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We bid you a good morning, dear friend, and welcome because a Wednesday has arrived. And here we are midweek. We look at the weather forecast for today. We have the return of the sun, so a little less draft, but still only high of about 51 degrees. Less wind than yesterday. That's all right. Now clouds return.

and that's the order of the next several days. So high tomorrow, 52. Rain expected on Friday with a high of 49. Some more showers over the weekend on Saturday with a high of 48 degrees. What?!

Sunday we'll have clouds, but we'll get back up to about 60 degrees. But not great stuff, unfortunately. And now, Preston and Steve's News Update with Kathy Romano. And today is Wednesday, April 9th. Good morning, Kathy. Good morning. In the news this morning, a catastrophic roof collapse at a nightclub in the Dominican Republic's capital left at least 79 people dead on Tuesday. And emergency crews were working frantically after nightfall to pull survivors from the rubble.

About 155 people were injured. Families of victims gathered near the Jet Set nightclub seeking information about their loved ones. Former Major League Baseball player Pedro Martinez shared a video on his Instagram account saying, I still have family members that are still in the rubble and we don't know what happened to them.

The deceased included a pop singer, a governor, a former Major League Baseball pitcher, Octavio Dottel, authorities say. He died en route to the hospital after being pulled from the debris. The exact number of people inside the nightclub at the time of the collapse remains unclear. The disaster struck during a concert by popular Dominican merengue singer, Ruby Perez, who was among those killed, according to his manager and family members near the site. The event was attended by politicians, athletes, and other participants.

prominent figures. It's just horrible. Terrible. And in the footage, they don't show all of it, at least in the footage I saw, but you can see the rigging start to come down. I saw it, yeah. I saw, yeah, that whole thing come down and land on the crowd. It's crazy. It was a really big, light, and sound rigging, you know, that was hung over the middle of the whole venue. Horrible. Just boom, right down on everybody. Yeah.

Awful. Yeah. And there, you know, people are still in there. They're still, you know, trying to frantically trying to pull people out of the rubble. So, you know, there'll be more updates and I'm sure, you know, numbers will change throughout the day. After more than a month in the hospital, a South Jersey man is back home recovering following a brutal attack at a bar in Collingswood in February. 30-year-old Dan Walker was stabbed at the Raccoon Tap

room in Collingswood on February 24th. Police say 27-year-old Taha El-Mogazi stabbed Walker during an unprovoked attack. El-Mogazi was later arrested and is now facing several charges, including first-degree attempted murder. Marcus Lotirzo, one of Walker's best friends, said that Walker received treatment at Cooper Hospital and Jefferson Moss Rehab Rehabilitation...

Sorry, Moss McGee Rehabilitation Hospital in Center City. Even after receiving fantastic care, Letizio says his best friend, who was training for a strongman competition, is paralyzed from the chest down. He does not have any movement in his legs or anywhere below his chest.

Because of the long road ahead of him, Letizio helped launch a fundraiser to cover Walker's medical expenses as he continues to rehab and recover. Letizio said Walker's story doesn't end here. Explaining his friends next chapter will be filled with resilience, hope and support that is already being shown through every donation and kind message.

Crozier Health is on life support. Delaware County's largest hospital system could begin shutting down on Wednesday. This is like the ship that never left. Yes, the United States. Yeah. Yeah, because every time I hear it, I'm like, oh my God, it's closing again. And then something happens. But so we'll see. So on Tuesday, its owner, Prospect Medical Holdings, told a judge it needed $9 million by 4 o'clock on Wednesday.

Yeah. Can anyone help them? Is there any chance they can turn the hospital into a reef as well? See?

Sink it. So they said they need this money by Wednesday or it would begin closing. So negotiations have been ongoing for weeks to keep Crozier Chester Medical Center in Chester and Taylor Hospital in Ridley open. While these meetings are taking place and the fate of Crozier remains unclear, doctors, nurses and staff continue to show up hoping something will work out. But officials are not optimistic at this point. Officials with prospect medical holdings appeared...

Before a Texas bankruptcy court Tuesday afternoon, they told the judge that they needed the money wired to the receiver's account by 4 o'clock Wednesday or they'd start the closure proceedings. Delaware County is ready to issue a declaration of emergency if a closure motion is issued. Over the last few months, $40 million has been invested to keep the system open and avoid closure. Officials say job loss, a gap in readily available treatment, and a strain on other local hospitals are at stake.

Residents in the area who are looking for updates on the future of Crozier and what's at stake, they can call a number that's been set up to receive updates. It's 484-276-2100. A private meeting between both parties is scheduled for this morning. A public hearing is set for Thursday. In sports this morning. Ball sacks are jumping. Ball sacks are jumping. Ball sacks are jumping.

What the f*** is that? The Phillies lost to the Braves 7-5 last night in Atlanta. What the f*** is this? Sean Murphy homered and drove in four runs in his return from a rib injury to lead the Braves to the win. Austin Riley hit two doubles for Atlanta, including a tie-breaking shot to the wall in right center in the seventh inning. Kyle Schwarber homered and drove in three runs for the Phillies, who fell to 7-3 on the season.

The series continues tonight. Tywin Walker will get the start. The first pitch set for 7-15. The Sixers, who have lost 12 games in a row, are in Washington tonight to play the Wizards at 23-56. The Sixers are the third worst team in the Eastern Conference, while the Wizards are 17-61 and have the second worst record in the NBA. Tip off for this exciting game tonight at 7 o'clock. Battle of the Titans.

have only five games left in the regular season and are at Madison Square Garden tonight to take on the Rangers. The puck will drop in New York at 7.30 and the Eagles are still the Super Bowl champs. We have that going. And that's what happened this morning. Thank you very much, Kath. We actually have a lot going on today. So let me run down the list. It's a Wednesday morning, so we'll check in with Fox Good Day today. Mike and Alex, see what they are up to. Right after that, it's the 20 money keyword. We'll get that as close to 8 o'clock as we can so we have your chance to win.

$1,000 again today every hour. Well, not every hour, but for five chances we have. And you can get the details at WMMR.com. But we'll do it at 8 a.m., 10 a.m., noon, 3 and 5.

Then we have an announcement as well, which is pretty cool. Case, where do we want to do that? Like right on that same spot? Yeah. Yeah. Well, so, I mean, that's the thing. This thing that we're going to do is, you know, it's a nationally recognized thing that won't be announced nationally until 10 o'clock. But they want us to do it anytime we want. So we have the lead on it. We do. So it's a worldly known good thing. All right. So we'll get to that.

I don't know. We'll figure that out. 8 o'clock hour, we'll do that. We also have a couple of guests on the show. Actress Terry Polo is going to be joining us. And she shot to fame in the... Meet the Parents. Meet the Parents films, yep. And we're going to talk to her because she's talking about Relative Control, which is opening on digital platforms on Friday. And then our good friend Kevin Smith is going to be getting in touch with us because...

The 25th anniversary of Dogma is happening, and they have the Resurrection Tour, which is going to be taking place at the AMC Neshaminy on May 5th. So, Kevin, we'll be here for that. I love this. And for the longest time, Dogma's been locked up in a legal battle. It hasn't been able to be released or shown in theaters, and now it's finally been... Didn't know that. Yeah, and this...

in the re-release of the anniversary edition, Preston. It says, from director Kevin Smith, when he used to make good movies. Oh, that's great. Obviously, he oversaw the creation of the trailer. Oh, my God. I love that movie. I always thought that was one of my favorites of his. Ahead of its time. It's actually been imitated in a number of different ways.

But it's every team that 25th anniversary marks. So we'll talk to Kevin later this morning in preparation for that appearance. So it should be all good. And outside of that, stupid question, entertainment report, things like that. We'll get to it all. In fact, we'll take a break and come back with those very things. So stay put. We'll return in a mere moment.

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Now, back with more of the Preston and Steve Show podcast. Okay, so stupid question time. We're giving away a four-pack of tickets to Driven to Serve, Muscle Car, Jeep and Truck Show, Maple Grove Raceway. That's Saturday, April 26th.

And if you think you know the answer to this, you need to text the word ZOOM to 610-660-9333 and we'll send you today's daily link. Now, the question I pose to you is, how many players are there in a standard curling team? So get in touch with us if you know the answer to that. How many players are there in a standard curling team?

curling team so text zoom to 610-660-9333 we'll see if you can get on board and answer that question live on the air with us today all right birthdays today on the ninth day of april include actor jay baruchel uh he's great he's terrific i love tropic thunder uh yeah tropic thunder she's out of your league or out of my league um uh he's great in how to train your dragon and

God Almighty, that movie just drove me to tears when I watched it the first time. It was so beautiful. We'd gone through a lull of good animated movies. I forget what was before that. But man, that blew me away. So I am excited for the live action movie, but I think he's a major part of what makes it work. And being a Canadian, he did this really cool thing for the band Rush and their Clockwork Angels tour. Oh, really? If you want to see the show live.

He's part of the interactive videos that they play. He plays this tax collector character and he was great. So happy 43rd birthday to Jay Baruchel. Elle Fanning, the very lovely young lady. Gorgeous. Turns 27 years old today. She's in the Maleficent films, is she not? That is correct. Yep. And you see her on, she's in ad campaigns a fair amount now too for like, you know, very fashion. She's so pretty.

We bought a zoo. She's also in A Complete Unknown. Does she have a decent role in that? Do you remember? Yes, she does. I'm going to watch it next week. She's Dylan's girlfriend. Bob goes back and forth between loving her and loving Joan Baez. Isn't she sort of like an amalgamation of her character? Dylan did not want the actual woman who it was to be

hurt or to be exploited for the movie so they kind of made a composite yeah steve there's an album cover where they use l fanning's character but that album cover is not what the actual album cover is okay but i forget some of the details um but yeah preston whenever you see it let me know because i'm curious to see what your impressions will be she's 27 today uh jenna jameson oh boy turned 51 years old today i guess she's doing all right i don't know she's

Getting divorced, I think, from her wife. Yeah, that's right. She was one of the, I remember in my brief and very limited exposure to pornography, I remember her presence being one of the first really girl next door types. Super pretty. I wouldn't necessarily say girl next door, though. I mean, she was just. Sexier than that. She was hot.

Well, the question would arise, why are you doing porn? Like, in other words, you know what I'm saying? That was part of the deal. Yeah. She was more model hot. Yeah. Yeah, so she is 51 years old today. Leighton Meester. I like her. Who's on Gossip Girl. We were talking about the movie The Judge the other day. She's in that. She turns 39 today. Cynthia Nixon, Sex and the City, and so on, is turning, how old is she? She's 59 years old today.

She goes way back to a movie called Little Darling. Yes. It was the first time I remember seeing her. Are we the only ones who are fans of that movie? I loved that movie. That's a guilty pleasure. Now, it had to do with teenage sex, but at the time, it was the 1980s, and there were movies about teenage sex back then. I mean, like young, 16-year-olds doing this. There was a whole plot. Summer camp, yeah. And it was Amanda Sante was one of the, okay, maybe we shouldn't talk about it. Yeah, but.

No, it had some good people in the movie. What's her name? Oscar winner.

Damn it. What's it called again? It's called Little Darlings. Okay. Tatum O'Neill. She was the star of the movie. Steve, she's the nanny in Baby's Day Out. She is the nanny. By the way, great movie from a script by David Mamet. Baby's Day Out was written by David Mamet? I had no idea. She's 59. Keisha Knight Pullum, who played...

Rudy on the Cosby Show. She was the absolute epitome of adorable. She was so cute. Yeah. And she grew into be a very beautiful young woman. She is, well, she's not young, young, but she's 46 years old today. I'm keeping some Benadryl just for you. But she was so funny. That's young. It's so youthful. It's still very youthful. Some people carry it better than others. Yes.

I thought she was funny. She had really good comedic chops. Has she ever spoken out and said anything? A lot of them haven't. They've all taken the high road. They feel like their experiences with him were good. 46 years old today. Dennis Quaid.

Turns a year older and recently saw him. The Substance. And The Substance. Turns in an atypical performance, a complete studio douche. Yeah. And he's great. Yep, he is. First thing I remember seeing him was Breaking Away. One of my favorite movies. So well done. Sweet, gentle movie, just wonderful. And he's been in a ton of stuff. I know you and I are both fans of the movie Dreamscape. Yeah. Yeah, that's a good one. We were just talking about Interspace yesterday. Interspace. Talking about that. He's terrific.

And the right stuff. Yeah. He's sensational. 71 years old today. Let's see. We also have Kristen Stewart. Stewart. Turning a year older. Twilight series and so on. She's 35 today. Do yourself a favor sometime. If you really are just... If you're contemplating offing yourself, put those movies on for a good laugh. Oh, the Twilight series? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Okay. Especially...

Especially for two things. The vampire softball games. And then the final movie where there is a 20-minute...

What if scenario that actually never happens? Yeah, I hate that. So 35 today for Kristen Stewart from My Chemical Romance, Gerard Way. He is the lyricist, right? He's a bassist and songwriter. Is it him singing? This is him singing. Dude, I don't know. I'm asking you. I don't know. I don't know. You don't either. Okay. Chemical Romance is one of those bands that I know about.

Kind of half-assed. I like this song, but it seems like the worst day off with your dad ever. Like, we're going to go, all right, we're here to pray, but I got some questions for you. Yeah.

We're looking at a picture of him. It doesn't really say anything about who he is or what he does, but that tells you how much I know about my chemical romance. He is 48 years old today. Designer Mark Jacobs turns a year older. He is 62 years old. The youngest person to have ever been awarded the Council of Fashion Designers of America's Perry Ellis Award for New Fashion Talent. See, I knew that, but I didn't know about Gerard Wright. Yeah, I know that. He's a fashion guy, you know.

By the way, he's the lead vocalist and co-founder of My Chemical Romance. Gerard Way. Who am I thinking of? I'm thinking of the bass player. Mikey Way. No, no, no. You're thinking of another band. Yes, a different band. Oh, man. Not my co- I almost had it. God damn it. Ah!

My morning jacket. He does graphic novels and things like that. Yeah, all right, you'll figure it out. Oh, I know who you're talking about. Yeah, he did the Umbrella Academy. That guy. Yay! But who is he? But who is he? I don't know. Oh, wouldn't you like to know? We're saving that. Come on! We're saving that for later. We got this. We're going to get it. All right, it is the...

Gerard Way. It is Gerard Way. Oh. That's him. Oh, you're thinking of a different band, though. I am. Enough. Enough. Okay. Hold on, everybody. I have one more birthday. Okay. Belina Porizkova. Who's she? She turned 60 years old today. Supermodel and former wife of Rick O'Cassick of the Cars. I was just having a conversation with my wife. I was always a Cars fan, but I...

Rico Kasich was sullied a little bit by the way he apparently she was really taking care of him at the end. And he was not nice to her and not wonderful. I wasn't there. Yeah. Yeah. She she was written out of the of the will for whatever reason. But, yep.

And that is her birthday today, 60 years old. Let's see if someone via Zoom can answer this question. How many players are there on a standard curling team? Looks like we've got Ron who's in his car right now or vehicle, truck maybe. Hey, Ron, how you doing, buddy? Good morning to you, guys and gal. Thank you for joining us. All right. So how many players, if you don't mind, are there in a standard curling team?

Four. That's correct. Hang on there, Ron. And he's wearing a My Chemical Romance shirt, Preston. No, but Nick figured it out. It's Pete Wentz from Fallout Boy. There we go. They both start with W. Way, Wentz, Mikey, Way, Pete, Wentz. You can see the confusion. I knew where you were going with that. I swear to God, I knew where you were going with that. You saved me with that. Yes. All right. So we're going to set Ron up.

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Show.com. May I throw a wrench into this conversation, Teevon? For the complicated, My Chemical Romance has broken up. Have they not? Oh, I think so, yeah. Did they ever get back together? I don't know. They're one of those bands, Steve, that seems like they...

tour occasionally? Yeah, they didn't break up. I think they're actually going to be touring this summer. Well, they did break up and then they got back together. Marissa wants to jump in. Oh, okay. Yeah, because there are people screaming at their radio right now going, you moron. You might be thinking of Panic at the Disco. And My Chemical Romance actually sold out Citizens Bank Park this year. All right, there we go. Corrected, corrected, and corrected. Correct. All right.

So I have some other stories that I'm going to run by. We're going to start with Dwayne Johnson. Made a powerful memory with a young fan named Kane just days before he passed away. And in an emotional Instagram post, Johnson shared a March 11th video call with Kane and his family. And he wrote, I felt this little boy's smile and I felt this little boy's manna, which, by the way, is like in the Hawaiian culture is like a spiritual power. He said his manna was beautiful. His manna was strong.

He was contacted by Make-A-Wish Foundation about fulfilling a rush wish as Kane was in critical condition from an undisclosed illness. Although Kane couldn't speak, he smiled throughout the call and Johnson sang a personalized version of You're Welcome with Kane's twin Dennis, noting that Kane may have been quiet, but in his heart, Kane was just singing away. And Johnson also saw how much Kane loved his Moana character, saying that...

character Maui saying that Kane loved Maui and loved bringing his Maui hook everywhere he went. I think we have some audio of him, of the rock in this video. Kane, I know you can hear me. This is the rock. I'm also known as Maui from Moana.

Hey, Charlie. Hi. Christine, how are you guys doing? Thank you so much. I'm so happy to do this. It's so good to finally meet you, buddy. I've heard so much about you. So sad. He passed away on March 18th, just a week later. Johnson shared his condolences to Cain's family. He said, sending all my love, light, and aloha with Cain's mother, Christine. Adding Cain brought so much light to everyone who met him. So I want to continue to share that light.

Poor thing. Poor thing. All right. How about this? And I'm sorry to go from that story to a breakup, but Britney Spears has split with her boyfriend, Paul Solis. And The Rock made a call again. Hey, Britney. Sorry to hear about the breakup. You're welcome. Make a bitch found. Make a bitch found. Dude.

What, Kathy? She has been making bizarre posts. I don't know if that's... I mean, more bizarre posts, but I don't know if that's because of the breakup or not, but she keeps coming up in my Instagram feed with these insane videos. I think she's gone... When the Sam Ashgari thing dissolved, she was working hard away doing her knife dancing and burning down her house. How is she meeting people? Like, what the hell? I assume that she's socializing a little bit. Well, and everyone's

Everyone still knows who she is. So like, you know, I'm sure she's not holding up in her house. Hey, they're working on a full feature biopic of her. So the director of Crazy Rich Asians. I still watch the videos though. I mean, they're hideous, but this one specifically that we're showing in the studio, like I look at this and I feel so bad for her. Yeah. She just looks mentally ill. Oh, yeah.

It's not known at this time what led to their new split. Those sources from TMZ say that this time it's for real. She wouldn't stop eating couch cushions. Paul has reportedly moved out all of his personal stuff from Spears' Los Angeles home. The couple first met when he was doing housekeeping and maintenance duties at her home in 2013. That's who you meet.

That's how she meets people is with the staff coming in, I guess. Wow. Denise Richards has admitted that she repeatedly lied in the past to protect her daughters from the truth about their father, Charlie Sheen's scandals. Yeah. She said, I lied and I said, dad had to work. So here's a clip of that, I think. Here we go. There were times I did everything's fine. But if I was at a school performance and he was supposed to show up. Hmm.

And I get a call, something happened sideways, hospital, whatever. I'm not going to tell the kids the truth. So she, uh, covered for his absence at events. Uh, she has been arrested, suffered drug, alcohol abuse, and, uh, more over the years. She said, I sugarcoated it. I protected him. Daddy, I can't see your play tonight, baby doll, because I'm working the town spreading AIDS. Uh,

Even when his behavior was so outrageously bad, Richards revealed that her daughters grew older and they began to confront her. And they were like, at first, getting upset with me. She said, why didn't you tell me this? Richards shares two daughters with Sheen, Sammy and Lola.

They married in 2002, split in 2006, and now she's married to the actor Aaron Pfeiffer. So apparently they're mending fences, Charlie Sheen and Chee. They're appearing on each other's, the amount of podcasts and reality shows that are on are crazy. But yeah, who knows? Maybe they're friends again. So this has to happen, an effort to rename Nashville's airport after music icon Dolly Parton.

is gaining momentum. Yeah, how's it even a question? A Change.org petition to rename BNA the Dolly Parton International Airport has close to 50,000 verified signatures at this point. It was launched in January and has seen a 500% spike in signatures in the past few weeks.

Organizers say Dolly embodies the qualities of Music City, like love, acceptance, and goodwill. What they should do is make two super huge control towers so it looks like boots from the air. They should. The organizers even have the tagline, which is Departin' from Departin'. Meaning that would be the name of the airport, Departin'. I love it. But that should...

absolutely happen yeah normally naming airports and things like that or after someone passes and i think dolly should know that that airport is while she's alive they had briefly and i think incorrectly flirted with charlie sheen uh as a national yeah that's really strange um but you can only fly in on a mercury surfboard that's it so uh kevin hart's son is going through a growth spurt and

And now he towers over his dad. Hart's family was on vacation. And 17-year-old Hendricks and his 5'5 dad were snapped on the beach for the comedian actor's socials. I don't think Kevin's even 5'5. I've stood next to him. Hart captioned the post with, not sure when this happened, but it happened. He's officially towering over me.

Fans poke fun at heart with comments like, better watch your mouth when you talk to him. Kevin's in shape, though. He works the weights a lot. He stays pretty jacked. Yeah, he was getting really into that a couple years ago. Jenna Ortega is talking about why she left the Scream franchise. And a cover story for The Cut, the

The Wednesday Star explained that it wasn't about scheduling, but the staff. She said the Melissa stuff, meaning Melissa Barrera, was happening and it was all kind of falling apart. Scream 6 directors Tyler Gillett and Matt Kupchak.

Bettinelli opened have also exited, which she says was the main reason. She said if Scream 7 wasn't going to be with that team of directors and those people I fell in love with, then it didn't seem like the right move for me in my career at the time. She's got enough going on. By the way, there's another Scream story. Let me get to that because I can't wait to tie into that. You always have your finger on the pulse. Oh, no, it wasn't Scream. I know what you did last summer.

Brandy Norwood. They might bring that character back. Wow. The singer-actor has expressed interest in returning to the franchise, but is she? After all, her character did survive the events of the original film's first sequel. I still know what you did last summer. Director Jennifer Caton Robinson says...

You'll have to go see the movie, which tells us absolutely nothing. But she did add they approached it like super fans. So I think people are going to be really happy. All the things that you want to see in this movie, you're going to see in this movie. So they were popular, but they weren't like screen level popular. So I'm surprised they were visiting them, which with Brandy's willingness to return is a

positive sign that we may need to see may indeed see your character Carla Wilson again. Jennifer Love Hewitt and Freddie Prinze Jr. are already confirmed to return for the upcoming film which comes out in July.

Congratulations to Ms. Rachel, YouTube star. Just welcomed her second child. Her real name is Rachel Griffin Curso. Announced the happy news on Instagram. So she does videos for like babies, infants. Little kids. She's beloved, right? Oh my God. New parents love her. I know they recorded, she recorded something specifically. I think we have the audio of it for Robert De Niro's

Okay. And I was vaguely familiar. Yeah. My niece and nephew love her. And they're three. Is she soothing? Very. Well, I mean, she's very bright and good morning. Kind of the way Kathy talks to us. Yeah, like you would talk to a baby. Yeah, yeah, yeah. A little over the top. So here's a clip of the...

Yeah, this is on Drew Barrymore. Yeah, yeah. Okay. What does a taxi say? Beep, beep. Beep, beep. What does a taxi driver say? Are you talking to me? Yay!

She said, we welcome sweet baby Susanna into the world. We are so in love. She captioned the photo of her holding the baby. She went on to explain that the child arrived via surrogate, praising and thanking both the surrogate and her husband, Aaron. They also appraised to seven-year-old son, Thomas, as well. So she's the it baby thing right now, right? I guess so. Yeah.

Let's see. John Stamos' former home is for sale, which makes you wonder why would someone willingly leave a house that has gold-plated toilets in every bath? John Stamos. A Calabasas, California estate that Stamos purchased and built in the early 90s when Full House was at its peak is now on the market. What magazine was that house featured in? Steve, do you remember?

I do not. I'm throwing you a softball here. It's good housekeeping. Oh, I'm sorry. I just hit the clip. Good housekeeping. Stamos sold the property in 2001 for just over $2 million.

And they actually have a statue of a dinosaur out front. That's what it was. Since then, it's been extensively renovated, including the new owner adding the aforementioned golden thrones. They hit it off really well. What? Did we just become best friends? Yep.

Asking price for Uncle Jesse's former digs, $13 million. So who, a number of people. Wasn't it from Hustler? Oh, Larry Flint? Larry Flint had gold-plated toilets. Gold toilets. Yeah, yeah. I think he came here, he was in a gold-plated wheelchair. Elvis did as well. Yeah. Yeah.

Let's see. This was really cool to see. The people behind Hershey, the company that created some of the biggest selling chocolate products in the world, are getting a movie. Okay. Finn Wittrock and Alexandra Daddario are set to star, yes, with Mark Waters set to direct. So Wittrock will play Milton Hershey and Daddario will play his wife, who is probably just as hot. And

And Hershey, of course, he built the Candy Empire and he set up the town of Hershey, Pennsylvania. I love that story. I do too. And when you go to Hershey Park, if you stay at one of the properties, the story of Milton Hershey runs on...

The TV in your room. And if you're there for any amount of time, you get sucked into it because it's a really cool story. It's a History Channel special that they did on him. And it's a really cool, wonderful... The guy from all accounts was very benevolent. The people of the town loved him and set up this wonderful...

candy facility and of course the town included free education and housing to underprivileged orphans and his charitable efforts also led to the increased education uh recreation centers and more around town the core of hershey the movie will be the special love story between milton and katherine hershey are they going to include the work he did with oppenheimer as well i don't know i

And Catherine apparently inspired the creation of Milton Hershey School. I'd be curious to see what the missus did look like in comparison. Waters said in a statement he heaped praise on the couple for believing in leaving the world a better place than they found it. Yeah, spot on, Preston. Yeah, we're looking at a picture. She looks just like Alexandra Duterte. Oh my God, it's crazy.

She was made for this. They take liberties. Certainly. Not that she's not, for the time, an unattractive woman. No. No. She's just average looking. Yeah. And Alexandra Daddario is a goddess. Yeah. Why not have The Rock play Hershey? Milton Hershey? Yeah.

That'd be great. No, but that's what you do. You shine it up a little bit. No one wants to see us. I think it's really cool that that's going to get a film treatment. I hope that it is one that people will want to see because it's a really cool story. If they have half a brain, they'll work out some sort of deal with the concessions at the theaters. Oh, my God. And have some sort of Hershey incentive. Yep.

So, Mission Impossible, The Final Reckoning, will premiere at the Cannes Film Festival May 14th. Tom Cruise and director Christopher McQuarrie

will be attending. And this is Cruise's third time at the film festival. He previously attended for Ron Howard's Far and Away all the way back in 1992. A movie I like. And then for Top Gun Maverick in 2022. Yeah. During his last appearance at the festival, he was also given an honorary Palme d'Or, a press release from Con Hypes Up the Movie saying in Mission Impossible Final Reckoning, Tom Cruise's Ethan Hunt

who he has portrayed since the beginning of the franchise in 1996, and his IMF team ask you to trust them. One last time, almost three decades of thrills, stunts, and intrigue. They're going to introduce Ethan's brother, Michael Hunt, for the new franchise. He goes by Mike, though, right?

The final reckoning delivers an unforgettable cinematic experience, according to them. So this is the part two. But they're not really stressing the part two aspect of it. I enjoyed the first part. It's really cool. It involves sort of an AI-ish plot with this villain who's...

You know, sort of a real, I guess, Bill Gates and Steve Jobs kind of guy. Yeah. But interesting. Okay. I'm going to have to watch it because I forget everything. All right. Two more quick stories. Mike Birbiglia set to release his next special called The Good Life next month. His upcoming release, fourth for Comedy Central. I'm sorry, fourth comedy special for Netflix.

We'll hit the streamer on May 26th. The Good Life will focus on Birbiglia's father's recent stroke and how it made him reevaluate his own approach to being a parent. We used to have Mike on all the time, and now we've fallen off the radar effectively, I guess, right? I guess so. Yeah. He said in a statement, over the years, I've done a lot of personal shows, but somehow this one is the most personal because it's not in my past. It's my life right now.

And then one more story. This is exclusively for you, Steve. Two things here. The Hallmark Channel has announced that a second season of The Chicken Sisters. The Chicken Sisters! Is getting the green light. I know. I'm inviting over. You got Hallmark and you got chicken. I'll be right over. Yes.

I'll bring the Fanta. You're bringing Fanta? It's what he drinks. The Chicken Sisters. Production on season two began in Vancouver the day before yesterday. The series stars Skylar Fisk, Genevieve Angelson, Leah Thompson, and Wendy Malick as well. And it centers around a restaurant rivalry.

It was also announced that David James Elliott is joining the series in a recurring role. Yeah, all the Hallmark folk. The chick.

The Chicken Sisters is based on the KG Del Antonio novel of the same name and was a Reese Witherspoon book club selection. All right, so I was thinking about this last night. About the Chicken Sisters? No, no, no. About the Hallmark Channel and how they should put me on retainer because I just come up with scenarios that are, I think, perfect for Hallmark movies. Okay? Okay.

I'm not a script writer. I'm just an idea guy. So do you want to hear my idea that I came up with last night? And then I wrote down and I was like, this is a perfect Hallmark movie. Go ahead. It may even already exist. Here is my elevator pitch.

Guy who goes into his child's kindergarten class for a book reading that every parent does. It's called Secret Reader. So he goes in there for that. The teacher actually knows him. And he or she, it doesn't matter, right? The parent could either be a guy or girl or the teacher could be a guy or girl. It doesn't matter. The teacher knows that the parent is an amazing singer.

and plots to have him sing against his will for the kids. He requests, she also requests that the parent, I'm messing up this elevator pitch, requests that the parent sings this song that's an original, and the person refuses until the kid insists, because the kid also knows. I'm sorry, this is my floor. I have to get off now. Yeah.

We're on the elevator. Never mind. I'm kidding. I'm making a joke. Continue. It's all good. Where do the chickens come in? The chickens are not part of this. I got to start all over again, guys. Just streamline it. Convinces him to sing the song. Because the kid also knows that his parent is a really, really good singer and knows this song. So anyway, the teacher...

Video is the performance, and then the video takes off and goes viral, right? And also, there's a love story involved here as well. So that's my elevator pitch. Would have been better if I didn't F it up to begin with. So it's a little complex, but it seems cute. It wasn't complex. I made it more complex than it really was. It seems cute. Yeah, it is. There are no chickens? There is no chickens. There are no chickens. They video it. It goes viral.

And then from that viral success, a relationship is born. Is born, right? So you would assume that the parent is widowed, right? Always, yeah. Always, there's something going on there, but they're the best parent ever. And I'm just like, why did I even come up with this idea last night? I was just watching TV and I was like, oh, this is...

Maybe I was like scrolling or something like that. And I just, you, cause you go on Instagram and like, we have a guest for story day. His name is Scott Peterson. Oh my God. And he's a widower. Oh my God. Welcome. All right. Well, anyhow, you just gave that gem away. There you go. That's my elevator pitch. Hey, Hallmark, put me on retainer. All right. All right. I, you were retainer. Yeah.

Oh, what? Are you kidding me? You stepped on it? I got clips to play. Everyone who goes on Survivor has their own bucket to fulfill. In this clip... I think that's where you take a dump, right? It says fulfill. Here's your bucket. In this clip, Noelle Lambert talks about how every player plays a part... Huh?

I think it's supposed to be a space part in the game, no matter where you finish. Here we go. Let's find out together. When I first found out and got the call that I was going on Survivor, my mom looks at me and she said, don't get voted off first and just make the jury. And so that's what goes through a lot of people's minds. There are some players out there that feel as though if they don't make the jury, they don't play a part in the season because they don't pick the winner.

New episode of Survivor airs tonight, 8 o'clock on CBS. Next clip. Spy High is a new docuseries following the 2010 school scandal of students' privacy and their laptop cameras. Remember this? Yes. In this clip, director and producer Jody Schultz talks about how violating this was. Kids are bringing these into their bedrooms sometimes. Hang on. What the hell is going on?

There's a slapback echo. Why is that happening? I don't know. Let's continue and see if we can understand it.

Even into the bathroom to, you know, listen to music while they're taking a shower. Oh, it stopped. Go back to the beginning. I don't know why, but the first part of that is, here we go. Kids are bringing me into their bedroom, sometimes even into the bathroom to, you know, listen to music while they're taking a shower. The idea that no one told anyone that, hey, the webcams might be turned on is really disturbing because you really have no idea what's going to be in front of that camera. Okay.

That was the story out of here, right? Yes, absolutely. Laura Marion. And they gave all these laptops and they were accessing the cameras remotely without the students' knowledge. Why does my voice sound so weird? What's wrong with this? This is not working. And the camera's on. Yeah.

All episodes of Sky High are now available to stream on Prime Video. I want to see that. Dive deep into that. You can get it all there. All right. And that's what I have in the bazaar. This is going to be a fun day, isn't it?

holy hell we do have a lot that we have to try to squeeze in and pro in the program today uh we are obviously we're going to have 20 money we have that coming up right before that we'll go live on fox good day this morning we have an announcement to make a really cool thing that we've been given the exclusive exclusive on the exclusive on listen we need that money to give away because we have to pay people to listen today and uh we will we will have that coming up in the eight o'clock hour we have actress terry polo meets the

Meet the Parents fame. She's talking about relative control. And Kevin Smith will also be on the program today because he is going to be in town. It is the Dogma 25th Anniversary Resurrection Tour. And that's at the AMC in Chamonix coming up on May 5th. You can get details at dogmamovie.com, by the way.

So we have that and more coming up. Let's take a break. Take a little breather. Yes. And we'll come back in a second. And we will have Wednesday morning in full force. Stay with us. What's going on in the world of rock? You'll find it at WMMR.com. Your one-stop outlet for all the rock news you need to know. WMMR.com. Where FOMO goes to die.

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IHatesStevenSinger.com, but hurry, these will not be restocked and supplies limited. That's IHatesStevenSinger.com. Now, back with more of the Preston and Steve Show podcast. All right, thanks, Kath. Why don't we do, why don't we dive into the streets of Philadelphia and surrounding areas? He's the meat behind the beat with those oh-so-delectable feet. He's Preston.

Delectable. Yeah. I like that word. I think you got a couple toes I might want to suck on. All right, so we're going to start with this. I saw this last week and didn't get a chance to mention it, but the Philadelphia Zoo announced that the oldest and most famous residents at America's first zoo are new parents at 100 years old.

The zoo's reptile and amphibian team have hatched four critically endangered Galapagos tortoises. This is actually very cool. Because they're delicious. No, no, no, no, no. The first successful hatching of this species in Philadelphia Zoo history to parents Mami and Abrazo. So this is Philadelphia Zoo is the oldest zoo in the country, is it not? I believe it is. It might even be the first zoo.

Usually stuff around here is the first when you're talking about the country. I would say this, though, to have that amount of time and this still be a first is an amazing thing. Yeah, and the fact that the tortoise is 100 years old. Right, you can still get a boner. Yeah. So I'm talking about the female. So mommy is considered one of the most genetically valuable Galapagos tortoises in the Association of Zoos and Aquariums.

And it's their species survival plan. She is also the oldest known first-time mom of her species in the world. Could you imagine a human giving birth at 100? Oh, my God. So my wife has had the opportunity to go to the Galapagos Islands and said it was amazing because there's so much like this there. I mean, you know, Darwin went and the books on the islands are amazing. But this is...

This is, I think, quite a milestone. Currently, the hatchlings are now considered some of the most genetically valuable of their species under known human care on the planet. The hatchlings, currently behind the scenes inside the reptile and amphibian house, are eating and growing appropriately, weighing between 70 and 80 grams. They will make their public debut Wednesday, April 23rd. They're going to perform putting on the ritz. Which, by the way, on Wednesday, April 23rd, is the 93rd anniversary of...

Mommy's arrival to the zoo. The turtle has been living at that zoo for 93 years. 93 years!

That's a little preview of the performance of putting on the red spot. When you think of the age of some of these animals, and we were talking about, I think Nick, we had mentioned a while ago about that shark, Greenland shark. Yeah, it's like 400 years old. 400 years old. I think it's kind of cool that if the world still exists in 100 years, that these tortoises might be around at the zoo in 2125. I mean, 93 years that mommy arrived at the zoo. That's amazing.

So she arrived at the zoo in 1932. I might have been there for that. Meaning anyone that visited the zoo for the past 92 years has likely seen her. That's so cool. Philadelphia Zoo's vision is that those hatchlings will be part of a thriving population of Galapagos tortoises.

on our healthy planet 100 years from now. She's the one with the graffiti on her shoulder that says, Tony forever. I had dated a girl who hated the tortoises at the zoo because she saw the mating. Yes. Or doing it. It happens. And she said, the girl didn't want it at all. She's like, she was, you know, violated against the will. She was me-tooing the tortoises? Mm-hmm. Ah, okay.

Does she think there's a lot of wooing in the animal kingdom? Yeah, I know. But it's these ones that we're talking about, right? Yeah, it had to be. Dude, I've told you this before, but I was playing golf. I don't know if you were with me, Casey, or not, but there were two squirrels that were going on. Going at it? Oh, my God. Kinetic, right? Violent. I mean, just crazy. It was like they were trying to kill each other. Don't ducks have aggressive sex as well? They might. I know that they get...

get stuck together. You know, the duck penis has that barbed head. I've had that happen. Something like that. But yeah, some sex in the animal kingdom is intense. Yeah, dude. Wow. It was nuts.

Lots of nuts in the squirrel world Oh we're looking at it We're looking at squirrels having sex Dad your parents are out for a while And your girlfriend came over She's like hanging on for dear life Compared to what I saw She's trying to kick him off See that That's what I saw Only it just went on for a while You know what he's doing He's giving her his pitch for a Hallmark movie Oh my god

I didn't say it was a good movie. Anyway, so brand new baby tortoises, Galapagos tortoises. I'd love to see them. A 100-year-old female tortoise. That's crazy. The zoo is so great. We have, you know, between Elmwood and the Philadelphia Zoo, we have some great facilities. I don't know if we talked about it or not, but did you see Elmwood got the approval for their expansion? No. Are they going to have big cats? That's great.

Is that the one rumor I heard? I'm not sure, but there's like some unused space that I believe that they're taking over. And don't forget that the Cape May Zoo ended up winning last year's Down the Shore Jersey 464 thingy.

You know, that thing. It's Wednesday. I'm going to go home. Let's go. I just want to go home right now. I couldn't remember Larry Flint. Can we do that? We've never tried. Have you ever tried to just leave? Chuck turns on the radio.

We can automate it. I'm going to tell you something. We can do whatever we want. And you know what? I'm doing this. I'm calling it right now. I canceled the meeting today. There's no meeting today. There's no meeting. I'm not going to it.

Thank you for that. You're welcome. Yeah, so Steve, the Elmwood Park Zoo's expansion plans includes a new tiger exhibit, a restaurant. Would that not be awesome to go to the Elmwood Park Zoo and see a tiger? Yeah, so the expansion plan would open up 20 acres of land for new exhibits. Did you say tiger restaurant? Yeah, fresh tiger. Tiger exhibit and a new restaurant. Oh, and a new restaurant. This is fantastic, Tiger. This is excellent, Tiger.

And which one of these are about to go extinct? Are you going to finish your clause? Oh, that's a Galapagos turtle. Wow. Okay, moving on. Another city being destroyed.

We're going over to Jersey for a moment. And it's near the city. So as we speak, there is a petition live on change.org seeking to add googly eyes to New Jersey transit trains. Well, who had this innovation? I remind people that we did years ago. Well, how many years? Two years ago now? No, more than two years ago. Yeah. We would put googly eyes on where we did it specifically for this one petition.

on the way to the shore. And it was hilarious. It was great. Freaking hilarious. This is not completely unheard of. Recently, the whole googly-eyed mass transit thing caught on in Boston. Yeah. And it was deemed a big success.

It immediately makes you smile when you see googly eyes. Yeah, I agree. Yeah. If you were to show up to a wake and it was a beloved family member and you're really torn up about it, and yet the funeral director had the good sense to place googly eyes on the closed eyelids, wouldn't you laugh? You know what? Yes. And...

Uh, we have never, Steve and I have never been one to, for years they've had a billboard campaigns to promote the show. And we never wanted to have our pictures up on the billboard campaigns, but Steve, googly eyes, googly eyes. I'd be on board. Absolutely. If we do presidency billboards with actual googly eyes on there, I'd be down with that.

Um, so yeah, this worked in, uh, in Boston and so far the petition has, uh, 118 signatures. Oh, there you go. It's sweeping the city, but people have not, it's brand new. So it's, uh, through change.org. So if you want to go on there and find the New Jersey, just,

I assume you type in New Jersey Transit and you can find the googly eyes campaign you can sign up for. It was a realtor that we put the googly eyes on initially, correct? On the way to the shore. Yeah, and he called us. Remember, he loved it. He did. He got a lot of attention. It was a big picture of his bald head. And yeah, we did that. All right, here's another CityBeat story.

So, Marissa sent me this last week and I didn't get a chance to get to it. It's a little outside of the city, so to speak, but it does involve a very Philly thing. So, for this year's Salute to Philly promotion, the Lehigh Valley Iron Pigs will be branded for one game to play as the Lehigh Valley Tomato Pie.

That will be the name of the team on May 23rd at Coca-Cola Park with the first pitch slated for 7.05 p.m. against the Buffalo Bisons. What does the hat look like? I don't know yet, Case. Because I have gotten Lehigh, I think it was Iron Pig hats in the past. Oh, that looks like a good, we're looking at the hat right now. You have a hot dog one, right? I have a hot dog one. I have a water ice one. I also have one, it's a Philly special one.

You can go see our buddy Garrett Stubbs because he's going to be down on, up in, down in, whatever, triple A. Up down. Up down. Wherever you're listening in relation to that. Over. Either up or down. Or over. I'm glad it's just not me today. No, it's every one of us. Well, see, I was thinking down because he's not in the majors, but it's up geographically. Okay. Right? Yes. Up down, turn around. That's where my brain went. But there's people listening in the Lehigh Valley where it's over. Totally threw them off. Nothing over!

So anyway, Garrett Stubbs is playing there. Nothing is over! So the hat looks like it's just a slice of tomato pie. And that's pretty cool. I know people who do not like tomato pie. There's only one tomato pie that I do like. And it's from Tony Roney's. Okay. Yeah, there are other ones that you guys are huge fans of, but I don't like the sweet in the... I do. I love it. Yeah, that's your thing? I do. That's why I'm a Corpulese fan. Yeah. Corpulese! And...

And I'd never had it until I moved to the Delaware Valley 30 years ago. Same here. And I fell in love with it. I eat too much of it when it's available. That is the problem. In fact, not only that, Preston, I've been the classic, you show up to work and there's a box of half-eaten tomato pie on the kitchen table when we had a kitchen table. And I would...

Not knowing where it came from. Yep. Who had pissed on it, I would eat it. Doesn't matter. Doesn't matter. All right, let me ask you guys a question about Corpolese because there was a radio commercial that was airing for the longest time where they used a word that I was like, is that even a word? Okay. Was it conjunctivitis? No. So...

What I would have, if I had written the copy and spoken it, I would say kinder, gentler times. But they say kindler, gentler times. I know, kinder. That sounds like a slip. Yeah, but it was over and over. I mean, you said kinder, gentler times. Kinder, gentler times is correct. Yeah. Kindler isn't a word. Kindler is not a word. It is not a word. How long ago was this? Well.

last year, the year before that. Yeah, and it was over and over and over and over. It was a commercial? Yeah. That ran on this station? Yeah. I don't remember that. Wow. Commercials are always very accurate. So the general manager, Kurt Landis of the Iron Pigs, or he's the president and general manager, said, tomato pie is quintessential Philadelphia. Philadelphia-style tomato pie with a dusting of Parmesan cheese is the best and

Only true tomato pie. I challenge anyone who feels differently. So the tomato pie on-field look comes complete with a jersey and a hat. And the jersey is a piece of tomato pie brought to life with a tomato red base, flecks of Parmesan cheese, dot, dot, of the jersey with the tomato pie word mark consisting of the correct order of. And it says cheese, sauce, tomato.

crust uh the hat features a red bill and black with white front panel with a perfect piece of tomato pie as the logo i uh highly recommend iron pigs games i haven't been since pre-pandemic um but minor league baseball is so much fun it's really affordable the lehigh valley stadium the coco hole park is a great place to see it boston you're not far you know from where you can just hop on the northeast extension and you know it's like if you're going to dorney or whatever

It's a really cool place to experience a baseball game, and especially if you're looking to take a family. Phil's games are great, but they're not cheap. Which park is by Montage?

That's the AAA team for the Yankees. That's the Red Barons. That used to be the AAA team for the Phillies, but it's not anymore. That's the Yankees? It is now, yeah, in Scranton. But for a long time, it was the Phillies AAA affiliate. So they're doing this in collaboration with Morabito Baking Company. And fans can purchase a ticket package that comes with a slice of Morabito tomato pie and a ticket to, quote, Salute to Philly Night.

for $16. There you go. That's it. That's what I'm saying. And that's the package. You get some tomato pie with that as well. So the on-field look is complemented by a full suite of off-the-field apparel featuring t-shirts, hats, sweatshirts, and more tomato pie merchandise available online.

well. And they've done the Salute to Philly promotion for years. They began it in 2016. They originally took the field as the Cheesesteaks. Since then, they've paid homage every year with Salute to Philly promotion, taking the field as the WizKids and then the Philly Special, then John, Jimmy's, I like this, Wooder Ice, Hoagie's, and Mummer's. So that's what they've done so far. Okay. I have a few of those. Alright, cool. Let's go to another story.

So, all right, we're going to head down the shore for a moment. Summer break, still a little while away, but Wildwood has a warning for teens and their parents. This year, the police say they will be strictly enforcing the curfew ordinance. What was the level of enforcement last year? You're about to say that? Yeah, yeah. You were happy with that? I don't really care. I'm not on the boardwalk at that time of night. But I know that my daughter was down there for senior week. And, you know, listen, she's...

an angel, right? Like she's just on the boardwalk just kind of hanging out. She was 18. Her friend was 17 and they made them get off of the boardwalk at 10.05. Mayor Ernie Trejano Jr. said if you don't act like that at home, don't act like that here. And if you don't act that way at home, stay home. And if you do act that way at home, stay home. Police say there will be a greater police presence on the boardwalk starting next month. So the businesses stay open

How late are the businesses open on the boardwalk? I don't know. Like Casey, I don't really go there late. You know, probably up to like midnight or whatever. Like, listen, and that's fine if you want to police these kids that for the most part, they're just being kids and hanging out. But like,

Some of these scuzzy ass t-shirt shops, like, can you police that instead? You know what I mean? Like where you're walking past these t-shirts that like are just. There's some really offensive stuff. Yeah, absolutely. And mean. And mean. It's not cool. I don't like that. Chief Joseph Murphy said, we're going to drop the hammer this year.

We're going to charge parents for every juvenile we take into custody after 10 p.m. The parents will be charged. The slogan for the campaign is every night is family night. And that's what we're trying to get out to the parents. The curfew was first pushed up to 10 p.m. last summer on the boardwalk due to unruly crowds. And at one point, it led to a state of emergency on Memorial Day weekend. Throughout the summer, police say they issued more than...

1,000 warnings to teens, arrested at least 40, and charged more than 30 parents. That seems pretty proactive. Some of the illicit behavior included drinking, smoking, and breaking curfew. Ocean City has an 11 p.m. curfew. And Wildwood says that it has tools to help with the curfew. Cameras on the boardwalk have AI technology in them that will help track offenders.

And they go all the way up from 26th Street to the Wildwood Convention Center. Are they moving ahead with their plans to have packs of wild dogs? Not yet. Okay. But police will also fine parents up to $1,000 if their teens are caught in violation. Could you imagine how your ass would have been beaten if you cost your folks a grand? Oh, yeah. Yeah, I would have been in big time trouble. All right. Speaking of the shore and all things boardwalk...

Steve sent me this article last week, and it's pretty interesting. And it's more of a historian city beat thing. But I thought it was worth sharing to you. So a guy named Joseph Forster Simpson, he was an over-

center he had a trunk latch that he invented and it was patented just in time to be shown at the philadelphia centennial exposition of 1876 the same first world's fair on american soil that featured

a sculpture arm that would become part of the Statue of Liberty, and the debut of Alexander Graham Bell's telephone. Now, this invention he had, this over-center trunk latch, never made it big. Neither did his myriad of other inventions, nor did his career as a self-taught lawyer or his wood planing business.

Around the turn of the century, amusement parks, both down the shore and trolley parks outside of the city, were coming into vogue. And in the winter months, the hills of those parks became centers for the latest craze, which was, believe it or not, ski jumping. And it was that that gave an idea to Simpson. He said, if a person could be launched into the air, why not a ball?

And he invented what he had come to call the beautiful game he created, invented in Philadelphia, skee-ball. No way. Yes. Wow. Isn't that amazing? Yeah. And it used to be an exclusive...

Like, in this area, game. Like the shore, the boardwalk, all that stuff. And this is where it happened. I've always loved that game. Which is interesting because I want to point out, I want to put a connection to Kevin Smith, who's going to be on later on. Oh, yeah. Jason Emeigh, right? God. No, no, it's from Dogma. God, when in a human body, which God apparently could take over a human body,

What he really loved to do was go down to the shore and play skee-ball. And he ends up in Jersey. And this guy... And it's part of the plot of the movie, but anyhow, skee-ball is tied into it. I think there's a Chasing Amy line as well, Preston, where...

he goes, Ben Affleck's having, um, a date with Joey Lauren Adams. Yes. And, uh, she reveals to him that she's gay and he tosses the ski ball like through a glass or something. Okay. So I think there's, we can ask Kevin about it. I think there's more than one ski ball reference in a Kevin Smith movie. So, uh, he said it was entirely new idea in the use of a ball. Uh,

Those first skee-ball alleys he installed in 1907 at Young's Old Pier in Atlantic City were just the beginning of the skee-ball story. So that's where it started. How's your skee-ball game?

I love it, and I haven't played in a long, long time, but I used to be pretty damn good at it. Once you get the feel, once you get the zone, I'm pretty damn good. My tactic is I actually bank it. I don't know. Everybody else usually shoots it just straight, but I bank it off of the wall. All right. I've done that as well. You find a spot that you like to aim to? Yeah. Okay. Yeah.

So there's a documentary that's streaming on Apple TV, Amazon Prime, and Google Play. It's called And the Balls Roll On.

And it has won awards at film festivals. It tells the saga of a game beloved by generations of kids and adults alike. And it even got a skee-ball song recorded by the Recess Monkeys, a rock band from the Seattle area. The Recess Monkeys. As the film attests, the seemingly simple game has survived over 100 years throughout the Great Depression, two world wars, recession, industrial transformations, and technological revolutions to become an arcade summer staple for millions. So it is still...

So popular. A game that you will see many people playing to this day. You go to any arcade, they have a whole bank of them. We should have one in the studio here. I'm going to push for that right now. Can't get a fire truck. We need one of these machines. Yeah, we had a friend when our kids were in grade school. She would hang out with other kids of that same age. And they had a skee-ball at their home. Wow. It was so cool. Yeah.

So when filmmaker and author Thaddeus O. Cooper was a kid growing up in New Jersey, his family would spend time in the Jersey Shore. He said, I'd go play skee-ball because I thought it was a cool game. He lives in California now. And years later, he was playing digital skee-ball on his phone when he got the notion of making a short video about the history of skee-ball. He said, how hard could it be? But when he started researching, he found what he found on the Internet raised more questions than it answered. At first, Simpson, the guy who invented this, wasn't even mentioned at all.

And then he saw a Vineland, New Jersey connection. Simpson and his family had moved to the New Jersey municipality. Cooper and his partner, Kevin Kreatman, contacted the Vineland Historical and Antiquitarian Society. That's a mouthful. And it turned out that the society had a collection of Simpson's letters and papers.

And he said it became really obviously that there was a real story here and a really compelling story because apparently the invention got away from him and it ended up in someone else's hands. That's what happens sometimes. He wasn't a real good marketer, and it was another person that brought it to prominence. It's amazing. You'd think he would have taken the legal precautions because he was a self-taught lawyer. Yeah, but it says he lacked the business acumen. And a guy named Jonathan Dickinson Esty.

Came not longer after the game's history, and some sources erroneously name him as its originator. But he was Princeton educated, and he was from an elite Philadelphia family, and he started showing off to his rich friends, and then it started taking off, and then it ended up in establishments like the Union League, the Philadelphia Racquet Club, the Baltimore Country Club, the Chevy Chase Club of Washington. Wow. They all have them?

We should have one. It went through money. It also became, at any arcade, that'll be the game that you end up getting dispensed the little tickets so you can get the, you know, a comb holder or a... Yeah. Crappy prizes. Yeah. So that was pretty interesting. It is. So look for that. That'll be a cool little dock to check out. It's called In the Balls.

roll on. And I had no idea until you read that article, Preston, that the ski in skeeball is related to ski jump. Never knew that. Yeah. But it's spelled S-K-E-E. Yeah, I guess that was a marketing thing or whatever. Probably. But it has to do with skiing and ski jumping. So...

That's pretty interesting. Thank you, Steve, for sending that. Oh, no problem. All right. Do I have time for a short one or no? No. Okay, I think I was going to get to the one you sent me from the Wall Street Journal, but we'll do that another time. All right, guys. Yeah, we have a lot of stuff to do. So we're going to go live on Fox Good Day when we return. We have a chance to win $1,000 with President Steve's 20 money. We have an announcement coming up. We got a lot of stuff and the bizarre file on top of it all. We'll be right back.

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Jam-packed. Jam-packed. And then we got great guests on later on this morning. Kevin Smith is going to be joining us. Terry Polo is going to be on the program, too. So we have a lot to pack into before the end of the program. In just a few seconds, we will hear some music. Just like that. And that means we're going to go on TV at Fox 29. Let's do this thing.

Oh, but it's rare to remember my heart. Hey, President, we have a question for you and the staff over there at MMR. Yes. We were listening to some comments by CEO of J.P. Morgan. We do that in our spare time. Yeah, I listen to all his podcasts. He says, put down your phones. Don't be returning emails, looking at texts and stuff like that during meetings because it's disrespectful. And people sometimes just...

don't hear what's being said, you know? So we sent out an official memo to everybody saying it's disrespectful. Don't be on your phone in meetings. Now, that's what we do here at Fox 29 in the manager's meeting. The phones are put away. What about you over there, Preston? We, well, we love meetings. They're just so much fun. They're awesome. No, we have meetings twice a week, the show does. And so we have to sit through them.

I see everybody on their phones and I'm guilty of doing it as well. I really think there should be a no phone rule because what I can't stand in meetings is how they drag out. I just let's get to the point, to the punch, get it done, get it over with and let us move on with our day.

That's exactly right. It is the onus is on the meeting organizer and administrator to keep things tight, informative, pithy, provide pizza. That always helps.

And then. And comedic relief. Right. And comedic relief. I agree that it is disrespectful if someone is imparting very useful information to the meetings been called for a reason that makes sense to be on your phone and distracted because it will distract you. But again, the issue of the rule here is no meetings longer than an hour. Right. Yeah, I hope so. Right. Yes. Oh, God. Yes. That's too long. Kathy says it's too long.

Of all the people there, who's most addicted to their phone? I'm guessing Kathy. No. Casey. He's looking at it right now, actually. I'm sorry. Casey.

Were you guys talking to me? Casey definitely. Casey will watch TV with the phone out and freely admit that the phone is out all the time. But honestly, like in a meeting, sometimes the phones are necessary if you're talking about something that requires you to either pull up an email or some information off of a website or, you know. Or watch pornography. Or watch porn, whatever. It might be important to that meeting. Yeah. You know?

I need to go to one of those meetings. Mike, we got a seat for you, bud. Yeah. We're having a meeting today to talk about the importance of pizza parties and pornography. No, I canceled the meeting. You remember? I canceled the meeting earlier today. Do you have any openings? I'm coming over. Actually, we're losing them right and left. Get over quickly. Oh. Thank you. All right, guys. Take care. We will see you. I think they're...

Bill used to have a no phones rule for a while, right? Didn't he at our meetings? He tried for a stretch and it didn't last very long. What? No, like what Steve said. It's because the phones would get picked up when the meeting would drag on and nothing was getting done. So that's when people ignored him and picked their phone up. When the meeting is working and it does happen, and Chuck runs a pretty tight one as well, is that we get the business done and then it...

more often than not he'll be the one to say okay let's wrap this up so but I mean it is distracting it can be disrespectful I agree with all that but when you have to repeat information because people aren't listening that's when you cross the line and that's when I feel like a douche and when I've looked at my phone and you guys have said something I'm like

What? I'm sorry. Oh, that was directed to me. Sorry, I was watching a golf video. No, what you do at that point is you just go, your defense is always, I can't even. I can't even. That'll do it. Yeah, I can't even. I got to stick to that. All right, it is, it's 801. Come on! 93.3 WMMR Philadelphia. Yeah, yeah, yeah!

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Brought to you by Liberty Safes of New Jersey. And now until April 15th, you can save 10% on select home and gun safes from Liberty Safes of New Jersey. Visit Liberty Safes of New Jersey in Hamilton Township or Mount Laurel online at libertysafesnj.com. A woman in England says that she was left in shock after the police were called after she was unable to pay for a tube of Pringles on a plane.

Officers escorted the 55-year-old off of a Ryanair jet after she ate the chips from the cart before paying. Now, Anne-Marie Murray ordered the Pringles, water, and a soda on a flight from Tenerife to Bristol. The bill came to about $12, but she was unable to pay when the in-flight card machine wouldn't accept payment, and she had no cash.

Three police officers arrived, put her back in the back of their van. The airline crews had called ahead for police assistance, they said, after a passenger became disruptive. But Anne-Marie said, I wasn't disruptive. There were no raised voices. I was doing my best to pay. I tried to tap and pay. The machine didn't work.

They tried with another machine, and when it still didn't go through, I offered to get cash when the plane landed, but they said they couldn't do that. Emery said that her partner asked a steward if they wanted the Pringles back and was told no, and she said, I thought it was a joke when the crew said they had called the police.

I was shocked when the police actually came on board and we were asked to leave. So she made the effort, but the machine, it was failing to read her card. I've had that happen. She said it was so embarrassing, I had done everything I could to resolve it. Then they told police that I had refused to pay, but that wasn't the case. I wanted to pay, but my card didn't work and I had no cash. Spread Eagle on the floor! She says that she had previously witnessed another passenger struggling to pay with a chip and PIN card from the same bank on another Ryanair flight.

and was left shocked when staff didn't take a more pragmatic approach. She said, luckily, the police were lovely, and I explained the situation. They took me to a cash machine. I was able to pay. The officers were laughing and couldn't believe it. She said, after I paid, the crew told me that we were banned from flying Ryanair, but I'd never fly with them again anyway after what had happened. I thought I told you to soften her up a bit. Wow.

In San Diego, a woman was rescued from a manhole Monday afternoon and had been reported missing for several days. Several days in a manhole? Yeah, identified as 59-year-old Yifang Zhao. The department's missing person unit began investigating her whereabouts after she was declared missing last Thursday.

Police detectives in the area heard a woman's voice coming from the area of the manhole. Immediately called for assistance from the fire department and paramedics. About a dozen personnel, including a truck from the city's San Diego urban search and rescue team, could be seen working to pull the individual from the drain.

Jal was described to have been 10 feet underground and appeared to have been there for multiple days. Oh, that sucks. She was pulled out of the drain around 2.30 in the afternoon and was taken to the hospital in serious condition. I kind of always wanted to crawl down and see what's down there. Totally. It's the chud in me. What's my old clip? I've always wanted to go in a manhole. Yeah.

A 71-year-old man from Nevada was arrested last week after authorities seized seven tigers, which he claimed were all emotional support animals that he kept in his home. Emotional support tigers. Authorities reportedly raided Carl Mitchell's home, and it's west of Vegas, and they said the man did not have the proper permits to keep the animals. In an interview, Sheriff Joe McGill said that the 71-year-old had been seen walking the wild animals on and off his desert property.

and that posts on social media show him allowing others to interact with the tigers, both of which were violations of the law. Yeah, that could be a problem. For his part, Mitchell allegedly claimed that he did not need special condition animal permits because the tigers court of lawsuit he filed against the county.

had already been recognized by county officials as his emotional support animals. The 71-year-old also claimed the tigers did not pose any threat to the public. And in another twist, he says that he rescued the tigers from Joe Exotic of Tiger King fame. Really? Yeah. As for Mitchell, he was arrested and booked for resisting a peace warrant.

and being a felon in possession with a gun during a March 2nd raid. He was released the same day after posting bail. Some of the big cats appeared to be underweight and algae was found growing in the animals' water dishes. So he's no better than Joey Exotic. Yeah, the seven tigers were examined by a veterinarian who was at Mitchell's home when they were removed. The sheriff said that the animals were taken to an undisclosed sanctuary

where they will be held until ordered to be released. So his contention was that if it is a support tiger, it does not pose a threat to the general public. Like if you were to have a support Kodiak bear. Exactly. It's there for support. Yeah, it's not going to be a lethal animal.

All right, I'm going to do one more story. A Colorado hiker was rescued from a dangerous situation on a mountain west of Denver this weekend. The state's alpine rescue team was notified Friday evening of a lost man at Mount Bierstadt. Oh. You've been there? That's where I was talking about it yesterday. That's where I broke my ankle. Oh, my God. It's an accessible 14er. It could have been way worse, Nick. After setting out on Friday morning to climb the 14,065-foot peak...

The man and his father, the man left his father with instructions to call 911 if he didn't hear back by 8 p.m. Search and rescue. Searched the mountain for several hours. Around midnight, they saw a flashing light a mile away and finally located the hiker around 1 a.m. above a small cliff. He was unable to move because, listen to this, his shoes had frozen solid. Whoa! Yeah. Oh, my God.

That's a total body workout. They warmed up his feet. They belayed him to the ground below the cliff. By 3 a.m., Alpine Rescue was able to help the lost mountaineer off the mountain through a mix of hiking and skiing. Frozen solid. While it's unclear exactly how he ended up in need of help, he made two decisions that helped ensure a swift and successful rescue. First, he advised someone about his schedule and cut off time before leaving the mountain.

that allowed them to get there quickly and look for him as soon as possible. And Alpine Rescue wrote, without knowing to call 911, our subject's father may not have notified the team in time. And secondly...

The lost hiker had a light source that he could use to attract search teams. It's unlikely that he could have signaled the team without the light. Finally, Alpine Rescue advised hikers to always pack extra layers in case of wet conditions. Two things. I bet you some of the people that were in the Alpine Rescue team that helped these people helped me because those people do it year round. They're incredible. And the other weird twist for all of it for me was that some of them

were Preston and Steve listeners and MMR listeners. Wow, holy hell. So there were people who carted me off the mountain and then got me down off the mountain to the ER at the hospital who grew up listening to MMR and grew up listening to Preston and Steve. To that point, even though I freaked out on the company, Garmin offers this device that if you're a hiker, you can go out, you can activate it, you just hit one button and it will serve as a locator for...

globally. You never have to worry. Steve, somebody sent me something on Instagram the other day. It's basically like this balloon that launches up. Really? Yeah, it's really cool. And it's got a light within the balloon. I'll see if I can find it. I'll show it to you guys. It was really impressive. And it's just for just such...

an occasion and it's you know if you get lost or get hurt that's a great idea yeah wow okay uh a reminder we have uh 20 money happening and the 20 money keyword is league l-e-a-g-u-e you have until 25 after the hour to enter that you can do it through the mmr app wmmr.com or of course you can text the word league to the special number we have which is four five nine one one while you're doing that take in the information because we have an announcement to make

This is an exclusive at MMR. We've gotten the official go-ahead before everybody else to announce this. But ladies and gentlemen, Philadelphia is preparing for a Metallica takeover. Now, what does that mean? Woo!

I will explain. Metallica is taking over Philly on Saturday, May the 24th. The day between their two shows at the link. You know, our word of the week prize. We're giving away a pair of two-day floor tickets for Metallica, May 23rd and the 25th. So on the 24th, that day between...

There are seven events that are taking place that Metallica fans can participate in. And I will give you a little snapshot of what you can expect. First of all, there will be Kirk Hammett The Collection live. This will be a conversation with Kirk Hammett and Gibson Guitar's Mark Agnesi. And that will be taking place at the Fillmore at 6 p.m. And like I said, all these events are going to be on May 24th. Then...

There's an event called Metallica Saved My Life. It's a sneak peek of Metallica's latest film project. That's at 7 o'clock at the AMC Neshaminy 24.

Then there's also the Art of Squindo, which is 104 seasons of metallic art. Now, that is going to be housed at the Foundry. This is pretty wild. That opens at 4 p.m. So that's earlier in the day. You can make this a whole day event. There's stuff that goes on throughout the day. If you want to, beforehand that day...

Or you can spend all day there if you want. There is a Metallica takeover that is happening at Brooklyn Bowl Philadelphia. So it says, first of all, there's going to be the Rock and Roll Playhouse at noon.

Rock and Bowl with MMR from 2 to 6 p.m. And then Obey Your Master and Orion, which is happening at 7. What I know about that is not only will you be able to go and bowl with MMR staff members, but there are also going to be Metallica staff members as well. So you'll be hobnobbing with people who hobnob with the people you love. Yeah, and if you're diehards of the band, you'll probably know who these people are. People that are way into, like KC...

Knows who the light guys are, the roadies, and everybody else from Phish. So the Metallica fans are going to know who these people are as well. Then, we're not done yet. At the corner of West Shunk Street and South 23rd Street will be a pop-up shop. And it's actually happening over a few days, May 22nd to the 25th.

So there are various times on that one. Then May 23rd, so it's not just on May 24th, they're having the All Within My Hands volunteer opportunity with Phil Abundance. Nice. Amazing. Really cool, yeah. And then there is a blood drive with Metallica on May 20th as well at the link. So all of this information...

is available at WMMR.com. You can go to WMMR.com slash events, and you can get the detailed info right there. But there's just a lot happening. In fact, Brent Porsche next week is going to have a chance for you to win your way into the bowling tournament where someone there...

at that takeover is going to win a grand prize of snake pit tickets. Snake pit. For the Sunday concert. And that's this special, they're in the round, but there's like a central pit that people can end up in. It's very, very exclusive. And there are going to be tickets to give away that will be at Brooklyn Bowl for that Metallica takeover. I don't think I've ever heard of a

of anything like this. This level of multiple events presented this way and you have the perfect pocket because it's Saturday between the two shows. It's pretty freaking amazing. So it's Metallica Philly Takeover WMMR and you can go to WMMR.com slash events

get the details there. All right, we got to take a break. Come back in just a moment. But later on, Kevin Smith is going to be joining us as well as actress Terry Polo. So still a bunch to go. We'll be right back.

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Now, back with more of the Preston and Steve Show podcast. Thanks, Kathy. Missed it. We made this really cool announcement just a few minutes ago. It's a Metallica takeover, and there's going to be all kinds of special Metallica events that are taking place specifically on May 24th. But there are some that are a few days before that as well that are happening. But you can go to WMMR.com.

slash events, and I think that was where you need to go. Hang on. WMMR.com, yeah, slash events, and the information. There was a lot of really cool stuff from Metallica fans. So the last time I remember anything where there seemed to be this much in the way of what you'd call extracurricular activities was when Taylor Swift was coming to town. That's exactly what I was thinking. When you mentioned that, you're like, I've never heard of anything as important. Taylor Swift did some stuff. Some of it was...

you know, officially sanctioned and others were just little pop-up things that were happening. But this is all Metallica directly involved stuff. It's pretty amazing. Especially if you're a fan. There's a ton of fans. But if you're next level, this is for you. Yeah, absolutely. All right. I think this is important because there have been inventions and discoveries and studies that have been done and we need to share that info.

I know where we're going. Just Sayin' Institute, friends. The Just Sayin' Institute, home of the Casey Foster Art of the Elevator Pitch Clinic. Wow. We had a nice elevator pitch from him earlier. By the way, the picture's up, and I forget how beautiful the institute is with the monorail and everything. It looks terrific. Yep, it is beautiful. So we're going to start with this Grace Davidson.

A 36-year-old dietician from North London has become the first woman in the United Kingdom to give birth after a womb transplant. Wow. Grace! Yeah, Grace. It was the doctor telling her to push. Was diagnosed as a teenager with a rare condition where the uterus is underdeveloped or absent. And in 2023, her 42-year-old sister, Amy Purdy, donated her uterus.

to Grace after having two children of her own. So she did not... That's pretty amazing. ...need it anymore, yeah. Yeah. The operation took eight hours, and then afterward, Grace underwent fertility treatment. Now, most women have, what, four uteruses? Four or five uteruses. Yeah, yeah, yeah. It depends on where you're born. Right. No, but her daughter...

Amy Isabel was delivered in a planned cesarean section, and it was at Queen Charlotte and Chelsea Hospital in London. To me, that seems, well, you know, obviously I'm pre-law, so I'm speaking not from a point of authority here, but I would say that's a pretty large...

organ to move over yes i saw one time i saw a um it was a documentary and they were they were showing um the full cesarean section surgery right and uh the doctor is is you know she's made the incision already and she pulls this like thing that those like the size of a cantaloupe out of the woman and flops it up on her stomach she goes that's the uterus wow like whoa wow yeah i mean that's

That was several years ago that I saw that, but Steve, I assume that's around the size of it. There's a doctor that wants to be... Give us the real information. Feel free to let us know. I watched three cesarean section operations. It's great. And we were actually just talking about it over the weekend where, you know, after my oldest was born, it wasn't until I was driving home from the hospital hours later that I was like...

Hang on a second. I was just looking inside my wife's body. Yeah, what did I just see? Like, just organs that were, like you were saying, just like, bloop, like, you know, we're going to plop this over here. That blows me away. It does when you see it. At this point now, I've seen a fair amount of surgeries.

The funny thing is when I had my surgery years ago, the prostate cancer, there was a video available. This is a surgery I'm going under. I'm going to stay away from watching this video. But it is amazing when they're – that's what they're doing. They're opening things up. And for the person to be alive while this is going on, it's not an autopsy. I still have a hard time wrapping my mind around watching a surgical procedure like that because I've had pretty bad consequences.

Cuts from time to time. And they bleed like crazy. Right. And to see... And I understand, you know, if you hit a vein or something like that, you're going to have more blood. But even just like a large incision and they have control over the bleeding. I don't know how that happens. What you think of, and I think of it this way. It's like we're like a bag of fluid. How come when an incision is made like that, there's not just...

Stuff going all over the place. Oh, don't tip her over. But they figured it out and they know what to do and they've been doing it for a long, long time. I realize saying it that way, what an idiot I sound like, but you have these perceptions. Yeah, for real.

So the baby was named in honor of both her aunt, Amy, and one of the surgeons. So the baby's name is Isabel Kiroga, who played a pivotal role in the transplant procedure. Not Gleb? Not Gleb. No, Gleb is, we're hanging on to that, which was short for Glebowitz. Glebowitz, yeah. I think, yeah.

But this is a baby girl, so... Yeah, true. Glebra. So I thought that... Glebra, yeah. Now it makes sense. I thought that was pretty interesting. It is amazing. For the first time that's happened in... You would have to wait. With this case, you know, she had used it and was ready to give it to someone else, the donor. Yeah. But I guess... And then does this make this...

addable to organ donor lists. Yeah, don't know. As far as having that as part of the organ donation program. Put it on the menu. If you're in a...

imminent death situation that you can donate that. I don't know. They can have mine. But you can live without that. I've been living without one for years. My whole life. But yes, Kathy, I believe you're right. But it also may be something that they can harvest as well. Right. You know.

Steve, you said something that made me think of a question because I don't understand a lot of this either. I'm also pre-law, so I'm not in the same boat as you. When a surgery happens and you're slicing somebody open, obviously there's going to be blood no matter what. If you...

Is the way that you don't bleed out, and I'm asking doctors this, because you're not, like, cutting an artery or a vein or something like that? You're just... I think that's it. All right. I think because... What? What are you laughing at? Because, like, it's a good question. Okay. So we... I think what we assume is that our bodies...

are just full of sloshing blood. That is like a bag of spaghetti, if you will. There you go. And that's what happens. But it's not that case. So when you see them pulling flaps up, I've seen the surgery of a lung transplant. The lungs are bigger than, at least to my eyes, appear to be bigger than the uterus.

and everything's open. But I think it pertains to that name. And I'm guessing that the doctors that are doing these surgeries know where those veins and arteries are. You would hope, or these are good guessers. Right. So when they go in, they're like, okay, we're going to avoid making this person bleed too much. Okay, here we go. This is hopefully an answer for you. All right. Pulled this up via the interwebs.

It says, surgeons avoid severing major veins and arteries whenever possible, and they use hemostats to control bleeding. Minimally invasive surgical techniques can reduce bleeding significantly. The patient's blood may be captured and recycled as well, and blood may be transfused. So that is happening. Hemostats are, think of Flex Seal. Flex Seal. Woo, doggie. We got to break that hemostat. Woo, surgery. Woo, surgery. Wow, okay. We're such idiots.

Okay, so here's a birth-related thing. Nick had pulled up our YouTube page, and somebody was asking what my shirt is all about. The Handmaid's Tale new episodes came out yesterday. Yesterday? What do you think? It's really good. It's so funny because that show hasn't been on for like three years, and I've forgotten so much what has happened. I hate that. I hate that. They did a short recap, and I kind of got back up to speed on it, but it waited so long. So that's what this shirt is about, Handmaid's Tale. It's not a...

wing glider. No. Yeah, exactly. Yeah, so the wings they wear on their head. So that's what it's in reference to. It's the flying nun, Preston. Babies is a big part of that. Resist the convent Santango. By the way, I drove past a church or something yesterday. Lucky! Yeah, I know. I didn't mean to brag like that. I apologize. But it was like St. Raphaela's. But underneath it, and I only got to read it glancingly, but it said something about...

of the Christ something or other, blah, blah, blah. I wasn't sure if you guys... Was it a church run by Hulu? Not by Hulu, but it was a church that directly mentions handmaids. Handmaids of the sacred heart of Jesus. Yes, I've seen that used. I thought we talked about that one time.

Did we? It's right next to our savior of Tiger King. Okay, I'm moving on. We have another Just Say Institute. The Yanaguni Monument, an underwater formation off of Japan's Rakuyu Islands, is back in the news. Located about 82 feet below sea level, the structure features angular steps,

terraces, and megaliths that resemble human-made architecture. This is 82 feet below sea level. You've seen pictures of this, right? I've seen video of this. My wife is a big ancient alien, you know, watch watches, all that stuff. It is fascinating. This stuff is amazing because it

By my reckoning, by a lot of learned people's reckoning, there's no way this occurs naturally. So if confirmed as man-made, it hasn't been confirmed yet, it could date back over 10,000 years, predating Egypt's pyramids and Stonehenge and potentially reshaping our understanding of ancient civilizations. They think some believe this might be some form of a pyramid. And the stone has been tested and proven to be over 10,000 years old.

supporters of the theory that the monument is human-made, like author Graham Hancock, point to features such as carved steps and face-like engravings as evidence of intelligent design. And they believe, Preston, as you said, it predates the Charleston. Wow, that dance? Yeah, I don't know why they use that as the mark, but...

A Japanese geologist, Masakai Kimura, has also suggested that the structure may be linked to the mythical lost continent of Lemuria, which I'm not familiar with. No, Atlantis is what we always hear. Yeah, Lemuria, L-E-M-U-R-I-A.

So we'll see if any more comes of that. Before we can just dance to Charleston right now. Everybody grab your parts. That old. I have no idea. Yeah, it seems an arbitrary dance to pick. It was a great dance though. It was a great dance? Yeah. You can do the Charleston? Sure. All right. I've done it before for you guys. Two, three, four. It's this right there.

No, the Charleston is it. Well, that's part of it, Steve. Yeah, that's it. Casey's got it. Oh, okay. But what I did was right too, right? What, where they crossed the legs? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Casey, whatever. Hey, hey, not you. You injured your head. I don't know what Preston.

What? Was I doing it wrong? No, you're doing it right. It was kind of funky. Wait, do it again. Look at her. Look at the way she does it. Go ahead, Kathy. Do it again.

You look like Elaine a little bit. You're doing it as if Elaine was. I'm sorry, Bill. I don't have much freaking room over here. Kathy, do it. You were doing it right. Casey, come do it with me. I need the music. Oh, sorry. There we go. It's very mummer-ish. Yes! Wow.

All right. Anyway, I'm just going to sit here. You don't want to join in? So just to put it in perspective, that structure predates the Charleston. Just to bring it all back around. All right. Next, turn off the goddamn Charleston music. Give me the Just Saying Institute, please. All right. I actually have something helpful. All right. The Charleston sound helpful? So if you crawl into bed, you feel tired, you're ready to go to work, go to sleep, you

but all of a sudden, worries, anxious thoughts keep you from going to sleep. Do you ever have this? Sure. Yeah, absolutely. And it can feel impossible to stop thinking about this stuff, but a person named Dominique Antiglio

says that something called sophrology can help quiet the racing thoughts and improve sleep. Is the five things to do while you're laying in bed? They're one, two, three, four, five. I have six things. Oh, six things. Is one of those things the Charleston? No, you can't do that. That would wake you. Stop it.

So what is sophrology? It is a relaxation technique that blends Eastern meditation and yogic practices with modern science, according to this person. They've been practicing it professionally for 20 years. It can be helpful at bedtime to help us feel calmer and stop intrusive thoughts from keeping us awake. It's like a mind-body technique. Yeah, exactly. I put...

I do too.

This expert says your thoughts will demand less of your attention. If you start concentrating on your body instead of what's running through your mind, it's a way to let those things kind of ease off a little bit. Are you, if you've employed, have you employed tactics like this? No, I've not tried this. We do the breathing. I withdraw my question. We do the breathing thing. Yeah. Which works. I did it last night. That's if, Kathy, I think if you just can't get yourself to fall asleep, this is more like

I can't stop thinking about this and it's keeping me awake. You're taking a more Charles Tanoic approach. Yes, Charles Tanoic. Not going to do it. So, all right, another technique is tense and relax. This involves inhaling and tensing all of your muscles, then releasing them with a long exhale. Damn, I tensed up too much. I

I did that last night as well because I just read, I don't know if it was this list or not, but I just read that that was something. I only did it three times in a row and then I did the breathing and I was out. Another one, can I guess one on the list? Is it blinking your eyes rapidly? No, that one I did not read. So this one says if you do the tense or relax, it will help regulate your nervous system and alleviate the fight or flight response that can come with anxiety. Okay.

Then there's something called the track-tack technique. Track-tack, track-tack, track-tack, track-tack technique. This is a Klingon thing you do. This, to help you let go of unnecessary thoughts, start with lifting one arm out with your thumb extended. Hey. Hey.

So you can focus your gaze on it. Hey! And they advise inhale, hold your breath. And I'm not going to do that now because I have to continue talking. I'm actually holding my thumb up right now. Inhale, hold your breath, and then bring your thumb slowly toward your forehead while following it with your eyes until your thumb meets the gap between your eyebrows.

And then you're supposed to, I guess, breathe out at that point. Then somebody's supposed to punch you in the face. And then you repeat that several times. So you're focusing on that and you're not thinking about what's racing through your mind. I've heard variations on all of these things or the things that you've gone through so far as a standalone thing.

calming thing. So this is sort of a good string of things to do to calm you down. Well, I asked about the eye blinking because that was one that I read and I tried the tensing and then the breathing last night and then I tried the eye blinking and I was like, I feel like I'm in a movie. I did the eye thing last week when I accidentally zipped my nutsack up and I was blinking really fast. Sure, yeah, yeah. That could have caused that to happen. The next one is pump your fists.

It says clench your fist, inhale, hold your breath, and raise and lower your shoulders in a fast pumping motion. Oh, like... I was joking. Yeah. No, that's more like... I feel like that's more like club. Preston. Do you know what you're doing in bed?

It's good. Thriller. I was thinking the fist pump would be more club music. Yeah. Shot, shot, shot, shot, shot. You're doing an in-bed Judd Nelson from the Breakfast Club. Nick hates that. Nick won't do that one. Oh, yeah, that's right. All right. Then they recommend picture a protective bubble. After doing a body scan, take a couple of low, long, slow breaths.

Then picture a protective bubble that surrounds your body that filters out all the worries and negative thoughts running through your head. You need to let that out first. This is very strong in meditation technique. The bubble? The bubble, a light, a string that lines your body and then it's pulled away. And yeah, this is all what they do in meditation. Okay. And it says, yeah, it keeps the worries and negative thoughts running through your head out.

and keeps them out while you're feeling fully relaxed in the bed. Wait, so I just... They do these sometimes at the end of some of the... Yoga and some of the other classes that I take. And there's one instructor that does it often, but she had one just the other day. And I was like, I was kind of like...

not creeped out by it, but it was a little bit different. So it was, there was a succulent on your chest, right? Where your heart would be. And the roots grew into your body, through your chest, wrapped around your heart. This actually happened? She was describing it. No, this was part of the meditation. But I don't know, something about the root of the,

That seems like 50s science fiction. I was like, it's going to kill me. It's going to squeeze my heart. Yeah. No, I'd be scared too. You guys ever use any apps to try to fall asleep or to meditate? Yes. I've used YouTube occasionally, like Spotify or something like that. Angry Birds. What's that? Angry Birds. That's probably not very effective. But occasionally during YouTube, like in a meditation technique, like an ad will pop up right in the middle of it. Oh, God.

I'm just trying to listen to brown noise or whatever right now. That's like defeating the purpose of it. Exactly, yeah. You have some brown noise over there, don't you, by the way? Oh, yes, I do. If someone wants to know. That's the brown noise. That's the brown noise. Nick, I was going to tell you, I have an app. Whenever I do meditate, I usually do it guided, and I'll do it through the app. But I think that's...

so you don't get the ad. Have you seen there has been a tremendous amount of commercials based on frequencies and sounds of these different apps. I've seen more of them now than I've ever seen them where the white noise, the brown noise. I agree with you on that. But I think people are reticent. You're alone in your bed. There's no one...

If you're having issues, try a couple of these. We played it on this show. I was listening to guided meditation years ago and the lady's nose was whistling. But there's all these sophrology channels on YouTube, Preston. This is what the story is about. This is where it started. I'm going to explore some of these. A lot of them, for whatever reason, happen to be in French.

Oh, that's interesting. Well, you were born in Paris. Yes. Well, you can check that out now and supposedly it helps you to get some sleep. And I've been given the wrap up. If you have a short story. I do have one more. So speaking of cutting, we were talking about noise. Nope. Think about noise and cutting noise from your neighbor's apartment if you happen to share walls. This could be helpful. So imagine you could fix that by changing a few screws in your wall. That's exactly what Hakan...

A researcher from the University of Malmo has created. He works for the Department of Material Science and Applied Mathematics and has developed a unique screw that can significantly reduce the level of sound traveling between walls. So standard screws probably serve to conduct sound in a very inefficient way or a too efficient way. Yeah, well, it just...

They're normal. This inhibits it. So this specially designed screw known as the sound screw is engineered to break up sound waves. The key to its effectiveness lies in its structure. The screw is split in the middle with a spring inside. And when used to secure drywall to wooden beams in the wall, the spring absorbs the sound waves that would otherwise pass through the materials, dissipating them instead of letting them reoccur.

reach your ears and as a result the noise from your neighbors is much less likely to disturb you i i love this idea the any we've all had apartments i assume we've all had apartments um the the the neighbor noise even even benign it's low-key neighbor noise can be distracting yep uh and um you know it so anything like this it does sound mitigation um

So have they started employing this in construction? Well, in laboratory acoustic tests, the sound screw has been shown to reduce the sound level by nine decibels, which to put into perspective is effectively halving the perceived sign, halving it. This was demonstrated with a standard drywall. The same screws have also been tested in real world settings such as

Thank you.

And the sound screw could help meet these standards. However, it's especially useful for single-family homes while reducing noise between rooms as well. And you as the sound generator, too. I mean, if you feel a little more... Like for me, I like to practice the Charleston late at night. Right. And I don't want to wake people up. Of course not.

So it needs more testing in everyday environments to fully evaluate the long-term effectiveness. That said, the interest in it, in this product, is already growing. Companies from places as far as South America and Japan are exploring the potential of incorporating these screws into their construction process.

You remember my Russian efficiency apartment in media, right? Really, it's a box. The walls conducted noise like nobody's business. Yep, it happens sometimes in apartment situations. All right, that's all we have time for in the Just Saying It suit. We're going to take a break. We'll come back in a moment. Actress Terry Polo. And then right after that, our buddy Kevin Smith joining us. Stay with us. We'll be right back.

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Now, back with more of the Preston and Steve Show podcast. On 93.3 WMMR. Thank you very much, Kath. Our next guest is joining us this morning to talk about a movie that speaks to my life right now. Yeah. It's called Relative Control, and it opens everywhere on Friday. And we've seen her in tons of things throughout the years, including the West Wing and the Meet the Parents movies and all that. And not to mention...

that she's the pride of Dover, Delaware. Please welcome Terry Polo to our program this morning. Hey, Terry. Hello. How are you, the pride of Dover? I'll tell you what. Come on, man. Yeah, you... Well, let me tell you

Let me tell you, it has grown so much since I lived there. I mean, I couldn't believe it when I went back to film this movie, Relative Control. It was just, wait a minute, it became one ginormous racetrack, gambling casino, hospital, fast food restaurant, chain restaurant place. It's like, this is what I knew. It just doesn't exist anymore. It makes me so sad. So Relative Control was filmed in the Dover area?

It was. Well, not in Dover. It was filmed in Wellington. It was filmed in Delaware. Yeah. Wow. So phenomenal. Kind of like a full circle moment for me. Yeah. It is kind of wild when you go back to a place, obviously, and it's changed that much. And it is. You're right. We know it. Obviously, we're in closer proximity. But it's expanded. But Preston talking about the movie about relative control. And I'm watching the trailer. These are universal themes. And it's...

anyone who has a family, anyone who has aging parents, anyone who has any sort of relatives living in a real world dynamic can connect to. Is that what drew you to the project? Oh, absolutely. Let me tell you, at the time that we were filming, this was not quite two years ago, a year and a half ago, um,

I was literally, it was art imitating life because I was going through the same thing with my mom. And that's exactly it. It's a universal theme. Everybody at some point comes to that time where you're dealing with your parents and what to do with them. And it's excruciating. It's really excruciating. It is. You love them so much. But boy, what a pain in the butt.

but they're being and I have stuff to do and it's excruciating because it's

It's just so difficult. It is not an easy process in any way, shape or form for either one. You know, you also see the fear and my mom did not want to go anywhere. She was like, you're going to have to try me from my chair with a steel rod because I will not I will not go. And she did it. Yeah. Terry, not to go into too much detail here, but we literally had to kidnap my dad.

and bring him across the country to live with us for a short amount of time to get things straightened out. It was insane. I couldn't believe this stuff was happening. And it's now happening to other friends in my realm because I'm of that age right now. But I am taking stories like this from my own personal life and also seeing this film, Relative Control, which I can't wait to see on Friday. And I'm going to make sure that as I age, I am aware of these things

as well and try not to become that. You know what I mean?

Yeah. Well, my mother, her mother got early Alzheimer's and she passed of Alzheimer's, but we had to put her in an assisted living facility and she was just, well, it was a nursing home. She was livid. She was serious with us. And, you know, she started not recognizing my mom. And it was so painful for my mom. It was so, so she,

She made sure, we all made sure in the family that my mom said her goodbyes for like the last three years. That's a whole different story though, because she left the pack on the guilt. But however, you know, please know that I love you. Please know that I love you no matter what happens, because she was afraid that she was going to start to lose it, which she kind of did. And she was going to be mean to us. And we were going to, and that was what we were going to take away from this. And I was like, mom,

that's never going to happen. And she did. She started to go a little off towards the end there. But we all knew. We knew. I just kind of went with it. Wherever she went, I was like, ooh, this is kind of a fun world. Let's go to the stars and play up there for a while. Cool, Mom. It provides people with comfort and solace. It's also a good way to frame things that you might be experiencing in life. That's where a movie like this can really come in handy. And it also, judging by an interview I was reading with you about this,

And I love this idea. I tell this to people all the time. Give yourself the permission to be angry, to be frustrated. A lot of times you're thinking, well, this is the parent. They brought me into the world. They took care of me. And no, I'm a horrible person because I want to wring their neck right now. But that's a human reaction a lot of times. Absolutely. It is absolutely a human reaction. And it's part of the process. It's part of grieving.

Because you have someone who has always taken care of you, who's been bigger than life, larger than life, and stronger, and taken care of you, and been there for you every single day of your life from literally the second you were born. And now that you are taking care of them, it's frustrating, it's confusing, it's upsetting. And then you've spent how many years? You know, I'm 55. I've spent 40 approximately years.

building my life, being independent, being, and I have this whole life that I have to take care of as well as like I've taken care of my kids. Now I have to take care of this giant kid.

It's human and all of these emotions are normal. Everyone goes through them. Don't think that you're a horrible person for feeling angry or frustrated at some point because everyone is going to have these emotions. And just make sure, just make sure, and I say this after I walked away from my mom passing, in my arms, I might add, was the most exquisite moment of my life.

is to just love... Oh, sorry, I have a puppy. Is to love each other and enjoy every second. Please, please, please try your best not to take any second for granted, especially when you've got aging parents. That's good advice. It's just... Yeah, you'll never... It's just...

It's tough. Well, Terry, and not only that, so, you know, watching the trailer and reading a bit about the story, so your character is Sarah. And so since you're an actor, I would like you to portray my therapist for just a moment because I am aligning with exactly what Sarah's going through because it's not just the aging parents. It's also the kids and the job as well. I, in my life, have all three of those things happening right now as we speak. Yeah.

Am I going to get some love from this movie, some help, a lifeline if I watch this?

Yeah, you're going to go, that's right. That's right. Damn it, that's right. Why won't anybody listen to me? I know. Oh, God. Well, listen. If I can just really quick though. Go ahead. Throw out a shout out to Patrick McDade who plays my dad. He is one of the most wonderful actors I've ever worked with in almost 40 years. He plays my dad. He played the...

Kate Winslet's dad in Mary V. Town. Oh, he's great. He's great. Terry, he was my acting coach back in the day. And so here at casting, he used to work at Mike Lemon Casting, and I actually took classes with him. So he is great. Oh, that's really cool. I love him. We have never laughed. We laughed so hard on set because, you know, you're dealing with kind of a rough, especially some of the scenes.

You know, you had to find some levity, but that man, he has to play my dad in everything I do for Melon because he's just the best. And therein lies the fact that there's humor involved with this as well, and we'd be remiss if there was news for the past week. We're going to have about a fourth episode.

Meet the Parents movie and that it seems to be everyone's on board. Is that in fact the case or just Hollywood hearsay? Yes, sir. It is going to be. We're going to be filming it sometime in the fall this year. Everybody's back on board and we're just, you know, they're getting all the ends and ends and bibbles and bobbles all wrapped up. And we haven't gotten the script yet because, of course, that's going to be top secret.

Yeah. You know, I don't know. Like Koh Samui. So the return of Pamela Martha Falk. I don't know. Yes. Exactly. That's a beautiful thing. And, you know, maybe a grandmother will show up and, you know, motherfucker grandma. That bit never gets old, by the way, Terry. I love it. I love it, man. All right. Well, listen, you know, you got a busy day, but we will point people in the direction. This looks like...

exactly what I need right now, relative control, and it opens on all digital platforms on Friday. And if you come back home to Delaware, swing by WMMR sometime and say hi to us, okay, Terry? I will do for sure. Thank you, guys. Have a wonderful day. You too. We'll see you. Terry Polo, guys. She's great. I loved her in the Meet the Parents movies. I thought she was great. She was exactly the kind of person you would, playing that kind of...

You know, that you would... You could see him being in love with. And he puts up with all that crap because of all of that. Yes. So I didn't realize that her father in this movie is Patrick McDade, who is married to Diane Heary. If you guys are... Did not realize they were married. Because he was terrific in Mare of Easttown. He was wonderful. He pops up in a lot of stuff. Diane Heary, for those who don't know, does casting in the city. And so when that...

They are looking for people to play roles. A lot of time they'll go through Harry casting. She was in a movie. I don't know if you remember. It was actually, it's a really good science fiction. It is with Charlie Sheen. It's called The Arrival, not The Arrival, the more recent one. But it is about aliens. And it is a top level science fiction movie.

Um, so two movies that have arrival in the title or alien related. This one was like 2012 or something like that. But Sheen is, is, you know, he's studying, um, uh, radio communications. He gets a message. He believes the earth is being invaded. I remember the end of that movie where the knees go backwards. Yes, it's exactly it. Yeah. Um,

Spoiler alert. Not to get too much away, but the aliens are distinguished by the fact that their knees bend back the other way. Oh, okay. I didn't see that. I did see Arrival, which I need to go back and see that again. I really love that movie because, yeah, I think the overall message is

because she, in the movie, loses a child. Right. And then, so she learns that she loses this child, but chooses to have it anyway.

Does that make any sense? Yeah, yeah, yeah. So the message is... She sees the future. Yeah, she sees the future, sees that she's going to have this child, is going to be head over heels in love with this child. And so the question is, is it better to have loved and lost than never have loved at all? No, and it's from the same director of the Dune movies. Dune? Yeah, but I agree. And the way that it breaks down the learning of communication is done so well. I mean, you know...

how do you breach that ability for two absolute and they're like large sort of elephant type things that are I remember that part of it but I just don't

I need to go back and see it again. Yes. One of those. I got it. Cause I didn't get much out of it the first time around. I'm like, when's a, when something good, like a ray gun or something. When's Vin Diesel going to come out and tell us it's about family. Right. I saw, I saw some comedian talking about this recently, Preston, and I feel like you and I are kind of in a similar boat and I can't remember what the comedian was. So forgive me, but it was, um, have I seen that movie? And it's like, it movies like arrival, uh,

Which I have seen. I don't remember much about. And I'm like, oh, wait. No, wait, no. I did see that. And if it came within the last 20, 25 years or whatever...

There's a good chance I've seen it, but there's also a good chance I might not have any recollection of it whatsoever. Right. All right. And what's that called again? It was just like, have I seen that yet? Yeah. Have I seen that movie? Okay. Yeah. Our next guest can speak to it, I'm sure. He can. Yeah. And he is up and running and ready to go joining us via Zoom and is going to be in town May 5th at the AMC Neshaminy Theater.

It is the 25th anniversary of Dogma. I've seen that. Great movie. And they're calling it the resurrection tour. It's one of my favorite films by our guest. Ladies and gentlemen, we like to consider him a friend. Mr. Kevin Smith is joining us today. Thank you.

Morning. I'm on the Zoom and I waved as if radio was going to hear that. Well, we are also on YouTube, so you'll be seen as well. So there you go. They will see the wave. They will see the wave. Yes. Yeah. Kevin, how was everything? I'm so delighted you actually said the movie theater name. What was it? Nishimani? I've been trying to pronounce it. Nishimani. Nishimani. Yeah, the AMC Nishimani. We were actually talking about you earlier this morning, Kevin, because we were doing a segment where we were taking a historical look at

at some stuff down the shore and we started to dive into the invention of the skee-ball game and it was a guy in Vineland, New Jersey that created it and the first one ever was in Atlantic City and then we started to connect the dots of how many times you have put skee-ball into your films and Dogma is one of those because God is a huge fan of skee-ball apparently. Oh.

Aren't we all? Yes. A maker's likeness. Of course, we all love skee-ball. New Jersey, of course, the site of many important inventions that we all use all the time. But skee-ball, I think, is probably the number one. And we featured it in both Chasing Amy and

When they go on a date to the Keensburg Boardwalk and then more prominently as a plot device in the aforementioned Dogma. That was because I grew up on the shore and that's how I passed the time. Go to Long Branch, go to Asbury Park, go to Great Adventure, or as they called it Six Flags Later, and play a lot of skee-ball. And just recently...

I was down in Orlando visiting my mom. She lives near Orlando and whatnot. She's 79 and stuff. And she don't get around as much anymore. So I said, Mom, get in the car. We're going to go to Arcade. And we went to this place called Deezer Land, which is a big arcade and a car museum.

And we played skee-ball. And she stood up. Normally, I'm pushing her in a chair and stuff. But she was able to kind of stand up and roll balls and then talk about my father. Like, your dad took me on a skee-ball date. Like, you know, they used to bowl together, but then they would go play skee-ball later on and stuff. And it was so touching. And then quietly, she goes, and that's why I started having sex with him.

Wow, it is an aphrodisiac as well, apparently. Yeah, the latter half of skee-ball was the most important part of it to my father. Oh, my God. Skee-ball was just foreplay. Yes. You can't look at those holes and not get turned on eventually, I guess. You're not kidding, man. You got to remember this is the 60s, kids. So, like, just even the visual of something going into something else. Yeah.

I love that. Dogma, we're all huge fans and we've talked about this before. And I think over the years, and we talked about this a little bit when you came out and thanked, thank you, by the way, for coming out to the camp out for hunger. It was so amazing. Oh, no, it was nice. I still have, you guys gave me a Dunkin' Donuts hat because Dunkin' was a big sponsor. Yeah.

And then like shortly thereafter, I was in a Dunkin Donuts commercial with Affleck over the over. That's right. Yes. Yeah. I wore my I wore my hat and the people at Dunkin were there and they were like, where'd you get that? I was like, I'm a man. They were just giving them away. Well, it occurs. And I've noticed this when the movie came out, obviously very controversial. Don't quite know why, because it is. And we talked about this in many ways. It can reaffirm aspects of faith.

Crazy reverent film. A movie that has anal jokes in it. A very reverent film. Yeah, but I forgot, and this cracked me up, the footage on the local news of you going down to one of the protests and talking about how the movie was evil and you never identified yourself. That is pre-trolling before trolling, right? Yeah.

It was good times, man. It was, we were sitting around, they were opening up the movie in our neck of the woods. It was when it was going wide and stuff. And, you know, I'd seen religious protests to the movie when we debuted at the New York film festival.

Got out of the car and had the kid, Harley, when she was just a baby. And we had these little angel wings on her. We got out of the car. There was a thousand people protesting, lined up in front of Alice Tully Hall, holding a giant Mary statue, all praying the rosary at me, weaponizing the rosary. Wow.

at me. So we go inside and I'm going to go up on stage and introduce the movie with the kid because I'm like, you know, like the best way to win the sympathy of the audience. Like I have a child. So, you know, she's dressed like a little angel. Makes sense. Before I go up, Gina Gardini, she was the publicist at Miramax at the time. Wonderful woman. She goes, you know,

She hears that I'm going to go up with the kid and she goes, Kevin, I just want to remind you that anybody could buy a ticket for this movie tonight. I was like, yeah, that's why it's sold out. It's awesome. And she goes, no, anyone can buy a ticket for this movie tonight, especially people that don't like the idea of this movie at all. Right. I was like, and I don't get it. And she's like, you're about to walk on stage with your kid. And I felt it'd be remiss if I didn't remind you.

that this movie has angered a bunch of people. And I got kind of scared because I was like, oh my God, are you saying I shouldn't bring the kid out there? She's like, I'm just feeling like I should say something before you...

do this and then there's a moment of like do i let the terrorist terrorist win so instead i went out on stage with the kid but i'd be lying if i said i wasn't holding her like a human shield waiting for that bullet or whatever like martin sheen the dead zone yes very much just like in the dead zone excellent poll oh my god nobody nobody references the dead zone and i'm gonna be fine

So when the movie opened in our area, it was playing at the Sony Multiplex in Eatontown, which is like I was living in Oceanport, New Jersey. So it was like literally a five minute ride. It was me and Brian Johnson, my friend Brian Johnson, comic book man, and Jennifer, my wife.

So we read in the paper that there was going to be 5,000 people showing up to protest. And I was like, 5,000 people? That is our entire neck of the woods. That would mean even my mom would be there. So I was like, we got to go. So we went incognito. We got some cardboard. We made some signs. One said, to hell with dogma. And the other said, dogma is dog best. And we put sparklies and glue on it, man. It was like a true art project. And then we went to...

to the joint, joined the protest. Not 5,000 people, about 15. I didn't recognize any of them, but they did have a crucifix there. So Brian Johnson didn't know the rosary or anything, but I did. So we joined the line and we just started protesting. And that's when the news van pulled up.

And I saw the news van, like the lady get out and then the guy with the camera and they're looking at our assembly going like, you know, same reaction I had. There's nobody here. Where's the 5000? This is nothing. But they're already there. So like we might as well shoot it.

So she's looking at her clipboard, the lady, and then she looks at us and I guess she's trying to figure out who's going to interview and their eyes fall on mine. And then she looks away to the next person. Then she looks back at me. Then she looks at the clipboard and then she looks back at me again.

And she darts right to me, like races right up to me. She's like, are you him? And I pointed to the crucifix. I was like, no, that's him. And she goes, are you the director? I said, no. She goes, can we interview you? I said, yeah. And then they interviewed me about the movie. And, you know, I didn't give my name until like I was saying, like, this movie is bad and I've heard it's bad and I don't like what it stands for. I haven't seen it yet. So that's why we're here praying and stuff.

And she'd ask me, she's like, what's your name? And I said, Brian Johnson. And Brian was standing right next to me. My mom, that night, called up. She's like, Tiger, there's a boy on the news who looks just like you and has your friend's name. I was like, Mom, that was me. You

You turn into great performance, though. You are, you know, one could easily take you for that. But in the years that have passed since then, I think it has been copied in many ways. And I think, listen, again, there's a case to be made for the spirituality of the film. And I see it pop up in things like Supernatural and iterations of Constantine, you know, and just...

That sort of thing. Or Lucifer, the series that was on for a while doing similar polls. So a little bit ahead of its time, would you say? I don't know. I think we're all pulling from the same source material. There's a book that's been sitting around forever that periodically people go, oh, this has some dramatic tension in it and find elements to pull from. Right, right. And we've always been...

particularly cinematically fascinated with the supernatural or the things we don't know. I mean, that's the perfect milieu to deal with material like that because we don't see angels in real life or at least more evidently. We don't see people walking around with wings. We know there are angels everywhere, heroic people that do wonderful things all the time.

But we don't see angels as traditionally depicted in the Bible or demons or forces of good versus force of evil. That's like the root of every movie story right there. And so in terms of forces of good and forces of evil, you know, there's a marketable approaches to the material like the rebellion and the empire and the resistance.

And, you know, then there's the very traditional going way back to people telling stories around a fireplace, stories of angels and demons fighting. So for me as a kid who was raised in the Catholic faith, you know, was an altar boy who sat on the altar and giggled every time the priest was like, blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.

Dogma is a meditation, like a grade school meditation, if you will, made by somebody in their 20s because he'd been thinking about that stuff since grade school. I saw some, you know, most people seem to like the movie, but there were definitely some criticisms that were like, this is like, you know, what happens when kids are stoned in a college dorm and sitting around talking about faith or whatnot. And I couldn't.

argue that too hard. I wasn't a stoner in those days, but like it, it was born in my youth when I would sit there in Catholic school or sit there on the altar serving mass going like, some of this stuff doesn't really make sense. You got to remember like while I was making dogma, I still believed in all the talents of my faith. It was George Carlin that really started to like put a crack in my, my, uh, my shield, my Christian shield. Uh, we were talking about to do a scene. I was going through a thing. And then, uh,

you know, I was talking about like the approach and George goes, you're, you really believe in all this stuff, don't you? And I said, yeah, you're Catholic, you don't. And he goes, no, I'm smarter than that. And that was, that was like the beginning of the end of my faith too. Cause he was the smartest person I'd ever met. So I always, whatever brings you comfort, if you're a good person, you can be a good person. And to me, the,

religion and for many people and I was raised Roman Catholic and certainly I'm an open mind to all of it and what it can do for people and how it can be misused. Absolutely the same and I'm also the guy too that I have no problem with anybody

That is deep in the faith. I got a problem with people that weaponize faith against people. They don't want to do things that they don't want them to do. And dogma addresses that. Yeah. And that's really... We got true faith, man. I like... Yeah. I miss mine. It's a beautiful thing. Hey, Kevin, I wanted to ask you about the filming of the movie because I remember there was an interview that came out when Rounders hit theaters and Matt Damon talked about he had not really...

become a star yet so we was able to make that movie and not be a Hollywood star but when Dogma came out Armageddon was out obviously Good Will Hunting it hit theaters the guys had won the Oscars for that what was it like for you filming those two guys really like at the beginning of the ascent for Matt Damon and Ben Affleck to superstardom was it challenging for you at that point?

A quick pedantic correction. Rounders came out after us. But I think it went Good Will Hunting. On the heels of Good Will Hunting, while they were still up for the Oscar, we were shooting Dogma at that point. In terms of, yes, they were blowing up huge, which was tremendous. Those are two dudes that I worked with before and absolutely adored my whole career. So

Working with them wasn't like, oh my god, they're suddenly movie stars now. They were totally chill, totally fine. But I remember when we were shooting the scene from the opening of the flick and they were at the airport. That's where we put the whole plot

When we were done with that, they got on the plane to go back to Los Angeles for the Oscars. Wow. And so they had won the Golden Globe. And when they won the Golden Globe, they thanked everybody except me and Scott Mosier were the ones that got the movie over to Miramax. Because she was nominated for Chasing Amy that year.

And after Ben's speech, she saw him and she flipped him a quarter. And she was like, you got somebody to call right now. I was like, oh, my God, man, that is I cannot believe we forgot you. You're like, this is crazy stupid. I swear to you, if we ever get close to that Oscar, like we're going to sing your name from that. I was like, hey, man, don't worry about it. It's totally cool. So me and Moj put the boys on the plane to go to Los Angeles from Pittsburgh and

For the Oscars, man, while we're still in Pittsburgh shooting Dogma, you know, and they'll be gone for a few days and come back.

So we're like, go get him, man. It's amazing. And, you know, they win the Oscar and we are all gathered in Pittsburgh at the hotel room and stuff. The entire cast and crew watching this. And the boys are up there who we had just seen like 24 hours prior, jumping around on stage going like, oh, my God, who are we forgetting? We keep forgetting. And like we're all sitting there. Me and Scott are leaning forward, leaning forward. Thank you. Good night.

The whole room goes quiet. Me and Moe's are like, we got to run upstairs real quick. Grab a smoke. And we left the room. We're like, twice, bro. Twice.

He called us up and he was like, I cannot believe it. So if you ever wonder, like, why is Ben Affleck still do Kevin Smith's movies? Listen, he went up again and could have mentioned you, you know, he won another Oscar. I got this book. There was this book we did a few years ago, a coffee table book called Kevin Smith's Secret Stash. Beautiful hardcover book from Inside Editions.

But behind my back, they reached out to a bunch of people I worked with to have them write things and stuff. And Ben wrote this like they asked for, I think it was 400 words. Ben wrote this really beautiful 5000 word piece that they couldn't fit into the book for the space they allotted. So they printed it separate and stuck it into the book that it pulls out. And in it, he talks about like that whole story and blah, blah, blah. But, you know, in the moment,

I remember, like, my mom and my dad, you were like, why didn't they mention you, Tiger? Like, every time I'd see him, be like, Ma, I don't know. And you end up looking like a real... Oh, my God. It's like, yeah, you carry that forever and stuff. But, like, it's been, you know...

I certainly me and Moe's weren't like, oh, my God, let's get this made because we're like, this would be good for our careers. The script was just wonderful. I remember when he sent us that script, we made Chasing Amy. We made Mallrats at that point. And yeah, not Amy yet. We made Mallrats. We were on our way to Chasing Amy.

and he was having trouble getting Good Will Hunting made at Castle Rock, where it was. And he was like, you're at Miramax, do you think they would buy this? And I was like, ah, they don't really buy expensive scripts, man, but you can FedEx me the script and I'll read it. And he FedExed it to me, and I went into the bathroom, sat down on the toilet, started reading, and didn't get up for the entire script. I came out after two hours, I was crying because it's so emotional, and Scott Mosher was like...

that was one hell of a movement. What was happening? I've just read Ben and Matt's script and it's amazing. So I was just happy to get that stuff made. And honestly, like the...

The only people that remember that they didn't say me and Scott's name is me and my mom. My dad died. So it's just me and my mom. All right. Well, the cast, Chris Rock, George Carlin, Alan Rickman, the great Alan Rickman. I've always heard, and the rumors always been that Linda Fiorentino was, she's great in the movie, but difficult to work with. Was that your experience or what was your experience like with her on that set? Because she's really good.

She got the movie made like the, she was the reason that they greenlit the movie. She was coming off of men in black. And at the end of men in black, it's her and Will Smith stand in there. Like, you know, she's introduced as the new man, but she's a character throughout the whole movie and stuff.

And so it was on the strength of that that they greenlit us. We were in development on Dogma for like a year. It took us a long time for them to say yes. At first, they were like, you can make it for $3 million, which was like...

way too little for that movie. We eventually got it up to 10 million because the boys won the Oscars. So they were massive stars. And this was the first thing they were doing after that. And because Linda, Linda was in goodwill hunting and they were like, all right, that's, I was in, um, uh, uh, men in black. Right. Yeah. And because of that, they were like, that's, that's enough. You've got your three power stars go forward. You know? And that was before we had Chris and Salman, uh,

and george uh alan signed on very early alan had went to meet with um the execs at miramax john gordon was our exec on the movie he went on to run universal for a minute he produced all the david o russell movies including the silver linings playbook so he said uh hey man alan rickman just came in for a general meeting to talk about this merchant ivory movie

And I was like, Hans Gruber. And he's all he wanted to talk about was chasing Amy. And I was like, I made chasing Amy. He's like, I know, man. So like maybe we send him a dogma script. And I was like, he would be amazing as Metatron. And we sent it to him. The dude said yes, like right away. He was so sweet, man.

uh, such a good guy. And he's so wonderful in the movie. Yes. He's terrific. Uh, but, uh, looking at, uh, Linda's IMDb, she really didn't do much after that and hasn't done anything. I remember correctly. She was working on a Georgia O'Keeffe biopic and I don't know if it ever came to fruition. Okay. Um,

But yeah, I loved her because, you know, she was in a lot of things I dug, including Gotcha. Yeah, Gotcha. I remember that. Yeah, it was a good movie. Like, she was in movies that I grew up watching.

And The Last Seduction, too, it happened like maybe a year or two before we made Dogma. And that was a massive movie that she should have gotten an Academy Award nomination for because it played on Showtime once prior to its theatrical release. She was blocked from doing so or whatnot.

So, I mean, the consolation prize I think she got was dogma. Well, also, having the movie, having the re-release, having the ability to go do this, but the ownership of the movie, you had to do a lot of wrangling to get it back into your midst again, right? I mean, it was kind of a herculean job. We tried to get it back because it was owned by Harvey Weinstein personally. Yeah.

They bought it like we made it under the aegis of Miramax, but then Disney owned Miramax in those days. And so Disney was like, get rid of this movie. It's a polemic. There's too much attention around it. And so Harvey and Bob Weinstein bought the movie themselves. So they personally owned the movie. And so I wrote to a letter to Harvey while he was in jail and sent through his lawyer saying,

a very, you know, heartfelt letter about how this movie was tied up with my faith. And like, you made a lot of movies, but I've only made a few. And this one has a lot to do with my dead father. So since it's not anywhere, you're not doing anything with it. Can we buy it back? And we offered 250 grand.

We got a response back from the lawyer said no. Then I wrote another letter and we offered 500 and the response came back again. No. Then I talked to I was out of money at that point. So I talked to some people who have a vested interest in dogma and, you know, seeing it go forward. And so then I was able to go back with basically I reached out to Ben and Matt and I was able to go back for a million bucks. And we were still. Wow.

So that was that. And I kind of, I was like, look, I can't do better than that. Like, and so we all walked away. And then a year later, I got a call from the company that owns the movie now, Wonderful People, who bought a tranche of films from Harvey, like, last year or something like that. And they included Kids, that Larry Clark movie. Oh, yeah. Fahrenheit 9-11, the Michael Moore movie. That was another movie that they had to buy away from Miramax.

There were a few, I think seven karate films because they were working with Quentin on releasing karate flicks and then Dogma. So they called us up and they were like,

We bought these movies. It was an investment company, not even a studio. Wonderful people that bought the movies. We bought these, and one of them's got Ben Affleck in it. What is this? And I was like, oh my God, that's my fourth movie talking. So they were like, do you know what to do with this? I was like, I know exactly what to do. And I got invited in, so I got to play with my material again. I don't own it still, but I...

I now could feel good. We did our due diligence to make sure that like that dude has no connection to it whatsoever. Sold it free and clear. So at that point, because for years they would make offers like, well, you can take the movie out, but he gets a percentage. I was like, I can't be in business with this man. No. So it did work out. Thanks to the people that bought the flicks, but they, they bought the flicks for a price that like here at the end of the day, I'll say this.

The guy who we were trying to buy the movie from literally could have sold it to us at any point, but didn't. Yeah. I think.

That was, you know, I don't know. To Jake Moe. Yeah, yeah. I mean, but the least egregious thing that the guy's ever done. Good point. To remind people, 25th anniversary of Dogma. The screening is going to be at the AMC in the Chamonix on May 5th. Kevin's going to be there for Q&A. It's 6 and 7.30 show times. You can go to dogmamovie.com. Last week, Kevin, I literally saw a car that had a Buddy Christ logo

sticker on it and I know you've got a lot of great collectibles I'm assuming that somewhere the Buddy Christ statue lives and I also wanted to ask about the golden movie if you held on to those

The Golden Mubi we let go of in an auction years ago when we were trying to raise money for something. And I think the idea is like we're selling the past to pay for the future. So somebody has the Golden Mubi. But the Buddy Christ I held on to, and it's at James Silent Bob's Secret Stash in Red Bank. So you go to our comic book store, which is now in its 27th year, 28th year.

The Buddy Christ has his own perch. That's great. Yeah. People ask all the time, like, how much is that? I'll buy that. And I've always told the people at the store, like, if somebody offers you a cold, hard million dollars cash, take it. Yeah. But that's never happened yet. It's not happened yet. Okay.

Yeah, you can see it there. Believe me, when I'm dead, I told them, you cremate me and you stuff me inside the Buddy Christ statue, and that'll give people a reason to keep going to the store. Always making an appearance. I just want to quickly mention last weekend, Tusk was on.

Where? Yeah, I watched it. We have been besieged with all these internet channels that are now part of Xfinity. So I'm like, oh, okay. And they're showing stuff that you really don't get to see. And I'd seen it when it came out and really enjoyed it. But I was reminded how good that movie is. And...

What an anomaly it is. And you're hard directing chops, but also so many elements are great. Like Michael Parks, Johnny Depp, Justin Long in that what had to be nightmarish walrus costume. Any memories from making that movie?

Yeah, never has so much pure, unadulterated talent been deployed in the efforts of making such a ridiculous movie. It's a flick that is a stoner fever dream that we came up with on this podcast, me and Scott Mosher. We were talking about this thing we read online, and it escalated into me going like, you know, somebody should make a movie about this. Somebody should make a movie where you show up at this dude's house, he knocks you out, and he puts you in a walrus suit. You'd be the human walrus and stuff like that.

And then I was like, you can hear me say it on, I think it's Smodcast episode 258, The Walrus and the Carpenter. And I was like, where are all the brave filmmakers who would make this man to walrus transition movie? And I remember I used to be

a brave filmmaker. And I was like, well, you know what? I could do this. And I put it out on Twitter. I was like, if you listen to this podcast, you hear us talk about this movie. If you think this is a good idea for me to pursue, hashtag Walrus Yes. If not, hashtag Walrus No. And the next morning, it was just a sea of Walrus Yes. One Walrus No that said, I'm really Walrus Yes, but I'm voting Walrus No to support the democratic process. So because the internet told me it was a good idea, I wrote the flick.

And I'll be honest with you, when it came out, it was disastrous. But...

Since then, it's the movie that dialed my clock back a little bit. Young people love the hell out of that movie, man. Art students and stuff, those are the first people who started claiming that movie. I would be at Comic-Cons, and art kids would be like, I love that Tusk. And they were well outside of the generation that watches our stuff. They were the kids of the people that grew up watching our stuff. So as weird as the movie was to make, in a bizarre way, it put a little...

in the fire under my career for a red hunting game. There are scenes in it that are atypical of your directing style that I really love and Michael Parks is always great but he's... Parks is absolutely spellbinding. And Johnny Depp

Again, I forgot with the prosthetic stuff and that character. But there's a scene in particular, and I don't mean to go off on this, but when he's in the water, he's being taught how to swim, and you see the skeletons of the failed experiments. That is a hell of a shot. It is. I mean, it took me, let me see, by the time we made Tusk, I was at least...

23 years into my career or something like that because I'm 31 years into it now. So I think if like after 20 years of doing a thing, you can't come up with an interesting shot. Maybe they're right. Maybe I am a visual idiot. Well, I enjoyed it. That was the movie where I actually like that and Red State are two of my favorites because they're

indicate that like, oh, he could have been a really good filmmaker. He just wasn't really interested in that sort of stuff. I love the trailer for the movie, for the release of Dogma. You had to miss it. Yes, the line. Say the line because it's hilarious. So it says, you know, the good folks at Bond have cut that trailer. They're marketing it.

firm out here in Los Angeles and they cut the trailers for Jay and Silent Bob reboot Clerks 3, the 430 movie, my last three movies and then we went back to them for this they also came up with the amazing poster so the trailer is largely there from top to bottom with a brand new like sell of an old movie I was absolutely blown away

But they do that thing that like I tried, I've tried never to do in my career. I never used that. A film by Kevin Smith. I never tried to separate myself out because film is a collective art form and everybody makes it. And it wasn't just me. So I never liked that. So,

As my career has gone on, I have to concede to the fact that my name is a marketable name. So it always becomes an argument at trailer time where people want to include mine from Kevin Smith. And I was like, please don't do that. Like it reeks of Kevin Smith. You don't have to put my name on it. Right. Right. They see Jay Jason Muse. Yeah, they know a Kevin Smith thing.

So they had it in here and the folks were like, it would be very effective. Useful as an old movie you're tied into it. So it said from writer director, Kevin Smith. And then the only note I had for him, I was like, can we add in parentheticals after half of a second of that on screen, uh,

When he made good movies. And, you know, nobody, nobody bought that. I busted out laughing when I saw that. I mean, you know, it was the one thing I can take no credit for that trailer. They did a wonderful job cutting it, but I was like,

This will go down easier for me if we can add a joke here. There's one more laugh. And it also, you know, my whole career has been all about, like, stealing the thunder. You need to piss out of yourself before somebody else does and stuff. So that, it just fit. And I knew people who would be watching it who don't like my stuff anymore would

Would be like sitting there going, well, this is when he was good. So we might as well write that. All right. I'm going to take a left turn here because I'm going to ask you a question because you seem to know stuff about the industry. There are two movies that I'm trying to purchase digitally. And in fact, I don't even know if you can find the DVDs anymore. And I'm wondering why these are not available. But the sequels are OK. I cannot find Cannonball Run.

or Revenge of the Nerds anywhere to purchase. And I just don't, but you can get Nerds in Paradise and you can get Cannonball Run 2. And to me, it makes no sense whatsoever. Why is that? Nerds is a weird one because that was a Fox film, right? I think it was, yeah.

Um, sometimes what happens is, uh, soundtrack issues have in the past delayed releases of movies when, uh, they, you know, they make a film at a time where there's not like a, the soundtrack deal as it was in the eighties or the nineties or something like that. And so their music was being used next to nothing or free or something. And so sometimes they'll swap out.

or if the tunes are too specific to that movie, then they spend a long time negotiating or waiting for the artist to break down so they can finally include it. So that could be one possible reason. Kevin, let me jump in here for a second because I think I remember clearly there was a point in time where they did that with Animal House. They took... I believe, well, Fast Times at Ridgemont High famously had a couple tracks that they had to swap out. Right.

Animal House, I don't remember, but it could have been. Yeah, yeah. Marissa was saying PCU as well. It used to be back in the day, music issues would hold things up. I don't know what would be holding up Cannonball Run. It's not like, you know, oh man, that soundtrack. Yeah.

I don't know what that one would be about. But what a crowd pleaser, man. I'm assuming that Coppola, from his script, is probably an issue for the original Cannonball, has to be. Next, I want to ask you what your thoughts are after watching the trailer for the new Fantastic Four movie. Fantastic. I mean, well, that's low-hanging fruit to just say fantastic. What it smells like to me

And I don't think I'm like decoding language. And if you know your Marvel history, if you know your MCU, if you see where they're going with things,

These characters exist in a pocket universe, a different Earth than quote-unquote ours or the sacred timeline, Earth 616. So as we've just read recently online, I don't think I'm spoiling anything, the directors talked about there are no other superheroes in their world in this movie we're about to see. So it's not like their Spider-Man will be swinging by or there's their Iron Man. It is literally just a world in which the Fantastic Four exist. And

This movie has Galactus in it. It has a silver surfer in it played by Julia Garner. There were two silver surfers. The more famous one, Noren Rad, is not in this movie.

And I think that's because spoilers, kids, but I think this whole movie ends with their world being destroyed and eaten by Galactus. Again, I don't think that's a hot take. I think most people that know their stories know, but that whole world is doomed. That's why the approach of selling it with all this wonder of the future and like this kind of neo-modernism, you know, set in the 60s and whatnot is.

is going to be so heartbreaking because these four heroes are the only heroes of this world, and they have saved this world from villains countless times, which you're going to see in the movie. They're going to show you the Fantastic Four going up against classic Fantastic Four villains to kind of truncate their history. But when Galactus and when the Silver Surfer comes and heralds Galactus, this whole movie ends in tragedy, which I'm here for. This is going to be the Empire Strikes Back movie.

If they do that, that will be very... I love the whole retro thing. You're all going to die. You're all going to die. Look at all the marketing. It's kids with hopeful faces and stuff. Putting on like a Ben Cooper thing mask or something like that. That world is doomed, man. And I think that's...

juicy storytelling to say the least. They were represented in the chairs, the Marvel rollout for the Doom movie. Oh yeah, when they did their five hour look at all these empty chairs. So they're incorporated into that as well. Listen, and we've said this countless times,

Just write a good script. Just give us something that's all we ask. That's all we need. Give us something that's good and we'll be happy. I think... Look, I'm always there for Marvel. Even when it's not as good as the others, it's still imminently watchable and whatnot. But clearly they've heard all the messaging about, like, you guys got to right the ship or something from audience members. I think you're seeing a return to the storytelling of Phase 1. I think...

They're trying to thread the needle again. And instead of Thanos, it's Doctor Doom. And to hedge their bets, Doctor Doom ain't just Doctor Doom. It's Robert Downey Jr. coming back as Doctor Doom. So I think in order to create the same level of excitement they have enjoyed before,

for the last two decades, but particularly at the beginning of the Marvel phases. I think they're going to tell some wicked storytelling like that. I think they're going over everything and dotting their T's or dotting their I's, crossing their T's. I'm hoping so. Visually, it's caught me.

Like I'm in on that alone. The director did WandaVision, which was the last, like, you know, other than, of course, Wolverine, Deadpool, Wolverine, you know, the last big Marvel project that really captured people's imaginations and had everybody talking was WandaVision. So they got...

the right guy to to bring the fantastic four to usher the fantastic four into the mcu all right well we we hope you're right it sounds it sounds very cool we're excited yep all right well listen we got to wrap though but we're going to send people uh to see dogma kevin uh the anniversary 25th anniversary resurrection tour it's gonna be the amc amc nishamani may 5th uh 6 and 30 show times there's gonna be q a the whole thing you can go to dogma movie.com

Get your tickets. Go check this out. It's a great movie. And with Kevin there, it makes it super duper special. Kids, if it sells out because the second theater is about to sell out and I don't think they're going to add a third show because it's later at night.

What is it? The 14th? I'm in New Jersey at my own theater. It's Mod Castle Cinema. So if you want to watch it in my own movie theater, you can come there if it's sold out at Neshaminy. Nice. And that's not too far of a haul. No, not at all. An hour and a half and you'll be in Kevin Smith Paradise. You can see the buddy Christ. He's going to be at the funeral. See the future burial place. See my future earned. Yeah.

All right, brother. We love you. Thanks for coming on, man. We'll talk to you soon. I'll see you when I'm in the area. I'll roll in if you guys don't mind. Love it. Kevin Smith, everybody. That's awesome. And I love his take on Fantastic Four. That's a really good... I want to see it right now. I know. They were supposed to drop a trailer.

It didn't come, right? No, what they did is they dropped little stills at the convention. I know, yeah. Come on. But we are excited. It's good to feel that way. Daredevil, Born Again, has been wonderful. So there are making inroads into getting back on track. All right, speaking of that, we got to do that very thing. Take a break. Come back in a second. Your shot of winning $1,000, Preston and Steve's at $1200.

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IHatesStevenSinger.com. But hurry, these will not be restocked and supplies limited. That's IHatesStevenSinger.com. Now, back with more of the Preston and Steve Show podcast. Thanks, Keith. I meant to mention this earlier this morning. I'll hit it again in the early a.m. tomorrow. But there's something that we want to try out on Friday. So when we've chatted with people via Zoom, because our phones still aren't operating,

We've had a few occasions where it's been parents taking their kids to school. It's been pretty fun. And there's been little kids in the backyard, or not in the backyard, in the backseat, and they'll chime in or jump on the camera and wave and make goofy faces or whatever it is. And I realize, obviously, there's a lot of people that are driving kids to school at that time of day. And how fun would it be to just try this out and do kind of a pseudo-trivia

talent competition with kids that are currently in the car with their parents. And I thought this would be something that needs to be set up ahead of time so you can get your kid ready to maybe do a little performance for us. So we're going to try this on Friday morning and it'll most likely be early in that like 715 to 745 range.

Where we'll open up the Zooms, and if your kid is in the car on the way to school, they just need to do some type of entertainment, some type of performance. Anything. It could be an impression. It could be something from our show. They could sing a little bit for us. They could do, I don't know, make impressions. Impressions. Whatever their thing is. Beatboxing. Yeah, they've got their little thing.

And we've gotten some gift cards from Arnold's Family Fun Center. Oh, love that place. So what I'd like to do is call this the most talented kid in the car. Yeah. And we will try this on Friday morning. And I don't know if we'll have any takers or not, but I figured it might be kind of fun to take the Zoom thing out for a spin. So we're asking that each kid does what, about a half hour? Yeah, something like that. No, it could be super quick. It can be a couple of minutes or it can be 10 seconds or whatever it is.

If they make a goofy noise that you've always gone like, can you believe my kid can do this? Yeah. You know, that type of thing. If they play the trombone. Bring the trombone in the car. Or the tuba. For real. Yeah, bring the instrument in the car. Maybe they can drive. Maybe let them take a shot at driving.

But we want to try this out on Friday morning in our seven o'clock hour. So just a heads up to that. And, oh, age range. Casey, I just quickly was like, we need to decide what ages we're talking about here. So grade school and younger. And that's it. Subteen. Yeah, we don't want to go past, what, fifth grade? So what are you in fifth grade? Uh.

11 or 12. That's still a little old, right? I think that's old enough. I went younger. That's where I would cap it. Old enough to stop. So I would go like 4 to 12. Alright, 4 to 12 years old. And we'll check your driver's license. We're going to look at your ID. You're talking about middle school. If you're going up that high. I'd just say grade school. Let's keep it there. A little bit younger. So 10 years old? Can you cap it 10 years old?

I think we should cap it to grade, to pick a grade. I think elementary school goes up to typically fifth grade. Correct. Six is... I like that. Let's keep it at that. Okay. And then we can go even younger if you got like a pre-K kid that does something fun. That's cool too. Love it. But just on a side note, so junior high or middle school starts at sixth grade here? It does. Wow. Because elementary school in New York was sixth grade with seventh grade. Yeah. It's changed a while. Yeah. My kids were all... I mean, I was a one room schoolhouse. Right. You know how it was. It ringed a bell.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Cutting in from the fields. I think Chuck's middle school went to ninth grade. I think it was like sixth and ninth grade. Ours did. Mine did too. Let's require that the kids have their driver's license so we can see how old they are. All of our grades changed throughout my entire first through twelfth grade. So when I was in elementary school, Steve, it was the same. It was K through six.

And then when I was in middle school, sixth grade came up to the middle school. And then when I was in high school, ninth grade left the middle school and went to the high school. So what happened with me, Nick, was grade school was up to sixth grade. And then it was seventh through ninth. And back in my day, we called it junior high. That's what we called it, junior high and then off to high school. But...

My dearest wife, today I entered junior high school. So the year that the ninth grade, the freshman class, moved up to the senior high school was the year that I became a sophomore. So when we went from junior high to high school, we were not the youngest group. Oh, that's great. So that's how it went with you? Twice. In high school, when I was a senior, that was when the ninth grade moved to the high school. When I went from...

elementary school to middle school, Preston, I was never the youngest at the middle school. So when I was in sixth grade at Hillside Elementary and then seventh grade at Valley Forge Middle School, the sixth grade followed me to Valley Forge Middle School. So when I was in seventh grade, there were also sixth graders there. So yeah, very similar experience. You answered my question. I was going to ask you where you went to middle school because, Nick, I will be at your middle school this evening. Valley Forge Middle School? Yeah. Oh, you'll see the statue out front. I will. I will. It's

It's like a bobblehead. But my son's playing rugby against Conestoga. I'm playing at Valley Forge Middle School. That's cool. By the way, yesterday, Casey, I was thinking all day about how you knew the year that I got married and I didn't. And they really bothered me. I know.

I was way off on my age, on the year, on all of it. I was like, how did Casey know this so much better than me? Well, I just knew that I got married before you and we're the same age. I felt like such an idiot all day yesterday. Case remembers years, dates. It's crazy. I got movies down. That's it. By the way, just...

To toot my own horn, Kevin Smith was wrong about Rounders, and I was right. Oh, get out! Yeah, so Dogma came out after Rounders came out. Rounders and Armageddon came out, and then Dogma came out. I will say that for you. I think what he was saying is that when they were filming the movie... Oh, maybe. Yeah, that Rounders may not have been released. So if you look at the movie production time... Gotcha. Yeah. Speaking of Rounders, I saw something on Instagram yesterday on the reels that I wholeheartedly agree with, and...

I'm going to say this. I like the movie rounders, but it is not a good movie. It is not a good poker movie. It's like really, really cheesy. You're more a fan of Cannonball Run. No, listen, I agree with you. There are some really obvious things that even me as a non-poker player are going, nah, it wouldn't work that way. Like the look over there move. Well, no, like his tell with the cookies. Like a guy that is that good at playing poker is not going to have that

obvious of a talent. He loses because of Oreos. Yeah. Come on. When I have Matt in an ounce at the table, when I have a good hand, I love to eat an Oreo. The worst part is, is that Matt, being this poker savant, tells him that he knows what his talent is. Yeah. And it makes no sense. He goes, normally, when you see a guy's tell, you don't say a damn word. You go on all night. And he's like, but he goes, but I don't have that kind of time. What do you mean you don't have that kind of time?

You don't have the kind of time to tell him you know what the tell is. You know what I mean? I know exactly what you mean. It doesn't make any sense. In Casino Royale, he knows that Lachie's...

I will bleed. When he's getting nervous. But Bond doesn't go, oh, your eye's bleeding. Total tell there. I still like the movie. I have a Teddy KGB shirt that I wear from time to time. I love that character. You've seen the story where Matt Damon talks about John Malkovich coming to the table reading? He's like, I'm not that good of an actor. That's what Malkovich was saying to him. Because of the accent. Anyway, I don't know how we got here, but

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158 barrels of human poop. Whoa. 158 barrels? Yes. So Fleming Hansen and Mitt Helbeck founded the purportedly eco-friendly retreat in southern Sweden after claiming to have felt the call of the wild in Copenhagen where they ran a popular rooftop restaurant.

Stead Zins, formed of 16 wooden colleges, looked out onto nature, attracting praise from influencers and reviewers who described it as magical and enchanting luxury. But a few months ago, it was discovered that the couple had vanished, leaving multiple annals behind and 158 barrels of human waste. Okay. No, it is bad.

Uh, they also found that, uh, wastewater was left to run into the forest too. Well, the way they have it designed, it almost looks like the United States here, Preston. Uh, the shape of it. Yeah. So the staff said multiple animals, including ducks had died as a result of being left outside through the night by the couple and others were left abandoned after the owners vanished. Uh,

The location was declared bankrupt in March, and the couple reported they registered themselves as living abroad before Christmas. According to the investigation, they left the Danish capital where they owed millions in debt to Danish tax authorities in 2016 and moved to Sweden. And there they set up this location but started accumulating debt to Swedish tax authorities.

which amounted to more than $700,000, and they have since started a new hotel business in Guatemala. Even during the holidays, you'll maybe find 15 to 20 barrels of poop at my house. But not over 150. Local authorities described their actions as an environmental crime, and the head of building an environment for the local community said over 150 barrels of human ass.

Does the actual wood that the barrels are made out of, does that seep into the flavor of the poop? It's part of the distilling process. Yes, Steve, it actually is. So a 31-year-old McDonald's employee in St. Petersburg, Florida, was arrested for allegedly...

choking a 17-year-old customer during a dispute over ranch dipping sauce. Oh, boy. The teenager reportedly walked behind the counter to get the sauce after not receiving assistance from staff. At that point, the employee, Akina Sampson, allegedly grabbed the girl's arm and when the teen tried to pull away, grabbed her neck and took her to the ground.

Police noticed that the victim had visible injuries on her neck and left elbow. Samson was charged with child abuse and released on bond with orders to have no child abuse. It's like attempted murder. No contact with the victim. Yeah.

This is really weird. A restaurant in Chiang Mai, Thailand has stirred up controversy with its skinny discount promotion. And here's how it works. Customers can earn up to 20% off their meal if they physically can squeeze through a series of bars that are set up at the entrance. The narrower the gap you fit through, the bigger the discount. For example, fitting through the smallest space gets you 20% off, while larger gaps offer smaller discounts. On

unsurprisingly the gimmick has sparked a little bit of debate online and some people find it fun and creative appreciate and light hearted challenge others however criticize it for promoting body shaming and unhealthy body image standards arguing that it discriminates against those who can't fit through the smaller spaces but you know everyone will want to try it anyway listen if I'm a restaurant owner though I want the bigger people in my place because I think

they might potentially get more. So I might give them the discount. The restaurant has yet to respond to the backlash.

I had a story earlier of a woman that was missing for days that fell into a manhole. Yes. Here's a different type of story, but similar. A 74-year-old Michigan woman who was missing for three days has been found alive after vanishing following a trip to the casino, police said. On Sunday, April 6th, police put out a news release asking for the public's help in locating a missing woman named Nancy Bloomquist.

Police said that the elderly woman had been reported missing under concerning circumstances, last known to have traveled to the Little River Casino on April 3rd. Surveillance video footage showed her leaving the casino at approximately 5.30 in the afternoon, driving southbound. She had not been seen or heard of since. Now, on Monday, the sheriff's office confirmed that the missing person had been found alive after officers had been called to report a burned vehicle. The post said...

The missing person was located by a drone about 150 yards from the vehicle in a heavy wooded area lying next to a downed tree. It was confirmed the person was this missing woman. She was found alive, was taken with talking with deputies at the scene. So she had apparently on the way home had become lost.

She ended up down a long driveway of a seasonal home. And when attempting to get turned around, the vehicle became disabled and caught fire. So I'm guessing like her tires got stuck. She was revving the engine. She was revving the engine. Yeah, yeah, yeah. And it eventually... Oh, dear. Caught on fire.

So the victim left the vehicle, forgot her cell phone in the car. Oh, boy. And when she attempted to return to the car, she got lost in the woods. And a trail cam captured the vehicle driving in and the victim walking out. Video evidence showed that she did not return. She laid next to a downed tree to seek shelter during the Thursday night rain. It became cold to the point where she couldn't get back on her feet Friday. And she stayed laying there until Sunday night. Wow.

Out in the cold. I mean, this is in Michigan, so it got quite chilly. The distance from the casino to where Bloomquist was found was about 15 miles or so. But again, she was only like 150 yards from the car. Yeah. And that, you know...

lies how lost you can get in the woods. It's crazy. Bloomquist mother... So she was at a house that was seasonal and closed? Yeah, she went down the wrong driveway. Okay. But there was a house there, right? But it was a long driveway. I don't think she got to the end of it. Oh, she didn't get to the end of it. But they found out that that was where it was. They were actually having an open house with sandwiches. Yes.

There's balloons. You should have seen that. We're right over there. Yeah. Bloomquist's brother said that his sister had hit her head after falling out of her bed the day before she went missing. So he believes that the disappearance may be linked to her having a concussion. Oh, man. Wow. All right. And there you go. That's what I have in the Bizarro File for you. A reminder, we have the 20-Money Contest that's taking place.

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You'll be there. Wolfgang Van Halen as Van Mammoth is going to be at the MMRBQ coming up on May 10th. Freedom Mortgage Pavilion. There's special four-packs that you can get through WMMR.com with the information there. There's a certain way you need to order this, and you can save yourself $40 in fees if you order that four-pack. So get on that. And, of course, we are looking for performers for the President Steve Show.

Stage live band karaoke that we're doing. So if you would like to audition, we would like to see it. We have a chance for you to send us a YouTube link through WMMR.com. You click on contest when you go there. And you might end up on stage on our Preston and Steve show side stage in front of the very raucous, fired up, ready to go crowd. Living your rock and roll fantasies. And you'll get a four pack of tickets today.

to the show as well if you are chosen. So we're going to get 10 singers, maybe more. We're considering more. But each singer gets four packet tickets to have a barbecue ticket. So please do that. It's so much fun. We never thought it would turn into...

Something as cool as it is when we started it. To be honest, the reason why we did it in the first place is we had access to a stage. We saw it to the side and what do you want to do with it? But now it's just a blast. It coincides so well with the main stage as the turnovers are taking place. It gives you somewhere to go and come see the show continue. Yep. So that's underway. But the deadline for the...

is April 21st. So please do that soon. All right, lesson question time. Four pack of tickets. It's MMR Rocks Monster Energy AMA Supercross. It's going to be Saturday, April 12th at Lincoln Financial Field, which, by the way, is this Saturday. So the question we'll ask is this. The Rock has done a ton of work with Make-A-Wish, which charity organization helps people like Britney Spears? All right, so The Rock has done a ton of work with Make-A-Wish,

But which charity organization helps people like Britney Spears? If you heard that, it was around 6.45 this morning, then we need you to text the word Zoom. This takes a little extra time here, so I'm going to

I'm going to take a moment. Yes. Text the word Zoom to 610-660-9333. And if you know the answer to that, you can click on this link that we will send you, the daily link for our Zoom. And then it will send you on board and we'll get some people in line and we'll see somebody happens to know the answer to the question. The Rock has done a ton of work with Make-A-Wish, which charity organization helps people like Britney Spears. So you need to do this right now.

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Visit Yoga6.com for details. What's up this morning, Steve? Well, rumors of a split between Barack and Michelle Obama being reinforced after he told an audience at Hamilton College that he has been an absentee husband. Amazingly, President Obama then expressed a strong desire for, quote, some nasty ass strange. Whoa. Oh, my God. He doesn't even say that. It's been a long time, but Kevin Bacon finally addressing losing a fortune today.

to Bernie Madoff's infamous Ponzi scheme in 2008, Bacon tells Page Six...

that he did not like it. Oh, my God. And finally, Madonna and Elton John ended their long-standing feud backstage at SNL recently. Madonna told Elton she was the reason, he was the reason she got into music. And Elton, the confused Elton, told Madonna he, quote, loved him in The Wrestler. Oh, dude. That's your Hollywood joke.

All right, let's see if someone knows the answer to this. The Rock's done a ton of work with Make-A-Wish. Which charity organization helps people like Britney Spears? So we're going to go to Bob, who is joining us this morning. Hey, Bob, how you doing, man? Hey, what's up, guys? All right, so we need to know which organization helps people like Britney Spears.

Make a bitch. Make a bitch. Hang on, bud. You are a winner, and we are going to give you a four-pack of tickets to Driven to Serve, Muscle Car. No, sorry, scratch that. It's Monster Energy, AMA Supercross. Saturday, April 12th at The Link.

and witness the world's elite dirt bike riders battle for the coveted title of Supercross champion. Tickets are on sale now. Visit supercrosslive.com for all the details. Nick wants me to mention this. This is... You can celebrate Make-A-Wishes...

World Wish Month by purchasing a s'mores cookie. Oh. And proceeds from the s'mores cookies will be donated to Make-A-Wish Philadelphia, by the way. I know that. Have you guys ever bought cookies from Fourth Street Cookies in Philly? Excellent. They're fan-freaking-tastic.

And yeah, so they're making a donation. And I think just a real quick thing about Make-A-Wish is that it's a fantastic, incredible national organization. But all the wishes are donated by local chapters. So Make-A-Wish Philadelphia handles all of the wishes in our area. And so in order for them to function properly and to be able to be able to fund these types of things, you need to donate to local chapters. So Make-A-Wish Philadelphia, it's Make-A-Wish PHL on Instagram. And you can find out all about the cookies and everything else there. And this is Make-A-Wish month.

And is that only from Famous 4th Street Cookies? Yes, for this month, yeah. Okay, all right. Just a heads up on that. All right, news and news. Here we go. Preston and Steve's Music News on 93.3 WMMR.

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We gave you this info in advance of the whole actual national rollout, but we are excited that Metallica is taking over Philly on Saturday, May 24th, the day between their two shows at the Link. There are seven events that are taking place that you can be a part of. The first is going to be Kirk Hammett, The Collection Live, and it's a conversation with Kirk Hammett and Gibson Guitar's Mark Agnesi.

That'll be at 6 p.m. at the Fillmore on the 24th. Then there's Metallica Save My Life, a sneak peek of their latest film project. That's going to be at 7 o'clock at the AMC Neshaminy 24. Then you have The Art of Squindo, which is 104 seasons of Metallica art.

That is going to be at 4 p.m. at the Foundry. Also that same day on May 24th is the Metallica takeover of Brooklyn Bowl Philadelphia. And MMR is directly involved in this because it will be a chance for you to not only bowl with Metallica staff, but MMR staff.

I mean, you could run the whole day going from event to event with like-minded Metallica fanatics. Yep. And then there's a pop-up shop that's going to be taking place. This is over a stretch of days. May 22nd through the 25th at the corner of West Shunk Street and South 23rd Street.

And then there's an All Within My Hands volunteer opportunity for you to help out at Phil Abundance on May 23rd. So you can go to WMMR.com slash events and get all of those details. Don't forget that we're giving away tickets for the Word of the Week prize. And Brent Porsche next week is going to have a chance.

for you to win your way into the bowling tournament. Cool. Where someone will win the grand prize snake pit tickets for the Sunday concert at the Lake. So that's basically what you were saying. That's in the middle of the stage. That's what I hear. Yeah. That's what they call the snake pit. Think of like a donut. Yeah. And so you're in the hole. Yep. And so Brent Porsche, listen to him this week for all the details coming up. And next week, your chance to win.

All right, a couple other things. Blink-182 has announced their 2025 Missionary Impossible Tour featuring the classic lineup of Mark Hoppus, Tom DeLonge, and Travis Barker. It kicks off August 28th in Hollywood, Florida. The nearest location I saw that they'll be performing is in Asbury Park on September 14th.

Alkaline Trio, which includes former Blink-182 guitarist Matt Skiba, will join as a special guest on all dates. And tickets go on sale today at 10 a.m., so they're already on sale on the band's official website. There's a story on MMR.com that I haven't been able to read just yet, but it is about Mark Hoppus, and he shares the story. Apparently, he went out on a date with Sabrina the Teenage Witch. Oh, um...

What's her name? Melissa Joan Hart. He says it's like a really cringe first and possibly only date with this girl. Are any of you guys aware? No, I'm aware of them both. Melissa Joan Hart. I used to watch Sabrina.

It says, yeah, it says Mark Koppas on his awful date with Melissa Joan Hart. Okay. So check that at WMMR.com. And also, Marissa and Sammy know that Mark is in town on Sunday, and he's doing a book reading event. Huh. So he's an author. And is it going to be, what, it's a free library, Marissa? Do you know offhand? Yeah.

It's at the Fillmore. And it's fun. It's at 4 o'clock in the afternoon on Sunday. Okay. And do we know if he's reading? I assume he's reading one of his own books. Yeah. UFO stuff? Yeah, yeah, yeah. All that stuff. And I think he has some other people with him on it. I'm away, so I didn't look too far into it. But he's doing like a short little tour about that. Well, my guess is it will be of that UFO stuff world that he lives in, which is fascinating. Yep. All right. Thank you, Marissa.

Let's see. What else have we got? Breaking Benjamin and Three Days Grace are teaming up for a co-headlining U.S. tour this year. Special guests return to Dust playing the MMRBQ on Three Days Grace too. Tour kicks off August 29th. They will be

at Montage Mountain on September 13th, so the day before the Splink 182 show. Pre-sales are happening as we speak. They run on sale at 10 a.m. General sales start Friday at 10 a.m. as well. We have to do something in the summer with Montage because it transforms into a whole different park, especially with the water stuff. Yeah.

Very cool. 6 a.m., the trio featuring, of course, Motley Crue bassist Nikki Sixx, guitarist DJ Ashbaugh, and vocalist producer James Michael has announced the release of Prayers for the Damned and Blessed Deluxe Edition.

This special limited edition will be available on June 6th via Endurance Music Group. And fans can look forward to a smoke-colored 3LP vinyl set, as well as digital streaming options. And it combines their 2016 albums, Prayers for the Damned and Prayers for the Blessed, or Blessed, however you want to say it. And includes new renditions of Maybe It's Time, Prayers for the Damned, and an alternative mix of We Will Not Go Quietly.

The last 2025 dates for the Eagles residency at the Sphere in Las Vegas have been announced.

Eight final dates for the year kick off October 3rd with additional shows on October 4th, 10th, 11th, and 31st. So they're doing obviously a Halloween show. Yes, yes. With three shows in November, the 1st, 7th, and 8th. And this puts the band's number of sphere shows at 44 total since first playing the venue last September. Are they currently the title holder for most shows?

at the Sphere? That's the most I've heard of, but I don't know 100% on that, Steve. Who's currently there now? Is there anybody of any note? The Dead just were. John Mayer and The Dead were there last week.

I don't know. The general on sale for the new shows begin Friday, April 18th at 10 a.m. Pacific time. Tickets start at $175 and reflect all-in pricing, meaning the ticket price listed is inclusive of taxes and fees. And then one last thing I want to mention. There is a show coming up featuring Froggy. Yes. Yes.

So this is from Madco Concerts, the concert promotion division of Drexel University's student-run music company called Mad Dragon Music Group. And they present their spring showcase Wednesday, April 30th at the Lounge at World Cafe Live and featuring three of Philadelphia's most exciting DIY bands.

I love it. And that's Froggy, Cadillac, and Slow Burning Daydream. Doors open at 6 p.m. The shows begin at 8. The show begins at 8. And advance tickets are $10.

And the event is all ages as well. So pretty cool. What would be considered a DIY band? I don't know. Do it yourself is what DIY is. Isn't that the point of a band? Yeah. So hang on, Marissa knows. I don't, but I have some other really cool Froggy news that I just wanted to share. Froggy is in a bracket for the Punk Rock Museum. No way. Yes.

So I just saw this post. It says the Punk Rock Museum Spotlight Band Contest is happening. There's 12 brackets and the band that gets the most votes in each bracket moves on. So if you go to their page, scroll down a little bit. Froggy is number 11 on bracket number 5. Okay. So hop in there. Comment number 11 because we love the Punk Rock Museum and we love Froggy. So...

I'm laughing. I will share it to the Preston and Steve Instagram story. I'll make it really easy for everybody. Click on it, comment number 11, and then done. Okay. All right. I love it. Thank you. And go see Froggy. And go hang up my photo in the Punk Rock Museum, please. Yes. Damn it. Go what?

photo should be in the Punk Rock Museum. Did you say go hang it up? If they win, they need to hang up, just like pin a photo of me and Matt. Or anybody who goes. So, like I said, the show's going to be Wednesday, April 30th at the Lounge at Rogue Cafe Live and take it to 10 bucks. That's it. All ages show as well, so very cool. That's it in music news. Let's take a break. When we come back, we'll wrap up le program. Stay with us.

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Now, back with more of the Preston and Steve Show podcast. Foo Fighters on 93.3 WMMR, my hero. It's 10.52 in the Preston and Steve Show. Wednesday morning. About ready to wrap up this program. Hand it over to Pierre Robert. And maybe a thousand bucks in your pocket today to get a couple opportunities for you to do that. There's three left for the day, so don't miss out on the Preston and Steve show.

20 money contests that is happening today has been a lot of fun it has been really enjoyed today's show started off difficult

Some of us were having trouble speaking. But we got it together, man. We rallied. What happened was we accepted our collective ineptitude and made the most of it. We almost quit. And then Casey canceled the meeting, which, by the way, is now officially canceled. Well, it turns out there's some sort of digital seminar that's going on. So it worked out time and time again. You willed that to happen, Casey. I made it happen, guys. Thank you. I'm giving you the credit.

I would like to thank the lovely Terry Polo who was on our program this morning. She's a Dover, Delaware native and they shot this film that is coming out on Friday called Relative Control. They shot it in Wilmington and she was like sort of back home. Yeah. And it looks really good. It looks really, really well done. Yeah.

Then we have, and that opens, by the way, you'll be able to find that on digital platforms on Friday, pretty much anywhere. Then we had Kevin Smith on. Hey! Kevin is a wonderful person, and he's great to talk to. So many stories and so much insight. And so he was promoting the Dogma 25th Anniversary Resurrection Tour.

Which is coming to the AMC Neshaminy on May 5th. And there's a Q&A. There's two screenings there. So, you know, Kevin's going to be on hand to answer questions and all that. You can go to dogmamovie.com for all of the information. But he's just the best. And we're happy to have him on this morning. Pierre Robert is here. Hey, man. Good day. You know, it was weird when Kevin was on and you guys got into the superhero films.

I found it just a little frustrating because you couldn't get a word in edgewise with Kathy butting in with all those questions. I mean, the details on, you know, Fantastic Four and Fantastic Five and Super Six. Yeah. All the details that she wanted to insert into the conversation barely gave you guys a chance to speak. That's it. We're used to it at this point, though. Right, Kath? Yes, that's right. Okay.

And you were with me at the mosh pit at Slayer too, right? Yes, I was. Okay. Yeah. Me and you, baby. There you go. Man, we're something. Something. We're something. What a team. Yeah. Man, smoochy, smoochy, smoochy. I mean,

I'm sending you smoochies through the Mikey phone. I know, I can't see you with Nick's mic because this studio is set up so beautifully. Okay. Boom, boom, gachaka. Thank you. If I'm not mistaken, Kathy left about 20 minutes ago. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I left yesterday. No sad, bro.

Barn door. I'm making you a margarita, honey. Oh, you said the magic word. We're on it back in. There you go. Come back. All right. We need to do the letter of the day. Here it is. Preston and Steve on 93.3 WMMR. Now, the daily letter. And the Preston and Steve show is brought to you today by the letter. N as in naughty. All right. And we are going to give away on Friday.

Friday, a pair of two-day floor tickets as MMR rocks Metallica May 23rd and 25th at Lincoln Financial Field with Limp Bizkit and Ice Nine Kills opening night number one and then Pantera and Suicidal Tendencies on the second show. Single-day tickets are on sale now via Ticketmaster and it's a no-repeat weekend with two different sets performing in the round with different openers each night and there's this big Metallica takeover the day in between. We

I mentioned that a couple of times on the program today, but you can go to WMMR.com and find out all the info that you might need to know there. What's happening today? Well, we'll have more tickets for Kathy and Mai's favorite, Slayer. We'll have those to give away. That's coming to Hersheypark.com.

in September, goes on sale on Friday. We'll have workforce blocks all over the map, as is often the case of REM, Kansas, and we have a letter for Kansas, and a block of Blondie in honor of Clem, who, as you mentioned in Music News, passed away on Monday, and so we'll get a block of Blondie on. Awesome. Thank you, Pierre. And I want to thank our sponsors, President's Chiefs, who brought you today. Bye.

Duncan, the president's future runs on Duncan. Also brought to you by Acme Markets, fresh foods, local flavors, and by Adam Home Services, heating, cooling, plumbing, and electrical. AdamHomeServices.com. Tomorrow on the program, it's almost Friday, and we will have comedian Brittany Brave checking in with us tomorrow, and we'll have many other things to talk about and to give away. That's it. We're done. Rage on. Have yourself a great day, and we'll see you tomorrow. Bye-bye.

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