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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. Oh, yes. It's time to get started and we welcome you, friend. Today is a Wednesday, Wednesday. Weather-wise,

Yeah, we get a little bit of a change. We have warmer temperatures today. It's going to top off around 61 degrees, but with it comes some rain. It's going to start lightly around midday, and it's going to move into the afternoons, go out through the night. Tomorrow, a little bit cooler. Clouds high 48. Then we're going to stay in that low 50s, high 40s range over the next few days with partly cloudy skies. That goes through the whole weekend. Hello. Hello.

Preston and Steve's News Update with Kathy Romano. All right, today is Wednesday, the sixth day of fifth day of March. Good morning, Kathy. Good morning. In the news this morning, President Donald Trump addressed a joint session of Congress on Tuesday night, six weeks into his historic return to the White House. During the speech, Trump said America is back and defended the tariffs.

on key U.S. trading partners. Trump said Joe Biden let the price of eggs get out of control and claimed that they are working hard to get it back down. Though egg prices did increase under President Biden, they have recently surged under Trump too, and that's because of the bird flu, which has led to the death of 136 million birds since 2022, according to the American Farm Bureau Federation.

Egg prices rose from $1.93 per dozen to $4.82 per dozen over the course of just that one year, according to the data. The price is moderated again back down to the $2 to $3 range during the rest of Biden's presidency, but have shot back up to a record high $4.95 a dozen this January. Last night they made Gene Simmons chicken ambassador, which is very moving. Makes sense. Trump touched on it. I'm honored for this.

It's incredible. Trump touched on immigration and the mineral deal with Ukraine, but neglected to go into detail on his economic plan. The speech was also met with protests and disruptions from Democrats. House and Senate Democrats silently protested the president, refusing to applaud, holding up signs, calling him king and liar, and for some walking out of the address altogether.

Representative Al Green from Texas didn't get the memo. After Trump told lawmakers he had won a mandate, Green began waving his cane at Trump and yelled out repeatedly, you have no mandate. The sergeant at arms promptly removed Green from the chamber, a first during modern day presidential addresses to Congress. What I thought was odd is that they actually played president. I don't know if you saw, they played F. Mary Kill, which was the first president.

I think that I've ever seen them do it. And it's about time for that game to make a comeback. A federal inmate has been captured nearly a week after he's been on the run after escaping a Philadelphia prison. 30-year-old Keith Freeman is back in custody after being apprehended by U.S. Marshals.

at a home in the 2400 block of Nichols Street. I love that these guys escape. I mean, I guess they have nowhere else to go, but like they escape a Philadelphia prison and they just stay. Yeah, wouldn't you think you'd want to get as much distance between you and the prison as possible? But, you know, he attempted to hide. He attempted to hide under a pile of clothes, but was quickly found by deputy marshals and transferred back to the Federal Bureau of Prison. Nobody's here.

Freeman climbed two different fences to escape the Kintock group on the 600 block of East Luzerne Street last week. The federal inmate was serving a 96-month sentence for weapon possessions. He was transferred back into custody. An Idaho judge is warning attorneys to quit filing so many sealed documents in the murder case of a man accused of stabbing the stabbing deaths of four University of Idaho students. Brian Koberger's

Defense attorneys and prosecutors have made secrecy the norm rather than the exception, the 4th District Judge Stephen Hippler wrote in a court order on Monday. This runs counter to the public's First Amendment rights to know what is going on in its courts, Hippler wrote. He ordered the attorneys to use the least restrictive steps necessary to protest confidential information in the case.

Koberger is charged with four counts of murder and the deaths of the students who were killed in the early morning of November 13th, 2022 at a rental home near the campus in Moscow, Idaho. When asked to enter a plea last year, Koberger stood silent.

prompting the judge to enter a non-guilty plea on his behalf. Prosecutors have said they will seek the death penalty if Koberger is convicted. Hipler's directive came as a flurry of new motions were filed ahead of the August trial, including a sealed defense motion to take the death penalty off the table that cited autism spectrum disorder. Other sealed motions include one on whether the term psychopath or sociopath can be used during the trial and one from prosecutors about the presence of

The prosecutors did successfully petition to use the word goober. So that...

It's a great word. It is a great word. All right. In sports this morning.

What the f*** is this? The Sixers lost again, falling to the Timberwolves, 126-112 last night in Minnesota. What the f*** is that? Anthony Edwards scored 18 points, and the Timberwolves pulled away in the fourth quarter to beat the shorthanded Sixers. Paul George returned after missing a game with groin soreness, but the Sixers were without guard Tyrese Baxey, and they played their third game. Oh, my ball!

since announcing Joel Embiid will miss the rest of the season. The Sixers have lost 13 of their last 15 games and are on the road tomorrow night with a game in Boston against the Celtics. Tip-off is at 7.30. The Flyers lost to the Calgary Flames 6-3 last night in South Philly.

What the f*** is that?

The Bills play the Tigers on the road today. The first pitch will be at 105. And the Eagles are still the Super Bowl. Yeah! There you go. We've got that for us. And that's what I have for you this morning. Thank you, Kathy. By the way, take a look. It's 618. Some light on the horizon. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Yeah, don't get used to that because on Monday it'll all turn back as we switch the clocks and it'll be dark again for a little while longer. But then a month or so into that. We claw our way out. There's a point like end of May and throughout the beginning of June where you almost feel like a human when you're leaving work. When driving in around 4 a.m. you will actually see for the month of June we get a little bit of twilight. That's the best. Yeah, it is good. It's like this is how people should live. Yep, it's coming up.

But we do have daylight savings time or standard time or whatever reverting back to over the weekend on Sunday. So just a reminder, you need to be ready for that. We do have a check-in with Fox Good Day this morning, so we'll see what's going on.

with Mike and Alex. And we also have a guest on the program. Comedian George Wallace is going to be on Love Him. And he is co-starring in a new show called Clean Slate with Laverne Cox. And that is now on Prime Video. So George will be checking in in the 9 o'clock hour.

And other than that, we've got things to give away and stuff to talk about. So we'll take a quick break, come back in a moment, and entertainment stories are on the way. Still going to have to use our Zoom for you when you want to check in with us via contributing or winning prizes or whatever, but we'll give you the details on that in a little bit. We'll take a quick break and come back in a moment. Stay with us. Preston and Steve.

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Let's just pose a question to you. You're going to have to zoom in your answer today. The stupid question is, and it's an easy one. What U.S. city's nickname honors its culinary history of slow cooking beans and molasses? No, don't call that number.

you need to text the word ZOOM to 39333. And we will therein send a link, and then we'll pop you up on with us and see if you know the answer to that. So what U.S. city's nickname honors its culinary history of slow-cooking beans and molasses? Text the word ZOOM to 39333. Let's see if you can win. We'll go through birthdays, as we usually do.

While we wait for your answer, today being the fifth day of March, we'll begin with Kevin Connolly. Broke onto the scene in Entourage. Yeah. He's been in a bunch of things. He produces a lot now. I always liked him. He's a little guy. He's a little guy, right? He's shorter. Probably hard for him to get a full-on Hollywood career. He came from that crappy...

Married with children. Oh. Oh, yeah. With Ripoff. Bobcat Goldthwait was the puppet. Yeah. He was the David Faustino of that show. He's had some problematic stuff over the last couple years. He kind of turned into a bit of an egotistical a-hole. Oh, really? Kevin Connolly has? Yeah, he has. Preston, he's done some things on golf courses that would piss you off. What? Yeah, we don't need to get too deep into it. But if you want to get angry, Google Kevin Connolly.

golf course after the show today. Wow. I had not heard any of that. You know me. Once you start to sully the sanctity of the sport, it really pisses me off. I don't want to rain on your Kevin Connolly parade, but yeah. Kevin Connolly, suck it. You miserable little son of a bitch. 51 today. Jake Lloyd, who you remember in The Phantom Menace. He's got...

He's gone through a lot. I was reading a story about him. And I jumped on the bandwagon because he seemed kind of insufferable, but went through a big mental collapse. I was reading an interview with his mother, and he's paid a lot of emotional dues over the years. So I feel bad for the guy. That's too bad. Wow, he's 36 years old.

Casey's tribute to Jake Lloyd and his birthday today. That'll put him over the top. Wow, the very beautiful Eva Mendez. She's wonderful. She's stunning. She and Ryan Gosling have been together for a while. They have long time kids. Multiple kids? Yes, yeah. Okay.

But yeah, there's going to be some good-looking kids. Really good-looking kids. Wouldn't it suck to come out as an ugly kid from that DNA pool? I remember seeing her in Training Day. That was one of the first things. And she mainly speaks in Spanish in that movie. Doesn't have many lines, but you were just like...

Whoa. If you want to see her on fire looking fantastic, that movie The Other Guys, she plays Will Ferrell's wife. Yes. Who he thinks is very plain. Right. Mark Wahlberg keeps going, no, come on, who is she? Yeah. She's my wife. No, come on, who is she?

She turns 51 years old today. We were just talking about Nightcore the other day. We had the star of the show on, and it's Marsha Warfield's birthday today, who makes a cameo in I'm not sure how many episodes. Last week's episode. Of the current version of that, but she turns 71. So just one episode? I think it's just one, but maybe, who knows? They've been bringing people back. In fact, they've added Wendy Malick to the cast.

And she was on a couple of episodes. She turns 71 years old today, Marshall Warfield. From the world of music, John Frusciante of Red Hot Chili Peppers has his birthday today. There's a survival story there.

He turns 55 years old today, but yeah, he was a hardcore heroin addict. It was looking bad for him for a while. There was footage of him, I guess he took it, him like smoking heroin and like

It was bad, you know. So he turns 55 years old today. Happy birthday to John Prashante, even though this is not him playing guitar. So he probably should... Under the Bridge. It's guitar only. It's John Prashante. It's an iconic piece of guitar playing. All right. But no, that was... What's his face? Dave Navarro. Dave Navarro playing guitar on that, yeah. But we tribute... We give that tribute to John Prashante. This one's for you. He's a big fan of Dave Navarro, 55.

There you go. That's the guy. It's my fault I should get this stuff to Casey ahead of time. Sometimes I just walk in and he's looking over my shoulder essentially at the names that are coming up. It's also, do we have this one? We do not. We don't have Electric Avenue from Eddie Grant. What? We played it. Eddie Grant is 77 years old today. I remember...

Excuse me. We do. Oh, cool. It's here. Sorry, I've got a little stuff stuck in my throat. I remember roller skating to this song. Oh, it's a perfect roller skate. That's how far back this song goes. Yeah. But yeah, this was a massive, massive MTV hit. It was playing constantly in the early days of MTV. Oh, no.

And Eddie Grant is a legit huge star in the world of reggae. Yeah. And that realm, he turns 77 years old today. It's also Craig Reed and Charlie Reed's birthday. You probably don't know those names. You may know them better as the Proclaimers. Oh. As they are 63 years old. They're twins. Yeah. And...

Slightly older looking. 500 Miles was the big hit song for them. And I was like, I'm on my way. That's a great song. That's a fun little tune. So they turn 63 years old today. We also have a great guest. Penn Jillette is a year older and he hits a big one. He turns 70 years old. He looks great. Yeah. He's got his hair. And he got it. Did he cut his hair? I saw a picture of recently. It appeared as if he's.

cut his hair. Did not know that. I know he lost weight. He was very, very heavy for a long time. And then he eventually got it together and trimmed down for health purposes. Nick, did you check that? Yeah, sure. He's a fascinating guy, man. They both are. He's a great interview because he talks a

He's great. One of our best interviews. This was years ago. He sat in here for almost an hour. Yep. And we had a great time. So he turns 70 years old today. Happy birthday, Angela. He's got shorter hair. And he looks good. And then the last birthday I saw was supermodel Nikki Taylor. Was she in this? I don't know. But all the supermodels were. That's true. Was she the one who had a sister who died? Yeah. So Nikki, by the way, hit the scene when she was like...

15, 16 years old and just, you know, stunningly gorgeous. But her sister died at 17 years of age and she had a rare disease

disease of some type that at first they had to hire independent groups to do the medical examination on her because her death was so out of left field. They weren't sure if it was some kind of an allergic reaction or something like that, but it turned out she had some very rare

issue and it took her life at 17. She was going to be a famous model as well. She was going to eclipse her sister. I believe, and this could be inaccurate, but that the cardiac event she had might have been brought on by an inhaler. Well, I read this morning that's what they initially thought. But they don't know that it was a rare disease that she had. And they were wondering if maybe it was an inhaler. But upon further investigation,

that I read this morning anyway said that no, that wasn't the case. Oh, last birthday today. It's Kyle Schwarber's birthday. Schwarbaum turns 31 years old today. He's excited we're coming down. He's got to be. He's got to know that we are on.

the way. Is this where they're going to sit? Right here? Happy birthday. I read the other day he's the only baseball player in history to hit a home run in the World Series, the NLCS, the ALCS, the NLDS, the ALDS, the Wild Card Game, and the World Baseball Classic.

Okay. Yeah. Wow. Isn't that impressive? That is impressive. He's on our team. All right. Happy birthday to you, sir. All right. Let's see if we can find somebody who has an answer via Zoom, I think. Marissa, are we going to go to somebody? Yeah. It looks like, well, I started to see an image up on our screen here. So we're doing answers via Zoom. Why, we have a whole family here, folks. We're going to talk to Ryan first of all. Hey, Ryan, how you doing? Hi.

Good morning, guys. Good morning. Who's there with you, Ryan? My kids, Harper and John. Harper. I love that name. Hey, Harper and John. Nice to see you guys this morning. Still in their jammies. I just woke up. All right. Very good. All right. So here's the question. What U.S. city's nickname honors its culinary history of slow cooking beans in molasses? Please tell us.

I believe that would be Boston. It would be Boston. Beantown, you are absolutely correct, sir. So hang on the line. We shall retrieve some information from you and set you up with that prize, which, by the way...

is a pair of movie tickets to see Mickey 17. And that is from Academy Award winning writer-director of Parasite Bong Joon-ho. Yes, Kathy. You guys know that I love Bedhead. I shared an amazing Bedhead picture with you years ago. What was her name? Harper. Harper, yes. Harper, take a picture and save it. Yeah, that's classic Bedhead. She is... That looks great, Harper. She's smiling.

Yeah. Nice job. All right. So anyhow, let's see here. The movie Mickey 17 is in theaters and IMAX nationwide this Friday. So we've got some entertainment stories to run by him.

We'll start with this. Millie Bobby Brown posted a video on Instagram in which she condemns the press for bullying her over her changing physical appearance. The Stranger Things star called out specific articles and writers for their disturbing coverage.

That is devoted to, she said, dissecting my face, my body, my choices. I started in this industry when I was 10 years old. She wrote in the caption of the video, I grew up in front of the world and for some reason people can't seem to grow with me. Instead, they act like I'm supposed to stay frozen in time, like I should still look the way I did on Stranger Things Season 1. And because I don't, I'm now a target. And she blasted, quote, the people who are so desperate to...

to tear young women down and went on to name some of the writers and articles who targeted her. She directly read aloud some of the headlines that have been written about her recently, and they're terrible. Yeah. First off, I categorically disagree that she looks bad in any way. She looks phenomenal. Yeah. But some people think that she looks...

She's overdoing it, I guess. Ah, relax. But this... Steve and I were talking about this yesterday because we watched a video and she is just such a well-put-together, intelligent, gracious person. And she...

had made this video and she did it very elegantly um she's made several red carpet appearances in recent weeks uh on the publicity tour of her new netflix original movie the electric state um she said this isn't journalism it's bullying about the press coverage she said the fact that adult writers are spending their time to dissect in my face my body my choices is disturbing and the fact that some of these articles are written by women makes it even worse

She is gearing up for a busy 2025 with the release of The Electric State later this month and then the final season of Stranger Things expected to launch later this year. Kathy, if you were to give an estimate of percentage wise, who's more likely to snipe at someone's appearance in general, men or women?

Oh, no. I think women. Women. Okay. Yeah. So she made her marriage to Jake Bongiovi even more permanent. This time she got some ink and she was spotted in London sporting a fresh ankle tattoo with the letters JB, seemingly a nod to her husband. Did you see the PNS worked in there as well? No, I didn't. Yeah. She got into floating world. Uh,

So she showed off her new ink while rocking a bold leopard print outfit, complete with a matching trench coat, mini umbrella and pillbox hat. And it looked good. And this isn't her first tattoo either. She has a dainty flowers on her back. Uh,

The name Ruth on her ribcage for her late grandmother and a tiny heart on her collarbone. Plus she paid, that's her asking for the tattoo, if you're wondering why we're playing that. She was tanked up. So she paid tribute to her Stranger Things character Eleven with a 011 inked on her wrist as well. So that's the list of tattoos. That's cool. Yeah.

Yeah, so from the actual show, she got a real tattoo of that. Do you know what surprised me at the Oscars? What?

I didn't realize Ariana Grande's hands were so tatted up. Did you guys see that? I did, yeah. And she was sitting next to Cynthia Erivo, who also has a lot of arm and hand tattoos. In the press release on this, Preston, do they have a release date for Stranger Things? It's just later this month. Okay. So I'm not sure. Later this month or this year? This month. Hang on. Oh, it better be. Oh, that'd be wonderful. It's my job. Threw it in the trash.

Wait, don't you do a trash report? Let's see here. Yeah, but that's not until later in the show. It says the Actors Gearing Up for Business 2025 with the release of The Electric State later this month. I meant Stranger Things. Stranger Things later this year. There we go. Thank you. Okay, you got it. So the New Mexico Gas Company found no significant findings in its investigation of Gene Hackman and Betsy Arakawa's home following their deaths and natural gas is not believed to be a factor in their deaths.

That said, a small gas leak and code violations were discovered during their investigation, but none were apparently life-threatening. Workers apparently found a minuscule gas link from one of the stove burners measuring 0.33% gas in the air, and that tiny amount is apparently not enough to be fatal. Sheriff Aiden Mendoza seemingly confirmed that carbon monoxide poisoning was ruled out after testing. The last event that was recorded was...

on Hackman's pacemaker was on February 17th, nine days before their bodies were discovered. I forget the way it was phrased, but the notion of perhaps...

He died, she found him dead, and then she... There's so many of those going around. I'm wondering if that might be a likely scenario. Right. That she was heartbroken and decided that she didn't want to live without him. Maybe. Yeah. Maybe. I think she killed him. He's so young. That's possible, too. Yeah. Depending on...

You know, the toxicology, I guess, if they find out he had drugs in his system, maybe that's it. The dog throws everything off, though, right? Yeah, yeah, yeah. I guess maybe he just ate some of the pills that were on the ground. No, the dog was in a crate. Starved to death. Oh, that's right. And then there were two others and they were fine, right? Yeah. You'd think they would help their friend get out of the cage. Well, you'd think they'd start eating the bodies, too. Yeah, I would. It legitimately happens regularly. So, all right. Anyway. So strange.

We're moving on. If I'm in an elevator that's stuck, I'd pick out people I'm going to eat. Jax Taylor, who's the star of Vanderpump Rules as well as The Valley, has revealed yesterday that he is an addict. He said, I have a substance issue primarily with cocaine. He said, it's hard to say out loud.

I've been dealing with this on and off since I was 23, and now I'm 45. So you're the big Jax fan on the show. Did this hit you like a brick? I just couldn't. Well, listen, I kind of knew. He did. So he's doing well for the moment, closing in on three months sober. He said, I can't do cocaine without drinking, so I just gave up both. And I'm proud to say I'm 83 days sober right now, which is the longest I've ever gone in my life without either. Now, his ex...

And Bravo co-star Brittany Cartwright reacted to the omission and she said...

I'm glad that he finally admitted to what was really going on. For the first time, I can speak openly about the extent of trauma he instilled on our family over the years. I've tried desperately to help him without success. I pray that one day he'll completely knock this addiction. But I'm skeptical. His behaviors are still alarming and his treatment plan seems to be the bare minimum. So cocaine, man. Yeah, yeah.

Taylor Swift and Travis Kelsey may have cameras on them almost constantly, but one person says they went months without showing up on anyone's radar. A guy named Wes Bergman, Kelsey's next-door neighbor, was on a podcast last month when he spilled that living near Kelsey made him aware the NFL star was dating the singer months before it was revealed publicly. He said, I beat the validating of her showing up to games and stuff like that by six months.

And since then, something must have spooked him because he's walking way, way back. He said, oh my God, y'all, I'm so sorry and confused. He wrote this yesterday on social. Everything being reported on is none of my business. My contribution to this was taken out of context and said in what I thought was relative obscurity,

But it obviously wasn't. To be fair, Swift herself admitted the two had been dating for a while before their first appearance at the Kansas City Chiefs game. Yeah, it sounds kind of weird because they're living in larger houses, almost like mansions and estates. Yeah. So that gives the kind of notion that he was spying on his neighbors. I don't know. Or maybe, you know, Travis reached out to him and said, hey, dude. Shut your face. Mind your own business. Yeah, yeah. I don't really know. Huh.

Yesterday, there were hints that Chelsea Handler and Ralph Fiennes may be seeing each other. What? Yeah, no. There's pictures of them together. I really like both of them. I was watching Ralph Fiennes quite a bit during the Oscars the other night. Dude did not smile a whole lot. Really? Yeah, he just looked like he was not having very much fun. He has a very successful novelties company.

A day later, he said, we have a little clarity on the situation. Sources told TMZ that the two are spending time together and having some fun, giving things a trial run before possibly making their relationship official. This is a source.

The two were seen leaving the Vanity Fair Oscar party together, which started the rumor mill buzzing. But as of right now, they're just enjoying each other's company and keeping things light. It's great to see him on skis naked for her birthday. Yeah. Kath, what do you think of the work she's had done lately? Yeah, I mean, you know what? Sometimes it can get to be like you can still look decent and then it starts to set in. Yeah. Yeah.

Speaking with Hero Magazine, Robert Pattinson confirmed he's going to reprise his role as Batman, but groaned that he wished the movie would start production already. He said, I started out as young Batman, and I'm going to be old Batman by the sequel. He also reassured fans that he's physically doing fine, saying I'm old, but I'm healthier. I think I've actually brought my biological age down a bit.

The second Batman movie starring Pattinson is expected to be released in 2027, while his first Batman movie came out in 2022, of course. DC Studios co-head James Gunn has defended the long time between the movies previously sharing a five-year gap or more is fairly common in movie sequels. Oh, and he's working on another Batman movie as well. James Gunn is part of that James Gunn DC universe. So...

Different Batman? Different Batman. Okay. Yeah, yeah. How many Batmans can they go through? I think about 5,000. Yeah, right. George Lowe, a veteran voice actor whose credits include the title role in Space Ghost Coast to Coast.

passed away yesterday. That sucks. Love Space Ghost. Lowe reportedly passed away following a short illness back in July 2023. Space Ghost contributing writer MC Chris shared with fans concerned about Lowe's conspicuous absence from social media that the actor had been suffering health problems including an aortic dissection that required intubation twice and had a nurse looking after him in his home in Florida. He said we came close to losing him. But

Yes, since past. And alumnus of the Radio Engineering Institute of Sarasota, Lowe began his career in the 1980s with occasional voiceover work before landing the title role in Cartoon Network's Space Coast to Coast, a send-up of talk shows that featured live-action celebrity guests.

The animated series will run for 10 years and more than 100 episodes, including a movie to Adult Swim, a move to Adult Swim, and brief revival via Turner Broadcasting's GameTap online video game. The great thing about Space Ghost Preston, the comedic aspect of it, is that they would cut to characters for reaction shots, like quiet, like just staring. And it's not something that you would see that in a live action comedic piece.

But to have these animated characters react that way was so funny. So sad news, he's passed. Yeah. Keanu Reeves has shut down speculation about another John Wick sequel. He was speaking with Extra and he shared, and this is a spoiler alert because I didn't see John Wick Chapter 4. It says, you know, the character's dead.

He died in John Wick Chapter 4. They suggest he's dead. Well, he says he's dead. Right. So that's Keanu. Yeah, until the money comes in. When asked about the possibility of more films, he said right now there isn't, though he did admit Hollywood has a tendency to revive characters. And he also did point out that Ballerina, the spinoff set in the John Wick universe, is set to come out later this year and admits that John Wick makes a brief appearance.

starring Anna de Armas as an assassin in training. So that film takes place between Chapter 3 and Chapter 4. Listen, I'm a massive John Wick fan. Four is a long haul. I mean, it's a longer movie, and there are some of the most brilliant fight set pieces I've ever seen, but it's a lot to absorb. Yeah. Yeah, it's a long one. Okay.

Speaking of Keanu, he made an uncredited cameo in Apple TV's Severance as the voice of the Lumen Building in a video watched by the Innies in the first episode of season two.

But it turns out that the actor wasn't actually the first choice for the voice role. Appearing on Jimmy Kimmel Live, director Ben Stiller said that he actually tried to get President Barack Obama for the role. And he emailed the former president through a friend who knows Obama's lawyer. And two days later, he actually got a polite decline directly from Obama. He said, hey, Ben, big fan of the show. Love season one. Can't wait for season two. Don't think I have time in my schedule to make this happen.

Stiller said that it was pretty cool that he responded at all. But he joked and said, what is more important than doing the voiceover for the animated building in Severance? So he had to pass on it.

David Arquette is making a shocking return in the highly anticipated Scream 7. He's joining the likes of his fallen Scream co-stars like Scott Foley and Matthew Lillard. I am so shocked! Arquette, who plays fan favorite Dewey Riley, was killed off in Scream 5, but details on how he returns are under wraps.

He'll reunite with Courtney Cox and Neve Campbell and more returning stars. Do you watch all of those, Steve? No. I watch the Jenna Ortega one. I'm sort of...

I was not that big a fan of the first one. I thought it was fun. And it was meta, which was kind of cool. But I go, okay, been here, done that. The seventh installment to the Ghostface franchise has no shortage of star power with newcomers. McKenna Grace, Joel McHale, Mark Consuelos, and more are joining the deadly universe. I've never even saw the first one. You never saw the first one? Nope, nope.

Disney has announced the premiere streaming date for its global blockbuster, Moana 2. And of course, the voiced act includes all the people from the first movie. I saw it because I saw that sled at the Cardboard Classic. Yes, it was so well done. The animated sequel, which made over a billion dollars globally last year, is coming exclusively to Disney+, and you will find that on March 12th. Did you know that Dwayne Johnson is now the bad guy in the WWE? Yeah.

Oh, he's a bad guy now? He's a bad guy. And I didn't realize this until recently, but he's also positioned now as the owner of the WWE. I don't know a lot about the inner workings of storylines and politics and stuff when it comes to the WWE, but Dwayne Johnson and John Cena teamed up against the guy who wears the belt.

I'm sorry, wrestling fans. The guy who wears the belt? Yeah, the current champion, whoever that guy is. Got it. Rico Suave. No, John Cena completely stabbed that guy in the back, and he sided with Dwayne Johnson in the ring the other day and kneed him right in the balls. Nobody saw it coming. Wow, nobody. So John Cena and Dwayne Johnson, who were once good guys, are now... Wow.

The heels of the WWE. That is a big turn. Yeah. All right, after factoring in both broadcast television and the many streaming options available to viewers, it was determined that viewership for the 97th Annual Academy Awards was up slightly. Initial reports on Monday had viewership down a tick year to year, but after they figured in mobile and PC viewing,

The final tally was 19.69 million viewers, which is a fraction above last year's 19.5 mil. And making for the award show's highest viewership in five years. How many different ways were there to watch the Academy Awards? Yeah, I don't know. I mean, obviously Hulu was one of them. I think Tubi was doing it as well. Possibly. So, yeah, when you add all that stuff together, apparently there was a bigger audience for it. Cody Rhodes is the guy that wears the belt. Cody Rhodes. He's the man who wears the belt. Sorry, wrestling fans.

Amanda Seyfried spilled some juicy details about a possible sequel to Jennifer's Body being in the works. I'm a fan of that movie. She starred in the horror comedy back in 2009 alongside Megan Fox, and the film didn't exactly set the box office on fire, but it did gain a cult following in the years since its release.

And while attending the Toronto Film Festival, Seyfried met a fan who was a big fan of Jennifer's body and gave them hope for more to come. She said, I think we're making a second one. And she said, I didn't confirm it. I said, I think. And then she went and added, we're working on it. We're working on it. That's a Diablo Cody script. Oh, yeah. So it has that sort of humor to it, but it's also legit horror. And then one last thing. Kristen Ritter has joined Dexter Resurrection as a guest star.

The details about her character are pretty limited right now, but we do know that she's going to be named Mia. So hopefully that won't, that'll be enough for diehard Dexter fans for now. Dexter Resurrection is the sequel to the series on Showtime. And production started in January this year. It's expected to debut on Paramount Plus with Showtime in the summer. Of course, it stars Michael C. Hall, Uma Thurman, David Zayas, and Jack.

Jack Alcott. So have you been along for all the Dexter iterations? I have. And have they lived up to quality level? Yeah, I enjoyed the latest go around with it when they were in like Canada or whatever. I haven't caught the new one, the prequel. Right. Essentially. Okay, mystery clips, I guess. I handed you the thing. Oh, you did? I did, I did. I didn't even say it. Oh my God. All right, real clips. Here we go.

The characters in Zero Day seek help from past leaders by calling a former president out of retirement. In this clip, Angela Bassett talks about how she learns from other actors past and present. Just watching them just, you know, be reckless with it, you know, be interesting with it, you know, being deep with it, whether it's within the lines or it's behind the eyes, you know, always watching for a special performance or to be moved in any way.

Zero Day is streaming now on Netflix. Here's our next clip.

Last month, Oscar De La Hoya was revealed to be the fuzzy pea on The Masked Singer. And here, the golden boy of boxing talks about what his younger self would think about the show. That I'm not afraid of doing this. The courage I have to do this. And it's because obviously being behind the mask and being the fuzzy pea and nobody knowing who I am is just like, it's so liberating and gives me confidence. Show!

New episode of Masked Singer airs tonight. You'll find that on Fox. Imagine being a fuzzy pea would be liberating. Take it away, yeah? Finally a fuzzy pea. How about that? That's the entertainment report for the morning, friend. We are going to take a break. We're going to check in with our friends on Fox Good Day this morning. We will do that. And we have a guest on the program, Mr. George Wallace. Great comedian will be popping in the 9 o'clock hour.

And we're getting set for one week from tomorrow, broadcasting live from Spring Training in Clearwater. We hope you'll be joining us for that. We'll be back in a moment. Stay with us. Preston and Steve's Cardboard Classic is in the books. And what a day it was at Montage Mountain. When I say cardboard, you better say classic. Cardboard! Classic!

Car barn! Shut up, Jackie! You built the sled, right? Absolutely not. My big brother built my sled. Does anybody here want to see Piero Bear drive a snowcat? Everyone. But the management of Montage Mountain. So we've got sled number 80. They might make it all the way down the hill. There's an oar in the air. Yes! They did it! Oh my god! It's the Star Wars theme sled. It's pinching a little bit. Oh!

I really thought it was going to make it. A massive fail. But there is a Jedi on the scene to protect all. Jack off, John. Don't forget to check out this year's photos and videos at WMMR.com slash Cardboard Classic. Sponsored by Camelot Productions. Official drone coverage of this year's Cardboard Classic.

All right. Thank you very much, Kathy. So Kat's got a story to tell us, actually. We made her wait on air because we had to hear this. Yeah, I didn't really give you much detail. So yesterday I went to the gym, came back from the gym, showered in the afternoon. And so I was coming out of the bathroom and I was like partially dressed. I brought like I had like some clothes in the shower.

in the bathroom with me and some were like whatever outside. So I came out, I had no pants on and all of a sudden... That feels so good. You were porky pigging it? You had a top on but no pants? I had a top, yeah, and my underwear, no pants. And I hear, I start to put my pants on, right, so I kind of have like one leg in and I hear a man's voice. Oh, okay.

What the hell is that? Wow. And so you were thinking you're home alone. I had three testicles. Home by myself. And so I literally... I freeze. Right? So I'm just standing there now with like one foot... One leg in the pants. You must have crapped yourself. So, yes. Steve, I was like...

who is that and so then i i freeze and i'm thinking to myself i didn't hear anything you know because so i have a security system on the house if anybody enters i hear it right you know so i i'm like i didn't hear anything so i go to my apps i also have apps right i check all the the ring cameras still have no pants on um and i look and then i can see if my garage door has been opened or closed anything like that nothing no no movements i'm like oh no they came through the window

I'm like, well, how did they get in the house? You have sensors on your window. Yeah. Well, maybe. Yes, you do. I do. Yes. And so I hear the man's voice again. I'm like, what is going on? Now I'm like, you got to get dressed. What the hell is going on? And of course, I'm like, you have no clothes on. They're going to come in. They're going to rape you. Like, they'll probably kill you. They'll bury you out back. I don't know. Leave no witnesses yet. Right. You'll miss spring training. Well, mind you, I can't go to spring training. There's no, it's, you know,

broad daylight outside. But every nightmare you've ever had about being alone is coming true. Right. And in the middle of the day, I'm going to die. Right. So I quit Get Dressed and I was telling Jason's story. I do everything like in a movie where you're like, why would they ever do that? I did it. I did it. That's what I did. I did everything. I

So I have 911 on my phone, right? Yeah. And I'm like... First off, you're keeping your pants off, which is amazing. No, no, my pants are on now. I got dressed, Steve. I unfroze. I got dressed. And I put 911 on my phone because I'm like, I checked everything. Like, there's no one in here. But who is this man that's talking to me? So I slowly, I'm quiet, right? Like, I leave the bedroom. I go out into the hallway and I hear it again. Can you make out the words that are coming out of this man's mouth? Yeah, just wait. Okay.

So I realize that now that... Well, okay. So I go down the hallway. It's coming from Jace's gaming room. And so I'm like...

It's got to be. But he doesn't have toys anymore. You know what I mean? Something hasn't been triggered or... Yeah. And I had been home for like... I had lunch before I took a shower. So I had been home and there was no noise. So even if it was a toy that was going off, I would have heard it when I came into the house. But again, he has no toys.

So like a movie, I'm like, I'm going in. Oh my God. So I'm going to go in. Do you have a weapon in your hand? No, I have 911 on my phone in case I need a quick hit call, right? Yeah, yeah. So I bust open the door of the gaming room and of course there's nothing. There's no one there. There's nothing. And I hear police scanner five, police scanner five.

And it's repeating itself now. Police scanner five. Police scanner five. Okay. Police scanner five. My niece and nephew were over the day before. And Jace has walkie talkies. Oh my God. Okay. And I guess they left a walkie talkie on.

it's a scanner too then i was getting some police frequency on this scanner in my house and now that i think back it was the same thing i was hearing even though i couldn't make out what they were saying until i busted through the door it was the same thing like there was a cadence to it there was right and it wasn't robotic it was a person's voice but it was almost like i told you guys yesterday i'm watching lost again it was

almost like that. Like you were hearing something. Yeah, yeah. So it was the walkie-talkie and it scared the crap out of me and I thought I was going to have to call 911 and I thought I was going to be dead yesterday because of it. Okay, so let me back this up a second. When you were about to open that door, about to bust in, I mean, like what was your plan? You know what I mean? Were you... Because I knew...

that there wasn't anyone. They can't be. They can't be. But you also don't know for sure. So is your finger hovering right above the call? My heart was pounding. I was sweating. I want to see you. My finger was above the call.

button so that I could reach 911 if needed. But I knew, I was like, I'm not going to call 911 and then have to call back and be like, it was nothing. Instead, I took the chance of getting murdered. Have you ever called 911 in your house? I mean, have you ever...

I mean, does it take... I know some people who are constantly calling 911 for frivolous reasons. And then there are other people who just never do. Well, and I did think... I was like, well, should I call 911 and be like, listen, I hear something in my house. Can you stay on the phone with me while I go in the room? Yeah. But I didn't. So, Steve, you know people who call 911? A friend of mine. What was... From years ago. Give us an example. Sounds around the house. Okay. Not even human sounds. Like...

Like maybe your hot water heaters. A bump and a bang or something. All of that stuff. You come home and there's a, I mean, he'd come home and there'd be a light on it. This is the guy in the house calling 911. It's like, don't you check it out first? But he was perpetually paranoid. This was not the same thing, but this happened yesterday to me, Kathy. I was standing in the kitchen and

And I heard an audible voice say something. Now, listen, I have hearing issues and sometimes I just hear muffled things and it's somebody saying something. I have to go, what? What was that? And but I clearly heard a man's voice say something. And Rochelle was the only other one that was in the kitchen. And I just go, what? You know, I didn't say anything. And I'm like, at that moment, it was so clear. I'm like, all right, that's it.

I'm hearing things now. Oh, no. This is, yep, it's finally happening. Where's that sound coming from? I'm hearing voices out of nowhere. They're talking to you now. And I wasn't like afraid, you know, that it was a spirit or something like that. I'm just like, this is just my brain and my hearing all messed up.

Well, it turns out that actually I was standing right next to the powder room and I didn't notice the door was closed. Parker was in there and he was watching a video on his phone and he wears headphones and he was just commenting out loud on what he was watching. I was like, oh, thank God. Because for a split second, I had just given in to the fact that, okay, I'm hearing things now. Your husband went fast. I love the story. You didn't call 911, but you...

You were armed and ready to go. Oh, yeah. Drunk with a shotgun. Incredible.

Yeah, that was, I heard a thump. And I was, Rochelle was out of town. The kids were with her. I was all by myself. That's why I was drunk. And I heard this really loud thump. And I'm like, oh, God, somebody's in the house. But no, like calling the police was not on my radar. No. Grabbing the shotgun and chambering around. That was. And didn't you yell down? I gave them. I gave them. And warning. Bear warning. Bear warning. I'm going to let you walk out of here. No questions asked.

Yes.

What did it turn out to be? We had an automatic litter box for the cats. And it was next to a stack of boxes that had something. And the thing would vibrate when it would do its auto-clean function. And it knocked something over. And I went down to the basement and found it. What level of fear or just not knowing what's going on would it take for you guys to actually call 911? Because I don't know what the answer is for me. Unless it's like an emergency. And I've had to. My son had a...

an episode when he was little, and, you know, so we called and got an ambulance or whatever, but that was a person having a really difficult medical time. Like, as far as something scaring me in the house or hearing a voice, I don't know what I would have to do. That was my question. I don't think, I think I would have,

handle it myself. My reflexive reaction is not to call 911 if I think there's someone within the house or in the yard. I go out and I'll grab a bat or something, but I take it under my own purview. By the way, if you're interested in joining the conversation, no phone still, so text the word ZOOM to 39333 and we'll send a link to you if you want to chime in.

I've accidentally called 911 twice, both times on my bike because I have a little thing that I put my phone in on my handlebars and accidentally held the button down for way too long. Yeah, yeah. You hold it down and then you just... But it's kind of alarming because you hear a siren essentially going... There's a tone. Yeah, yeah. So I have to...

So there I am, right, Kathy, right by the bridge where C.I.L. and Avalon meet. And I'm like, there's no emergency. I accidentally hit this thing. And I'm like, do I stand here? Do I wait for a cop to come? You know? Yeah. No, you're good. But you called them back, right? Yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, yeah. I called them back. But...

You know, when you call 911, I feel like something already... Like in the works. In the works, right? And I'm like calling them off. So then I was like, do I stand here and wait for a police officer to come just to show them that there's nothing wrong? At that point, you might as well rob a convenience store.

Years ago, I think I was in college at the time. My mom called 911 in the middle of the night. It was like 2 o'clock in the morning and she was there with my brothers who were younger than me. And it ended up being, my brother had a turtle and they used to take the turtle out of its tank and put it in the kitchen sink and let it just kind of like walk around the sink. Well, they forgot and the turtle was trying to get out of the sink and it was crawling up the wall of the sink and then falling on its back.

And then climbing back up and then falling down. And so they thought it was like someone trying to break in. Oh, that's great. And the cops came and everything. We have a turtle outside the house. And my mom ended up having, they figured it out. And so when the cops showed up, she was like, so it was just the turtle. Oh, that's great. I think a turtle's trying to rape me. There's family lore and legend about this story, Preston. My grandmother on my mother's side and my mother.

Um, this was years ago and I'm, I'm remembering the story, I think fairly accurately, but they, they were sure they were down. Uh, my grandmother went down Nana, we called her Nan into the, into the basement and was certain she saw a man across the room and she, she,

got my mother and they're both went back up and came back down. I think they had a baseball bat. I'm in my grandmother saying, I'm gonna like, I'm gonna kill you. You bald bat could see a bald man in across the room. You know, those those punching bags that sort of rock. Yeah, it was one of those in the dark, but she was like, yeah, there's a there's a well known story within my family. It was when I was a

a baby or not even born yet. And my, uh, mom and dad, apparently they heard something in the house and they got up and they decided to go look around the house and see what was going on. And they'd split up. And apparently, and I kid you not, it was like right out of a movie. They were, uh,

each in separate rooms, you know, different parts of the house. He eventually made it to the same room. Oh, my God. And they backed into each other. That's right. Evan Costello. It was like exactly that scenario. And it just...

They said it was hilarious after, but in the meantime, it scared the living hell out of them. That makes me think of another question. Here's a question to ask. What is your, since we talk about where we're reticent to call 911, at the moment you think you might have a home invader or something going on, what's your methodology?

I get up and I make noise. I'm big. I start... I'm moving around. But I know some people quietly... I froze. And then I quietly went to the door as if I was going to bust in and take control. I go into you son of a bitch mode. That's my thing. That might be a better...

A better theory because... I would be... And I always have my pants on. What about just all of a sudden just... Start... Yeah.

Screaming. And flailing around. Yeah. And they would just think, oh, my God. I got to get out of here. I would be so surprised if there was an intruder in my house and the dogs didn't let me know. You know what I mean? Yeah. Like my dogs, there's no chance you're sneaking in a window or you're walking in any door without them knowing. Mine too. All right. We're going to go to a Zoom call. We have Karen who is on the line and an interesting story about her daughter. Karen, good morning to you. What's up?

Good morning, Preston. How are you? I'm doing well, so I can't wait to hear this story. What happened? I was so excited to hear this topic because I'm like, I got to appear for you. All right, let's set the scene for a second. My husband and I were invited to a dead celebrity's costume party, but this was after Halloween, so it wasn't Halloween season. So we went to this party a couple miles from our house, had a great time, got a little too drunk, decided to take an Uber home. This was back when Uber was kind of new.

We came in our house thinking we're going to have a nice night. We're all buzzed up and everything. Here, my daughter text me and says something about, Mommy, please come home. There's somebody in the house. And here I'm in the house. So long story short, she heard noises. She looked outside, didn't see her car, thought someone had broken in. So she and the dog huddled in her bedroom and she called the cops on. Oh, no. Who are you dressed as?

Well, this is funny. I'm dressed as Amy Winehouse, and my husband was dressed as Steve Irwin, the crocodile hunter. So he had a barb with fig blokes. He has a stingray barb in his chest? That's awesome. He does. He does. So we're upstairs. Like I said, we're getting ready for what we're hoping is a fun evening. And she's texting me, and I'm like, Haley, I don't know what you're, you know, what are you talking about? Blah, blah, blah. Like, I'm

who's in the house because I'm thinking someone's in the house and I'm there too. So eventually I figure out she doesn't realize it's us. So I decide to come outside. She's downstairs. I walk down the stairs. My house is full

full of cops. There are police all over my house. They ran a perimeter. She's at the bottom of the steps and I just see her standing there with a man. I'm like, who's here? And I run down the steps and I'm in a bathroom, thank God. I'm not in my other crazy outfit. So I grab her, hug her, whatever. But obviously she was very upset and she did the right thing. But the funny thing is we made jokes like, what if my husband walked down the stairs and that's Steve Irwin? He's been injured. Yeah.

Yeah, it's kind of scary. So, yeah, my daughter called the cops on us in our own house. How old was she at the time, Karen?

I want to say 15. She wasn't driving yet. That's pretty good, though. The presence of mind, you know, honestly, she was doing everything right. Everything indicated you guys were not, the car was not back there. She looked for signs that it could have been you. They weren't there. All she knows is that Amy Winehouse and Steve Irwin are coming out. And by the way, Karen, can you, anytime you hear an Amy Winehouse song, tell me you think of that night. Every time. I love it.

I love it. One looks like a heroin addict and the other... Yeah, it's great. All right. Thank you, Karen. Appreciate you checking in via Zoom this morning. Thank you so much, guys. Love you guys. Love you, too. Love you, too. All right. We'll see you later. Here's a text that came in. It says, years ago in the middle of the night, I was dead asleep randomly...

A Woody doll started saying, reach for the sky. And also there's a snake in my boot. And look, Buzz, it's an alien. And I woke up freaked out, not knowing what it was. The batteries must have been going bad. So it was like that used to happen. Listen, I had a toy do that one time. Terrified me. I was on the way to work. It was still pitch black dark out.

And I go walking by. And the interesting thing about it, it was not a battery-operated toy. It was a thing where you push a handle down. It was a little topper's toy. You push this handle down, and then this train would spin around this short little track. And it would go ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, around like that.

And I guess it had been pushed down and didn't release. And my vibrating the ground as I walk by, this is like, you know, 4.30 in the morning. And all of a sudden I hear ring, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding. And I'm like, what the? I think that may have been the most scared I've ever been in my life. Well, you've been very honest about the fact that like movies like Paranormal Activity and Things in Your House, those things.

mortify you. Yes, that was a bad one. But toys have a way of coming alive. Kind of like Kathy's walkie-talkies. We'll go to another Zoomer. We've got Paul. Good morning, Paul. Good morning, gang. Godzooks. Godzooks to you, man. All right, so what happened to you?

Uh, so I was living with a college friend in the city, uh, and I'll leave his name out of this for, for his sake, but I came home, uh, from, you know, a night out late one night, you know, maybe around 12 or one 30 in the morning. And, uh, he was not expecting me to come home and I, you know, got into my room. Um, I heard him call my name from the hallway, uh,

And it seemed a very concerning tone. And I walked back out into the hallway and my roommate likes to practice his Second Amendment right. And we were then face to face with with each other. And, you know, it took us a couple of seconds to realize. Was he drawing down on you?

He did, yeah. Oh, my God. So he had a gun pulled on you? Yeah, he had his rifle ready to go. Please tell me that lights were on. Yes, lights were on. But, I mean, did you respond to what he called to you?

Yeah, it was a strange occurrence, but we laughed it off in the end. Sure. Maybe he was looking to swap roommates at that point. Listen, you're lucky, dude. You're lucky. Could have been much, much worse than that. Absolutely. Yeah. So he was in the moment.

fully pointed at you, ready to go if he had to? He wasn't looking down the barrel, but he was ready to go. Wow, man. That could have ended really badly. And you guys are still friends?

Oh, yes. Very close. All right. Nice. Tell him to chill just a little bit. Once you hear the response of the person you're looking for, you can put the gun down. All right. Thanks, Paul. Appreciate it, man. Thanks, guys. All right. We'll see you later. Yeah, there's a case. What were you going to say? No, we... When I was a little kid, we rented a house for down in Longport. Actually, long story short, we get to the house on Friday night and...

we get into the house first things first uh my dog pisses all over the carpet the second we walk into this house dude maggie is just pissing all over this carpet we get upstairs and they're the people that we rented the house from didn't think we were coming until saturday so they were asleep in bed when we got there i mean this was you know cell phones didn't exist back then but like it was terrifying because we're like

You know, are we in the wrong house? And you know what I mean? Like, are we in the wrong house or are there intruders sleeping in the bed? It was like straight out of Goldilocks. I want to see you. All right. We have another Zoomer. We have got Katie and she had something happen that was an issue with her son who had something around the house. So we'll go to her. Hi, Katie. Good morning. Katie. Good morning. Hey. Hey, happy to have you. What's going on?

So I wanted to say to Kathy, you are not the only one that has had that happen. I did not resort to putting 911 on my phone. But we had given my son Ninja Turtle walkie-talkies for Christmas. So we're playing with them in the morning. And then we start hearing this voice.

And my husband and I are like, we know that voice. Who is it? And they're talking to us. It was our neighbors from like six houses down. So Christmas morning, we were on the walkie talkies talking to each other, having a great time. But we've also had construction workers like you hear them like saying, all right, there's five cars. Right. We've had police scanners on there and we have some random guy that comes on too. Yeah.

Were you hearing the construction workers? Who were you hearing?

I was hearing all we hear all sorts of them when my son leaves the walkie on. You'll hear construction workers nearby talking to each other. That is wild. I've heard about that, like sometimes baby monitors and stuff randomly picking up other. Yeah, we have a text actually from somebody who said their baby monitor would pick up stuff all the time. Yeah, that's terrifying. Foreign voices on this speaker coming out of nowhere. So, yeah, that's creepy stuff. I'm sure. Katie, did you respond to them?

Um, my husband does. Most of the time they don't respond back. Right. There you go. Yeah. Yeah. That would freak me the hell out. Thanks, Katie. Appreciate it. Um, speaking of, uh, voices out of nowhere, I keep hearing. Me too. Yeah. Yeah. You know what that is? You can talk to Marissa about this one because it's when she is talking to the next guest. Uh, for some reason it's bleeding through our zoom lines. Okay. All right. All right. So I was like, I thought there was a speaker in this room. So I want to see you. Yeah.

Let me go to, we're going to get another Zoomer up, and I believe we're going to talk to Randy now. Yo, Randy, good morning, bud. Hey, how you doing? Good, man. What's going on?

Chillin', chillin'. Your ear looks phenomenal. We have a nice little close-up of your ear right now. There we go. Is that good? Would you take Zoom lessons from my dad? You want my nostril too? Yeah, sure. This is the best. Randy, go ahead with your story, bud. I was redoing all the landscaping in my house. A full job, taking out everything we had. I was covered in 10 kinds of sweat and dirt.

And my father-in-law calls and says he's getting ready to open the pool. Can I pick up a bunch of bleach and head over to help him out? So I get in the car and I stop at the store and I get 12 gallons of bleach. And the girl says to me, you need anything else? I said, yeah. Do you know any dark wooded area with little to no people around? She goes like, no, no, no comment. I figured it went over her head. So I get back in my car, head to my father-in-law's. Next thing you know, I got lights on behind me. Oh,

Oh, my God. And the cops coming up to the car with his hand on his gun. Oh, my God. Hands on the wheel. Hands on the wheel. Whoa. Like...

Like, deadly serious. And I'm like, oh my God, all right, so I know to comply. So I'm behaving, and I go, officer, please, can you tell me what I did? All I did was make a left turn. He says, with your left hand, stick your hand out of the window, open the door, and step out of the vehicle. And the whole time, you hear, like, a lot of chatter on his walkie-talkie. So I come out of the car, and he goes, where are you coming from? I said, I'm coming from my house. And then...

You know, stay right there. Put your hands on the car. So I have my hands on the car. I hear him talk or whatever. Well, turns out the girl thought I was literally trying to hide a body. Listen, good. Good for her, though. I mean, she doesn't know you. Did you did you acknowledge in that exchange with her that you had been joking?

Not even a little bit. The best part is that she goes out and follows me to get my tags. The car's registered to my house. The cops go to my house. I've got this landscaping project going on. I got holes dug up all over the place. Oh, my gosh. They're knocking on the door. My wife's already hearing. She's not answering. Oh, man. So they put out. Now, the best part of this story is that.

After they come to the conclusion, my wife tells me my husband probably just made a stupid joke. She finally answers the door. I go to my father-in-law and say, everything done. I go home. Now the wife is lecturing me and screaming at me that I'm an idiot. She's going, you're not some college frat boy making stupid jokes, all right? You're not in college anymore. So I go, oh, yeah, and I rip my shirt off and I scream, spring break. I'm running down the street. What?

Well, the neighbors think there's a domestic dispute. Call the cops. The same cops show up to my house. So

So twice in one day I had to explain to the cops that I'm just an idiot. Oh, my God. That is a home run of stupidity. But, you know, kudos to that cashier and to your neighbors for thinking and trying to intercede on a domestic dispute. And also, Randy, we need a guy like you at our Kenan's live broadcast for the opening of the Jersey Shore. I'm happy to.

You're going to fit right in. Oh, my God. Thank you for sharing that story. We'll see you later. Could you imagine being drawn down on him and then the same cops respond? That's phenomenal. That's great. I love it. I absolutely love that. Casey, question. We're going to go live on Fox Good Day this morning. Do we have time for one more? Yeah, we got one more. Okay, let's do that. Please bring up Dave and we'll get him on. Hey, Dave, you're on with us, buddy. Good morning to you.

Hey, guys, I'm glad I caught you. Just quick story. So middle of the night, about 2 a.m., my house alarm goes off. So the siren, you know, starts sounding. I jump up, you know, out of bed, grab my my my gun and I'm standing at top of the steps, assuming somebody's in my house.

Yeah. Yeah.

And they're like, do you want the cops to come? I go, yeah, send them, send everybody. Like, send everybody you got, you know? And so here the cops show up. I scamper downstairs, you know, in my underwear to let the cops in. And they search the whole house. Nobody's in there. Well, near as we can tell, the night before we had been decorating for my daughter's birthday the next day. And we assume a balloon popped. Setting off the glass. Oh, my God. Oh, my God.

sending the cavalry over. So there I was at the top of the steps, you know, I guess screaming at a balloon with my gun drawn down the steps. Yeah, yeah. That's the best. Listen, you didn't know. You didn't know. You protected your family. You did what you had to do. From a balloon. I love it.

Thanks, Dave. Appreciate it, bud. Yeah, man, when you feel your space is violated, when you feel that there's potential danger in your home...

It can make you hyper everything, either hyper aware or hyper scared. Or you go into hyper protection mode. So, yeah, if you're just jumping in, Kathy heard mystery voices coming from a room down the hall. Turns out it was a walkie talkie. Yeah.

That her son had or her son's friends or something like that. Yeah, well, they were Jace's and my niece and nephew were over and they were playing with them. You know, they were in different rooms and talking to each other and I guess one got left on and it picked up some police scanner. Yep, and...

Let Kathy Pantsless head down the hallway and find out what it was. But I'm glad you didn't call 911. Yeah, I know. It would have been a little bit awkward. All right. Thank you for sharing those stories. Those are solid, man. We're going to take a quick break. Come back in a second. We'll get some more stories in the form of the Bizarre File. And we will also check in with Mike and Alex on Fox Good Day. Stay with us. We'll be right back. We'll be right back.

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Okay, folks, Preston and Steve are with us now. So we found this study, Preston, and Steve says, if you hurt yourself, like you hit your finger with a hammer or something, do you curse? Apparently, the more voracious you are with curse words, that lessens the pain. So we're wondering, on your staff...

Who would cuss if they hit their finger with a hammer? Steve, I said, I don't think it's you. I don't think you're a curse word. Oh, yeah. Oh, absolutely I am. I might mix it with the King's English, but I will string together an array of curse words. I think everyone, every member of this show would curse when...

Every one of us. Am I right, guys? Oh, yeah. Without question. And it's interesting, though, as far as curse words go, the man who uses the F word more than anybody on this program is our own Casey. Casey. Regularly, he uses it as a filler word. But...

Casey also does something the rest of us don't do, and he replaces curse words from time to time with words like sugar. Yes. Yeah. And I don't know why you do that because you throw the F-bomb around more than anybody I've ever met. It's because when my kids were little, like I really, I never, ever cursed in front of them. And it was always like sugar or cheese and crackers. But now we'll hear, oh, golly, mother effer. Yeah. Yeah.

It's this weird thing. It's like, no, it doesn't quite work. But they've said, when I work out, when I'm exercising, and studies have proven this, letting go with expletives is a better way to train when you try to go H-E double toothpicks. Or golly, it doesn't quite work. You need that robust, visceral curse.

I feel like it's similar, though, if it's along the same vein. Like, Mike makes fun of me because I say fruit. Oh, fruit. Instead of F-bomb. Mm-hmm. But I feel like you can still be aggressive with fruit. No, you can't, unless you're a crazed produce salesman. You need a hard consonant at the end of the word. Yeah, you need those Ks. Yes. Yes, a clear delineation. Mike and Alex, you know who actually curses the most here at everybody at MMR is Pierre Robert. I was going to say, it's not Kathy.

No, no, it's not Kathy. It's Pierre Robert. When the microphones go off, Pierre curses like a sailor. And it's almost hilarious, except if he's mad at you. Yeah, yeah. He wants, when he spills coffee, and he does it fairly often, you will walk by the studio, and you will think you're listening to a Quentin Tarantino movie. It's unbelievable. But, you know, he'll be off air, and he'll be like, bang, bang, bang, bang, and then he'll flip on the mic, like, right after that last excerpt.

F-bomb and it'll go, 93.3 WMNR. It's 93.3. Peace and love. Thank you, guys. See you later, guys. You know what I didn't, I haven't realized until recently is that, speaking of replacement curse words, my grandmother on my mother's side who was devoutly

insanely religious and very, very, you know, by the book. Yeah. She would say the word foot. Oh, foot.

And I didn't realize that that's a replacement for the other F word. Uh-huh. And it shows the word foot because it starts with an F. Okay. And it's like this close to saying that. And at that point, your intention is. Yeah, is there. It doesn't matter whether you actually say that word or not. You've committed a sin. You know what I mean? Yeah. I don't know. Just shut the front door. Does that work for you? No. But you know what? Listen, I mean. I say the other day, I said, shut the effing front door. Just for fun. Shut the C word. Yeah. Yeah.

No, but I mean, if you need that hard consonant at the end, you can. You just change the U to an O or an A. Change the F-U to C-O. Yeah. Wait, what? In the F word, change the F-U to C-O. Oh, oh, oh, my bad. Yeah, yeah.

You think that'll work? I think that'll work. They'll temper it just a little bit if you do that? Wow. See, I fixed it. My dad would say, Jiminy Crickets. Was your dad... Your dad was not a cursor? No, he was. But sometimes he would... I guess when I was a little kid, he would say stuff like that. He would say Jiminy Cricket. But I assume that Jiminy Cricket was a replacement for Jesus Christ. Yeah. No, my... You know what I mean? We were treated to a whole...

conga line of curse words, a la Darren McGavin in A Christmas Story. No, my dad cursed a lot too, but when I was a little kid, I remember hearing these replacement, did they have any replacement curse words? Probably not in your family. I don't really remember. No, we didn't hear any replacement either. No, okay. All right, let's do the B-File. Now, WMMR presents Kristen and Steve's Bizarre Files.

Brought to you this morning by Camelback Mountain. You can join Marissa Casey and Nick at Camelback Mountain's 20th Annual Pond Skim. It's Saturday, March 22nd. Going to be the wildest end of season party on the slopes. And you can go to camelbackresort.com and get your details. Here's a follow-up story that we're going to start with. A woman is going to spend decades in prison after she murdered her elderly roommate.

And then poured Mountain Dew on herself in an attempt to destroy the evidence. She poured Mountain Dew on herself to destroy evidence. Police responded to a call regarding a fire at a residence. And when they arrived at the home, they found a deceased 79-year-old man on the second floor of a burning home. With signs of blunt force trauma and stab wounds. Police also found a bloody knife, two cell phones near the victim's body. One of which belonged to the man's roommate, 37-year-old Nicole Maxx.

who was not in the area when officers arrived. Now, they found Max at around 3 a.m. walking without shoes near a restaurant holding a knife and a hammer. The officer that found her said she had blood on her leg and on her shirt, which was ripped. Police asked Max where she lived, and if she knew the victim, she said she had been homeless for four years and did not know the man. She eventually admitted that she did know him and lived with him for a short time, but that she did not see him often, at which point she also admitted that she was not homeless.

Max was taken into custody for questioning and said that she had never entered the victim's room before, but occasionally went to the second floor to, quote, feed her spiders. When officers told Max that they were going to take a DNA sample from her, she asked for a Diet Mountain Dew. They gave it to her, and then she began to procrastinate while drinking the soda until a detective eventually tried to take it away from her, and then...

She began to resist and then started pouring the can of soda all over her body and hair and pulling away from officers in an attempt to interfere with the possible evidence on her body. Ah, you'll never get evidence now. Max then began pulling and kicking officers while trying to secure Max in the vehicle. And due to her actions, she was charged with tampering and with evidence of resisting violence.

They got a positive match between the DNA on the knife. Oh, so the Mountain Dew didn't foil the evidence. Near the victim's body and the DNA they eventually recovered from her. She was sentenced to 35 years in prison. The minimum for her charges. Fellas will have to let her go now. She's covered in Mountain Dew. Police are

appealing for help from the public after religious paintings, including one that read, Thou shalt not steal, was reported stolen from a church in eastern UK. Can't you read? The three paintings were reported stolen from St. Andrew's Church in Little Steeping. The items, all housed in heavy wooden frames, included a painting of the Lord's Prayer, the Ten Commandments, and one of Moses giving the commandments.

while the exact value of those paintings is unknown and holds sentimental value to the church and its members. Police said the church did not show signs of forced entry, and they're urging anyone who may have seen the paintings for sale, either in person or online platforms such as Facebook Marketplace, to come forward. Is it the slightest bit of guilt when you fence a painting that says, Thou shall not steal? Yeah, maybe.

In Connecticut, a man has been arrested for urinating and then pleasuring himself in the Meridian train station lobby. State police said that they were notified of the incident by security. I'm so excited. I'm pissing and pleasuring myself. The man later identified as 23-year-old Justin Robinson had fled the scene before police arrived.

After an investigation, Robinson was identified and a warrant was secured for his arrest. He was taken into custody by the Meridian Police for an unrelated charge. And then they contacted the state police and he had this warrant out for him. So he was arrested for peeing and pleasuring himself in the train station lobby, by the way. In Arlington, several people have been injured. One seriously after horses escaped on Joint Base Meyer Henderson Hall.

Arlington County Police were initially dispatched for possible sightings of escaped horses. Were they stampeding or were they disguised as people? Oh, I don't think they were disguised as people. Shortly thereafter, police were called off, but firefighters and medics were dispatched to the base for reports of injuries.

A seriously injured person was transported to a local hospital by an Arlington ambulance and at least one to two additional victims were being assessed and treated. There was also a report of a vehicle crash associated with the horses getting loose. The U.S. Army has a horse stable on Fort Myer for the horse-drawn caissons used during military funerals at Arlington National Cemetery. The caisson program was actually suspended in 2023 after two horses died, leading to allegations of unsafe conditions for the animals.

The program was restarted just this January. Well, off to a good start. Yeah, if they have this happen. Semi-professional paranormal investigator Johnny Turnip... All right. It's okay. We're getting Johnny Turnip to investigate. ...has unleashed some huge news to Wales. This is my sister Rita Vega. Wales, the country. According to Turnip's extensive research, he claims to have learned that...

Machines wearing flesh suits are walking among us. I knew it. Turnip has also issued this warning. He says that the robots disguised as humans are using their steel trap minds to plot the downfall of humanity. Here's a thinker. Reportedly, Turnip made his discovery after being unemployed and directed to his local job club. Thank you for gathering here as we reveal the findings of the Turnip Report. Turnip.

It was there that he realized that Mike, his job coach, was really a cyborg on a mission to harvest my unique knowledge and skill set for the benefit of AI. Son of a bitch. So you have been warned. Can you short them out anyway? Are they resilient to water? Could you bathe them in Mountain Dew? He has not come to any conclusions on that as of yet. And then finally, in a quest to determine what Jesus Christ actually looked like,

A biblical researcher, Dr. Meredith Warren, has confirmed that the Son of God had an amazing physique and that he would have had washboard abs. Well, he worked out. And they said he looked a lot facially like Josh Groban. They said that he would make the ladies of today smile. You raise me up.

That he would swoon. He would make people swoon and probably some men too. Warren says that today's muscular depictions of Jesus probably weren't too far off the mark, including the washboard abs, because of his physically demanding job as a carpenter. And he was also a physical trainer. Warren adds that like the rest of us, like the rest of the local population, Jesus would have had brown skin, brown eyes, and his hands and feet were probably rough and calloused.

That's according to her. Who is he? There was that bit of the SNL bit in the first season of the two girls talking about how hot the biblical depiction of Jesus was. Because he's always depicted as being kind of cut up. Yep. All right. And that's what I have in the bizarre file for you this morning. We're going to take a quick break. Don't forget a little bit later on comedian George Wallace on our show. We'll be back in a moment. Stay put.

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Thanks, guys. By the way, real quick, just going back, I just noticed these texts that came in because I had a bizarre file story I had about...

Uh, the biblical researcher saying that Jesus would have had six pack abs because he was a carpenter. Uh, I got the sex says, uh, I'm a carpenter and I'm 300 pounds. Yeah. There's another one says I'm a former carpenter. I was not in good shape. Just broken. Thank you for chiming in. Hey, before we do anything, a couple of shard outs and, uh, actually a couple of emails I want to pass along to, uh, this email says, good morning. It Presbo. My name is Craig. Uh,

Like, send a birthday shout out to my amazing wife, Mary Beth, on or around March 7th. Her birthday is on the 9th. She is a teacher in Camden. Oh, I'm a couple of days early with this. That's okay. So she's a teacher in Camden and a longtime listener to the show.

As well as being a wonderful educator and loving wife, she was pivotal in my recovery from addiction. Oh, that's amazing. And just can't say enough about how much she means to me. Thanks in advance. And that is from Craig Butchhofer or Butch Bukoffer. So here's a shout out to Mary Beth. And I'm sorry I'm a little bit early on that. I got a couple of things from Cardboard Classic I want to mention. This one is from Brittany Stampone.

And she says, hey, Presbo, I was at the Cardboard Classic for the second time ever with my husband, his third time. And, of course, we had such an awesome time. However, I did get hit by a sled about halfway down the hill, and I had to get stretchered out. Oh, was that her? She was one of them. All right. And so here's an update on her. She said, I thought my ankle was sprained, but thankfully I was okay with just some bruises around my legs and a sore foot.

So, you know, nothing major. She was hit by a land speeder, right? I don't remember. There were two that went into the crowd on the sides and one that flew into the crowd at the bottom. She says, I want to give a juicy shout out to the medics and personnel who took care of me. They were so kind and wonderful, not just to me, but for the others that we saw who got injured as well.

See you all soon at Kenan's. All right. Brittany Stampone. And she says, P.S. My husband thinks the super hot girl you guys have been mentioning was a member of the medical team. And he agrees, by the way. So here's a shout out for you. Glad that you are doing okay. There was another cardboard classic one. Yeah. This is from Scott Firmstone, who was on the live casino sled yesterday.

And he said, hey, President Steve, I heard you guys talking about a working slot machine. Yes. On yesterday's broadcast. Thought we would send along a quick video of you for you to see. And if you listen close, you can hear the casino sounds in the background. Like they had all the ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, all that stuff. A marvel of engineering. He said our team spokesperson is Matt Verispey.

And we also happen to be the Wawa guys from last year's winning sled. Well, they know what they're doing. No wonder that turned out so well. Thank you for your time, Scott Firmstone. So thank you, Scott. You guys were incredible. And then this is just a, oh, yeah, here's another short out. It says, good morning, Ant.

Been a long-time listener back to the Y100 days, and for the better part of the last decade, my daughter, he writes it out phonetically, daughter, has been listening along on the ride to school. Well, on February 22nd, she passed the test for her learner's permit. Daughters? And most likely will have her license by August, and I know my days of morning car rides with her are limited. I know, and I want to enjoy them while they last. Please send a big...

Jonathan Davis shartout to Hannah at Mannheim Township High School for passing her permit test and being an awesome co-pilot. You guys rock. And that is Joe Hicks from Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Rats. Rats. Rats. Rats.

Yeah, take that time in, my man. Enjoy it while you can. And then one last thing. This is not a shout-out, but our friend Mel wanted me to make everyone aware, in case you did not know, that Glenside St. Patrick's Day Parade and Festival is taking place for the first time ever. It is this Saturday, and the parade is at 1, and the festival is in Keswick Village, which is a really cool area. It is. 2 to 5 p.m. on Saturday.

And this is the first year it's happening, she said. So she wanted us to make everyone aware. That's awesome. If you want to go to an early St. Patrick's Day parade. They've been doing it for two weeks already. That's where you want to do it. All right. I think, yeah, there's been a lot of developments in the world of science and medicine. Let's go to the Just Sayin' Institute. The Just Sayin' Institute, home of the number one rated Kathy Romano pants-free home security service. It's true. It's true.

All right, so a scientific push...

To bring woolly mammoths back from extinction. They've been working on this for a while. They have. And it has resulted in, at this point, a very hairy mouse. Okay. All right. Now we need to make it mammoth. Scientists at Colossal Biosciences have genetically engineered mice to exhibit traits reminiscent of the extinct woolly mammoth. The woolly mouse? Yep, exactly. By editing seven genes in mouse embryos, they produced mice with long, thick wings.

Wooly hair. Imagine primitive man chasing the woolly mouse. What do they do with this thing? Well, they're just... These are the beginning stages. They have to take steps. How does this benefit the planet to bring back a woolly mouse? I heard a really cool thing that they can actually tamp down some of the tundra in...

in Siberia, and thereby there's actually impact when it comes to global warming, that some of the tundra contributes to the global warming in ways that we don't, I don't understand. But if you were to bring, look, it's, it's,

If you bring back the woolly mammoth and it tamps down the tundra, is it the butterfly effect which leads to blue whales turning into predators? I don't know. But there are these scientific benefits, Casey, that are theoretical, and I think that's one of the reasons why they're exploring it. Maybe they're too worried about whether they could, not whether or not they could.

That's right. I do admit, would I like to see a full woolly mammoth living? Yes. Doesn't mean we should. The company aims to apply similar genetic modifications to Asian elephants. So that's the next step, but it's a step along the way. Maybe next they'll go with like an

otter and then after that they'll slowly work their way up the chain. A cow. Something. A holy cow. The company... Are they going to jump right from mouse to elephant? Aims to apply similar genetic modifications to Asian elephants. How about a goat? The closest living relatives of mammoths. To reintroduce traits like dense fur and cold tolerance.

The company plans to continue refining their techniques with the ambitious goal of producing a mammoth-like calf by 2028. Size-wise, percentage-wise, how much bigger was the woolly mammoth to our current-day pachyderms? This is a very good question. Yeah, I'm not really sure. Rochelle's grandfather was instrumental in...

creating this area in Missouri. He was a politician in Missouri where they found a buried mastodon bones and he created Mastodon Park. Was he a paleontologist as well? No, no, no. He just thought that it was worth designating this area as Mastodon Park and leaving all the things intact.

But I'm not really sure how big a mastodon is compared to woolly mammoths and elephants. Nick just pulled this up. A mammoth, specifically a woolly mammoth, was genetically around the same size as a modern African elephant. So it's not that big a leap. In what we see of drawings of them and the reconstruction, their tusks were much larger, correct? Yes.

I don't know. I've seen those pictures. I know the ones you're talking about, Steve, but I'm not really sure. It says here there are some variations. A mammoth might be slightly larger, but not considerably slow. Nick, can you see how big a mastodon is? Mastodon, yeah. Yeah, because now I've got mastodon on my mind, which should be a song. Mastodon king. Yeah, mastodon on my mind. Also about the same size as an African elephant. Huh. So how...

In that time frame, Nick, how big was the woolly mouse? Much smaller. I would really like to see... The size of a car. I want to see a woolly mouse. I want to see the end result of this. There are pictures. Are there? Yeah, I saw them this morning. All right. You can pull that up, Nick. What is this? Is this a mastodon on my mind? In my mind, I've got a mastodon. Oh, my God. This thing's adorable. Isn't it? It's cute, right? It kind of looks like a...

mutant gerbil. Yeah. It looks, Kathy, it looks like a bad hair day gerbil. That's what it looks like. Wow. All right. So that is, they've taken that step. Yep. And by 2028, they want to have a woolly mammoth calf successfully bred. It is kind of cool. It looks like an 80s rock star mouse. Yeah, totally. Oh, yeah. He's using moose for sure. Absolutely. Wow. Okay. All right. Got some other things.

Here's a study that I saw that says perhaps our body temperature isn't 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit, or at least not anymore. A woman, while laying down, while feeling sick, posted or posited that very theory on TikTok.

citing research that the more common average body temperature of today is actually, uh, 97.9. Is there any science to back this up? I've got some of this. So she said, should we just adjust, uh, should we adjust our idealization of when a fever actually happens? She said, I have a normal body temperature of 97.6, but I feel horrible, uh,

But my temperature is only 99.1. Her late January video racked up more than half a million views and 1,600 comments with many users sharing that their temperature also tends to skew lower than 98.6. So why do we think of 98.6 degrees as healthy? And when are we actually sick? So they dive in in this article.

The question about where the number 98.6 came from. It was based on millions of temperature readings of 25,000 people in the mid-19th century by a German physician, according to Dr. Julie Parsonet and the George DeForest Professor of Medicine and an epidemiologist at Stanford Medicine. In Leipzig, Dr. Karl Reinold August Wunderlich

wrote down what he thought was normal, then looked at differences between men and women, age and time of day of people. And the research, while not flawed, was based on people's lives about 170 years ago. They have determined that peoples is peoples. Um...

She said, we are not the same people that we were in the middle of the 19th century. When Wunderlich studied temperatures, life expectancy was in the late 30s, about half as long as Americans live today. Parsonette said that people didn't have access to regular health care, antibiotics or adequate living standards. Illness and death from tuberculosis, pneumonia, dysentery and syphilis, among other illnesses, were common.

All together, people dealt with constant inflammation, putting our immune system into overdrive to fend off pathogens, which raised our body temperature. In her study, Parsonette analyzed over six hundred and seventy seven thousand body temperatures measured orally from three different cohort populations, cohort populations in the US spanning nearly one hundred and sixty years. Researchers found body temperature has decreased significantly.

over time it has decreased because of the the body is not fighting as many pathogens yes um interesting so do you i and i assume this is a medical fact that some people will run warmer naturally and some people will run cooler yep um can you tell without taking your temperature if you have a temperature are you correct i think so i mean like only dangerously so not slightly

Right, yeah. When I feel sick, I'm like, I think I got a fever. I cannot remember the last time I had a temperature. And yet yesterday, I think you were reporting a story about whatever it was. Maybe it was measles that can get someone up to like 104 degrees. Yeah, yeah, yeah. That blows my mind. Yeah, I never, as much as I get sick, I just had COVID, never had a fever. Yeah. It happens every now and then to me. It's been, I can't remember the last time I took my temperature and found out that I was sick.

had a fever, but man, it kicked your ass. A fever will kick your ass. It's enervating. Do you tremble? Yeah, my son was sick a week or two ago, and Steve, you and I were chatting about this, I think, before the show last week, but Ben had a fever and then sort of the developments of a cough, and he could tell that he was getting sick, and one of the first signs was the fever, and he's like,

the knowing that you're getting sick is almost worse than the actual sickness. Like the anticipation of being ill and knowing that it's right around the corner. Yeah, I can absolutely see that. But definitely, Steve, yeah, chills, sweats, both of those things going back and forth. I bet your VMs, I always have to ask. I don't check on those when I have a fever.

Dozens of other studies have found lower temperatures since then. So in a follow-up study, Parsonet and researchers found average body temperatures ranged, and so it depends on the person, Steve, 97.2 degrees to 98.4. Okay. The normal temperature they found, if you do an average, is closer to 97.9 degrees. You know what the best temperature is? 93.3. That it is. That's right.

So this is a 2017 study found. So women have higher temperatures than men and older people are usually colder. I'm cold. Other factors determine a body temperature such as a time of day, cooler earlier in the day, height, the taller, the colder as heat spreads and weight as well. Heavier is usually warmer.

But that's part of the reason why you will see an elderly person on a summer day... Bundled up. ...wearing a sweater. Yeah. So they're generally colder. I'm freezing my balls off, you old bitch. Parsonette developed... Come and watch with the cod again. Parsonette developed a personalized calculator to determine our normal... I think I'm going to start a fire by burning you. A normal... Goddamn loons. ...body temperature... Shut up!

Temperature by sex, age. I'm going to kill you. Weight, height, and time of day. Yeah. So on average then, women are warmer, right? Which is weird because they always feel cold. Yes. There's shirts that say, yes, I'm female, and yes, I'm cold. So given our range of temperatures, it's hard to say when someone is sick.

If you're solely going by body temperature, typically a temperature above a hundred degrees is considered a fever, but this may not be the case for everyone. Uh, someone could be really sick and not have a high temperature. Uh, for example, older people often, uh, don't Mount high temperatures even when they are ill, but having a fever is usually a telltale sign that someone has an infection. So if you're hot blooded, should you check it and see, check it and see, please. Uh,

So especially about 103. That's dangerous.

So people should check a range of their symptoms, especially as the flu has reached record levels. What if you're cold as ice? Same band, by the way. Interesting. All right. So I thought that was something to, you know, a little food for thought there on whether or not you actually have a fever or not. Our temperatures are a little bit lower than they used to be. All right. Another story from Justine Institute. All right.

One of the world's most prolific blood donors, whose plasma saved the lives of more than 2 million babies, has passed away. James Harrison died in his sleep at a nursing home in New South Wales, Australia, on the 17th of February. He was 88 years old. Known in Australia as the man with the golden arm. Harrison's blood contained a rare antibody called anti-D.

I had an Auntie Dee when I was a little boy. Which is used to make medication given to pregnant mothers whose blood is at risk of attacking their unborn baby. This guy was very important. I have blood that is apparently very suitable for baby transfusions. I really need to get in and donate again because they always are requesting it. And

I don't know if it's the same thing. It sounds similar to it. I don't, you know, I kind of half listen to when they're saying it. But yeah, it sounds like it's a similar thing to what I have. The Australian Red Cross Blood Service, who paid tribute to Harrison, said that he had pledged to become a donor after receiving transfusions when undergoing a major chest surgery when he was 14. Isn't that amazing? He started donating his blood plasma when he was 18 and continued doing so every two weeks until he was 81.

Wow. In 2005, he had the world record for most blood plasma donated, a title that he held until 2022 when he was overtaken by a man in the U.S.,

Harrison's daughter, Tracy, said her father was very proud to have saved so many lives without any cost or pain. She said he always said that it does not hurt and the life you save could be your own. It's the truth. The anti-D inoculations protect unborn babies from a deadly blood disorder called hemorrhage.

hemolytic disease of the fetus and newborn, or HDFN. And the condition occurs at pregnancy when the mother's red blood cells are incompatible with that of their growing baby. The mother's immune system then sees the baby's blood cells as a threat and produces antibodies to attack them. And this can seriously harm the baby, causing severe anemia, heart failure, or even death.

Wow. It's unclear how Harrison's blood came to be so rich in anti-D, but some reports said it had to do with the massive blood transfusion that he received when he was 14. There are fewer than 200 anti-D donors in Australia today.

But they help an estimated 45,000 mothers and their babies every single year. I guess you would know if you've donated blood in the past, you would know if you have anti-danger. Oh, they'd let you know. Yeah, and they let me know. But I don't think, I think mine is a little bit more frequent. This sounds, this is a lot more rare, this kind of blood that this gentleman had. But yeah, wow. Yep. Pretty amazing. Yep. All right, let's go to another scientific study. We're going to move along from medical stuff to agriculture, actually. Okay.

Fruit salads will never be the same again thanks to scientists who have developed bananas that don't go brown and mushy after being peeled. Oh, it's a godsend for you guys. Yep. Me and Casey are daily banana eaters. It's what I have for breakfast every day, have for years and years. It's just easy to eat. I like the way it tastes. Comes in its own package. Yep. And, uh, but...

The ripeness is a... It's critical. Well, it's a skill. It's a learned skill in picking out bananas if you want to get a full five days out of their freshness. And Casey and I compare our bananas. Yeah, Wednesday bananas are usually great. Wednesday bananas are usually the best, yes. You don't have to just get... Let's say a banana comes in a bunch of five, right? Yeah. You don't have to... You can...

Mix and match your bananas. I know. I try not to. I know. I know. You are in pursuit of the perfect punch. Well, you're... No. I'm in pursuit of a perfect banana per day. Regardless. Okay. And sometimes it depends on when you get to your acne, but sometimes...

You know, the bananas are slim pickings, depends on the day or whatever. So if it is more of a slim picking thing, then I will mix and match my bananas to make sure I get a good one. Maybe get two ripe ones and then three green ones. That's about the way to go. Yep. Okay. So what about the various things that we've heard over the years about how you store bananas and how you sort of help massage along their ripening? Just keep them out on the counter. Yeah, but there's also that little plastic, who's he wants it, that's on top of the stems. You keep it on.

And that will actually slow down the aging, the ripening process a little bit. That's a golf term. So British experts have altered the fruit's genetics so it remains firm, fresh and yellow for about 24 hours after you peel it.

Oh. Even when it's sliced, which is great. It's the only reason I don't add... I make a McFruit salad every week, and it's just kind of my snack and go-to. And the only reason I don't put bananas in there is because they go mushy very quickly. And this might actually help it last. Would you, though, in like banana pudding...

Banana pudding bananas can go mushy and it's not a problem. Right. And I think they kind of hold their integrity. I think they're protected by the pudding a little bit. Yeah, the pudding. Yes. Ah, pudding. What it can do. It's my understanding that the pudding is how it preserved the bananas. Could you look into that for me? I found a, I don't know if you call it a food hack or not, but it's a way to make protein pudding.

So you just take like regular pudding, but you got to go with the sugar-free stuff. And you pleasure yourself into it. And you pleasure yourself into it. No, I wouldn't do that. No, you use like Greek yogurt. Oh, God, yeah. And you just use that, and that's how you make your protein pudding. So you know what rocked me out of my socks, Preston, was the, I get Greek yogurt.

And I use some of that Cape May honey. Oh, it's fantastic. Holy, holy, holy. Good stuff, yes. So, according to Gilad Gershon, the chief executive of Tropic, the biotech company behind the breakthrough, he said, no more slimy brown bananas. No more! He said, our variety stays fresh for at least 12 hours after peeling and slicing, and after 24 hours displays 30% less browning. I wonder what the texture of it, would you notice a palpable...

difference in the texture when you ate it. Well, Gillard says the bananas have the same taste, smell, sweetness, and texture. The same everything we know and love, except the flesh doesn't go brown as quickly. And they bleed. And that means that you can add them to fruit salads and cut fruit products, opening up a huge new market for bananas. The company has worked out how to target the genes responsible for production of an enzyme called polyphenol oxidase, which causes the browning and disables them.

The technique is different to genetic modifications as it makes precise changes to an organism's existing genes without the introduction of foreign genetic material. What if it is the introduction of this type of banana that causes the global rage virus that kills us all? Might be worth it. Tropic already has the go-ahead to sell bananas in the Philippines, Colombia, Honduras, the USA, and Canada, where it will launch later this month.

They're also working on a project aimed at slowing down the ripening of bananas so they stay green longer and that will cut waste. As for every ton that makes it to the shops, two tons are declared inedible. So the majority of them are considered inedible. That's pretty amazing. What a loss.

Yeah. So they're doing a lot of innovation here. Bananas are picked when they're green like tomatoes. And what we're doing is knocking out the genes that are responsible for the production of ethylene, a plant hormone which helps change the peel color from green to yellow by breaking down chlorophyll. Any plans to put a banana into orbit? It's got to be, right? Yeah, I would assume. I bet you it's already been done. All right. So that's good news in that world. All right. Here's another one.

Music is known to have a profound effect on humans. And according to Healthline, it can improve memory and help lower anxiety and depression.

Do dogs enjoy listening to music as much as people do? I was wondering this before when I listen to music in my car because I listen to it loud. And I was like, okay, my dogs have better hearing than I do. Am I blowing out their eardrums right now? That's a good question. So recently I was hepped to the notion, Preston, that dogs respond very well to reggae music.

Really? And so sometimes I'll leave and put on reggae music. You've noticed this or read this? I read this. Okay. And then I came back and my dog Kizzy was sparking up a fat one. Wow. Studies on the effect of music on dogs is limited, especially when compared to humans. Some evidence suggests dogs may be comforted, as in feeling less stressed or anxious, when listening to classical music. Oh.

Researchers from the Sydney School of Veterinary Science examined nine studies of the effect of music on dogs in 2020. Their findings, published in the Journal of Animals, indicated that the classical genre soothed canines as the pups exhibited calmer behaviors like lying down, resting, sitting, etc.,

When the music played, that's when they would relax. And it's important to note that many of the previous studies took place in typically stressful environments.

such as veterinary hospitals, boarding kennels, and rescue shelters, rather than in houses. So they're responding in areas where they're going to be a little more tense and more on edge. They've noticed these results. I guess. Amy Campbell, a certified dog trainer, told the Dog Care Services website, Rover, that not all classical music has the same effects. Some pieces contain loud sounds that might actually induce stress.

The animals also seem to have specific musical tastes. A 2023 study in the Journal of Animal Welfare found that heavy metal music causes stress in shelter dogs. You'd imagine. As many barked as the music played. What about Josh Groban? And you may have heard of dog music before. You raise me up.

If not, it's exactly what you think. They're tunes made specifically to relax dogs. There are several free playlists of such songs on YouTube. But the 2020 study found that dogs didn't appear calmer when listening to specialized music. A collection called Through a Dog's Ear, in this case, compared to regular classical music. Have you seen the dog channels that are available that stream? And you can find them there. Our friend Shannon...

was sitting a dog and she sent a picture. And this channel is nature, but it's things like squirrels jumping up on us. And the dog is just sitting there kind of transfixed. So it seems to have that sort of calming effect. I haven't seen that one, but I have seen the video where the dog gets scared of Darth Vader. Yes, goes to the side of the couch. That one cracked me up. Yeah, it's weird when you see dogs...

on videos reacting to television. My dogs have no idea the TV's even on. Not even acknowledging any of it. Is the frequency something that they can't... Because if I FaceTime with my family...

And I'm like, hey, Reg, you know, he doesn't hear my voice. He won't hear the voice? Well, what about responding to the picture? No. So, like, can you, have you ever thrown a FaceTime up on the full TV? I don't think they even pay attention. Okay. You know, I've seen some that do. Some dogs really like to watch CNBC cover the financials.

But no, I think ultimately, and there's countless shots they do at AFV, America's Funniest Home Videos, where the dogs react. They do a feature called the Dog Park, Preston, and the dogs hear that music and they react to the dogs up on the screen. So if you want to try soothing your dog with music, Rover suggests paying attention to their behavior as the tune plays. You'll also want to ensure that you don't have the volume too loud. And last but not least, check to see if your pet avoids rooms with...

with music as this may show that they prefer quiet environments. How often do you have music playing throughout the house? Throughout the house? Yeah. Not often. If we're doing chores and stuff like that, I'll put it on throughout the house. But regularly while cooking, yeah, we'll have music on in the kitchen for sure. So pretty much every day. And the dogs are with you in the kitchen? Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. So here's another story from the Just Saying Institute. New research...

Suggest that, as well as being a probable center for the veneration of the sun, Stonehenge was also a fertility temple. I got pregnant when I visited. A detailed study of a partly buried fallen stone at the monument has revealed that it may have been sculpted to resemble a giant penis. Oh.

The research carried out by Professor Terrence Meaden... I say it's an enormous tally-wagger. ...suggests that... Right down to the ballsack. ...when the stone had stood upright, it would have looked like a 2.6-meter erect male member... Gosh, that's a large one, isn't it? ...equipped at its upper end with an 80-centimeter-long glands or bulbous tip. Hmm.

Just the way I like them. I love the word bulbous. It's a good word. Especially when you're talking about a penis. Professor Meaden has examined the stone in detail and has concluded that its shape was deliberately altered in order to give it a phallic appearance. We're going to send this one to the Statue of Liberty. He estimated that prehistoric craftsmen used tools to remove up to 200,000 cubic centimeters of stone to give it that form.

Don't use a jackhammer, you'll make it shoot. Although no other phallic standing stones have ever been identified in or around Stonehenge, several small carved stone phalluses dating from the Stonehenge era have been found relatively near the monument, just a mile or two from it.

Penis-shaped standing stones and carvings seem to have been important elements in many prehistoric belief systems throughout much of the world, especially in Europe and Asia. And Professor Means' research suggests that rituals at Stonehenge itself may have had a phallic dimension. Like penis parties? Maybe, yeah. The monument's newly identified phallus-shaped standing stone, up till now it was known as Stone 67, now laying horizontally and partially buried, once stood erect...

in what was arguably the single most important location in Stonehenge and was aligned directly with the midsummer sunrise and the midwinter sunset. The only other stone within the stone circle on that alignment is a six-ton rock known in recent centuries as the altar stone. Now, it too had been shaped before being put in position, and some evidence suggests the latter stone never stood upright and had therefore always lain horizontal because, in solar alignment terms,

It seems to have been deliberately paired with the phallus-shaped standing stone. Professor Maiden suspects that the altar stone may symbolize or represent female fertility or female genitalia. It looks like a vagina. Certainly.

It is significant that more effort was expended to bring it to Stonehenge than any of the monument's other stones. If you gentlemen will excuse me, I feel the need to rub one out. He said for it was transported probably by sea all the way from northern Scotland. It made some inroads into figuring out how those stones were moved.

You know, that great distance. It's impressive. Have you ever been to Stonehenge? No. It is amazing. What is really amazing is that the actual museum and there's a whole trench system around it.

respectfully removed from it that allows you to go to sleep. You're not seeing tons of people milling about. This thing should look like it's standing by itself on the field. So the trenches run around and you actually walk down into the displays. I know the area's been developing around there and they've had to... They put it in five guys. They've had to do some specific construction around it to not...

impede the integrity of it and everything. But yeah, some people are underwhelmed by it of its size. There are many things that are go-to attractions to see that may be historic in nature. And when people get there, they're like... You know what just disappointed me was the woolly mouse. The woolly mouse, yeah. I know that people had called them... Ages ago, we talked about Mount Rushmore and how that was underwhelming.

I went to, I thought it was awesome. I thought it was pretty cool. Listen, it's Mount Rushmore. Yeah. Drink that in. Bitch. It's a carving. But it's huge and it's really, really cool. But some people get there and they go, oh really? That's it? Have you guys been to Crazy Horse? It's near there and I haven't. It was, when I was a kid, it was just getting underway. Nick, it looked like nothing. Yeah. They essentially had renderings of what it was going to look like. Yeah.

Did they plan to give him a penis? It's supposed to be massive. I mean, they're like Mount Rushmore could fit on the forehead from what I understand. It's not even finished. They're still working on it. It's the entire side of the... And I was in like seventh grade. Wow. That's how long they've been working on that. Doing it by hand. Yeah. All right. That's it. That's it. Oh. Sorry, guys. We have an interview coming up, so we got to wrap up the...

Just saying, it's stupid. Some good stuff there today, right? It was very good. Yeah. Made us think and twisted our melons. We do what we can to enlighten you from time to time, friend. We're going to take a quick break. We'll come back in a second. And yes, comedian George Wallace will be joining us. So stay with us. We'll be right back. MMRBQ 2025. Saturday, May 10th at Freedom Mortgage Pavilion. Somebody check my brain. Alice in Chains. Three Days Grace. The

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All right, thank you very much, Kathy. Our next guest is co-starring on the Norman Lear show Clean Slate, which is airing now on Prime Video. And he is one of the most naturally funny people I've ever met. We've had the joy of having him here in our studio before. And we love welcoming to the program Mr. George Wallace. Yeah!

Hey there, George. Good morning to you. Good morning, everybody. Good morning, everybody. Congratulations on being on this program, George. Were you a longtime fan of Mr. Norman Lear?

Well, we were friends since 1993. I did a show called 704 Houses Street. That's the house that the Bonkers used to live in. And I had another show offered by CBS, and I chose to go to my offer. And I told Norman, we will work together again. I wanted to reboot Sanford and Sons. So I went to Norman Lear. I said, let's do it. He said, well, come back with a twist. And at the time, Orange is the New Black was the show, and everybody was talking about Laverne Cox.

I never saw the show, didn't know anything about it, but I knew about her struggle. I said, it sounds like somebody I want to work with. And I said, what if I had a son that left Alabama and went to New York City to do his thing to be who he wanted to be? 23 years later, I get an email that says, Dad, I'm coming home tomorrow. I tell the whole neighborhood, my son's coming home. The next day, ding dong, I go to the door, most beautiful lady you've ever seen in your life. And I said, I'm sorry, you got to go. My son is coming. She says, Dad...

It's me. So my son has transitioned to my daughter, and it's Laverne Cox is my daughter, and my mouth dropped for 15, 35, 45, 50 minutes. Wow. I didn't know what to do, didn't know what to say, but I do know one thing. The show is called Clean Slate. Everybody deserves a chance for a clean slate or to forgive and start over, and she has to learn about me. I've got to learn about her, but it's all about love. We're teaching love here no matter what.

That's my child. I got to love my child no matter what. Well, it says, you know, and I've seen a couple of the episodes. And one of the things it says in a review I was reading, The Hollywood Reporter, says that you seem, your character of Harry Slade seems more upset by the fact that she's become vegan. That's a...

That's some BS right there. I didn't have to know about the transsexual thing, but the vegan, I want to let everybody in Philadelphia and New Jersey listen right now. All you vegans and vegetarians, y'all going to die on schedule just like everybody else.

Oh, that's phenomenal, man. Now, listen, I really appreciate you doing this. I have a one of my children is trans and it is it's a scary world that we're living in right now. There are people that want to demonize these individuals, which just really gets under my skin in a horrible way. And I'm happy to hear that you guys are doing the right thing and showing people that love is the answer here, you know.

You know what's good about that? On your team, when you get to work with people and you find people, find out who they are, you know what? Everybody's doing a good job of preparing

professional job and you find out that it's like the environment you live in you can love everybody if you get to know somebody that's a great point spend some time talking to people so important uh and what so with this i want to go back to what you said about uh sanford and son and uh the um maybe the the influence that uh red fox had on you personally george when you were growing up

Yes. Yes.

I clearly remember in Red Fox, the Red Fox and they were records and there would be parties. There would be the adults would gather to listen to these. I mean, these hours and they were as blue as you could get.

Well, not as blue as today. We thought they were blue then, but today it's nothing compared. But I tell you what, we weren't supposed to. You tell a kid what they can't do. We're going to do it. Yeah, yeah, absolutely. I want to ask you now, the show, it's on Amazon Prime and it was shot in, is it Georgia?

And Savannah, Georgia, most beautiful city. Oh, my goodness. Savannah has grown and it's still growing faster than any city. One of the fastest growing cities in America. And it's just beautiful there. And it has the same atmosphere as Mobile, Alabama, where the show is based. So Sony has a studio there. Oh, it's a Sony studio. I was wondering if you're shooting at the Tyler Perry studio, but it's the Sony studio? In Savannah, Georgia. Yeah, yeah, yeah. How are you with the heat down there?

Oh, man, when it gets hot, it gets so hot there, people are melting. People with the plastic surgery, you walk along the street and you just see people's face on the street. It gets hot and nasty. It does. You know, George, I was watching CBS. They did a piece about their Sunday show about this author who has written about Johnny Carson, this biography that just came out. And they talked to you quite a bit. You had a tremendous amount of appearances on The Tonight Show. And yet there was that delineation there.

between the comedians. I remember, God, you'd see you all the time and Johnny clearly loved you, but you never got the wave over and it's still, it's sort of stuck in your craw a little bit, correct?

It does, because I did the show with everybody else. You know, Red Fox also never hosted the show, and his studio was next to Johnny Carson. And Johnny had a little problem with people. He was introverted, and if he didn't think he could talk to you and have fun with you, he wouldn't talk to you. His favorite singer was a guy named Joe Williams. Never went to the couch, and the last day Johnny was on, he was on the couch.

He was going to the couch. His trip and fail going to the couch never made it. So that hurt a little bit. And I know my sets were just as good as anybody else's. I did Leno. I did Leatherman. Everybody that hosted this night show, I did it with a button. I never with Johnny. So sometimes people, everybody's not going to like you. No, no. And it was, I mean, Will...

I don't know if we'll ever see a dynamic like that again, where someone was at that level of fame. It was basically a kingmaker. I mean, when Freddie Prinze got up and did a set, I mean, his career was launched. After that set, Johnny called him over, and that was it.

That was it. Like I said, I did the show on a Thursday. On Friday, I was in front of 17,000 people. But let me tell you something. The new kids are doing it today. Johnny Carson had up to 13 to 17 million per night. But these new kids with social media, and I applaud them, they have 100 million people following them. It's a new world. They don't have to do the Tonight Show. They've got their own audience.

Let me ask you, you have Thelma Hopkins on the show, who's no stranger to sitcoms, but also going back to Tony Orlando and Dawn. She's got to be a blast to work with. Let me tell you something. You know she's my Aunt Esther. We fight all the time. When you get to the last episode, you're going to go, what is going on?

Oh, that's the best. That's all I'm going to say. Tom Hopkins is so great. I forgot about that. That's so great, man. Well, listen, it's going to be, it's an eight episode series. Is every episode available now for those who want to see it on Prime Video?

Every episode is available right now, 240 countries and territories, and it's translated into every language. We went big. Excellent. All right. Well, you can binge this now on Amazon Prime Video. It is called Clean Slate. It's a Norman Lear show, and it stars this man right there, George Wallace, along with Laverne Cox. Hey, George, great to have you on again. If you come back in Philly, please come see us, okay?

I will be back and I love you and there's absolutely nothing you can do about it. All right. George Wallace, man. Yeah. He's great. We had Derek Pitts here yesterday from the Franklin Institute, the chief astronomer. And last time Derek was in, we had George Wallace in the studio and Derek was like, oh

Like, oh, my God. He was like starstruck. He's like, can I stay? Can I meet him? He was going to see him that night with his wife. Yeah. And so, yeah, it was really cool. I don't remember that. You don't remember that? No. He freaked the hell out. Yep. Hey, we have a few minutes to play with. And there was a story that we had yesterday. It was in the Bizarre File.

And we haven't talked about this particular topic in a bit, but it was about a dog in California. Like 35 pairs of socks? Well, so the owners had noticed that something was wrong with the dog. He had a very firm stomach and was acting a little odd, so they took him to the vet.

The dog had 24 socks that it had eaten. It had also eaten hair ties and like all the stuff they found in there. And they managed to get this stuff. It went all the way down into its intestines. A Burmese mountain dog, correct? Yeah, yeah. Burmese mountain dog. And they managed to get all that stuff out and save the dog's life, obviously.

But that leads to the conversation of dogs that will eat anything and everything. So I had one that... And it wasn't eat anything or everything, but it was... You know, the biscuit lady came to the show and we had...

Biscuits are fantastic, but they are dense. Yeah. So I brought them home before I realized, because it was, you know, for Friday shelter. We adopted her and she's a wonderful dog. It was rescued from the puppy mills out in Lancaster. And, you know, didn't know that she had this kind of acrobatic skill, you know, the size that she is. So we left, you know, I ate maybe one biscuit out of this big box. I mean, it weighs like a steamer trunk. Yeah, yeah.

And she polished off that whole goddamn box of biscuits. I'm like, it'd be akin to you eating 30 loaves of bread. Wow. I mean, and socked it away. And she had this look like...

Of sheer elation and oh my god. What did I do? What did I do? Did you guys keep an eye on her? Yes. The other day, Rook, I've got a boy and girl dog. They're from the same litter so they're the same age but

He will eat all the time. No, he doesn't eat foreign objects. He just eats food and will eat lots of it and always wants it. And I gave him a treat. I'd open up a fresh bag about this big. It's hard to explain on the radio, but like the size of a football, something like that. And I gave him a treat, and I set it in the regular area where we keep the treats and stuff. There you go. And I left the room and whatever, and I come back later, and that bag is on the floor completely empty. Wow. He ate all of it.

All of it. I could not believe it. And then what you have to imagine is, again, in the time frame that that happens, it's like...

That animal eating, you know, they just don't stop. No, they don't. Listen, that's food. My friend's dog would eat rocks. Rocks? Yeah, so they had a shed in their backyard, and the shed was on top of rocks. That's what it was stationed on. And they weren't, they could not, they had to put boards up on the fence because the dog would, you know, eat.

go through, put its snout through the fence and literally eat rocks. Wow. Like incisable rocks? You know, stones. Yeah, it's still not good for you. Not good for you at all. If you've got a story to share, we want to hear about it. Our phones still don't work, so you need to Zoom and just text the word Zoom to 39333 and we'll send you a link and then we can pop you up and get you on. And if you have the dog in question with you, please have the dog.

We can see them now. So Fozzie likes paper towels and he also likes toilet paper. He doesn't like food all that much. What's with the toilet paper? Rook likes tampons. And women's underwear. Eats panties. Eats them. Rochelle's? All the time.

It's crazy. I mean... You know what it's about, right? But it's like... I guess there's a... You put your mouth there. It doesn't taste... Their taste buds are different. I guess so. I don't smell a hint of... Cooter. Well, I know I smell that, but it doesn't smell like food to me. No. I eat it regularly. Gravy Train does have a vagina line. Uh...

But yeah, underwear, used tampons. Kathy, any of your cats or anything? Well, you probably... Oh, yeah, the cats. We'll go after your used tampons. One, just the girl. Isn't that wild? Yeah, she will dig them and she'll find them. And she's such a weirdo. It's not even just used tampons. She will find the tampon in the wrapper. She'll hear me take it out of the cabinet in the bathroom and she'll come running. And if I have some in my purse, my...

purse is open she'll go in there she'll dig around in it she'll pull it out and i'll find it like with the paper ripped open and the cotton just laying on the floor and then time catch your love them tampons she runs into my bathroom because i have a trash can with a lid specifically so she can't get to it and so she'll run in and she'll go right to that right to the trash can with the lid and smell around to see if it's that time got the worst worst thing i had to do with fozzie uh

He was in the yard bearing down and he was clearly having an issue passing whatever he was trying to pass. Oh, I remember this. And I had to look underneath his tail and sure enough, just poking out of his hole was the...

the end of a paper towel and he couldn't pass it so I had to grab it you know I put my hand in the bag and I grabbed it now just to clean him out did you reach into his mouth and grab that end and maybe you know go a little floss back and forth a little bit no it wasn't in the mouth it was all in the in the butt and the intestine

I'll never understand the tampon thing. One of our cats was just, we had to set something on top of the garbage can with the lid, Kathy, to keep the cat from getting in. I guess the blood is like animal, you know, like meat. I don't know. You know what? Yeah, it has to, it definitely is something. Then why don't they have tampon flavored food? Exactly.

Because Jace had a bloody nose and he threw all the tissues into the bathroom trash can and she pulled those, my cat pulled those out too. Here's an interesting one. Nick pulled up a text says, my dog ate my pill container. Oh. Four Xanax, 15 Lyrica and a bottle of melatonin. Oh my God. I want to sniff your ass. It says she was okay, just staggering around that night.

Geez. And then another one says a friend's dog ate a kitchen knife. It had peanut butter on it. So it decided to eat the whole knife. How does

How does that happen? It's like they can't stop. It's like we're eating a bag of snacks or something. You just can't stop yourself from eating it. I'm just going to eat the knife. You're right. You never see a pet stop for a second and hold the treat and look at it and go, yeah, appreciate it for real. I know that chocolate is toxic to dogs. That dog ate an entire box of Whitman samplers.

And lived to tell the tale. Yeah. You know what I mean? I had a friend whose dog ate a box of chocolates, killed it. Oh. Oh, really? He dehydrated. Yeah, he died. Oh, my God. So you got lucky. Yeah. You got very lucky. Wow. So it says toxic components to dogs found in chocolate are caffeine and theobromine. Theobromine.

which predominantly cause stimulation of the central nervous system and heart. So I guess they basically like have a heart attack. It also will quickly lead to dehydration. Yeah, that's what happened to this one dog, unfortunately. All right, Lisa is joining us via Zoom this morning. Hello there, Lisa. Good morning. I'm sorry, I'm just pulling into my driveway. Oh, thank you.

I had a wiener dog, a dachshund, many, many years ago, like 40 years ago, who ate an entire pound of American cheese off the seat of the truck while I, of the car while I got out for two minutes. He didn't poop before, I swear. I got in the car, the windows were down. I started driving and this lunch meat bag starts flying around the car. I'm like, what the hell is going on here?

I turn around, the dog's laying on the back seat. His gut is like, he looked like he had a giant beer belly. I was like, he ate that whole pound of cheese. He weighed all of like 20 pounds. So he ate one twentieth of his body weight. Yes. I mean, that's astonishing. It was. I couldn't believe it. He'd never barfed. He never, but he didn't poop for almost two weeks. Yeah, cheese binds you. Two weeks.

There were still slices of cheese in his bowel movement. Oh, my God. I mean, but that's it. As you said, Case, it's about food. It's always about food. When that switch is flicked, they just go. Dogs are so smart, but they're so dumb. You know what I mean? I love them to death. A pound of cheese. I look at Rook and I'm like, you little idiot. You crack me up. You know what I mean, Lisa?

Oh, I do. Because he used to, he chewed a lot of stuff. He didn't eat anything, but he chewed anything that, like the side of the couch that I sat on, my underwear, my socks. He always, yeah, I don't know why he hated me. I was the only one who took care of him. Is he still around or did he pass?

I was in my 20s, and his name was Spike. He was Spike the wiener dog. Now, he lived to be about 14. Had a good life. It's a good run. Yeah. Had a good life. Yeah, but he didn't eat, I don't know how many socks that Bear Knees whatever mountain dog ate, but that's a lot of corn socks. Yeah, that's a lot of laundry. All right, thank you, Lisa. We appreciate it. Thanks for checking in. Yeah, they're so...

Yeah. I love them. I'm fascinated by the... Again, this dog, Kizzy, we would put things higher and higher and it's like...

This is an older dog. Didn't matter. Found it. So, you know, we had to employ all sorts of different tactics. And she's not mischievous, but it's food. It's what they go at. Everything is food motivated and food based. And that's how they respond. One of my favorite pictorial series is, and it just popped up on my Instagram feed again the other day. It's from a few years ago. But

A photographer had close-up shots of dogs as you threw a treat to them. And the looks on their faces. They used high-speed camera and would catch them with these wild open eyes and outrageous expressions on their faces. And that's the way they eat, man. Just...

When we feed, Claire started doing this with the dog. When you do dinner, you do a dinner dance. So it's puppy, puppy, puppy, doggy. You have to do this whole thing. And the dog just is like, oh my God! Every day. He's ready. Food's coming. Yeah, she's thrilled. All right, Russ is on via Zoom. Good morning, Russ.

Good morning, guys. How are you? We're great, man. Thanks for taking us outside for a moment or two. You have a lovely setting there. It's beautiful out here today. Not really. All right. So what do you want to tell us your dog story? So in college, I had a dog and we lived near a college town and there were a lot of strip clubs around. So we had a lot of strippers in my apartment complex. And the dog liked to do two things.

It would pass a girl kind of walking, you know, just back from a walk, kind of look at her and then kind of look back and give her a little nibble on the tush all the time. It would nibble passing women's asses.

100% of the time if they were good looking. Now, did these ladies find that adorable or did it bother someone? No, no, no, no. He was the nuisance of the apartment complex, of course. Oh my God. Yeah, but he would literally just, he would walk right past the women and then turn around and snap and bite their butt. Wow.

Wow. That's tough. That's a lot of value right there. Yeah, that's an attack, basically. It's not like you're goose... 100%. We had it like twice and we ended up having to kind of

take action to that not happening. So the thought of moving out of a building that is populated with strippers never occurred to you, correct? No, no, that wasn't part of the deal. The other thing he loved was chewing used gum off the pavement. Oh, hell no.

Oh, man. You'd be on a walk and you'd see, you know, that black dot on a hot Texas pavement and he would just go after it. Oh, my God. It's like sometimes when a dog and it'll happen to dogs occasionally where they'll get into the eating poop thing. And it's like, oh, my God. Yeah. Yeah. All right, Russ. Appreciate it, man. Have a good one, bud. We'll see you. You know what happens if you have cats and dogs together? Sometimes the dogs will smell bad.

the food in the cat's crap. And so you've got to make sure the boxes are obscured from the cats. I know my dogs will, I guess sometimes, I don't know if they eat poop or what. Ew, it's so gross. I know. But I love the doggy kisses. I let them lick my face. And every now and then it'll be like, ew. Ew.

Get off of me. Take a Mento. You've been eating turds again. Oh, it's horrible. We have next joining us via Zoom. It says Janelle. Is that how you say your name? Correct. Hey, Janelle, what's going on?

So we had a 10 pound Chihuahua mix and she would eat her own poop. We live in an apartment building. She'd eat the trash in the trash room. Absolutely anything she could find. She'd eat bones, dead animals. She knocked a plate of desserts over but would not eat the tiramisu.

And we like still joke about it. She ate the brownies, the cookies, the pizzelles, but the tiramisu, we could smell the coffee on her, but it was the only thing left on the plate on the floor. So the tiramisu. So would that lead to your dessert choices? Would you tend to favor tiramisu because you knew it was bulletproof?

Oh, it was so funny. We came home the one day, the whole plate is upside down with the foil on the floor. And I'm like, oh my God, she got dessert. And the tiramisu is just intact. She absolutely no preference for tiramisu. But poop, you know, she's thrilled. It's wild when an animal passes on food. I remember my dad one time got swordfish steaks, I guess it was. We had Clem, a great Dane, would eat swordfish.

Like would eat cars. But I remember Clem going over and like, you know, put in his mouth. And then when a dog expels something it doesn't like to taste of, it's the funniest thing in the world. Yep. And didn't pass muster. That's really strange. All right. Thank you, Janelle. Appreciate it. Thank you, guys. Yeah. Steve, my dogs.

will not eat like fresh dog food. I was like, Oh, I'm going to do you guys a solid. I love you guys so much. I'm going to give you like organic, fresh refrigerated dog food. They're like, what is this crap? Yeah. Look at this. It's a farmer's choice. It's got this in the ground. I don't care. Is it because you feed them? Like you were showing me what you feed them the other day. Uh, you had that, uh, that,

snack mix or something like that. Oh, like regular party mix? People food or whatever? No. I don't know why then. No, they love, love, love people food. Do they eat dry dog food?

Yeah, it's moist and meaty is what it's called. So, I mean, it's technically dry, but it has a moisture to it. Okay. But they won't eat the good stuff. Yeah. So we used to buy that for our dogs pretty regularly. Now we have a very specific diet they have to stay on because they have pancreatitis issues and things like that. But before, we would get that refrigerated. Yeah. Yeah.

Real meaty stuff, and they would like that. Stuff's expensive, but I did like it. You're thinking about maybe trying to trick them into eating it, which, you know, if I sat down at the table and acted like I was eating it, then they would be like, oh, this is table food. Maybe. And then you hand them a bit while you're sitting at the table. That might actually, you never know. You end up socking away two logs of the stuff before...

All right, we have Matt who is up next. Yo, Matt, good morning, buddy. Good morning. How's it going? Great, man. So tell us of your dog. All right, my dog, when we had just bought a house and we moved in, it had this beautiful gas log fireplace in there.

And eventually, the dog would want to shove her head in through the screen and pull the lava rocks out and try to eat them. Oh, my God, lava rocks. Yeah, so thankfully she never actually swallowed any, so then we had to go ahead and get a screen to get a fence, a glass thing to put in front of it so she couldn't get her head in there.

So here it is. Because of that, we've been in this house now like 10 years. Never use the thing because we know if we take that thing away, she's going to be shocked. Lava rocks would cut you up. I mean, they've got sort of edges and irregular edges. Yeah. It's so funny. I only ever pulled them out and didn't try to swallow them. It's so funny, though, Matt, because a feature in your home you were not allowed to use because you're a dog. Yeah. Yeah.

And then on top of that, when we bought the house, my mom moved in with us because she retired and just everything was becoming too expensive on her own. So shortly after she moved in, the dog got into our bathroom, ate stuff out of our trash can and happened to swallow then a condom. Okay.

And so sure enough, I called the vet because she was only maybe about seven or eight months old. And they're all like, well, just keep an eye on her over the next few days. And if she doesn't pass it in the next couple of days, call us back. So here I am, a 40-plus-year-old man saying to my mom, hey, during the day when you let the dogs out, I need you to watch her because I need you to know and you tell me if she passes a condom or not. Oh, my God. I think of your dog's ass like one of those clown arcade games where the balloon inflates out the ass. Yeah.

Yeah, I love it. All right. Thanks, man. Appreciate it, buddy. All right. We'll see you, Matt. I just got a text from a friend who says things my dog has eaten a whole turkey, a carcass, a jar of peanut butter, multiple tampons, trays of Christmas cookies, a bottle of Motrin, a pound of butter, a pound of ground meat, a pound of ham. It's endless. We have a lock on our trash can. We had to gate our kitchen, which he jumps over.

Wow. So I was going to say, well, you know, you're leaving this stuff out and the dog can get to it, but it sounds like they have a very athletic dog. Yeah, it's a big one too. Is it the Bernies? He could jump over a fence and jump up on any counter or whatever and get a

pound of ground beef or a whole turkey? My friend just got a Rottweiler. So it's still a puppy, but he's still a big guy. And she took something away from him on her outdoor patio. She has a kitchen outside. And so she put it on the counter outside and she turned around and he had jumped from the ground up onto the counter outside to get whatever it was that she put up there. So she's a picture of him standing on the counter. Wow. I have the weirdest thing that my...

dogs have ever eaten. And I saw the leftovers of this. So Yorkies were bred to chase after rodents and things like that. They also dig. It's kind of part of their character. And I guess a rabbit had gotten in our backyard. A full grown, a big rabbit. Now these are little dogs.

Man, all that was left was from the rabbit's shoulders up. The rest of it was gone. Yeah. Had the head, the front paws, and whatever. Yeah. And it was just, I've never seen something vivisected like that. It's probably what you would see at a rabbit cosmetology school. Yeah. Yeah. I think that's good luck.

Yeah. It is? Yeah. It's the rabbit's foot. Yeah, people carry fully intact rabbit heads. That's true. All right, we're going to go to Mike. Hi, Mike. Hey, Mike. Morning, bud. Good morning, Gadzooks. Gadzooks to you. Your face is slowly coming into the picture here. What's up, buddy?

Hey, so my beagle accidentally ate my pot brownie the one night. Your beagle ate your pot brownie? It happens fairly often that people's edibles get taken in by their dogs. Now, how did you find out? I mean, obviously, you were going to eat that on your own. Did you just come across it? I was saving it for the weekend. I was hanging out with my buddy on Friday. And then on Saturday, I was going to eat it.

And then I woke up Saturday morning for work. I worked the mornings and I saw the tinfoil on the ground in the kitchen. I'm like, oh, crap. And the cat must have knocked it off the shelf. Oh, yeah, that's what they do. I see my beagle licking her lips on the couch. Man, she's got dry mouth on her lips.

And I'm like, oh, crap. And I told my wife, I was like, hey, I got to call out. And she's like, why? I was like, Dixie just ate a whole pot of brownie and I think she might be stoned in the next 30 minutes. Wow. Did you notice signs of intoxication or whatever you would refer to it as?

Oh, yeah. She was pretty dizzy. She was drooling. But for the most part, that was the first hour or so. And then she was just really tired. Did she put on any jam bands? We just put on some movies. We just had a Netflix and chill date with my wife. And your stone dog. Yeah. You didn't take her to the vet? You figured you'd just let nature run its course?

Yeah, she was doing okay. I mean, it wasn't all that bad. She's got a lot of weight on her because she's healthy. She's fat. I wonder if at the other end, if you were to take it, I mean, literally have some good ass, because if you're just simply eating the pod brownie, if it comes out as it's still...

Potentially. Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no. What? That you could still use it at that point and get a high out of it? Yeah, yeah. I wouldn't think so. I think your body uses up everything that it has to give. By the way, great video. It came out a little while back. It was on Instagram of a guy who's running around with a clothes hamper in his house. He's just moving very quickly. What are you doing? He's like...

Like, I'm doing this thing where I take an edible and then I try to get all my responsibilities done before it kicks in. I'm like, I know what that's like. And then she turns on, she goes, how's it going? He goes, laundry's looking bad, man. Always the laundry. All right. One more Zoom. And we have Kate who we're checking in with this morning. Hello there, Kate.

Hey, good morning. Good morning to see you, Kate. All right. So is this your dog that you had an issue with? So this is actually my brother's dog. OK, so they both live in Brigantine, New Jersey. And while he would be taking his dog on a walk, he was telling me his dog was finding butter packets around the island. And butter packets. I'm not. Yes. And I was like, I'm not OK with this. We're not accepting this as a loser.

Hang on one second. We'll see if we get the signal back. I want to find out about the butter packets. Yeah. Kate, you froze up. We'll give it a couple more seconds. Hey, Kate, hang on a second. We lost you when you said you weren't having it about finding the butter packets. Okay.

So I asked on Facebook, a Brigantine group, I said, is anyone else's dog finding butter packets? And sure enough, there's several people saying yes. And someone chimes in who works at one of the brunch places. They say that the seagulls are flying down. Oh. Oh, and probably picking up. Dropping them. All right.

We're losing you a bit, but we got the gist of it. I apologize. We're going to have to let you go, but yeah, I get the gist of it. So the seagulls are helping the dogs eat the butter, dropping them around the island, and people going around with their dogs and eating that. Thank you very much, Kate. We do appreciate that. Sorry about the signal cutter. Started mucking things up. We do have to take a break, but listen, yeah, it happens. You are not alone. When I was a kid, there was a neighbor who had a small dog. I don't remember what kind it was, but just a

tiny little dog and he was of that type that would eat absolutely anything and they left him in the car to like go shopping or something like that, rolled the windows down partially, but while they were gone they came back and the dog, and this is what they told me, had eaten the dashboard on the car. Man. Like just not chewed it up. I mean ate it. Was chewing it up and swallowing it. Okay. I don't, you know,

I guess some of them have, honestly, as weird as it may seem, may have a mental condition. You know what I mean? Well, you know, dogs and cats can get versions of dementia. And, you know, it does happen. People eat chalk, you know. Pika, is that what that's called? Yeah. It's a great pizza place. That's Pika's. Oh, I'm sorry. They put the sauce on the top. That's what they do.

All right, and there you go. That is what I have for you at this point in time because we have bizarre file stories on the way next. We're going to take a quick break. We'll come back in a moment. Thanks for chiming in. We do appreciate it. We'll be back shortly. It's MMR's Local Shots, Artist of the Month. Hailing from Chester County, it's New Damage.

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A passenger at Boston Logan was stung by a scorpion while retrieving her luggage in the baggage claim area of customs. The incident occurred on Sunday evening while she was at Logan Airport Terminal E picking up her bags after flying back from Mexico when she was suddenly stung on her finger by a scorpion. I hear the scorpions like to ride the carousel. She was taken to a nearby hospital for immediate treatment.

Authorities did not immediately disclose her condition following the sting. It's unclear how the scorpion ended up on her bag at the airport. According to the Centers for Disease Prevention and Control, while most scorpion stings are not serious, medical attention may be needed for pain management and wound care, including preventative treatment.

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Which officers delivered to the child's home. No kidding. Oh, sure. When you need donuts, you need them now. The Moore Police Department shared audio on social media on Thursday of the exchange between the boy named Bennett and the dispatcher. The child first dialed 911.

and began saying gibberish to the dispatcher before hanging up and dialing again. Bennett then told the dispatcher about an emergency need for donuts. And the dispatcher says, donuts? You want donuts? Are you going to share your donuts?

And the child says, 911, it's an emergency. An emergency dispatcher asked, emergency donuts, Bennett replied. So the dispatcher asked again if Bennett would share his donuts, to which he replied, no, I'm not. The next day, the police shared that they had fulfilled Bennett's request and had officers deliver a box of Dunkin' Donuts to his home. The officer said in a video on social media, you called us about donuts.

And we came to give you some donuts. And Bennett reacted with an enthusiastic yes. The officers opened the box and Bennett and his older brother each grabbed a donut. Was he told that this is the wrong thing to do? In this story, it doesn't say that. You just reported him for 911 calls. I am surprised they actually did this because they usually take pretty seriously. I would have jacked him up.

The misuse of 911. You little son of a bitch. According to the police department, the toddler used an old cell phone that can still be used to call 911 in an emergency.

but it has no other functional use. Okay, maybe. He probably didn't know he was calling 911. There's an armed robbery going on across town. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency faces a legal challenge after approving a controversial plan to include radioactive waste in a road project later this year. Yeah, what could go wrong? So the advocacy group says that the federal agency has prohibited the use of radioactive

Phosphogypsum, a radioactive carcinogenic and toxic waste generated by the fertilizer industry in road construction since 1992, citing an unacceptable level of risk to public health. We've been working with it for a month. There seems to be no problem. The advocacy group says that... Everything's good. It's really easy to mix up and pour. I haven't detected any issues at all.

The legal challenge is centered on a road project proposed 40 miles east of Tampa. I just farted blood. What? I farted blood. The EPA approved the project in December 2024, noting the author's name.

My name is James Smith. The authorization applied only to the single project and included conditions meant to ensure the project will remain. The scope of the application. Most of the comments from the EPA received in response to the proposal opposed the use of phospho.

Phosphogypsum. Phosphogypsum. In road construction in general and criticized current methods of managing the waste. But the federal agency said these comments were outside the scope of its review. And we're not going to be riding on those roads anyway. The agency declined to comment on pending litigation.

If you get kicked out of a home and you left some drugs behind, clap your hands. Your logical options are few in number. Or you can just do what Christopher Newton did when police, while police were at the house to remove him, the homeowner said that Newton had texted him and said he had, quote, left a baggie on the nightstand. Yeah.

The homeowner gave police permission to search the room. They found the baggie full of cocaine. Newton wound up charged with possession of cocaine and the homeowner wound up with a story to tell his friends feel smart, help his friends feel smarter. And then one last story and we'll wrap it up.

if you have a vehicle full of drugs. Yes, another drug story. It might be a good idea to follow traffic laws. Official statement. Yes! Edward Stewart and Cameo Evans were pulled over on I-80 in Pennsylvania after they were seen following another vehicle too closely while approaching a construction zone. So they were tailgating. Wouldn't you be on, you'd be the best driver you've

ever been if you were busing drugs in your car unless you happen to be doing those drugs at the time and that may not be hard when officers approached the car they noticed an unconscious woman in the back seat who unfortunately died shortly after yeah after a search roughly three pounds of meth were found in the vehicle along with a large quality of quantity of fentanyl in other words don't give police a reason to pull you over if you got a car full of drugs

And a dying person in the backseat. Wow, that's insane. And that is what I have. That's why it's here in the Bizarre File. That's what I have for you. All right, we have another break to take when we come back. Let's see if you've been paying attention. Lesson question is coming up. Got a cool prize with that. And we'll get to trash and music news as well. We'll be right back. We'll be right back.

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Friday. And then the next thing you know, we're in Florida, for crying out loud, for spring training on a plane a week from today. Can you believe it? Arriving on Wednesday night. And then having these holiday activities. Yeah, that'll be next. Oh, my God. But, yeah, we're excited about spring training and broadcasting live on Thursday from the ballpark and then Friday at Coco's.

It was a blast, man. Elko's was really sort of a hidden gem of that whole trip last time around, and now we know what to look forward to. Yeah, and we just kind of, we just did our program and had a good time. It was a lot of fun, so looking forward to that again. Let's see. Lesson question.

No, no, no, no, no. What are we giving away? Tickets for the Summer of Loud show. MMR presents this event. And it's Wednesday, July 23rd, Freedom Mortgage Pavilion. We're going to have to do this via Zoom once again. All right. Until we get phones up and running. And we'll continue even when we do get the phones up and running. We like it. Zoom from time to time. Here's your question. What singer did Jesus look like?

215-263-WMMR. Okay, what singer did Jesus look like? What did you just remember? I totally forgot, yeah. All right, don't call. And I said it again. I said the phone number. Don't call that. Don't call that. It don't work no more. Text the word ZOOM to 39333.

And we'll send you the link on how you can get in. So, what singer did Jesus look like? Text the word ZOOM 39333 to get in and your chance to win. The trash business is a gold mine. 93.3 WMMR with Preston and Steve's Hollywood Trash. All right, while we wait for that zoomy zoom.

We'll get some stories. Steve, what's going on this morning? Well, Emmy-nominated actress Alexandra Daddario addressing some detractors who claim she is a bad actress. Daddario says the first time she heard the bad actress' criticism, she broke down and cried all over the most magnificent press on Earth. Hey!

On the newest episode of The Baldwins, Hilaria Baldwin says Alec has remained in a dark, dark place since accidentally killing Helena Hutchins on the set of the movie Rust. Later in that episode, Alec has a hilarious fail attempting to deep fry a pot roast. Oh, my God.

And finally, Kevin Tachiko, the man who owned the three-legged dog Buddy, starred in those Air Bud movies, is battling back from a serious bout of pneumonia. Tachiko says he's following Buddy's lead and is fighting back from adversity by smelling people's ass. Good.

And that's your Hollywood trash. Now, I never saw Air Bud. Did the dog have three legs in the movie? Yeah. Huh. I never knew that. All right. Let's see if we can find a Zoomer. Oh, I'm being told. I'm giving the international sign for stretch it out for a little bit. So we are waiting an answer. Let me tell you about the new kind of pavement, ladies.

For the question, what singer did Jesus look like? So we are waiting for a Zoomer to get on board. Yes. While we're waiting, I'd like to wish a happy birthday to our buddy Kyle McCarty. It's his birthday. And I was chatting with Kyle earlier this morning. I had forgotten that it was his birthday and then it came up in my calendar. But he has a show, a minute-by-minute show at the 118 North. It's not until June, but I would love to go to this show. I've heard that the show, the minute-by-minute, the cover of Michael McDonald's stuff is awesome. And 118 North is a really cool music venue on North Wayne Avenue.

in uh in wayne pa so i'm gonna try to go to that and if you need more information it's uh his instagram is the kyle mack yeah the kyle mack m-a-a-c-k uh on instagram excellent great musician happy birthday to you kyle mack we love you bud all right we can now get an answer we have uh melissa who we are going to go to hi melissa how you doing

Hi, guys. Good morning. Good morning to you. Okay, so what singer did Jesus look like? Josh Groban. Josh Groban is absolutely correct. Yes. All right, hang on. We're going to set you up, Melissa. You just got yourself some tickets to go to the

Summer of Loud Festival. And it is Wednesday, July 23rd at Freedom Org's Pavilion. Killswitch Engage, Prevail, Beartooth, many, many more. Tickets are on sale now via Ticketmaster. You can go to WMMR.com for more information and another chance to win tickets. So hang on tight. We'll get your info in nice and enough. Preston and Steve's Music News on 93.3 WMMR.

I alluded to this earlier this morning. Motley Crue has postponed their Las Vegas residency at Dolby Live at Park MGM. It was originally set for March 28th to April 29th, and the shows are now rescheduled for September and October. According to a statement from the band, the postponement is because Vince Neil's Doctors said,

advised him that he needs to have a required medical procedure done. I wonder what that is. Yeah, Neil said he had apologized to fans in the statement saying, my health is my top priority so I can bring you the awesome shows that you deserved. And tickets for the original dates will be honored for the new shows. I can't, guys.

And you can check out the rescheduled dates on the official Motley Crue website. I'd like to apologize. Speaking of delays, Green Day fans in Australia feel like dookie right now. I get it. The band canceled its final Australian concert. It sucks. Which was scheduled for today at the Gold Coast Seabus Super Stadium due to the approach of Cyclone Alfred.

I assume they call hurricanes cyclones in that part of the world. I apologize. The band announced that the severe weather would make it unsafe to proceed with the show. Yes, it would. They expressed their disappointment and urged fans to stay safe. The concert cannot be rescheduled because of the band's international tour commitments. So fans who purchase tickets are going to receive full refunds from Ticketmaster within 14 to 21 days.

Paul McCartney wants Joe Cocker in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. To go to hell! No, no, no, no, no. In the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Yeah, he's right. On Monday, publicist Bob Merlis shared a scanning of a February 25th dated letter from Paul urging that the English musician be inducted into the organization.

He wrote, Joe was a great man and a fine singer whose unique style made for some fantastic performances. He said he sang one of our songs, with a little help from my friends, a version produced by Denny Cordell, which was very imaginative. It's a great version of the song, just a beautiful version. It was very imaginative. What did you think of that song? The cover, Paul, the song, it was very imaginative.

McCartney ended his notes writing, and whilst he may not have ever lobbied to be in the Hall of Fame, I know he would be extremely happy and grateful to find himself where he deserves to be amongst such illustrious company. Cocker died in 2014 at 70 years old. In his note to the press on Monday,

Merlis wrote that McCartney caught wind of the efforts to induct Cocker. And he said just this morning, the letter you see below showed up. And it's quite apparent that he is more than okay with our sharing it. We urge you to do the same. It's not the first time that Paul voiced his Hall of Fame favorites. Last year, he endorsed Foreigner. And they were inducted in October alongside Sharon Dionne Warwick, which is kind of cool because...

This is why, you know, I told you the other day it would be fun to take a legit superstar, one of the absolute, you know, architects and great and see, you know, are they familiar with some of these? Are they familiar with some of the bands that maybe aren't as big as they are? Yeah, they're all terrible. Uh,

So, yeah, he had lobbied for Foreigner. Cocker's one of the more than a dozen artists who are nominated for induction this year, including Cyndi Lauper, The White Stripes, Oasis, Outkast, Billy Idol, and Mana, the first Spanish-language band.

to be up for the honor. I saw Joe Cocker in concert one time. How was it? It was fantastic. He was excellent. He played the Fox Theater in St. Louis, this really kind of swanky venue. What period is this? Around the Love Lift Me Up time? No, no. It was after You Can Leave Your Hat On. Oh, okay. It was like around then. Yeah. And he did all the greats. He didn't really talk to the audience. No. He just came out and he did the songs and he was...

He's what you wanted him to be. He sounded phenomenal. When will they announce the inductees? That's a good question. I do not know. It seems like a 15-step process. Because we've talked to Greg from the Rock Hall many times. And the fan ballot is not a guaranteed way to get in. No. Late April. Not too far off. So we'll see. And then last story.

And you guys familiar with they were kind of a hair metal band, Faster Pussycat? Oh, yes. They didn't have big hits. They had a couple of hits here and there. Mike McCready loves those guys from Pearl Jam. So Kimberly Birch, fiance of Faster Pussycat's singer, Tie Me Down, is presumed dead after allegedly falling overboard on a Royal Caribbean cruise. Oh, my God. What? Right? Right.

So her mother told TMZ that Down informed her of the incident, which happened on the first day of the cruise. But Kimberly's body has not been found.

The circumstances surrounding her fall remain unclear, though her mother noted that Kimberly had been drinking, which she said was uncharacteristic. A Royal Caribbean spokesperson said our crew immediately launched a search and rescue effort. And they confirmed that, excuse me, they're working with the authorities. The U.S. Coast Guard and Royal Bahamas Defense Force conducted a search, but operations were later halted.

Down and Birch have reportedly been dating for like five years. So Faster Pussycat was a big part of the L.A. rock scene. And then so, you know, when my brother was trying to come up in that realm, they were one of the bands. Their name comes from a Russ Meyer movie, Faster Pussycat Kill Kill. Yeah. And yeah, the Daily Mail was reporting on, he did an obscene rant on stage. I'm like, the whole band was about, he wasn't ranting, he was talking about

getting laid and it's what they did. It was a whole thing. Yeah. It's Southern era. So yeah, we'll see if anything comes of that, but that's terrible, terrible news.

And unfortunately, that's what we're ending music news with this morning. Yes, Nick? I've been struggling with it since Steve said it because I was wrestling in my brain about Air Bud, the dog that played basketball in the films. Air Bud had four legs, Steve. I thought Air Bud was missing a leg. I thought so, too. And then I was going back and forth. And there was a Disney franchise where the dog was missing a leg, but it was not Air Bud. It was a dog called Legend. Oh.

And so, but I couldn't remember either. And so, but yeah, Air Bud had all four legs and was able to play basketball incredibly well. Maybe it was the same dog and at some point he lost his leg. That might be it. Air Bud, I thought, had gotten hit by a car. And that's not a joke. As I remember, the original story was just that Air Bud had been split in half laterally and it was just the ass of the dog that played. That's weird. Okay.

Listen, in Hollywood, they'll make anything. They can make anything happen. I'm sorry. I keep bringing the teletype back up. It's soothing. It's the wrong one. And that is what I have in music news for you. Oh, what? You want an airboat update? Yeah, please. Okay. In 1997. Any breaking news or anything like that? But in the first movie, this is where I think the confusion came from. In the first movie, he had all four legs. And then Steve, in 1997, he had his right hind leg amputated due to synovial cell carcinoma.

sarcoma. There you go. We've just solved it now. I was so confused by all of it. And then sadly, he passed away from those complications of cancer a year or so later. But in the first movie, he did that. He briefly dated Winona Ryder. Right. And then she was on the rebound from Johnny Depp. You can understand. My ex was dating a dog. Doesn't even have all four legs. Weird. That's it. Lino?

No, Depp sounds a lot like Pearl Jam, like Eddie Vedder. A little bit. There's some Eddie Vedder in there. And they're buddies. Are they? Yeah. Can you imagine that conversation? Wow. Pick up the phone. Hey, Eddie. No, it's Johnny. All right, let's take a break. And when we get back, we'll wrap up the program. Letter of the Day for the Word of the Week prize as well. We'll return with it.

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Not that far off from now, we should start seeing some light showers. The wind's going to pick up as well, and then it's going to be raining a little more heavy as we get into 5, 6, 7, 8 o'clock around that range and going through the night. And tomorrow we're looking at cloudy skies, high 48. Looking at that 50-degree range all the way through the weekend with partly cloudy skies. So there is your forecast.

weekend planner forecast for you, friend. I would like to thank our one and only guest this morning, Mr. George Wallace. He was great. Super nice guy. Co-starring in the new show Clean Slate with Laverne Cox and that is now available on Prime Video, eight episodes and you can watch them all. You can binge away if you feel the need but very funny guy. Great to have him on this morning.

And thank you for those who contributed to the program via Zoom. We're still using that. And we actually kind of like the way the Zoom thing is working. It's a fun little way to do this. It's something we'll bring out now and then. Yeah, absolutely. So that's all I have to say about that other than we need to do the letter of the day. Is that going to be by you? I got you. All right. Let me fire this thing up. Preston and Steve on 93.3 WMMR.

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