. What do they call that? Oh, the main event. The main event. Jesus. There you go. Just think of Barbra Streisand and Ryan O'Neal. Oh, my God. Thanks for working that through with me, guys. I appreciate that. That's the main part of it. You have friends. So Casey mentioned the...

ball from the guy underneath his legs. Casey mentioned the farewell tour, and we were looking at the list of dates, and nothing in the Philadelphia area as of now. Could you expand to that? No, I'm going to wait until I get back and start touring again. Okay. I do everything once every tour, so I got to like, I'll come back. I wanted to save the big, important cities for...

When more material is built up. All right. And so when you're out and you're by yourself and you're in these Zen experiences, have you ever had a situation? I know you've recounted some in the past. When was the time you felt the most at risk of having your life come to a quick end? Or did that ever happen?

It never, I mean, yeah. I mean, I got led by gunpoint out from this, like, military junta in Myanmar. Whoa! Yeah, we were in a place we shouldn't have been. And we were taking pictures of some statue. And, like, guys with machine guns come out. And we're like, they're like, can we talk to you guys? And we're like, yeah, sure. And they're like, what are you doing here? And we're like, just hanging, you know. And they're like, you're not supposed to be here. Let me see your passports. And they're like, they were back in our hotels.

And they're like, all right, let's go. And they just marched us with machine guns. Wow. Tell us to get our passports and then like, don't leave your hotel till tomorrow morning, then leave this town. Wow. No kidding. Yeah. Yeah. It was like, we overstepped. It was like a kid who realized he's pissed off his dad. Yeah. Wow. It's like if you come up with a Dallas suck shirt, but you know your father is a Cowboys fan. Yeah.

Oh, my God. This one's going to linger. It is. It will. Sorry, my bad. Hey, listen. I loved your special, right? I know they suck. You don't need to rub it in my face. I know they suck. I know it. They came in to a guy who should have been...

Oh, my God. All right. Well, Ari, we got to run, but we will send everyone in the direction of America's Sweetheart on Netflix. Hilarious. Double Negative is on there, too. And you can find a special on YouTube and everything. And we love the stuff you do. So congratulations on your success. And, dude, enjoy your time off. Say that again? I love you guys. You're some of the coolest people in the world. We appreciate it. All right. We love you. Take care, man. Ari Shaffir, guys.

He's great. We were cutting out a little bit in the audio there, but he's great. Honestly, dude, this special is so good. I was texting him, and I hate that I did that, but as I was watching it, I was texting him just to let him know how much I was enjoying it. Oh, that's cool. And Steve's right. Like, laugh out loud stuff. There were a couple of times where I actually had to pause it because I was laughing, and I didn't want to miss it.

I'm sure he appreciated that, that you were reaching out to him like that. We have about two minutes or so before we welcome our next guest. We're going to have Michael Imperioli and Steve Schrippa on from The Sopranos. They have an event coming up actually in Wilmington. They're going to be at the Grand Opera House on February 1st, and they're doing a conversation about music.

the Sopranos and everything. And I would imagine there's Q and a, but we'll, we'll get the details from them in just a little while. Uh, and then we're going to get obviously another shot one more time. What time is it? Yeah. One more time this morning for you to get, uh, entered to win a tickets to the game this weekend. Speaking of those conversation things, I'm going to go see Richard kind tomorrow night. He's in town. He's at the parks, uh, event. And so that's going to be awesome. Yeah. And that's, that's the type of event that the Sopranos guys are doing like an evening with. Yeah. And I had,

love those types of events. They just tell stories and movies that they were on. The story that Richard Kind told about Julia Roberts on our show a couple weeks ago. Oh, man. It's so great. And so I'm psyched to see what, you know, Sharippa and Imperioli talk about because there's just a million stories from shows like The Sopranos. Yeah, I didn't watch it, so I'm not a... I understand why you didn't. Well-schooled in that. The thing about The Sopranos to me is that, and I've watched it three times, I love it so much, but it's...

funnier than people give it credit for. And the large part of the comedy is from Michael Imperioli and Pauly Walnuts, who passed away a couple years ago. And so Tony Sirico. And it's just like...

Even Tony, the dynamic between all of those guys, between those characters, is just flat out hilarious. I watched it the first go around. Nick, I haven't watched it multiple times. But it was one of those shows that started that annoying trend of the huge gaps between seasons. And it would drive you nuts. But yeah, we'll talk to them about it. But I think it set some precedents.

I think it was in some ways revolutionary in what it did. It changed storytelling on television. The way the shows were shot, and Steve, you're right, the length of the seasons, the space in between the seasons, but the allowing for stories to play out over long periods of time. And one of the things that Steve, you and I have talked about a bunch over the years is like,

You weren't safe on that show. No. Just because you were a star on The Sopranos one season didn't mean you were going to be on The Sopranos the next season. Yeah. But for me, it was a pandemic show. I rewatched it in 2020 or 2021. It was fantastic. Well, that's actually the reason, again, for the podcast and for the interest. There were so many people who visited the show during the pandemic. Yeah. And they discovered it. You know who their opening act is? Your buddy, Joey Cola. Oh, Joe!

Really? Joey's the best. Oh, that's really cool. Nice. All right. So I think we are, yeah, I think we're getting them on as we speak. They are going to be via phone. The show is going to be, like I said, February 1st at the Grand Opera House in Wilmington. And you can get tickets at TalkingSopranos.com. So, Casey, music, please. Oh, yeah. Where does that come up?

right here. I don't know, right there. Love it. So yeah, if you want to find out all about, and it's amazing that a show like that is still as popular for people to talk about. I mean, that is...

That's the example of a huge hit that goes beyond, that transcends time. So the Sopranos, obviously, you want to go to this event at the Randall Opera House in Wilmington on February 1st. Please welcome Michael Imperioli and Steve Schrippert to the show. Gentlemen. Hello, how are you, man? We're wonderful. Thanks for coming on, guys. We appreciate it. My pleasure. Michael, I think last time we spoke to you...

We had a nice long conversation about the meditation events that you were hosting and doing that online. Is that still up and running? Is that still a passion of yours? Most Sundays, yeah. Okay. Most Sundays. And I announce it on Instagram on Saturdays usually, and then people can go through a link in my bio and sign up to do the class. Okay.

Well, listen, I'm sure that many people had to have that. I need a little bit of contemplative time after getting wound up by the Sopranos. But we were talking before you guys came on. And the truth of the matter was, is that the show had its moment and it was a long moment. And it's kind of obviously legendary and then had this amazing rebirth that took place during, you know, COVID. And will you guys you have to have.

been surprised by this resurgence and a fan base that was younger, you know, didn't see it the first go around and now are rabid fans. Are you blown away by that?

Well, you know, the kids were too young. A lot of kids, they were too young at the time when it first came out. And now with streaming, there's more people watching the show now than when it first came out. There's only 11 million people had HBO at the time. Now it's literally all over the world. And so there's kids in their late teens and 20s and college kids and the show...

every bit as if it was written yesterday you know it's interesting steve is that is that the uh the show and michael it to me to my thinking uh tony soprano was the really the first pronounced profound anti-hero of episodic television like i think a mold was set there do you guys agree

I agree, definitely. I mean, there was in season one, there's that famous college episode where Tony takes Meadow up to visit colleges and he finds he sees a guy who ratted out the family and decides to kill him. And HBO originally was against that. This is before anybody saw the show and said, you're going to lose. You're

you're going to lose your audience if your lead guy commits a murder. And David Chase was like, no, this is what they do. This is in line with his code and it's important. And if we don't do this, we're not, you know, we're not being authentic. And he was,

Michael, I'll tell you how impactful. Gilligan never killed anyone. Gilligan never whacked anyone. The beaver never killed anybody. Ross from Friends, you know.

There were fewer rats on Gilligan's Island, though. And Michael, I'll tell you how impactful that show was. My son this year applied to Colby College, and that's where Tony killed that guy. And it spawned this entire conversation with me and my family about that very episode. And then, you know, everything that happened afterwards. So all these years later, it just so happened that Meadow, the character, was applying to Colby. And we're still talking about it.

Yeah. Is that why he wants to go to that college? That's it. That's the only reason why. He was hoping to run into a meadow, really. Yeah.

That's hilarious. I want to ask you both because I know this has to be the case over the course of years. It's no secret that the show itself was super popular amongst people that were in that line of work. Were fans who were ever involved with the mob ever kind of critiquing your performances throughout the years? Were you ever called out on techniques they felt weren't as authentic as they could be?

Well, in season three, I lived in Little Italy. So Monday morning, I'm taking my dirty laundry down to the dry cleaner. Guy stops me. He's, oh, stay at neighborhood guy. Hey, Steve. Hey, you know, I love the show, right?

But anybody who's ever killed anyone knows that's not how you do it. I gotta get going. Oh, my God. I had a similar experience at Rayo's, the famous restaurant in New York, and I was there with Tony Sirico. And he knew a guy who was there, who was at another table, who was a captain in one of the families. And he came over and was talking to us and said, if you really want to know how to strangle someone correctly, I can show you how. And I...

He waited until dessert, at least. I wasn't really prepared for that. But I think that was a testament to the show that these wise guys, and they're around. There's still a bunch of them around here. You know, they like the show.

They watched the show, you know, and they liked it. So I think that was a testament that it was authentic and it was real. You know what I mean? Oh, absolutely. And the truth of the matter is that people talk about this like, and they're mobsters. Michael Franchese, I think his name is pronounced, but he is, we had him on the show. He's a former captain in the mob. And now he has a very successful podcast of his own. And he talked about how a lot of the,

the mob shows and movies and Goodfellas and The Godfather, that they, the mob would sort of incorporate vernacular and things into what they were doing. And I know for a fact that the Sopranos, I've heard them all talk about influence that the Sopranos had about the way they were conducting their business. Well, you know, we had contact, the writers had contact with people from, you know, who were...

Yeah.

All these Italian mob families kind of are involved in similar businesses. So, you know, you can draw all the parallels, but it's not really literally based on anyone in particular. I wanted to ask you guys. They also there was no mob. You know, there was rumors that there was mobsters on the set. Yeah. You know, they were technical advisors. That's that's that's not true at all.

There was none of that. None of that went on. Not true. I wanted to ask you about James Galifiani and more specifically his son Michael, who's off on a career of his own and doing well. Do you guys get to socialize with him? Do you see him often? Yeah.

You know, I texted him a few times at Christmas and stuff. I have not seen him. I saw him a couple years ago at a Ranger game, but I have not seen him. But he's doing well. He's a really, really sweet kid, a really nice kid. And I think he's going to – he's doing fine. I think he's just getting better and better. He's working a lot. Really nice kid. You know, it –

doing research for the interview, I was looking back at history. I remember there was a point and correct me if I'm wrong, but Tony Soprano was a sex symbol. James Gandolfini was, was a sex symbol on that show. Can you guys react to watching that happen?

Well, I think he was voted. Wasn't he voted most handsome in high school or something like that? So I guess those seeds were already planted from when he was young. But, you know, he was this authentic guy. You know what I mean? He was a real, you know, he didn't look like a typical TV star. And I think people appreciated that. Yeah. Yeah. Sort of the going against type. You were going to say, Steve?

You know, Jim, we used to joke, me and him, they say TV puts 10 pounds on you. We said it takes 50 off you, you know. I mentioned you guys obviously have the event coming up at the Grand Opera House on February 1st. It's Conversations with Sopranos Live. Will this include question and answer from the audience as well?

Yeah, we always do that. Yeah, what we do is we've been doing this show all over the country for a number of years now. We even toured Australia. We have a comic, Joey Cole, a very funny guy. He's got a lot of work to do.

And then the three of us answer prepared questions, all funny, comedy-driven, behind the scenes, give you a peek behind the curtain. And then we do a Q&A with the audience. And then there's a meet and greet available. Then we have some seats left. It's a really good show. If you're a Soprano fan, you're going to learn a lot and you're going to laugh a lot.

I have to tell you, I started in comedy with Joey Cola. He's the nicest guy. He is a friend that I will not see for years and then we'll reconnect and he stays that kind of wonderful guy. But for an opening comedian or just a headliner, you can't do better than Joey. So please tell him if you get the chance that Steve Morrison says hi. But I wanted to ask you about the...

When you guys are approaching this role, because it's been done so often, we've seen mobsters in mob movies and mob TV shows. At the beginning, when you're trying to find the character, how hard is it to not lapse over into parody mobster and find the real character?

Well, you know, you need to trust the writing. Yeah. You know what I mean? I mean, the writing was on such a level that all you had to do was be faithful to it and execute it with some honesty. And, you know, you had real characters there. They were... That's...

You know, I'm not a comedian, nor is Steve, and we weren't playing comedy. I don't really know how to do that, but if you play the truth of the situation, it can be funny if it's written funny, it could be serious if it's written serious, and it's authentic, ultimately.

And it was all on the page. I mean, the writing was so good. I mean, it was on the page. It was right there for you, you know. And the problem with a lot of mob stuff, movies, some of them are just awful because it is a parody. Yeah. I mean, it is so bad, you know. It's like it makes your toes curl. That's how bad, you know. But The Sopranos, the writing, which Michael wrote five episodes. Oh, yes. Wow. Wow.

forgot about that um michael i wanted to ask about uh you know some other roles outside of uh the sopranos and whether you guys will allow people to touch on that if they have questions obviously a recent uh event for you a little while back not too long ago uh was white lotus which was wonderful um do people uh are they uh at this event okay to ask about that or goodfellas or some of the other projects that any one of you guys have been a part of

Yeah, they can ask whatever they like. I mean, we talk about some of our past projects outside of The Sopranos. So, you know, they can ask us whatever we want. It's totally open. And that's kind of the fun of the show, that every time you do it, it's different because people ask a variety of different questions. That's great. Steve, did you see Michael in White Lotus? Sure. I loved it. I was curious. Yeah, and I saw Michael in his play.

I went to the opening night of his play, which was wonderful. Yeah. I mean, the cast was so voluminous in Sopranos, and people had done so much work. I wasn't sure how aware you guys were, if you even have the time to watch everybody else's. Well, I mean, me and Michael, we did the podcast together. We wrote a book together. We do this together. We keep in touch, you know. Cool. So we know what each other are up to.

you know, and I don't know some of the other guys. I mean, I haven't seen some in a while. When we did the podcast, which was great, we saw everyone that we hadn't seen in many years, you know, or, you know, you kind of lose touch. Everybody's doing their own thing. And the podcast...

We got to talk to like 69 different cast members, crew members. So that was great. That's great. Let me ask you something. I'm sure this comes up often. I'm sure it comes up at every show. And it's a question you've probably been asked a billion times. Your personal takes on the last episode...

and what befell the Sopranos sitting there in the diner? Did they complete their meal and leave happily ever after? Or what do you think something else might have happened? Well, we do get asked that every show. I mean, I've always thought that Tony Soprano dies. Hmm.

You know, for a long time, I thought he was alive and well. Maybe it was wishful thinking. But after...

interviewing david chase like three times on the podcast and other writers i think tony soprano died also ah interesting okay i think he died i don't know we'll never know for sure yeah but i i think he died well that's how tv legends are built the fact that you don't have a conclusive answer will keep this at the loch ness monster going forever yep

All right. Well, we want to send people in the direction of the event, February 1st, Grand Opera House in Wilmington. And obviously, you guys are going to pack the house because people just still, this show is so big. Yeah, you guys should come out.

Yeah, definitely. You guys should come out. It's a great show. Let us know. We'll put you on the guest list. We're happy to... You'll enjoy the show. If you're a fan, you'll enjoy this. Awesome. I love it. TalkingSopranos.com for the information. Michael and Steve, thank you guys for being on this morning. Thank you, man. You got it. Michael Iberio and Steve Trepa.

Yeah. I think, you know, even... I said I didn't watch the show, but clearly I watched that last episode because it was the TV event. Uh-huh. And I think it was killed, the whole setup, the way they show the car pulling up out front. It was indicating something is about to happen. His time had come. And I sort of felt that way as well. It's one of those great, you know, final episode of Game of Thrones and all those sort of things. And they all sit in that pocket press and shows of this level. And even...

And Sopranos passed Game of Thrones because there was much more focus. And Game of Thrones was huge. But you didn't even have to be watching it to be culturally, pop-culturally aware of what was going on in the show. In that last episode, in that last scene, there's one guy, other than the members of the Sopranos family, that they show twice on screen. And it's a dude who sits at the... He walks in, walks in through the door. He has a little bulge in his jacket. Yeah.

You see him sit down at the diner counter, and then you see him again. They film him again deliberately, but...

And keep in mind, every shot in that last scene, in that last episode, was intentional and deliberate. Right. They show him again going into, with this song playing, into the bathroom. That's the only guy you see twice. And he looks like he could be a killer. And then the show ends, and the song, and then they fade to black. That guy comes out of the bathroom and kills Tony. Yeah, I can see that. The one thing that confused me was when...

Tony did the herky. I thought that was weird. Just jumped up in the air and did that. Go back to that first viewing when you're watching that episode. And this song comes up. Oh. It's okay, guys. The song comes up and it fades out and it's over.

What was your initial reaction? What the... Exactly. Like most of America. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Actually, my first reaction was, something happened to the cable? Yeah. You know? Right. Because I was watching it live on HBO, which is how you had to watch TV back in the day, whatever it was, 10 years ago. And...

Actually, I think it was 2007 that it ended. But anyway, you weren't streaming it. You were watching it live on HBO. And I thought something had happened with the feed, with the cable feed. Seth Meyers tells a story about it. They were all working an improv show or whatever. And it was his job to record it, record the episode. They go back.

The show ends that way and he goes, oh Christ, the tape stopped. And everyone's looking at him and then the credits came up and he's like... I was just going to start watching The Sopranos today but you guys spoiled it for me. Sorry, man. Nick, I watched one episode of...

of The Sopranos and it was the last one. I watched it so afterwards I was like, oh, I didn't really understand all of it but I was like, oh, that was good and everyone around me, my parents were like, what the hell just happened? It is rich with what the F moments. Again, hearkening back to the fact that no one has ever...

It changed tonally, you know, in that in the beginning it was a, you know, it was more Lorraine Bracco as his therapist sitting down there and dissecting things. And that was a part of it. But again, a rich collection of characters. Yeah, it was terrific. Maybe I'll dive in.

What you have to get past, Preston, is your distaste for Gandolfini's speaking style for the Tony character. I know that kind of like turned you off. And the whistle in his nose. Oh my God. I know. But at the time when it came out, I was just not

in the mood for the mob story again. But it's not a mob story. I know. It's family. That's the background. It's these people that exist in North Jersey, one of whom has all of these issues, and that's why he needs to go to therapy in the first place. And, you know, the mafia is sort of the background to who these characters are. The oddest thing is Small Wonder is a mob story, but you don't know it because they hide it. Yeah, with a robot. Vicky is the capo. Okay.

I'll have to spend some time with that. You're tweaking my melons. Yeah, you don't think of that. I want to take a break because we still have the B-file to get to and then another break to do after that and then come back and get our final keyword for the President's theme, ticket blitz. Your chance to go to the game this weekend. We'll come back in a moment. Stay with us.

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Brought to you by Special Olympics Pennsylvania, inviting you to get freezed for a reason in the 2025 Polar Plunge. That's February 1st, Citizens Bank Park. For more information or to register, you can visit phillyplunge.org. It's phillyplunge.org. Slaughterhouses in Brazil have become a target for armed robbers looking for a prized possession twice as valuable as the price of gold, and that is a cow's gallstone.

Cow's gallstone. Cattle gallstones are one of the most treasured ingredients in traditional Chinese medicine as they are used to treat strokes stemming from an increasing problem of hypertension and obesity. And the body part has become so valuable that traders are willing to pay a whopping $5,800 for a single ounce of

of the hardened nuggets of bile. Is this like the new ambergrist? I don't know. I think it's, would it be considered a bezoar? Yeah, because it's building within the body that way, the same way a bezoar would. So it's led to a global hunt across the world's top beef-producing regions, but underground dealers dodging taxes and regulations along with armed gangs...

Looking to hit big have quickly joined the game. Selling gallstones isn't illegal in Brazil, but the trade for the rust-colored rocks are becoming a flourishing practice underground. The savanna of Brazil is home to the globe's largest cattle exporter, and these robbers are taking advantage. Rafael Faria, a police investigator, said, I thought it was a joke at first, but the problem has become so rampant

The Fari himself was recently called upon to probe a series of heists and frequent smuggling incidents as these traders attempt to get stones to several buyers, including in Hong Kong, Shanghai and Beijing. Recently, armed robbers broke into a farmhouse and the criminals tied up the owners along with their six-year-old grandson before running off with $50,000 worth of these. In September 2024, two Uruguayan siblings,

were sentenced to prison for trapping more than $3 million in gallstones. Wow, there's some big money there. Yeah, definitely. Big money there in that little cow. Is the bezoar the same? I think it's really similar. Okay. And therein kind of lies some of the value. Yeah, interesting.

The Georgia County Fire Chief was fatally shot in Alabama while attempting to assist individuals who had struck a deer while traveling. This is really weird and sad. The deceased was identified as James Cawthon, a 50-year-old battalion fire chief. Cawthon was trying to help two people who had hit a deer while they were driving on Sunday. And when deputies arrived at the scene, they found Cawthon and two individuals who had hit the deer with gunshot wounds.

Cawthon died from his injuries while the other two individuals were taken to hospital trauma centers. And arrest warrants for murder were issued for this guy named William Randall Franklin. He is an Alabama man who resides in the area. And he'll be arrested once he's released from the hospital. Investigators said Franklin was the one who opened fire on Cawthon and the two unidentified individuals who struck the deer. Was he just in the woods hunting? No, I think he... Passerby? Passerby?

I think he was part of the crew. He was the guy that was driving. Man. So very weird. I'm interested to see a follow-up on that and what they find out from that. All right, something a lot lighter than that. A Bavarian ski resort slogan has been banned ahead of the upcoming Skiing World Cup over fears that it will offend British visitors. The slogan used by the resort pays homage to Garsmich Park and Kirchens local mountain called Mount Wank. What?

Yeah. That might be a problem. Images of gondolas with the resort's cable car station show bold text plastered to the side that reads, I love wank. Woo!

And the slogan was reportedly even set to be carved into the snow on the legendary Kodar piece sent to be seen by cameras and drones during the upcoming Alpine Skiing World Cup races. There is a, and I don't know if he's practicing anymore, but an oral surgeon in this area who did wisdom teeth. And when you got your wisdom teeth taken out, you got a t-shirt that said, and his last name was Wank. It said, I got yanked by Wank. Oh my God. That's fantastic. Yeah.

By the way, I love that term. Yeah, wank. Wank and wanker. On Ted Lasso, he walks in on Keeley, who's having fun with himself. He's going, you're having a wank with yourself. I love it. So organizers have praised the local slogan, but said that it was inappropriate for an international event. According to Betts, around 8 million viewers worldwide tuned into the races, including many English speakers.

On Tuesday, the Colorado Supreme Court ruled that elephants do not have the same rights as humans after the Non-Human Rights Project sued the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo over the conditions of its elephants. This is an outrage. In late October, the Non-Human Rights Project sued over the welfare of its five elephants, Missy, Kimba, Lucky, Lulu, and Jambo.

The NHRP argued that it was claiming habeas corpus as the elephant's next friend. This term is typically used when a human speaks up on behalf of another human. Your Honor, I'm just an elephant. I eat peanuts. I'm afraid of mice. But I never forget.

This case had never before been argued regarding an animal with habeas corpus. So the Supreme Court was working to decide on if a non-human being was entitled to that form of legal protection. The Supreme Court ultimately decided no matter how cognitively, psychologically, or socially sophisticated they may be, non-human animals cannot apply for habeas under Colorado's statute. I...

I'd say they can apply, but just make them, they have to be the ones that fill out the forms. Right, yes. And that's how you get around it. And then we will consider you to be a human. All right. And I think that's where we will wrap up. I want to try to stay somewhat on time for our next Preston and Steve ticket blitz keyword. So that's it for the B-File. We'll come back in a second. We'll also get less in question, trash, and the music news. Stay with us, friend.

What's going on in the world of rock? You'll find it at WMMR.com. Your one-stop outlet for all the rock news you need to know. WMMR.com. Where FOMO goes to die. Now, back with more of the Preston and Steve Show podcast. Now more with Preston and Steve on 93.3 WMMR.

In the interest of time, we're going to dive right back into this next segment because we kind of promised you around a quarter after each hour, we would pass along a special word that might get you some very important tickets. All right, it's time for Preston's team. Ticket Blitz! For the birds.

All right, we give you a word. You enter that word through PrestonAndSteve.com and you will automatically be entered to possibly win these tickets, which we will give away tomorrow morning. So our final keyword for today is KICK. K-I-C-K. And you enter that at PrestonAndSteve.com. Don't text it. We're not doing a text. This is not the secret text word. It's not that. It's a totally different thing. You have to go to PrestonAndSteve.com.

Take that keyword and enter it there.

And then you'll be in the running for the tickets. So five more opportunities to get registered for this tomorrow morning. And then we will give those tickets away for Sunday. And it's not just tickets to the game. You get a pair of Philly Sports Trips tailgate passes, too. And that'll feature appearances from former players and performance by Snack Time and Food and Drinks and a heated tent as well. So good luck to you, friend. In the meantime, we're going to give something else away. We have today's lesson question and the prize is...

Not too shabby. Pair of tickets to see Metallica. Yes! Sunday, May 25th at The Link. And the question...

that I think we will go with is who was the capo on Small Wonder? 215-263-WMMR. It actually wasn't that long ago. We just did it like a half hour ago. This was uttered. So who was the capo on the show Small Wonder? If you heard it, you know the answer. You need to call us now. 215-263-WMMR. The trash business is a gold mine. 93.3 WMMR.

with Preston and Steve's Hollywood Trash. All right, we'll get some stories and then we'll get our winner. Steve, what's going on this morning? Well, Kim Kardashian teasing her, quote, secret new boo in the trailer for her family's reality show. Kim says it's been easier keeping this boyfriend a secret because...

because no one cares. Oh, my God. Brody Jenner revealing Caitlyn Jenner tried to awkwardly apologize for being an absentee father while the two played Pebble Beach. Brody said it took Caitlyn being on a golf course to find some balls. And finally, it looks like Ocean's 14 is a done deal now that George Clooney and Brad Pitt are on board. From what we know, the new installment involves Ocean's crew stealing your fond memories of the first movie.

All right. Let's see if you know the answer to this question. Who was the capo on the show? Small Wonder 215263 WMMR. First caller was Tim. So we'll go to him. Let him take a shot at it. Hi, Tim. Good morning, bud. Hi, Grandma. All right. So who was the capo on Small Wonder?

Vicky. Yeah, the robot, Vicky. Hang on, Tim. We are going to give you a pair of tickets to see Metallica Sunday, May 25th. And we're excited to the shows at the link. And it's the M 72 world tour with Pantera and suicidal tendencies opening the second show. A single day tickets for both shows at May 23rd, 25th are on sale now via ticket master. And it's a no repeat weekend with two different sets performing in the round with

with different openers each night. Congratulations to you. Preston and Steve's Music News on 93.3 WMMR.

Brought to you by United Tire and Service for all of your car repair needs and the best tire prices. Trust United Tire and Service to provide friendly and transparent service. And UnitedTire.com. Don't drive alone. Drive united. Just a couple of things to mention. I think I have two stories here. We'll start with this one. The 2025 Songwriters Hall of Fame inductees have been announced.

So these are, it says inductees and then it says nominees. So I don't know which is which. Nominees, I think it's inductees. Include the Beach Boys, Mike Love.

Country music songwriter Ashley Gorley. Rodney Darkchild Jenkins. And Tony McCauley. Funk icon George Clinton is also included. And finally, the Doobie Brothers, Tom Johnston and Michael McDonald. And Patrick Simmons. Deservedly so. All nominated as well. Additional special award honorees are set to be announced soon. The induction ceremony is set for June 12th.

at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in New York City. I looked up one of these names. They have the list of songs that a bunch of these people have written. I'll go through a few of these, but George Clinton, obviously, Atomic Dog and Flashlight. I love that song. I'd Rather Be With You, Give Up the Funk. From the Doobie Brothers, Tom Johnson, Michael McDonald, Patrick Simmons.

They wrote together, listening to the music, taking it to the streets, Blackwater, What a Fool Believes, Long Train Runnin', all these great songs. Then once you get into the country stuff, I don't really know my way around there at all.

But then you have Mike Love, California Girls, Good Vibrations, A Warmth of the Sun, I Get Around, Fun Fun Fun. And then the gentleman, Tony McCauley, who I mentioned, I didn't know his name, but he wrote Build Me Up Buttercup. Oh, wow. Which, I love that song. Why don't you build me up, buttercup baby, just to let me down.

I'd love that too. The foundations. He also wrote a few others. He wrote I Didn't Get to Sleep at All. Is that I Didn't Get to Sleep at All? That's Tossin' and Turnin' though, right? Is that a different song? I don't know. It's called Last Night I Didn't Get to Sleep at All. So I don't know. Oh, how about this? No. No. Last night I didn't get to sleep at all. Oh. Oh. You know the song? Yes. Yeah. Who sings that? The Fifth Dimension?

Maybe. Does that sound right? That might be. And Steve, the backing crew on that was the Wrecking Crew. Oh, wow. Of course, yeah. That would have been, yeah, not early. I think I'd say that's a great song. That's got to be it. Yep. In the 70s. And he had Baby Now That I Found You and a bunch of other hits. Oh, okay. Okay, he can stay. And Love Goes When My Rosemary Grows.

Love grows with my Rosemary goes. And nobody knows like me. I showed up in Shallow Howl. And Build Me Up Buttercup showed up in... Another Ben Stiller movie. Oh, something about Mary, right? Yeah, both Farrelly brothers. At the end. The closing credits. Yeah. I don't... I probably know that song. I just don't know from how you're singing it. Because I'm terrible at singing it. Who did it? Do we know?

No, I don't. Edison Lighthouse. Edison Lighthouse? Yeah. Okay. It's the lyrics. It sounds so familiar. I'm not quite nailing it. Casey's going to pull it back. I'll mention something else in the meantime and we'll get that song. So there's a treat coming tomorrow for Linkin Park fans.

The band has announced that an acapella vocals-only version of their latest album from Zero is releasing tomorrow. Acapella? Interesting. Acapella? Yeah.

The album features the band's new lead singer, Emily Armstrong. I really dig her voice, whose vocals will be unaccompanied along with Mike Shinoda's on the new version of the album, released in November. Yeah, pretty weird. But they're going for it. All right, this is... Love grows where my rosemary grows. Okay. Okay.

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Sound familiar? Vaguely. Just a little bit. And I love this on Wikipedia. The genre is soft rock or bubblegum. Bubblegum rock, yeah. Is the way that we put it in there. There was an old collection I had that was called A.M. Gold.

And was filled with stuff like that. I love this stuff. It's fun to spend some time with. Was there another song we were singing? Fill Me Up Buttercup. Last Night I Didn't Get to Sleep At All. Can you pull that up? I didn't get to sleep at all. I think I know that tune. That's the Fifth Dimension we're thinking? Yes, I think so. And I think it's Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis. Didn't get to sleep at all.

I love you, honey. It's called A.M. Gold. Last night, I didn't get to sleep at all. No. Oh, I totally remember that. Yes, keep it playing for a moment. Until the morning light washed away the darkness of the night. How much would you expect to pay for a collection like this? The songs that got you through those breakups, The Heartache.

I should call you up and just forget that. I should want to sway. It's awesome. Amazing record collection for just $100 million. It is the number two on the easy listening chart. On the Billboard charts. Easy listening. Easy 102. It was a radio station in St. Louis. Easy 102. Playing the songs you're not sure you like.

But you listen anyway, because you're at the doctor's office. You can't reach the radio because you're incapacitated from some horrific spinal cord injury. Maybe your biota nurse will change it when she arrives later at 2 o'clock, but now you're all ours, bitch. I think the voiceover people on those stations, easy one-ohs.

The same crap you've been listening to every goddamn day. But don't worry, death will come in and whisk you away. There are times that I do crave a little bit of that. Listen, so why I do is just the kind of stuff my... The classic...

Radio on top of the refrigerator my mother used to listen to as she was making breakfast for us in the morning was WGSM in Long Island, New York, AM station. That's where you'd hear this song. And Steve, did you have any idea that the Wrecking Crew were the backing musicians on that song? No, but any time that, Nick, you saw the documentary. Yeah, it's so good.

rarely was there anything that didn't have them on it. Amazing. Yeah. They wanted... Well, and the reason they did that, too, is because they just... They were studio musicians. Yeah. And they played it right the first time, and it didn't take too much time, so it didn't cost too much money. Yeah, and it was work. Yeah. They're just looking for sessions. For people who don't know, Brian Wilson and the Wrecking Crew were basically the Beach Boys for the longest... And then the Beach Boys would go on a tour and sing the music. You know, they'd come and do the vocal. Yeah, they'd come and bring in and do the harmonies. That's the signature sound of the Beach Boys. But...

The music put together, the instrumental, that was the Wrecking Crew. Very talented. All right, that is all we'll do in Music News. We'll take a break. We'll come back in a second and wrap up our program. Stay with us. We'll be right back. In MMR's early days, we used carrier pigeons for requests, but some people got mad at us. So now we have the text line at 39333.

It's faster, better, and there's less poop. So text us anytime at 39333. Now, back with more of the Preston and Steve Show podcast. Beautiful song from Mr. Petty on 93.3 WMMA, never be you. It is 10.35 on a Thursday morning with Preston and Steve Show. You know what that means.

No sad bro. It is. It has arrived. And it'll be happy bro all the way around if you end up winning the tickets for the game this weekend at the link. So tomorrow morning we will start anew with the President Steve Ticket Blitz keyword. And we'll do that as close to 6.15 as we can. We did it like 6.23 this morning to start off with. So in that range, in that between 6.15, 6.30, that's when we will begin that.

And don't miss a single chance for you to enter because the more chances that you get on board, the more entries you get on board, the better your chance of winning the tickets. It's true. Yeah. Then you get to go to the game and you can get all the free snow you want. You don't have to spend a lot of dollars. Pick it up yourself. It's going to be though, technically they're saying it's going to be four degrees above average on Sunday. It's going to be comfortable for this time of year. It's going to be 45 is the high on, or 44. Yeah, 44, 45 degrees on Sunday. So it should be pretty solid on Sunday.

I would like to thank our slew of guests that we have this morning. First of all, Marcus Goldman. Marcus in the darkness. And Mark Feynman, who is chairman of the Bike-A-Thon, the American Cancer Society Bike-A-Thon. Team WMMR just made a donation of $1.7 million, by the way. It was huge. And thanks in part to a gigantic donation. In case you have the info sheet that we had earlier, I tossed mine away. I want to make sure that I give the proper credit.

credit to those who deserve it and that was courtesy of it doesn't say here son of a bitch I've forgotten it was I got it Ron Hurst ambulance that's it

B-R Ambulance Association. So anyhow, thank you to those guys for coming by this morning. I apologize for not having my information ready to go. Then we had the happiest person on the internet, Peter Merhofer, who did a Zoom interview from a beautiful forest in Austria yesterday.

And he was everything we wanted him to be. He exceeded what I'd hoped he'd be. Yeah. He has a funny sounding voice. Yes. But he is an unbelievable, naturally upbeat guy and insanely good looking. He is. And the fact that he just has that wonderful, and he says he gets compared to a lot of characters in Frozen. Yeah. Well, the main character is the, you're summer blood. He sounds like this. Ice.

Look where I am now. Isn't it so beautiful? I mean, where am I? He's excellent. You need to follow him on Instagram or TikTok. He was great. And his handle is Peter underscore my, M-A-I underscore. And you'll find him. He's a great follow. And then we had Ari Shafiro. Yay!

He's fantastic. His latest special is on Netflix and it's called America's Sweetheart. So it was cool to catch up with him. And then we have Michael Imperioli and also Steve Schirapa from The Sopranos. And they are in town and they were in a great mood. They're going to be in Wilmington February 1st.

for a Sopranos live event. And they come out and they tell stories and then there's a Q&A and anything is on the table. And they've been doing it long enough. They say they have a great energy, no doubt, because the podcast is super popular. But I know the events themselves have been really well received. Yep, so it's cool to have them on. All right, we need to do today's letter of the day. Ready, man? I got you. Preston and Steve on 93.3 WMMR.

Now, the Daily Letter. And the Preston and Steve show is brought to you today by the letter A, as in Alvarez. And we will give away a pair of floor tickets to the world's most exciting combat sport, bare knuckle fighting. And the championship's on Saturday at the Wells Fargo Center. And you can watch Philly's own Eddie Underground King, Alvarez, fight Jeremy Stevens with no gloves Stevens.

And limited tickets remain. You can get yours at bkfc.com, by the way. I'll take a moment to thank our sponsors. The President and Steve Show brought to you today by Dunkin'. The President and Steve Show runs on Dunkin'. And also brought to you by Acme Markets Fresh Foods.

Local flavors tomorrow. No sad bro. We'll be in full effect. And we will also have our buddy, Dob Davidoff in studio. He's always great. And then Sam Murill will be checking in with us as well. And yes, more of the Preston and Steve ticket blitz for this weekend. That's it. We're done. Rage on. Have a great day. And Piero Bear is in next. We'll see you later, gang. Bye-bye.

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