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Hello, Steve. Hello, everybody. WMMR Philadelphia. Housekeeping. I think you're sleeping.

Housekeeping, you want towels? No towels. Need sleepy. Housekeeping, you want me for a pillow? Please go away. Let me sleep for the love of... You're listening to Preston and Steve on 93.3 WMMR with Preston Elliott. You will listen to every damn word I have to say! And Steve Morrison. Words are like bullets. Lost. Casey Boy. They are dead starving. Kathy Romano. I'm going to destroy everything you own!

Nick McElwain. I'm just not the hero type. And Marissa Magnata. Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain. And now, Preston and Steve on 93.3 WMMR. Okay.

All right, it starts, it starts that day. The one you've been looking forward to all weekend is a Friday morning. We welcome you, friend. And the weather's going to be cooperating for the most part, especially tomorrow. So today, we're looking at a pretty mild day, high of about 65 degrees. Very enjoyable. Mainly clouds, though, in the sky. Tomorrow, though...

Sunshine and 85 degrees. That is the anomaly for a couple of days. Sunday, we cool back down. It's going to be mild. 67 degrees are high, but clouds. And then Monday, we're looking at 74 degrees. Some afternoon thunderstorms to deal with. We'll be chilling back to normal temperatures by the time we get to Tuesday. But enjoy this summer-like feel this weekend. Hello.

And now, Preston and Steve's News Update with Kathy Romano. Today is Friday, March 28th. Good morning, Kathy. Good morning. In the news this morning, the Philadelphia Parking Authority is teaming up with SEPTA to crack down on drivers who illegally park in bus lanes and in front of bus stops.

Some SEPTA buses are being equipped with cameras and artificial intelligence. The cameras will be capturing vehicles that are illegally parked or stopped in bus and trolley lanes. The PPA will then issue fines. From drivers loading goods to simply idling in place waiting for a friend to shop, it seems many drivers disregard the laws of bus lanes.

Now the PPA is equipping 150 buses and 30 trolleys with cameras to catch those who violate the rules on the road. That's a good idea. Yeah, tickets will cost $76 in Center City and then $51 everywhere else. The PPA said the technology has been deployed in other major cities, including New York, Washington, D.C., and Los Angeles, but not without some hiccups. Apparently, the technology reportedly led to thousands of mistaking parking violations in New York. Oh, well. I'm sure they were happy about that. Yeah.

PPA says that they have measures in place to avoid this. A unit will be designated to go through every photo and video that's taken and deem whether it's a violation or not. Those ticketed can also dispute fines through the PPA. SEPTA said the technology will be a game changer for its riders as other cities have reported improved time performance. The first cameras will go live with the PPA issuing violations on May 1st.

Newly released body-worn camera footage shows the response to Lumberton Mayor Gina LaPlaca's alleged DUI. Police officers met LaPlaca at her Lumberton home at 540 on March 17th as she got her toddler out of the car. Did you guys see the video? No, we did not. Not helping her at all. She stumbles almost immediately after getting out of the car. Police say a witness contacted them about an erratic driver. The witness recorded cell phone video. The witness said that she was swerving up onto the grass and at one point she almost hit another car.

Police did observe that her side mirror was damaged. They conducted a field sobriety test outside of her house. When the officer asked what she had to drink, LaPaka said, a little bit of vodka. She was handcuffed and put into the back of the police vehicle. In her car, officers found a water bottle with alcohol in it, as well as a small liquor bottle. She was charged with DUI and related offenses. This is like, I mean, listen, it's terrible anyway, but like to then have to do the field sobriety test outside of your house, like if your neighbors were watching and-

But she's not just... You should have went to a performance hall. She didn't just have a... At least in the video, it looks like she didn't have just a couple drinks. I mean, she can't stand. She's slurring her words. She's stumbling all over the place. I mean, completely. They only showed a little bit of the field sobriety test, but she didn't pass any part of it. Yeah, that ain't buzzed. That's drunk. Yeah, yeah. That's a little beyond. Yeah, the officer was having to prop her up a bit. Oh, man.

Man. Wow, wow, wow. LaPlaca's husband said Gina is currently in inpatient treatment addressing her issues. At the township committee meeting last week, residents and a committee member called for LaPlaca to resign as mayor. LaPlaca is still listed as Lumberton's mayor online. This was in, I mean, not that it makes it any worse, but this was in the morning? This was in the afternoon, I think you said? So the office, 540 in the evening. Okay, okay. Yeah. No! It's five o'clock somewhere. I mean, come on. Yeah.

Casey. No, I was curious. You had said she had gone to the school or... She picked the kid up from school and was driving. Oh, man. Yeah, and brought the kid home. It's not cool. Yeah, you know, your heart goes out in some way. Was it a misstep? Clearly a misstep, but was it part of a pattern? Yeah, possibly a serious problem. Yeah, terrible.

30 years ago, music legend Selena was killed by her fan club president Yolanda Salivar. For the last three decades, Salivar has served her life sentence in Texas. Now 64 years old, she was finally eligible to petition for parole on Thursday. According to Texas Department of Criminal Justice online records, the panel denied Salivar's parole, citing the violent nature of her offense.

Her case is set for her next parole review in March of 2030. They were troubled by the Shakira posters in her prison cell. She was a former nurse and the founder and president of Selena's fan club. She was also a manager of Selena's clothing stores, but was fired in early 1995 when money was discovered missing. On March 31st, 1995, Selena went to Salomar's room at the Days Inn Motel in Corpus Christi, Texas to pick up

business records she needed for a tax filing according to the court testimony. A confrontation followed and Selena was shot in the back with a .38 caliber revolver in the hotel room. She ran outside and collapsed in the lobby. She was rushed to a nearby hospital and pronounced dead about an hour later. In that Jennifer Lopez movie about Selena, they depict this woman as being like an Uber fan who just like got

completely caught up and then started pilfering like, you know, like one of these crazy people who is so gloms on to somebody that they do damage to them. Yeah, they become possessive of them and all of that. Yeah. And she, I don't think she ever admitted her guilt, did she? I don't think she did. Yeah. I mean, she's serving a life sentence so they did find her guilty but yeah, I don't know if she said yes, I did it or whatever. All right, in sports this morning. Woo!

In their 2025 season opener, the Phillies came back to beat the Nationals 7-3 in extra innings yesterday afternoon in Washington. Alec Boehm hit a tie-breaking two-run double in the 10th inning, and JT RealMuto added a two-run triple, leading the Phillies to the win. They did it!

Zach Wheeler went six innings for the Phils, giving up two hits and one run. Washington's Mackenzie Gore recorded a career-high 13 strikeouts and allowed only one hit in six shutout innings. In the seventh, Bryce Harper and Kyle Schwarber hit first pitch home runs off relievers to give the Phils the lead.

They're off today, and then the series in Washington resumes tomorrow afternoon. Jesus Lizardo will get his first regular season start for the Phils. The first pitch is scheduled for 4-0-5. The Flyers also won, beating the Montreal Canadiens 6-4 last night in South Philly. They did it! Matt Babichkov had two goals and an assist, and the Flyers got off to a fast start in their first game after coach John Tortorella was fired. They did it!

With Bradshaw serving as interim coach, the Flyers ended a six-game losing streak and handed Montreal their fourth straight loss. Mieczkow opened the scoring at a minute 55 in the first period, assisted on the first of Sean Couturier's two goals, and added his 22nd goal in the third. Tortorella came under scrutiny when he scratched Mieczkow or benched him for long periods, explaining it was part of a tough love approach with the Russian rookie. The Flyers are at home again tomorrow afternoon and will host the Buffalo Sabres. The puck will drop at 1 o'clock.

After the Flyers game ends, the Wells Fargo Center will convert from ice to hardwood for a Sixers game. The Sixers, who have lost six in a row and nine out of their last ten, will host the Miami Heat. Tip-off is at 7.30. And the Union are in South Florida tomorrow and will take on interim Miami CF. The Union are 4-0-1 and in first place in the Eastern Conference. The match is set to begin at 7.30. And the Eagles are still the Super Bowl champs.

And that's what I have for you this morning. Thank you very much, Kathy. Listen, I want to start off by saying, talking about to everyone listening this morning, you've made it to a Friday. I am so proud of you. And to quote Nick McWane, Steve, they did it. They did it. They did it.

For those of you listening in headphones right now, I'm sorry. I'm so very sorry. There are times when that clip just, for whatever reason, it resonates harmonically perfectly with me and I just love hearing it. So you did it. Congratulations. All right. Uh,

Yeah, end of the week. We got a lot of stuff going on today. I love it when that happens. We have, of course, our Word of the Week prize giveaway, VIP experience for Disturbed, which is coming up on Wednesday at the Wells Fargo Center. And that includes great seeds, meeting the band, picture with the band, autographed merch, laminate, all this cool stuff. So we give that away at the end of the program today. We will also have our connoisseur segment today. And we have...

I think for the first time ever, a guest in the connoisseur segment. We do. And one who has the bona fides to be part of the connoisseur. So we'll talk to Mr. Mark Murphy later on this morning. And we're going to get some very interesting, cool details about something we touched on briefly. But Mark's been on our show before. Yeah. Yeah. With Robert Irvine.

He's a renowned chef and a really cool guy. They did the can drop together, did they not? They did, yeah. So we'll talk to him later on today. We will go before that shortly, actually. We'll check in with Matt and Tam at 6 ABC this morning, see what those guys want to talk about real quick.

And our friend comedian Craig Shoemaker is in town. Philly guy. He's in to play at Soul, Joel's and Pottstown on Saturday. And he's going to stop by this morning in our nine o'clock hour to chat for a little bit. Cool. We have that and whatever else we can drum up and share with you this morning as we head into a very warm home.

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Now, back with more of the Preston and Steve Show podcast. All right, let's pose a question to you. If you happen to know the answer to this question, you can text the word Zoom, because we're going to take our winner via Zoom, to our new text number. Still bringing people up to speed on this, which is 610-660-9333. So go ahead. Actually, you can text the word Zoom right now and have that link. It's already in place even before I ask you the question, just so you can then click on it in case you do know the answer to this question.

And we're going to give away a pair of tickets for Eliza Schlesinger, who's going to be at the Met Friday, November 7th. And the question that I posed to you is this. Which U.S. state was nicknamed Old Dominion? Old Dominion. Yeah, let's see if you can recall the answer to that.

And get in touch with us. Which U.S. state was nicknamed Old Dominion? And text the word ZOOM to 610-660-9333. Ed McMahon, Old Dominion. Old Dominion. All right, so, Nick, if you could leave that list back up there for a moment. There's one birthday I didn't have on my list and I wanted to read off of the list.

birthdays that we had up here. Yeah, Diane Weist. Or is it Weist? Love her. She's great. What's that? Me too. You have a crush on her? Yeah. From the Lost Boys? Yeah. She's milf. She's 60-something. I don't know. It was on the other page. She has one of the funniest exchanges in parenthood.

when she's talking about the guy that she used to date in high school and she's like, oh yeah, what a loser. And the other person points out that since high school he's become a billionaire. She goes, I meant me. There's also a line, she's 79 by the way, Casey, thank you and Nick. So not 60-something, 70-something. There's also a line from that movie, Stephen, I can't say it on the air, but her daughter is saying, but he told me, he loved me. And she goes, oh honey, men say that

And then they, you know, they shoot. Yeah, yeah. Such a great life. That movie is priceless, man. It's on every level. And I love the fact that the voice of reason and perspective comes from the granny they think is riddled with dementia. Yeah, yeah. She's great in the birdcage, too. I agree. Nick, that's the next one I was going to bring up. As the conservative wife of the senator, she's lovely in it.

She's great in everything, man. Edward Scissorhands, she in that as well? Yes, she is. And she's in Hannah and Her Sisters and a number of others. She's a heavy hitter when it comes to supporting players. There's a movie called Little Man Tate with Jodie Foster. And she's the mom in that. The chess phenomenon. Yeah, and Jodie Foster's the mom, but Diane Weiss plays sort of like this mentor to a genius.

And she's really good in that movie, too. We also have, turning a year older, Julia Stiles. She turns 43. My youngest had me sit down and watch. I'd never seen it before. There's one of these movies you guys would probably sit back and go, yeah, why haven't you seen that yet? It was 10 Things I Hate About You. Oh, my God. So good. Just a couple of weeks ago, I watched it. I love that movie. That's a Shakespeare riff. Oh, it is? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Okay. I believe it's Taming of the Shrew. Okay. Yeah, yeah. I liked it. Yeah. It was...

you know, typical 90s movie. Yeah. I like her too. I do too. I think she's fun and attractive. She was in the Bourne movies too. Yeah. Yeah, that's right. So she turns 43 years old today. Save the last dance. Yeah, another good one. It's Vince Vaughn's birthday today. What do you do with a motorboat? You play the motorboat? You,

You motorboat son of a bitch. You old sailor, you. Where is she? She's still in the house? So, obviously, that's from Wedding Crashers. Bad Monkey, man. He's so good in Bad Monkey. Great show. Terrific. He's so good in Bad Monkey that Chuck D'Amico is not a Vince Vaughn fan. Love Bad Monkey. I don't know how you can't be a Vince Vaughn fan. He doesn't like his style, you know? Dramatic. There are times where I'm like, eh.

A little too much? But the comedy I love. I think he does it great. The scene where he comes down to breakfast after he's been sexually basically assaulted in his room and his explanation of what went on is so great. Oh, yeah, yeah. The nude gay art show in my room last night and the midnight rape. I'm keeping the present, Todd. It was a gift. I had the sock that I was running around all day playing football in.

shoved in my mouth and duct tape over. It is so great. It might be this. What, a hot older woman made you feel her cans? I'm not crying like a little girl. I wasn't crying like a little girl. Why don't you try getting off under the table in front of the whole damn family and have some real problems. Jackass.

Oh, my God. That whole scene where she's, her hand under the table, and he's like, oh, it feels so good to get it. I miss R-rated comedies like that. There was a good run of comedies that had that. It just, where you were laughing out loud in the theater. Yeah, it's cyclical. They'll come back around. Yeah, they'll come back. Yeah, so he's 54 today. Actor Nick Frost. Nick Frost.

turns a year older. He is 53. Shaun of the Dead. Hot Fuzz. The World's End. We had him in the studio one time. He's a really nice guy. He's a terrific guy. He's also... Is he in that Alien movie with... Oh, Paul? Paul. Yes. Yeah, he is. Now, he and... Did we also have that same day...

Who's... Simon Pegg. Simon Pegg was with him, right? Yeah, yeah. That's a big one, too, that we had that day. So they've done that, you know, that trio of movies that include Shaun of the Dead. Right. And so they... But they're...

They keep putting out great stuff. Yep. It's also Lady Gaga's birthday. Lady Gaga! Yes. But Gaga turns 38 years old today and, you know, was waiting to see what she was going to do in A Star is Born. As far as acting goes, she was fantastic. So I finally, you know, I watched Joker, Follet. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. I haven't seen it yet.

The problem is, not in the performances. She's good. He's good. It's just a movie that hates itself for being made. But, I mean, she is a good actress. Yeah, she turns 38 years old today, and she's just still on top of the world. Marissa, how much time we got left? We got 45 seconds, four and a half minutes. Four and a half minutes. All right, we're a ways off. We can do this. All right, we also have Cheryl Salt James from...

Salt and Peppa. She turns 58. Salt and Peppa, me and my wife. That's our jam. We're in the car together and the song comes on. We're going through it all. I love it. They were so much fun. I remember when this song came out, me and my fellow bandmates at the time

We loved it. We thought it was hilarious. You guys were rockers. We were total rockers, but it was these gals talking about pushing and coming hard and all this stuff. We were like, dude, this is the best. Absolutely, yeah. And they were made for videos. Yeah, they were grand.

Breaking, without question. And they were the first female rap act to have gold, platinum, and multi-platinum albums. And the first female rap act to win a Grammy as well. So, happy birthday to Cheryl Salt James. And she is 58 years old today. It's Reba McEntire's birthday today. Bonafide. Yeah. Country legend. Yep. Yeah, upper, upper, upper tier.

I always think when I hear Reba, so when I, early in my radio career, we had a sister station. It was a country station. And then this, our DJ, DJ McIntyre. The way she would say Reba's name, she would say Reba. And whenever I hear the name Reba McIntyre, I say that's Reba. She's had a successful sitcom career too. Yeah, she is 69 years old today. It's Kate Gosselin's birthday today. The legend. Kate plus eight.

She had that funky hairdo for a little while. Funky hairdo. She had the Karen, man. She invented the Karen. Yeah, that's true. Yep, and lived up to the reputation. Oh, my God. I couldn't stand her. I know you hated her. The dressing down of John Gosselin on that show. It just sucked. I mean, they would do the testimonials where they'd just be side by side, and I just felt so horrible for him. She turns...

49 today. And then the last birthday I saw, yes, is Shannon Mochler. Ex-wife of Travis Parker of Blink-182. And I didn't realize this, Oscar De La Hoya's baby mama too. I don't know if they have one kid together or I'm not sure what the story is. They get around, don't they? Yeah, she turns 49 years old today. So happy birthday to everybody celebrating a birthday on the 28th day of

We have about a minute and a half before we go on 6ABC this morning. That means we can try and find a winner for our prize. No. Oh, no? Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. We got to use the Zoom. Hang on. We got to use the Zoom for 6ABC. Sorry.

No, I don't have any more birthdays. You want to do a random birthday like we used to? Yeah, we haven't done that in a while. Alright, so Nick's pulling up Wikipedia. Today's birthday, so we'll just stop on a name and we will hide them. Shut up. Are you serious? It's a good one. What? Yeah, I know, but

How did you do that? It's Keith Kachuk's birthday today. By happenstance. Yeah. Yeah. So he turns 60. No, he's six foot two. And today he turns 53 years old today. Two sons in the NHL. Yeah. One of the greatest American hockey players of all time. And both of his sons played for Team USA in that Four Nations tournament. Wow. So he played with the what?

Okay, hang on. We have been reporting the portal had been offline for a week after several acts of vandalism. The latest smashed the screen when someone threw rocks at the structure. Thieves also cut the wires of the portal several months ago after it was unveiled in the fall.

As we take another live look at the portal and peer into its eyes, the city will be celebrating its return later this morning. A special ceremony is planned beginning at 7 a.m. So we're going to ask, you know, is it staying? Is it moving? What is going on? Well, let's bring in our friends Preston and Steve from WMMR. Guys, good morning. Good morning. We have to know...

Have you been to the portal and how long do you think it sticks around? I have not personally been to the portal. Steve, did you make a trip there yet? We passed by it and didn't spend any time hanging with it. But on the show, we actually spent a whole morning interacting with people and sending messages out to the various cities it was hitting at that point. Yeah.

We thought it was pretty amazing. We actually sent as a representative our own Jackie Bam Bam and his full mummer regalia. And I don't think the foreign countries knew what to make of that. They thought they were under attack. But it's cool. Go ahead, Matt.

Yeah, honest question, guys. So they say that aside from some soft porn in other cities where people flash the thing, this is the only city where they have problems with vandalism. Why is that? Well, look what happened with the hitch bot that our answer to that thing was destroyed here in Philadelphia where they sent that, you know, that experiment. That's why we did a bird bot and all that stuff.

It's a bad reputation to have. And it's like such a cool thing. We enjoyed the interaction. I don't get it. I know they were trying to steal the copper out of the wires and stuff like that. But why would you throw a rock at the... I don't know. I don't get it. I don't know. But I think the next step is actually hardcore pornography. Yeah. Let's vote not. Well, then just set it right in a strip club. Keep me out of that.

How long do you guys think it sticks around? Do you think it stays in this location? Or eventually they'll probably have to move it where people can look over it a little bit more. Well, I think what we should do is replace it with instead of the portal have like a large toilet seat that you can kind of look through. This is getting worse by the minute. Representative of Philadelphia. I think that it'll, I think people will be calm.

about it eventually. You think so? I think it can stay outside. I don't think it's going to become a regular target. I think that people will understand that this is a goodwill experiment of sorts. Yeah. Keep it away. Yeah. It's good. It makes us feel good. Hopefully they heed those words. Yes. Preston and Steve, thank you so much. All right. Take care, guys. We'll see you later. Hope I didn't scare him away by saying hardcore porn. He said softcore porn. Yeah, yeah. You know,

Tune in next week. Let's see if we can get an answer. Will it take a moment? Stretch. Sam is using the official live for stretching things out. Another birthday. Who taught him that? I don't know, but I love it. We'll try and get the... I'll do my first...

Story. All right. So Megan from today's headlines. Megan Fox has given birth to her fourth child. The new baby girl is her first kid with ex machine gun Kelly. And he revealed the news on Instagram sharing. She's finally here. Our little celestial seed. The baby was born on March 27th. Born of born of philandering. Kelly's post features post features a black and white video of him holding his new baby's hand.

They got engaged in 2022, but of course they split last November. Fox shares three other children with her ex-husband, Brian Austin Green, and a source previously shared with People that Fox is grateful for the parenting support that she gets from her.

Brian Austin Green. Yes, he's always said that. We'll see how the whole thing works out with Machine Gun Kelly. But they got their baby, and congratulations are in order. All right, now we can see if we can get an answer to our stupid question this morning. Which U.S. state was nicknamed Old Dominion? And we will go to Melissa to see if she knows the answer. Good morning, Melissa. Good morning. Hi, guys. Hi, nice to have you on. All right, so do you know what U.S. state was nicknamed Old Dominion? No.

That would be Virginia. Virginia. Well done. Yep. Hold on just a moment. Melissa, we are going to give you a pair of tickets to Zim-M-R Rock's Eliza Schlesinger at the Met in Philly on Friday, November 27th at 7 p.m. For more show information and another chance to win, you can head to WMMR.com. Have you seen Eliza recently? No. She's all cut up, like has...

Abs like to eternity. Really? Yeah. Okay. Well, color me intrigued. Nick is going to pull up some pictures of her right now. Yeah, she's looking fantastic in great shape. Sure enough. All right. So I have another story. Wendy Williams is heading into the next stage of her guardianship battle. The former talk show host has gotten permission to hire new lawyers to help her out on her stalled case. And Williams...

has been locked in guardianship for roughly three years so far. And she says that she doesn't need the guardianship and that she doesn't like her guardian, Sabrina Morrissey, on top of that. And a change in lawyers could help her get what she wants. Is there any legal maneuvering that could make her one of the guardians of the galaxy? Oh, yeah. I hadn't even considered that. Possibly, right? Sabrina Morrissey. So if she becomes guardian of the galaxy, she'll move away from Wendy Williams. Yes. And Wendy can then go about her business. Go about her life. So.

The talk show host has been campaigning for a change for a while now, and she's been gaining steam recently. She spent the year advocating for change in her situation, including calling TMZ executive producer Harvey Levin and The View to make her case.

Katy Perry is headed to space before she hits the road for her Lifetimes Tour. Blue Origin announced that Perry will join their first ever all-female flight crew with the launch window set for April 14th in West Texas and the flight's official patch.

Even features fireworks on it. For Perry, honoring her hit Firework and her global influence across music, pop culture, and philanthropy. The Woman's World singer will be flying alongside CBS Morning's anchor Gayle King and friend of BirdBot. That's right, she is.

Oh, no, you're thinking of Hoda Kotb. Oh, Hoda Kotb. Damn it, that's who we had jump in and take a picture. Maybe she can hop on. We would love to. Maybe we can send Bird Bottom. Blue Horizon. Blue Origin. Blue Horizon. Blue Oyster. Blue Awful. What the hell is that? Blue Emu.

So Gail King, aerospace engineer, Aisha Bowe, and civil rights activist Amanda Wynn, film producer Carrie Ann Flynn, and they'll be led by Jeff Bezos' fiancee, Lauren Sanchez. Who apparently is a pilot. Oh.

And King previously shared on CBS Mornings that she felt terrified and excited at the same time and even checked in with her kids and BFF Oprah before signing on. Well, if I'm being honest, I would love it if one of them cracked their pants. It would really be a hell of a story. We need a good story. Who would you want? It'd have to be Gayle King because she's the most regal of the lot, right? If you want a real story. Yeah. The mission will mark the first...

All-female space flights in Soviet Cosmod. Valentina Tereshkova's solo trip back in 1963. That's how long it's been. The launch window begins at 8.30 a.m. Central Time on April 14th. You know what might be kind of cool as a thing? Have a...

amongst those interested in the Amazon delivery pool, send some Amazon workers up there. Yes, absolutely. Wouldn't that be cool? That would be fantastic if they would do something like that. Actress Elizabeth Moss, star of The Handmaid's Tale, has revealed that she is a first-time mom now. Oh.

While speaking at 2025 PaleyFest LA on Wednesday, she revealed she has not only given birth to her first child, but was able to bring them to the set while filming. Now, this is with Machine Gun Kelly, correct? No, he is not spreading, spraying his seed all over the country. Celestial seed. Celestial seed. She's a Scientologist, right? Yes. All right.

I mean, there's like that whole celestial thing going on. Oh, okay. So, conceived in a volcano. She said, I feel so fortunate to be able to do that. And she said, any of us who have had the privilege of being able to bring our kids or see our kids at work, we would every single time be like, aren't we lucky that we get to do that? You know, for the first, like in the Mad Men years and seeing a bit of her on Handmaid's Tale and stuff like that, I was like, man...

She seems like she's always like dowering down. She's not. I've seen many interviews where they're down. Yeah, she's light and fun. Yeah, and she's fun. And she's really good in that Invisible Man movie. I think she's terrific in that. Yeah, in Handmaid's Tale, she is just, you're right, it's just. Like down. I mean, she's insanely impressed in the show. So, yes, you can understand that. She never once says waka waka, does she? Not once in the whole movie.

seasons they've had or four seasons or whatever. Come on, man. She has not revealed anything about the baby other than they are here now. So, what's so bad about taking a selfie with superstar Billie Eilish? Chris Hemsworth did just that at the Academy Awards, but is now feeling some regret over it.

He was on with Stephen Colbert and he explained his second thoughts. He said, I got a photo with Billie Eilish at the Oscars and I remember thinking, oh, don't do it, don't do it. He said that he and his wife, Elsa Pataki, did it anyway because he thought their kids would be impressed with it.

And he said, I was like, no, my kids are going to love this. And then the moment I took it, I was like, I went from work colleague to now like a fan. He said, we will never be friends. Oh, my God.

We will never be best friends. Well, look, all three of them look like they're having fun and it was okay. I would think she would find it cool that Chris Hemsworth would want to get a selfie. Do you know what he thinks? I know exactly what he's thinking. He's thinking now he appears like a fan, you know, and not that there's anything wrong with that, but he's also a contemporary. Yes. And he...

He feels intrusive. Yeah. I wonder if that just doesn't happen there. Like, you don't take pictures with other people. Like, if that's sort of like an unwritten rule. The celebrities I tend to like are the people who would do exactly that. Go up to another person and get all starstruck. Because...

I think that's a normal reaction. Here's a perfect example of that, Steve. We are the world. Diana Ross goes over to Daryl Hall and asks for his autograph and

And then if you ever saw the documentary, then it opened up to everybody started taking their lyric sheets and going to every other star and finally getting their autographs. So it means something to some of those celebs as well. They're starstruck too. I asked for a selfie last night. We had an appearance or an event with Landon Dickerson at Daisy Tavern. And I am not good at selfie game. And I posted all three. The first two turned out all right. The third one is this one, Preston. I'm just...

awful at it. I never do a good job and I'm embarrassed every single damn time. Landon could not have been a nicer guy. It was a great event and it's me. I'm the problem. No, to your defense, you're covering a wide number of feet between your head and his head. Yeah, a lot of people are curious as to who had a bigger head. You have an iPhone, right? I do. When you take your selfie, do you use the volume button? Okay. Yeah. All right. That's

It should help you. It doesn't. Okay. It should. See, I don't like the volume button. I feel like it looks shaky and it's not as clear for me. Like, I guess my hand isn't as steady if I'm using that. Now, another thing you can do, now you have to do this blind though. If you go with the other camera, the away facing camera, not the screen camera, and you put it on that 0.5, which is essentially a fisheye lens, you will get a larger spread and you won't like cut somebody out. I'll do that next time. But it's...

It's like I'm doing this. I'm visually here holding this up in the studio. It's facing you like this so you don't get to see the monitor per se. Right. But what it's like. But you'll get a wider view. I'll give that a shot. Try that one. It's like Preston giving you cell phones. Uh-huh. He's good. Call up Landon and see if he'd be up for another round. A redo. Yeah.

All right, let's see. King Charles found himself back in the hospital. Thankfully, his stay was brief. It was after getting his most recent cancer treatment. This was yesterday. According to Buckingham Palace, the king experienced temporary side effects that required a short period of observation in the hospital. I accidentally got a matchbox car stuck up my nose. His...

Thursday agenda was canceled and the statement continues saying he is now recovering at Clarence House. Clarence House. As a precautionary measure, acting on medical advice, tomorrow's daily program will be rescheduled. Was his majesty like his enema now? The king's cancer diagnosis was first revealed last February, but it was just a minor little step.

Good, good. I was worried. So when they're not writing hit novels, Harlan, Coben, and Stephen King do battle with March Madness brackets rather than on the bestsellers list. Coben was on Good Morning America earlier this week when he revealed that the two authors are in the same betting pool when the NCAA tournament rolls around. Coben's the author of Flarbendargan, right? Flarbendargan. Flarbendargan.

All right, let me do the setup for that. Grocery outlet, Flarb and Dargan. This is what we do off air, by the way. If you think we're stupid on air, you should hear us react to the commercials. Because we sit here and we hear them all like you do. Grocery outlet, Flarb and Dargan.

Because we didn't know what the words were. Nope. Yeah, yeah. So anyhow, he said he's at a decided disadvantage. He said, well, I'm terrible. Last year I came in last place. That's why I think they invited me in. He said in this year I'm threatening to come in last place again. And then he joked that his picks are, quote, more frightening than anything Stephen King writes. So we'll see how he does.

Jerry Turner ended up getting hitched after his stint on the inaugural Golden Bachelor, though his marriage to Teresa Nist ended rather quickly. I love you, but I don't love you. With casting for Bachelor in Paradise underway and word that several Golden Bachelor contestants would be appearing, rumor was that Turner would be one of them. But he tells TMZ, no.

Though there is an asterisk. Turner tells the outlet that he turned down the offer three weeks ago when producers reached out to him to join the cast. He explained that he already knows the women that will be on the show and he's already established there's no romantic spark there. He's not interested. But the asterisk is

He told producers that he'd make a cameo or host a date when the production begins this summer. And if they cast women he's not already familiar with, he'd be receptive to them repeating the invite down the line. Oh, thanks. So we will see.

Leonardo DiCaprio launched his own personal YouTube page to host the first trailer for his upcoming shoot-em-up, One Battle After Another. The film, directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, stars Leo as Bob Ferguson, who was once part of a black ops unit called the French 75. His daughter, seemingly kidnapped...

prompting a mad scramble to rescue her. And that's what happens in the movie. It also stars Teyana Taylor, Regina Hall, Chase Infinity, Benicio Del Toro, and Sean Penn. And that will hit theaters on September 26th. What I've seen looks good. And it looks like an atypical sort of a DiCaprio role. Yeah, yeah. A couple of clips, I was kind of surprised to see him.

So this is really interesting. Speaking of Leo, we'll start off with Corey Feldman. He is airing some old Hollywood drama and revealed that he, or no, I'm sorry. Yeah, this does have a connection to Leo DiCaprio. So he has some sour feelings towards Johnny Depp.

On the Magnificent Others with Billy Corgan podcast, Feldman revealed that he was originally cast as Arnie Grape in What's Eating Gilbert Grape? But he claimed that Johnny Depp whispered into the producer's ear that he wasn't fond of me. And that role for the critically acclaimed 1994 movie ultimately went to Leonardo DiCaprio, earning him his first Oscar and Golden Globe nominations.

Feldman added that Depp allegedly said that he didn't work with junkies.

But Feldman insisted, I was sober. I had just gotten sober. And he called losing the role a bit of a thorn in the side, noting that had I not been pushed out and done that role, who knows what would have happened from that point forward. But you can't hang on to those things. DiCaprio was great in the role. Depp, for his part, says that's not what he whispered. He whispered, I'm going to make you feel so good. Oh, really? Oh, man.

That movie... Yeah, Leonardo DiCaprio, he transforms himself. You could tell that he had the chops to be a great actor in that movie. It's a good, quirky movie. Yeah, agreed. It was a really wonderful role for him. I don't think...

I don't think Corey will have done it justice. Well, he demanded that they let him write the theme song, you know, which is how we got Midnight Flowers. It was originally Springtime Grape. Springtime Grape's Bloom. Yeah.

All right, Kathy, this one's for you. Okay. Duke University is getting a lot of attention for all the wrong reasons from the hit HBO show, The White Lotus. Oh, dear God in heaven. Kathy texted me the other day because I watched the first episode and she didn't know that I wasn't continuing. I'm going to come back to it, but she texted me something like, oh my God, are you watching this? Steve knows what it is. Don't say it. I won't say it. So.

So the series set in a luxury hotel in Thailand for its third season features a wealthy family, two of whom are Duke alumni. But the father, played by actor Jason Isaacs, can hardly enjoy the lush surroundings since he's been in. I won't tell you what's going on. It dimensions the plot, so I'm going to leave that blank. But in episode five, a character...

holds a gun to his temple, and he's wearing a gray T-shirt emblazoned with the iconic royal blue Duke lettering and logo. A clip of that scene went viral on social media platforms, and the timing couldn't have been more potent since Duke is favored, a favored pick to win the NCAA National College Basketball Championships, and some posters suggest the scene reflected what might happen if Duke loses in the market.

March Madness. Brutal. So Duke did not approve the use of the logo in the White Lotus and the school. It's a t-shirt with it's big, bright Duke on it. I mean, you can't get past it. So they said in response to questions, and in fact, Frank Tramble, who is the president for communications for Duke, said the White Lotus not only uses our brand without permission, but in our views, in our view, uses it

on imagery that is troubling, does not reflect our values or who we are, and simply goes too far. I mean, it's just a college shirt. Like, can they do that?

That's a good question. Without permission? I hate Duke even more now. In The White Lotus, Duke isn't necessarily painted in the most flattering light. Patrick Schwarzenegger plays Saxon, who's a bit of a playboy and a douchebag. A just reprehensible douchebag. And is a recent Duke graduate on the show, now working for his dad. His sister, a peace-seeking Buddhist, she attends University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She's sweet and cute and doesn't get along with her brother. And the Duke guys are jerks.

it seems like. Let me ask you, Kathy, because I've heard more than one person say and more than one cast member, they have a lot of really crazy things going on in the season, but the thing that's resonating the most is the notion of three female friends on vacation and how they pair off in twos to talk about the other one. Yeah, that's like the whole thing. Like when one goes to bed, you know, that's what happens. But

This one, I would say, you know, there were the other seasons. There were things where you were like, oh, my God, this one got me like I can't get what I watched out of my head. And it's really disturbing. All right. And I want to go on. It's the latest episode. So I'm all caught up. How many are out now? I think five. No, not yet. OK. No.

maybe it is. Maybe you're right, Steve. Maybe I'm a little farther along. But it just, and I had to text somebody. I'm like, I need someone who's watching this to talk to me. I need therapy now. So Kathy's lit a fire under my ass to get back to watching it. I was waiting just so, you know, when it eventually ends, I can just kind of bust all through it. So I think maybe right now is the time. Although, Nick, I just started watching back on Severance and I'm like, oh,

This show's actually really good. I love White Lotus' first two seasons. I haven't watched any of this season yet, so Kathy, I gotta get caught up on that too. And then I'm watching this show called Bad Sisters. I'm so far behind on like eight different shows. I loved Bad Sisters. Bad Sisters was a great show too. Yeah, yeah. When you all watch White Lotus, we can sit down and have a group therapy. You know, I think I'm the only one. I wasn't such a fan of the second season. Oh, no? I thought it was...

I think there was the, the, the, I think what happened was I was so like, wow, season one. Oh, that, oh, that really cool. And then I saw a bit of the formula in the second one. I think it happens a lot. And I think I'll probably like the third season is popping more. So I would say I liked the first season. Uh,

better than the second season. I did still enjoy the second season. I think that this one is really good. I don't know. You don't know exactly yet what's happening. So I have to see, you know, what the end is, you know, what happens in this season. But so far, it's great. Minus the one scene. All right. So this is great to hear. I keep playing over and over and over again. Okay, sorry. This is great to hear. This is Final Tap. It's headed back

to the big screen. The cult classic hits theaters once again from July 5th through July 7th. This is Spinal Tap, of course, follows a British heavy metal band as they go through a disaster-filled U.S. tour. The re-release comes ahead of the sequel, Spinal Tap 2. The end continues.

hitting theaters later this year, September 12th, by the way. So the movie made under $5 million when it came out back in 1984, but found a lot of love after its release. The Library of Congress even deemed it culturally, historically, and aesthetically significant, and

And it was said to be preserved by the National Film Registry. I've said it before, Preston, I will never forget. I went to see that movie. I think it was by myself. I was so eager to see it. And I was driving home on Hempstead Turnpike, a lot of intersections and lights.

I was continuing to laugh with tears streaming down my face at intersections worrying about how I was looking to other cars around me like a friggin' lunatic. You know, I've never seen Spinal Tap. No, my God. I wonder because so many have followed in its...

footsteps now. The concept of the mockumentary was ushered in. It's like the rock scenes I think would get Casey. I still think you would love it. It was so unique at the time. We've gone on to see things like Best in Show and all these other films. Waiting for God and all those movies that follow in a similar style. But

And I've told the story before, Steve. The first time I saw it, I was at an event. It was like my grandparents' anniversary at this hotel. And it was just on. It was just on TV in a room. And I'm sitting there watching. I was a teenager. I'm like...

Is this real? I'm like, is this an actual band? Like, I was confused. And eventually it started to reveal itself. And I'm like, oh, my God, this is hilarious. It's so well done. Right out of the gate, when Rob Reiner's interviewing the band, and he looks like your typical out-of-USC film director,

And he's there and he's describing their career. And even they break a little bit when he says, this album got a two-word review. It was Shark Sandwich. Yes, S Sandwich. And a couple of them sort of chuckle a little bit. All right, so we have movies opening this weekend, people. Let's talk about them for a moment. ♪♪

A Working Man is an action mystery film starring Jason Statham, Jason Fleming, and Koki Falco. Uh,

Levon Cade left behind a decorated military career in the black ops to live a simple life working construction. I've never heard of Plotnick. No, never. Right? Wow, this is unique. But when his boss's daughter, who is like family to him, is taken by human traffickers, his search to bring her home uncovers a world of corruption far greater than he ever could have imagined.

It's an hour and 56 minutes long. It's rated R, wide theater release. Rotten Tomatoes score is 54%. I have a special set of skills for people who take my boss's daughter.

Yeah, I mean, how many scripts do you think Jason Statham gets that are exactly the same? Well, the last one, The Gatekeeper, was exactly that. It's part of this special, you know, listen, and he excels at them. You know what you're getting. It is revenge, and so they work. All right, and then we have Death of a Unicorn. Opening as a horror comedy, stars Paul Rudd, Jenna Ortega, and Will Poulter.

A father and daughter accidentally hit and kill a unicorn while en route to a weekend retreat where his billionaire boss seeks to exploit the creature's miraculous curative properties. It's an hour and 44 minutes long. It's rated R. Wide theater release and Rotten Tomatoes score is a 57%. Good night, Jason. Stay in the minute. Yep. All right, here we go with the clips.

In the new romantic comedy, The Life List, Alex is put on a quest by her mother to finish her childhood bucket list. And in this clip, Sophia Carson describes her immediate connection to the script. I really connected to her relationship with Elizabeth, with her mother, who kind of sees her as this beautiful kaleidoscope of colors that she still can't recognize in herself until we see her go through this extraordinary journey and blossom like a rose. I don't give a f***.

The Life List is streaming now on Netflix. I dig her, Sophia Carson. She was in The Descendant. Yes, she's really good. Gorgeous and a good actress. All right, here is the next clip.

Will and Grace writers have a new series coming out calling Mid-Century Modern starring Nathan Lane. And in this clip, David Cohen talks about how much farther his writing can go with streaming. It's part of the job now, you know. With this go-around, maybe we get to freshen up the way that it's done because we're on Hulu and they will allow us to go places that we weren't allowed to go when we did it on a network for NBC.

Yeah, the show looks good. All the years we've talked to so many people that I forget who we have spoken to. Have we ever had Nathan Lane on the show? I think we have. I think we have as well. For like a phone interview or something like that? He's a guy I would love to sit down and talk to. He's so good and so genuinely funny and so genuinely talented. So this is him and Matt Baumer, who was the stripper movies, the...

Strip Tease? No, Channing Tatum's Magic Mike movies. The guy's incredibly good looking, but it's an openly gay sort of thing. The teaser spots for it had me laughing. Season one of Mid-Century Modern is now streaming on Hulu if you want to see that. That's your entertainment report for this Friday morning. We have a bunch of things that are taking place on the program today. We have

uh, the connoisseur coming up in a little while. Uh, we have, uh, Mark Murphy actually is going to be a guest for the connoisseur, which is pretty cool. Uh, renowned chef. Yes. Talk about something cool. So it's our first time having a guest in the connoisseur. Uh, we, uh, what's his worldly good guy status? Do we know his, I think he's a worldly known good guy. Yeah. He's made the ranks. He hasn't made great status like chemo. Okay. Uh,

He's working his way up. He's at the good status. But it is still worldly known. And comedian Craig Shoemaker is going to be in town. He's back home and performing at Soul, Joles, and Potts. We'll talk to him in the 9 o'clock hour. So take a quick break. We'll come back in just a moment. Stay with us.

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Now, back with more of the Preston and Steve Show podcast. All right, thank you very much, Kat. Fun happening on the show today. So if we don't do it now, we won't do it at all. Let's clean out the junk drawer. It's the junk drawer. Preston's cleaning out his junk drawer. Getting things out of his junk drawer.

Finding stuff here in the junk drawer. Very robust hugs. Thank you. This morning. I've been doing my hug ups. Yeah, those had some bites to them. Some balls to it. Wow. Okay, well, let's dig in and see what we can find here in my messy junk drawer. Ah, yes. Here, this one I wanted to pass along to you guys. So, loyalty tests.

Have become quite the thing over social media. So much so that some business minded people have turned it into a business. Companies like loyalty-test.com have popped up. Giving those questioning their relationships a way to test their significant other's faithfulness. Now here's what they do. They send somebody out.

to flirt with your significant other and they see how they react. Now, what I don't know is if they film the encounter or if you're hiding nearby to see what's going on or they report back to you like a private eye. I'm not sure how it all works out. So the seeds of this have been around for years where there's people that will do this organization or even just whatever. Usually it is a audio recording. Okay.

Now, though, with the tech, you could easily have a video camera. Yeah, you can film it. So, though, it could be argued that if you feel the need to even do this, then you either already have your answer or the issue lies somewhere within your own insecurities. So those interested in the service simply log into the site.

They then choose a loyalty package offered by the tester of their choice. And then the tester makes their move on a customer's significant other and the chips fall where they may. So it's a weird thing. I think I process it as like...

Yeah, I agree. If you're overly concerned with this, it says a lot about you. Well, but it depends on the scenario, too. Let's say you have confronted the person, your significant other, and you've asked them directly and they deny it. And there's something about it you just are not.

are not buying. You know what I mean? I exactly know what you mean because I think there's gray areas all around here. And then there's the thing of entrapment or being set up. Right. But honestly, the thing should be you shouldn't. Or if you feel you need to go outside of a relationship...

Bring that up with the person you're in the relationship with. Say, I'm getting these feelings. Can we work on making this better? Or let's end this now. I feel I need to move on. Right, right. And, you know, I mean, it's... I wonder what the minutiae involved is in getting the tester. Because...

If they're not attractive enough. Yeah, right? So, how about you buy me a scotch and soda? Hey, light my Marlboro? Uh-huh. Yeah, you hired somebody that is just not their type. Uh-huh, yeah. They might be attractive, but not their type. If Kate Beckinsale walks up, you might have an issue. But then, you know, let's say that it's a, you know, a way out of your league, unbelievable opportunity. Yeah.

And the guy caves. And I say this with all sincerity. It's not a performer. I couldn't, I wouldn't, I've never. And so just because I know I would hate to have that happen to me. I would hate that. Now, mind you, if I've been in a relationship where I had, I didn't feel it was working out or whatever, and bring it to them. I would say,

If you can work out a situation where you can bring it to the person, just bring it up and then move on, then feelings aren't hurt. It doesn't always work out that way. Just ask OJ. But if Sidney Sweeney, just using an example of a person so hot it hurts, comes up and is putting the obvious, giving you the straight up offer. Would it be out of line to say,

Can I call my wife and ask if this is okay real quick? See, I would enjoy teasing like, no, you can't have this, Sidney Sweeney. How bad? How bad do you want it, Sidney Sweeney? But you're right, Casey. I would think, okay, this is a hooker. It's a paid hooker. My wife has paid a hooker to test me. You're not Sidney Sweeney. You're a hooker.

All right. So anyhow, if you're interested in that, one of the companies is loyalty-test.com. So it's basically an extension of a private detective. Yeah. Yeah, precisely. All right.

How about this one? Zillow has revealed features that will boost a home's sales price. Ah. All right, so... Take pictures? One of the biggest surprises in the real estate site's latest report is that the farmhouse aesthetic is losing its appeal. Ah.

while organic modernism is becoming more popular. So what is that exactly? Organic modernism. The style is all about sophisticated finishes like soapstone countertops, white oak floors, and Venetian plaster walls, according to Zillow. And homes that have these designs can add around $12,500 to a typical U.S. home's sales price. I love the white oak. I did that in my kitchen.

White oak floors? Not floors. I did an island and a hood that was white oak. But if I could redo my floors, I would do the white oak. It's so nice. Is oak expensive?

I mean, everything's expensive. Oh, yeah. Oak is nice. Yeah. I love Zillow as well, Steve, and I subscribe to it. And also, I am Zillow porn beginning to end. I think it's fantastic. I have the Zillow app per your recommendation on my TV. I also get Zillow updates regularly.

once every couple of months as to the list price of my house. I'm curious as to my Zestimate. Thank you, Casey. I'm curious as to how accurate that that actually is. Or is it just Zillow trying to be like, hey, thinking about selling your house? List it with us. If there are any real estate agents listening that can comment on that, text the word ZOOM to 610-660-9333 and

And we will send you a link and maybe you can join us via Zoom and you can let us know the accuracy of those Zestimates. Because each one of them, so you have realtor.com, you have like three or four that people go to. I have Redfin as well. And so those numbers vary.

between sites. They certainly vary over time and sometimes they dip and I have no idea why unless it's just the real estate market saying that it does. Depending on the Zestimate, it usually gives you a range and then it'll park the Zestimate right in the middle of that range.

But you can go to like recently sold or recently purchased homes to see how close their Zestimate was. Yeah, yeah. I never go on the high end of my Zestimate. No, it's smarter to just figure, you know, bare bones and work your way up. Yep. So wet rooms are also in demand. I want one of those.

That's the kind of open bathroom. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. Well, so it explains it. Fully waterproof spaces for showering and bathing are popular for people with kids and those who struggle with mobility issues. So it's like a larger area that the bathrooms...

Bathtub and the shower are all in the same area, and the floor is all drains. My wife's bathroom is that. She's got a sprawling bathroom with a bathtub, and it's not exactly this. We're looking at a picture of it. So, Steve, yeah, so the bathtub, that floor is where the shower's water goes to. Okay. So it's all, the whole floor of this area drains.

Interesting. Okay. And you can do, you can have a gazillion shower heads all over the place if you want to. I would love one of those. Yeah, I love this. I would love to try to design my bathroom or redesign my bathroom when I eventually get it redone to do something like that. But-

I do not like the one where it's open doors, where it's sort of just like a half shower wall. Yeah, it doesn't close completely. It sucks, especially if you're using a shower head. So it's terrible. The water gets everywhere. So if you don't have a floor that's completely a drain, it's still getting everywhere. And it's freezing when you shower. It doesn't matter. You need a door.

You need something to close. Also, optimized outdoor spaces are another top feature with outdoor showers, kitchens, and bluestone patios all helping to boost a home's sales price. I think one of the greatest things in shore houses are the outdoor showers. I would love if that could be a thing at your home here in the suburbs. Oh, it was at my parents' home in Paoli. Oh, really?

Yeah, because my dad loved outdoor showers so much that he put one in. He put one in? It was fan-freaking-tastic. And look, it was me and my two brothers, and we had a dog. We would clean the dog outside when we would do yard work. Yeah. It was freaking awesome. You know, beers in the summertime when I was 18. It was great. You mean 21? I mean, 21 when it's legal. Drinking age. Jesus.

Geez, what do you need an outdoor shower for? Cam, Cam. What do you need a cast-out plate for, Cam? So the 10 features that sell homes for more than expected are, number one, remodeled homes. Number two, soapstone. Number three, wet rooms. Four, white oak floors. Number five, it just says teak.

Teakwood? Yeah. It just says teak. What about hidden pirate treasure? Venetian plaster is six, followed by outdoor shower, then a renovated home as number eight, and then you have new appliances at number nine. And number 10 on the list is a dock. Yeah. Yeah.

Doc. Yeah. Is that if you live by water, I assume? Not necessarily. You just have a doctor. That'd be weird. What's that doc for? Join me out on the doc. Oh, you have a pond? No. No. No.

Wow. Okay. I wonder if it's a plus or minus to have a still on your property. Ooh. Yeah. That'd be pretty cool. Make your own booths? Yeah. I wouldn't mind doing that. It's like a swimming pool is something that- It's not attractive sometimes. It's not for some people. And a lot of times, K-Set holds true for small ponds and things of that nature. It's a bit of a-

insurance liability. Right. Okay. So these are some things that Zillow says. We have somebody coming up here. All right. We have a real estate agent who's joining us. We're going to go to, it's Nick. Hey, Nick. Good morning. Good morning. Hey, so you're a real estate guy? Yeah, I do it part-time in South Jersey. All right. And what do you think about the estimates that these real estate websites will place on your properties? It's nothing but more of a

pain in the neck for agents because um it's kind of like a false sense of uh you know they're kind of pumping up these numbers a little bit um so when i have somebody who hey you know i put my i looked at my house on zillow and it's like a hundred thousand dollars more than what it's actually worth um that makes the conversation for us a little bit more difficult because it's like hey

We kind of got to look at what has sold recently in the area, not what the Zestimate is. Is it kind of the average, or is it more often than not the Zestimate is over the actual price of someone's home? Are they always way overshooting? Yeah, I never confidently can tell somebody, hey, go on Zillow, and that's going to be an accurate depiction of what you'll get for your home. Okay.

there's a lot of contention going on with agents and Zillow and, you know, paying for leads and all this stuff. Cause then it just, it makes our job 10 times harder because we have to kind of deflate like, you know, what, what the numbers are. Right. All right, Nick, by the way, you in line at a Duncan right now? I was. Thank you for supporting our sponsors. We appreciate that. You want to help out this show? Support our sponsors like Duncan. All right. Have a good weekend, Nick. We appreciate it, bud.

Thanks, guys. We'll see you later. All right. We have another one we're going to go to. Up next is... We'll give it a second. We'll get Allison. Hey. She's joining us. It is... Hi, Allison. Good morning. Good morning. Good morning to see you. Happy Friday. Same to you. No sad, bro. All right. So, Allison, how long have you been working in real estate? Gosh. Now, like...

15 years. Wow. Okay. Weird. I'm only 29. Like me. What's the story on the Zestimates in your opinion?

They're pretty terrible unless you live in like a new construction subdivision by like Toll Brothers or something like that. They basically just look at anything that has sold in the area and just average it together essentially. So they haven't taken, they don't get a detailed look at the property like you guys would. This is just a ballpark figure and it may be, is it more often than not,

uh inflated uh the the value seems to be higher than what it really is uh in my experience yes um because they don't know they don't know what your house looks like inside they don't know you know the actual square footage they go based off of like property records usually and those are totally wrong yeah and they almost always skip the dungeon that you had installed in the basement so exactly yeah uh so let me value there

Would you recommend a site just for a casual, if someone wanted to casually assess the value of their home? Or is it all a waste of time until you do the real work?

Personally, so I look at these sites all day long for my job. I review appraisals for a national lender. So I have to check an appraiser's work, essentially. And I think Redfin is the better. I've used that one. And when we bought our house, we used a Redfin agent. And it was a really pleasant experience. It was really well organized. And I still use their site when I'm sort of surfing real estate porn. Real estate porn? Yeah.

I am so nosy. I have all the subscriptions. I look at everything, especially my neighbors. What's going on in their house? Yeah. I freely admit it. When I go walking in the evening and lights are on in people's homes, I

I just want to see what it looks like, what the decorations are like and what they've done. You know, I can't help it. I think we all sort of like what's going on in there. It's a natural reaction. And now you're in the occupation of being nosy. It's awesome. Exactly. I love it. Allison, thanks. Have a great weekend, okay? You too. All right, we'll see you later. All right, we'll go to one more realtor and then we're going to move on to another topic in the junk drawer. Up next to talk about this, I believe we will have...

Lauren, so let's go to her. Hey, Lauren, good morning. Godzooks! Godzooks! Say ya, Lauren. Okay, your opinion. We were talking about Zillow and Redfin and Realtor and all this. Realtor.com, what do you think?

Okay. So I've been in the business for like 12 years now. Got my killer Williams hat on go KW. Um, so right now this estimate's clearly inflated. I'm probably just repeating what everyone else just said. Um, but right now, I mean, it depends on the location, it's location, location, location. So it depends where you're at. Um, but the, what we're seeing right now with the rates, even with the rates, we're getting over asking price for a lot of our, you know, um, our offers. Um,

But yeah, it's just, we can't go by that. We run the comps. We do what's, you know, recently sold based on, you know, back in the day, it was what sold square footage per price. But now it's just really great. The current comps, the location, square footage. And then also, like you said, any renovations, any upgrades or any additions that have been, you know, put on, you know, that's going to really

really amp it up. But again, I'd always really main thing location. So sorry if I'm losing you. I'm in the no, no, no, no, it's fine. It's fine. You're saying, I just wanted to ask quickly. You're saying it's still the norm that it's over asking price. Yeah. Zillow's. Oh, well for, yes, we're getting, I work on a big team in Philly and they, um, all of our offers that came in this week, all over asking. And so if you, to someone who's interested in buying a home right now and, and they, there, there's an asking price, it would be your advice to come in higher.

Absolutely. Okay. If you're going to be competitive and people are still waiving inspections, it's insane. It's like the Wild West out here. Okay. All right. All right, Lauren, thank you. Appreciate it. Have a great weekend. You too, Chris. All right, we'll see you. To the Pine Barrens, man, right? I was trying to get my brother to call in. He was just waking up, but he just said, just tell them the Zillow estimates are BS. Yeah. You know, I figured as much. All right. I figured as much. All right, back into the drawer we go.

Oh, look, I found an email. What? Yes. And this one I wanted to post to you. So this is from somebody named Big Wood. Yeah. And actually, it's William Wood. So it says, good morning, gang. Was in the office bathroom this morning taking a huge smash. Casey would be proud. My man. And I heard an odd sound.

Sound from the sink counter. Our kitchen is next to the bathrooms, as is the case in most offices. But normally people will pop into the kitchen and put their coffee mug on the counter while in the bathroom doing their business. But apparently I work with some psycho that brings his coffee mug into the bathroom with him.

Now, I'm very sure where Kathy would stand on this practice, but what about the rest of you? Is my coworker indeed a psychopath, or do you think this is a normal thing to do?

I don't think I wouldn't bring an open drink into the bathroom. I mean, come on, it's not that bad, but if I can, I will either drink it or I won't take it with me to the bathroom. Right. I will avoid doing that. Yeah. But there have been a couple of occasions, and I don't know why, where I've had to run into the bathroom or maybe I've forgotten it. I'm walking in with a coffee mug and I'm like, oh, this was stupid. That's acceptable. If your general mindset is to not do that and it's in a pinch...

But I took it over and I set it on top of the urinal while I peed. Oh, no. No, it wasn't splashy or anything. I get it. Would you bring a charcuterie board into the bathroom? If you go to a Phillies game, people do that all the time.

time yeah that's what i was gonna say like i have been so trained you don't if there's not somebody there to hold your drink for you or your things like we were just in the airport i mean everything came with me right into the into the stall and here i think i've been scarred by casey from years ago just like taking stuff and hiding stuff and so everything comes with me i don't leave anything laying around i try not to

When you're in the airport and you have to bring all your stuff with you into the bathroom, it sucks. It's so annoying. Unless you're traveling with somebody and you can leave it there. But if you're traveling by yourself, you really don't have an option. To that point, Nick, and I've just seen them pop up recently, there are sort of these...

fixed to the wall caddies that you can slide. Steve, I saw this. Do we see it in Tampa? Yeah, it was in this recent trip. And in both airports, I'm like, home run. Yeah, that was brilliant. I don't think I've ever seen that before. Are you talking about the shelf above the urinals? It's kind of like a plastic, hard plastic,

What would you call it? Like a locker almost. Yeah, yeah. Okay. But I don't think I've ever seen them. And they actually looked like nice and like they were well kept. Okay. I haven't noticed those. But yes, I have brought food in, you know, in a bag to the bathroom at the airport. If you're going to get a Blumpkin, you have to. Yeah. You're right. Like a bag of spaghetti. I don't think it's...

And Casey, I hadn't considered going to a ball game and whatnot. And the fact that you walk in with open beer all the time. And so, but whenever I do that, it's like I have to put it on the metal, not the porcelain.

You know, for some reason, I don't like laying my... So, okay, so the piping going into the urinal, you will set it on that rather than the actual porcelain. You feel that's a little more cleanly. It's a little cleaner, yeah. Okay, all right, I got you. It's a balancing act, though. It is. Because there's only so much width on that thing. Yep, yep, exactly. So, Big Wood, you know, I think the word psycho is a bit far. Okay.

Let's call it case per case. Right? Well, maybe he's the psycho and this person doesn't want to leave his coffee cup laying around. In case he might go and push it a minute. Or a little man juice. Yeah, maybe. Oh, my God. What? It tastes good, doesn't it? Keep going. I was almost going to say. No, um...

I think it was Shannon, our friend, your friend Shannon sent me, I have to look it up really quick. Can I just tell you this really quick? Yeah. Because you said man juice. She sent me something last night. Yep, it was her. It was on Instagram and it is a person or company that takes...

man juice and turns it into powder and makes jewelry out of it. Seeming jewelry? So you can send... Oh my God. Yeah, why not? Because they do it with things like breast milk and... Is there a name for the company? Let's see. It was... Jizzeri. Jizzeri. Trinkets. What lovely jizzeri you're wearing. Ah, the Utah jizz. Yeah. Trinkets by Amanda Booth. Wow. Trinkets.

They went with trinkets. I am. Trinkets. I mean, I don't know if it's real, but she has an actual site and I guess... We're engaged. He got it from the jizzery. You can send it. She's made... In this video, she's making a ring with dried out or powdered out...

Seaman. Are you listening, Steven Singer? I hate Steven. Steven Splooger. And she talks about... Wait, let me see if I can turn it up. ...with a twist border detailing. I got the band and the... I think that's... Wait, let's go there. Okay, we got to...

We had to dump out on that. I had a feeling that was coming. Yeah. Sorry. It's not a gemstone. It's not. It's a C-U-M stone. Oh, that's funny. I like that. I like that. Well, I would have to say my jewelry store is out of business. That's fantastic. Wow. All right. Claire can't wait.

any of your... I know. I don't make it anymore. All right. One more thing from the juncture. I think it's all probably outside for... Man, I have too many good things here. All right. I've found...

This, Casey, I mainly bring this up for you because Segway is recalling about 220,000 of its scooters sold across the U.S. due to a hazard that has resulted in user injuries ranging from bruises to broken bones. Because you have a couple of Segway scooters, right? I have three of them, and one of the throttles actually sticks on one of the scooters. Okay. So I wonder if that has anything to do with it. No, it's the folding...

mechanism in Segway's 9-Bot Max G30P and the Max G30LP kick scooter can fail during use, causing the handlebars and stem of the scooter to fold. What units are we talking about? Are they the ones you bring to the blood drive? Yeah. Okay, so they're your Segway-type scooters. That's exactly it. They're all 9-Bots that I own. Okay.

One's like a 22. I forget what the other ones are. But I have like three different levels of them. I love them. That's weird that they pulled like that. They are fun. We've really... I need to figure out how to get Segway as a sponsor of this show because they have so many great little things. And they're dealing with a lot of competition. And they're kind of the OGs when it comes to this stuff. So, I mean...

Their stuff is built really well. They have like scooter scooters, like Vespa scooters now. Four actual other scooters that like to ride a scooter. They got like go-karts. Man, they have so many great scooters. Yeah, I like their go-karts. Yeah. Segway has received 68 reports of folding mechanism failures with 20 injuries that include abrasions, bruises, lacerations, and broken bones.

Consumers who have these are urged to stop using them immediately and contact Segway to request a free maintenance kit. And the kit includes tools and step-by-step instructions to inspect and adjust the scooter's locking mechanism. So that was for you, Case. Thank you, buddy. Those things are fun and practical because you use them to do food runs and things like that all the time. You see them buzzing around all the time, like in the city. You know what you don't see are the hoverboards.

No, no, no. Those kind of came and went. The one wheels are popular. That's what I was going to say. We saw, was it me and you, Preston? We saw two of them in Clearwater. People were driving by on them. They look cool. I think they're, yeah, I mean, they go pretty

like a decent speed. I think they're faster than the hoverboards. They will book along, Kathy, and you can, some of them are designed to like go off-road, like you can take the end. Yeah. Yeah, I mean, you can, you know, my neighbor down the shore has one, and, you know, it'll go onto the beach and everything like that. I think they go probably about the same. As hoverboard? Like,

Not a hoverboard. Do they balance themselves? Do they have like a gyroscopic kind of balance? I'm too nervous to get on one. I won't do it. I feel way more confident and comfortable on a scooter with handlebars. The second I go near one, I think of me in like, you know, 15 years. Has your arm always been that way? You know, the horrible collision that'll take place because I get a massive injury on one. I would try one in a heartbeat. I would absolutely do that. Yeah.

What? I don't know. I'm scared. Really? No, I love those things. Could you cradle carry Kathy while you do it? I could do that easily. Actually, since that was so short, one more quick short thing. That's all right? Okay.

Here we go. And this is pretty cool. Taking your kids to Disney is going to cost less this summer. A family trip is about to get easier on your wallet. The Florida theme park is offering 50% off three-day or longer kids tickets for ages three to nine. That's pretty substantial. Discounted three-park passes and hotel packages that come with free Disney dining plans.

They were getting killed because they had that price raising that people were reacting. They were rebooking at Universal. Yeah. And they needed to stem the tide. So I think this is a...

This is a good move. Now, you guys have all been, right? Yeah. Yeah. It is pretty magical. Of the two. Yeah. Universal's way more fun. For adults. Okay. But if you have kids and you want to watch the kids bask in the glow of Disney, it's well worth it. Yeah. So I want to do Disney, but to be honest, with all the new additions to Universal, I

All those new parks? I've got to get back. But Disney's cool. It is. The monorail system that takes you to all the parks. You know what I mean? You think of like one park, oh, Magic Kingdom, but

I mean, you could do Magic Kingdom, Animal Kingdom, Hollywood Studios. You know, there's just so... It's so vast. They just opened up Real Housewives World. How is that? I haven't been. Disney makes it so convenient, you know, and they have to with the amount of parks they have, the crowd that comes, you know, so they make it easy, like Casey said, to use that monorail and go from park to park or the hotels or whatever. I think the most amazing thing to witness in person, and Claire and I have not had kids, but she comes from nine and her sister has nine.

But to see, we were riding on the transport at the airport, Case, down in Tampa. And Preston, a young husband and wife get on it with a bunch of kids, and they got the carts. And I said, is that what it was like? And Case was, oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. That kind of juggling, taking something like that to a theme park.

It almost looks like you're planning an invasion. Oh, most definitely. Yeah. Rochelle was the best at that. Yeah. When we had the whole family in tow and when the kids were young and you had all the apparatus that you had to bring with you and everything. Oh, yeah. Nothing but my admiration for being able to pull stuff like that off. Remember when you surprised them here in the studio and they were completely underwhelmed? Oh, my God. Yeah. It was going to be an on-air thing. I...

I was so disappointed in my children. No, they were kids. I know. They were little. But I had seen videos of kids freaking the NFL. When you tell them we're going to Disney World, we had this video presentation and everything. We're filming them watching the video. And it says, you know, we're going to Disney World. We're leaving right now. And they just sat there. And we were all here watching. Yeah. We were more excited. I turned around. I'm like, I'm sorry. I'm so sorry. My children are such dorks.

Press. I didn't do it publicly like you, but we did the same thing with our kids. And my oldest, in case if you're listening right now, you're the biggest nerd. You've always been the biggest nerd.

She started crying because she was going to miss school. And actually, this was 15 years ago because this picture just came up. It might be my favorite picture of my family, of my wife and kids, but there's a picture of my wife. Are you at Disney World? Dude, at Disney World. She's got Avery and the Bjorn holding Seamus. And by the way, Seamus got sick all over the Crystal Palace and the monorail and the house. But like,

You asked, is that what it was? That's what it's all about. She's like a possum. Yeah, the baby's hanging off of her everywhere. By the way, the deals kick in for Disney for the discount prices. Let's see. In late May...

Yeah, starting late May, and they can mean big savings, especially for families with multiple kids. And to top it off, new shows, kid zones, and surprise character moments are set to make your summer visit even more magical. So give me a guesstimate. I don't know. Steve, I didn't look up the prices. Okay, yeah. In this article, it didn't say how much it was, but, I mean, it's expensive. But that's why you make it the focus of the vacation. Yeah, definitely. All right, we got to close up the junk drawer. So hopefully you got something out of that today, my friend.

All right, friend. We'll take a break. We got lots to get to today. Up next, the order of business or bizarre file story. So stay right now.

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Brought to you by Helium Comedy Club. Bringing Philly the best comics of today and tomorrow live every week. Tickets and lineup at HeliumComedy.com. All right, we're going to begin with the money shot here. A New Jersey police chief has been accused by five of his officers of turning the department into an animal house. Rife with harassment against his employees, including incidents of him defecating on the office floor.

spiking the office coffee pot with Adderall and Viagra and jabbing one officer in the penis with a hypodermic needle. What? Where is this?

This is in New Jersey. It is Chief Robert Farley, a veteran of North Bergen Police Department. I'm not sure where North Bergen, New Jersey is. It's in northern Jersey. He is also accused of harassing officers outside of the office by sending packages containing sex toys and gay pride flags to their homes.

as well as retaliating against them by denying promotions and assigning officers to the night shift as well. That drunken stupid is no way to go. He's the chief? Yeah. He was the chief. He was the chief, yeah. So one of the accusing officers, Lieutenant Alex Guzman, wrote, Farley has fostered a workplace environment characterized by inappropriate behavior and so-called practical jokes.

I wonder if he feels the onus to act like that because his name is Farley. He said these actions not only fail to meet the standards of professional conduct, but also appear intended to humiliate me and other victims. That's not good. What'd you do?

The five police officers have an attorney, Patrick Toscano, who asked the New Jersey State Attorney General's office to immediately take over the day-to-day operations of the North Bergen Police Department. We're putting Inspector Bluto on it right now. Wow. Wow.

Crapping on the floor, spiking the coffee pot with Adderall and Viagra and jabbing an officer in the penis with a hypodermic needle. And apparently that just scratches the surface. All right. We'll follow that story and see where that goes.

30 officers at a Southern California juvenile detention facility have been charged for their role in facilitating so-called gladiator fights between youth and their care. A grand jury indictment alleges the officers at Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall in Los Angeles County.

and sometimes encouraged. Nearly 70 fights take place between July 2023 and December 2023. Classic gladiator battles? I don't think they had like tridents and things like that. Those who are about to die salute you. More than 140 victims between the ages of 12 and 18 were involved. The Attorney General, Rob Bonta, said...

Jeez. Wow.

that showed a 17-year-old being attacked by at least six other young people who come at him one by one as officers stand by watching. Some officers appear to laugh and shake hands with the participants in the beating. The video was first made public during a court hearing during which the 17-year-old's public defender argued to a judge that he was not safe and should be released ahead of his trial. So we'll see where that goes. All right, how about a lighter story?

Let's see. In the U.S., a pregnancy when the mom is 35 years or older is considered a geriatric pregnancy. And she's of an advanced maternal age. But a woman in Germany who's nearly twice that old just had a baby, her 10th at age 66.

Her 10th kid at 66? How is that possible? Alexander Hildebrand, welcome to new edition. A son named Phillip on March 19th says that she had no trouble conceiving and didn't use fertility drugs or IVF to get pregnant.

Uh, her healthy new baby boy was just, uh, delivered by C-section weighing seven pounds, 13 ounces. So Phillip joins nine other siblings. My name is Phillip. Svetlana is 46. Uh, RDM is 36. Elizabeth is 12, Maximilian 12, Alexander 10. We'll get pulled eight, Anna seven, Maria four, and Catherine. Ricky, Danny, Terry, Mikey, Davey, Timmy, Tommy, Joey, Robbie, Johnny, and Phil. And Phil, uh,

So anyhow, yeah, she's got that many kids. And I'm the baby. Hildebrand's OBGYN, Dr. Wolfgang Heinrich. I'm so tired. Says it was a largely uncomplicated pregnancy. It's shots across the room. The mom credits her lifestyle, pointing out that she doesn't drink or smoke and has never used birth control. And that I have lots of sex. She said, I eat very healthy, swim regularly for an hour and walk for two hours.

And when asked if her loved ones were worried about her having a child at her age, she says that she's only received positive feedback. And they work as a bowling ball return. That's crazy. A Michigan resident who received a transplant in December died after having been infected with rabies from the new organ. The new organ had rabies. Yeah. That's it.

You go crazy. A public health investigation determined that they contracted rabies through the transplanted organ. The patient received the transplant at a hospital in Ohio in December and then died in January. The statement did not include information about identity, the recipient, or the type of organ that was transplanted. And health officials...

worked together to ensure that people, including health providers, who were in contact with a Michigan individual were assessed for possible exposure to rabies. Post-exposure preventative care, if appropriate, has been provided. Did the person, in fact, die from rabies? Or did the organ... No, they died from rabies. Yeah, jeez. They contracted rabies.

Rabies can spread to humans if they come into contact with saliva or blood from infected animals such as bats, raccoons, skunks, and stray dogs. It's not always clear right away that the person has contracted rabies as the initial symptoms are similar to those of a flu. And it's fatal. It'll kill you. Once you get it, no.

Nothing they can do. Once the symptoms start showing up, they can't do anything about it. All right. And that is all we're going to have time for now in the Bizarre File. All right. We are going to take a break. We'll come back in a moment. It is a Friday, so that means we get to the connoisseur. And we actually have a special guest that will be joining us, Food Network star and restaurateur Mark Murphy. Yes. Will be in the first portion of the connoisseur to tell us about something. So we'll take a break, come back in a second, do the giveaways in conjunction with that too. Stay put. We'll be right back.

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Now, back with more of the Preston and Steve Show podcast. All right, thank you very much, Kathy. It's Friday morning, so order up. It is time for our connoisseur segment. Time for the connoisseur special guest edition. This is true. This is the first time we've ever had a guest on...

During our connoisseur segment. We're constantly solicited, obviously, in the culinary world. This, you know, and a Michelin review. These are the things that you strive for. Sure. But we have to be discerning because once we cheapen it, no one will appreciate it. Well, listen, he is a Food Network star. He has been on our program before. He's a restaurateur and a raconteur, if you will. Yes.

But yeah, so what he's going to touch on is something that I actually mentioned a while back during a connoisseur segment and didn't quite grasp the full concept. So he's going to explain it to us. But we would like to, I mean, you've seen him on shows like Chopped and Iron Chef and so on. Ladies and gentlemen, Mr. Mark Murphy. Good morning, everybody. How are you? We're great. Nice to see you again, Mark. Thanks for joining us.

I saw you because last time you had me going up and down this thing, dropping with Robert Irvine in some kind of carnival setting. You like this pace better or? It's better for my heart. Okay, I got you. So listen, you're here to talk about Wonder, which is a type of food haul. And I saw the press releases come out a little while back. I put it in this food segment that we do weekly. And while I was trying to grasp

I wasn't doing a very good job of explaining what Wonder is all about. And by the way, the King of Prussia location is open now. And there's another location in Ardmore that's opening up on April 3rd. And there's going to be several in our area. In fact, I think 10 in the Philadelphia region. So, Mark, explain it to an idiot like me exactly what Wonder is all about. Well, first of all, I really urge everybody to go out and try it and really understand what it is. It's crazy.

Really good food. What this is, is we've got over 40 of them around Manhattan, around New Jersey, and all of the tri-state area up here. But what it is, is it's basically a delivery company. It's a food hall. We deliver your food, or you can pick it up. But the crazy thing is, is we're putting...

Some of them, I think, are the new one that's opening up. We're going to have 20 different concepts. Now, concepts like Bobby Flay's steak, like Marcus Samuelson, Michael Simon, Nancy Silverton. We have all these great chefs. We've got these concepts they've worked on. They've put these menus together. I have one as well. It's called The Mainstay by Mark Murphy. Yeah.

And it's really high quality food for pickup and for delivery. And we can do 20 concepts out of one location. So, for example, if you want a Bobby Flay steak and you want a, you know, let's say a Marcus Samuelson sandwich and your kids want pasta from somewhere else, you can get all that delivered in one delivery bag. Wow. Once.

Wow. Pretty amazing. And the quality, and let me tell you, I just had it the other night. My son was home from school. We ordered the pork chop that I have on my menu, which is a huge hit. It used to be on my restaurant menu at Landmark for the 19 years that the restaurant was open. And I got to tell you, they're, they're,

they're doing such a great job. I was completely blown away and impressed by the quality again. All right. So, so to follow this, each one of these chefs has one dish that's available per location. No, no, no. We have each one is like a mini restaurant. I think I have 12 different dishes. Each restaurant has their, they vary, but yeah, anywhere between eight and maybe even 15 dishes on, on each venue.

So I will frequently, I'll order food. We also will go out. My wife is out all the time. But to get access to this level has always been sort of an elusive thing. So you have them, you have all of this higher quality food that you may crave and just not, you know, as you say, you can pick it up or have it delivered.

This adds a whole new element to it. Now, are you operating out of what they call ghost kitchens or how are you swinging this that you're getting this kind of productivity?

Well, first of all, we've been working on this for years. We've got this down to a science basically to get the best quality. So we're preparing things right to the end of the line. And then it's all put together in Benjamin cooking ovens and things like that at the location. And it's just, it's amazing. The quality is great. And the greatest thing about this is we concentrate on ordering for delivery and pickup. So when you order from a restaurant, the restaurant's,

the guests in the dining room and all of a sudden, now I got a takeout order. So of course they make it and it's good, but we only do takeout and delivery. So we're concentrating on making that really perfect. And that's what we do. And that's, that's a skill, Mark. So you guys had to do some R and D on what travels well, I would imagine. Oh,

A lot of R&D, the containers that it's cooked in, the containers that it's delivered in, the bag, the side, everything has been, it's been down to the wire. The R&D on this thing has been absolutely amazing. The team is amazing that does this. To someone who, again, orders fairly frequently, the notion also of being able to, if you try ordering from separate places, it's virtually impossible. To do this, you can have...

As you said, different restaurants, different menu items from different places, all in one order, which that alone is a godsend. Well, yeah, because if your family is sitting down for dinner and the kids want this and you want this and somebody else, now it's all coming at the same time. You don't have to wait for four delivery guys to show up with your food all at different times. Right. All right, so we got all these locations opening up right now. We have the one, the second one is going to be on April 3rd. Like I said, the first one is in King of Prussia.

How do we order? Is there an app available? Do you call a phone number? What's the best way to do it? So the app, the Wonder app is absolutely tremendous. It is such great customer service as well. It comes up on your phone. You order it. There's a little, they text you. You can have all these different ways for them to communicate with you. So you know exactly when it's being ordered, when the order is received, when it's being made, when it's out on the road for delivery and when it's showing up at your door. It's really great. So on average, what is the delivery range for

of one of these? Well, this is the interesting thing is we don't go too far because we want to make sure I don't exactly know that because we're New York City. I know it's like six or seven blocks. Right, right. They're all going to be different, but it's all about timing. We don't want those deliveries to go too far. So their delivery so we can do it quickly and we can do it, you know, so the food stays the highest quality.

quality. And the other great thing is, is so when the, we, we know when the delivery guy's coming back to pick up your food, we'll, we'll start cooking it at the timing. It's, it's, uh, you know, the, the, the, the technology is really, really brilliant. We've spent a lot of time getting the technology, right? So for example, like if your steak has got to be cooked, uh,

We know that the guy is going to come back to pick up your food in six minutes. It takes five minutes to cook that steak. So at five minutes, they'll start cooking that steak. The guy's being picked up at six minutes. It's fascinating to watch the whole technology behind all this great food. So Mark, you consider yourself a New York guy, New York chef? Yeah.

Yeah, well, I've been here for over 30 years. I'm curious what's your opinion and how familiar, I should ask that in reverse, how familiar are you with the Philly food scene and what's your opinion on it?

I think the Philly food scene is fantastic. I love going down there when I do Robert Irvine's event. I unfortunately wasn't able to be there this year, but I always like to come a little early and stay a little late because I like to go to Mark Vetri's restaurants. I love to go to, you know, park at Riddenhouse. There's just so many great spots down there. Mark Vetri's like pasta place where you sit at the counter and watch the guys make the pasta. That's cool. Such a great vibe.

I mean, we're biased. I'm sorry to interrupt. No, no, we're biased, but we think we've got one of the finest restaurant scenes in the country.

Well, it's not quite as large as New York. Right. Yeah, it's very good. It's absolutely wonderful. It's a great scene. So I was born and spent most of my early... Born in Manhattan and spent all my life, I'll tell you, or many years, I should say. I will tell you the difference, Mark, is that the restaurant opens up in New York. You're not going to get into it for like three years. Here, you can gain access to it quicker. So I always say it has so much...

a lot of what I love about New York with half the BS. So that, to explain my angle and what a lot of people find. That's nice. Yeah, yeah. I wanted to ask you, close to, in the Mount Airy area, if you're not familiar with the area, over by like Chestnut Hill or whatever, if you're any of these locations familiar, what will be the closest, I mean, is the plan to expand

Long story short, I want to honor and I don't want to make one near his house. I want one near my goddamn house. I just thank you, Preston, for cutting through my mumbling to get what I wanted. I have no fear. We are expanding. We're expanding quickly. We know that Philadelphia is going to accept this amazing concept. So we will be able to expand. But now, just to get back to you being from New York, you probably obviously know DeFara Pizza, correct? Yep. Well, guess what?

You're going to be able to get to Far Out Pizza in Philadelphia when you order from the Wonder app. Wow. So you can have some of those geographically inconvenient places accessible now through this.

I mean, and you're going to see the quality. It's when I get that delivered to my house, it's as if you're going to the store itself. It is really fantastic. Wow. Wow. Awesome. Excellent. All right. Well, we're excited. And by the way, the other location, Steve, so the Ardmore one is going to be April 3rd. And then there's Fishtown, Northeast, South Philly, Rittenhouse,

Others later in the year in the neighborhood locations, King of Prussia, as we already said, Westchester, Newtown Square, Mount Laurel, and Cherry Hill. So they're going to be popping up all over the place. We're getting there. Yeah, absolutely. Mark, thank you for the info, brother. We appreciate it. We hope we'll see you in person again down the road and have a great weekend, okay? Absolutely. You too. Have a great weekend. Mark Murphy, guys.

Food Network star and restaurateur. And it's called Wonder. So that clears it up for me. I wasn't sure. I was confused. I can't believe each and every one of those chefs that he named is going to have like 15 different names.

different dishes you can order from them. I'm like, how can a kitchen handle that much work? That's all they focus in on. By the way, Mark texted me. He said he realizes that Philadelphia is far superior. There you go. He just didn't want to cut his credit. All right. Let's play our first food clip and see. And by the way, our sponsor, and I forgot to mention this at the top, Acme Markets.

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I know I usually put stories together with the Fast Food Roundup, but this one, I have three different whiskey stories. So I'm going to link them together. We're going to start with this. Whiskey and whiskey auction at Sotheby's took place, and it featured some exceptionally rare bottles from the Pappy Van Winkle lineup. Ha, ha, ha!

And a bottle of old Rip Van Winkle bourbon broke an auction record for post-prohibition American whiskey and sold for an astounding one bottle of bourbon, $125,000. $125,000. So you're a whiskey guy. Yeah. What's your absolute favorite?

Ark of the Covenant. Would love to try. Would love to have. Here's the deal with me and bourbon. I love it, and I love a good bourbon, but once you get into the upper tier...

I can't tell you what is worth thousands of dollars, what's worth hundreds of dollars. Once you get into that range, it's all great. It all tastes really good. So I have had some Pappy Van Winkle before. Not one of their $3,000 bottles, but one of their... And it was great. It was really, really good. I enjoyed it. And I have... There's one of my favorite pricier bourbons, and I think it's like $3,000.

$300, $400 a bottle. It's called Blue Run. My friend Jim turned me on to it, and I love that. So, you know what, Steve? I don't have as cultivated a palate as the people who are the higher ends, but I love me a good whiskey, a good bourbon, for sure. I would...

hazard a guess that not even all the people who claim to have the cultivated palate do. That it's more just the reputation. And the story behind it sometimes. Yeah, that's true. But there are people who can denote tones and notes of things and they will have

the recipe of where it originated from and these people can pick it out without ever looking at that because their palate is so cultivated. So Pappy Van Winkle is famous for inventing the wet wipe. Well, that too. That's a side job. What are your thoughts on this trend about when they smoke the wood into the whiskey glass? I don't like it. I ordered it once or twice and it is unneeded smoke. Bourbon is already smoky.

Jerk off. And you don't need to add more than that. I think it's a novelty. I think it looks, people ooh and ah when they see it because, Steve, they actually light something and create smoke and they trap it in the glass and they put a lid on top of it and they come over and they open it up and then ooh, all the smoke comes out. I'd be impressed. It looks cool. I think it's

Novelty. Pageantry. When we were in Clearwater, Matt ordered one, left, went to the bathroom, and came back, and all of the smoke had gone away. It was gone. He saw it and took a sip, and he goes, oh, this is really smoky. Yeah, exactly. We were like, yeah, you missed it. So the full name of this whiskey in question is Old Rip Van Winkle, Van Winkle Selection, Kentucky Bourbon Festival, Master Distillers Auction 2007. That's what it's called. How do you say that on a bottle? There are a few unanswered questions about...

The bottle, but Sotheby's team uncovered important key information. The bourbon is a 2007 expression that was originally bottled for a charity auction and its blend of 15 to 20 year old whiskey. And while the source is not verified, it was most likely distilled at Stitzel Weller and was blended by Julian Van Winkle.

And it's bottled at 125.6 proof. You know what I'd do? I would put it in a bottle that was a complete, like a gargantuan, veiny replica of a penis. Wow. Just because to have the dichotomy of this incredibly expensive liquor with this...

disgusting bottle would be amusing. Also has a homemade label that Julian says was created by his son Preston specifically for the charity. Uh, the initial estimate for the bottle was that it could fetch up to $50,000, but clearly it's a past that, uh, and went for 125,000. The sale broke the record for 107,715 dollars. Uh,

Which was for a Van Winkle 18-year-old bourbon for Binnie's Beverage Depot. Dr. Mike says he has this bottle. I think he was given it by somebody. It's a super expensive bottle of cognac. Has he ever told you about this? No. Yeah, and he's waiting for the... Was it the Louis XIII? Yeah. Yeah, that's like $2,000, $3,000. Wow.

All right, here's another whiskey story. Fireball, which is a whiskey and also one of the reindeer, is cranking up the mischief with a spicy giveaway for the 90 and over crowd. They are giving away, listen to this,

a lifetime supply of its cinnamon-flavored spirit. If you're 90 and above? If you were born in 1935 or earlier, you can enter online or by mail through March 31st for a shot at the prize. That's funny. If you're not there yet, you can still nominate your favorite nonagenarian, Nanapuya, who knows how to keep the party going, to enter online.

or nominate someone, you can visit LifetimeSupplyOfFireball.com. Again, that's LifetimeSupplyOfFireball.com. Yeah. So I think it's a great idea. A lifetime supply at 90 years old. I'm not familiar, though. Is it a good-tasting... No. No, it's garbage. It's what you do shots of. Oh, really? Okay. You know, like...

At a wedding, sometimes there'll be a bottle of Fireball that's passed around to them. Oh, I see. Okay. It's got like a real cinnamony taste, Steve. It tastes good, though. Like 21-year-olds drink it. Right. But if you're not a whiskey drinker, you can have that. You know me, though. If I can detect alcohol in it, I... You definitely detect alcohol. But it's a lot of cinnamon. This one's not for you. All right. So, and then the last whiskey story, rapper, actor, and entrepreneur, Ja Rule,

is diving into the whiskey world with Amber and Opal, a honey-infused rye made for both seasoned sippers and the whiskey curious. Created with some longtime friends in collaboration with the Baltimore Spirits Company, the blend features notes of orange blossom, honey, smoked tea, cinnamon, ginger, and figs. That sounds good. Available in Maryland and online online.

starting last year. They're now stocked at selections in California, Florida, New York, and New Jersey. And they plan to slowly expand nationwide. Was in general part of the Fyre Festival? Was he? Was he? Was he the one on the original? I think so, yeah. Maybe. So maybe they'll not serve it at this next one. Yeah. I wonder what celebrity alcohol has made the most money. I know Casamigos has done really well for George Clooney. What about Cabo Wa?

Oh, yes. Sammy Hager made a ton on that. Yeah, that was early on. He was one of the first people to dip his toe into that. I think Ryan Reynolds has done really well with Aviation Gin, too. Do you think it's because of the glut has diluted its... Yeah. Maybe. I read Sammy's biography, and he talks about Cabo Wabo, and it happened by accident. So he had bought this place down there just to go and...

and, uh, vacation. And there was a local guy who was just making homemade tequila. Oh, wow. And he went and he tried it. And he's like, this stuff is fantastic. Wow. And then started to encourage him to make some more. And it started as just a, Hey, you got to try this to the, Hey, we should maybe sell this. And then it turned into what it became, which is pretty wild. We never, how come that doesn't happen with us? It does. We don't make any money off it. We had ice cream, ice cream for crying out loud. Uh,

I have a whole ice cream section coming up in a little bit, by the way. But let's find out if you know what movie this is from. Great job catching the food, Ned. Oh, thanks, Lucky. I like your bat, Dusty. Medium rare. All right, we will go to a Zoomer and see if we can get an answer. I think we're going to. It's Steve. Oh, there we go. Hi, Steve. Good morning. Hey, good morning. How you guys doing? Awesome, buddy. All right, you know what movie that's from?

Is it the Three Amigos? It is! Absolutely correct. Hold on, bud. Case, we're going to give him a prize? Yes, we are. As a matter of fact, and I had Three Amigos music, so I just kind of was looking for that to play along with it. Well, you're looking for it. Preston, they are eating the bats around the campfire. Yes. I think they're eating bacon.

Oh. Is that what it seems? I don't know. I mean, it seems crispy. It seems crispy. Definitely. Eating the wings, you know. All right. So...

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of compost tea. Alright, let's see if you know what that is from. Text the word ZOOM to 610-660-9333. We'll see if you can get through. Order up. Alright, I'm going to throw this story in here. You guys know...

Edibles brand, the edible arrangements. Oh, yeah, I love them. So you get the fruit, and it looks like a bouquet, and those are great gifts. And people send them here from time to time. We put them in our Acme lounge, and everybody will just pick at it, and they're great. To your ice cream birthday cake notion, you can just get one for no special reason. Get it. So they have launched edibles.com, a new online shop selling...

THC infused drinks. So edible arrangements has gotten into the edible market. Yes. And so they are going to be offering THC infused drinks, chews and enhancers. Starting in Texas, the brand plans to expand quickly across legal markets in the southeast, including Florida and Georgia. Is Florida legal? I know it's...

Not recreationally, no. Yeah, because if we recall, when we were having dinner at the Boxer, they had THC-infused beverages, seltzers. Right. But it was like the Delta 9. It wasn't straight up THC. So a flagship store is also on the way in Atlanta, kicking off a potential franchise model.

And with premium products, big name partners, and sleek, wellness-focused vibe, they're aiming to make THC a little more mainstream and more stylish. Think about it. If Facts of Life was done today, Edna's Edibles, it'd be a whole other game. Oh, my God. There's got to be somebody out there that has taken that name. They'd be tripping balls. Use that, right? Edna's Edibles. Trip your balls.

All right, that's a short story. Do we have somebody up? All right, let's see if we can identify what movie this clip is from. Eggshells, carrot tops, compost is cool. Now, stuff that in there. I'm going to make a steaming cup of compost tea. All right, we'll go to Thomas. Yo, Thomas, morning, bud. Hey, good morning. All right, Thomas, you know the movie?

Yeah, is it Twilight? Twilight! Yay! It's correct, Thomas. You hang right there. Because here's what we have for you, buddy. We've got a $50 Acme Markets gift card. If you're hungry and in a hurry, Acme's flash grocery delivery or pickup gets you fresh groceries in 30 minutes or less. Fast, fresh, and right to your door. Acme Fresh Foods, local flavors. All right, here's a new clip, and it's about food or drink. And let's see if you know what movie this is from. Tell me something true. Something true.

I hate peas. No. Something real. Something no one else knows. We were just talking about this movie this morning. All right, what movie is that from? Text the word ZOOM to 610-660-9333. Order up. It's ice cream time. I could also do an ice cream roundup, man, because weekly there are ice cream stores. So I have two of them. It's one of...

It's great. It's one of the greatest things man has ever achieved. I agree. The very first Dairy Queen opened back in 1940. And everyone loved it! And to celebrate 80...

Who doesn't like a bit of cold ice cream on a hot summer's day? And to celebrate 85 years of cool treats, they're rolling out new blizzards at a throwback price. So starting March 31st, so very, very soon, fans can dig into fresh flavors like the brownie cookie dough mixing bowl mashup and dipped strawberry cheesecake. You'll think it's goddamn 1940.

And you will love the price here in a moment. Plus returning faves like cotton candy and confetti cake. And from Monday, March 24th, so we're already past that, until April 6th, you can grab a small Blizzard for just 85 cents. Damn, bro. With any $1 purchase in the DQ app. They always have to add the app thing in there. Well, everyone pushes the app, but we push the app. Yeah, that's true. Yeah.

So, yeah, 85 cents. That's pretty cool for a small-sized blizzard because that's not the mini either. Remember, they have mini, small, and then on up. So it's a good size one. Small is plenty. Yeah, I agree. For a blizzard, you don't really need more than that. I don't either. It's plenty, but also not enough. You know what I mean? At the same time, I could have done two. Yes. There are some things...

It's true. Yeah. It's true. Because once you go in, you go in. Uh-huh. And you hate for it to stop. Yeah. Yeah. No doubt. Yeah. All right. When you have to show restraint. Now, the other ice cream story, not as pleasant as that one, but popular baby brand Frida is about to drop an interesting product idea. And that is breast milk flavored ice cream. Oh!

So no actual breast milk, but it's going to be flavored to taste like breast milk, which I think is disgusting. We had it on the air one time. I didn't do that. I did not want to take part in it. And so what did it taste like? It tasted like 1%. It tasted to me. Oh, I don't think so. I think it had a foul taste to it. 1% just tastes bland to me. I thought it tasted like cantaloupe.

Okay, I can maybe see that, and that's odd in liquid form. It's like sherbet is what you're saying then. It was sweet. To me, I just found it very bland. So it's timed to arrive in nine months. This sweet and creamy treat is designed to mimic the real thing and packs similar nutrients. Yes, I like. Placenta Jimmies, please. Omega-3s, calcium, and vitamin. Jimmy!

How long you been a Dairy Queen, Al? With celebs and curious social media users buzzing about the taste of breast milk, Freedia's betting big on turning curiosity into cravings. No, I don't think I will. I don't think I want that. You can even sign up online to stay abreast of the launch. They're good. They're so good. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

All right, we'll see if you know what movie this food clip is from. Here we go. Tell me something true. Something true. I hate peas. No, something real. Something no one else knows. Okay, we're going to go to Sasquatch and see if we can get an answer this morning. Oh, no, it's Brendan. Hey, Brendan, how you doing?

I'm doing excellent. Thank you, Presbo. You have an awesome wild man look about you. I mean, not just the beard, the hair, brother. You got a look going on. Yeah, I got to grow it out again for Kathy's Cuts. I got until 2027. Very well done. Yes. All right. So without further ado, what movie is that from, Brendan? That is 10 Things I Hate About You. Nice job.

All right, Brandon, hang on, buddy. We're going to set you up with this. All right, Brandon, a.k.a. Beef Stew, who's a member of the WMMR Rock and Rollers. Oh, awesome! A $50 Acme Marcus gift card. If you're hungry and in a hurry, Acme's flash grocery delivery or pickup gets you fresh groceries in 30 minutes or less. It's fast, fresh, and right to your door. Acme Fresh Foods, local flavors. People on the YouTube stream are like, hey, it's cool. We're having Brandon Marshall on the show this morning. Totally. Huge beer.

Alright, another movie clip to play. Let's see if you can tell us what food clip, what movie this food clip is from. Do you don't like raisins? Not really. Why? They used to be fat and juicy and now they're twisted.

They had their life stolen. Well, they taste sweet, but really they're just humiliated grapes. I can't say I'm a big supporter of the Raisin Council. All right, what movie is that one from? Text word Zoom to 610-660-9333. Let's get another story for you. Now, this is not necessarily a fast food roundup. It's a fast food story. I don't have a...

Don't you dare deprive me of this music. I'm sorry. All right. You went there. Fast food roundup.

So I have a list of the states with the best fast food scene. The distinguished Escoffier School of Culinary Arts studied fast food availability and spending trends across the country and their new report reveals which states have the best fast food scenes. And the study analyzes each state's

Excuse me, percentage of fast food compared to all restaurants, the number of fast food establishments per capita, and the percentage of dining out spending that goes to fast food. And they use data from the National Restaurant Association and the U.S. Census Bureau, and they have ranked the state.

I would think we're a pretty active fast food city, yes. Based on all of that, the study finds that Maryland actually has the best fast food scene in the country. Really? Okay. But I mean, using the term best fast food scene, I don't know if that's the correct adjective to use here. Yeah, especially because of the metrics you reeled off there. Yeah, I would think the most...

Active would be a better word. Yeah, I want active. But also I'm wondering which cities have access to the most amount of...

fast food restaurants because you know some fast food places are regional right like uh you know like uh oh the widest variety yeah so so okay like i'm thinking like you know like places that have like an in and out like la yeah la definitely yeah because you won't get uh you won't find like hardy's uh on this side of the country uh or jack in the box carl's junior carl's junior yeah so i think those are all three of those are under the same umbrella right

But yeah, In-N-Out is one that's kind of regional to the Los Angeles, to the California area. Knuckles deep. Four fingers. Fat Burger is another one. El Pollo Loco was another LA one. That's a good one. It is. When you go to LA and you get out of the airport at LAX, there is equidistantly two In-N-Out burgers. If you go to the left. There's no crowd.

Yeah, both of them. I've been to both because no matter what direction you're headed, there's an In-N-Out right around the corner. I think this is interesting. New York and Hawaii boast the highest numbers of fast food restaurants per capita, a finding that could partially be explained by their vibrant tourist economies. Okay.

So, Maryland has the highest percentage of fast food restaurants in the country, though, it says in this article, Kath, with nearly half of all restaurants offering fast food. Much higher than the national average of 36% of all restaurants having fast food. Hawaii is the state with the most fast food restaurants per 100,000 people. Okay.

which researchers say makes sense with so many hungry tourists, as Kathy had said. New York is the second most, so there you go, followed by Maryland. When it comes to spending, Nevada is the state that spends the highest percentage of their dining budget on fast food.

Hawaii is second, followed by New York. So here it is, ranked in order. The 10 states with the best fast food scenes. Number one, Maryland. Number two, Nevada. Number three, Illinois. Four is New York. Then you have Hawaii, California, Ohio, Massachusetts at eight, and then New Mexico and Oklahoma. We're not in the top 10. We are not in the top 10.

For fast food. Every time I've been out to Dallas, they have a crap load of fast food places. Yeah. Yeah. I was thinking more southern when you said it. Yeah, right? Yeah. I just think of fat people. You know? Where are you from, son? What's that? You don't know how to spell fish?

When you think fat people, you think South? Well, because of something you talked about recently, where Alabama was the fattest state. Yeah, true. I mean, there's a lot of fried food when you head down South. And it's good. For sure. All right, let's see if we can get somebody who knows what movie this food clip is from. Something like Raisins? Not really. Why? They used to be fat and juicy, and now they're twisted.

They had their life stolen. Well, they taste sweet, but really they're just humiliated grapes. I can't say I'm a big supporter of the Raisin Council. All right, we're going to Andy, checking in with him. Andy, good morning, bud. Good morning. All right, Andy, do you know the movie? Is that Benny and June? It certainly is. Benny and June. Hang on, bud. Here's what we have for you.

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Well, I gave them some chicken. All right. It's an easy one. If you know, then you need to text the word ZOOM to 610-660-9333 right now. Good luck to you. All right. One final story. And we're going to get healthy at the end here.

All right, we've done fast food. We've done booze. We've done ice cream. It's time to get real. Yeah, we're going to get real with this. So health experts want to make sure that you're incorporating nutritional foods into your diet. And one way to do this is to try and put some key healthy foods into your everyday diet. Most of the foods that nutritionists recommend eating on a daily basis are super common and most likely already on your grocery list.

Some dieticians and health experts warn against eating the same foods every day, but this typically applies to full meals. Take some really important foods they want you to and to include them into your daily meals. And there are a few foods that nutritionists themselves recommend that you try to eat every single day if possible. So they are as follows. Oats.

Oats are an excellent source of whole grains and contain plenty of fiber and nutrients that make them a healthy meal or a snack.

Benefits can sometimes be overshadowed when people decide to add excessive sugar and calorie-dense toppings. But when made with mix-ins like nuts, cinnamon, blueberries, strawberries, bananas, they could be a great option. I agree. I love it. When I go to a breakfast buffet, I try to always grab some oatmeal and put some fruit in there. Yeah. Yummy. Yeah, I don't need...

The thing is, I'm not ever really hungry for breakfast, and now I do sort of the intermittent fasting. So the notion of having oatmeal like mid-afternoon seems kind of weird, but maybe I need to break that stigma. Sure, yeah. Do you drink coffee during the day at all in the afternoon? I switch. I convert over to tea. Okay. Well, you know what? I think oatmeal would be good with tea. Yeah, maybe. I think it would go well with coffee too. All right, here's another one. Basil seeds.

basil seeds it says here you might assume chia seeds if any seeds would be included in this list but registered dietician stacy roberts davis said basil seeds are the way to go said it's high in fiber protein iron and potassium and a better choice than chia seeds i've never even neither have i case i've never heard of them does it taste like basil

I don't know. I'm not sure. Because, yeah, then you'd have to sprinkle it on very specific stuff. You would have to be very specific. She also explained that just two tablespoons of basil seeds has 15 grams of fiber in it. Can you substitute? More than half of what your daily intake should be. Can you substitute ice cream? No. No? What about Toll House cookie dough?

Yes. It's the same thing as basic seeds. It's the same thing as basic seeds. All right, good. Obvious enough, the chemical breakdown is exactly the same. But I assume you could put these in like a salad or something like that. Ice cream? I don't know. Yeah, so they seem like they are very similar to the chia seeds. Chia. That they're mild, have a little bit of a nutty flavor, and gel-like when soaked in water. And that's the same thing chia seeds do. Okay. Here's another one. Spin it.

I love spinach. All right. You already know that you need to incorporate leafy greens into your diet, but spinach in specific is a great choice to eat every day if you can. You know, when I eat it every day, I do this little thing where I blow a little flame out of my pipe, Casey, and I hold the can up and I turn it around. And that's how you open it? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Okay. So spinach is packed with magnesium, iron, and antioxidants, helping reduce inflammation. Oh, my God.

God, that's an ancient one. So it actually helps reduce inflammation, supporting muscle recovery and promoting relaxation, all of which aid in better sleep.

Plus, spinach is a non-greasy vegetable, meaning that it won't cause you any stomach issues. I like to put spinach in other stuff, like a smoothie, for example, or eggs. Eggs.

Kind of hide it? Yeah. Pizza? Yeah. Or, you know, like on a sandwich instead of lettuce, you know, iceberg lettuce or whatever, where I don't think there's a ton of nutritional value in lettuce. You get some more in spinach. Do you not like the way it tastes? I don't dislike it. To me, it's just fairly bland. I'll eat the spinach any day of the week over kale. But I can do...

a kale and a smoothie. I hate spinach and I hate kale, but I can... They're so rough. I can blend them up into a smoothie. I love kale, too. Yeah. Kale is rough texturally. Yeah. But spinach is also... It's got an interesting texture, too. Yeah. As opposed to lettuce being a little more crunchy. Crunchy, yeah. It's kind of...

What about... Softer, you know what I mean? Yeah. Arugula. Yeah. Arugula. Arugula is good. I love arugula. It's got a peppery flavor to it. It's got more taste to it, yeah. Well, I'm so sorry. What is arugula again? Oh, hold on. Okay. We have a clip. Arugula. What's that? It's a vegetable. That's what it is. I got you. Um...

Yeah, you guys can have all the spinach. I can't stand it when we go out to a nice steakhouse and you order at sides for the table. Cream spinach! It's the best. Cream spinach and au gratin potatoes. Please don't put that on my table. I'll take both of them. That's also ruining the spinach. What? Nutritionally. Yeah, the health aspect of the spinach. Put it in ice cream.

Oh, man. Potatoes au gratin and cream spinach, those are two must-haves if I go to a steakhouse that's got apps. I'll do the asparagus all day long. You know what I'm saying? Into that, too. All right. Another thing. There are two more things. True that. Yogurt. Yes. They emphasize the importance of gut-healthy foods. Most people don't realize that digestion impacts everything. Mood, immunity, weight, everything.

And that's why yogurt is on the list of foods to eat every day. It is rich in probiotics, calcium, and protein. So if you can eat some yogurt every day, it's good for you. Yogurt, granola, and blueberries. A little bit of honey. And then the last thing on this list are berries, Steve, that you should try to eat every day, which I have for the past three months. I've been eating some berries every single day. Your berry of choice. I like them all, but berries.

probably, and they have to be ripe and proper. The blackberries are fantastic. The only thing is you get seeds in your teeth. Yeah. Um, but I love them. You take a blackberry over a strawberry, huh? Uh,

Nice ripe strawberry. I wasn't thinking strawberries. Blackberries are easier, though. Like the strawberries, you got to take the top off. It's a little bit bigger. Sometimes it's more than one bite. They're a superfood, aren't they? Yes, they are. Every week I make a fruit salad at the beginning of the week. Yummy, yummy. And I eat it throughout the week. So I always have strawberries, blueberries, blackberries, and raspberries in there. So I've got the whole berry family. Blueberries, you'll be stronger than the other berries.

It's a super berry. It's a super berry. I don't know why I'm not healthier because... You'll be stronger than the other berries. You'll be enriched by the Earth's sun.

Besides the basil seeds, I eat everything that's on that list almost every day, 90% of the time. And you never get sick. I'm surprised. I don't know why I'm not healthier. Hey, when making your salad, Preston, you make it on your fruit salad on Sundays, you said? Uh-huh. Okay, and by the end of the week, it's still good? It lasts. Okay. It's right at the edge. Yeah. At the very end there. You're floating with death. Especially raspberries. They don't hold up.

very well. But if you leave those out, it'll last all week. I mean, it's an ongoing conversation on the show about the Wednesday banana versus the Saturday banana or whatever. But I might try this. I think that's a really healthy approach. Here's what I put in my fruit salad. I'll put in all those berries I said, grapes, pineapple, sometimes kiwi, and I'll also chop up an apple and that adds a little crunch in there. And that lasts a full

week? Because the apple will last a week because the pineapple is in there with the citrus. Oh, we talked about the... Yeah. So it will... It's an antioxidant for it. Okay. Yeah. It'll keep it from browning. My banana map this week was... I got an A+. I gave myself an A+. Did I? Unbelievable. What I did is I took two different bunches.

Yes. And I grabbed three green bananas off of one bunch and two yellow bananas. You're a stud. Dude, I crushed it this week. So you're vulcanizing the bunches at the supermarket? Yeah, it doesn't matter. You're like a rapist. You got to have solid green ones. If you want your good Friday banana, you got to buy solid green ones on Sunday. I did that. And then by Friday, you're good to go. Very happy with it.

There's a technique for sure. So adding berries to your everyday diet will help you age better and keep your heart healthy. So keep those in mind. All right. We are looking for someone who knows what movie this clip is from. Did you feed them after midnight? Well, I gave them some chicken. All right. We will go to Tom. Good morning, Tom. Good morning. What's up, fellas? Yo, bud. Well, we're looking for an answer. What movie is that from? You know?

That's from Grandma's? Of course. You're a winner, Tom. Thank you. Hang on, buddy. We'll get you in phone. We're going to give you this. All right, Tom. Tell me what wingy. You got a $50 Acme Markets gift card. By the way, speaking of wingy, Cheap Chicken Mondays. Check out Acme for Cheap Chicken Mondays. So if you're hungry and in a hurry, Acme's Flash grocery delivery or pickup gets you free.

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and you can sip on a Scranton Marg, or Marge, right? Scranton Marge, or Marg? Oh, Marg. At Chili's locations nationwide, but they're doing a special one. Do they specify the cast members? It does not in this story. I don't know who it is. So I don't know if it, maybe it's...

Kate Flannery, because she's local to the area. I'm going up to Scranton tomorrow. I can't just be tomorrow. I know. Oh, man. All right. Well, anyhow, bonus story there for the connoisseur. We got to wrap it up. All right. All right. Wait, Nick. It's by Brian Baumgartner, who played Kevin. Oh, nice. He's one of them. I don't know who the other is. Okay. Okay. All right. That's it in the connoisseur. Good one this week. Yes. Thank you to celebrity chef Mark Murphy for joining us this morning. What? Hi.

Hi, Brandon Graham. He's listening to the show right now. Oh, he texted you? Yeah. What did he say? He goes, hey, I hear y'all talking about that good fruit and yogurt this morning. Hope all is well. Wow. Well, I'll guarantee you Brandon Graham eats fruit and yogurt every day. You're damn straight. We should take this opportunity to publicly congratulate him on his retirement and lifelong career in Philadelphia and literally one of the most beloved Philadelphians, I would say, ever.

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Now, back with more of the Preston and Steve Show podcast. Kathy, we have a guest who is in our studio who we're going to welcome in just a moment. But very, very quickly, we want to talk to somebody via Zoom because he texted in to say that he was listening at the time to the connoisseur. And Casey mentioned our text line in Zoom. And so, sure enough...

He's checking in. Guys, it's Brandon Graham. Who's joining us. Hey, Brandon, how you doing, man? Man, I'm doing good. How y'all doing? We're doing great. So you were enjoying our talk about yogurt and berries just a little while ago. Yeah, I heard y'all talking. I was like, man, let me mess with him. We figure you for a healthy eating guy. We know that for a fact.

Uh-huh. Y'all gave me some good stuff. I'm definitely going to start adding yogurt to my morning times because sometimes it's just midday, depending on like as a snack, but I'm going to start doing that like early start of my day. All right. You can't go wrong. Fair enough.

We gave you the collective congratulations on everything. We're massive fans of your professional career, but just knowing you as a person, you're just top of the tops, man. We could not be happier for you.

No, thank you. I appreciate y'all. You know, I'm still going to be tuned in talking my stuff from the side. So you announced your retirement and it wasn't a surprise to anybody here. We knew that it was on the horizon, especially after a Super Bowl victory. But I waited a little while to reach out to you just because I imagine that anybody and everybody that knew you reached out to congratulate you.

How many texts and calls did you get? Hundreds? Thousands? Man, let me tell you, it was overwhelming, I would just say. And I appreciate it, but it was like, you know, I try to keep it on who I communicate with all the time. That's why I made sure I hit y'all up too, just so y'all know. Y'all still in rotation?

Listen, what you did here in Philadelphia is not normal. You know, 15 years in one city with one team. And when I reached out to you, I just wanted to thank you because...

you know, like we had you for 15 years, you know what I mean? Like it, it was, it was really special for, for this city to, to have you for as long as we did. And, and, and the fact that you brought home two championships, that doesn't hurt. That doesn't hurt at all, man. And you know, what's cool. You know, what's cool. Uh, when we, when we was talking, uh,

And I was doing the Pee Wee Herman. I'm like, that's my first three sack game. Talking with y'all. It was like, oh yeah, that was, that was, I'm telling you, that was one of the highlights. Yeah. Where we really started like, you know, talking and doing stuff. Yeah. And then the good three sacks and then it just been hitting ever since. Yeah. It's been amazing. Brent,

Brandon, I think it was probably mid-November when the injury happened. And, you know, you said in a press conference that you're going to be done for the season. At what point in, like, you know, late December, early January, when the Eagles started making their playoff run, like, at what point did it dawn on you, listen, if we make the Super Bowl, I might be able to come back? Where was your mindset in that process?

My mindset was, I was done in my mind until I started talking to other guys that had that injury. Like Hollis Thomas, we talked, I was at an appearance and we was just talking. He was like, man, you know you can make a running back if y'all make it.

I say, man, what, for real? He's like, trust me. He's like, man, two and a half months, I was feeling good. Like I felt like I can do it, you know. And so I was like, man, I feel like that now. And it's almost two month mark, you know. And so I was like, okay, I'm going to keep playing. And so we always had that mindset to get as right as we can.

and to make a run. But the doc was like, nah. He was like, man, you're going to retire? He was like, nah, are you good? I was like, all right, doc, we'll take back in. We get to the Super Bowl. I'm going to see. We're going to see. So I didn't really take no for an answer. After that, but Hollis kind of inspired me a little bit on top of the trainers at our facility. So you get a two-week break after the championship game before the Super Bowl, and in that interim, the rumors started leaking and people started talking about you in Philadelphia that...

He might play. And we as fans, we wanted that for you so bad. We wanted that for you so bad because of how you carried yourself in this city for 15 years. We wanted that for us, but we wanted that for you more so.

No, thank you. I appreciate you because, I mean, you know what, that played a big factor in me finally just saying, you know what, I did everything I could do. Man, I got back for this. You know, God definitely healed me in that moment because all week I was using it.

using it like the best way. And even when I got in the game, everything was cool. But once I hit that ground and did my push-up, I think it was either the holding card because I went down on it with some force and then I had got cut by the back.

And I did that push-up position again. But either way, I didn't even know until it was over. And, man, and I ain't caring at that point. It's so magical. So parades and everything listed, all the moments, all the – what right now, on this Friday, when you look back, what's the one moment that pops into your mind of all of it that's like, oh, my God, I still can't believe that? It's God.

Oh, as far as like, oh, you know what? Coop Interception. And then right after that bond, another one, I say, oh, yeah, it was so. I mean, that's when I was like.

wow, these boys all week been doing good in practice. We was killing in practice. Everything was like on point. But then you just get a little nervous. You're like, man, come on, baby. I hope it translates to the game. And I'm telling you, it translates in a big way, especially the D-line because the D-line, like for us, we've been trying to make sure that we be the engine of the

defense and I feel like it showed up so big in that game and them boys didn't stop. I just say, I can't even take no credit for it. Everybody just chose to work and everybody worked to get to that point because you know how we started 2-2 starting off, got a bye week and then we'd go on our run. That's the most games I've won in a row in my career and on top of that, most fun, man. I felt like

We was more sad that it was over. Yeah. That it was over. But the best possible way to end it for you, man, could not have painted a more perfect picture, you know? Yes, it was, man, it was such a great, great season. Something I always remember. And I ain't going nowhere, though, because these boys about to make a run again. Yeah. I love it. All right, Brandon, I hate to keep it short, but we do have another guest who we promised we were going to talk to. But it's so great. Thank you for checking in this morning, man.

Oh, yeah. Appreciate y'all for having me on. We'll talk to you anytime, man. All right, guys, give it up for Brandon Graham. He's got an appearance coming up. By the way, April 14th at Sports Unleashed at York Mall Galleria in York, PA. If you want to go see him, you can do that there. All right. We are very happy to have our friend back home. He's back in the studio and is going to be performing at Soul Joel's in Pottstown tomorrow night. There are two shows, 6 and 8 o'clock. The one and only Craig Schumacher. He's here.

I don't mind being bumped by Brandon Gray. I thought you'd be okay with that. I've met a lot of players. I did work with the Eagles and stuff and met them all. This is the nicest guy, the most genuine guy ever. I don't even know how he's in a sport like that. I imagine he tackles someone and goes, are you okay? I'm like,

You have a little boo-boo? I'll take care of it. I mean, it's the nicest. Every time I've ever met him, met my kids. You're a die in the wall. If you're from the area, Temple, the whole thing. Yeah, my Wolfpack show was that we shot it at the link. Yeah, which is awesome. You're exactly right. He's amazing. You're at Soul Joe's. I think the last time you were there was it?

Were you playing in a tent or something? I played in a tent. I got heckled by a train. The longest train I've ever seen in my life. This freight train goes by. I had to wait for it to stop. I had hobos on it. I've never seen a train this long in my life. During COVID, that's what you're doing. Yeah, that's what we had to do. People in beach chairs and Sam. Tomorrow, we're indoors. Excellent. It's a great place. Six o'clock show, of course, for my people. My fans are aging. It's fine.

You know how bad it is? This is a true story. Like, I'll say, hey, how can we make the show? The old days was like, oh, I had a birthday party. I had a wedding to go to. I'm really sorry. Literally, last week, three people couldn't go to my show. I'm having hip replacement surgery. I'm not even kidding you. I'm having dinner with a friend tonight. I thought he was going to say, I'm having hip replacement surgery. No, no, no. I'm having dinner with a friend tonight, and we're meeting at

Like, I have to get there at 4.45. But that's when dinner... Yeah. It's terrible. It's horrible. When you're a certain age, you're like, how do they do that? Who eats at that time? And then, naturally, you just gravitate towards it. You know? Yeah, plus the prices. I mean, I got four kids. Early bird special. I still have them lying about their age to get in places cheaper. We went to Legoland. It's 85 bucks a ticket. I said...

They said, under 12, it's Fred. I turned to my teenager. I go, you're 12. I'll never pass. I got a deep voice. How's this? I knocked him in the... Oh, okay. Um,

Craig, you're visiting some buddies. I've met some of your friends. Whenever you're in town, the whole Delco crew gets together. Monco. Monco. I'm Springfield Monco, not Delco. Oh, okay. Gotcha. The proud Spartans. We have a party tonight. Every time I come to town, we have like a party. Yeah. Yeah, it's like I'm kind of like the... Even though I live in California. I'm so Philly though. You know I vacation here every year? Yeah. Every single time. It's always a landlord from Philadelphia. They assume that's where you're from. So they'll go...

I get there with my whole family. I go, where are you from? You know, with the accent. And I go, California. I go, California? What are you doing here at the Jersey Shore? You got no oceans out there in California? Every time. Which Jersey Shore do you go to? Well, because of the kids, we do Ocean City. Yeah, that's the best for the kids. They get the boardwalk and all the pizza. What are they calling it this week? I call it Mac and Manco. It's Manco and Manco. You can't do that. I don't. I don't do it. It's like,

Only Philadelphia's. I refuse. I'll eat the pizza. I ain't going to call it what he called it. I mean, I still, if I go, there's this one shopping center on McDade Boulevard. I still call it the Heckinger Shopping Center. Heckinger hasn't been there for 20 years. But that's true. You go with the landmark that you grew up with. Is that around the corner from the iGoldberg, Casey? No, the iGoldberg is on Baltimore Pike in Springfield. Delco, that is. Oh.

Yeah, that's some old school. Oh, yeah. Goldberg's peanut chews, baby. They ruined the recipe, though. What's the place you always bring up, Casey? Another place. The Bazaar? The Bazaar. Yeah. I mean, there's an Acme there now, but I still call it the Bazaar. Whoa, whoa. You're not from Philly if you call it the Acme. It's the Acme. It's like they buy a vowel. I don't know what the hell happens with that.

Are there any, do you run into any like hyper local Los Angeles people or is everybody from everywhere else? You know what I mean? There's a load of Philadelphians out there. Yeah, that's what I hear. I raise my kids all to be Eagles, Sixers, Flyers, Phillies fans. Good man. Oh yeah. They're rabid fans too. Are there any places you go to that are Philly specific? Yeah. There are some bars. They have Philly bars. Okay. That's where I watch the games. Of course, I'm getting older now. It's like I just watch from home.

Right. And just get other people to come over that are from Philadelphia, wearing all the stuff, you know, silver linings playbook. Yeah. You know what upset me about that movie? No one had a Philadelphia accent. Even the great Robert De Niro, he's doing the dropped R at the end. Yeah. It doesn't make any sense.

So I was on that show, Parks and Recreation, one time. Yes, a couple times. Yeah, a few times. Anyway, so I'm on this parade float, and I hear this guy with a bullhorn go, all right, everybody, we're going to go back to our positions over here. And I go, hey, Phil, he goes, how'd you know? Hey. How'd I know? Hey.

And so we started getting this whole Philly thing. You know, Amy Poehler's the boss. So I get into my whole rant. No one in the history of film has ever done Philadelphia accent. Hey, I think you're right about that. Amy Poehler goes, I did one in Baby Mama.

And I went, uh-oh. I thought I was going to get fired the next time. Yeah, but nobody saw Baby Mike. Well, Tina Fey. That was where Tina Fey was. Steve Martin was in it. She did the accent in the movie, and I forgot completely about it. Of all the people I could have said this rant in front of, it was my boss. What did you think? Did you see Kate Winslet in Mayor of Easttown? She did okay. She did okay. I mean, they had a guy from Australia. He can't cast a Philadelphia. It makes me so angry.

You know, when I audition for things, I'm like, hey, I'm a true Philadelphian. And some guy walks in, hey, I've worked on my accent. It blows my mind. We're watching the show Reacher. You know, it's a great show. And Preston and I, and there's a woman who I was sure was from Boston.

regular working class accent. She is like from the Globe Theater in London. She's British. It's like there are so many actors now who are from England and they're taking up all our parts. I know. They've been doing that for years. For years? Yeah. I'm not... By the way, you want to bet on the Oscars if they're English?

And if they play somebody who's a little off special needs, that's an automatic win. My left foot, of course, he won. He could have done porn and he would have won. Somebody touch me down there. I mean, he could have done anything. The English, they have it made. Yeah. No, they're trained in a different way. Yeah.

Completely different topic here, but Nick just pulled up your Instagram account. I'm looking at this, Craig, and it's you attempting to do a cartwheel. Oh, no. It looks like Playa del Rey. Maybe you're at a beach somewhere in California. I think, Craig. I come back. It's all about failure. Don't go through my resume. My intro from now on, you know, he's been seen on Netflix. It's going to be something like his dad left when he was one day old. His mother belly danced at his high school graduation party. His wife joined a cult.

Please welcome Craig Shoemaker. You brought that up. Can we just do a flyby of that thing? Your wife is now in a cult. Now you're showing this one. We're watching the video of his cartwheel. I have no Instagram followers, and now everybody's going to see my cartwheel, my failed cartwheel. Hey, listen, the form wasn't great, but you stuck the landing. It's not bad. It's not bad. Listen. It's not good.

I got young kids. I'm trying to get in shape. Nobody says that your granddaughter. I went for my first run in years, about two blocks in. So he pulls the car and yells out, are you okay? I get in. I get in. I did a quick one mile run just for the hell of it. And I tore my meniscus, Craig. I mean, it was like a jog. I wasn't running hard. I'm feeling better about myself right now. Dear God. I mean...

All right. So let me add on. We had a competition here. Oh, yeah. It was a skipping competition. Skipping down the hall, literally. It was about a week ago. My year and a half, three quarters injury finally subsided from skipping. I swear on my life, same thing. Yeah, yeah. Me and a bunch of comedians. We were in a hallway in a hotel, and I pulled a muscle. Skipping. Skipping. I was doing the door. That's on Instagram. Go find that fail. Yeah.

As long as you're searching for my fails. How about the time that I had to play the first pitch for the Phillies? It was so bad. I hit the manager in the dugout. I hit the Pittsburgh manager in the dugout. I held on to the ball too long. Do you know what they say, though? It's better to have one of those because they get remembered as opposed to...

I mean, there's a school of thought that says if you fail in a big way, that gets a lot more traction. I'll fill it up. He loves fails. I'll give you an example. I go to Dodgers-Phillies game, right, just a few years ago. And I'm with my kids. I go, I'm going to get a foul ball. Today's the day I'm going to get a foul ball. Sure enough, a big high fly happens. And I'm friends with the broadcaster. I take them golfing. I swear to God, I see this fly. I'm going, I'm getting this. This is coming to me.

Boom! It breaks my left hand. It goes back at me. And this little kid with a cast on, by the way, his little hat, he gets the ball, right? I'm going, wow, that hurt. All of a sudden, my phone is blowing up all of Philadelphia's songs. You always did suck when you played for Val's Tavern. I remember you were bad back then. Did you literally break? Yeah, my phone's blowing. And then they sent ice down. I'm going, go away. They're still watching me. Meanwhile, the broadcasters lead out. Shoo, we got it all.

We got it all, Stu. Kevin Stocker, his cousin, was the one who got the foul ball. So I was miserable. I'm in a shame spiral. More texts are coming in. I didn't even know anybody watched the Phillies. Anyway, so then I swear two innings later, same foul ball. The high fly is coming. Oh, my God. So with my good hand, I take that kid's hat and I ripped it off his head and I caught the ball.

I caught the ball. I had redemption. You redeemed yourself. I redeemed myself. And then the broadcasters are playing and going, shoot, what are the odds? I'm standing up there. I kept waving to ice people off. You don't have ice in Philadelphia on your hand. I'm waving off. And then I had redemption. Of course, one text.

So failure to success ratio, very obvious there. It was two innings later. Couldn't get a single text. You redeemed yourself. It was only about the fails. Didn't matter. It was probably 900 text messages. We were out for spring training just a couple weeks ago, and they were taking batting practice, and we were going.

They were incoming like crazy. It turns out it was a home run derby that we didn't know was happening. Really. And so like they're doing it's batting practice. And then there was one that landed right by Steve and right in front of Kathy. And we were just like, all right, well, let's wrap up the broadcast. They were coming in. It was the first time I ever got a ball like that.

I had to be at Target before I finally got it. You're being shelled. Absolutely. Craig is going to be at Soul Joel's in Pottstown two shows tomorrow night, 6 and 8 p.m. Craig, if you don't mind me asking, Steve said it and we were all jabbering a little bit, but did you kind of glance over your wife being in a

cult. Yeah. And my ex-wife right now. Yeah, ex-wife. And by the way, all my shows, all my comedy shows are benefit shows and all proceeds go to my ex-wife and the cult. So just so you know, if you have a cover charge of Soul Joles this weekend, it goes to Botox Pilates class and the cult. Okay, and she got half my jokes in the divorce. I had a lousy lawyer. I got left with the setups. That's tall, man. So a priest and a rabbi walk into a bar. That's all. That's what the rest are going to call the cult. Okay.

I wish I was joking about this. My life is filled. It's filled. My dad left when I was born. Something I said. Wah. Yeah. And he's gone. And the rest of my life has been a calamity of errors. It's one of the reasons I love playing golf with you because I've got like five hours of stories to get through the entire world. And they're real. They're real. And here's the top of my dad at his own cult.

What? They say you marry your mother. Didn't you know this? No. Come on. I never talked about it. Yeah, yeah, yeah. He told us. Okay, yes, that's right. Pocono adventures on mules. Yep. One of the greatest moments of my life is I came from California. I'm playing Caesars.

And he literally had a harem of women, like 14 women. Yeah. And the guys give me a tour. He goes, with a little Shemokin accent, over here you got racquetball? Craig, you're from Hollywood. He goes, oh, you got quaits? You know what quaits are? And I go, yeah, I know what quaits are. He just thinks I'm in California. And he looks up and he goes, oh, my gosh, there's A.J. Shoemaker's harem. What's that nut doing here? And I got to go, that's my dad. I hadn't seen him in years. He walks up, he steals my complimentary cheese tray.

The girls at the ranch will love this. Oh, yeah. Judy loves Gouda. I swear to God. Ben, I'm signing autographs after the show at Caesars. He's lining them up for a mule ride. Tell them who the real love master is.

He's signing him up. He's got a clipboard going, I'm the real love master. I taught him everything. I was never with him a day in my life. So they were kind of like they were like a subservient harem of women, correct? They had a mother-daughter. Oh, yeah. Jesus. One time I was playing at Poconos. Rich Jenny, remember Rich Jenny? Yeah, he was great. So we're sneaking in. It's sleeping bags. And the one who wins the award that day called himself the king of the Poconos. Okay. You get over this comedy crap, you can be part of my empire. Yeah.

I'm going to be Prince of the Poconos. Who knew? So we're sneaking in. We're staying there. We're doing a little college tour, me, him, and Glenn Farrington, Jenny. And I go,

And I go, shh, gonna wake my father up. He goes, shoo, F-year-old man, the mule he rode in on. So we rode mules the next day, me and the comedians. Richard Jennings in a zoot suit from Brooklyn. He had his own hair. It was called his hair, mother, daughter. And whoever won that day, they rolled up their sleeping bag, they'd get to sleep with the king of the Poconos. In a nice room. Everybody else was on the floor. You were telling us you were away on tour and came back and you're

your ex-wife had joined this cult? Yeah, she's not picking up at the airport. No, took the kids. Stole a million dollars. Jesus. Oh my God. I wish I was making this up. Really? No, Kathy was just looking at the cult leaders. Oh, the cult leaders. Unbelievable. Out of her mind. You wanted some comedy. It's not funny if it's me, but for everybody else, it would be a blast. It's like me getting that foul ball. Oh, you'll be texting me. What the hell happened to you? It's unbelievable. I just, you know,

Listen, I've had a great life. ACDC sang at my wedding. Highway to hell. Laughter

Craig, I apologize if I don't know this and you've done this, but have you written a book about your life? Yeah, I do. I have a book about it. You do? Okay. I'm just about finished. I have another book that's coming out first because I have a business called Laughter Works. We go to companies and corporations. You mentioned this. And we actually help them find laughter. I have a whole system that I developed. It's really cool. I teach guided reading.

guided laffermation and laffitation. I take them through laffitation and chuckle chatter. It's really cool. You don't even need jokes. And I go to companies and corporations and help them with their corporate wellness because, listen, we need it now. Mental health is at an all-time low. So I come in and you know what laughter does. Oxygenates your body, healing endorphins, release stresses, relieve the

It's a great idea. The best medicine makes me a doctor. Open up and say ha-ha for the love master. You're teaching how to be humorous. I teach stand-up also, but this is what I do for corporations. Nobody has to even tell jokes. It's a pretty cool thing. I'm watching transformation. It's amazing. You transmute pain into joy. I've got a lot of pain to talk about. Wow. Well, you seem pretty good. I am.

I'm really good. I love my life. Supporting a cult? I love it all. It's almost like I invited in or something. It's like, oh, running out of material. I need something. She needs to join a cult. Are you still buds with Caitlyn Jenner? Have you seen her in a while? Once in a while. It's kind of weird. I knew Bruce all those years. I've been in these celebrity golf tournaments with Bruce Jenner. I don't know why I got invited. I got a trophy. I'm so bad at golf. A trophy for closest to the car. Sorry about the failure. Yeah.

Okay. And then, so we would play a lot of golf together. Not recently, but my neighbor, though, very, very close. But imagine being a kid, you know, because I'll talk to her. Yeah. Which, that's another thing I have a problem. I said bro four times less. Oh, boy. Because I call people bro. I called him bro all those years. Oh, no problem with it. No problem. It's fine. It's other people that have the problem. Yeah, yeah. It's weird that aren't.

By the way, I was dressed as a girl every year for Halloween. I was the first trans. My mom always dressed me as a girl. I was a hooker, a go-go girl, a cowgirl. I was the first trans. When I was growing up, trans was a really cool car. And blowing a tranny wasn't in an alley. Oh, man.

It was in a car. Yeah, that's right. That kind of fluid. Trans Am. I haven't thought about that. Trans Am. That's what it was, you know, but everybody gets mad at like you're a phobe or something. So we're just trying to catch up. We can't. And you said she's pretty chill. What's that? You said she's pretty chill. Oh, yeah. She's chill. And it's weird. It's weird, though, to see, you know, this friend of yours that was on the cover of Wheaties and in a white like a white golf outfit and from turning.

You know, you turn with golf. There is makeup on both shoulders from the turn. On the face? The face going over to the shoulders. This white outfit that has two spots of makeup on it from the turn. I'm trying to explain to my son, no, cover Wheaties.

It's just odd. All this is odd. Don't get mad at us for not keeping up, okay? Listen, your audience is showing up at 6 o'clock. You know where you are. Yeah, they won't be worried about this language. I got invited to a gender reveal party. I didn't know what it was. I pulled my pants down. Hey, I'm going to fuck them up first. What's up?

Hey, ladies, why don't you join me over here? Come on. I'll be first. I had to go first. It's hard to keep everything together. My friend, am I kidding? Talking about her kids, she goes, well, they go to Pepperdine. I didn't know you had twins.

Because it's one they. The word is taken already. You know what I mean? It's plural for centuries. Come up with another word. Call your kid a schmadoodle. A schmadoodle. I'm good with that. Why'd you take the word they? Well, it's easy. Listen, my youngest is trans. And so I've had to go through the growth of... This last material I've been just doing is really hitting with you. You nailed it.

I noticed everybody's face going, where are you going with this one? But there's a little training that you have to learn. You had to learn as a dad. It takes a lot of time. And like anything else, the more you do it, the easier it gets. And it's all good. And if it's not in front of you all the time like it is with you, then it really takes a lot of training. I'll be dead by the time I'm training. You've got cult problems. You've got bigger fish to fry. Oh.

You think? She has a podcast now with the cult leader. Did she bring you up on it?

I have no idea. That I will not listen to. I can't take that because this one's about being choked and tortured and stuff. Oh, my God. Oh, yeah, you're right. It was like a brief scan of the cult leader's social media. And like, I mean, she's very open about that's what they're into. And that's what they talk about. And they do these like where you can like, you know, these conferences where she can teach you about it. Oh, yeah. Orgasms and stuff like that. I'm like, I'm just traditional.

And Craig, you were never asked to join in and be a part of this party? She never talked about the... Listen, if it would have kept the marriage together, I would have got a choke collar. I would have gotten some supplies. You didn't know? No idea. She talked about sovereign freedom. She wanted to get out of her golden cage at the end of the marriage. The golden cage. I had her in a golden cage. I come back from the road. Here's a check. That was her golden cage. Wow.

You know, who knew? Who knew you were supposed to... It's kind of cool, though, when you can keep the wife who hates you and joins a cult in a golden cage. It says you're doing pretty well. Well, no, that was then. Oh, okay. The golden cage is empty now. She still gets the checks, though. The golden ticket's been cashed in. She took all the money. Anyway, that's why I say, come to see me at Soul Joel. Yes. To fund this. I have to co-fund this cult. They're in multi-level marketing stuff. I don't know. All right.

We're going to have to wrap shortly, but I do want to find out, are you interested in meeting somebody else? Or are we going to take a little pause here for a little while? I have been dating, and it's really weird at my age. You know, I'm looking at these women. You know, it's mostly if you go out at night, it's young women. I'm going to take her back to my place. Hey, before you hook up, I've got to put my sleep apnea CPAP mask on. Have the lambs stop crying, Clarice.

you're born in West Virginia your father left you at nine years old I looked like a creep and I only have one friend who's single never had kids he's like this dumpy guy in his 50s he's always bragging all these years I'm going okay let's go out

And he's bragging. He's older than 24. What a body. She was older than me. I said, really? She's bragging about you to her friends right now? Yeah. She's with her friends going, guess what? I met this guy. He used to have hair on his head. Now it's on his back. Her friends are going, no way. I'm jelly. Does he have a twin?

That's what I hang out with. Dating apps? Oh, my God. First of all, I am not a texter. They all want to text now. I don't even know how this generation is going to have offspring at this point. Because they'll reject you right away if you don't have the right text. Plus, I make mistakes.

I saw one of them. The L is next to the K. I said, what time do you want me to lick you up? That didn't go over well. It wasn't there when I showed up. Another one says, massage me. I'm going, okay. She's right to the point. I said, you want cream? You want oil? Hard salt? She said, message me. Message me. I swear to God. And so...

Literally, relationships are over in seconds because of the exchange. It's just not there. It's not a personal exchange. It's terrible. Craig, when I had COVID, I was texting with an acquaintance who owned a business and I was supposed to go into the business. I told him that I couldn't make it. I got COVID. He's like, oh my God, how are you? And I tried to say...

It kicked my ass, but it changed the K to an L. And that's what I said to him. And he just didn't respond. It licked my ass. Licked my ass. Same thing happened to me. I was golfing. A guy goes, where are you? And he kept texting me. I said, I'm driving. I finally came out. When I get there, I'm going to lick your ass. He wasn't there when I was there. Same guy. Same guy. Yeah.

All right. Listen, you got to go see Craig. He's got two shows tomorrow, 6 and 8 p.m. at Soul Joel's. It's in Pottstown. If you want more information on it, you can check Craig's website, craigshoemaker.com. And of course, social media and all things that have to do with Craig. But he's back in town. He's here to entertain you. Follow me on Instagram. I want some followers from the show. Absolutely. If you don't come see me, if you're having hip replacement surgery, just follow me. And it doesn't cost you a dime. Right.

All right. It's great to see you, brother. You too. Have a great time. Craig Shoemaker, guys. We'll take a break and we'll be right back. Stay with us. We are getting closer and closer to this year's MMRBQ. Saturday, May 10th at Freedom Mortgage Pavilion. A full day of partying with friends, family, and MMR. With eight great bands, including our headliners. Somebody check my brain. Alice in Chains. Yeah.

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that I wanted to share with you guys. This is from, do you remember when we were in Clearwater and we said the gal was going to be leaving our broadcast to go close on her first home? Yes. Well, Mike reached out to me. That's her dad and wanted to thank us for having her on the show. She had her documentation with her. Yeah. Yeah. She had a couple cocktails before he had to. It was awesome. So thanks for the note. We appreciate that. All right. Bizarre File. Let's go. Here it is. Exactly.

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A babysitter in Kansas found a troubling surprise after a child she was watching complained that there was a monster hiding. The babysitter found a man hiding under a child's bed. How terrifying is that? After they attempted to show the children that there was there's nothing under there, nothing for you to worry about. She came face to face with a male suspect who was hiding there, the sheriff's office said.

Steve, it reminds me of an old SNL sketch in the early days, that first season. And it was Gilda Radner, and she's a little girl, and she kept complaining to her parents that she was afraid. And it was Martin Sheen, who was the guest host. And they were like, if I come up there one more time, you're going to get it. And she opens up this door, and there's just a horrible-looking...

monster creature that was actually there. So, sheriff's deputies arrived at the home on Monday after they were called about the disturbance. After deputies arrived, the babysitter told the deputy that the man was discovered. When the man was discovered, there was an altercation. The babysitter and child were knocked over during the scuffle and the suspect fled. The following day, deputies spotted the man while they were in the area looking for him and he ran after a short pursuit. They ended up catching him. So, Martin

Via Lobos was arrested and booked into the county jail on multiple charges. And apparently he once lived on the property, the sheriff's office said. He just assumed he could go into it anytime he wanted to. Well, no, there was a current protection order issued against him to stay away from the property. In my house. Most likely knew he was not supposed to be there.

Four people were killed Thursday when a tourist submarine sank off of Egypt's Red Sea resort city, Hugrada.

It's unclear if all four were Russian, but the embassy said that they were aboard a submarine that carried 45 Russian tourists. Wow. The number is six now, by the way. Okay. Local Egyptian media reported earlier Thursday that six people were killed in the incident. Those killed were foreign nationals. The incident occurred Thursday when the submarine Sinbad crashed at a distance of one kilometer from the shore.

Miners were among the passengers on the submarine, which belonged to a hotel bearing the same name, but it's unclear if they were among the fatalities. The vessel was on a regular underwater excursion to inspect the coral reef.

Most of those on board were rescued and taken to the hotels and hospitals. The operator of the submarine has, quote, an expert team with years of experience, according to its website, adding that its submarines were engineered in Finland to sustain underwater pressure up to 75 meters, ensuring safety or reliability. What was the exact nature of the accident? It does not say, Steve. I don't know if they ran into the reef or...

I don't know what happened. It's been a bad couple years for submarine tourism, yeah. In an emergency, the company says oxygen masks are located overhead and life vests under seats. But apparently a few people weren't able to survive that.

In Florida, there will be no more clowning around for one man who was caught trespassing at a Palm Bay shopping center. Officers were called to the shopping center after a man who had been trespassed and was no longer allowed to be in the area showed up dressed as a clown. Donning a bright yellow. He's making the rounds. He's making the rounds.

Donning a bright yellow suit with white and red striped sleeves. The man easily could have been mistaken for McDonald's iconic mascot. However, two characteristics distinguished him from the popular clown. His unshaven face and a patch on the front of his suit where the patch...

With the fast food restaurants Golden Arches normally would have been, the man instead had a patch depicting a human skull. Says McDowell's. His outfit was tied together with a red clown nose. But when officers approached him, no one seemed to find the situation very funny.

He definitely seems cantankerous. Yeah, body cam video shows the suspect and officers getting into a scuffle as they try to remove him from the property. Officers eventually got the suspect on the ground and placed him in handcuffs. The search of his pockets turned up a weapon, which police tossed out of the suspect's reach.

Investigators also searched the bag the man had with him, revealing a pack of cigarettes, a box full of clown noses, and more clown clothing. Man. When a clown goes bad. Yep. The police said everyone has a right to feel safe in public spaces. We're committed to addressing those who repeatedly refuse to respect that. Is there a clown prison that handles all this? I would hope there would be. Yeah. So a man who admitted stealing more than $300 worth of Cadbury cream eggs.

has been banned from a county for three months. This is in England. The Cambridgeshire police said that Dion DeGroote...

was in, went into Tesco. I just like the way they taste. And on Saturday and stuffed the chocolate into a duffel bag. A staff member flagged down officers in a passing police car who found boxes of chocolate eggs in his jacket. A bag dropped nearby was also full of Easter favorites. I think those things are too sweet. Yeah, I agree. DeGroote was sentenced to 12 weeks in prison, suspended for a year. And at the court hearing, DeGroote admitted that

to the theft and leaving a gas station without paying and he was banned from entering cambridgeshire for the next three months what are you in for i like to steal cadbury eggs all right and then one last story and we will wrap it up let's end with i'm trying to find a good one to end on i was trying to do that uh yeah we'll go with okay we'll go with this one

So at Ian Dipple Lagoon on Australia's Gold Coast, a couple was caught engaging in sexual acts in broad daylight around 1.30 in the afternoon. This lagoon is a popular spot for families and tourists, especially during the day pelican feeding. And public sex is not allowed there.

Oh, yeah.

And no one asked him to perform. He doesn't stand for ballooning. And he became verbally abusive, prompting witnesses to seek safety in a nearby hotel. The onlookers are sharing their videos and pictures with the police because, of course, they recorded it. Yes. And we'll see what he ends up facing. And there you go. That's what I have in today's bizarre file. All right. Let's take another quick break. We'll come back in a second. Our lesson question ready to go. And we'll get trashy music news, too. So make sure you stay close.

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Hi, I'm Steven Singer. Yep, that's me, the I hate Steven Singer guy. Why do other jewelers hate me? I'm a nice guy because other jewelers just want to throw up when you ask, can I trade in my old diamond studs? Why? I guess it's because they're in the business of selling. I'm in the love business.

I love to see my friends come back and trade in their old diamond studs. It's true. You can start with any size and upgrade them for a bigger pair anytime you want. Get exactly what you paid. Not only do other jewelers not want you to trade in your diamond studs, but even if they do, they don't give you back what you paid.

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And let's continue this No Sad Bronus with a giveaway. We have a lesson question and we are going to give away a pair of tickets as MMR rocks. Not dead yet. John Cleese and the Holy Grail at 50 Sunday, October 19th at the Keswick Theater. And tickets go on sale. Well, they went on sale about 20 minutes ago, by the way.

You can win a pair. You're going to have to text the word ZOOM to our new number, 610-660-9333, in order to answer this question. But here it goes. What did King Charles accidentally get stuck up his nose?

That was about 6.50 this morning. So a little bit on the early side. We were talking about him having to check into the hospital for some complications. What did King Charles accidentally get stuck up his nose? If you know, text the word ZOOM to 610-660-9333. And we'll see if we can get you on, try to answer it, and try to win. The trash business is a gold mine. 93.3 WMMR.

With Preston and Steve's Hollywood Trash. We'll wait for that answer for you by giving you some trash. Steve, what's going on this morning? Well, Preston actress Nina Dobrev says ever since ending up in the hospital after a dirt bike accident last year, she now has a mental fear of all bicycles.

Dobrev says she constantly has a reoccurring nightmare involving a bicycle, not falling off one, but rather being extorted by one with nude pictures of her on spring break. Wow. Exactly. Ghost Adventure star Zach Baggins. We love Zach Baggins. Once again broken up with former playmate Holly Madison after reuniting with her six years ago. Baggins says he could easily become addicted to Holly like crack, but says thankfully he's already addicted to crack. Woo!

And finally, the first trailer for Alec Baldwin's ill-fated movie, Rust, has finally been released. During the gritty two-minute presentation, a graphic pops up reading, Gunfight so real, you'll believe our star murdered our cinematographer. Wow.

All right. Nobody's got the answer yet, so I'll pose this again and see if you indeed did hear it. When did King Charles accidentally get stuck up his nose? So you'll need to text the word ZOOM to 610-660-9333. Again, we'll see if you know that answer, and we will go ahead and get into music news. Now, Preston and Steve's Music News on 93.3 WMMR. Yeah! Oh, my God.

So yesterday we played a new song from Evanescence. It is called Afterlife and that is now available. It is co-written by lead singer Amy Lee and producer Alex Seaver, also known as Mako.

And an alternate version of the song Afterlife will feature multiple times in Netflix's upcoming animated series Devil May Cry. Oh, cool. Which is based on the popular Capcom video game. You were saying you played that. What was that game all about, Steve? It's a lot of shooting, a lot of gunplay. It has darker, occult-y aspects to it. You know, it's a sweeping saga. Okay. Yeah.

And so this will fit right in there with their sound, with Evanescence. And this song is available on all major streaming platforms now. The series soundtrack album is set for release on April 3rd.

Rhino has announced that a newly remastered 25th anniversary reissue of Don Henley's 2000 album Inside Job is on the way. Henley's... Did I say Henley? Henley. Henley. Henley. You said Henley. Okay, good. Henley's fourth solo album will be reissued in multiple configurations. 180 gram, two LP CD and digital versions.

The Inside Job remaster will drop May 23rd, 25 years to the day since the initial release of the album. In advance, the album coming out right now has released the master version of the album's first single, which is called Taking You Home.

And then I just have one more story, and that's it for Music News. It's a little outside of our realm, but I wanted to mention this. The great Johnny Mathis has announced that he is retiring from live stage performances due to age and memory issues. How old is he? Which has accelerated. He is 89 years old. And the statement was shared on his Facebook page on Wednesday. They wrote...

While there are still some exciting concerts coming up, regrettably, all Johnny Mathis concerts from June 2025 onwards are now canceled. What did he do? Chances Are? Is that him? Yep. Chances Are. He also did Space People. He did? He had a big space.

So they said, as many of you may be aware, Johnny Mathis is approaching his 90th birthday this year. So it is with sincere regret that due to Mr. Mathis's age and memory issues, we have accelerated. We are announcing his retirement from touring and live concerts.

According to his website, the singer-songwriter has four concerts remaining. One of them was in Pennsylvania, but like I said, they're all done. Is he still doing not fasting? Refunds will be made through the original point of purchase. Mathis has been touring across the world for seven decades. Wow. Releasing his self-titled debut album in 1956.

In addition to earning five Grammy nominations throughout his career, he was also awarded the Recording Academy's Lifetime Achievement Award in 2003. And he also has three recordings in the Grammy Hall of Fame. Casey, one of them is Chances Are. Chances Are.

Also, it's not for me to say and Misty. Yeah, all great ones. So, yeah. So, unfortunate, but, you know, it happens as people get up there in age from time to time. Time goes along. All right. We will see if we can indeed get the answer to the lesson question. Why did King Charles accidentally get stuck up his nose? We are going to go to Michael. Hey, Michael. How you doing, bud?

Pretty good. How are you? Good, man. Thanks for joining us. And do you know what King Charles accidentally got stuck up his nose? A matchbox. Car. Yes. Yes.

Absolutely. Hang on, Mr. Matchbox Car. And since you got it right, we're going to give them a pair of tickets, like I said, to see Not Dead Yet, John Cleese, and the Holy Grail at 50, Sunday, October 19th, Keswick Theater. Tickets are on sale now. They just went on sale, so you can probably grab something really good through Ticketmaster. And for more information, you can also go to WMMR.com. Let's take a final break, and when we get back, we'll wrap up the show. Give away that word of the week prize. Stay with us.

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Now, back with more of the Preston and Steve Show podcast. Shine down. Dance, kid, dance. Got some aggression behind that song. Yeah. 1035. Friday morning. No sad, bro. We're getting to the end of our program here in a moment. We'll give a very cool prize away to somebody who's been paying attention this week.

But I would like to take a moment and thank our friends, guest-wise, for being on the program. We had Matt and Tam over at 6ABC. Had a chance to talk to them. Yes. Enjoyed that little check-in. Then we had Food Network star Mark Murphy on the program during the connoisseur segment. First time we've had a guest on the connoisseur, and he was great.

Finally explained an issue that we're having trouble understanding. Yeah, it's a group of restaurants called Wonder that are in our area. There's going to be 10 of them eventually, and they will be able to, it's like what we've heard of as a ghost kitchen, essentially just order to-go stuff from there. But they're taking well-known restaurants.

chef names and each chef has created their own semi-menu there and they have all these offerings that are available for them. It's pretty cool. It is pretty cool sounding. And the one in King of Prussia is open now.

Craig Shoemaker was on. Craig is performing at Soul Joel's in Pottstown tomorrow night, 6 to 8 p.m. You can go to craigshoemaker.com or check out Soul Joel's website to do that. And then we had an unexpected guest, and it was awesome. Brandon Graham of the Eagles called us this morning. He was listening and texted Casey, who's enjoying our chat about

berries and yogurt and chimed in in case he was like, why don't you text in and jump on the Zoom? And he popped on and we had a little chat with him. It was great. It's a good chat, yeah. He's in a good place. Just the nicest freaking guy. Most definitely. Speaking of the nicest freaking guy. You got the wrong guy. I'm an AL. Wow. Yeah, I'm

I'm a miserable SOB. Really? I'm a mother effer. What's up, Dick? Hey. How you doing? Beat it, creep. You got a nice shirt on today, though. I like that. Thank you. Is that velvet? What is that, velvet? Is that a line from Seasons? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Coming to America. Oh, dear.

There's also the, oh, this must be felt when you're copying a feel. Oh, really? Yeah. This must be felt. What is this flower? This must be felt. It is now. Yet another cultural reference I missed, but there you go. You want to feel me? Sure. Yeah, let's feel that. What is this material? It is velvet. Oh. This is velvet. Nice and smooth. There you go. Just like me. Did you shower this morning? No. Oh, you didn't.

Haven't for days. Okay. All right. Give me a hug, honey bunny. Let's get the hell out of here. It's either grease or a shower. Not sure. Kathy, come here. Give me a smoochie. Smoochie. I actually did take a shower this morning. You look lovely. You're very kind. And if you give me your address, I can write a check. All right.

All right. Without further ado, let's get that letter so we can give away that prize. You ready, brother? No. All right. Preston and Steve on 93.3 WMMR. Now, the Daily Letter. And the Preston and Steve show is brought to you today by the letter. T as in Tommy. All right. And that means we got the prize giveaway. We'll take caller number seven. Well, we don't do that anymore. No, we don't.

Oh, God. We will get back to it, but we haven't quite gotten there yet. Yep. The Xfinity mobile guest line will eventually be up and running. So here's what you got to do. You got to text the word ZOOM to 610-660-9333.

And we'll grab a winner from there. What are you doing on this fine Friday, brother? Such an example of Mercury retrograde. Things breaking down. We'll have, we only have two more days to celebrate the month of March, International Women's History Month. So we've got a wicked block. What? Somebody just texted in a great name for you. The Velvet Bear. The Velvet Bear. I like that.

I like that. All right, I'm sorry. It's just that caught my eye. Hey, stay with me. Velvet bear. Until three. Yeah. I got the velvet songs for you, ladies. Or gentlemen. Or... Whoever. Whatever. I got cat music. Um...

Oh, women. You got cat music. Cat music. Music for cats. Ladies block. It's going to be the wickedest. We have a birthday that's going to tie into it, but we're going to dance today in our ladies block at noon. Nice. It's going to be quite spectacular, quite the left turn, and I do invite you to stay tuned for that, plus a block of peppers and a block of Bruce for Friday. I love when you take left turns, man. Thank you. We're looking forward to that.

All right, let's see if someone knows our word of the week. It's Mark who is joining us. Hey, Mark, how you doing, man? I'm doing well. I have three testicles. Stand proudly, sir, and give us the word of the week. Grunt. Excellent. Great day in the morning. I could see his face. Yes. So that's why I knew he was saying the word grunt. He was...

Oh, sorry. What happened? He was grimacing, but yes, he said grunt as well. We'll save that. Hang on. Wait. We need our official winning music. There it is. All right. Mark, dude, do you have the hookup? You have the hookup at the Disturbed show on Wednesday at the Wells Fargo Center. So we're going to give you a pair of premium tickets to the show, meet and greet photo with the members of Disturbed, an autographed Disturbed merchandise item, VIP laminate, and a bunch more. My brother, how do you feel?

Oh, man, I am so excited. That rocks. You guys are the best. Thank you, man. Enjoy. It's on us. And Q Prime as well, the sponsor. By the way, Daughtry and nothing more. Also on the bill for this show. Tickets are available now at Ticketmaster. So hang on, bud. We'll get your information, Mark. Congratulations. Go into the weekend happy, my man. All right, now.

There we go. President Steve's show has been brought to you today by Acme Markets, Fresh Foods, Local Flavors. Also by Dunkin'. And the President Steve's show runs on Dunkin'. Shaving up to be a busy week next week. We will have Titus Welliver and Michael Connelly from Bosch joining us. I love that show.

We will have Steven Weber. We love him on the program. We will have, from Stranger Things, Finn Wolfhard. Joining us, Eric Andre. We will also have Adam Hutter. Hutter or Hutter? Hutter.

Snoopy! From World Oddities? Yeah, the World Oddity Expo. Oh, yes! We go out of it, yes. All right, then from the AEW, we will have Will Osprey in the studio and also joining us, a Louis J. Gomez comedian in the studio, too. So it's shaping up to be, like I said, a big week. That's it. We're done. Rage on. Enjoy your 85-degree temperature this weekend, friend. And we'll see you later. Bye-bye.

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