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All right, everyone, calm down now. It's only a Tuesday. Let's dive into the whole thing and see what we're dealing with weather-wise for today. As we mentioned yesterday, cooler today. When that wind hits, it's going to feel flat-out cold. Our high temperature is only 46 degrees. This morning, it's going to feel like it's in the 20s once this breeze starts picking up, which should be in the not-too-distant future. Tomorrow, a little bit better day. Sunshine to high 51. Clouds on Thursday, high 51.
Friday, rain and high 51. It's going to be just kind of crappy. So we do get some sun today and then tomorrow and then after that. It's like it's been the past couple of days. So just heads up on that. And now, Preston and Steve's News Update with Kathy Romano.
Today is Tuesday. It's the eighth day of April. Good morning, Kathy. Good morning. In the news this morning, a new chemical is molding a new narcotic nightmare in Philadelphia. BTMPS is shorthand for an industrial substance that's added to plastics and it's being found in the illicit fentanyl supply in Philadelphia.
It's changing extremely rapidly, like day to day, hour to hour, said Jen Scheinfeld with the Everywhere Project. I've never seen it transition as quickly as we're seeing it transition now. The Everywhere Project aims to expand the reach of harm reduction resources by passing out clean syringes and naloxone to those battling addiction, specifically in Kensington, the epicenter of the city's opioid epidemic. Scheinfeld says lately there's been a shift from Trank to stronger substances like this BTMPS.
It's not known why it's entering the supply. Last fall, the city's health department issued a health alert saying the chemical had been detected in Philadelphia's drug supply. And then last month, the Journal of the American Medical Association found the chemical has been introduced into the fentanyl supply in nine United States locations. Research on the effects of BTMPS on humans is limited, but animal studies show it impacts the heart, blurred vision, and in some cases causes death.
Video captured a massive ash tree crashing down onto a Chester County roadway, crushing a car and shocking fellow drivers. I didn't realize that that was local. Yeah. I watched it. Crazy, right? Oh, my God. Okay. Wow. Amazingly, the driver is seen walking away from what could have been a disaster. A video from a convenience store near the intersection of Route 52 and 926 in Kennett Square shows a tree coming crashing down across the roadway and exploding into the store's parking lot.
What's more shocking is that you then see the driver, a woman seemingly unhurt, escape the crushed SUV. Man, did she dodge death on that one, man. There was a woman last year out in Collegeville that died.
from a tree falling on her car. My neighbor got hit by a huge branch that came down on one of these crazy windy days and damaged her car. I mean, those things weigh thousands of pounds and they can destroy you. I've never had a more clear example of how powerful, how much wood like that weighs.
when I was hiking to Wissaken State Park and they had these large railings, large pipes. You know, they just put them in and I came out one day and I was hiking with my dog and it was crushed down flat to the pavement by a tree branch. I'm like, dear God. It's nothing I ever really think about walking, you know, if I'm going on a trail hike or something like that. I'm walking through the woods. I don't think about...
It can happen. The timing has to be absolutely perfect, but man. But it happens more often than you think. So when I would hike Preston with earbuds or anything, I'd always have the pass-through on. Listen, if it's going to happen, it's going to happen. If your number's up...
But I mean to hear it like a crack potentially or something that might indicate you're going to be the victim of a falling frigging tree. Well, I always think of that woman that was jogging in Valley Green on the Wittgen Trail and she was killed by a falling branch. But I actually just did a trail. I was just hiking and I took note to all of the trees that were freshly like crushed to the ground and like blocking the trail. And, you know, some of it like still wet. And it just I mean, wow.
And I thought, I'm like, what if you're just like walking here and it falls down? I would hike this trail every day. And that's why you remember the story I told on there about me marching through the woods with a machete, which I'm sure was shocking to people seeing me out there. Because that's how often it would happen. Well, and you know what I noticed too? I mean, literally.
very thick branches that had cracked off of the tree and were kind of stuck like on another tree or just hanging, like just waiting for a gust of wind to come and, you know, come crashing down. Scary stuff. But you're right, Preston. This woman in the video couldn't have been more than two feet from the tree as it crashed through. Would have killed her. Yeah. So the woman is seen running towards the driver in front of her with her hands on her head. The owner of the store says the driver seems scared and was later picked up by a family member.
Drivers who use this intersection every day say they're not surprised that the tree fell. Many blame recent wet and windy weather. Social media was flooded, obviously, with reaction to the video. One poster on Facebook says, twice I reported this tree to PennDOT. Another said, this road makes me nervous. PennDOT says it's looking now into complaints about dangerous trees. I got to believe she said, what the F, right? Yeah. She turned around and went, what the F?
Is the market open? I mean, her car is totaled. Yeah. And she got out and walked away. That's amazing. Yep.
The deadline to have a real ID to board a plane for a domestic flight is fast approaching. The new rule goes into effect on May 7th, which is just one month away. If you do not have a real ID by then, a passport will be required to fly domestically. Dozens of driver's license centers across Pennsylvania were open yesterday until 4-15 to process real ID applications. Do you have your real ID? I do. Okay, so I have to get mine. The option for some reason was not available when I got my license renewed.
I don't know why. See, that's when I did it. They made it easy for me. But I did it like years ago. I tried, but I couldn't do it. I did it five years ago because mine just expired. Well, and
remember they uh they had a deadline back then and it didn't happen covid all this kind of stuff changed it yeah they changed it so now people but well steve you can um they they're doing this the real id days pendot is doing real id days on mondays leading up to this okay so maybe i'll take advantage of that because i had i had the option of renewing my license to the mail but i think i'll just go in person and get the real id and get the real id i always do travel with my passport anyway for a list of drivers license centers holding real id days you can visit pa.gov in
In sports this morning.
What the f*** is that? The Phillies were off last night and opened up a series against the Braves in Atlanta tonight. Zach Wheeler is scheduled to get the start and the first pitch is set for 7-15. The Sixers, they lost again. What? Yeah. How can that be? Falling to the heat. What the f*** is this? Falling to the heat. 117-105 last night in Miami. Duncan Robinson scored 12 of his 21 points in the fourth quarter and Tyler Hero added 20 to lead the Heat to the win.
Quentin Grimes and Lonnie Walker each scored 29 for the Sixers, who lost their 12th straight game. They're in Washington tomorrow night and will play one of the only teams in the NBA with a worse record. Tip-off against the Wizards is at 7 o'clock. In men's college basketball, the Florida Gators are national champions, erasing a 12-point second-half deficit and holding on for a 65-63 win over Houston.
With four seconds left on the clock, Houston guard Emmanuel Sharp went up to shoot a potential winning three-pointer but was forced to adjust when Walker Clayton Jr. contested the shot. Sharp dropped the ball, hoping a teammate would pick it up, but nobody moved. Florida forward Alex Condon.
Finally dove on the ball with two seconds left securing it and tossing it toward Clayton as the clock hit zero and the buzzer sounded. And the Flyers have only five games left in the regular season. They're in New York tomorrow night to take on the Rangers. The puck will drop at 7.30. And the Eagles are still the Super Bowl champs.
And that's what I have for you this morning. Thank you, Kathy. So we got a few things taking place today on this chilly Tuesday mornings. We work our way through the week. We are continuing the cash giveaway. It's a presidency of 20 money. We began that yesterday and we have a chance to win a thousand dollars five times today. We get the first shot at that starting at 8 a.m. We'll give you a
keyword and tell you how to enter it. You have 25 minutes to do it. So even if you hear it and you need to continue your commute or whatever you're doing, you should have some time to be able to enter that. Maybe get a shot to win $1,000. Wouldn't that be nice? We also have a guest on the program. Speaking of coming on the back end of sports and a little bit of basketball there.
Fran Dunphy just retired, spent 30 years as a head coach in Philadelphia, Penn Temple, LaSalle. And he's just one of the nicest guys in the world. And he's going to stop by this morning. I was watching Phil Martelli talk about him and it was like, oh my God, we put the career into perspective. You're like, what?
What an amazing, accomplished man he is. Yeah, so we'll have Fran in the studio and do a little chat with him as the NCAA championship came to a close. We'll ask him about all that, too. We also have our Word of the Week prize, a pair of two-day floor tickets as MMR rocks Metallica May 23rd and 25th at The Link. So you could get that massive hookup.
And I'm sure we have some other things that we can give away through the course of the morning, too. So we'll make it happen. We'll take a quick break, come back in a moment. In fact, we will give something away with the stupid question as soon as we return. So stay where you are. We'll hang with you on the drive-in today. We'll be right back. MMRBQ 2025. Starring Alice and James. Three Days Grace. And maybe...
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Now, back with more of the Preston and Steve Show podcast. Thanks, guys. I got to point this out. I'm looking out the window of our studio here. We're in Ballakinwood, and it looks like it is about to pour rain. But I just looked at the radar. There's nothing. Like, there's zero precipitation. I'm scared.
That's a freaky looking sky. Preston, and something you always point out, when leafless tree limbs are whipping back and forth, that shows you what's going on out there, and that's happening right now. Yeah, so we get a big breeze, but that looks like it's going to rain, doesn't it? It sure does. It sure does. And you know what? On Sunday, the same thing happened. It looked pretty dark, not this dark, but I looked at the radar, and there was nothing, and then it started pouring, so...
Sometimes I don't get it right. Kathy, that's why our weather app is the only one you can trust. Right. Yeah. Look out the window. All right. So stupid question. We're going to give away a four-pack of tickets to Driven to Serve Muscle Car Jeep and Truck Show. It's at Maple Grove Raceway, Saturday, April 26th. There's over 1,000 modded vehicles and tons of stuff that you can go check out. So here's your question. What usually has problems?
cream in its New England version and tomatoes in its Manhattan version. I know this. So here's what you need to do. You need to text the word Zoom to 610-660-9333. We will send you our daily Zoom link.
And then you can click on that and then we'll set you up to be maybe chosen to answer that question. What usually has cream in its New England version and tomatoes in its Manhattan version? I'll mention some birthdays today being the 8th day of April. While we wait for you to check in, we'll begin with Patricia Arquette turning a year older today. She is 57.
And what are we playing here, Case? It's Dream Warriors by Doc and Ro. Oh, my God. There you go. Yeah, it's one of the first times I saw her. Nightmare on Elm Street 3, Dream Warriors. That was one of her early roles. I think one of her under-celebrated performances is in True Romance. Oh, yes. I was just talking about that yesterday. She's tremendous. Because Sam, our buddy Sam who works on the other side of the glass, is getting caught up on Severance. And I was asking him if he'd ever seen...
Her romance, because it's a very different character than she plays in Severance. But she's so freaking good in that show, in Severance. She's dark and scary, but really, really good. And Kathy, I know you hate this movie, but the movie Boyhood. I thought she was so good in that.
And I really liked that movie. It took me a while to figure out what it was actually, what they were trying to achieve in that movie. It's almost, you can almost say it is what it is. And that's the charm of it. I think that it's a commentary on what we remember as we grow older. Because it's just a series of these moments that for whatever reason...
created almost like these core memories in this kid. Yeah. And sometimes, like, there was no resolution to, but for whatever reason, something happened, and it stuck with him, and he will forever carry that memory for the rest of his life. I agree. On my way into work this morning, I just thought of this thing that happened to me in third grade. It was something that...
I don't even know. Maybe it was five seconds, but it just popped into it. And for whatever reason, that stuck with me. So anyhow, Patricia Arquette is 57 today. Actor Taylor Kitsch. I like that dude. We saw this first on Friday Night Lights. I don't know if we first saw, but that's what I remember his breakout role was. Was poised to play Gambit. Yeah.
He did, kind of. I mean, in a longer form movie. Now Channing Tatum. There's a show on Netflix called American Primeval that I really, really dug that he's in. He's great in it. He was in John Carter, that big budget flop for Disney, which is not so bad. That's what I heard, too. Yeah, it just didn't do out of the box. He's 44 today. Dean Norris, Hank from Breaking Bad.
is 62 today. I talk about this show all the time with my son. Your favorite show of all time? It is a perfect show. And then El Camino just this nice little bow on the top. But, you know, we argue about who is the best character on the show. I think it's Hank. He thinks it's Mike Ehrmantraut. I can't necessarily disagree with him. You know what I mean? But like,
I still, that's one I have to finish. I mean, I know that people, and now my fear, Preston, is that it's been extolled so much that I'm like, couldn't live up to everything. I'll get there eventually. I think it can because some of those actors too, Steve, have gone on to do some things that you are now familiar with and it's kind of cool to go back and see them in this earlier role, you know? And also, Steve, like you're a good enough judge on this type of thing. Like go into it with an open mind and if you...
I bet you'll like it, but if you don't, who cares? I know I will. I'm looking for the sweet spot. If I don't hear someone say Breaking Bad for a month in any conversation, then I'll probably watch it. So Dean Norris is 62 years old today. Robin Wright has her birthday too. Bye-bye, Jenny. Yep, Jenny's birthday. I had to kill Jenny. She got a little lippy. The Princess Bride. She called me a moron. She was in Wonder Woman.
House of Cards, right? Yeah, House of Cards. Anybody see the Here movie? I started it. I have yet to complete it. It didn't catch me in the first... It literally takes you back to the beginning of everything. It's them together again on screen. What did you think of it? I haven't seen it yet. Steve, I'm going to approach that like you approach Breaking Bad. She's 59 today. It's Kane Hodder's birthday.
Yes. Jason. Jason Voorhees. One of the few people to play that role. I've met him a number of times. He is a super nice guy. Is he? Good. He's the subject of a documentary. It's an absolute fact. He was known for a lot of his stunt work. That's obviously how he ended up in the outfit for Jason. One of his specialties were burns.
putting on the Zell gel and all that stuff. He was demonstrating this ability for a reporter and ended up getting severely burned over like 70% of his body. And the documentary is, and you see him, if he's interviewed now, you can still see he has the remnants of that. But his mindset coming back from it is amazing. He's just like the nicest guy. He turns 70 years old today.
Julian Lennon has his birthday today. John's only son turns 62 years old. Not his only son. I'm sorry. Sean is his only son. But for most of the time, we thought Sean was his only son because...
John kind of ignored Julian for a bit, but it was a complicated relationship, unfortunately. And now the siblings are as tight as can be, and I really do like Julian, and Julian has become a tremendous photographer. I loved Much Too Late for Goodbyes. That was a great song. I really, really dug that, man. I agree. This is Julian Lennon, and you're listening to Pierre Robert on WMMR.
Stevie had a song called Volat. That was the first song that was released. I like that song as well. And it sounded a lot like John Lennon at the time. We were like, whoa, man. So he turns 62 years old today. And then the last birthday I saw, Izzy Stradlin. Hey! Turns a year older.
Born Jeffrey Dean Isbell. That's where he got Izzy from. And he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Guns N' Roses back in 2012. And he turns 63 years old today. He was one of like the...
Like the member of the band that I really didn't know anything about. You know what I mean? He's always one of those guys. Just the rhythm guitarist, but still a big part of the band, of course. He turns 63 years old. All right, we are going to check in with somebody via Zoom and see if we can get an answer to this question. What usually is cream in its New England version and tomatoes in its Manhattan version? We got Vince. Vincent is checking in with us here, I believe. There he is. Yo, Vince, how you doing, man?
Good morning, Ed. Good morning to see you, Vince. And we can literally see you. All right, what usually is cream in its New England version and tomatoes in the Manhattan version, please? Clam chowder. You got it. Absolutely correct, Vincent. Hang on. We're going to get your info. By the way, I think that's my favorite name clip that we have. Oh, really? Well, because of the reverb, the effect, the kind of chorusing. Vincent.
It is cool. Hang on the line, Vince. We are going to set you up with a four-pack of tickets for Driven to Serve Muscle Car Jeep and Truck Show at Maple Grove Raceway, Saturday, April 26th. Over 1,000 modded vehicles, jet cars, monster truck car, monster truck car crush,
Track racing, raffles, and more. And it's all for a good cause, benefiting the Travis Mannion Foundation. Tickets start at just $10. And you can learn more at driventoserveshow.com. My favorite, by the way, would be Eric. Oh, dude, I love that one. Eric? Eric! All right. Yo. No, no, nothing. Okay. So Megan Fox is in a good place following the birth of her new child. Of course, she shares with ex-Machine Gun Kelly.
He had confirmed last month they had welcomed the new kid. And a source for Us Weekly says Megan, who has three other children, is killing it as a mom once again. She's killing it! And they said Megan has really leaned into motherhood again. And they added she loved when her kids were little and has missed that.
and she feels renewed and refreshed. Freaking superstar. The source for Us Weekly, is the source Charlie Sheen? Yeah, absolutely. The source for Us Weekly says that her friends have definitely noticed that Megan is happy as can be. Right now sharing that
friends haven't seen her this happy in years. She's glowing. So it can break one of two ways, right? I've heard obviously postpartum depression but then there is a hormonal euphoria that can take place. Is there a postpartum glow? Yeah, I would imagine so. I've never heard that term particular case, particularly case but yeah, there's got to be.
So, of course, she shares three other children with her ex-husband. It's called the Charlie Sheen. Brian Austin Green. A shiny Sheen. Yeah, exactly. That one gets him. Postpartum. Having a baby. We call that glow.
Actually, there could be a glow because postpartum actually just means after birth, but people typically associate it with depression. Postpartum depression. There could be a glow. Postpartum euphoria. There you go. That's according to the bump.com, which is the pregnancy website. I read it all the time. I love pregnant chicks. You read the bump? Absolutely. You thought it was a cocaine thing. Yeah, true.
But then I launch it and I bump one out. Megan Markle's lifestyle brand, as ever, issued an apology after its $28 limited edition honey oversold during a launch that saw all products sell out in under an hour. So they had no honey left? Yeah, they oversold. Customers who purchased the honey after it was out of stock... Where's my goddamn honey? ...were...
He's all over the place today. We're promised refunds and offered a replacement item. So wouldn't you say, and I would say this in the realm of anyone who purchases honey, purchase honey close to where you live. The locale...
The medicinal aspects and benefits of honey are better when they're purchased from your area. For allergy sakes, yes, from what I understand, yeah. The company explained in an email the excitement created a volume of traffic on the site that even we couldn't have anticipated. Markle personally addressed the mishap, writing in a note to customers...
I was so sorry to hear about what happened with your order and promised her next limited edition item as a gift. So I'll tell you this. My two favorite honeys right now come from our Xfinity friend, Joe Casey, and Preston, the Cape May honey. Fantastic, isn't it? Mother of God. What I really like about it is it has sort of a granular texture.
There's something going on there. I don't know what it am, but it's really good. Yeah, they have a variety of different, there's like orange blossom and clover and something with rosemary and a whole variety of things. But you're right, Joe Casey, our guy, he always brings us honey and it's fantastic. He's the best. He's a beekeeper.
So, as ever, has faced several bumps in the road during its launch, including trademark issues tied to its former name, American Riviera Orchard. A Spanish politician considered legal action over the brand's logo as well. We will kill you. And fans recently pointed out a typo in one of the brand's promotional emails as well. Oh, no, not a typo. What a disaster.
All right. Haley Bieber is not keeping her postpartum beauty tips to herself. And moms on TikTok are grateful. Creator Melody Miles said in her TikTok, Haley Bieber makes me want to cut my hair. But I just know that if I cut it, it will not look like how she looks. I will not look like how she looks with short hair. I will look awful. So...
the road beauty founder jumped in with some honest and heartfelt advice. She said, you would look stunning. Oh, yes. But let's hold hands and agree to not make any big hair decisions postpartum. Personally giving myself at least a year, she said. All right, done deal.
Followers praised the sweet moment with one commenting, wow, Haley's comment was actually so sweet. Wow, I'm going to be sick. And others totally related with one user saying, don't do it. I cut mine postpartum. Instant regret. Does that happen often? Probably. Do you feel...
After you cut your hair? Or that maybe you have, it's like a sudden change. You want to change. Your body's been through so much. You want to do a change or do something to. I would also think, Steve, maintenance wise, you'd want to, you have enough to deal with. You've dealt with this pregnancy. You now have a new baby. And maybe you want to cut your hair a little less maintenance issue. Maybe that's part of it. I'm not really sure. You remember when you met me, I had this flowing lion's mane. And then I was like, I can't. It's too much work.
Haley's own cut in 2023 had fans loving it, but for now, she's growing it out and keeping the scissors far away. Back in August, she and her husband, Justin Bieber, welcomed their first child, Jack Blues Bieber, by the way.
Sydney Sweeney and her ex-fiance Jonathan DeVino were seen together in Los Angeles on Saturday. This shortly after news broke about their split. The pair appeared pretty low-key. They were grabbing lunch despite the breakup and they weren't alone as they were with their dog.
A source previously confirmed to Us Weekly that Sidney and Jonathan are officially split, adding that the actress is telling friends that she is single. I don't know why is this the first time I'm hearing it. I always thought it was like all speculation. What did I miss here? Apparently, it's official. It's official? Yeah. As official as these things get? Well, a source said that they still, yeah.
I know she's closer to the dog than she is to him right now. The spring wedding plans were reportedly canceled with an insider saying previously Sidney wants to cancel everything and couldn't handle the stress. So Casey, it's still... There's been no official word. But nobody's popped in and said it's not true. He's apparently...
Much older, I've heard. I don't know if that's true, but he is also a successful restaurateur. Okay. So he's got his own thing. Yep. I mean, sometimes you move and you go in different directions. Yes. Reports are that the damaged fences between good friends Blake Lively and Taylor Swift may be mending. Oh, God. This is great news.
You may remember back in February, there were weird stories that the two had a falling out over Lively's dragging Taylor's name into the Justin Baldani legal mess, a move the singer did not appreciate. He's pissed off. Page six is citing sources that say that since the dust has settled somewhat, Lively has reached out with an olive branch to her friend. And according to those sources, Taylor was receptive. I don't have anything other than that. Yeah, but that was a big issue apparently because...
When it gets to court, apparently, there is a possibility that Taylor Swift will be subpoenaed. Really? Yes. That's what they're saying. Will it hold up? I have a feeling that Taylor Swift can afford the legal firepower that might keep her from having to do that. But we'll see. So both of these people have split from their longtime partners in the last few months. So naturally, the rumor mill is chatting that Zoe Kravitz and Austin Butler...
are possibly a new celebrity couple. I approve of that. The two actors who were together in the film Caught Stealing last fall are growing closer, according to reports. I know you, man. You're the catwoman. Sources say that the two have been keeping it under the radar and aren't putting a label on anything yet, adding that they are both very respectful of their ex-partners and are just seeing how things go. So you saw him in Dune. You've seen him. Did you see him in Elvis? No.
I didn't see Elvis. I'm currently watching Masters of the Air. Oh, love that show. I'm almost done with it. I got one more episode. He's terrific, isn't he? Yep. A great leading man. He's got that charisma. I like the other guy in that show, too. Yeah. I always forget his name. I need to find out who he is. I haven't looked him up, but I've seen him. I've seen him in other things. What did I tell you?
Callum Turner. That's right, man. Yeah. What else has he been in? I don't know.
The hell you want from me? What do you want from me, man? I'm dating Catwoman. My hands are busy. So, yeah, both Kravitz and Butler split from their partners last fall after three years together. Butler from Kai Gerber and Kravitz, of course, from Channing Tatum. So they had some high-profile things that were going on. What was that movie he was in with the case? You didn't like it, but I kind of liked it. The Bikers? Oh, oh, God. Not easy. Rider. What was that called? It wasn't easy. Yeah. Yeah. I kind of liked it. The Outlaw?
It might have been it, something like that. But it was kind of like a throwback to 60s biker movies. I do like him a lot, though, Austin Butler. He's the real deal. He's a solid actor. Charisma, baby. Yeah. All right, the on-again, off-again relationship for Brooks Nader and Gleb Sevchenko is over. Nothing over!
Nothing is over when it comes to Gleb. Gleb lives on forever. Okay, no, the reality star and the dancing with the stars pro. Alright everyone, let's gather here today that Gleb will live on forever.
So they've been intermittently dating since being partnered up on the reality dance competition last year. Now, Gleb is claiming that he first heard about the split through the media and hasn't spoken to Nader since learning that they were no longer together. He said the last communication I received from her was a text on April 6th asking to speak. I called her today in response. This is Gleb speaking. Yeah, yeah. But she has not replied.
And sources say she dumped Gleb. Short for Glebowitz. That's what Gleb is short for? Glebowitz? Okay. After hearing he had been... I thought it was called Glebora. Glebora. No, Gleb is a guy. Yeah. That would be silly. That would be ridiculous. That would just be so silly.
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What name would you, because I think I'm very happy with Steve. Yes. Would you want to, did you ever flirt with the notion of having another name? Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. When I was younger, I told you guys I hated Preston. I couldn't stand it because I wanted it to be normal. And Cleb was never on the list. Dave, Joe, Steve. Okay. Something regular. Syllable normal. I wanted that really, really bad because I didn't like standing out with my name. But now, I love it. Yeah.
I always thought the name Trevor was pretty cool. Trevor's pretty cool. Yeah. Trevor Raving? Do you want to be Frank for a stretch?
Didn't you want to be Frank first, Rich? I did want to be Frank because Frank's a guy. Frank's the man, actually. And there was a character here for a little while. You were Frank. It was when we were doing the internet. And now here's Frank. Here's Frank. Good old Frank. And Mr. Devereaux was a pseudonym for a while. There's a couple characters that have gone by the wayside. Mr. Devereaux wore an eyepatch. He did, yeah.
And then I stopped playing craps. And that's why. I'm like, what am I doing? What am I doing here? All right. This was sad to see. Police Academy and Three Minute a Baby star Steve Guttenberg has filed for divorce from his wife, Emily. They've been together for six years. So it's... Nothing ever! It's a new...
I didn't think they were going to put up with Steve Guttenberg in Citizens on Patrol. I can sound like anything. Give me something to sound like. Sound like a fire engine. Amazing, right? That was incredible. It was uncanny.
So the actor cited irreconcilable differences as a reason for the divorce in the court documents, which also showed that he has agreed to pay spousal support. Well, last we saw him, he was helping out with the fires. Yeah. And he was being very helpful. Trying to get people to move cars. Yeah. Literally, you know, boots on the ground thing. So good on him. So a new trailer for Marvel's upcoming Thunderbolts.
gives fans a better look at the biggest threat that the MCU has faced. The Thunderbolts team is made of a ragtag group of heroes, including U.S. agent Bucky Barnes, Red Guardian, and more. And it looks like these underpowered superheroes may have to go up against the Void.
a super powerful being who can seemingly blast people into nothing in the blink of an eye. I love the way they're doing the effect. It does look very final. It looks cool. I've been underwhelmed with so much except for Deadpool and Wolverine but this to me has the air of a potential sleeper. It could be something because I like everybody involved. Especially after seeing this new trailer of what this
character the void can do. Literally, he just puts his hands up and these people just turn into dust. Like, I mean, there's no fight, nothing. You just boom, and they're gone. So that is formidable, obviously. They had one trailer that came out a few weeks ago that really positioned this as like an arty movie and instead of just like a Marvel blockbuster and they were talking about the director of photography and the score being this. Steve, I don't know if you saw it or not, but it was a really interesting and a different take on
on a Marvel movie. I'm super excited about it, and I think I've shared this with you guys on there, but Ryan Airy on Screen Crush says that that asterisk at the end of it is because the end of the movie, they're going to call it the Dark Avengers. So it's going to shift from Thunderbolts to Dark Avengers, which will then lead us into the next phase of Marvel. Okay. And this starts getting into the deep...
Marvel stories of which characters I'm not familiar with, like The Void and The Sentry, which is... Right. They're one and the same. So it's cool. It's going into areas I'm not familiar with. So according... This opens the door for the plumber. To Valentina Allegra de Fontaine, which is Julia Louis-Dreyfus' character, she says, he's invincible, all-powerful, and stronger than all of the Avengers rolled into one.
So this will be out on May 2nd. So fortunately, before you know it, we'll have a new movie to check out. Let's see here. There was another story. Oh, yeah. So there are some movies where you hear that crowds get out of control. Violent movies, for example. So when cinemas start warning patrons to avoid disruptive behavior...
You look at what's currently in theaters and you have to wonder what movie is seeing an uptick in troublemakers. And would you believe it? A Minecraft movie. Yes, I saw this. One scene in particular where Jack Black's character Steve uses the phrase chicken jockey, that means something to Minecraft players, has led to some raucous audience reactions. Since the film's release, fans are filming themselves and their fellow theatergoers readying for the moment, then reacting when it comes.
Thus, cinemas are issuing warnings for moviegoers to control and to disrupt a virgin. Like, they've been throwing people out of theaters on a couple of occasions. It's been a while since you've seen... I remember going back, there have been movies that really did incite riots. I remember one classic one was the movie The Warriors itself. There were stories. Now, I've heard, Preston, that the movie Chains, we just had CinemaCon, in order to get... And that's primarily them presenting their wares for the theater owners. They're...
They're realizing they have to tailor the experience to the existing audience. So there is talk of having screenings and having theaters where your phones can be out. Oh. In other words, they're going to look to sort of get a hybrid between the home viewing experience and or the phone is out and or...
Less restrictive about quiet lights, put the phones away, all that stuff, talking. So they will tell you what theater... I know, I know. If you're opening up a Pandora's box with that... Well, what it might do is if you see... If people are filming experiences in the theater and there's some cool, fun things going on, it might get more people to go to the theater. Well, what their mindset is, this is... They're losing their audiences to the phone. Right. And so if they allow the phone to be...
with the designation that it is a screening that allows that. My thing is, once you start it,
You know, then you blur the, oh, I was in this theater just next door and I was allowed to do this. How come I'm not able to do it here? I won't be in the theater where they're allowing it. No, no, I won't. One last story. Season three of The White Lotus is officially wrapped up. That means it's time to start thinking about season four. When it ended, I was like, I hope there's another season. So, yeah. Was there a fulfillment? So my wife and I are going to start watching. Watch the first two seasons. Prefer the first. Enjoy the second. Yeah.
There's the murder. There's got to be the murder mystery of sorts, right? And was it fulfilling? Very. Okay, good. Kathy? Yeah, it was great. I loved it. Again, it ended and I was like, I hope they do another one. Yeah, it was really good. Was it the best of the three, would you say?
I think so. I think I like this one the most. Steve, I agree with you. I really liked the first one. I liked the second one too, but first one better. This one was like, I don't even know. I'd have to go back and watch the first season to see what I liked better, but this one was great. I liked the second one a lot. I did too. I really enjoyed it. All right, so anyhow, the first season was in Hawaii. Second was in Italy or...
It was in Sicily. And then it was in Thailand. And so series creator Mike White said at the end of season three, for the fourth season, I want to get a little bit out of the crashing waves of rocks vernacular. But there's always more room for more murders at the White Lotus hotels. The show has apparently been looking at a four seasons hotel in Europe.
But a source for Deadline was careful to note that everything is on the table for next season. Would a white lotus work in a ski resort? Maybe. Maybe. Yeah. But I mean, they do spend a lot of time showing you how beautiful the scenery is and people being outside and, you know, swimwear and whatnot. Yeah.
Meanwhile, White also admitted that he'd love to have an all-star season as well while speaking with Olive Web Reporter. So there's hope that fan favorites could return. Hey, Nick, going back to the Minecraft chicken jockey thing, did that because Avery went and saw it.
over the weekend and she just sent me a video of her experience at her movie theater and they went crazy. Do you know if Ben and those guys had the similar experience at their theater? I don't, Casey, but he did say afterwards to look up Lava Chicken and I don't know if Lava Chicken has to do with Chicken Jockey or not, so I watched a song that's a Jack Black song in Minecraft called Lava Chicken and it was hilarious.
I want to see this movie. Well, what is the explanation of the tumult that occurs when the chicken shows up? They just start chucking popcorn and everything all over the theater. Listen, I hope it's just popcorn and stuff. I hope people aren't chucking drinks and stuff like that. I mean, why would you even bring a fish?
To be honest. I'm watching a video right now. Oh, so they have police in. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, you know, everybody's going crazy and they're bringing out the phones and all that. But I don't understand why I'm not a Minecraft man. Yeah. I don't know. I can ask my kids and I'm sure they could tell me. But we have clips to play. So let's do that. Fans are cheering for Luke to win June's heart in the Handmaid's Tale. And in this clip, O.T.
Ben Lee describes his character's strengths and weaknesses. Here we go. Very often in life, our greatest strengths are our greatest weaknesses. And Luke's love, his dedication, his stalwart attitude, I think is one of his greatest strengths. But it's also his weakness, potentially. You know, when is it? And I think it raises really big questions. When is it enough for love? When should you say no? Luke is a person who's a trier.
We can say that much. I don't even know who the hell you are. The three-episode premiere of The Handmaid's Tale airs today on Hulu. Here's our next clip.
Brian Cranston has had many roles throughout his career, both serious and comedic. And in this clip, Cranston gives his thoughts on when he first read the script for the studio and how it got him on board for the show. When you read this first script, it's so funny, laugh out loud funny, that I thought, oh man, I gotta do this. I would love to do this. And of course, then my big question was, how much? Yeah, yeah!
The studio is streaming now and you can find that on Apple TV+. And that's our entertainment report for today. All right. It's already way after 7 o'clock. So we need to take a break. Don't forget, less than an hour from now, this is your first shot at winning $1,000. Today, we have five times today alone with your chance to win with Preston and Steve's
It's 20 money, and we will tell you how to do it and all that stuff right at about 8 a.m., so get yourself set for that. And we're going to have Fran Dumpy in our studio, retiring from coaching basketball. Yeah. The legend is going to be here this morning. We'll be back in a moment. Stay with us. We'll be right back.
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Now, back with more of the Preston and Steve Show podcast. I keep one eye on the text board here, and I don't catch everything that comes through, but this one caught my eye. And it says, and I quote...
T-Fish in the Hut cash for me. Okay, listen to use all day Delco. Wow. That makes sense. That makes perfect sense. I think I'm honored. So Thomas is the guy's name. Not only do we not have phones, but we have a new text platform and a barely working website. But the text platform is different than it used to be. So you have to scroll up differently than we used to.
This guy's name is Thomas. He sent in his information. His nickname, because his first name is Thomas, is T-Fish. So that's the first part. T-Fish in the hut. Cash for me. Okay. Listen to yous all day. Delco. Maybe he's trying to win the money. Cash for me in the hut.
Okay. They call Delco the Hut. Okay, he's in the Hut. I'm just glad he's listening. Yeah, thank you, man. He's got a cool nickname. By the way, we're going to go to one of my persona segments. We were wondering out loud just a little while ago
how many Preston Elliott personas there are. There have been many over the years. Yeah, and there's some that I've forgotten about. Marissa typed up an entire list. I remember that really what would happen is that you'd start to go into something and I would immediately label it as a character. Yeah. So, I mean, the most famous one, I think, is The Noticer. That's kind of the first one that popped up. One of the early ones. But here's some ones that you may not remember. The Beach Bum. The Beach Bum.
Beach Bomb. Oh, yeah. We actually... Oh, yeah. We had a piece of music. We still have a piece of music for that one. And I guess that's more summertime. Yeah. Yeah. That's your money.
News about the beach. We're talking about shore stuff. Yeah, shore stuff. Yeah. All right. The Beach Bum. And by the way, we have all this artwork and it was, most of it was made by the, what does it say? The Flick what, Marissa? I can't read all the handwriting. It says Flickist. His name was the Flickist. The Flickist. Mike. The account is not active right now. Okay. Thank you, Mike. I know you're out there. Oh, there's some, it's some great stuff he put together. I love the Beach Bum one. This is wonderful. It's terrific, yeah. Then we have City Beat. City Beat, yeah. Uh,
Then we had the doula at some point. Really? Yeah. We had a doula? I guess I was doing pregnancy stuff. Pregnancy stuff, yeah. The entertainer. Like Cedric. E.T., which is actually more you, Steve. That's your character. Straight up. Apparently...
Apparently at one point I was the game warden. I don't remember that one. The junk drawer we know. Listomania was one. That still comes back. There was another one called Preston's Pit Stop. Which was I guess all about cars and vehicles. Then the sexpert.
Preston's World with Frank. Preston's World with Frank was one of the originals. The Space Cowboy. We haven't done that in a while. Kathy's eyes roll white when we do that. She hates it. Wait, okay, so hang on. Preston's World with Frank
Is that what turned into the Noticer? In a way, yes. It gave birth to a couple of sub-characters. Then we have Stream of Consciousness Nerd, which is still around. The Gambler was one, I guess, when I was going to the casinos more. Here's one I don't remember. Tech Assault.
Ed with Preston Elliott. Tech Ed with Preston Elliott. And there's a picture of me that looks like I'm almost like Steve Wozniak sitting at a beat up laptop computer. Then there's the barkeep. Yep. The chemist.
The fashionista. The fashionista. The historian. The historian is one that we haven't done in a while. I miss it. You know why? Because Casey doesn't like it. I hate it. Okay. Dude, it's so, for me, it's so boring. Okay. I'm like, I just need to tap out. I like the historian. I like the graphic, though. I like you sitting in the conservatory with your pipe. Yeah. Yeah.
And totally Presbo is a more recent creation. Then we have the Necromancer. Issues with death. All death. The Noticer, yep. The Realtor. That was at one point. I guess we were doing some real estate stuff. Maybe in the Tom Skiffington years. The Resident, which I think became the JSI. Yeah. The Sam Institute. Yes. Yes.
And then there was one called, it says Preston Elliott is the roller. The roller. And I guess was I just kind of rolling with it? Oh, I thought you were rolling joints. No, they have a picture of me in roller skates. By the way, I did go roller skating over the weekend. Did you break anything? No, I killed it. I was just gliding like a son of a bitch. Doesn't your rib feel way better as a result? No, that is worse. And I'll explain that later. Then we have the therapist.
And this one I need to go back to, the time killer. The time killer. So the time killer would be in the realm of the stream of consciousness. Totally Presbo. So the most global of these characters would be...
Totally Presbyterian or the stream of consciousness? Any and all topics are welcome. The notice are similar to that, too. These are very serious. These are not basically all the same information repackaged in different ways. No, not at all. No. Nope. In fact, here's one that's totally different. Let's do survey says. Yeah. All right. These are actual surveys, though. Yes.
They are actual surveys. This is a survey. It was by researchers from Texas A&M University, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences.
And they surveyed more than 40,000 dog owners of various breeds to talk about behavior problems. And they came back with the results of over 99% surveyed. 99% of the canines in the U.S. have at least some unwanted behaviors.
Owners rated their dog's behaviors on a scale from 0 to 4, with 4 being a serious issue. Yeah, but I think any pet owner knows that there's... You're going to have your water...
two things, unless it's a real problem dog. But otherwise, that's part of the deal. Yeah. So this is just verifying. Yeah. Yeah. This is just verifying that 99% of them, there's something about the dog that you find is an unwanted behavior. Now, if your dog occasionally will kill neighbors, then it's in a small, like maybe the three percentile. So the study finds that 99.12% of dogs show at least one moderately serious to serious problem, or at least two problems they rank as moderate to serious.
The biggest issue with dogs overall is separation and attachment behaviors, which have 85.9% of owners reporting their dog having. Where does ED fall on this list? They don't have erectile dysfunction on this list at all. So I think they're good. They're good with that. They always have boners. So these issues, these behaviors can include restlessness, pacing, following them around the house, sitting close to them, trying to escape.
barking and chewing things when left alone. So all standard stuff. Do you, do your dogs, did you ever have an issue with a separation?
Oh, yeah. They do not like it when we are not there. Have they gotten better? Once they realize you're coming back now after a couple of times, are they better when you leave? So when they leave, they don't mind it because they actually find the crate comforting. Yes. They like that. So they get a treat when they go to the crate and they appreciate it. And so we literally will just say the word crate best.
Boom. They run to it. Because crate means treat. But their separation anxiety in that... I don't know if you would call it this or not, but you...
They have to be in proximity to us all the time. Especially Rochelle. A number of breeds, that is the big compliment. That is the, to have them want to be with you is part of what we love about them. It's sweet, but it can be, I mean, I'm just, I don't have dogs, but a cat, it's annoying. Get away sometimes. Lily is on me like white on rice with the cats. With our dog, Kizzy.
Kizzy's person is Claire. She loves me, but she follows Claire around. And we like that because she goes up and down the stairs and gets exercise that way. But it is the funniest thing. I'll be sitting there down on the main floor, Preston, and Claire will have gone up to her bedroom or whatever, and I'll look at Kizzy and he goes, and I'll say...
this is okay, but it's not quite working for you. Let's go find mommy. I'm not coming up with this. I saw it on Instagram, but you stand up and the dog's like, I don't know where you're going, but I'm in. Ride or die.
Let's go! Let's go! So ours are categorized. Rook has to be in the same room with you. Haley has to be touching you. Oh, wow. Okay. So that's it. Here we go, yeah. Those are the two. But our big issue is barking. Oh, okay. Too much? So Haley, the little one, she's got some chihuahua in her. Has to. She is a feisty little freak out when anybody comes anywhere near the house. Yeah, I know that. And you're like, wah, wah, wah.
Good security, though. Drives us crazy. So more than half of dogs, 55% of them have moderate to serious behaviors in the aggression category. That's a problem. Yeah, that's over half of them. 49.9% have behaviors related to fear and anxiety, and 4.1% have house soiling issues. As a pet owner, it's the worst thing in the world to have to go over to the neighbor and go...
I found your finger. Other dog behavior issues that owners report include persistent barking, escaping, frequently eating grass or poop. Yeah, my dog Fozzie eats grass. That's a digestive thing. That's what I thought. I thought they were just kind of like...
settling their stomach. And poop is just because they have very cultivated palates. And chewing stuff that they shouldn't as well. You know what we found out recently? Our dogs love, and I mean love to eat, our raw green beans. Really? Oh my, it's like you're giving them candy. What's...
It's not too bad for them. It's good for them. So we've been buying more and we put it in their meal. So they go to town. Have you been able to interest the dogs in whiskey? Not yet. But now that you mention it. I just know that Reggie loves to eat
Whatever my mom is eating, because like we sit there and we eat dinner. Right. And she's sitting there like this and both hands are like over the plate. And Reggie's nose is literally in her armpit. Just like, let's go. Let's go. Whatever you're eating, I'm down. So out of the I think it was forty five thousand forty three thousand that were surveyed, only one hundred and ten dogs in the survey had no reported behavior problems.
According to the study, aggressive behaviors are the most common problem brought up to veterinary behavior specialists. And overall, researchers find most dogs' behavior issues are mild or don't happen enough for the owner to consider it a problem they need to get help for or they find a way to deal with. So our good friend, a friend of the show, Dan, Dan Colachigo, had a dog and he was working mightily to try to get this dog that had been abused, his behavioral issues resolved.
And it was just in the dog. He just couldn't... He tried everything. And that is so heartbreaking in those cases where you have... For whatever reason, the dog is just vicious with people. And sometimes the owners. My friend just called me. Her dog left yesterday for doggy training camp or whatever it is. But this was the second...
that she tried. The first person showed up. The dog is a Rottweiler. It is a puppy, but it's under a year, but it's huge already. And the trainer, who was a woman, was trying to put the dog in the back of the car into a crate.
She couldn't even get him in the crate. Well, she stupidly... It doesn't sound like... I'm glad that she didn't send this dog because the woman had another dog in the car also. And so Rottweiler was like, no thanks. Definitely not getting in here. And my friend is small and she's like,
trying to help. And she goes, I can't help. Also, this is traumatizing me and my children. And she said the lady was like holding the check that she gave her. And she was like, I'll just take the check. You can go now. So our Rochelle had her old friend in town not that long ago. And she was staying with us for almost a week. And Haley, the little one, was
just snuggling up to her and loving on her. I'm like, wow. I'm like, this is rare. She normally doesn't take to strangers this way. She can tolerate you, but sometimes she can turn on you and about three or four days in,
They were getting along right, and then she snapped at her. Get out. She turned. Yeah, and I'm like, there it is. I'm like, sorry about that. And so Beatrice was hands off after that on the dog. So it's really weird. We have a cat, Mia, who's the oldest animal in the house. Impressive. I can go over and I can stick my face in Mia's belly and do the whole thing. Anyone else comes in, Claire and I, we've got to pass. And we'll say, because all the other cats are very friendly, say,
Not that one. Not that one. And sometimes kids just keep wanting to, okay. Yeah. And then eventually they're, ow! Oh, yeah. I have one where it's like, you can pet him. Just leave her alone. She's going to hide anyway. But if you see her, just leave her alone. Just leave her alone. All right. We got another survey. And this one is about math anxiety. Okay.
Out of these people that were surveyed, 64% of Americans experience math anxiety and 13% rate the symptoms as severe. Is this when you have to try to figure out a check and people are staring at you? Things like that. Yeah, just doing math. So the research from Prodigy Education reveals middle school is the most common time that people start to feel math anxiety. 34% reported that. Followed by high school, 31%. And elementary school, 23%.
Women tend to get math anxiety more than men, 70% compared to 57%. So what triggers the math fears? Being afraid of failing is the top cause. Yeah. Followed by not understanding math.
math concepts at 48%. 46% said struggling with basic calculations and 45% said the teaching methods that don't match learning styles. I would imagine one of the big fears is tipping your manicurist $90. Yeah.
I didn't see the other $40 seller for 50 bucks that was in there. When does that anxiety kick in? Like how many hours later when you're checking the credit card statement or when you're going home? No, I think it's when you're trying to figure it out. Yeah. So you'd mentioned Mr. Devereaux earlier, which was an alter ego of mine when I started playing craps. I wanted to learn the game. And in that game, the...
There is an extreme amount of math that is taking place. It's rapid fire, and there are a variety of odds that you have to keep track of. And then if you win, if you place a bet and your odds are five to four or whatever it may be, the dealers do this math very quickly on how much you're paid out. And sometimes it's odd numbers. It's like $13 or this and that. Sure, sure.
These people are so brilliant with math. It blows my mind. And I can't operate that quickly. It gets very confusing very, very quickly. Meanwhile, I'm like Jack plus a nine plus a two. Yeah, right? Yes. All right, I do have 21. That's right. Yes, totally. No, but after a while, I believe you can train yourself to some level, but I also think there's an inherent ability, which I do not. My mind goes in so many different directions. I'm so distracted. Where I will feel it, where I will check my work often-
is when I'm tipping at a restaurant and I will, you know, I'm functional at math. I can get it done. I'm not an imbecile when it comes to that. But that's one I check over and over and over again. You know what bums me out is that I used to be really good at it and it's just left my brain. And I wonder if that part of my brain would function again if I were to start over. You know, if I would go, like, start with Billy Madison and take algebra and work my way through pre-calc or whatever. Like, does that...
Does that part of your brain turn off? And if it turns off, can you turn it back on? I almost think it's like learning a language that you never get to use. And we don't get to use a lot of that. Because I don't think I've used any of it really since sophomore year of college. And I don't know. I know that I was good at it at one point in my life. I'm just not good at it now. So 47% of Americans admit that math anxieties held them back at work or school.
Imagine if you're like an engineer and you have math anxiety. More than a third, 37% said that it interferes with their ability to make smart financial decisions, including basic tasks like budgeting and investing. Another 20% have lost out on job opportunities because they were too anxious about math. And for parents with math anxiety, having kids who need help with math homework is challenging. Yes. Okay, you've got to do that. I didn't help squat with my kids.
A quarter of them feel unprepared to help, and one in ten get anxious when their child asks for math helps. So take this one. It's the two circles on top of each other. Do you mean eight? Yeah, yeah. Yeah, right.
It can be daunting, man, especially when they started coming up with new concepts like the lattice concept, which I never even bothered to try to learn. The base numbers. As a kid, I couldn't see, to your point, Nick, wrapping my mind around that at this point in my life. I'd have a seizure. I did love it at one point. I did too, Case. Yeah. I think when I took geometry in high school, I fell in love with geometry. When did you stop loving it?
Yeah, the pre-calculus class that I had taken in my freshman year, which didn't even go towards my math major. Or not math major, but my math requirement. I got you. Yeah, I like that it made sense in my brain. That part of my brain, it was solving problems. It was solving puzzles. And being able to do that and get to the right answer was really gratifying. I didn't mind algebra and geometry, but once we got to algebra two. Yeah, and then like trig. And I didn't even make it to trig. It was like, okay, you're getting.
You're talking about algebra 2 nerds in paradise. That's the way. I was a straight A math student, believe it or not. All through school? Good for you. Minus, hang on a second, minus first quarter of my freshman year and first quarter of my sophomore year. Now, first quarter of my sophomore year, I actually got straight A's, but my teacher didn't collect homework.
And so about two weeks into the quarter, I realized I'm like, he's not checking homework. This is great. So I didn't do any homework. And then at the end of the quarter, he's like, all right, everybody hand in your homework notebooks. And I was like, wait, what? Wait, so I had to do that. Yeah. And so he failed me for the quarter.
Even though I had gotten A pluses on all of the tests. I failed you. Yeah. But it was kind of a dick move at the same time. Because he failed me. Like 69 is failing. He failed me with a 68, which I think was an F you to me for not doing my homework.
Yes, Kathy. Oh, that went long. Okay. Sorry. Okay. Moving on then. Survey says... Saw this other one I think you guys will like. Where is this? Ah, yes. The top signs it is time for a vacation. Probably have it right now. Poll of 2,000 U.S. adults reveal...
7 and 10 Americans say they're already in vacation mode three days before departure. How many do we have? Wednesday, Thursday, Friday. It starts on Friday. So essentially, we are three days away from vacation. Barn-effing-door. I've heard more people just in general really...
or talking about their summer vacation plans and even from staycation to going someplace, it doesn't matter. The time off is, I think everyone feels as if they've been through the ringer and they need some downtime. I think after the bizarre file, I'm going to share something about my vacation. I thought you were going to say after the bizarre file, I'm going on vacation. I am not.
officially on vacation. All right, nearly half admit they struggle to focus at work in the days leading up to vacation. Uh-huh. As Bill, used to be Bill Wilson's, uh, in Barn Door was the indication that, uh, we were just kind of in that zone. Yeah, coasting. Yep, yep. Uh, 59%, uh,
Before they even write out their out-of-office email, they say they're already mentally out of office. More than a quarter, 28%, admit they feel anxious about planning ahead of a trip as well. Oh, I love it. I like it too. Yeah, to me, it's the opposite of anxiety. Actually, it's a way out of anxiety. It's sort of a fun escape. Yeah. So the top 10 signs you desperately need a vacation are...
Uh, number one is feeling burnt out. 62%. Uh, number two, daydreaming about a trip. If you're just sitting in there thinking about it, it's time for vacation. Yeah, yeah. 45% said that. Uh, 44% said getting irritated with others means you desperately need a vacation. That could be year round. Uh, feeling fatigued no matter how much you sleep.
Having low energy on the weekends mean you need a vacation. Anytime they talk about using the metric of feeling tired, I'm like, in this line of work? It's a perpetual. Yeah. Checking emails when you're off the clock, that's a sign that you need a vacation. We're always checking emails. Yeah. Making mistakes at work, misplacing items, or completely forgetting tasks is an indicator that you...
and need a vacation right now. Do they say that it is a sign that you desperately need a vacation if you haven't shown up to work for a month and are, in fact, on vacation? It doesn't say that, but I think we might... It can be... It might be interpreted that way. So chances are you need a vacation, friend. All right, do we have time for one more case? I know we got to stay on time to try and get in our 20-money word and your chance to win $1,000 coming up.
All right, so here is another survey. This was the Pew Research Center recently asked adults in 18 mostly middle-income countries what they think the best age is to reach the age of 18.
The certain life milestones. So the respondents were in Argentina, Bangladesh, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ghana, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Mexico, Nigeria, Peru, the Philippines, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Tunisia, the Turkey, and the United States. So I've lived in all those places. I'll be curious to see what this says. The median age of those surveyed is 31 years old. Surprisingly, a lot of people around the world agree about life.
The time frames, the survey finds on average in all the countries surveyed, people say that the best time to get married and have a first child is around 26 years old. So these are milestone things and when they should happen. 26, marriage, and first child. Americans say the ideal age to get married is 26 and a half.
On average, and the best time to have a child is 27 years old. Who was the youngest to get married on this show? I feel like it might actually be me. I was 30. I was 25. I was like 28. 28. All right. I was 26 and 49. Hold on. I'm figuring it out. Oh, 26 the first time. So Nick's the youngest. Yeah, but you got married after me. And I got married in 2003. Oh, okay.
I got married in 2003, which is maybe 20 years. No, no, no, you're right. Yeah. I was 20. You're right. I was 27. Okay. It was after you. Yep. Kathy? I was 27. Okay. So I was 36, 37. Marissa just got married. Marissa? Not the most recent member of the show to get married, but I was 39. All right. 39. Who was the most recent member of the show to get married? Me. Nick was. That's right. So you actually got, you're the, okay. You got married at the oldest age. The oldest. Yeah.
I was the second youngest and then the oldest. Yes. Record holder. For the most ages at which one was married, Nick is currently the top. When did you first get married? What year? A year after you. When I first started with the show, it was September of... No, November of 2004. Okay, so you were 29.
Goddamn, Casey. Yeah. You should write my article for you. Math anxiety. Weren't we just talking about math? God, I'm just terrible at it. 2004 minus 75. I got married in the Bronze Age. Respondents worldwide say the best age to buy a home is just under 30 on average, while Americans say it's 28.8 years old. So we bought our first home. I was...
31, I think, yeah. So a little bit older than the average. How long did you have, I'm sorry, Preston, how long did you have your first real stable job before you felt like you could buy a home? What's a DRE? It was actually when we moved to work at Y100. Okay. So I was there for two years, I think. So after DRE ended and then you started at Y100. Yep. Mm-hmm.
So average ideal ages for buying home vary from country to country ranging from 24 to 36. When it comes for best age for retirement, the average among the countries surveyed is around 58. It's unbelievable. Yeah. Try to do that these days. Yeah. Yeah.
It's much lower for Colombians who say 52 is the best age to retire. Nigerians say 62.7 on average. Yeah. Americans think the ideal age for retiring is 61.8. Even that is very young. It seems young. Because I always hear 64 is the retirement age. Right, 64, 65. So Social Security was supposed to kick in at a certain age and it was felt that not...
you wouldn't have many more years of life. So that would be that. And you wouldn't tap into it. Yeah. 64 and a half is what I, but the amount of people who have retired, who have since gone back to working is, is on the uptake. I think 64 and a half is when you can cash in your 401k without there being tax penalties. Yeah. Something like that. I recall a reclic click. Um, but reclic click. Yeah. It's from the, uh, yeah. Eastbound. Yeah. Okay.
I didn't know that. So, yeah. And some people go back to work to have something to do. They just like being a prostitute. Or they like turning tricks.
Well, they'll retire and then they get some sort of fun job or consulting where it's not a full time, not 40 hour plus weeks. Their bills and needs are not being covered by whatever planning or whatever the hell the case is. Right. So that can be it as well. You realize you're going to fall short. Yeah. All right. So those are some averages I thought you might find in a minute. All part of Survey Says brought to you by Frank.
Thank you. Your host, Frank. So we do need to take a break. A reminder that we do have Tattoos Day today. And it's a chance for you to win a $350 gift certificate for Floating World Tattoo and Piercing and get a President's Day show themed tattoo. Yeah. So we no longer take the text for that. You go to WMMR.com and click on the contest page and you will be able to get signed up for that and we will give that away before the end of the show. When we come back, the bizarre file is on the way out.
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The brazen man would allegedly stuff large, empty containers like a trash can or mailbox with expensive, smaller items and then scan the cheap bin at the checkout and waltz out with a trove of treasures. What was his... His cousin was Slowpoke. Slowpoke Rodriguez. That was it. Yeah.
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is facing possible jail time after invading the space of an isolated indigenous tribe illegally in his quest for channel views. The Sentinelese people live on a forested island in the Indian Ocean, and they've been known to fight and kill those who dare invade their territory. They've remained completely isolated from the world outside of their island.
And it's now illegal to even try to make contact with him. Polyakov managed to reach the island undetected and took a video of him leaving the tribe a coconut and a can of Coca-Cola. And this video, when he shows up and they're like welcoming him. Yeah, yeah, yeah. And I'm thinking, you're dinner, bud. Well, but they have killed people, as you pointed out. Yeah.
Poliakov was arrested by Indian authorities and a statement from Survival International says his actions have the potential to, quote, wipe out the entire tribe by introducing new diseases such as flu, to which they have no immunity. Did you ever say the Eeyore will be green inferno? I didn't. I know what it's about, but yeah, I heard it's insanely brutal. That's basically that.
A Florida woman was arrested after she allegedly conned a man out of thousands of dollars during a bogus tarot card reading and spiritual cleansing. Carmen Valdez de Miguel, 67 years old, was arrested on Monday and faces charges of organized scheme to defraud, grand theft, and resisting an officer. The alleged con began when a man found a flyer on his car for a tarot card reading and called the number according to the report. I see you being an easy mark. He spoke with a woman and
agreed to the card reading session for $20. Well, two days later, the man went to an apartment and met her, reportedly referred to herself, by the way, as Maria Rodriguez. And during the reading, Valdez de Miguel allegedly told the man that he needed a deeper spiritual cleansing procedure, and that would cost between $600 and $700. I want you to talk to a friend of mine, Speedy Gonzalez. So trusting her advice, the man agreed to a partial payment and transferred $200 through Zelly, then returned to the apartment
for the spiritual cleansing session that he had prepaid a portion for. Then she asked the man during the session about his available bank balance. Oh, boy. Where he reportedly told her he had $8,000 available. And following the man's response, she then allegedly asked him to bring the full amount next time and assured him that there was... that she was... were to use the money in a ritual if... would double...
And she would return it the same day. So he returned to the apartment. He had $3,000 in cash. And she placed the money in a bag with eggs. And during the ritual, the man report, the report stated the bag was broken. And upon opening it, the man claimed all that was left inside were broken eggs and worms. Pfft.
Doesn't seem worth it. The man told authorities that Valdez and Miguel appeared to be startled by what was in the bag. But when he asked for his money back, she said she couldn't do so due to her, quote, state of mind. Miguel then allegedly assured the man that his money would be returned the next day. The report stated that the man had made multiple attempts to contact her following the encounter, but she had refused to return the money. She asserted that the funds were part of a ritual and could not be released until the candles extinguished on their own.
own. You don't want to do it before the candles extinguish. Despite having previously assured the victim that his money would be returned the same day. Look, dude, you got some shells and warms. Isn't that enough? She was taken into custody where officers gave her the opportunity to return the money, but she denied knowing the man. The report said that she had also resisted being taken to custody. Uh, she had three warrants and separate theft cases out for her as well. And yet the cards never told her that. Yep. All right. And then one last story. Uh,
A neck massage turned into a stroke for one 26-year-old Chinese computer programmer. Zhao Zhang was a sufferer of chronic neck pain from sitting at his desk all day, so he thought a visit to a local massage parlor might do the trick for him. And as his massage professional got into her work, he said he felt a sharp pain during a more vigorous maneuver. The next day, he woke up to find the left side of his body numb and weak and also noticed that he was slurring his speech.
A visit to a hospital revealed he had a secondary cerebral infraction, but he fortunately made it to the hospital to avoid permanent damage. So he had a stroke from this or potential even paralysis, but he avoided that. There's a friend of the show who had a neck adjustment and had a stroke as a result of that. Doing great now, doing fine. But yeah, it's scary. It can be. And that is what I have.
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Now, back with more of the Preston and Steve Show podcast. All right. Thank you, Kathy. So, as we were saying earlier this morning, we were going through the survey says, and there was a list of reasons that show why you need a vacation. And so, we have a spring vacation coming up next week. Although, not all of us are going to be gone. Casey and Kathy are going to be here. Yeah, for half the week. For half of the week. Yep. Because they had already taken some days off. Yes.
So they're going to be here live in the studio, the rest of us on vacay. And I actually had something happen to me that's germane to what you're about to bring up. So I'm planning a golf trip, me and some buddies. It's one of those where we've been having...
FaceTime calls and planning. Everything has to be worked out as far as our schedule goes and travel plans and who's doing what and how often do we want to play and where do we want to play and getting everything in place and ready to go. We've been aware about this whole thing that's in motion and we've been and the word has been and sometimes you'll say you're going to do something in case they say be careful. Be careful because you don't want to throw, you know, you got this big
in plan. You don't want to do anything that's going to cause an issue. And I am so, was, so excited for you because it's a golf thing and the Masters are this weekend, which is just the icing on the top. Yeah, because you'll be able to, you'll be able to
Watch, you know, when we're not playing golf, watch Masters. It'll be an all-golf thing. Feed the beast. So in preparation for this, this is the off-season for golf. It's just now starting to become the season. So I go to the driving range, get warmed up, get ready to go, get my game in shape, get my swing ready. And I'm at the driving range, and I hurt myself. Oh, man. So...
I am going on a golf trip where I am not going to be playing golf. And the whole impetus, this is your good friend Jim, who's a terrific guy. And so this was all going to be the perfect synergy. Listen, we tangentially listen to things that are going on and we're talking about, but I definitely heard you exerting a lot of...
to control on trying to make sure you were at your best and ready to go to really absorb this and have the time of your life. Well, you love golf. I do. This is what you like doing. There's almost nothing I'd rather do. This is what I love spending my time doing. And I said to you earlier, can't you reschedule the trip? I can't. We need to do it now. Everything's covered. Not the golf isn't paid for, but the travel and the plans and all this. When did you guys start planning this? Uh...
Probably December. Yeah. Yeah. Man. So anyway, here's what happened. So this was like about a week and a half ago. I hurt myself. And so what happened is I have a pain in my ribs. And I have self-diagnosed this. Yes. As an intercostal muscle strain. Okay. I looked it up. Yes, you did. And so it's a pain in the ribs. Right. And so we have this connective tissue and these muscles that are in between your ribs. And the baby is pushing on that. Yes, it's crowning. Yes.
No, so... On the golf course, do you need your ribs? You do need your ribs. Oh, I see. Yeah. All right. And so I felt it like it was sharp. And then the rest of the day was like, you know, breathing kind of hurt, coughing and laughing and moving around hurt. It's like, you know, I didn't break anything, but it's uncomfortable. And so I'm like, okay, I'm not going to touch golf club for a week. Uh...
I had a hard time doing that, by the way. But I did, you know, do some chipping, which is very, very easy. Essentially, it's your putting butt with irons. So anyway, it's not causing any issue. And so this past Friday, I'm a weekend of rest. I'm already a week, and I'm like, and I've been stretching. And you feel good. And I feel good. I'm like, okay. Good-ish. I'll just take, I'll just do some half swings to give you an idea. Like my 58-degree wedge, I can hit like 80 yards. I'm like, well, let me just hit it like.
50 yards. They're like a little half swing, 40, 50 yard swing. And I'm like, okay, that feels good. I do a couple of them and I'm like, all right, I'm going to do one more and then I'm going to go home. One more. And I hit it and I feel pop. You felt the pop? I felt the pop and I felt the sharp pain and I'm like, you dumbass. But anyway, reading some online forums of golfers that have had this pain before,
Most people are saying it's going to be four to six weeks, maybe even eight weeks. You just got to rest it out. And that's all there is to it. Have you talked to Dr. Mike? No, that's not his area of expertise. True, but he's your medical quarterback. Have you talked to people who manufacture...
I did not. Okay. Kathy, I talked to Christine. Magic hands. And yes, and she sent me some videos of some things I need to do and I tried doing those and it's just, I don't have enough time to heal up. I think the only good part of this, and I feel like I heard you say differently earlier, would be that you don't have to bring your golf clubs with you on the plane. You better bring them though. He's bringing them. I am going to bring them. Why? Because I might- Just in case? No, no, no. I might take a chipping lesson while I'm down there while my buddies are off playing golf. Oh,
All right. So I may do that type of thing. Yeah, I'm going to like, I'm going to go get it. Yeah, I'm going to, I'll do stuff. I'll find some things to fill the time. They're going to go have really good fun and play golf. But this leads to the topic and this is where we want to guide this to. And if you want to chime in, you can text the word Zoom to 610-660-9333 and we'll send you the link to get on board. But the setup is I planned for this vacation and
And I did this to myself and now I can't do all the things that I was going to do. I'm going specifically for this thing. Yeah. And I now cannot do that. And now I have to, because of travel commitments, I still have to go and I can't do the thing that I was going there to do. Like, say, you were planning a scuba diving trip or something like that. Yeah.
And you have to go and everybody else gets to do what you were going to do except for you. For you. And that can be – and so many times these things are that last-minute decision. You know what? I'm going to reach around and get that thing out of the backseat of the car. Yes.
And it all turns to hell. I mean, that's why it's such a precarious thing. You're going to do this. It's going to be great. I'm making sure I'm babying it. Wait, let me get that can of soup on the second shelf.
Vacation ruined. Yep. My friend took her family on a beach vacation, and I believe it was either the first or second day that they were there, her daughter broke her arm. Second day? She couldn't go in the water, and she couldn't go to the beach because, I mean, she was a kid. She was little. So, you know, sand in the cast, not a good idea. So they went on a beach vacation and didn't go to the beach. Oh.
Because they can't leave her. The kid was little. I started hiking Mount Bierstadt in Colorado and made it a mile down the trail and started crossing a stream at 5 in the morning. That's right. And completely fell and broke my...
ankle and messed myself up. And we were at the beginning. Now, listen, we'd already planned the trip, but it ruined the entire hiking trip. I was on the plane. I totally forgot that. Yeah. And I mean, you know, I'd already gone on the plane trip. Preston, like, I feel...
I feel so terrible for you. Can you at least walk with them? Or can you get out on a course? How about caddy? Is that too much of a tease? Yes. I don't want to watch these guys play golf. I want to play golf. Is it like going to the champagne room and just drinking champagne? Can you...
At least only chip from like 25 yards out. You know what I mean? Dude, yeah. You know how much it costs to play at some of the golf courses we're going to go to? I'm not going to pay that amount of money and just go chip onto the green. It's expensive. You want to? I know what you're saying. I've thought about it. Yeah.
And you're confident? We're just a few days away from leaving, and it still hurts. So if I take a swing, it's going to really hurt. Let me ask you. And then it's going to delay the rest of my season. You know what I mean? So you're thinking about the whole season? Oh, yeah. Do me a favor. Yes. This could happen. Stranger things have happened. Okay.
Try to do the guitar thing again. Okay, all right. You could dislodge everything back into shape and repair your ribs. A couple of people are texting in that, that I can go full force on the guitar thing now. Right. You don't need to wait. That landed me in the hospital this weekend. By the way, I see Tucker is texting in, Nick, our blind friend, listener, who is a physical therapist. Okay. He says he can fix me. Yeah. He says...
Listen, we've known Tucker for years. Wouldn't want to have him as my driver, but I would certainly...
Use him for his physical therapy. Email me, Tucker Preston at WMMR.com. And I should talk to Christine and maybe get in to see her. He says he couldn't set up the zoom because he can't see the screen. But he said also said Preston that money back guaranteed. So if you want to go see Tucker, maybe that would help. Other people are texting in, by the way, like beginning of a trip and sunburn, like a tropical vacation. Oh, yeah. Yeah. Did you ever see the you've seen the what's the movie? The Sunshine Kid. Is that it?
The Heartbreak Kid, which is they go on a honeymoon and on the first day the wife...
new wife gets sunburned to a crisp and is literally in the hotel room, has to have ointment on, the whole thing. Yeah, that happened to Rochelle and I one time. Really? We went down to Florida and first day out, we went out on the beach and we sat out there for like three, four hours or whatever and she didn't put any sunscreen on at all. And I mean, she was, we get back to the hotel, get in the elevator,
Boom. She dropped like a ton of bricks. Passed out. Passed out. And then that's when I found out what carrying dead weight is like. Yes. It's really hard. It is, yes. And so I had to drag her out of the elevator. Did it look like the Diddy video? And get her to the room. And then the rest of that like three-day stay, she was mad.
miserable like we were doing like when i was a kid my parents would make me uh take they would take vinegar and pour it in the bathtub and so i was doing that to her and she was solid red and those burn marks the the non-burn area you know the mark that leaves was there for over a year yeah it was crazy she got it bad she got she got some poisoning i'm sure you guys remember when um
Pat Croce was supposed to take a cross-country motorcycle trip. On the motorcycle. Yeah. And not only that, nearly had to have his leg amputated. There was a... Somebody hit him or something on the motorcycle. I remember that. It was at the beginning of the trip. They hadn't even started. His foot was almost hanging off. They were about to pull out of the parking lot and his foot almost got severed. Yeah. So clearly they didn't go on the trip. Although I wouldn't doubt if Pat tried to play through the pain, but...
Yeah, all right. We have on Zoom, we are going to go to Tracy, who's got a story to share. Hi, Tracy. Morning. Good morning. How are you guys doing? Great, Tracy. Can you hear me? Yes. About to go on a trip and you had something happen? Yeah, my friend and I planned to run the Disney Half Marathon together. Okay. So we went with our spouses, you know, planned this whole long weekend where we're going to visit the parks and have a great time.
And from the airport, we took the Disney bus to the hotel. I stepped off the bus and there was a curb there that I wasn't aware of. And I broke my foot. You broke your foot getting off the bus to begin the marathon. Not running the marathon, not slipping or running over another runner who had a seizure. Nothing is romantic. Nothing is amazing. Just the curb did you in. Yeah.
I just stepped off of the bus onto the Disney property. Yep, that's all I did. Oh, my God. And that happens so often. Or at least maybe we just make more of it because it's like, why? And you've done all this planning. Absolutely. Absolutely. So did you then take advantage of a wheelchair and get to the front of the line at the ride while you were at Disney? No, I'm not smart enough to do that. I walked on the broken foot.
for the rest of the trip. Yeah, because that is a thing to do, though. I mean, she legitimately had a broken foot. You could have had that cut the line pass. You could have been in front of the Make-A-Wish kids. Yeah, I wish you guys were with me. All right, well, thank you. We appreciate it, Tracy. Take care.
Thank you, guys. All right. We will go next to, via Zoom, Amanda, who wants to share her story as well. Hi, Amanda. Good morning. Hi. Good morning. Hey, what's up? So, a few years ago, my parents decided to plan a trip to Boston for St. Paddy's Day weekend. Two days before we left, I got a concussion. Two days? How? How did you get the concussion? I worked with kids that had...
disabilities and some of them had like a lot of aggression. And so one of your kids gave you a concussion? Yeah, I got headbutted. Oh my God. Now listen, leading up to it, and this is I mean, St. Patrick's Day in Boston is going to be legendary. Because Preston was taking precautions. I was...
I was excited to go because I'd never been there. Yeah. And my parents were like, oh, we'll drive up because my sister was going to school up there. Right. So she was done. And my parents were like, okay, we'll just go up for St. Patrick's Day. We'll just do a family weekend away.
And two days before I got some concussions, soon as I got home and told them I had a concussion, my mom being a nurse and my dad being in the medical field too, they're like, you're not drinking. You're not enjoying it. You can go with us, but you can just sit there. So, yeah. So, that's like Preston being the caddy on the golf course. It's rubbing salt in the wound. Yeah. All right. Thanks, Amanda. Appreciate it. Headbutt.
Yeah, not fun. All right, so we've got another caller, and I don't know if it's the same person that texted in or not because it's a similar story. So let's see if we can pull Andy up here, guys. Andy! Oh, no, we lost Andy. Okay, it's all right. So I got this text that says, I planned a girls' trip to Cancun where we were supposed to party and drink. We paid for it.
And then I got pregnant. That's why you go to Cancun. I still went on the trip. And every waiter, when they asked me if I wanted to drink, I said, no, I'm pregnant. And they would say, oh, I'm so sorry. That's when you just drink anyway and hope nothing goes wrong. Pretend like you didn't know. It's kind of like when I had a meet on Friday during Lent. I'm like, oh, I forgot.
All right. We have her on now? Okay. So we now will check in with Andy. Hi, Andy. Hi. Hi. All right. Was that your text I just read or is this a different story? Cancun? Nope. Okay. Okay. What's your story?
I was planning my 40th birthday party to go to Traverse City, Michigan, and we had planned to do kayak, bike, brew tour and go through the winery of, through the islands up there and found out I was pregnant three weeks before. So I still went because at that point we're pregnant.
Can't, you know, not pay for anything. And then so basically became airbased DD the whole time. Well, let me ask you, in anticipation of this trip, did you ever consider the notion of not having sex for nine months before? Not when I was 40. So here's the deal. So, I mean, obviously, at all this stuff, did you still enjoy the trip?
I did. It's beautiful out there. It's a great time. But at the same time, having to be someone's Uber to pick them up because I couldn't do any of the work in Cairo because I was of high risk. Right, right. Did you have travel insurance or would that even would you with the thought of canceling and or delaying the trip ever, ever, ever been a possibility?
Not at that point. It would have just been canceled if we had not gone. And we had paid for everything at that point because it's only a few weeks out. So everything, the condo. Yeah. Yeah. And it says what your issue, Preston, it's all done. It's a fait accompli. Got other people involved and that whole thing. So, all right. Well, thank you, Andy. Appreciate it. What if you find out you're pregnant? I know you're
going to florida though you can still like it's not gonna enjoy yourself and i know that they'll be gone most of the day but like i'm assuming you're planning dinners and all that kind of stuff that's what it's now going to turn into it's going to turn into let's go get some great food i'll go like get a massage or something like that did you ever go to the restaurant at that cockroach hotel or did you you should probably drink during the day though because they're going to drink on the golf course right you need to be at their level i should be right yeah
uh no i think they take their game a little bit more serious than that where they're not hammered now listen i didn't go to italy to ski but that was part of the trip was to ski the dolomites in italy talking about an anticipation you're all set to go my knee for some reason just became unstable like i mean literally just like walking and then all of a sudden it would like buckle left or buckle backwards or whatever i'm like well i can't i can't ski but it
actually ended up being a blessing in disguise. Well, you got sick too. Well, yeah, but like it was a blessing in disguise because the weather at the Dolomites was terrible. Like you didn't even get the views because it was all foggy. So it was like you couldn't even see like 20 feet in front of you. So it ended up working out in my favor. Here's a tag says we're planning a vacation. Go to the Adirondacks. Go whitewater rafting. Zip lining the day before.
I was out riding my bike with my 10-year-old daughter, and we were doing tricks. Oh, no. I stood on the seat, like over the handlebars. Oh, God.
Flipped over, broke my wrist, not the smartest thing. So, of course, we went to the Adirondacks and I couldn't go whitewater rafting. I couldn't go ziplining. Didn't get to do any of that. That's got to be a dad. I wonder if he's a dad. I wonder about this. You hear about it all the time. The self-imposed moratorium on risky behaviors prior to a paid trip or a trip you've been planning on for a long time. Also, just the very notion of you have a trip coming up.
staying away from people for fear you'll get sick yeah that too yeah uh i told you guys i was going roller skating over the weekend you're like don't do it you're going on a trip oh joe all right we're gonna go next to jake morning jake morning how are you guys doing good bud all right so your story involves golf as well right it does it does so um
In August, buddies and I went on a golf trip down to Maryland and everything like that, all the beautiful courses. It was all prepaid and everything like that. And, of course, all of us being dumb and in our 20s, with the excitement of the first night, also fueled by a few beverages, decided to do Oklahoma drills where you lay down and get up and run full force at each other, basically. Oh, my God. Hang on. Hang on. What's an Oklahoma drill?
Um, you pretty much lay down on the ground, probably 10 feet apart. And then when the whistle blows or somebody says go or anything like that, you get up and just run at each other and try to put somebody down. All right. Usually one person's carrying a ball and the other one is what guys do. You didn't see this as a potentially risky endeavor.
Definitely did. We definitely did. But luckily, I wasn't the one to get injured. It was one of my buddies. He tore something in his shoulder and ended up having to go to the ER, get it looked at, and he missed out on all the golf. All prepaid and everything. Wow. Unfortunate for him. Wow. So don't do the Oklahoma drills prior to a golf trip. Yeah, right? Yeah, definitely don't do that.
I've never heard of Oklahoma drills. I mean, listen, if I could muscle or if I could, you know, soldier through this, you know I would. Several years ago, my buddies and I went to Alabama for a golf trip.
And a tropical depression came through. We played during that. We went out during the tropical depression. We played anyway. Those are external forces. Yeah, exactly. So I'm not going to do it. There's no way. That's the kind of pain. Right. It hurts that much. Yes. Are you going to talk to C. Tucker? I don't know.
He wants to see you, but yeah. Where he is and if I can get over there. You should try. Maybe. Listen, try voodoo. Try whatever you can. When playing through the tropical depression, how many times did you quote Caddyshack saying that the heavy stuff wasn't going to come down for quite some time? Dude, I shot like a 76 that day. The greatest game of your life. I keep playing. I mean, I was killing it that day. Oh, my God. Yeah, it was pretty amazing. It was a 78, but I did shoot in the 70s.
Alright, here's another text. Where'd it go? Where did it go? Where do we go now? Dizzy Stradlin's birthday today. This one? It says, in high school, we had tickets to go to Broadway and see Phantom.
We had reservations at the Waldorf. Nice. My sister and I were so excited. Sister fell asleep on the couch the night before. My mom was helping her to her room and they slipped on the kitchen floor and my sister broke her jaw in two places. Stop it. Oh, my God. I mean, you could still go. Bravo. Bravo. God, dude. Bravo. Bravo. Oh, my Jesus.
So, yeah, I don't know, man. It's like Kathy was saying. I mean, it's Florida. It's going to be warmer. I was looking at the forecast. I'm like, please be crappy here. Please be lousy. Well, you don't want to say if you're friends. Yeah. But it's going to be, you know, mid 50s next week or so, maybe mid 60s. But it's going to be really nice down in Florida. And I'll go visit my mom and sister real quick while I'm down there, too. So I will get that out of it.
But it is a bit of a tease. But your buddy already had to tap out, didn't he? Yeah, Steve. So his wife...
Was skiing about a month ago, a little less than a month ago, and she tore her ACL and MCL. Holy hell. So he had to bail on the trip. So it wasn't even his fault. He's got to keep an eye on her. Oh, man. So that was step one. Now this is step two. So is it just you and Jim? Me and Jim and his brother, Rick.
Have you ever met Rick? I have not. He's probably a great guy. He is a great guy. Well, actually, no, I'm sorry. I met him one time and I've talked to him via FaceTime. As part of the planning session. We're actually staying at his house. He lives in Sarasota. So Jim is a doctor, yes? He's a doctor and a lawyer. He's now a lawyer. Right. All right, so here's the deal.
Can he perform a quick surgery on you? Only on my brain. Only on my spine. I'd take Tucker out for a spin. Neurological surgery. Whatever. Neurosurgery. He's a neurosticker. Smartay. What does he see in you? I don't know. I never have seen it.
Here's another text. It says, on the first night of a seven-night cruise out of Los Angeles to Mexico, I got the neurovirus. Quarantined to the room for 24 hours. And even once I was allowed to leave, I was still feeling seasick and never recovered from the whole trip. But that's kind of the process. Even Kathy Lee Gifford sang about the neurovirus in the commercial. If you're taking a cruise, you kind of expect that you got your badge of honor. Yay! That is neurovirus.
Here's one. My buddies and I went to Mexico last September to see Metallica. Had a lot of travel issues getting there. And then the day of the show, we find out our tickets were fake. That is a nightmare. That's not so bad. Fake tickets.
Now, these are, like you said, Steve, these are outside forces. Outside forces. I said, we went to the venue anyway, listened to the whole show outside, and then on our way back to the Airbnb, my phone got stolen, like right out of my damn pocket. And then to add insult to injury, Metallica actually recorded that concert for Apple TV. So you could have seen it that way. I am. Son, these tickets say Metallica. Ricky Metallica.
Here's another Rick Metallica. Here's another one that says, supposed to go to West Virginia to race motorcycles at Summit Point three days before. I crashed on 202 doing 170 miles an hour. Well, you probably shouldn't have been doing 170 on 202. See, when you're talking about it, kind of the walking on eggshells prior to the trip thing, that would not be a careful move. I remember talking when we had Cal Ripken Jr. in the studio, asking him because he was approaching that...
you know, milestone milestone record. And I was like, were you like walking down the steps like one step at a time? He's like, no, you just kind of who wasn't there an Eagles player who had a motorcycle and hurt himself or something? It's been Roethlisberger. Oh, what happened? Uh,
He crashed on his motorcycle. Hit his head or something? Yeah, maybe. I just remember the picture of him as Sloth and they called him Ben Slothless. Yes, yes, yes. No, you know what I think it was? No, I think it was that the Eagles, I forgot who it was, Casey, I think it might have been his last season and they gifted him a motorcycle but they told him he couldn't ride it.
Yeah, generally speaking, there are... Jeremiah Trotter. Might have been him. Was it him? Might have been him. Yeah, usually you're not allowed to ride a motorcycle if you're a professional athlete. I would imagine. Yeah.
It just sucks so much. Here's another text. It says, my first time going to Myrtle Beach, I had knee surgery the day before. I was just supposed to be scraping my knee when they took my ACL out and I wasn't able to get in the ocean. We only got to play three rounds of golf, which are like my worst three rounds ever because I couldn't put any support on my right leg. But my first shot,
shot i hit a house he had surgery and he played the next day preston how about that all right we'll go to a zoom uh we're gonna check in with john hey john morning bud good morning all right john what happened to you man uh my wife and i were on our way to puerto rico for a vacation slash uh funeral for my father at the time and um
She had a slight tooth infection of some kind that she wasn't worried about, but something happened from the pressure on the way down there. It got inflamed, and by the time we landed, she looked like she had elephantitis. Her whole face was ballooned. Oh, my God. So that...
That sort of stuff. I've heard issues with sort of dental surgery and things prior to a flight causing an issue. Did the doctors tell did they say that that was a direct reason why she had this? OK. Yeah, yeah, yeah. So I had to basically I landed. It was you know, we had my daughter, a friend of hers, our grandson from another daughter.
And I got them all to our condo. And then I started calling doctors back home. They were calling doctors down there, pharmacists. It was a whole process to get her antibiotics and painkillers. And it was at least three days, the first three days of the trip, she was bedridden until she could finally come out. And her face was completely blown up, right? Oh, it did go down like three, four days later. But I'm telling you.
She had two heads. You couldn't even look at her, could you? Why don't you kiss me? Wow. Jesus. Did you take pictures of said swollen face? Oh, yeah, absolutely. You have to. Smile, honey. So pretty. Thanks, John. I'd like you to meet the Fratellis. Wow, the Fratellis.
Here's a text. Listen to this. And they finish this with, this is a true story. My great aunt missed riding on the Titanic. She got turned away while boarding because she was sick.
So she missed a wet and wild ride. Sometimes it works in your favor. But for Jack, it did not. No. For Jack? Yeah. Could have lost that hand and the story would have been completely different. All right. So, all right. Anyway, it happens. You know, I'm going to make the best of it. Have a good time. Have some great food. Enjoy the weather. Do that whole thing. Just not playing golf on a golf trip. On your golf trip. A golf trip of which I will not be able to play golf. Whatever, man.
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I hate Steven singer.com, but hurry. These will not be restocked and supplies limited. That's I hate Steven singer.com. Now back with more of the Preston and Steve show podcast. Thank you, Kathy. So we got wind of our next guest retirement a couple of weeks ago. And, uh, we said we got to have one. Yes. He's one of the nicest guys I've ever met and, uh, help, uh, you know, put an event that we do at a camp out for hunger on the map. Uh,
which is our mini-hoops madness, which is what we call it now. But after 30 years of being a head coach, he has hung it up in that regards. But years with Penn and Temple on the south. Ladies and gentlemen, Fran Doberman.
Don't feed is with us this morning in our studio. Hey, coach. How you doing? I'm doing great. I'm disappointed at how poorly I shot fouls at the it was pretty bad. It was bad. Yeah, but you know, I mean your skill is as a coach, so
I'll tell you that thing. Yeah, but I used to be a player. Right. I still want to be one. Yeah. That particular, it's funny to see who comes in and who excels and who, I mean, you know, and seasoned athletes will even take a crack at it and go, what the hell? Because you're not playing the actual game. It's a hybrid version of the sport. You've got to be a good knickknacker. That's it. You've got to be good at it.
pinball machine you gotta be good at ping pong you gotta be good at stuff like that all the coaches that come in they all mention it yeah and how they did yeah yeah they get excited about it my good friend steve donahue was a killer at it he was tremendous at banking him in and i never got that concept i mean you really have to be a superstar dave and busters to succeed yeah absolutely yeah when were you first hooked
with basketball. When did that first sink its hooks into you? You remember? Yeah, I think just sports in general. When you were a kid, there wasn't a whole lot. I grew up in the city, so you were out on the street. You were playing stickball, half ball, post ball, whatever ball you could do. But then there was a playground close by us, Shaw Junior High, that had a basket and a court. It was great.
And I sort of, anything to do with sports I was into. I wasn't a great student, so I needed to fill my time with something and sports happened to be it. It was magical when you found, you know, like we had a couple of schools and maybe they'd refurb their basketball court outside or whatever. And it was, you could go spend hours, you know, even if you weren't that much into it. It was still, it was like Valhalla to go have a place where you could play any kind of ball. It was wonderful.
And I, as a high school student, I was a football, basketball, and baseball guy, and I loved every one of those seasons. And so, but basketball just presented itself as a high schooler, and then got a chance to play in college at LaSalle, and I'm very grateful for that, and
And then on the coaching side of it, I wasn't going to be a coach, but my old high school came to me and said, well, Malvern Prep needs a new coach. I said, well, that's great. I hope they get one. He said, no, we want you. I said, not really. I'm good. I'm good where I am. And you had never coached before? I coached. I was actually at West Point.
when I was in the army in 1971-72 season but I didn't do a very good job I can guarantee but I was an enlisted man in the army and
And I got this duty, which was unbelievable, in that season of 71, 72. And I did it for a while, but a couple years later, that's when Malvern came to me. I wasn't sold on coaching at that point, probably because I wasn't very good at it. Well, from what I understand, you were kind of enjoying life at the time. You were, I think, bartending and playing golf, right? Golf, lots of golf. Lots of golf. I wasn't as good as Preston, but I was.
And so the notion, but when the switch finally clicked and you said, okay, when did you, or did you ever, I mean, let me ask the broader question. Was there that one moment where you felt, okay, this is my calling, coaching? Yeah, I think once you get, when you're the head coach coach,
And I did it in high school, but then when I got a chance to be the head coach at the University of Pennsylvania in 1989, I just started working with the guys. And you could see them start to blossom and get to be really good players. But more than that, just growing as people. And I think when that happens to you, you feel like you have an effect on them. And the reality is, though, they're teaching you as much as you're teaching them. Yeah.
Because you're still growing too. Or should be, right? Yeah. Absolutely. And then when you achieve a level of success, I think that's really what happens to you. And you can't do that without really good players. So the first time that you're brought in your army and you start to coach, were you just kind of...
it up as you went along or did you have someone that kind of showed you the way of what being a coach is about? Very much so. My high school basketball coach then became the head coach at the United States Military Academy at West Point. So I coached under him for that six month period of time. There you go. So I just was trying to be sponge like and figure out exactly what he was doing and I could copy it, but I didn't do it quite as well as he did. But it
Guy's name is Dan Darkity or was Dan Darkity. And I don't know where I'd be without that guy. Wow. It's interesting. I was telling these guys earlier, listening to Phil Martelli talk about you and you just, you mentioned a number and a number of people have mentioned this aspect to you. And I think the great coaches have this. They love the sport and they love, you know, the joy and the excitement they can provide. But they, the,
you embraced early the ability to help shape young minds, to make young men, to make good people, to help people realize their dreams and become fully realized humans. And that is...
That is such a gift that your legacy in and above this and the stats will live on. I mean, that's got to be an amazing thing to comprehend. It is. However, it doesn't present itself immediately. It's when they get to be 25 and 30 and 40 and they come back and the conversations change and they say to you, you know what?
I never really got what you were talking about. I get it now. It's just that same transition that we all make when our fathers got way smarter. The older you got, the older he got, the smarter he got. Yeah, no, that does make sense. So you plant the seeds, but you don't get the produce until a couple of years ago. That's correct. The results are not immediate. Coach, did you ever spend time or get to know Jim Valvano at all?
I didn't have a lot of time with Jim. I did with his younger brother, Bob. He and I were college assistant basketball coaches at the same time, but understood how good Valvano was. And they were talking about him last night being the youngest guy to win a national championship at the age of 37. I had no idea he was that young before I heard that stat last night. But he was a special guy. And interesting to watch the relationship of Valvano and Mike Krzyzewski where they were...
at each other's throats for a while but then they became best of friends when Jim Valvano got sick with cancer yeah I mean the ACC rivals and then you know watching him run around the court when the NC State wanted him for somebody to hug it's iconic but not that long ago I re-watched his speech at the ESPYs you know it's 10-15 minutes long and I just was crying by the end of it you know it's so moving and it's um
he knew that he probably was gonna he didn't have much longer uh but it was just this um perspective on life that is was just so um fulfilling and and and looking back and watching it later knowing what his fate was uh i'm glad that i did and and so he's just one of these guys where like you talk about life lessons anything that jim valvano ever said i i almost take his gospel yeah he was inspiring and there there is a espn piece uh
30 for 30 kind of thing where they chronicle all that year that they went to the Final Four and won it all. And the way that those guys talk about him in a reverence that is sort of sacred.
That's what you really want out of all of this. And you get it with your assistant coaches and you get it with the players on your team. But that camaraderie is what we're all after as coaches. Because while the success of winning a tournament is immediate and it's there in front of you,
Those relationships are forever, and that's what you want. I was reading an interview with you, and you were talking about the nature of college sports, and obviously in particular college basketball, and that you weren't sure if it...
could sustain as it is now? It seemed that you were hopeful for a change. What change do you think needs to occur for it to have a longer term prospect? Yeah, I wish I had the exact answer, Steve, to be honest with you. I know there's a centering coming, but right now we're in free agency. So if you don't like where you are or you can get a better deal, you can make that happen.
Originally, when you transferred, you had to sit out a year. Now you don't have to sit out a year. So it's immediate. And that's okay. We also are in, there's no salary cap that we have. So there's kids that are getting paid millions of dollars to play this. So the idea of amateur sports is not alive in college basketball or football at this point. We talked about it. And Nick had mentioned this and made me think about it.
The zeal, the energy that used to be associated with it seems to have diminished greatly. Especially in Philadelphia. Especially in Philadelphia. And do you think that's...
completely relevant to what you just said? Yeah, to an extent. Like, for example, LaSalle is a small university and we're trying to find our way. There are what they call power for conferences now that are running the show. And football is really driving the bus at this point because of the money and the opportunities that people have to make money. And I'm okay with our kids making money. That's great.
But I don't know that the model that we're presently in can sustain. And Nick, you just talked about this. We're in Philadelphia. It's different. We don't have one of those. None of our schools are in these power conferences that are really that's where the power of power.
NCAA is right now in the power conferences. I miss it. Growing up, Casey and I are the same age. The St. Joe's and Nova rivalry and watching Penn make the NCAAs when you were the head coach, to me that was super exciting. I always loved March Madness. I loved doing the brackets.
But it was especially exciting when John Chaney was coaching an incredible team in the 80s with Temple Owls and you coaching the teams that you've coached to the tournament over the years. It's sad for me because it really was a part of my youth and my 20s. It was something that I paid a lot of attention to. I just pay less attention to it now. And I think that's a little because none of the Philadelphia schools in recent years
when Jay obviously was at Villanova, he was knocking it dead and phenomenal coach, great guy and very happy for his success there. But that was that he was on top of the world there. The rest of us are just trying to find our way. And at this point, even our Atlantic 10 conference is starting to look like a single bid league. So if you win the
conference tournament you can go to the NCAA tournament but used to be where we would get two and three and perhaps four teams go to it within the league and we're struggling with that at this point because of the power being in the power conferences let's talk something a little more serious I'm looking at some pictures of you right now coach let's talk about the mustache phase that you went through here
And why decided to get rid of that? Well, it was one of my players, to be honest with you. Here's what happened. So he, this young man, Deontay Christmas, was one course from graduating in 19, or I'm sorry, 19. Wow.
In 2008, he didn't graduate. He wanted to go try to be in the NBA, and I was all for that. I said, you need to come back and graduate. The next summer, he doesn't graduate, so I'm a little ticked at him. And I said, you know what? If you graduate, I've had this mustache for 40 years. It was a good mustache. It was. It was solid. Two-bedroom, two-bath condo. And I said, I'll shave this thing if you graduate.
graduate and finish this one last course and I didn't hear from him and I said as a matter of fact if you don't graduate I'm not going to ever claim you as my son or as I coached you or anything else I'm not going to talk about you at all
So the following year, I see him walking around, but he's not near me. And finally, in the August of 2009, he presents me with this text message that says, Coach, get your razor ready. So he had graduated, and I opened my big mouth, and I had to follow through. We had a press conference.
I was shaving it during the press conference. But the reality was, I said, you're making this all about me right here. And he was sitting right here. And I said, this young man is the first person in his family to graduate. He's a phenomenal kid. He played the game with such great joy. I loved being around him. And he finally graduated. And I said, he deserves to be in the NBA. That's how good a player and a good a kid he is. He finally made it. He made it to the NBA.
Phoenix Suns that following year. I was just so proud of him. And now, ironically enough, he's a coach. Oh, no kidding. Does he have a mustache? He's got a bunch of stuff going on. Everybody talks about your coaching accomplishments, but that's part of it.
Like when you work with college students, the fact that he just needed one class, had you not maybe said that to him, maybe he wouldn't have gotten the degree. And, you know, the fact that he came back, finished the one class and then got the degree, that's all part of your coaching too. And it's great that you do that. Well, I hope so. And I think that's one of the things you try to do when you get these young people in your charge is to hold them accountable. Yeah.
Everything you say and everything you do has a consequence to it, good or bad. So pay attention to all of those things. And if you can be the best human that you can be, then you're on a good track. If you're a good human being and you work hard, life's going to be okay for you. Yeah, so I know John Chaney used to have morning practices. He's the only coach that I'm aware of. Did you hold your practices in the morning? And I heard that he had done it to keep his kids.
kids out of trouble, you know, so that, you know, well, we got practice at 5 a.m., so let's go to bed early, that type of thing. Did you employ that tactic? I did not. Okay. To be honest with you, here's what I did. I first got the job, and I surrounded myself with these kids on a given day, and I said, okay, here's the lay of the land. These are the rules I want to go by. And I said, any questions? And one kid raises his hand. I said, yes. He said, are we going to practice at 5.30? And so I thought for a second. I said...
And then I said, P.M. They all jumped up, gave me a big hug. But Cheney had his way of doing things. There was some...
Court issues, too, where they didn't have the court time always. But at 530, nobody else was doing that. So he had free reign. That's great. You're just hitting in. Fran Dunphy is here with us, retiring after 30 years, head coach in Philadelphia basketball.
Are there, there's so many great sports movies. Basketball has some great films. Are there any that stand out to you that either ones you really enjoyed or that kind of got it right in the way things go? Well, I think everybody in basketball probably loves Hoosiers. Yeah. It just was, and while it was a basketball story, it was really a story about humanity and humanity.
And people, and that's what this really comes down to. So I think that's probably my favorite one. I don't know that there's a lot of other basketball-driven stuff. That's why I like to watch these documentaries, because they tell a story about people's lives. One of my assistant coaches over the last three years was the first cousin of Kobe Bryant. And we would talk often about Kobe and his drive to be the best basketballer.
It was, in some ways, maniacal. He just had to get all of this stuff done. And it's remarkable to watch it. And then he finishes, and then he leaves us way too early. Yeah, absolutely. He was just becoming the man he was going to be. And he was obviously a phenomenal athlete and player and a driven guy. And that was all to be admired. But I think we lost out on how...
We would have admired him even more as a human later on in his life. We hear a lot about the elites, the greatest of the greats who work, work, work, work really hard. And they achieve this goal, this almost unattainable goal of being the greatest.
But how many stories out there are people who work just as hard and get just good enough to be in and to maintain that level still work that hard? There's got to be tons of stories like that. No question about it. Like even last night's game where Houston comes within one play of winning a national championship. And it changes the lives of those kids and the coach, Kelvin Sampson, who's an unbelievable coach.
And it's so fragile what we do. The winning and losing is so fragile. It's a made shot at one end and a missed shot at the other. And that's how games are often decided in the...
It's just crazy. But it never involves you working less hard, though. You're driven. You want to do the best you can every single day, every single year, because you've got a different team and a different group of guys that deserve your attention. I didn't stay up to watch it last night. My son did. My son's a huge basketball fan. And so he texted me about it after I went to bed, the NCAA championship game last night. So I watched the last minute when I got into work this morning. And it was heartbreaking. And the dude goes up to take a shot.
Almost gets blocked, so he drops the ball. And then there's this literally four seconds, right? But it just seemed like an eternity of the ball sitting there and nobody could figure out exactly what to do. And then you blink and it's over. And I felt terrible for the Houston kid. Of course you did.
I'm looking at Kelvin Sampson at the end and the emptiness of his feelings and face showed this, just, what do I do now? Yeah, yeah. And there's no more practice and the season's over and there's like that face right there. That's a killer. Yeah, basketball, especially collegiate basketball, well, I guess in professional too, you know, you can have two minutes left on the clock.
We got a good 30 minutes before anybody's going anywhere, man. It ain't over. Because there's three timeouts each. Yeah. They're using them all, and they seem like they're five minutes apiece. Is that when most of the strategy comes into play? Are those last, crucial? All right, we got to really strategically figure out what we're going to do now. There's a couple things that are involved here. One is you really need good players who feel the game. And you've practiced countless hours of all of these last-minute, last-second games.
And then whatever play you run, you need some cooperation by the defense to allow you to do it. Right. Last night.
Houston plans a play at the end of the game, and Florida's defense was just very, very good at that point. And then that's where the kids take over, this poise that they need to have at the end of a game. That's where the great ones flourish. The game slows down for them. They see it in a much more slow-motion fashion, and they just make this shot fake. The guy goes by, and they make one dribble, and they shoot a shot, and it goes in the basket, and you say,
that's why they... It's very cinematic. Yeah, and I... Very cinematic. I love to talk to basketball minds about why a player is so good. I look at players like Luka Doncic, right? Wow.
what what does he do that makes him so good and i want to ask specifically about cooper flag who is probably going to be the number one draft pick in the nba this year um what makes him so good why why is he so good yeah i think that again they see the game differently than the rest of us the game slows down for them they they have this poise about them that is remarkable like uh
is ridiculous with his poise. He just knows how to play better than most do. But he's not flashy. He sees things. No, he's slow. Yeah. That's what blows my mind. I'm like, he looks like he's running in molasses. That's exactly right. I had a kid, Kalief Wyatt, played for me at Temple. He could probably jump about this high. Like an inch. He didn't need to, but he was big, he was strong, he was
so smart and what you do as a coach at the end of his career because you're not smart enough and you're too insecure when you are younger to give him the requisite ownership but you know four minutes to go and the timeout occurs
four minutes in the game and you sit there and you say, all right, what do you want to run? And you say it to your best player because he's out on the floor doing the work. And you give him ownership. And that's when you get, I think, pretty good as a basketball coach. You want to give as much ownership as you can. I think seeing the court and seeing everything in motion and the way you phrase it, almost like the way, you know, the superhero, the Flash sees things because he's so fast. He's seeing everything in slower motion.
and can read in chess fashion where things are likely to go. And you need that person. And it's very telling about you as a coach that you would say in your younger years you're going to fall to the flashier player, but you mature and then realize who are the real...
who can get things done the way you want them to get done and give them their due. These guys see the game a play ahead of what you see. The past that leads to the past that leads to the layup. Given one quick story about this kid, Khalif Wyatt, as a freshman drove me crazy because I just wasn't used to somebody being this
and ready to go. I said, you and me, we're not going to work because you want to do one thing and I want to do another. I told him, give me five schools that you want to transfer to. I'm going to drive you there. Luckily, he doesn't pay attention to me because the next year he comes back and he's the sixth man of the year and the next two years he's the player of the year in the league.
Wow. Smart. Wow. But luckily, and now, you know what he is today? He's a coach. Of course. There you go. There you go. Have you been in the huddle where there's a guy like Jimmy who just goes, I'll make it. Like that, the dude, you know, like the Hoosiers line, like knowing that poise that you're talking about. Like, and, and,
A guy like Kobe, where you know he gets the ball, he's going to do what he's supposed to do. Yeah, I mean, you've got to trust in those kids, and you see them every day. You're working with them every single day. We had a game at St. Bonaventure this year, and we were down one with two and a half seconds left to go, and
You call timeout, and you're struggling. I don't know if it's the play A, play B, or play C. Finally, you just say, hey, give it to him. Let him make a play. One of our guys, Deuce Jones, rises up, makes a bank shot. We win the game. And people are saying, that was a great play. What are you kidding? Gave it to our best player and told him to go do a good thing. All right, so 30 years, 623 wins in your career as a head coach.
Of those 623 wins, how many did they win because of what you did? Seldom. Yeah? Seldom. And you know what? All those wins, you hardly remember. You know what you remember? The losses that just stay with you forever. We had a 27-point lead against Princeton one year I was coaching at Penn. There's no way we could lose the game.
However, we stopped playing well and they start playing great and we lose the game. And at that point, we lose the game by one. I would have sold my soul to the devil for two more points. 20 some years later, I wouldn't trade that for anything because that same group of guys got together. They don't lose the rest of the season. We go to the NCAA tournament. Our last game is at Princeton, our biggest rival, and we win the game going away and
And those kids, they gave me this peaceful feeling as I'm sitting in the locker room after the game. You can't replace that. The peace that you find at the end of a game that was hard fought and you won, there's nothing like that peace.
And that's what you aim for all the time. It's wild because you're describing life philosophies in a way. And there's a time at which you let the river carry you along. And there's a time when you really try to orchestrate. And both forces can work simultaneously. But we joke about are there any hard and fast rules if we go talk about how we got to where we are.
You do your best. Absolutely. And that's it. You talk about being also a good human. And Coaches vs. Cancer is such a great organization. And one of the things that we enjoyed so much about having you out to the camp out for hunger is the –
familial aspect of everyone stepping in and supporting the cause. And I mean, that's so near and dear to your heart. What has that meant to you throughout your career? It's been a great deal because we feel like we've made a difference. However, and while we've done some really good work, we've got more to do because there's still a phone call that comes in and says, hey, you know, my cousin has
prostate cancer, what do I do? And here's what you do. Here's a plan that we have. And I'm going to give you this doctor's name and you need to call him and call him right away. Those kinds of things are awesome. Again, that gives you that peaceful feeling that you're actually helping others. I think of the camp out stuff that we've done with you guys. And after a couple of days of doing this, uh,
at the end of the day, you've done great work. You've helped so many people. So you can walk away from that project that you guys have saying, you know what?
I did good work. Yeah. It's really pretty cool. And we all do it at the end of our days, I believe. You lay back on that pillow and you say, man, I really did a good job today. Or you have the other one. I did a crappy job. I didn't talk to that kid the right way. I got to fix it tomorrow. It's the same way we phrased it for years. We've talked about, Preston and I talk about the notion of when you put your head on the pillow...
Did you try to, you know, make it a little bit better for people? Did you not, you know, were you a good person? Did you try to be a good person? That's the best you can do. I coach my son's basketball team. It's just CYO ball, you know, but he coached them from fifth grade and then they do CYO high school ball. And I had several conversations. Listen,
I had no business coaching basketball whatsoever. I just raised my hand, you know, and then I had the job for seven years or whatever. But, you know, one of the, uh, my biggest lessons was telling them like how not important what we're doing right now is like on the court. Like, it doesn't matter. I'm like, you're not going to remember like who won the championship or who did this and you know, who did that. But like,
You're going to see each other 30 years down the road, 20 years down the road, 25 years down the road. And, you know, like you want to be good to each other now so that you have like, you know, good feelings two decades from now. Do you know what I mean? Like, absolutely. I go back to telling our kids all the time. There's Fred Shiro was the famous hockey coach for the Flyers back in 75, 76 and 70.
They were going to play the seventh game of the Stanley Cup championship, and he walked into the locker room before the game. They were tied 3-3, and he writes down, win today, and we walk together forever. Mm-hmm.
Well, those same flyers, they stayed together. They stayed in Philly and they, they were best of friends for like the next 40 years. There's nothing like that. That's being on teams. There's nothing like it. We, when we're all on teams, we're all in our families teams, you know, and it's good. I want to go back to a Hoosiers for just a moment because it could be the greatest sports movie ever made. Uh,
But there's a scene, Gene Hackman's character, to teach the team a lesson because he's in the infantile stages of creating a team. And they're being resistant and they're kind of going outside of what he suggests. A guy fouls out and he sits them out and they have to play shorthanded. Did you ever have to sacrifice the good of the team to prove a point?
Sure. In your career? A number of times. We talk about it all the time. I mean, our job is to get these guys that degree, or it was. I don't know. I think we're limiting that these days because it's not the value of the education isn't like it was 20 years ago. Yeah.
So let's say a kid, he's got an academic assignment and he doesn't do it. Say, okay, well, then don't, if you don't do it, then don't come to practice today. I'll give your job to the guy behind you. You'll do that? Well, yeah, that's not a big deal. The guy works just as hard. He may not be as talented as you, but works just as hard as you do. So we'll give him a chance. Well, I'm not for, I'm not forfeiting that. Okay. Well then go to class, be on time, raise your hand, sit in the front, be attentive, be
And all of a sudden that works. And at the end of the day, their grade point averages are okay because I was a knucklehead. Don't be like I was. Do as I tell you, not as I did. That's wild. So you've had a life of team building exercises. To the civilian, what do you think is the best way to bring a group of people together? What's the best thing, the best tactic? You know, you can't sit somebody out in real life sometimes. What's the best way to mobilize a team and get people on the same page? I don't know.
I don't know how you guys feel about it, but when you show your vulnerability, then you show your humanity and that you are just a regular Joe. And I think that's important. And when you get that message across to all of those guys that are with you, and it's not about you individually. It's always about the team. I marvel at Coach K as a college basketball coach and then what he did with the Olympic team. And he's got...
Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant and all these guys playing together as a team, sacrificing for the team. And of course, they won everything. And there's, again, nothing like that. So sacrifice yourself for the greater good of the team. And I think that's the message you're always giving out there. But I do think it could be as simple as you being the first seat on the bus, get off the bus right first, pull
Pull the latches up and start taking the bags off the bus. Things like that. I saw an article on Threads, a thread line, whatever you call Threads. But it was talking about...
courtside fashion and the coaches these days and how it's become, you know, like Jay Wright sort of had his, you know, he's known as a dapper dresser. But there's some criticism going back and forth. What do you think? Is there a purpose to the way you dress as a coach? Is there a message you send? Is there too much emphasis placed on it? Where do you think it falls in the pecking order? Well, I'm looking at that great picture of me up there in a suit.
I wore the suit because we're on a business trip. Yeah. This is a business. We're trying to... That's what we always did. I'm paying homage to the old guys when I do that. And there was a couple of games where I just wore... I had this sort of costume on. Right, yeah, yeah. And we didn't win those games, so I...
Quickly threw that away and went back to the suit. Not that we want a whole lot of those. It's a power statement. Well, I just think it's a statement that when you're here, the confines of that court are 94 by 50. And when you're on that, let's be attentive to everything...
detail wise that we can be and then when it's over like you're saying case like then it's over we're walking away and we're being best of friends but during that two hour period of time we're going to be attentive to what the most important project that we have going for us and let's try to win the game and try to more than that win every possession because the more possessions you can win the
And the fact is you're going to win that game. Coach, you're 30 years under your belt, retirement now. Obviously, there are a lot of great things that you're going to miss about that. What will you not miss? Because I know someday when we hang it up, I'm going to not miss getting up at 345 to go to work in the morning. What will you not miss about the stresses of being a collegiate coach?
I used to say that I won't miss the agita before the game. That's what we get. The craziness of what your stomach is and the butterflies and all that.
And then when the ball goes in the air and the game starts, well, those all go away because you're into the moment. Yeah. So I'll miss, I will miss that. I'll miss, while I hated the agita, I'm going to miss the agita. Okay. Because it was, you know, that getting ready for something. And the biggest fear that we all have is, is my team prepared?
Have I done every little thing to turn over that rock that might present an issue for us? And I think that's what we all want to do. We don't ever want to be unprepared and we don't want our guys to be unprepared. So we want them to get good rest and pay attention to their details.
And again, not think about themselves all the time. However, there are times where you've got to be a little bit selfish because you're the best guy and if they're going to foul your team, you want it to be you because you're shooting over 90% of the foul line. How am I going to get the ball?
Yeah. And oftentimes what happens is you want your best player throwing it to your other best player, but oftentimes they're one and the same. I want Joe throwing it to Joe. Yeah. How can I figure out how to get that done? Because that's the best passer, but also the best foul shooter. Interesting stuff. So speaking of Ajita and being prepared throughout the first pitch of the Phillies game the other day, were you nervous and how did you prepare in advance? Well,
I'd say I did it 10 years ago at the Phillies as well. And the guy before me, a couple weeks before me, was Herb McGee at Philadelphia College of Textiles and Science. Legend.
And Herb bounced it up there. I said, I am not doing this. So I practiced that time and I threw it so hard, I almost threw it over the top of the fanatic's head. But this time I went out to the LaSalle's baseball field. There's a couple of those players were out there. I said, yo, grab a glove. I need to practice. So I threw 100 balls, but I didn't throw it at the rubber. I went about...
15 feet in front because I had seen what it was like throwing it from the rubber I was all over the joint and then I threw before the game I threw it to Larry Bowe and we had a little toss before it so I threw him the knuckle curve and it was right on target laughter
So it was good. It was good. But I was nervous. Yeah. It was cool that you got to throw it to Larry Bowe. We've had him on the show a million times. And do you guys get to chat before and after? We did. OK. He and I and Charlie Manuel did a... We were down on the river one day just kind of doing something with our crew team at Temple. And I had my brother there, which was really a good memory for me. And so we just had a really good time. And Charlie's...
Beautiful guy. He was great. Bo was as good a shortstop as we've ever had in Philly. And,
I don't think the guy made very many errors in his whole baseball career in Philly. He was tremendous. Nick, you pulled up on your screen. I don't know if that already happened or not, but did you go to Pensbury High School or are you going to work with the girls' basketball team? That's my high school. Pensbury? Yeah. Didn't Frank Seale take that over? Oh, yeah, Frank. Yeah, you know Frank? I do. I coached a couple of Frank's guys, one of them being LaVoy Allen, who was maybe as good a player as I ever coached. Yep.
My brother was friends with LaVoy. Dalton Pepper. Frank came in when I was... I think I was like a junior or a senior, and he came in to coach. He was the most fun coach, I think. I mean, at least my time there. He would have the entire basketball team at the entrance of the high school. And when people would get... When the kids would get off the bus and come into the high school, he'd have his team dancing. And if they wouldn't dance, he would dance in the lobby of the school. It was so much fun. And so...
because he did that our games were packed whether or not they were doing well you know everybody still came to the games dorky dad dance i have video of it it was like i don't it kind of looked like he was having a seizure i don't know exactly what he was doing but yes he's a hell of a coach i don't think he's much of a dancer he's a good man and i i enjoyed coaching his guys because you know what they were prepared
And so Saturday you're doing a clinic this week there at Pensbury? It's Saturday the 3rd, May 3rd. Oh, the 3rd, May 3rd. And it's Coach Stunfee, Phil Martelli's going to be there, Cindy Griffin. And Saturday, May 3rd, it's Pensbury Girls Basketball. And there's a coaching clinic at 9 a.m. to noon.
And we can share that information as well. Kathy, when are you inducted into the Pensbury Hall of Fame? In October. In October. So we're a little ways off. Good for you, Kathy. Congrats. Thank you. April 26th is the Coaches vs. Cancer Gala at the Bellevue. We were talking off air. Great venue to have this.
and always super well attended. You look forward to these things? I do. Again, I'm not a very good dancer. However, it's just great people and the Philadelphia corporate community has gotten behind us phenomenally over the years and it's a time for us to all get together and
We get criticized by coaches around the country because when we go out to recruit, we all sit together as Philadelphia coaches. And they say, what the hell are you doing? You're trying to beat the pants off of one another and you're sitting together here. And oftentimes we're recruiting the same kid. But it's what happens when you join the Philadelphia community basketball-wise. You're trying to beat each other up on those given days that you're playing. But after that, the respect is always there. And I think it's...
So, and it's the basketball community and whatever you can do to help it in whatever form that takes, go do it. Well, we've always loved that. It's got to be unique in the country. It's got to be unique to this city because, I mean, in all the years that we've encountered you and the other coaches, it's
It's been so much fun. You guys are, lack of a better term, good people. You know what I mean? That's just what it comes down to. And we appreciate it. Every single time. Well, listen, Coach, we saw news of your retirement and mixed emotions because we're like, wow, it's tough to...
see somebody like you hand things over. But then again, you're moving on to another chapter in your life and we're happy for you as well. But we wanted to get you in here because we've had nothing but great experiences every time we've hung out together and we just wanted to pick your brain a little bit and see where you are. Thanks for having me. I appreciate it very much. Good to be with you guys and all the very best. Our pleasure. Congratulations to you. Guys, Fran Dunfield. Yeah!
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Last night, I thought it was kind of a joke headline. It is not. Turns out that it is real. Dire wolves are no longer a thing of fantasy. Colossal Bioscience has revealed that it has successfully brought the species...
First made popular as the sigil of House Stark in Game of Thrones, back from extinction after taking DNA from a 13,000-year-old tooth and a 72,000-year-old skull and making healthy direwolf puppies. I thought it was a joke as well, Preston, when I first saw the headline pop up. Yeah.
Right now, they look adorable. I didn't even know that they were real. I thought that Game of Thrones... Created? Yeah, that R.R. Martin made it up for the story. Because in the show, they come across one and it's rare and it's giant, Steve. It's not like the size of a horse. Yeah. But just shy of that. They're really, really big. And I have no idea. I think these things can get up to about 150 pounds or something like that. So they're sizable. They're not Game of Thrones big, but they're big.
So, now the dire wolf walks the earth again after being extinct for over 10,000 years. Three pups named Romulus, Remus, and Khaleesi. Ah, there you go. Now live in a secret 2,000 acre preserve. Lord of the Rings director Peter Jackson even loaned his $1.5 million Iron Throne prop to...
for a photo op with the pups. And Game of Thrones author George R.R. Martin noted the breed of wolves have a rich history of contributing to the American ecosystem and aided the team as a cultural advisor and investor. Yeah, so I just looked this up because it just sounded familiar, but there is a Grateful Dead song called Dire Wolf, and George R.R. Martin is a huge Grateful Dead fan. Well, the circle of life, Simba. There's a bunch of dead references all throughout the series. No kidding. That's pretty cool.
Alright, moving on to another story. Mr. Chen, a 30-year-old retired boxer from China, has been evicted twice this year due to his unconventional pet. He has a black buffalo calf that he's given the gentle-sounding name of Bull Demon King.
Does this guy know about the dire wolves? He thought about getting a dog at first, but Chen says that he picked the buffalo to symbolize his commitment to hard work without becoming overburdened. That's my buffalo. Despite the challenges of urban buffalo ownership. I would imagine there are plenty. Including cleaning and space constraints, Chen remains devoted to his pet, Sheridan's.
sharing their daily life on social media while some criticize his motives. Chen asserts that his genuine affection for Bull Demon King and continues to seek pet-friendly housing. How does he keep it from barking, Preston? To keep them together. He's got a collar, one of those collars that he puts on them. St. Peter's Angelican Church in Shipley, England has introduced Wrestling Church, an event that combines professional wrestling with Christian messages.
The initiative is led by 37-year-old Gareth Thompson, who credits both pro wrestling and his faith with transforming his life. Time to talk about the Lord, brother. Thompson believes that the dramatic narratives of wrestling, often depicting the struggle between good and evil... Yeah, it's kind of like wrestling. ...align seamlessly with biblical stories such as David and Goliath. Brother. During these events, the church's traditional setting...
complete with stained glass windows, becomes the backdrop for wrestling. The Reverend Natasha Thompson, or Thomas, the priest in charge at St. Peter's, acknowledges that while this approach is unconventional, it has successfully drawn a diverse audience that includes families and wrestling enthusiasts. Do you know a cane head? A brother? Reverend Thomas says that the events are giving the congregation a new sense of community within the church. Well, it's interesting. It is. It seems unconventional.
There's not one of us who wouldn't love to find a way to get rich quick. And in Turkey, a group of scammers has been arrested for preying on that desire by creating fake treasure maps. Reports say the complex crime operation spanned over nine Turkish provinces and dozens of scammers worked together to dupe victims for around $1.3 million.
The scammers would allegedly travel to rural areas of the country with artificially aged, hand-drawn, and highly detailed maps that supposedly led to a treasure of untold riches. Sure, I'd buy a treasure map. The ruse went further, though, with the con artist staying in contact with their excited Marks
who'd said they'd found gold statues and coins during their quest, to which the scammers would then put the victims in contact with priests to verify the authenticity of the finds. Of course, the question one would ask is, if you're in possession of all these treasure maps, why aren't you yourself going to get the treasure? Then because selling the artifacts was risky, the scammers then offered to sell the goods in exchange for an upfront fee. So they had a full scam that was going on.
In the past week, there have been two different instances of drug-sniffing dogs finding contraband hidden in human crevices in Texas. Oh, man. First on March 30th, an unidentified 26-year-old male citizen of the U.S. was interviewed by officers at the Yelesta Institute.
international pedestrian crossing that interviewed that interview led to a secondary exam where dogs caught a whiff of the two packages of meth that he had strategically stored between his ass cheeks. I hate being a dog. Then the next day at the same port of entry, dogs once again caught the scent of drugs and
Coming from the backside of an unidentified 41-year-old U.S. citizen also entering the country from Mexico. We're looking at some of the things that were up the butts. Yeah. This looks like a squash. Though he refused a medical exam, officers believe that he had something unsavory lurking within his anal cavity. Don't we all. After waiting it out.
The man eventually passed what ended up being .31 pounds of fentanyl. Jesus. So they waited and they got what they needed to get. Basically what you could put on the head of a pin could kill someone. They had all that up their ass. Yep. And then one last story.
Uh, cars driving past the Kennedy center witnessed the unexpected liftoff on Thursday on an, an unexpected liftoff on Thursday after a 30 foot tall Mars balloon escaped its moorings and rolled from its place outside the art center onto the highway. Wow. The planet famous for its rovers went roving itself, departing the Kennedy centers, reach Plaza and rolling East onto the roadway. Uh,
The balloon is part of the Kennedy Center Celestial Bodies Earth, Moon, Mars exhibit, which allows viewers to wander the grounds and examine inflatable models of Earth, the Moon, and Mars. Yeah, the Kennedy Center's closed. Jack should have told you. At night, the balloons are illuminated from within to make a fun photo op. And after Thursday evening's viral moment, the Mars balloon was quickly retrieved from the highway and returned to the Kennedy Center. No balloon-related injuries were reported as expected.
a result of the incident. And yeah, it's pretty funny when you see the video. And that is what I have in the bizarre file for you this morning. All right, we will take a break, but not before I remind you what our 20 money word is. It's race. This is your chance to win $1,000.
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Very cool setup for the Metallica shows coming up May 23rd and 25th. And that is a pair of two-day floor tickets for that event. So, we'll get that letter. I don't want you to miss it. Coming up at the end of the program. We will give away that prize on Friday. And by the way, you still have time.
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to our special contest, short code number 45911, but you've got to move on that now. Lesson question time. We're going to give away four pack of tickets as MMR rocks Monster Energy AMA Supercross Saturday, April 12th at the link. If you think you might know the answer to this, even before I ask it,
I ask that you text the word ZOOM to 610-660-9333. Do it! We will send you today's daily link for our Zoom connection. And then if you do know the answer, you can just click on that link and jump in and get right rolling. So here is the question that we ask you now. What is Gleb short for? We found out earlier this morning. I'll tell you what it's not. It's not Glebra because that would be silly. That's stupid. No. Yeah. What is Gleb short for?
that we found out earlier this morning. If you were listening and you heard it, you should call right now and we'll try to get the answer from you. All right, let's do the trash. The trash business is a gold mine. 93.3 WMMR with Preston and Steve's Hollywood Trash. Brought to you by A.D. Moyer, trusted expert since 1939. A.D. Moyer Lumber is your professional source for decks, windows, doors, kitchens, millwork, and more.
And you can visit them on the web at admoyer.com. What's happening this morning, Steve? Well, following up on a few stories here, Johnny Depp's seen dressed as a Mexican bandit filming a new Dior commercial in Vela Espaisa, Spain. Depp is pushing his new cologne, which promises to make women happy.
Crap the Bed. Ooh, wow. Sydney Sweeney and Emily Ratajkowski making a special joint appearance in New York to endorse Karastazi, a popular hair care brand. Sweeney and Ratajkowski, who were playfully hugging and stroking each other's hair, reportedly found it difficult to talk over the sound of boners. Woo!
And finally, disgraced Fyre Festival promoter Billy McFarlane still claiming Fyre Festival 2 is taking place south of Cancun, even though the Mexican government says no paperwork has been filed. McFarlane is not deterred, though, saying super elite platinum VIP tickets have just gone on sale for $50 trillion. Yeah.
And that's your holiday trip. All right, looking for the answer to the question, what is Gleb short for? While we're waiting for that to come through, did Marissa isolate this of me? Yeah, I didn't tell her to do that. This is when I... No, it was Sam, actually. My voice cracked. It was Sam? I'm like, thank you, Sam. You thought you had an ally with that guy. I'll play this for you here, Russ. Broad tube. Wow. Wow. I was trying to say broad tube-eye. Broad tube. Wow. Wow.
Brought to you by... My voice has been cracking a lot lately. It's your rib. I think it's puberty. Yeah. Maybe. Second puberty? I notice more hair in my area. Do you go through like another form of puberty on the downhill? Maybe that's what it is, Ken. Your voice gets even higher.
But no, lately I've been catching my voice crack from time to time. I'm like, what the hell is that all about? Yeah, if you listen to recordings of us, even when we started here, vocally, there's a fair amount of difference. The old audio of Pierre as well. My freshman year physical science teacher, his voice cracked.
every single class at least one time. It always cracked. Yeah. All right. We have someone who wants to chime in and try to win the prize. And the question is, what is Gleb short for him? Believe it or not, we have Santa Claus. Santa's got to go. That's what I've been told. Anyway, Santa, are you there? He's muted.
He's muted. There we go. Okay. Am I? Is this Santa Claus? Yeah, now it's Santa Claus. Hi. I forgot I had this name on here. That's what it says. Oh, okay. Do you want to give us a different name? I'll stick with Santa. All right, that's fair enough. All right, is Santa, what is Gleb short for? Is it Glebica? Not Glebica. No, sorry about that.
Incorrect. And we had said Glebra. That is incorrect. Was wrong. There was a wholly different one. Yeah. So we'll wait. We'll start music news. If you know, reach back in to us. Reach back in to us? Reach back out to us? Reach. Put your hands up our asses. And we will see if you can win. Now, Preston and Steve's Music News on 93.3 WMMR. Yeah! Yeah!
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This was sad news to see. Clem Burke, drummer for Blondie, has passed away. He had been battling cancer.
A statement from the band shares it is with profound sadness that we relay news of the passing of our beloved friend and bandmate Clem Burke following a private battle with cancer. Clem was not just a drummer. He was the heartbeat of Blondie. His talent, energy, and passion for music were unmatched.
And his contributions to our sound and success are immeasurable. And they said that the drummer contributed to all four of Blondie's number one singles in the U.S. Heart of Glass, Call Me, The Tide Is High, and Rapture as well. Excuse me, I remember seeing a video not that long ago of this song, actually, of Call Me. I think they might have been on Saturday Night Live playing. And it was focused in on Clem and how...
Intensive a drummer he was. I mean, like, he really played hard. And you don't think of Blondie naturally as having, you know, complex drum parts and everything. But he's one of those guys that kind of hit it well. And that's what a good drummer can do. They can be doing some really cool things and you don't even notice it because it's a part of the fabric of the music. Yeah, but if you were to take it out, you would certainly notice. Yeah.
Chris Stein, right? He had been sick years ago. He's fine. Did not know that he had a cancer issue. Yeah. Yeah, Clem. Yeah. Yeah, Clem Burke. I was about to say Clem. No, that's Clem. I know. It's infected my brain. So that was sad news to pass along. Pete Best, speaking of drummers, first drummer of the Beatles.
before Ringo Starr is retiring from performing. Best's younger brother, Rogue Best, shared the news on social media saying, well, what an absolutely wonderful ride we've had. However, everything comes to pass. My brother, Pete Best, has announced today he's retiring from personal appearances and performing with the group.
His daughters informed me it is due to personal circumstances. Press, I don't know the history here, but was Pete Best kicked out of the band or did he quit the band? He was kicked out of the band. I mean, he was it was a couple of things like he a he was a substandard drummer. Some people crap on Ringo because he's not a very dynamic drummer. But Ringo in his heyday was was better than Pete Best technically as a drummer. And I still think Ringo is a great drummer.
And there were some internal struggles. Like he and John apparently didn't get along very well. He was considered kind of a, I guess, a pretty boy. That was one of the rumors. Maybe he was taking some of the attention away from the others. But the bottom line is he wasn't a good enough of a drummer. You're not good. We don't like you and you're terrible.
You're not the best. You're just mid. And plus, Ringo, believe it or not, was like a... He was well known in that Liverpool community of music. The whole Merseyside thing. Like, he was kind of on his way up with... It was Rory and the... Oh, man. Rory and the Hurricanes he played for. And they were like a rising act. He was considered a bit of a get-in, right? Yeah, totally. And so that's why he was desirable to the Beatles. Right.
But he responded with, Pete had responded saying, I had a blast, thank you. Best Family had owned the Casbah Coffee Club where the Beatles put on some of their first shows, by the way. I did love the fact that he had a record that was Best of the Beatles. I thought that was pretty ingenious. Smart. The Doobie Brothers are celebrating the release of their new album, Walk This Road, with a special concert event tomorrow.
It's called The Special Evening with the Doobie Brothers live in concert, and it will be June 6th at New York City's Irving Plaza. The same day of the album's release, by the way, and the iconic lineup of Tom Johnson, Patrick Simmons, John McPhee, and Michael McDonald will take the stage to play some of the legendary band's biggest hits, along with selections from the new project. So, Pete Beck's got into trouble trying to release an album called The Best of the Doobie Brothers? Oh, no.
Because he had technically nothing to do with that band whatsoever. Gotta give him A forever, though. It worked once. It worked once, yeah. Tickets for the show go on sale Friday, 10 a.m. Eastern Time. I love this guitar, man. Oh, it's so great. It's so good. Yeah.
Did you watch the Art Rock documentary? Isn't it great? It is. But you know what? I actually didn't watch the very end. Like, I know. Oh, you gotta see. There's the money shot. I know. It's so good. Yeah, alright. And then one last story. Sting is dropping a live album featuring performances of both solo hits and songs from his days with the police. Sting Live 3.0.
Will be available digitally on CD and on 180 gram vinyl with the exclusive Record Store Day Deluxe Edition out April 12th. Does this mean our good buddy's going to call us again? I hope so. I mean, we've already talked to him twice. It's clear we have a friendship forged in fire. Recorded during his Sting 3.0 world tour with longtime guitarist Dominic Miller and drummer Chris Maas.
The album is a nine-song collection of Sting's greatest hits, including Be Still My Beating Heart, which has never before been released as a live version. For more Sting and Police goodness, you'll have to buy the exclusive limited edition records for a day deluxe edition 2LP set.
which consists of 17 tracks showcasing live versions and never-before-seen released live tracks as well. So that's coming out. And that is what I have in music news for you. All right, we are going to go to a Zoomer and see if they happen to know the answer to today's lesson question, which is, what is Gleb short for? And this time around, we're going to go to Michael. Hey, Michael, how you doing, man?
Hey, how are you guys? Awesome, buddy. All right, so what is Gleb short for? Glebowitz. Glebowitz! Yes! That is correct, sir. I want you to hang on, Mike. We are going to give you, my friend...
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Sure am. All right. We've got Batman Returns and another post. Thumbs up for me on that. What is this? Oh, there we go. Cool. Got to see another one. Very nice. All right. Thanks, Bob. We're going to take a quick break. We'll come back in a second and we will wrap up our show when we return. Stay with us.
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1039, here we are, Tuesday morning, and windy and cold today, although sunshine. We keep getting this trade-off thing where it'll be dismal,
And kind of depressing to look at. And then it turns sunny, but it gets cold and windy. So we get this, it looks nice, but it's not nice to go out into thing. That's kind of summed up this winter and now into a portion of spring. If you go out, though, and you start hiking and moving around, it can be nice. I need a lot of sun now. Had too much of the gray sky. Not good.
Tomorrow we'll have continued sun. Today cooler than tomorrow. High only 51. I think less breezy, which will be a little bit better. And then Thursday, clouds in 51. Then Friday, rain in 51. Then showers on Saturday, high 48. So, you know, is what it is. I would like to thank our guest today. Coach Fran Dumpy was here. Yes.
He is just a class act. A nice guy who has done some great work in Philadelphia, not only in leading basketball teams, but leading young people into their future. Yes. He's such a great guy. High success rate. Yep. Our buddy Jay Wright was listening to the interview. He texted me afterwards and he said that Fran Dunphy should be mayor of Philadelphia. Yeah. He's one of the best. And don't forget that they have their Coaches vs. Cancer program.
Basketball Gala coming up Saturday, April 26th at the Bellevue. And you can go to PhiladelphiaBasketballGala.org to get information on that. Or just do a quick search on coaches versus cancer. There's nothing else like it in the country. It's amazing. These guys are the best. So it was cool to have them by. Pierre Robert is here getting set for a program and a fun-filled day today. Good day, my children. Nice to see you. Nice to see you, kids.
Yeah. You were sharing recipes for sourdough in the kitchen a moment ago. Yes, I was. I said, I heard you say, how often do you feed it? And I go...
But then I'm thinking, is there an animal or a child involved here? And then you're talking about feeding sourdough bread. Yes. How do you feed it? So there's this thing called a starter. I don't know if I want to know. And it's essentially the basis for what will eventually become the dough that you're using. And it has to be kept alive. The yeast in there has to feed on.
whatever yeast feeds on to make it what, you know, its awesomeness. And if you make sourdough bread, starter is something you hang on to from each batch and you continue making more of it as you make your bread. Okay. It's a process, man. It is crazy how involved it is. I'm going to get it right out there and start it up. I'll bet you are. You need to. I'm going to make, it looks like milk.
But it grows. It's interesting. I think with your attention to detail, I think this would work. Thank you, Steve. All right. All right. Yeast eats sugar and produce byproducts including carbon dioxide. And yeast poop. And alcohol as well. Does that contribute to global climate change? It gets rid of the beer. Oh, it gets rid of it. Yes. It eats up the carbon. Exactly. All right, good. Now we're cooking with sourdough. Now we are.
Let's see. Oh, you know what? Casey pointed this out. It's Tuesday. We've got to give away our tattoos. Yes, you do. I would like to congratulate Rich Schofield of Philadelphia. Rich is going to get a $350 gift certificate from Floating World Tattoo and Piercing. And this whole thing is sponsored by Floating World Tattoo and Piercing. 1729 South Street in Philadelphia.
Check out their artwork samples. FloatingWorldTattoos.com or on Instagram at Floating World Tattoos. So congratulations, Rich. Get your Preston and Steve tattoo on, my brother. Letter of the day, Pierre? Yes, please. Here we go. Preston and Steve on 93.3 WMMR. Now, the Daily Letter. All right, and the Preston and Steve show is brought to you today by the letter... I as in Italy. I as in Italy. All right, and we will give away on Friday...
A pair of two-day floor tickets is MMR Rocks Metallica, May 23rd and 25th, Lingham Financial Field, Limp Bizkit, and Ice 98.
I keep wanting to say Nine Inch Nails. And Ice Nine Kills opening night number one. And then Pantera and Suicidal Tendencies opening the second show. Single day tickets are on sale now via Ticketmaster. It's a no repeat weekend with two different sets performing in the round and with different openers each night. We give that away on Friday. What's happening today, sir? Well, we have The Word coming again at noon. The 20 money. Is that how we're saying it? 20 money.
20 money. 20 money. 20 money, okay. In honor of your 20 years, which is cool. I've got another word at noon. And we'll also have a Workforce Box of the Eagles and The Clash in three days, Grace. And another pair of tickets for that beautiful show called Slayer. Slayer. Slayer. You're giving those away all week, aren't you? Yes, I am. You're a badass. A family show. Yeah. Oh, no. No, I'm angry.
By the way, Marissa Magnata created a video that is on our Instagram account that I was laughing my ass off out yesterday. I watched it like three times in a row. She added all of this artwork to it. It is...
It is hilarious. If you get a chance, see that on our President Steve Show Instagram. Ian Fidance, stand-up comedian. We've had him in the studio a couple of different times. He loved the video. Oh, really? Yeah. That's great. So where did the concept of yelling the name come from? I mean, it's... Okay, so... Because, I mean, you got Motorhead. You got, you know...
Kill Your Mother. You got those, you know, bands like that. I remember being at Oz Fest with friends of mine who are headbangers. And they were like, dude, if you go into the bathroom at any event, especially in Oz Fest, and just yell Slayer, people will start shouting Slayer. Almost like starting an Eagles chant. It gets a response. And Slayer alone, above all else, right? Yeah. I was at the Tower Theater one time when Kiss was playing Slayer.
And it was their without makeup tour. And it was at their worst, quite frankly. But they were happy. But I snuck down. I was by myself and I'd never seen Kiss. And I snuck into this aisle and this motorcycle guy was there. And he just gave me this nasty look. And I turned to him and I looked at the band and I go, F-ing A. Yeah.
And he goes, welcome. Yeah, that's all you needed to do. So sometimes just the way you say it. F-ing A, yeah. Nice. So I just wondered where the yelling of the name Slayer comes from. Don't know. It's what Slayer fans do. The folklore of Slayer. Exactly. It must be.
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is going to be checking in via Zoom tomorrow because he's got an appearance coming up next month. Awesome. In the area. And actress Terry Polo will be on the show, too. From Meet the Parents. She's great. And we'll find out who else we can touch base with and do tomorrow morning. That's it. We are done. Rage on. Have yourself a great day. And we'll see you tomorrow, friend. Bye-bye.
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