Daily Podcast (04.15.25)
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How about we clean out the junk drawer, bitches? How about it? I'm sorry, Casey. All right, let's dive in. See what we can find. All right, here we go. This is it. This one, this is good news.

Changes are coming to the Blue Route. Well, it depends on what those changes are. This is PennDot saying that the goal is to make the highway safer.

The Blue Route, officially the Mid-County Expressway, was planned back in 1960 and completed in 1991. But after decades of growth, even PennDOT admits the highway is a bit out of date. It is. The road carries an average of 70,000 travelers a day. That actually seems light to me. That seems very light.

And they're all within like two hours. Oh my God. And it's 70,000 travelers a day. It's become a long source of headaches for commuters. So PennDOT spokesperson Brad Rudolph said, we've outgrown it. We're closing it down. To put it bluntly, he says the state already started work on the first phase of a multi-year active traffic management project to upgrade the Blue Route. Now.

The first few ones, I will admit, I'm a little underwhelmed by. Yeah, these are making me nervous. But it gets better towards the end. Lay it on me, bro. Crews have already started the installation of variable speed limit signs that will change... Hang on. That will change...

Depending on traffic and weather conditions, adaptive ramp metering will be used to dynamically adjust signals at the ramp entrances to proactively manage vehicle flow. They already have them. Yeah, not everywhere though. But not all of them. I will say... So they're going to put more of those up. I think those work. I do too. To some extent, they do. They don't stop traffic from happening automatically.

but they stop some confusion on merging. You know what I mean? Yeah. It gives you more of a chance at rear-ending someone. I just think the ramps are not as backed up because of it. Right. PennDOT will construct the necessary conduits, cue detectors, dynamic message signs, and

And the technological systems necessary to operate the system from PennDOT's new regional transportation management center. And by the way, the changing speeds they have on the Schuylkill Expressway and it doesn't do crap. I don't know why they think it's going to work on the Blue Room. It doesn't. The project also calls for the construction of emergency pull-off areas to provide better access to stranded drivers. I've done that. It's hard to pull off while you're driving. No, not that kind of pull-off.

An emergency responder. So that's important, too, because if there is an accident or a vehicle that has a mechanical problem, it'll be easier for you to get it out of the way. It's killing a whole lane. Now, one of the biggest changes will come in the second phase of the project, slated for 2027. Is this what we're going to call phase two? Yes. On a 14-mile stretch between 95 and Westchester Pike...

Here's what might be decent. The inner shoulders of each direction will be utilized as, quote, flexible lanes during peak traffic times, adding an entire lane of traffic when needed. Now, that can help. All right, so wait a second. How, what happens when they're not needed? Exactly. I'll explain. This is what's making me nervous. It says that the spokesman said it would be a left lane shoulder, but during demand, right?

I demand it open up. But during demand, you would have these overhead lane assignments, these gantries, much like you see on the Walt Whitman or Betsy Ross bridges, where you can control when the lane is in use. But I think on the bridges, right, don't they sometimes put up, like you can't physically drive that lane sometimes. They have a movable...

wall and they have a special vehicle which is a pretty wild looking thing that moves that wall over at certain times. I don't know. Because if not, that's what's making me nervous because you know what our Philadelphia drivers are going to do. They're going to use it all the time. Well, sometimes they'll simply X out the lane and that's supposed to say don't use this lane, but people do use that lane. So I

I think they're going to move. I think they're going to have that movable thing. The movable. What they should do is have that lane slide under the regular highway and they push a button and it comes back out again. No, just make the third lane and keep it. I know. Because they need the platform.

pull-off, they need the shoulder. It's dangerous to not have a shoulder. To your point, Case, it won't matter if you have it always there active. It doesn't diminish by having an option that's there that may not be completely necessary. The more, the merrier when it comes to handling traffic. Yeah, Cat, there is a shoulder on the right that you can use.

It's just, you know, if you're going to do all this stuff and just not... I was coming home from Radnor yesterday, 3 o'clock. Lucky. And, dude, the traffic buildup at Westchester Pike was... It's just 3 o'clock in the afternoon. Yeah. And because a lane basically just disappears...

The backup happens between, you know, like starting right there at Westchester Pike all the way back to Radnor. It's unnecessary. It's daily, Casey, every weekend, you know, like Friday afternoon, the shore traffic starts building up when you get to 95, you know, the merge, the blue route south to 95. The...

I find the Blue Root fascinating. It's intertwined with the McElwain family history. I've shared this before. I got taken out of school when it was finally open. We had a bottle of champagne. We drove the length of it twice. I told my wife this story about you talking about actually people going out and walking on the highway and sort of before it opened up unofficially, you could kind of go around. My dad grew up in Delaware County. He grew up in like a media Wallingford area. And friends of his growing up, they were displaced out of their home because they built the Blue Root. And there's the McElwain.

family enjoying the highway. But Casey, every time we pass the Westchester Pike exit and it narrows to two lanes, I think about my dad and that was the compromise in order to get it built in the first place. They had to reduce it from six lanes to four. And now they want to

fix it. Another one to fix. Is your dad aware of these changes? Oh, yeah. It's already a conversation. As long as it doesn't involve Tony Danza, he's on board. Well, my dad's dad, my grandfather, said that he would never live to see the Blue Root to be completed. And he was right. My grandmother was still alive. My dad's mom. I...

My dad is in his 70s at this point. I would like Preston in 2027 to take my dad on the blue. I'll do the driving this time. I'll bring the champagne. But I hope he lives long enough to see the improvements. Well, also, PennDOT says it is planning. By the way, those changes won't be completed until 2029. So it's going to take a while. PennDOT says it's also planning a similar upgrade to...

I-76. I thought you were going to say that. To include flexible shoulder lanes. Now, that project is scheduled for 2027, so that wouldn't even begin for a few more years.

I don't even know where you're going to find the space to do that in some areas. I don't know. I don't know. But God knows that needs it. I mean, they need all that area to keep that chain link fence over the rocks that are on the side. The 76, I mean, they've been working on it for a number of months now already, just right by like Boathouse Row and stuff. Yeah. And from Montgomery on, it's towards the city. They've been doing a lot of work down there. That's fun, though. It just makes it fun. Doesn't it, though? And that fun. Oh, my God.

I thought you were going to inner city. How fun. I know. All right. I thought, though, that's good news. Yeah. This is good news. There is something to work with there. Yeah. Okay. Let's go back into the junk drawer. All right. I saw this. The Federal Trade Commission announced, I believe it was yesterday, a final rule that will combat fake reviews and testimonials by prohibiting their sale or purchase and allow the agency to seek civil penalties against knowing violators. Okay.

So the final rule will prohibit the following. Fake or false consumer reviews, consumer testimonials, and celebrity testimonials. These are fake testimonials. Right. Buying positive or negative reviews. Right. Buying them. Okay. Insider review and consumer testimonials. Company-controlled review websites. Okay.

review suppression and misuse of fake social media indicators. So all of these things you just mentioned are used and used extensively. That's why you always are wise to be leery of

I have my things that I do. I'll go to what I can, if I can perceive a real user, Amazon will even make notation of it, actual purchaser review. Okay. So in other words, it will say right there, the item they're reviewing, their record show they purchased. Okay. So always be leery. Do you employ any sort of tactic when you're checking for reviews to help you cut through the crap? I,

skim them and I will sometimes mentally note okay that doesn't sound real but I don't have any hard and fast indicators not even with travel? with travel reviews? I don't

read a lot of travel reviews okay uh but i i have on a couple of occasions and what about you i i well i did a verbo uh this year for our vacation and uh it came with great reviews and so to me steve like if there are 20 and the trend is in the right direction to me that's a positive reinforcement and so i but same same in the negative direction you know i agree with that did you check did you check youtube for verbo reviews and if so do you go so i always go i i

My BS meter is pretty good, so I look for what really appears to be authentic user. Right, right. Things that aren't too splashy. Nick, do you try to sniff out fake ones? Oh, for sure. Okay. Absolutely, yeah. And sometimes you'll see, you know, it looks like the owner wrote it or whatever. Right. But, yeah, it's, I don't know, it's just a process. And I think, like, when you get used to it, you figure out which ones are real and some of the ones that are faked. I like the ones that have pictures and videos of people.

Yeah, D-Pix. Especially those ones. No, but that way, okay, they're actually using this product. Nick, for like hotels, I go to YouTube. Oh, okay. And I find tours of rooms because there are almost any hotel you can find somebody who's taken a video and shown you around the room. And do those YouTube reviews – I'm sorry. Do those YouTube videos also come with reviews? Yes.

Yeah, they will usually verbally give the review as they're in the room or it will be written in the description. So for Vrbo and Airbnb, if they're like a, I don't know if it's called verified or whatever it is, but basically like Airbnb is saying, yes, this is

certified or verified. They're like super owners. Super owners. Yeah. So those reviews can only get written. The owner can't write the review. It can only get written by somebody who books through Airbnb, stays at the property, and then the owner and the renter cannot see each other's reviews until they're posted. All right, there we go. Until both post. Okay. So you're reviewing not knowing what the other one is reviewing of you because the renter also gets reviewed by...

by an Airbnb owner. Do you remember we had a business and they were really good that advertised and the whole conceit was people were using these tactics, competing businesses to put up bad reviews and they would help eliminate them and get them reversed. And that was a whole part of the deal. So yeah, I mean, it's a crappy tactic, but it's employed a lot.

So the Federal Trade Commission vote to approve the final rule and accompanying statement of basis and purpose was five to zero. The rule will become effective 60 days after the date it's published in the Federal Register. So this essentially just makes it easier for civil penalties to be brought against people who are using that tactic. Yeah. Yeah. Right. All right. Let's go back to the junk drawer.

I don't know if you guys saw this or not, but I found this in the drawer. Philadelphia Zoo is thrilled to introduce Baby Jambi. Yeah. A new critically endangered Sumatran orangutan baby. They're cute. They're incredibly cute. Orangutans are so cute. It's named after the city on the island of Sumatra in Indonesia.

John B. was born to Mama Tua and Dad Sugi on June 26, and he continues to cling on to Mom as she cares for her baby. Steve, I have a question for you because I feel like you would know this. So you know how chimpanzees, when they get a little bit older, they can get cantankerous and nasty and violent? Yes. I never hear that about orangutans. You can have a little bit of that, but the ones that are legendary for becoming like orangutans

really bad are the chimps as they get older. But yeah, you're right, Case. I have not heard a lot of orangutan freaking out stories. Well, usually they end up in retirement communities and they're just driving around on golf carts. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Listening to Fleetwood Mac. Fleetwood Mac, yeah. When they get older. Or they work with Clint Eastwood. Years and years and years ago, speaking of Clint Eastwood, I saw a guy who was a famous orangutan. Yes!

A famous orangutan trainer. Yeah. And, you know, would do Vegas shows and things like that. And might have used the, might have been involved in the Any Which Way You Can Get Loose with Clint Eastwood. But there was a video of him backstage right before a show just beating the piss out of this orangutan with like a blackjack, you know, like hitting him. And I don't know if that was for the animal acting up.

That's actually the show. I don't know. The orangutan beatings are at 7 and 9. Oh, okay. We hope you enjoyed the orangutan beatings, and now we're going to cripple a hamster. Wow. God, I'm watching this video of the baby at the zoo. So cute, right? Oh, my God.

Mom and baby are now exploring their outdoor habitat at Pico Primate Reserve. And now in the main showroom, puppy strangling. The two continue to make their own schedule on when they will be visible to guests. They have access to their outdoor habitat and indoor habitats where visitors can get a glimpse of them. And the two will also have access to their bedroom space to spend time alone. Orangutans have that sort of very...

very studied sort of, you know, they're very slow and when you see them, when they look into, this is the thing that's very impressive. Yeah. You'll see them at zoos and they'll be looking through the glass and a lot of times there's, well,

video I love of a young kid looking and the orangutans looking and they're looking at each other and playing with each other. Yeah. Yeah. It is so amazing. There was one where somebody told me. But the meat is so tasty. It was a gorilla enclosure and the person was standing there holding their baby and the gorilla was basically like, hang on a second. I have one of those and then runs away, grabs their baby and then brings it back to say, hey, look, I got one of these too. Yeah.

Have you seen the footage? I don't think it's at Rangiton. I'm not sure. But it is. The mother is reintroduced back into an enclosure and she believes her newborn has passed, has died. Oh, no. And the newborn, they actually were able to save it and they put it in a blanket just while it's resting. And once she realizes it's alive, it's like every...

mother reaction you would ever imagine. By the way, this is the first successful birth of this species at the zoo in 15 years. So that's nice. You can go and see baby Jambi right now at the Philadelphia Zoo. It's a joy to see that. It's a joy to just go see them getting it on to make animals. Yeah, that's fun. Let's go back into the junk drawer.

Oh, look, I found this email from someone. This is from Mark Dominick. And I would like to read this to you. He says, good morning, Ed. I am at work thinking about the crazy I'd like to apologize guy. And he says, insert sound clip here. I apologize. Yes. I'd like to apologize. I apologize.

I'd like to apologize. Well, listen to this. He said, so I had to look up what he's up to. Okay. And I hope you find this as interesting as I did. I never knew the full story of what occurred. Philip Shuth is his name. S-C-H-U-T-H. The guy.

He was collecting social security checks for his mom who had died and had been placed in a freezer by him for six years. Then he shot at someone who rang his doorbell and then had a 14-hour standoff at his house. By the way, he says he never actually killed anyone that we know of. He was sentenced to seven years. That was in 2006. He was released from jail in 2012. I apologize.

And had 10 years of extended supervision. So dude has been out for a while. We got to book him. Oh, God. We got to get him. Maybe he can do side stage. Can he sing? While in the jail, inmates started referring to him as the philosopher of evil or Poe for short. Philosopher of evil Poe. Wow. No word on who the Skull Sealer or Chrisagon is.

I'd like to apologize to Jennifer Garner and her pool boy, Ben Affleck, for incorporating them into my fantasy life. I apologize to anyone who's been offended by my fictional creations, Chris-a-gon,

The philosopher of evil and the skull sealer. What if he's like 100% normal? Yeah, how about that, man? That's crazy stuff, right? The philosopher of evil. Where did I get that one, right? Skull sealer. He's been completely rehabilitated. Absolutely. I'm on the kinder care right now. Also interesting, a local store in his town. Listen to this.

sold magnets referencing the incident with sayings on them such as, my mom is cooler than yours. Oh, geez. Stop it. That's great. That's great. Oh, my God. I told you guys this story. So my friend, she lived in Raleigh, and they had a friend of theirs. They would get together and watch football on Sundays. So they had this crew of people, and this one guy was,

He was kind of like the loner of the group. And he was she said he was a weird, but but fun and interesting or whatever. And then he stopped showing up. And so they ended up doing a wellness check on him.

The dude had been lying to all these people for the longest time. First of all, he said he worked for UPS. He never worked for UPS. So the police ended up finding him dead in his home with his deceased mother. And he had been living with his dead mom. She was not living. She was dead in her bedroom, sealed off. And he was collecting her Social Security. Same sort of scenario. And she had known this guy for years and they didn't know. He never got the chance to apologize. And then he just stopped showing up. I have questions. How?

How long had mom been dead? Do we know? So I'm looking at the news story right now. It says the woman... It says, a mother died in January of 2017. And so this story came out a year later. So I guess he had been living with his... Roughly a year. Yeah. Wow. What about the story... This happens all the time when someone passes. You have the story of where they actually wheeled in a dead body in a wheelchair and said that they...

guy had some sort of paralysis. There were two stories like that. So that's the backstory on Krizogon of Evil Guy. What is the backstory on the, you're in that helicopter. I don't remember the story. That was a guy who went to like a city council meeting and he was convinced that there was a rich person. I don't know if he was on this town council. You're in that helicopter and you're nothing but a Camille

Lemon-headed, coward, terrorist. And I'm after you, buddy. And he was convinced that the guy was hovering over his house and spying on him. Yeah. And he was telling him, it's you. You're in that helicopter. You're in that helicopter. And you're in that helicopter. And you're nothing.

nothing but a chameleon, lemon-headed, coward, terrorist, and I'm after you, buddy. Chameleon, lemon-headed, coward, terrorist, I think. You can hear the guy in the back going, okay, okay. Does he say I'm dusting you, buddy? What does he say? And I'm after you. You're in that helicopter, and you're nothing but a chameleon, lemon-headed, coward, terrorist, and I'm after you.

And I'm after you, buddy. I think he was about to say, I'm coming after you, buddy. And he melded coming and after together. I'm after you, buddy. Lemon-headed is a terrific insult. I don't think I've ever heard of it before. Hey, Lemon-head. Yeah. Toss that into calling somebody a coward. Yeah, I wonder where he picked it up. Did you call me a Lemon-head?

That's a delightful candy, actually. You're a snickerdoodle. Well, because he says coward. Do you think he meant yellow-bellied instead of lemon-headed? Maybe. Lemon-headed. I'd like to reclaim my time. I meant to say you are a yellow-bellied lemon-headed. Let me go back. I'll rewrite it. Can I have a few more minutes? You got a couple of minutes. I got to get out of here. You're in that helicopter.

Nick is looking up Lemonhead. It's just the candy and the band. I always loved Lemonhead. You're having Jando! The candy. I like those a lot. Lemon Candy is a lot of times overlooked in my book, I think. I agree. I agree with you. Thank you. I agree. And that's when Casey and Preston bonded.

So anyhow, that was a little background on Philip Shuth. So this is a couple of nuances that we were not familiar with. So good work on him for getting that additional information. And you know what? It feels good to celebrate him knowing that he didn't murder his mother. Well, that's good. By the way, Nick, I don't think there's any way we'd be able to track down who Lemonhead is. Okay. Like that was just like a local thing that kind of...

It didn't even really go viral. We just stumbled across it. Those people are envious of the Chris Agon skulls. Yeah. And we liked that the guy was freaking out. So we held on to that audio. You're in that helicopter. That line. I love that line. You're in that helicopter. You're in that helicopter. I don't know why. And everyone is just standing there like, oh, my God. All right.

We got to close up the junk drawer, people. Here we go. That was the junk drawer. Preston's closing up his junk drawer. There's nothing left here in the junk drawer. Until next time, that was the junk drawer.

Nick found the audio. He found it on YouTube. He found the video. Paranoid man complains to city about rogue helicopter pilot. His name is David Thompson. And this is in Charlotte, North Carolina. And apparently he had been complaining in the past about George Shin's tactics in trying to secure a new arena for the Charlotte Hornets. And he goes off on stuff about ice and why they didn't have ice in the arena and blah, blah, blah.

And Thompson, this guy, thought that Shin was trying to intimidate him personally by flying a helicopter 25 to 35 feet over his house between the property line and the magnolia tree, he says. And there's one point he's like, he starts grabbing the lectern and shaking it. He's like, shake it, man! Shake it, shake it, shake it! It's really funny. And he's got like a bizarre kid's haircut. And Marissa found...

other drama from that particular meeting. All right. Councilman Patrick Cannon fainted at 9.15 p.m. and had to be taken to the hospital. A woman got up before the council and read a poem, and someone else got up and quoted Hitler at that same meeting. So these meetings where people are allowed to come and address their issues, these public things, can generate stuff like this. Yes. But this seems like one for the books. I love it.

He was in that helicopter. Yeah. I love it. You were in that helicopter. All right. We'll have to read more about that. You were in that helicopter. We have to take a break. We'll come back in a second. We'll get to the bizarre files. So stay with us.

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podcast once again i have to point this out that uh kathy romano victor wooten one of the considered to be one of the greatest bass players to ever pick up the instrument in awe of your traffic yeah reporting i know he came over and looked at the screen he was like i don't understand how you got that out of what you're looking at he goes he goes over to the brothers he's like have you looked

at what she gets their traffic information from. And he goes, I feel like I'm in the Matrix. Did you hear him say that? He was comparing you to a jazz musician. I know. He was like, all right. Wow. He's like, everyone has a talent. I was like, yep, this is mine. Nice. All right. I think our, yeah, our next guests are about ready to go. So we're excited to have them on. They co-host this really cool podcast. It's called Really No Really. I even have a little intro music for you. Oh, nice. Believe it or not, yes.

Really? Really? No, really. Really? Please welcome Jason Alexander and Peter Tillman to our show. Gentlemen, thank you for joining us. It's a snazzy little intro you have there. Who wrote it, Peter? Who wrote it? My son, Robert. Oh, no way. Wow. Okay. Is your son a professional musician or...?

If you check out Boyo, the band, that's him. He's Boyo. Okay. I see we're doing this via Zoom. You have a very cool Hoffner bass hanging on the wall right behind you. Any story behind that? We have a lot of instruments in the house. But I may say first, I just got so excited when I heard Darnley Park because I'm from Philly. Yes. Born in Upper Darby. So, man, it's so exciting.

To be on the powerhouse. Yeah, you're a row home guy, right? Born and raised? I was a row home guy. Yeah. As a matter of fact, my union rep at my first job was the Irishman. Really? Wow. It doesn't get more close to home than that. No, but he got stuff done. He did. Yeah. And if people were agitating you, he took care of that as well. He got stuff done.

Yeah, he got, because he was concerned about me. I love the impetus for this, Jason and Peter. Apparently you guys have been longtime friends, 27 years, I think it is. And so for the podcast, you kind of ported the conversations you would have stuck in traffic

over to the podcast. Am I recounting that correctly? Yeah, we would. The title comes primarily from how I react to maniacs on the road. Somebody will cut me off or do something inexplicable and I'll just sit there and go, really? Really? Peter found that endlessly amusing. But the show was, you know, Peter and I would... He was on radio for 30 years, so he always knew what was going on in the news, both

in the center spotlight and off on the side, you know, the sideshow. And we, he would bring up a topic that was unknowable to us and we would sit and banter about it. And we, and, and this is all Peter's idea. The podcast is Peter's brainchild to go, you know, we could banter about this, but actually get the answers.

And that's what the podcast is. It's two schmoes that want to know something, and we go to the source or we get the experts, and in a very fun, silly, fun way...

We find out why these things happen. Why do that? You know, we saw the phenomena that there are people training their dogs to talk with prerecorded buttons on the floor. Are they really talking? We need to know. We found out there was a question recently we had a guy on who did a whole MRI study about does your dog actually love you?

Does it love you or are you just feeding it? You know, we talked to a guy who has a traveling museum of failure, which is ironically a tremendous success. And we went, what is that all about? You know, and just on and on and on from silly topics to really important topics.

Um, you know, we don't do politics. We don't get into divisive stuff. We have a good time finding out. This is us. This is, this is exactly us. And the type of radio show we do is exactly what you guys are doing. And Peter, that, so that's, this is, and I, you know, we've long talked about the fact of, you know, the podcast and people doing the podcast, have a podcast, the people recording the podcast, have their podcast. But the thing that you to break away from the pack, the ones that end up being successful are,

I think mimic a terrestrial radio approach that's been tried and true for over the course of years. And that's exactly it. You are a smorgasbord of different topics that are like, I want to ask how this happened. And I'm going to be curious, Jason, that's the role you take. And Peter, you're basically doing the, um, the collecting of the topics, obviously your radio experience, uh,

let you know what's going to be something that'll create some fodder for the podcast, correct? Absolutely. Yeah. And by the way, what you guys do, it's all storytelling. It's all about stories. And the great thing is I always try and create something that I can do with Jason because he'll go off and do a TV show or something. So I got to act quick, create the next thing. We've done some TV shows together, but this thing is a joy. It's been the greatest joy.

Do this with your best friend to sit there and do this we did an episode that blew me away about the forgiveness episodes as a forgiveness Institute thought it was going to be interesting but it was mind-blowing and moving and emotional so It's fascinating that the biggest of the big in their fields the guy who's bringing back the woolly mammoth We got him on to find out why and there's a really interesting reason why so there's humor and everything we do but

We start out with a concept that we really want to know the answer. I love the fact that you talk, Jason, you'd mentioned this is that you, you, you love nothing more than kind of going in with a, Oh, this is kooky and weird. And then having your head turned around like, wow, that was an aspect of this. I did not see. Yeah. We didn't, you know, it's not that we go in with an attitude. It's just that the things that make us go, Oh, that's an episode are kind of quirky and odd. And so it, it begs a kind of a,

You know, we had Tom Cruise's stunt designer on. Going, what's going on with Tom Cruise? Are you really doing this stuff? Come on, come on. Jumping off a mountain on a motorcycle, really? Yeah, and you find out what goes into these things and why Tom is so drawn to it and what makes him so good at it. And, you know, listen, I had a lot of respect for Tom before we heard all that, but you come out of it going, my God, Tom Cruise did this.

He's a lunatic. Give him the millions. He's like jumping off of cliffs. What the hell? The funny thing for me is that I'm not a real podcast guy because we do that for a living every day, right? But I stumbled across your podcast when it just started and I reached out to your social media manager, a woman named Elizabeth, and asked about having you guys come on the show. And here we are a year or so later. My favorite episode thus far was the one about ADHD. Can you guys talk a little bit about your experience in that conversation and what you may have learned from it?

As you were saying that, I saw Lint on the bed. I was thinking about what I have to do later. I'm so all over the place. And I've managed to... Radio was great because it was compartmentalized. And it was okay for me because I could do segments. I could do research. And I built my life around the...

ability to do something with adhd and we found out about the honer's family and jay we fell in love with them correct they were unbelievable yeah and here's a perfect example of what you're talking about so you know they wrote a book and they have a whole program about adhd channeled the right way and controlled the right way is actually like a superpower they won amazing race you know sort of using his abilities but the surprise of that show for me

was the kind of loving relationship, the depth of that relationship because of the compromises both of them have to make and the things they have to learn about themselves and each other in order to have a relationship between someone who has a significant ADHD and someone who does not. And so the surprise there was about the relationship.

Guys, I'm going to do something here, and I hope you don't mind, because we kind of had some overlapping interviews. We have actor Steven Weber, who is on hold, and we're going to talk about Chicago Med with him. And it says on my screen here, loves, loves, loves the Really Not Really podcast. I paid him to do that. I paid him to do it. I'm going to loop him in. I'm looping him in. Steven Weber, are you there?

I hate the really, no really podcast. I misread that. He hates it. No. I hate it. No, listen, I'm so... Peter, Jason, I'm so happy to talk to you. I listen to this damn podcast. And it's a tonic for me, okay? Because I listen to too many horrible political podcasts, and I'm so happy. All right, I'm going to shut up now. I got to tell you, Peter...

Steven texts me with details of things he's heard on the show. He really does. Listen, I'm not kidding. No, we had no doubt. We know him as a man of honesty and integrity. Yeah.

Well, you know, I just like to listen. I love it. Thanks for warming everybody up. We're going to have you on. The world is waiting for you, Stephen. The world is waiting. Two minutes. We're going to have you on, Stephen. Hold on just one more second. But how many of your how often do you have guests as far as celebrity friends that are that are outside of the I'm just curious about this, but maybe, hey, let's get our buddy on to share some stories.

We are not a celebrity-driven show. In fact, we check each other on this all the time. And the reason for it really isn't just that there are so many of those that do it so well. That was never what we were interested in pursuing. So when we do have a celebrity on, it's usually because they're engaged in something that we're curious about, and the interview focuses on that. I talked about Howie Mandel and another one. We had...

Brian Cranston is a good friend of mine. We had Brian Cranston on because he made a statement where he said, in five years, I'm going to retire. And I went, no, you're not. Why would you retire? You're still functioning. You're still a great actor. It's not like you're working a five-day week, 365 days. And we wanted to get the answer of why would someone enjoying that kind of success at this point in his life

Give it up. And that was the crux of our conversation. So it's always about something specific and it can branch into the rest of their lives and interesting things. Listen, we have many, we have actors that come on many times and they're starting up their podcast and people have a lot of, you know, of gravitas and so on and so forth, but you just know it's not going to work. You guys have, I think, absolutely the proper tools to make it work, especially with the

substantial radio background and you're doing the legwork to get the word out but the show itself is just engaging and you're picking the kind of topics that the others don't seem to be doing so the best of luck to you with this it's a great project

May I say one thing before we go? Certainly. We are looking because we're doing a special episode on Festivus. If anybody in your audience celebrates Festivus, you can reach out to us at reallyknowreallypodcast at gmail.com. We really want devoted Festivus celebratory people. I know plenty of people who celebrate Festivus, so I'm sure you'll get... You want it with the

The polo and the grievances and the whole thing. Look at it. Excellent. Guys, thanks for joining us. Continued success. Thank you so much, man. Absolutely. Jason Alexander and Peter Tillman. Really? Really? I love that. All right. Now, oh, my God, look who we have on the line. He's one of the stars of Chicago Met. Yes. That's a little startup show. That's a little startup show, but he's been in so many great things as well. Steven Weber. We welcome him back to our show.

Steven, thank you for being a good sport, sir. Are Peter and Jason out of the studio yet? Yeah. Unless they're gone. They're gone. We cleared the room for you. Absolutely. Yeah. Well, thanks for having me. Yeah, no, our pleasure. Yeah, so how many seasons now for you, Steven, with Chicago Med? This is, I'm doing my fourth season. You joined in the sixth, correct? Correct.

I did. Yeah. And now we're starting our 10th. Yeah. Phenomenal. It's pretty, I'm sorry, it's pretty wild because you have this, you know, you have, obviously this is a show that had an established, you know, a fan base. And we talked, we had you on when you joined and talked about the different dynamics. Here you are at this point. And by the way,

An impossibly good-looking cast on that show. Well, that's why they brought me in for contrast. There's not enough people that look like kind of wrinkled laundry with hair on it. Let's get Steven Weber. No, but you used to be cute. Maybe people will remember that.

Well, I'll point this out. You know, obviously you were the contrast in that you were providing a point of antagonism to one of the main characters. And you had that Dick Wolf production, I think. There's so many – there have been so many shows of this ilk, but because of, I think, what he brings to the show, do you know what I'm saying? There's something that resonates as a lot more accurate and honest. Would you say that's –

True to your experience? I would. Look, well, yes. Look, there's no getting away from the fact that a show like this needs to have, you know, arguably pretty or handsome people to attract people to watch. That said, the show, especially this season, with the advent of new writers and kind of a new perspective,

is unrelentingly kind of gritty. It has become that. Less soapy and concentrated more, especially this season coming up, you'll see.

on the, the personal lives of these characters. Uh, and it's less for kind of entertainment value, I would say, or sensationalism and more realistic approach to this world. Uh, look, Dick Wolf has the formula and that's why he's so, um, so successful. I mean, it's why his, he'll end up being the most successful creator, uh, producer of, of TV shows in history. I'm sure

Yeah, I wanted to ask you, because you're Dr. Archer, and you come in, and you're an actor taking on the role. At what point do you feel, in any of the shows that you've done, and you've done a number, do you feel invested enough in the character to go to, say...

the producer or the writer and say, you know, I don't see the character doing this. Or is that something that you just say hands off? Because I know it's, you know, you want to be invested in what you're doing. But when does that point usually kick in or does it kick in?

uh... i'm yet my my porch acting is different from maybe some or the famous uh... some in that i like being directed on on infantry you know i'm not a general i and i say you know tell me where to stand up and they're coming with the sales state i'll say it

That said, this particular character early on had a kind of a personal resonance for me. The character Dean has seen action in the military. He's got PTSD. He takes a lot of, you know, he's a difficult guy to kind of...

Be with socially, and I related to that because my dad fit some of those descriptors. And they were able, and the show was able to listen to me, and I told them about my connection to it, and they started to incorporate some aspects of it. So, yeah, there are some things that I will be able to say, given...

given the relationship I have to the show and to the writers, and say, I don't think he would say X, Y, Z, and they'll say, yeah, you're right. Because often the writers are creating in a bit of a bubble, and it's hard for them to occasionally remember, although I think they do an excellent job. When does one...

find the stones to... You're walking in the skin of the character. Yeah, so... Yeah. I mean, yeah, look, what can I say? If I think I have something to offer, then I'll speak up. But for the most part, they hit it on the head and I just do it. Stephen, quickly, I have to ask you about this. I know we don't have much time, but earlier this year, I went back and I listened to It.

The Stephen King novel. You narrated it. It was your performance is incredible. I was listening to that. I got tired listening to how much work you were putting into that. You had to have been exhausted. Then my job has been complete. It was nice.

It was a long one. It took a couple weeks, you know, six, seven-hour days of just going full tilt. But not just the amount of time, but your energy that you put into those characters and those voices, even though you're standing in one place in a booth, I have to believe that you put in as much or more energy than when you're doing physical acting, you know, for film. Yeah.

Well, what can I tell you? I give till it hurts you. Till it hurts me. Look at, oh, he's the professional. What an artist. I want to just quickly ask if your appreciation of the mechanism and of the writers and so on and so forth, you started in soaps, As the World Turns. And I was watching the movie Soap Dish, which is kind of a loving parody of all that. But it occurs to me that dynamic of soap

the control room and cameramen out on the stage and all that stuff. I don't know if that even really exists anymore. If there's anything like that, that trains an actor quite that way. Was that your takeaway from those years on the soap?

That absolutely was. I loved that whole world anyway. I loved the backstage and the control room and the cameraman. I love the cameraman and the camera operators. And I found that whole thing so compelling that it was real and it was exciting. I think there's still a couple of soap operas that are around that still utilize that whole...

I guess you could say. But yeah, it's a dying era in a way, if it's not dead already, sad to say. Well, your current character can revive it now. You're medically trained, you can revive it, yes.

I can revive it. I can revive it. Listen, it's all fake. I'm not really a doctor. All right. We know you got to run, Stephen, but thanks for joining us. Chicago Med Wednesdays, 8 p.m. on NBC and Peacock. Thanks a bunch, man.

You bet. And this is a really no really. Yes, absolutely. All right. Steven Weber, everybody. On our Xfinity mobile guest line. I'm telling you, man, I had to bring up the it thing for just a moment because I listen to audiobooks constantly. My favorite narrator is actor Will Patton. We've had him on the show. Yeah. But I think the one time that he was surpassed in any of those books I've listened to was Steven Weber's

narration of it because there's tons of characters. He is just, I mean, he's using every range of emotion you can imagine. So I was reading about when he put, when he was doing that and he goes in, not, I'm going to say cold, but he goes in, he's going to follow the direction, but he is actually, he's,

reading the book just a little bit before he does that. So he is, if a character doesn't know something that's happening down the way, then he's going to project it that way. So I've heard nothing but raves about his performance, and you were obviously a big supporter. And obviously he's got a great sense of humor. The cast of Wings...

Those guys all have something. Him, Thomas Hayden Church, Tony Shalhoub. Who was his brother? Tim Daly. They all have kind of a similar sense of humor, don't they? The woman who played Faye, Crystal Bernard. The guy who was Roy, the competing airline. Yeah, and I think it was from the same...

who did Cheers. It kind of lived in its shadow. It did live in its shadow, undeservedly so. It was a bit underrated because of coming after, in fact, Steve, I think it like aired after Cheers. It did, yeah. You know, and sort of, you know, Frasier had that length of run, a lengthy run after Cheers ended, but Wings is a great show. And Amy Yowell's back, I think her name is. Yeah, she was the, she's John Ritter's widow. Oh,

Oh, that's right. But yeah, the show was terrific. Yeah. And they were, I love those guys. Yeah. So much fun. Wow. Good soup. Yeah. I've looked for that. I can't find it anywhere. It's Thomas Hayden Church. Yeah. He just sits at the counter and he served soup and Amy Asbeck's character, I asked him how it is, or maybe it's Faye. Yeah. Ask him how it is. Good soup.

Hot. That's it. And that's it. And it's hilarious. He was a scene stealer, as was Tony Shalhoub. Yep. Yeah. Yeah. Thomas Aiden Church actually has a scene in Cheers in one episode. Really? Yeah. He played Eddie Lebec's teammate.

after Eddie passes away. And so Eddie has to deliver the news to Carla that Eddie Lebec has died. And then there's that whole dynamic where Eddie Lebec actually had two wives and Carla was one of them. And so there's this scene where he comes in, Thomas Hayden Church comes into the bar, and the other woman's name is Gloria. And she's saying, did he ever say anything about me? And Thomas Hayden Church goes, might you be that Gloria? And she says, yes. And his response is,

Just this deadpan delivery is so good. Yep. All right. What we will do is we will take a break. Stay with us.

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I saw this article in BuzzFeed, and I thought this is really cool. And the title of the article is, it was the greatest decision I ever made. People are recalling the movies and TV shows that inspired them to change their life for the better. So I'm not just saying...

Hey, this is a really great show and I enjoyed it. This actually was important to you because it either changed how you look or felt at things. Life philosophy. Or maybe it motivated you to do something. So a friend of ours who we love dearly is very hyperbolic about that and will say, you know, oh, it will change your life. Marilyn. Marilyn.

Right, and we love her to death. But Steve, I had that feeling one time walking out of a theater, and then it has lived with me now for 24 years, and it really impacted how I've looked at life and appreciated life and certainly have appreciated music. And that movie, for me anyway, is almost famous.

I remember vividly walking out of the movie theater and thinking, oh, my God, this the way that this person wrote about music, the way that this person feels about music and is important to their life and then can shape their life career wise around music to me was incredibly impactful. I'm going to give you guys some examples from this article. And I think most of us would would agree that the Ted Lasso had that kind of effect, that it made you maybe stop listening.

And appreciate people. Smell the lasso. Or smell the lasso. Or maybe approach things differently and look at life a little bit differently. I will say it did not, it just reaffirmed why it's good to do that. Why it's good to seek out the good in people. Right. And I remember the show being castigated for being...

and hopeful in the human spirit. And it's the most absurd thing when the show, you know, it's like...

And in the same way, Preston, the bear does that. It's mentioned in this article. There are a few people that agree with you on that. Here's an example. Nick, you'll identify with this. Someone had written in this article, into the wild. Oh, sure. Flipped a switch in my head. I got to die in a bus. I couldn't sleep.

That's the way to go. I couldn't sleep the night after I watched it for the first time because I felt so excited just to live life. The next day, I started a process. Started the process of leaving my small, super religious Texas hometown. It ignited my free spirit torch and created the hippie self that I am today. So it literally motivated them to change their lifestyle.

conditions that they were in that they didn't really like. Give us one or two more and then I want to hear the one that did it for you. Okay. Let's see. Here's an interesting one. This one says, believe it or not, my show of choice would be South Park. In the episode called You're Getting Old, it was season 15, episode 7, the character Stan has a birthday and realizes that the world around him is changing. Things that he used to

that he used to like all seemed, and I'll paraphrase, crappy. Things started to look like crap physically, which led him to become depressed, essentially. And you might think this episode would have a happy ending where Stan becomes happy and embraces the change, but no, this episode ends with a montage of Stan just living in a world of crap,

And sadness and the song Landslide playing in the background. Well, how could this be impactful? He said, I've always had a fear of change. Or this is from Millie. Or she said, and growing up, I was scared of all this change. It would be too much for me to take. And if something bad would happen, I always assumed that it would be that I would be happy with these changes one day. The episode showed me that this might not happen because change is normal.

It's a human thing and everyone is scared of it, but it's not going away anytime soon. So what do we do? We have to learn to just live with it. We can't be scared of it or it will ruin us. It can make you scared of living. Pretty interesting that an episode of South Park would make somebody think that deeply. That is the interesting part. It can be a comedy. It can be...

It can be something profound and a monumental film. It can be a song. Here's one that changed this person's life for the better. They said Queer Eye helped me to see that I wasn't taking very good care of myself. I started putting more effort into my appearance and keeping my home tidy, and it really pulled me out of a funk and helped me to enjoy my life more. So they changed their way. Today I'm a successful drift racer. Yeah.

It changed the way they went about things, which is interesting. If you're talking about my appreciation of opening your mind up to other concepts, Star Trek, the original Star Trek, seeing 2001 A Space Odyssey with my father...

Having my father reassess his perception of how I perceive things was a mind. That's why we had Kier DeLay in here. The, you know, from 2001, it was a monumental thing. There is a, there are a number of movies. There's one in particular, George C. Scott is based on the Ernest Hemingway book, Islands in the Stream.

and at the end, I'd read the book, but it didn't impact me as much as watching the movie, and at the end, there's a scene where this guy who's been estranged from his sons and tries to get back into his son's life, he's basically Ernest Hemingway in this story, and he's, the narration, you know, he says, all my life I've searched for the one thing that is true, but I was wrong. It is all true, and I was like, yeah, don't,

On your journey for something, you're sometimes missing other things that are all, it's all there. You have to open your eyes to it. You know what I'm saying? And that was so profound, it carried with me forever. Okay. I'm not laughing at you guys. I'm laughing at myself. You guys are so deep. Like, South Park? Are you kidding me? Seriously? I don't think I've...

I love Ted Lasso. It was great and it was really feel good, but it didn't impact or change my life in any way. What do you think though? Maybe it's not as tectonic as you're perceiving it. Did you adopt a different philosophy about just the way you dress or...

You know, yeah, nothing. One time I bought lipstick that somebody wore in a TV show. Does that count? Yes. I bought the color she wore. It motivated you. Was it Puss in Buddies? No, it was, what was the show with, oh man. I'll think of it. I'll let you guys know. Let me go to a couple calls. I have the lipstick. It's right here. Was it Ferris Bueller? I'm going to go to Austin. Hi, Austin. Good morning. Ed Zooks. Ed Zooks. What's up, bud?

So I have a show called Six Feet Under from HBO. I watched it as a teenager after it was already released. And

And it's all about grief. So the family runs a funeral home and they deal with grief and every episode somebody dies. And you see that family go into the funeral home dealing with grief. And as a teenager, I never really dealt with that, luckily. And I kind of learned how to. And now as an adult, I can go through and take lessons on how to grieve and how there's no one way to do it. And nobody really tells you how to do that. And that show did a really good job of it.

They really do. In fact, Peter Krause's character, Nate Fisher, he's the one who kind of comes home and ends up helping take over the business after the father passes away. And the way he...

Yeah.

He's really, really good at it. Case as you're watching, is it sort of, because I just caught a little bit of it, is it sort of like a, almost like a tutorial for how to deal with people dealing with grief? Kind of. And the thing is, and Austin, you'll agree with this, you know, people lose their loved ones in a lot of different ways. Some are tragic and some are not. And, you know, but, you know, and again, everybody grieves differently. And

Just the way... And it's written, you know, obviously these lines are written for him. So whoever is writing those lines for him, I guess, has a really good grasp on grief. There was a movie that taught me... Thanks, Austin. Like, you may not... You can't always have everything that you want. There was this movie...

And these two girls just had one cup. Oh, shut up. And they made it work. They made it work. Yeah. Okay. They worked together. Yeah. And that cup was, it was half empty. Yeah. And they saw it as half full of urine and feces. You're saying sharing is caring. Sharing is caring. Yeah.

Bo Garrett's Lipstick and Girlfriend's Guide. There it is. There it is. Kathy remembers that moment. It's right here, Nick. It was yesterday. I'm going to go to John. Hi, John. Good morning. What brought me, what made me where I'm at today is ER. Hands down, I love the TV show ER. Watch it, continue to watch it over and over again. I did work in an emergency room for many, many years.

That's where I met the owner of my company today. And now in my older days, I'm now teaching CPR to people. That's amazing. So let me ask you, what was, was it overall, obviously overall in general, was there one particular episode or character you aligned with and thought that's a model for me?

I always thought I was going to be Dr. Green, but then I was like, nah, didn't end up being Dr. Green. So I was like, I'll be Nurse Hathaway. Right. Nurse Hathaway ended up being Jerry the front desk ER technician guy. So it was everybody in that show gave me something. It was saving people. Being a hero is what I got from that show. That's great, man. That's awesome. I like it.

I like it. All right. Thank you, Tom. Appreciate it. Yeah. Uh, Steve, you had mentioned the bear and this is, uh, if you're just tuning in, these are a TV or show or TV show or a movie or an episode or whatever it was that changed your, made you go out and do something, inspired you to change your life for the better. Um, I thought this was, uh, interesting. Um,

Somebody had said, yeah, in the early 1990s, I was in high school in the Midwest and say the culture was homophobic was an understatement. I'm hetero, but homosexuality was always a punchline. But then I saw a show on HBO called The Kids in the Hall, a sketch comedy show from Canada. We all love them. Yeah. One true member is Scott Thompson, an

unapologetically gay character and comedian. He performed skits and monologues that were absolutely amazing, many of them regarding homosexuality. In retrospect, those skits and his bravery at that time reinforced what I already knew. It's totally okay to be gay. I am so grateful for that show and Scott Thompson,

For smashing stereotypes, especially during that time. I know my views in politics would be very, very different today if not for that show. So that's pretty cool. Just seeing someone being open about their sexuality. Here's one that says, the bear has changed my life in so many ways. While I'm able to see some of the toxic behaviors is definitely negative, there are so many moments that resonated with me, such as being dedicated to one's art makes one a better person.

dedication to serving others and making them at their most comfortable transforms us into better people. The big thing that stood out in the show is how Carmi, despite having moments of not great leadership, is a great listener, mentor, teacher, and leader.

He sees the hidden potential in all the people in his life and helps them find their greatness. He explains why certain terms are used as a sign of respect. If someone asks him to try a dish, he compliments him first and then critiques them. If someone has a question, he stops what he's doing and gives him his full attention.

As a sidebar, there's also a comment where Chef Terry and Richie are peeling mushrooms. Why peeling mushrooms? It's a little thing that let the customers know that someone took the time and care to do so much, to do such a small thing, essentially a preview of the amount of care and love that went into the dish. And they said, I volunteer with a high school theater doing costumes for the musicals, and I would always build something small into the outfits for those cast members that the audience can't see.

The students now know that I do this, and they look for that extra little bit. Service and art. Whatever art is, blankets others with love and appreciation. That's pretty deep. I'm going to go to Sean. Hi, Sean. You're on the air. Good morning. Hey, good morning, guys. Hey, bud. What's up? What do you want to share with us?

Uh, so yeah, I mean, uh, two of my favorite shows are, my name is Earl and the good place. And they're both about just, Hey, looking at what you do every day, looking at what, what little actions you do that put good into the world and, and make the world a better place. So therefore, does it, does it make you try to follow suit and, and have those moments through the day?

A thousand. Yeah, the show is about making amends. There have literally been times when I've been doing something, I'm like, this is what's going to happen. We're losing you. Yeah, the signal's going bad. So we'll use it as to say, all right, I should probably use that as an example. There you go. God, I'm going to get teary-eyed.

I will go to Peter next. Hi, Peter. Morning. Morning, Queef. How are you? Hey. Awesome. What's up, buddy? Hey, so when I came home from the war, I had a bad funk. I hated the world. I hated myself. Difficult to keep friends. Difficult to hold a job. And then in 2010, I saw Risky Business for the first time. Yeah. And I kid you not, when Curtis Armstrong said to, I think, if I can remember correctly,

Joel. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

You know, and so I tried, moved up at Delco, and now I have a house, I have a wife, I got in Norwood, a son, and everything's going really good. So just that phrase from that movie, flip the switch, and it came to you at the right time, and it changed the way you approach things. Yeah, it did. I love that. Sometimes you just need to hear that thing at the right time. Yep.

You know? It was a very bad point in my life, and I saw that, and I just said, you know what? WTF. Let's do this. That is awesome. Good for you, Peter. That is awesome. Thanks for telling us about that. I know I've had those moments. I'm trying to pinpoint it. Well, probably what happens to you is it's more just an overall, like with me, how

Again, my stuff is going to be a little bit more obscure, but go ahead. I know one, and I've said it before on the air, in the movie The Martian. Yeah. At the very, very end of the movie, Matt Damon's character, he's returned to Earth. Spoiler alert, he makes it back. Yeah. And he is now teaching future astronauts, and there's a class, and he's talking about, did I think I was going to die up there? Yeah. Absolutely. But he said, but that's...

what motivated me. And then he goes, and then he says about the process of, of getting out of there. He said the words, you just begin. Yeah. And I've used that many times. You just begin. When it, when it's, it's time to do something and I'm kind of putting it off or I'm thinking I might not be able to do this.

And the words, you just begin, hit me. And I'm like, that's how you do it. You start. You begin. No matter what. No matter where it is. No matter how hard it is. You just begin and let it happen. It was really impactful. That's a huge difference. No doubt. I mean, that cup was empty at first. And then you remember. And there is a moment. And again, I'm going to start to tear up. The one girl looks at the other.

And says, are you going to crap in it first or am I? And then the other one has an idea. It says, let me puke in it first. Uh-huh. And then you can poop in it. And to the other girl's mind, it's like, I don't know. But just begin. Yes, let's just not forget they were vomiting in that too. Yeah. Not just poop and pee. Well, they were artists. Yeah, yeah. Uh...

By the way, I... What? No, no. I love this conversation. We love two girls and a cop. But at the same time, I sort of hate it because I have definitely had moments, you know, watching a show or a movie where I felt like it impacted me. But then... You let it go? I just settled back into who I am. I know. Don't beat yourself up for that. I would guarantee you there have been things that even if they slightly moved you in a different direction, again...

You want to try on my lipstick? Yeah. Exactly. Dude. But isn't it... You would never put it on again. Isn't it though, Casey, and I think it's human condition as well, you will get fired up and motivated about something and ready to...

Yes. Oh, it's a classic. I'm doing it. Yeah. The guy gets up and he goes, he goes, walk. And he goes and sits on the couch. Yeah. And then an hour later, you're right back to your crap again. But for that moment. Give yourself permission to be that person. So it didn't take that time. But like with the gentleman who, you know, had just called and had these profound issues and learned from, you know, what the F, just, you know, risky business.

That was the right time for it to take. So, yeah, it's okay. I've got a friend who gets extremely motivated like, I don't know, once every other month. And so, you know, when that call comes in, I'm like, okay, here we go. I'm going to do this. I'm going to do this. I'm going to open up a business. And I, at first, like years ago, I was like, yes, you should do this. This is you. This is perfect. And it would be. She could actually do it.

Two days later, I'll call and I'm like, did you call about the business license? Oh, no. I don't. It's not. I found a new lipstick. Yeah. Steve, totally. Let me go to some other calls, though. I'll go to Amanda. Hi there, Amanda. Hi. Sorry to bother you guys at work. Nah, we asked you to call in. So what do you think? What movie, show, whatever that made you, inspired you to change your life for the better?

That would be One Tree Hill. Your favorite show, Preston? Never saw it. It started when I was in high school, and I was a sophomore, so I was feeling some bullying at the time still. And the main character, he was not the popular kid, and he had a lot of friends, but he ended up becoming a basketball star on the high school basketball team and started hanging with the popular crowd, you would say.

But he always treated everybody the same. And you saw that as sort of a life lesson?

Yeah, like no matter where you are in life, just treat everybody the same and your friends are always going to be there. Oh, that's cool that it impacts. So in that way, it may not have been a, you know, it was a, that was a lesson that you learned over watching the show as opposed to just this switch being flicked. But it all improved your life, you'd say, right? Yes, and I always treat everybody the same. I teach kindergarten. It's a special need, so yeah.

I'm the type of person, I won't treat anybody differently. Well, that's beautiful, man. Excellent. That's great. That's why it's Preston's favorite show. Love it, Amanda. Thank you. Appreciate it. It's not a TV or a movie, but my buddy Brian just texted me and reminded me that I have a friend named Brett who read a book called

And he read a book one time. A friend of mine read a book. And so as a result of reading this book, he changes the phrasing of things that he says to instead of saying have to, he says get to. So instead of saying I have to go to work today, he says I get to go to work today. I get to take a crap. Yeah. So like anytime that you're talking about something that maybe perhaps sounds like a burden, instead of changing have to,

to change it to get to an opportunity and opportunity. And it's, and it's more positive, right? Like, I love that. Like, I have to drive my kids to this friend's house. No, I get to, if you're looking to get a little inspired this weekend, I'm going to recommend a movie that Steve recommended to me, which is called the boy who lived and it's on HBO max. And it's about this kid that, uh, it was a stunt, um,

Oh, yeah. Stunt guy on the Harry Potter films. Really good. And had an accident, and it's terrifying, but the way that his attitude is after the accident really is an inspirational way to live your life. And you cannot argue with this guy's philosophy, especially with all that he's been through. It's remarkable. And remaining positive. Assess your gifts. And as great as that is, I know I wouldn't be that positive. There's no way if life handed me that. Some people are just...

They get it, you know. You can either be Gary Sinise prior to Gump or Gary Sinise after Gump. That's a good way to put it. Let me go next to Steve. I got Steve on the line. Hi, Steve. Hey, good morning to see you guys. Good morning to see you, buddy. What's up? Not too much. I love Mr. Rogers. He changed my life completely when I had kids. I come in every single day.

from work, take off my shoes, put on my house shoes, my work shoes, take off my work shoes, put on my house shoes. I have a coat right there that I put on. My kids are right there. They say, you know, he just taught me how to, uh, to be kind, to be gentle, to be positive, you know, how to just love one another. And, uh, really, really has affected me. I, you know, I watched it as a young boy. It's pretty amazing. Started watching it again. Wow. Uh,

Yeah, and just with them, I have two boys, and just so inspiring. It's true. Yeah, and the other thing is the, you know, the Christmas, the Scrooge, when every time he realizes that, you know, it's Christmas Day, and he said, I didn't miss it.

I cry every time. It's just inspiring to me that you can change in an instant from negative to positive and just shine some light on the world. You know, Christmas Carol is my favorite book because it is the story of reclamation. I love a character in any story.

whether it be true or whatever, a fictional story where someone makes that change. You want to hold out hope for everyone. Now, clearly, I think the turnaround story of Hitler had one would have been, well... Speaking of Mr. Rogers, you guys saw Beautiful Day in the Nights. Oh, it's great. But you know what? The documentary, as wonderful as that movie is, the documentary about Rogers is...

tenfold is impressive. Oh, I'm sure. But I just like the story of the author, the columnist, and his dad, and how his relationship when he was interviewing Mr. Rogers informed him on his own life to go in and go, I need to reassess this. The sequence where they go to Tokyo. And they start drifting. So amazing. I know we've got to wrap up, Case, but real quick, let me go to Chris. Hi, Chris. Good morning.

Hey, guys. Good morning. Good morning. So what movie or show inspired you to change your life for the better? All right. I know you're going to get a big head about it, but the Preston and Steve show. What? Stop it. And Preston, I just want to thank you because, like, you guys are talking about you want to start something and you're like, ah, screw it, I'm going back to the couch. Yeah. So the line that you just said about a few minutes ago, just begin. Yeah. Yeah.

I'm using that tomorrow. Good man. Why not today? Why not today? Because he just bought a new couch. I just bought a new couch. I'm kind of tired today. I'm working. I can't do it today. Yeah. All right. Well, then call us on Monday. Let me know how it goes tomorrow. I really want to thank you for saying I never heard that line before, but just begin. There you go. Just begin. That's what you got to do. Kathy didn't inspire you with the lipstick thing? No.

No, but it says... Thank you, guys. I appreciate it. No problem, bud. Yeah, in the movie, he says you just begin. You solve the first problem, and then you solve the next problem, and you just work at it. It's Revlon Solar Quarks.

It's the Revlon Super Lip Gloss. It's a pretty amazing lipstick. PFS in that or SPF? No, no. This is just a gloss. You're going to need to put that base on first. You remember, it appears in Chandler's list. You know, you save one life, you save the world. And then he says, and it helps if you have this lipstick. Yeah.

He got a line five. Steve's been on hold for almost 18 minutes. I just want to hear the last line from the movie that did it for him. Hi, Steve. Good morning. Hey, good morning, your ass. Hey, buddy. What's up, man? Movie cast away. Couldn't stand it. But the last line in the movie, when Tom Hanks is giving his speech talking about what got him through the island, he just said,

Tomorrow the sun will rise. And personally, I've been through a lot of stuff, yada, yada, yada. Right. And just know that you can't stop time, but that's a great thing because if today didn't go your way, tomorrow might. And if it doesn't get a little choked up. No, you're exactly right. And don't, yeah, it's wonderful that you are getting choked up. It means it resonates with you. Yeah.

Yeah, and honestly, that lesson has been taught forever and ever. Like, Annie sang about it. You know, the sun will come out tomorrow. That's true. But sometimes it takes the right presentation to connect to you. Exactly. In Forrest Gump, when he kills Jenny, he says something very beautiful. Yeah. You talk too much.

He had AIDS. I'm thinking of a different movie. Thank you, Steve. Thanks for sharing, man. We do appreciate it. I apologize to those who I did not get. I apologize to my Chris Gahn and Skull Sealer. I'd like to apologize to Jennifer Garner and her pool boy, Ben Affleck.

for incorporating them into my fantasy life. I apologize to anyone who's been offended by my fictional creations, Chris Agon, the philosopher of evil, and the skull sealer. And I also want to apologize to Jimmy, because he definitely... Jimmy, yeah. I'm sorry, Jimmy. I apologize to Jimmy, the skull sealer. To those who I didn't get a chance to go to on the calls, we do appreciate you checking in now. All right, we have to take a break. We'll be back in a moment. Stay with us.

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IHatesStevenSinger.com, but hurry, these will not be restocked in supplies limited. That's IHatesStevenSinger.com. Our next guests have been, well, we've been playing them here on MMR. They're song Numb, and they have a gig tonight, Franklin Music Hall. They're playing with Beartooth.

And they're making their way around promoting their sound. They're a newer band, although they probably cringe at hearing that. Like, guys, we've been together four or five years or whatever. But maybe newer to you, we would like to welcome Cullen Paolo, Daniel and Ben of Sleep Theory. Let's sing!

Morning, guys. Listen, we apologize. This is not rock star time. We get it. Every band we ever have in here, I start by going, sorry you had to get up and come in here this morning. We're going to make it. You're going to make it. Positive thinking. There you go. I had said you guys were a new band, but

In all honesty, you have been together for a number of years now, right? Yeah. The studio started in 2019. It's been a studio project since then, yeah. Studio project? When did it leave the studio? January 12th of 2023. No kidding. Yeah. It's pretty amazing because you had your first single hit half a million views on TikTok and took off.

And I was reading, I forget who was saying it, but there were people saying, oh, these guys must be an industry plan to this must be some sort of, and I'm like, no, I mean, that's the way, that's the way social media can work off and running. So, uh, and then, um, when, when that stuff starts coming back your way, does that phase you when people are saying, you're like, you know, I, we legitimately got here. Does that spur you on to go, well, we're going to show you that we're real deal or do you even care?

you know, people can think what they want. Right, right. To me, it seems so dumb because people like it and they're responding to it. You know, it doesn't matter, but it's not the case. But I don't know why that's a thing and why that was a thing. Yeah, you know, the day that the TikTok was posted, it was on a whim, actually. Oh, was it? It was kind of like, I texted Paolo, I was like, should we,

post this teaser and he was like i mean you know we already posted this song before a year uh like prior and it didn't do as well so we took it off of spotify and we're like we'll just put real promotion behind it and then we got ben banned and we're just kind of we're feeling good we're just like should we post this teaser and then he was like i was like ah maybe not and then pal's like maybe you should i was like okay and then i thought about i was like nah and then on a whim posted it went to sleep woke up and it was just

doing the crazy thing. So you said you had the song, you had the video, and then you said, and then we got Ben and Dan. So it was recorded before the two brothers? Yes. It was a studio project, yes. So it was a studio project? Other people, or were you guys playing all the instruments? It was me, Paolo, and then our producer, Dave. Okay. All right. But you needed some band members. Yeah. And where'd you find these guys, Ben and Dan? At our workplace. So, yeah.

I met Ben. He was training me on our job. And what happened is we started to get along, listening to heavy metal and all that stuff. Then I met his brother, Daniel. What job was it? It was a medical device company. Really? Uh-huh. Okay. So all this talent at a medical device. Yeah. We work at a quality inspecting job, so...

It was fun. It was a good time. I mean, in the broad scheme of things, there's so many people who slog away trying to, in their bands, trying to get things to work. You have put in your time, but you're still relatively young. But I also get the impression in reading interviews with you guys is that you have, I think, the best attitude, which is we're having fun.

That's all it is, man. Absolutely. It's nothing to sweat. Yeah. That's all it is. I think that the idea that a lot of people have is to have this persona that like they're just like, I don't know, like they're tough or they're like hard. And it's just like, you know, why don't we just have fun doing what we're doing? Yeah. You know, just –

You know, we have technical issues and why make it a big deal on stage when we can just make it a part of the act? Just have fun. Yeah. We're just regular people. If we can show that we're normal, then people will be able to connect with us more. More approachable. How are you regular people adjusting to bus life, van life, road life, all the things that come with that? It's fun. It's got to be fun, right? It's fun. It really is fun. It really is. Yeah.

I think a lot of us at first, it was kind of like, you know, it was different. But, I mean, like, it's nothing that, you know, once we get in there, you know, everybody's like, oh, man, once you get on the road and you get this and do that. I mean, this is the first long tour that we've been on. Yeah.

You know, we've been... We always look out for each other. Yeah. That's the most important thing. We all get along, too. Well, that's... You got to have that. Absolutely. And with this, with this kind of being a new aspect to your lives, are you... Is it cool getting out and meeting other bands, other musicians? And, you know, I mean, you guys are kind of the new guys on the scene as far as that goes. So maybe you're running into...

some veterans that can maybe help you along? Has anything like that happened along the way? Yeah, actually, it's been pretty cool. You know, we got to go out with Shinedown. Then we got to go out with Set It Off. We played some one-off shows with I Prevail and Falling Reverse, but now we're with Beartooth. And, you know, we were talking to Caleb, and they were just completely surprised. They were like, you guys are just like, this is your first, like, big, big tour. It's like, you guys are...

always just present yourself as professional. He's like, you guys just get in there and do the thing. He's like, we couldn't have asked for a better starting band to kind of do the thing. And we're just like, that's great. Awesome. They're essentially saying, you guys haven't done all the stupid stuff that all the rookie bands normally do. So that's good. You got a leg up. I want to ask about the medical device company because that's a steady paycheck, right? And you have a job. At one point, did you realize...

We need to... This might be a job too. Like we can earn a living. We can make a profession. Make this professional. So at what point did you figure we're going to leave this spot and go out and actually try this as a profession? It was kind of hard because we are working 12-hour shifts. And we're grinding studio stuff all the time. We make content on our off days. So it's been...

It's been very stressful, but when we signed with the label and we started to figure things out, like, you know what? Let's make this a full-time job. Did you celebrate when you signed? Oh, yeah. When you walked away from the job, did you ever estimate how many people started flatlining because the equipment wasn't working? Quality control went down.

I have a question. So the song that we've been playing is Numb. Great song. People are loving it. We're getting incredible feedback on MMR. So you've got automatic fans here in Philadelphia from that tune. I was giving it a closer listen today because we're working while the music is playing here and we kind of half listen and we're working on our job and we catch the songs here. And eventually, after hearing songs a few times, they start to slide in and you recognize and you get a feel for them. But I was...

watching the video and checking the lyrics and listening to Numb, which has got this really cool hard edge to it. But it also has this...

kind of tender melody to it as well, which is unassuming. And I realized at its core, if you were to strip that down and take away the distorted guitars and all the heavy edge, and then when the vocals start getting like this, it's actually a really tender melody that if you just played it on piano would be, and I know it's not a love song per se, but it's got that vibe to it. That was the idea of all the songs. It's just like, if we were to strip away

all of the, like, guitars, drums, and screams, all that stuff, and just add different things over it, it could be a pop song. Yeah. Like, that's, you know, same thing with, you know, Another Way, same thing with Gone or Stayin', or, like, any song is just, like, we want it to be able to be cross-genre, I guess you could say. It's just, like, you know, the Nummier Reimagined is out, you know, on YouTube, and it's just, like, it's straight up just...

lo-fi beats and just do-do-do. That's always sort of a litmus test for artists. If you can take away all the flourishes and does the song still stand? Is it a good piece of music that was written? And that definitely has that. And the idea is just like with Numb Reimagined is a lot of people that don't like the screaming will be like, well, I don't like this, but we really love the reimagined. And it's just like that

you know, grandma can listen to it. So, so grandma loves it. She's the one pulling up her top at the concert. You talk about loving heavy metal, right?

uh, and, and, uh, and, uh, funk and all that stuff. So all that blends into the music, right? So it's sort of an amalgamation of that. Was there, was there a, um, right from the get go, did you know the sound you wanted to get, or are you still sort of finding it as you, as you move along? So in the very beginning, um, it was, it was just me, myself, uh,

and our producer dave right and then it just started crafting we first wrote a song that's on the upcoming album um and then we're just like okay this is a really cool sound and then enough on the ep was the second song that we wrote and then by the third song which we got to which is another song on the album coming up we were like okay this is a little bit in the realm of where we want to do we started adding a little bit more of r&b and then we added a little bit more of pop and

And then it was just like, okay. And then by the fourth song, which is another way, we're like, this is... You got it. Like, this is locked in. Awesome. And it was the third song when Paolo came in and he started adding, like, different things to the element. And then, like, we just started... It's just a good vibe. You know, a lot of people are like, oh, man, what do you do in the studio? How do you do it? Like, man, we just goof off and play Mario Kart. That's the way. That's the way. That's accurate. Well...

Well, we're going to get a couple of songs from you. So what would you guys like to play first? We'll do Gone or Stayin' first. All right, excellent. So we've got Daniel on guitar, Ben is playing the cajon, and we have Cullen, the lead singer. Paolo is wearing his hoodie. There you go. I'm just going to stand there and hang out. I assume we're going to get some vocals out of him. Sleep Theory, and they're playing tonight at Franklin Music Hall, and this is them performing on MMR. Here we go. ♪

I know I shouldn't call you, but it's raining. And you keep saying that you're all alone. But I ain't with these games you keep on playing. You gotta stay in. Make up your mind and let me go. I know I shouldn't call you, but it's raining. And you keep saying that you're all alone.

But I ain't with these games you keep on playing You gonna stay and make up your mind and let me go You hide it well but I can tell by the look in your eyes You are falling to pieces And with a glance you let me dance with your greatest disguise

Make up your mind and let me go.

it well but i can tell by the look in your eyes make up your mind let me go and with a glance you let me dance with the greatest disguise if stars aligned we would be fine but it's only in time and the clock is against me

It's by design, it's all a sign, in and out of your mind. And I can't keep from thinking. I stand here just to fight for nothing. So far gone and you keep running. I know I shouldn't call you but it's raining. And you keep saying that you're all alone. But I ain't really scared to keep on playing.

Yeah. Wow. Wow.

Fantastic sound. You're just tuning in. It's Sleep Theory is here. Their EP is called Paper Hearts. You can check that out. Their website, sleeptheoryofficial.com. But I assume anywhere you download music, you can find that anywhere. So they're playing tonight at Franklin Music Hall. I wanted to ask, Cullen, you were former military? Yes, sir. You served in the U.S. Army? Yes, sir. And what was your job there? I was an 88 Mike.

What does that mean? They said we were the bomb testers. I got to basic training. They said, hey, who's this? Who's that? And they said, all right, who's the bomb testers? They're throwing all these numbers out, names. And everybody looked around.

They were like, they said, who's the bomb testers? Everybody was looking around. I said, all right, who's the ADA mics? And I was like, ah. You know, they're like, you guys are the truck drivers, so whenever there's an IED, you know, you just, like, we don't know what it does. Like, when you guys drive over it, and then we're like, oh, that's what it does. It's the bomb testers. Oh, my God. Like, yeah, that's a bomb. That's insane. That's what that new one does. Oh, my God. Wow.

Wow. It was just transportation. Okay. It was like, you know, transportation, people, you know, armed like weapons. Yeah. Vehicles. Were you known as the singing soldier? Did you sing around the... I was actually relatively quiet. Were you? Yeah. Surprising. Okay. Surprising. I was actually relatively quiet in my unit. Your dad was in the military as well? He was. Yeah. He retired at Lieutenant Colonel.

I wanted to ask, Apollo, so you guys hooked up, Cullen. You were looking for a microphone on Facebook. What kind of mic were you looking for? It was a Blue Yeti mic. A Blue Yeti? Yeah. I was about to start streaming, playing video games, and I met one of his mutual friends, and we met at a party. There you go. Are you both gamers? Yes. Yeah. So what is the game of choice?

Overwatch. Really? Really? We're so competitive. Oh, that's cool. Are you guys, are you video games as well?

They're trying to get us into it. I mean, Mario Kart. I'm a pro. I haven't lost a game of Mario Kart since Shinedown. Don't listen to him. I tried playing Overwatch with my son and I'm like, I'm just too old, man. Dude, it's moving so fast. There's so much crap going on. Just play heels. Yeah, just hop on heels and you just float around.

Is that the character? Yeah. Is he the one that helps out with their health? Yeah. I thought that was a boring character. No.

There's multiple healers. There's multiple. So you get a choice. You just be this guy. Look, I play heals the most. Do you? That's my favorite role. My son dug that character too, or that role in that. And I was like, what's so much fun about helping out? But you get to kill people too. What good are video games if you can't do that? Wow. Well, let's find out. Dan, we haven't really talked to you yet. I mean, I'm sorry. Ben, the drummer. Yes.

Never gets to say anything. So is his mic even on? Sweet. Yes. That's why I haven't talked. That's right. You were in marching band. Yes, I was. High school or college? Both. Yeah? I played drum set in college. Okay. I actually dislocated my arm in college, so I just stuck with drum kit. Okay. Okay.

But with the marching band, like in the pit? Yeah, I was in the pit with them. That's pretty cool. Which college was that? It was a community college called Northwest Community. And you guys are all from, or you met in the Memphis area? Is that correct? Yeah. That is so cool. I mean, that's as organic as it can get, where you're like your coworkers and you're in town and the band just clicks. There's no marching version of the Cone, is there? No.

That might be a million dollar idea. Sit down every time. I have a small cajon that you can actually wear. There's a strap. It's only about this big. It's not real deep. It's pretty cool. It's fun. It's got snares that you can turn off and on on it, which is pretty awesome. Ben, so is your Instagram handle BenJammin10? It is. The only reason I ask is my son's name is also Ben and his YouTube channel is BenJammin25.com

You guys should meet up at some point. You're only 15 steps apart. Exactly. Hey, guys, what's up?

He knows what's up. It kind of just worked out because I grew up like our family called me Ben Jamin. There you go. And then I picked up drones, so it just made sense. It was meant to be. And Paolo, you're originally from the Philippines? I am from the Philippines. How long ago did you move to the States? I moved here September of 2016. Did family bring you here? Yes, family. Family's been here. They're from Memphis. Wow. And I got...

Family from Utah and some other parts of the States. Okay. And was music a part of your life in the Philippines as far as playing music goes? Yes. I was also a drummer way back in the Philippines. You know, my dad's a musician. I'll also sing. So it kind of like blends in when me and Colin start clicking up. We sing a lot of R&B and karaoke. Oh, yeah. Actually, a funny story off the drumming. Like whenever I was like, when he was playing guitar at the party that we met at, I was like, yo, I was like, you got it. Like, yeah.

you know, come dude. And he was like, okay. He's like, yeah. He's like, no, I don't want to do it. I'll just do photography for you for free. I was like, no, Paolo, you don't understand. I was like, I need you. He's like, no, I peer pressured him. He was like, all right, fine. I'll play drums. I was like, well, I don't need,

He's going to do drums. He was like, okay, what do you want me to do? Play guitar? I was like, ah, man, I'm not that good. I was like, you play bass? He was like, no. I was like, well, you play acoustic. It's the same thing, and you're good. And so he picked up the bass, and like a week, a month later, he was good to go. Dude, man, bass players almost always end up being a bass player by default.

fault. Somebody asks them to play bass and then you can fall in love with the instrument. Not many people take right to that bass. It's usually a guitar and then it's like, hey man, we need a bass player. The reason is he could play drums and piano, but he's such a good singer. If we had him behind the drums, Ben can sing also, but he has a stage presence. I was like, there's no way. Just

you know, like, we wouldn't have all these Paolo parts in these songs, you know? It's just, so there was a reason. Yeah, there was a reason. It was, I love that moment. Have you formed a love for the instrument now? Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. So, like, you know, when you play drums, you fell in love with the bass too. They always click with each other. Yeah. So, it's an easy learning process.

for me. Okay. You talked about photography and there was a point at which were you ever at a point where you were like 50-50 music and film? When the band was like just nothing, I'm totally into film and photography. That was my second job. I shoot weddings, you know, film content and all that stuff. So when the band was clicking off, I was the one who was making content for the band. Man, okay. Yeah.

Lyrically, who handles that responsibility? Do you all contribute? All of us and our producer, David Cowell. He's a genius. Like I said, I'm new to the band. I really don't know a whole lot about you guys. We like to get people in here and meet them and find out about them. Just checking lyrically...

on the song numb it's very positive very self empowering message that's there is that something you guys are going to that you want to thread through your music of this positive outlook and you know advocating for yourself and stuff like that yeah just relatable

All of our songs, especially off of Paper Hearts, all the songs, we all get together and like, what are we really feeling based off of our experiences? Like, oh, we experienced this with this. And he was like, oh, yeah, whenever people do this, he's like, yeah, I experienced it this way. And we just kind of collectively, right now, I guess it's positive. I don't think we have any...

songs and shit. Not yet. They're there, though. It's just all about experiences. One of the songs is kind of like... It is talking about whenever the band was coming up, people that

talked about this or that because there's just a lot of is a lot yeah there's just a lot of this and that and it's just like so there's songs that you know kind of hint towards those people that were like speaking but no one in particular it's just like but it's also like a universal thing my bad a universal thing to where someone else that's never experienced the way that we experienced it can be like oh yeah well i mean like in this experience i definitely experienced that

Right, right. It's like the famous, the Rashomon, the way you see everyone has a different perspective on some of the stories that unfold. You have, and we always talk about a band that has, you know, it's more than one singer. You have singers that can handle it. And obviously, you're all invested in the creation of the product. Probably,

But we often talk about the band Queen and the fact that every member was an essential part of that band over time and creating the songs. Every member wrote a number one hit in that band. And it sounds like you have kind of a vibe that's working that way. Yeah, it's pretty cool. And it was by accident. You know, Paolo, he can sing. And then whenever Ben joined, like...

Yeah.

of, you know, it's me and then Paolo closes it out. Yeah. But then Ben will harmonize with Paolo and then I'll start singing while Daniel's harmonizing with me. Love it. And it's just like, it's just one, it's just,

If you can layer vocals with multiple singers, it's just such a great full sound. You can't fake that. You've got to be a good singer, so it's cool. We're ready for one more from you guys. What are we going to play this time around? We're playing Numb. This is Numb. Excellent. You've been hearing it on MMR. The band Sleep Theory. They're going to be playing at Franklin Music Hall tonight. The show is at 7 o'clock and they're live on MMR. Here we go. ...

Looking in the eyes of a broken dream, another new plan torn at the seams. I don't know if it's all been me or someone else pulling at my strings. Living every day like it's on repeat, another played out dead end routine. Stuck in place as the walls close in, plotting out my escape again.

I just need a reason to leave.

It feels like my heart's going, heart's going.

Yeah.

My eyes.

Staring right into the sun

Yeah. Yeah.

Sleep Theory on 93.3 WMMR. The song is Numb, playing Franklin Music Hall tonight. Beartooth is along with them. Show's at 7 o'clock. Tickets at AXS.com. Cullen, nice job, dude, the voice. I know you're right on the edge. Yeah, I... You know...

It felt like Industry Plant for a second. I couldn't remember the lyrics halfway through the song. I was like, oh. You're not in Industry Plant. I was like, what do I do? I was like, I just got to think. I don't know why. It's just like your brain just sometimes cuts out. Yeah. Listen, we've had – who do we have in here? It was Jet. They completely forgot the lyrics. Completely forgot. Yeah, yeah, yeah. It happens so often. You play a song so many times and then it just –

You know what? I watch a lot of – I've watched The Voice and I've watched American Idol, and you'll see sometimes these contestants will forget the lyrics and they panic, right? And what's the most reassuring are these seasoned artists, Lionel Richie, Katy Perry going –

It happens. You know what I mean? It happens to the best of us. It doesn't matter how long you've been doing it. People like Barbara Streisand. She sings with a teleprompter. Yeah, I mean, it just happens. Yeah, dude. There's some times I'm like...

funny story uh back in 2000 i think it is 13 or 14 i actually tried out for american idol they didn't like me they didn't like you you don't have the last laugh yeah yeah did you make it before the the panel at all or no oh man it was uh it was in uh uh old miss i'm not not old miss uh

Where's the place out there in... I guess it was Ole Miss. Yeah, it was Ole Miss. It was at the college. It was a very long line. It was a really long line. Wow. I got there and I sang there like, all right, next. I was like, dang. Damn. Do you ever look back on it and you're like, eh, they're lost. What song did you sing? I was like, dang. Yeah, what did you sing, Colin? Uh...

I think I sang a Daughtry song. Either that or Lionel Richie. It was one of the two. It was one of the two. Hey, I wanted to ask real quick on the name of the band Sleep Theory. Is there a reason behind that? Or is there an actual theory? Or is the theory that you're not going to get any sleep in the world of rock? Or what? It actually worked out because we're always... Ben sleeps the most. Ben's just always gone. He's always gone.

He gets me in a van, et cetera. Sleep at the hotel, get in the van, sleep till the venue. I'm always picking on him. I'm like, dude, wake up. He's out of this. Catatonic. Are you the older brother? I'm the older brother. Okay, so you can pick on him. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I mean, we all kind of poke at Ben. Ben, yeah. But when Ben starts poking at you, then it's just like, all right, Ben, stop, stop,

He is annoying. But yeah, the name actually comes from, man, we were looking for a band name for like years. Yeah. It was at least two years and it just kept on like this, this, stuff kept getting thrown around and then someone was like, have we tried scientific names? Yeah. I was like,

Well, no, I mean, I'm not really that guy. I didn't know scientific words. I was like, I Googled scientific words. And so like literally if you go to Google, I don't know which one it is, but it's the top one. If you type in scientific words, a list will pop up and it's like a list of –

However many scientific words. And I clicked on it. It had two columns. And it had like a whole bunch of words. Like listed down it. And on one side it said REM sleep. And on the other side it said theory. And everything else is kind of like.

Disappeared and you just focused in on it. I was like, get that out of here. I was like, but sleep theory. I was like, we're on to something. It's kind of like, I don't know if you guys, Childish Gambino. That's how he got his name, apparently. He went to the random rap generator and then it was just like, he typed in Childish Gambino. I was listening to Redbone yesterday, as a matter of fact. I'm grateful, Ted. You know how they got their name?

They opened a dictionary. Yeah, that's right. And just blindly pointed down and Grateful Dead was what they pointed at. Well, if you'd used my Google search, you would have been busty Asians. Yeah. Hey, you're on to something. You're on to something. Pause. I mean, we don't have a name, but I think I'm hearing a new album. You need to go to the Philippines. All the way.

There we go. I keep a list. I say a phrase and I always say that'd be a great band name. This is the list of all band names that I have here because I think at some point you're like somebody might want to be named Monkey Paste. Or Chaz's Chaz. I'm looking at these basically. Moose Soup.

Yeah, I was about to say I'd listen to Moose Soup. How about this one? The Hip Vaginas. They open for Busty Asians.

You never know when a good band name will come along. No, no. There you go. But Sleep Theory was the one, and that sticks, and you guys are doing great. Thank you. Nice job. Thank you so much. They're playing, like I said, tonight at the Franklin Music Hall. Make sure you take a listen to their new EP. It's called Paper Hearts, and we've been playing, obviously, the single Numb off of there. You can go to sleeptheoryofficial.com for all things about the band.

And, of course, you can find the music anywhere that music streams. But go see them tonight at Franklin Music Hall. It's going to be a great night tonight. And, obviously, these guys are fantastic. Thank you guys for spending the time to come by here. We appreciate it. Thank you for having us. Sleep there, guys. Thank you. On the Preston and Steve Show. We will take a break. We'll come back in just a second. And we'll move along with some B-File stories. So stay with us. We'll be right back.

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batch of interesting little stories to run by you. We will start with this one. Kathy sent me this.

A West Conshohocken man is going to prison for stalking a Bethlehem woman. His name is Matthew Buston and pleaded guilty and was sentenced on Thursday. The stalking included contacting the woman on social media, text messages, a tracking device, and sending Valentine's Day chocolates that resembled female anatomy.

All class. So, Buston has had other problems involving stalking. He was sentenced to serve five months to 24 months in county prison, three years of consecutive probation. So, police began investigating after a woman told officers she suspected there may be a GPS tracking device on her vehicle. A tracking device was found and was traced to Buston, who admitted placing the device there. That same month, the woman said she repeatedly received Instagram requests...

from a man later identified as Bustin, and she denied those requests, but she did not know who he was. I want to kiss you. Including a female, let me see, he was also using aliases, including a female named Meg and Megan to repeatedly contact her. In January, a man identified as Bustin approached her in an apartment parking complex and asked for help with a dead battery on his vehicle.

He told the woman that he was interested in moving to the apartment complex and asked for her phone number for more information about moving there. And in February, the woman received more Instagram requests and unwanted text messages from Boston until she told him she was not interested in him. He continued sending text messages to

and social media requests. I know, I'll win her over with chocolate vaginas. Well, he anonymously sent candies in the shape of buttocks and vaginas to the victim on Valentine's Day. My sweetest, did you receive the box of chocolate vaginas I sent? While at her work at an area hospital, the victim found flowers tucked into her car door handle.

Video surveillance showed Buston had left the flowers on her car. In 2018 in Lehigh County, he was placed on 12 months probation after pleading guilty to loitering and prowling outside of the home of a former girlfriend. I think someone's got a crush. It is. He is currently awaiting trial in Bucks County. Well, the problem with all that is that it could escalate in horrifying ways. Yes. You know.

So how about this? And this is not made up. This is what they used in this article as a way to gauge what I'm about to tell you. A giant asteroid that is the size of 59 Bonos is hurtling towards Earth and could wipe out Ireland with a series of catastrophic earthquakes or massive tsunamis, an expert has warned. People of Ireland, your destruction is imminent.

Discovered by the NASA-funded Asteroid Terrestrial Impact Last Alert System Telescope, the

The massive celestial rock named 2024 YR4 is estimated to be up to 100 meters wide. And for perspective, it's roughly the same as 59 Bonos lying side by side. My name is Bono Galacticus. The U2 frontman, Paul David Hewson, measures 1.68 meters tall. And so they used him as a gauge.

Is that a standard measure? Who knows, right? For all I know, it might be. But Astronomy Ireland's David Moore has raised alarm bells saying this asteroid would be a country killer if it hits Earth.

With a potential collision date of 2032, eight years away, the asteroid has now triggered a global defense plan. They say the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs was two million Billy Corgans. Wow. That's huge. Yeah, gigantic. So the U.S. and European space agencies are ranking it among the top threats to human existence right now. So it's a serious one.

But they've used Bono as their size gauge. Do they believe Bono can do anything to stop it? Why? That's maybe why they've invoked his name. I'm not really sure. People of Earth, if you were to build me a spacecraft, I'll do my damnedest.

A passenger recalled the terrifying moment their flight was forced to make an emergency landing after being diverted. The EasyJet flight had been traveling from Egypt to Manchester, England when one of the pilots had a medical emergency. Oh, boy. You don't hear that often. No. As a result, the flight was diverted to Athens where it had to circle the airport before making an emergency landing. One of the passengers on the plane recalled the terrifying moment when they arrived in Athens where they have now been left stranded for the time being. What kind of medical emergency? Uh.

The flight was greeted by emergency vehicles on the runway. Fortunately, the remaining pilot was able to land safely. The passenger said that it had been around two hours into the flight when they realized something was wrong. Cabin crew had been serving drinks when the passenger recalled seeing them rush to the front of the plane where a man had collapsed.

They said at first we thought this may have been a passenger as nothing much was being said other than the screams asking for is anyone medically trained. And another thing, it's like right on an airplane. Where a few passengers got up and assisted the cabin crew. The passengers then recalled how a screen was pulled across the front to obscure the incident from view. Does anyone know how to fly a plane?

So the call from the cabin crew advised that this was the captain slash pilot who was seeking medical attention and was unwell and would again further update with what was going on. So the co-pilot managed to land fine. They said it was a bumpy ride, but they landed and no details on what happened with the pilot. So I'm not really sure. I have to get this man to a hospital, Preston. What's a hospital? It's a large building with patients. What is it? Yeah.

All right, so we have one more story, and we will wrap up with, yeah, let's wrap up with this little treat. In Wisconsin, a woman is accused of stabbing her boyfriend over a wedding venue dispute. Yeah. According to the police, Kaylee Branther.

He's facing charges of battery and reckless injury. Police said the situation started when officers were called to a residence about a reported stabbing and domestic situation on January 29th. When officers arrived at the home, they found a man on the ground holding a towel to the left side of his neck. Police said Branther was spotted sitting on a couch in the next room. She stabbed him in the neck? One of the officers at the scene said Branther had told him that the ordeal started over disagreement about using their house as a wedding venue.

And according to the arrest report, Brander told her boyfriend, I'm sorry, Brander and her boyfriend were exchanging messages early in the day that involved his mother and a discussion of possible wedding plans. However, this led to a disagreement between the couple and she returned home from work to continue the conversation when things turned violent. Officers said Brander told them that she grabbed a knife because she was getting scared of what was happening and she put her hands up when her boyfriend came towards her and that's when he was stabbed.

Man. The boyfriend told him that Brantor was the one who got physical first when the two were talking and that he was trying to remove himself from the situation.

When he noticed Brander had a knife, he tried to get out of the back door of the house. And then that's when he felt the stabbing pain. So in that industry, wedding venues and stuff like that, they see a ton of fighting. I'll bet. Because couples are, you know, it sets them off. Like getting stabbed in the neck. Brander was taken into custody from the evidence and statements given to the scene. The 22-year-old is scheduled for a hearing on February 13th. I'm sure they're going to be a great couple. Yeah, right? They're going to go the distance.

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Fast, fresh, and right to your door. Acme, fresh foods, local flavors. Kathy, you had reported on a story about

It was at 4.45 in the morning. Yeah. Explain the story for those who may not be familiar. Yeah, it was a guy and a girl, and they think either... When they pulled the car out of the Schuylkill, I thought Range Rover as well, but they're saying either Range Rover or Land Rover, and they were parked near the Columbia Bridge on Kelly Drive, and they were in the back seat having sex, and somebody hit the...

They put it in neutral or something? Yeah, shifted it to neutral by accident and literally rolled into the Skirkle River. Now, the couple was not hurt, so they somehow got out. I don't know if they got out before or after or what, but they weren't hurt. But yeah, they said they were engaging in sexual activity in the car at 4.45 in the morning on Kelly Drive. Wow. Why am I thinking this was a potential tryst?

Well, yeah. Right. I mean, four 45 in the morning. That's really, I mean like that's too far past closing time. Right. You know what I mean? Yeah. I say we're some after hours club. Right. Three. I was thinking like maybe they run together or something. Um,

they, because runners get up like early, early, early morning, hump and run. Let's just, yeah, let's get it on. Yeah. Knock one out real quick and then let's go for a run afterwards. Yeah. That's, that's a good one case. I didn't even think of that. That's my regimen. Yeah. Um,

that's exactly what i thought uh i i saw this happen on kelly drive it was years ago i left from the station and went over to kelly drive to run parked two spots away and there was a couple in a jeep it was i mean the middle of the afternoon and that's they were they were going at it and i was like okay steamed up and everything steamed up hands sliding down the window all of it and then when they realized i was there i know that all of a sudden everything stopped and like

I quit, got out of my car and ran. A couple of different scenarios for those. One of them would be you're a late teenager. You don't have anywhere to go. Another scenario is the bar is closed. You're hooking up.

Happens right here. Right. Or you slipped out of the bar for a few minutes. Right. To do that if somebody you just met and, you know, it's escalated quickly. And then there's the tryst side of it where a car might be the most opportune or the most private place you could go to because you're not going to go around a hotel room because it might read some red flags and, you know, and so let's just do it in the car. We'll go somewhere. So for in general, I...

I would describe it as problematic. Yeah. And it can be difficult. It can be painful. Depending on what you're doing. Yes. Obviously, there are ways it works and ways that it doesn't. But if you're going full on beast with two backs, it's going to be difficult. You got to be a bit of a contortionist. Yeah. Sometimes. I don't know. Now, listen, it's been a long time. I'm taller than you. Okay. Yeah.

Yeah, I didn't think about that. I'm only 5'10". Just get in the glove compartment and have at it. Shut up. I'm only 5'11". I'm only 5'11 and a half. That's it. Yeah, but I just, I thought, yeah, because for me, there was a, you know, I lived at my parents' house. Yeah. And I, you know,

I had to go to other places and park at night or whatever. And I just – I thought backseat was fine and I thought the front seat was fine too. But again, I'm not 6'3". Right. Yeah. I remember a number of times where it was wonderful. You know, I remember the first time talking about the glass steaming up, Preston. You'd hear about that before you ever had your own encounter. And I remember –

When it happened for me the first time, I'm like, oh my God, it does steam up on the inside. Remember the song Tina Turner, Steamy Windows? Yeah, yeah, yeah. It's all about that. Absolutely. But yes, so there were times where, yeah, I absolutely did the car routine. I had a hatchback at one point and you could put the back seats down. That was an option. There you go.

Bench seats were years ago were very conducive. I didn't have it. It was bench seat. Well, I guess my parents Caprice Classic. Yeah, that had a bench seat. I do remember that.

having a moment in that car. That's true. I think it was a boat, by the way. But yeah, there's parking lots. I never did the go to a park and park. Did park in a Montessori school parking lot one time. Oh, how learned. Yes, right? Yeah. I'm sure the kids loved it. It was during lunch break. It was. You could have definitely gone to

jail for that. Kids, you want to learn anatomy? It was before all that. Before he realized it was inappropriate. So it was totally fine. Yeah, the school zone thing didn't exist back then. Preston, you mentioned the park. Half of my high school would go to Valley Forge Park because that was a place where you could go where there were

Lots of spaces. Yeah, lots. And the Arch in Valley Forge became the place to go. It got so bad and so many kids were going there that the park police had to start doing patrols around the Arch just because people were coming there and hooking up. So the Arch, that was kind of a landmark that you could say you did it at, right? And everybody knew. And if you go into the park, that's what you were going for. We were talking yesterday about the Lover's Lanes. I asked, where is Lover's Lanes?

You had mentioned a location, Kathy. Yeah. And so there would be areas...

That were, you know, where you would see the cars. And there were, I remember one in particular. There was sort of a, it's actually where people would go when it would snow. And they would inner tube down this hill. But there was a parking lot to get up to it. And people would go up to that. And that would be the lover's lane, basically. But the problem is, so in sex in a car, like this couple, they knock it out of gear or into neutral or whatever happens. And that's the thing, is you have these closed confines.

And you also risk breaking things. Rearview mirror for me. While you're in there, too. Rearview mirror. Knock the rearview mirror off. The handles for the turn signals, some of the more delicate, the radio, some of the more delicate things in the car can get broken. Right. As you're saying, Steve, which, by the way, I've always loved the term making the beast with two backs in your car. And we also have a classic...

that we use from time to time because it's something that happened at one of our mixers when we used to do those was moving the baby seat. Moving the baby seat. That's right. And that meant butt stuff because there was somebody that did it in the parking lot. It might have been like Reed's Bluebell or I don't remember where it was, but they had to move the baby seat out of the back seat. If you think about the way vehicles are built now, especially your, you know, I'm

well, crossovers and minivans and things like that, they're designed to give you maximum space. I think, I mean, now more than ever, to facilitate...

car sex, it's never been a better time, right? I mean, with certain vehicles. Now, obviously, you're not going to do it in a, you know, in a fancy, you know, sports car, something that's small, lean. Yeah, coupe, you're going to have a hard time in, but usually a sedan can get it done. Any car of preference? No.

When you were a favorite? I had a Bonneville. And a Bonneville was that big. It was my first car. Bench seats. It was sprawling. I mean, it was actually larger than most apartments. Happened a few times in my Camaro car.

That's a little acrobatic. Front seat or back seat? Both. Standard or automatic? Both. There was one time that we did it kind of out of boredom because I had a flat tire. It was in the parking lot. You're killing time with a flat? Where was that? Uh...

This big shopping area in St. Louis is an old train station. Anyway, we got in a flat, went to a show, got to a flat, hung out, and we're waiting. And it was then that I realized I had no idea that I had a key for one of the lug nuts. And I didn't know that. This is a newer car. And so I couldn't get the lug off of the... Oh, man. So I had to call someone to come and help me out with it, AAA or whatever. And so we were waiting.

And we just decided to knock one out while we were waiting in the parking lot, jam-packed with cars. Wow. And that was in the Camaro. Bold maneuver. Bold maneuver. What time of day? It was not crazy late. It was after midnight, something like that. But there were plenty of cars there. We got a lot of calls coming in. Let me go to, I'm going to go to Jamie. Hi, Jamie. Good morning. Hey, good morning, guys. How are you? Good, man. What's going on, bud?

Oh, not much. Just have a similar story. You know, probably about 17 years old. You know, you don't have a place to go and live with your parents. So high school girlfriend, she had like a hatchback. You know what I mean? So you lay the back down. Perfect. So we would go to different places. We're at an industrial park in good old Chichester, actually. Romantic. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Well, no one's around. Everything's done by six. Yeah. So we're, you know, an hour in, whatever. We hear a...

Knock, knock, knock on the window. Look over. There's a flashlight blinding me. Oh, man. Oh, no. What is this? You know, we're all steamed up. Open the door. See two police officers standing there looking at us going, what are you guys doing? They obviously know what we're doing because our pants are around our ankles. I was about to say, what state of undress were you in?

So, uh, so he's, we, we thought we were dead, you know what I mean? And we thought this was it. So they look at us, they pause for a minute and they look at us and they go, well, finish up and get out of here. They told you to finish up and drove away. And it was, we looked at each other like, Holy shit. We can't say that on the air, but, uh, so did you guys, did you indeed finish?

I think the moment was broken at that time. That would be a mood killer. I think so. All right. Thanks, Jamie. Appreciate it. But yeah. That's a classic scenario. That was the... Yeah. Yeah.

It's like the song out of Bob Seger, Night Moves. He didn't say a car, but the backseat. Yeah, he said the backseat, the alley, or the trusty woods. They were trying to find a place as teenagers to go and be adventurous. And sometimes the car was the place that you had to resort to.

I'm going to go to John. Hey, John, good morning. Good morning. Hey, good morning to see you, John. What's up, bud? Not much, man. Just like you just said, the trusty woods. I grew up in the upper Darby area, right behind Peek is there, Casey boy. Okay. And Cobbs Creek Golf Course, my guy, that was our spot. My guy. Would you park somewhere and then sneak out and go out on the course, or was it in the car?

A little bit of column A, a little bit of column B. Okay, yep. Witch hole. Yeah. And... There was a perfect green right at the top of the hill off of State Road there. You got a beautiful view of the city. It was an awesome little spot. It's a...

That was a good little spot for me back in the day. I wonder how often golf courses... All the time. I know a girl that lost her virginity on the golf course for us against even an high school, Waynesboro Country Club on Route 252 in Paoli. You could go drink there and you could go and have sex there. It was because nobody patrolled the grounds at night. Let's see. We will go to Ryan. Ryan, you're on the air, bud.

Hey, Gadzooks. Gadzooks, man. What's going on? So this was years ago. We were out by the train tracks. My friends had an apartment out by the train tracks in like Spring City area. And there was a little parking lot for the apartment building there. They found two people going at it in the car.

So there was like six or seven of us. Like six of them went and started rocking the car. Oh, man. Yes. No, they didn't miss a beat. Of course. In fact, it helped. While they were rocking the car, I went and got fireworks because it was near Fourth of July and we started setting off screamers right next to the car. So...

That sucks. I can only imagine they've told that story. It's still fun, though. Yeah. No, it's a good one. You are never more... Thanks. You're very compromised. Vulnerable. Yeah, vulnerable. You're in that state. It's like when an animal takes a dump and it's looking around. Looking at you. So they're rocking the car. That's kind of almost like what the Mormons do when they... What's that called? Where they have people rock the bed for them? Soaking. Soaking. Yeah.

Mm-hmm. Yep. A little extra motion to get things going. There was also, now, speaking of the difficulties in being in the car and having liaisons. Yes. The horn can also get hit. I've done that. At some point. I've done that. You are alerting everyone to your position and...

And it can become a show after that. So when you're doing that, there's – the more manageable is the you lean the seat back. I'm going to take care of you and then – because getting full-blown athletic –

Intercourse is problematic, but can be done. Can be done. It definitely can. I've had it happen. Oddly enough, it happened in the... I was in the driver's seat, sitting in the driver's seat with the steering wheel in the way and everything, but the full compliment happened right there. Yeah, it can happen. Now, not while driving, obviously. No, no, no. Never had the gall to try and do anything wrong.

While the car was moving. I had... It could be deadly. It's too damn dangerous. And I'm sure it's illegal. The movie Parenthood. Oh, yes. Yeah, I didn't know you were going to do that. Or GARP. World According to GARP. Bad things can happen in those scenarios. The funniest is when we were at Y100, there was a summer of the Cherry Coke van where me and this guy Brian, we drove the Cherry Coke van all over the area. It had a little video game system in it.

And so we're riding down 95. Brian's driving. I'm the passenger. And I go, I turn around. I go, you know, it's really good. You look good tonight. You look really hot. I said, I go, you know what? Ever done it in a car? Not what I said. Okay. I said, I go, you know, like I've been driving, been in cars for, you know, like 20 some odd years now. I'm like, I've never seen anybody get in a beach. Yeah. You know, while, while driving, I, I say this and I,

I literally turn my head to the right and I see this hippie driving a Volkswagen minibus. And you're up now. And I'm up higher. I'm up higher than... And he was getting one. I mean, I say this to Brian, I turn to my right and it's literally happening. It's like a dream come true. It was like a dream come true. We had this happen one time. It was when I was playing in my band and we had a van with a trailer pulling our stuff behind it. And so we're all in this big full-size van with huge windows down the side and everything. And up ahead of us...

was a car with its flashers on. And I'm always curious as to why do you have your flashers on? And we pull up next, and it's a guy, and his girl has her head down in his lap, and that whole thing is happening, and we are just in hysterics. And we all, like the van almost tipped over because we all went to that side of the van.

And we are rolling down the windows and stuff. We're waving our hands around and stuff. And this guy, and she is unaware whatsoever that this happened. Guy's looking at us, smiling and stuff. But why did he have his flashers on?

Yeah. Unless you wanted to draw attention. We never figured that out. Or maybe he was just being cautious. Yes. Because he was probably driving a little slower. Listen, before you kiss that, we need to put on the blinkers. But it was a scream, man. We...

I wonder if she accidentally hit it with her head because back in the day. Maybe. It's possible. Yeah, a different kind of button system. So are you guys saying that you're anti-Roadhead or just haven't experienced it? Me personally? Yeah. Dude, it's difficult to concentrate, I think, personally. And at that moment. Driving? Yeah. Me actively driving. Yeah. I will tell you. It would be harder if she was driving.

I mean, you can't. Unless you're a dwarf. Hey, honey, I'll tell you where to steer. It's all right. I'll take care of this. Binky, can you handle this one? I got it. I got it. Have you ever taken care of yourself while driving?

Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, I have. Yeah, I did that before. I did it a couple times. A long, long, long drive. Well, I can say this. When I was coming into Boston one time, I literally was. Jeez.

Coming into Boston. Steve. Oh, my God. It's stand-up days. Dropkick Murphy song. I know. It's what I'm thinking. Drop something. Totally changed the lyrics to that particular song. Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. Damn it. You're going to be my regular stand-up tonight. Thank you, baby.

Oh my God. All right, hang on. I want to go to Joe on the phones here. Hi, Joe. Good morning. Good morning. Hey, what's up, buddy? Not much. How are you guys? Good. What do you want to share with us, man? So I was at a bonfire when I was in high school, and I did this broad for like 10 minutes, and

And before you know it, we walked back to my pickup truck. Wait, what did he say? He did this broad for like 10 minutes. He was doing a broad for 10 minutes. Okay, Joe. You seem like a respectable broad. For 10 minutes at this point. Okay. We ended up back in my pickup truck. And we're both a little on the bigger side. Okay. And we're not fitting inside of it. So she's hanging inside the truck and I'm outside the truck. Meanwhile, we're both pretty toasted up. Slow it down because this is just like a Harlequin romance. Yeah.

The whole time she's hitting the horn with her elbow, and I didn't realize it. Really? Oh, yeah. I had a bunch of buddies and a couple cousins there, and all of a sudden the truck starts bouncing and rocking. Oh, they were rocking it. Oh, that's great. I was like, what the heck's going on? They're standing on the hitch of the truck, jumping up and down. I was cheering them on. Well, let me ask you, Joe, as a larger guy, you probably didn't have a lot of car sex, right? Because it becomes difficult.

Of course. It just depends on the size. I had a Mini Cooper. Hey, whatever happened to that broad anyway, Joe? I haven't seen her since that night. Okay, that was a shocker. All right, thank you, man. Appreciate it. She was the broad that got away. The broad of my dreams. She's a great big fat person. She's my soul broad. Here's a couple texts coming in. This one says, I lost my virginity in the back of a Capri's Classic in front of a Catholic school.

And then somebody else says it's pretty well known that cars parked along Kelly Drive overnight are typically encounters. I have heard that. Yeah. And it would seem to be, well, in this case here, so they had to be in it. My guess is they were doing the full act. Yeah. A foot hit something. I'm surprised that the car could be knocked down.

Yeah. Unless it was probably on. It was hot. Yeah. That's probably a good point. The car could have been running. And maybe somebody's... A lot of times your foot has to be on the brake to put it in gear. Right. So maybe they were just... You know, stuff hits things. Yeah. I don't know. Well, Kath was saying it was maybe like a Land Rover.

Those are nice. Do they have the dial? You know what I'm saying? So it's not like a stick that you put into gear. It's just like a little knob. Maybe something like that. I don't know. So maybe his scrotum hit the knob. Probably. That's the obvious theory. And one of her boobs was on the brake. Yeah. Now I see it. And then his taint. I'm going to go to Byron. Hi, Byron. Good morning.

Good morning. Hey, what's up, Brian? So, just a couple of months ago, my wife and I were coming home and we stopped at Bond Park down there in Delco. And...

We were going at it. It was nighttime. We were going at it. Yeah. And my wife put her high heel through the nine-inch screen on my Jeep Grand Cherokee. Oh, no. Like the center console screen? Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. But that's... You're doing it? Is insurance going to cover that, Byron?

We lost him. Oh, bummer, man. She probably said, she goes, you know, she probably said, do me and Delco. Uh-huh. Yeah. And I'm leaving my heels on. All right. So Joe's on the line. Joe is going to have to handle this story very gingerly. Yeah. And I may need to help him with this because it may cross some lines here, but I'm going to go to him. Hi, Joe. You're on the air, buddy.

Don't worry. I've been going through this story about 25 times in my head trying to figure it out. All right. Thank you. And I appreciate that. All right. First of all, who was with you and where were you? Well, this goes back to showing how old I am. This is back with Delaware Avenue and Baja and Maui. Wow. Okay. So this story has been sticking with me for a very long time. Every time I see a red car, I laugh. But I was dating a girl at the time and, you know, we haven't seen each other for a while. So we were at the club together and, uh,

We decided let's go in her car and, you know, take care of our thing. Yeah. At the time, you know, I had my tongue pierced and she had her nether regions pierced. Is that a good word? Yes. Yes. Very good. So, you know, we were, you know, going at it, doing our thing. Well, just let's say we got stuck together.

together. We were linked. Your piercing got stuck on her piercing. Yes, exactly. We were very connected. The exact moment you realize that

The exact moment I realized that was when, like, she tried pulling away and my tongue just... Yeah, that area is very small and, you know, it's very tight to begin with. I couldn't unhook my ring and...

So we were gone for a while. And I guess her friends got the worrying, so they came out to the car. Oh, they found you. Needless to say, the ambulance had to be called. Firefighter had to be called. Shut up. Holy cow. A fire truck. Now I know everyone feels bad. Oh, my God. That's right. That's like porn version of a Christmas story. And the worst part about it was the guy, I'll never forget the story.

The gentlemen, the firefighters who showed up were all male. So they had to call the ambulance to get a female out there to help. Meanwhile, Steve, he ended up like Flick with the bandage on his tongue and everything afterwards. The call was getting out at this time. So they had to stay surrounded the car, but all my friends were high-fiving after it happened. This would be almost... So you...

You couldn't write this story. I mean, this is so... By the time it all wrapped up, how much time had elapsed from the point you realized you were stuck to the point at which you was free? It's probably maybe a couple hours, maybe two hours tops, something like that. Maybe something around two hours. I remember we left, and it was before the club closed, obviously. But after, you know, 2 o'clock came, the club closed, and all the people were leaving the club, so...

And by the way, in that day and age, Delaware Avenue was a parking lot at 2 o'clock in the morning. I mean, jammed with cars leaving those bars. Could you have used, I mean, as you're thinking about things, before you call the fire department, could you have gotten, like, snips or? Well, I was thinking, why are you trying to dislodge from each other? Why not just take your tongue ring out or take her? He said he couldn't. I was trying to.

I was trying to, but the ball, I'm not saying you ever had your tongue pierced or anything, but the ball was on the top of it. I couldn't get it. I couldn't spin it. What about her piercing?

She had like a little ring with a little ball on it. I'll never forget. It was a ball. I couldn't. Same sort of configuration. Yeah, I couldn't get it. You know, I couldn't get my hand. Your balls weren't in the right place. Yeah, exactly. I couldn't fall. I couldn't get my fingers in the right place. Joe, they had to cut that off, right? Then I would imagine. Then the EMT twist.

twisted the ball on top of my tongue ring and it came right out. Oh my God. So what did you talk about during that time? Oh my God. I don't know. I'd rather get my degree. Did you get in trouble? It was fun. It was a fun experience. It was very embarrassing, but it was a very talked about situation for years after that. Couple of questions. Couple of questions. Casey said, did you get, did you get in any trouble?

No. Actually, no. This was back in 97, 98. Oh, and by the way, please tell me you were at Maui when this happened. Actually, yes. We were at Maui. Had to have. Yes. All right. And then, whatever. Now, had you just met her that night? No.

No, we were dating for a few months. Okay. Oh, okay. So you were a couple. Oh, my God. Yeah, we were ready. Yeah, okay. Wow. We didn't see each other for a couple days, like a week or two before that happened. So we were hot and ready for, you know, to go at it. When's the last time you were ever in contact with her?

I see her every once in a while. Last time I saw her was in Center City. And do you just have this kind of knowing look that you give each other thinking about that incident, or do you ever talk about it? No, we're not friends like that anymore. But, yeah, last time I seen her was just passing by in Center City. I work in Center City, so it was just passing by. You have to. The next time you see her, just go, la-la-la-la-la. La-la-la-la-la-la.

It was a red car. Okay. That's an insane story. Joe, thank you for that, by the way. All right. We appreciate it, man. See you later. No. Five fuckers coming. Oh, my God.

I have no words. If you were in that situation, you know, and this is pre-cell phones, obviously, so he had to wait until their friends got there, and then they had to... Like, their friend could... I guess maybe none of their friends wanted to reach down there. It was a little too personal. I wouldn't, you know, for fear of whatever. But so she can articulate everything that's going on. You know, he's really impaired. Yeah.

So I assume she made the call. What was that movie with Christina Applegate and Selma Blair and three girls? There's a thing that happens where she gets her piercing caught on his nether region piercing, and they end up having to sing a song in order for her to loosen up her mouth and have it... I don't care if it's real or not. That's an amazing story. Come apart. That's phenomenal. The Sweetest Thing, was that it? Yeah. That's it, yeah. Yeah.

I was like, I like that movie. Critics hated it. I liked it. All right. Anyhow. Well, thank you for the stories. We have to take a break, but this is keying off of the story that happened as a couple who were on Kelly Drive. Yeah.

were having a moment in the car, 4.45 in the morning, and accidentally knocked the car into gear or into neutral, and it went into the Schuylkill River. They're lucky they're alive, to be honest. Yeah. They were in the backseat, apparently. Wow. Yeah. It could have gone horribly wrong. Well, thank you for these stories. That's a wonderful set of stories that we just had. I do have a quick question for you.

As you're rolling into the river, Preston, your clothes are off. Do you try and put your clothes on before you get out of the car? Or do you even care? No. I don't care. My thought is survive. How do I get on? Fuck. Yeah. Wow. All right. We do need to take a break. We're going to do it. Some Bizarre File stories are coming up next. So please stay with us.

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Fast, fresh, and right to your door. Acme, fresh foods, local flavors. There's a story that I stumbled across that I thought a lot of us might relate to. This guy is 59 years old, lives in the UK, is a musician, and he has a hairless Sphinx cat.

who is his pet. Yeah, they're kind of cool. They are cool looking. And he tripped over his cat and it left him with car crash-like injuries. Oh, my God.

He said, I was massively, massively injured. I had a fractured skull, broken bone in the neck, two fractures in the spine, nine broken ribs, and each rib has multiple fractures, and I had a bit of blood in the lungs as well. Oh, my God. Wow. So when he tripped over his cat, he fell down the stairs. Oh, no. And that's what happened.

So my wife, Claire, you know, so what the cats do is they set up a sort of a gauntlet at the top of the stairs, the object to make you fall down the stairs. Yeah. So she's going and she's negotiating them. And as she does, one moves around her feet. She thinks she stepped on the cat. She slips and goes down on her rib. Oh, right. So she almost she fractured her rib and then was like immobile for a couple of days. They.

Constantly this happens in my house. So we adopted this newfie, this newfound dog, which, God, I love this dog. About 80 pounds, big dog. She parks...

Right between the living room and the door into the kitchen. Sprawls out. And I'm like, all right, baby. If you want to be there, that's fine. So I've got to literally do like parkour. Steve, because I just saw Dune, I can see you doing the sand walk. Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. Right. That sort of thing. Now on the other side are the cats that are now waiting for me to feed them. And we have eight cats. So...

Kizzy raises up her head and I'm like, oh no! And I go slamming across the refrigerator and I land on one of the cats. Now, you can't say to the cat, all the cats go, oh my God, he's going to kill us. They all go...

I'm just running out like running like crazy. And I literally slid down, fell off the floor, fell onto the floor. All the refrigerator magnets come down and they're all looking at you like, what are you doing? What's your problem? What's the big deal? What's up with you, dude? Yeah, it sounds like an obstacle course at your house every single time you get up. And the worst thing case is when you are just walking around and I'm good at it. I have eight cats. Again, I've had as many as 12 in the house.

moving around, moving around, and then you'll hear, and you've stepped on a tail. Yeah. And it's like, God damn it. And then weave too. Right. In between your legs. Because I don't, it's the last thing you want to do is hurt them. But when you scream out like that, they all go running. Yeah. Um, so for some reason at my house, uh, with Reggie, the dog, the 75 pound dog, it's a race to everywhere you're going. And he needs to be there first.

I don't know why that is. I don't know if he wants to go and check out. Like, hey, let me just run upstairs real quick. I got this. Make sure it's safe for you. But, like... But...

But I also know this, so I have to – like if I'm going up the steps or down the steps, I have to either stand at the bottom of the steps and let him go first or stand at the top of the steps and let him go. Otherwise, he's just going to take me out. Run down the stairs? Forget it. And then again, Case, it's like every cartoon of all the cats going down surrounding your feet as you're going down the stairs.

And it's like, Preston, as I said in the break leading up to this, before the commercial break, I was telling you, it's like that hallway fight in Daredevil where you're just trying to get down the hall. Well, you're lucky, too, if the cats scatter because sometimes they get so spooked that then they come back at you, which is what happened to me once before. And my cat came at me because she got scared. She thought I was... She's going to kill us! I mean, yeah, pretty much. But I mean, with the weaving in and out of the feet when you walk with cats, like...

I mean, I haven't had any like, you know, serious injuries. But I mean, yes, tripping, falling, slipping, like hanging onto the refrigerator, everything falling off it. I mean, it's inevitable if you have cats or small dogs. Your dune reference was spot on because I mean, literally Preston, I can make it. I can make it. I can make it.

I was at my – I believe it was my high school graduation party where – so my dog Hershey's at Chocolate Lab. He was just minding his own business, just sitting on the deck, and there was a whole bunch of people. And you just hear this blood curdling like – And this woman –

Larger woman stepped on him and then fell on top of him. Oh, no. Yeah, I know. I know. And you want to feel bad for the woman. Yeah. My dog. My dog was the one who cried. I think she ended up being okay. Here's a text from our buddy, Cast Iron Kyle. He said, I tripped over our cat going down the stairs. I got a concussion and a really bad brain bruise. Wow. And I didn't feel right for almost two weeks after that.

All right, 215-263-WMMR, if you've tripped over your pet and been injured from it. This guy that I told, that I opened the story with, he broke pretty much everything. Said he was treated at the major trauma unit at Queens Medical Center, and his recovery took about a year. He added that he held no umbrage towards the cat, calling the accident just one of them things.

While not often as disastrous as experienced accidents involving pets, including tripping over them, are more common than you might think. According to a study from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, roughly 90,000 people a year are taken to emergency rooms due to falls caused by dogs and cats. The study found that pets were a fall hazard for all ages, but particularly for those age 75 and above. Yeah, I would imagine, right? Yeah. And I think...

I think the study goes on to, I think cats are worse, Kathy, as you were saying. Well, cats are the slalom thing. And it's exactly why I love them. I love that they'll rub against you. And, you know, as I said, Kizzy's a bigger dog. The thing is, though, Preston, if you have cats long enough, you'll eventually be able to dance in the Bolshoi Ballet. You will develop a skill set that will allow you to do all of those moves.

They found nearly 423,000 incidents of people averaging 53 years old visiting emergency departments due to injuries caused by being pulled or tripped by their dog's leash. So that's another thing that could happen. Oh, that I could see too. I saw – now, our dogs have always been of a decent size. I saw this woman though.

I don't know how it happened because it was a smaller dog, but basically it almost looked like a lawnmower. And the dogs just started running and she was smaller and she went almost like, Duh!

And you can't help but laugh because it's, you know, it's funny. Steve, I was going to say, mine's a different type of dance is when the cats weave in between your legs. And then also when you're wearing black pants and you don't want them to touch the leg. Yeah, forget black in a house with cats. That's how Matt and I reconnected again. He was in town because his mom had gotten pulled over by the dog because she saw a dog that he didn't like across the street.

Oh, got pulled down? And he was trying to protect her. Oh, wow. Pulled her down. I think maybe there was like a tree wrapped around or something like that. So she had to get surgery in her wrist. He was in town, called me, and here we go. Dude, the amount of injuries you can get on your wrist if you have a dog on a leash or a lead or whatever. Yeah.

They will yank you. That's why I always try to keep a firm grasp on that leash. The tag says, tripped over my dog, broke her femur on her growth plate, and I got a concussion. Everybody ran to the dog and left me on the floor. Oh, no. Yep.

Yep. Yep. You're large. You'll be okay. You're much bigger than the dog. Let me go to Heather. Hi, Heather. Good morning. Good morning. Hey, what's up, Heather? About maybe eight or ten years ago, I woke up in the middle of the night, tried to walk across my living room, and my...

bowling ball of a tabby cat ran in front of me. I tripped over her, rolled my ankle, um, basically commando crawled down the hall to my son's room because he had a lower bunk bed, leapt on that, drug myself down the hallway again the next morning and told my husband I needed to go to the doctor. Uh,

Long story short, I was in a boot and on crutches for about six months. Jesus. Oh, my God. I know. And I had to have surgery, so I now have an artificial tendon in my one ankle. Oh, my God. So you tore a tendon. I tore the tendon. I tore the tendon. I tore the ligaments. It well and truly, righteously sucked. And she was deaf, so she couldn't hear me say, move. Oh. That's why I said move. I have no idea. Oh, dear.

Yeah, when that... Yeah. Total header over the cat, just sprawled out. My husband's asleep. I'm, like, calling for him. I get no response, and I'm like, well, I guess I'm sleeping on the bottom bunk tonight. Yeah. Oh, yeah, it sucks. Well, you have full-blown cat battle scars, so, yeah, you're... Oh, yeah. You earned it. And trying to deal with her to take her to the vet was like sticking your hand in a moving blender, and, like, I became that...

animal parent when the animal's in the back of the vet screaming and I'm just sitting in the waiting room and somebody goes, oh boy, that cat's not happy. And I went, yeah, I know. I can't figure it out. And then they walked out and handed her to me and I was just like, yeah. And plus you have to deal with for six months people going, oh my God, what happened to you? I tripped over my cat. It was embarrassing to explain the story that I just don't know how to walk in front of a house.

Right. Oh, that's funny. All right. Well, not funny, but you know what I mean? Memories. Thanks, Heather. Appreciate it. All right. See ya. Let me go to Joe. Hey, Joe. Morning, sir. Good morning. How are you? Good, buddy. What's up? Well, this happened about a week after I had a heart attack. So I was out of work already. Getting ready to go back to work. Get out of bed. Think I stepped on my dog.

wrong and tore my hamstring. That is a comment a lot of times. So does your dog routinely sleep along the side of the bed? Yeah, my dog, if my dog is about five pounds, I'd be lying. He's a very small dog. So I thought I stepped on him because he sleeps on my side of the bed. And, you know, I'm a big guy, so I stepped awkwardly and I felt a real painful pop in my right leg. And out

Out of work for three more days. Joe, I wonder if you hadn't had that stent surgery done if you would have had a heart attack from the pain that you experienced from popping your tendon. Yeah.

It was kind of the same thing the last caller said. I'll get out of bed. Is the dog okay? No, I'm just laying on the ground. That's all. Thanks, Joe. Do your dogs sleep up in the bed or where they sleep on the floor? Yeah, they sleep with Rochelle in the bed. We have a dog bed on the floor, and sometimes Haley will sleep in that. But, yeah, they're kind of cuddlers for the most part. So our beds are covered with cats, obviously. And unlike you with Rochelle, we sleep in different beds.

and she sleeps with Kizzy right next to her. So I'm just waiting for that moment where she thinks she's stepping on the dog's tail and has one of these scenarios. I'm going to go to Ted. Hi, Ted. Good morning, sir.

Good morning. Good morning. What's up, buddy? Love you guys. Oh, thank you. Appreciate it. What's up? 20 plus years. Listen. Excellent. Well, I was walking down the stairs to let the dog out about five years ago or so, and we had a beagle. And, of course, he got tangled up in my legs, and I went down the stairs. I thought I was okay. I got myself up.

sat down for a second, walked back up the stairs and passed out. Had a head injury. Concussion. Was taken to Paoli's trauma unit. Knitted overnight. Had a broken thumb. Had a concussion. God! Lived about three days of work. And I wasn't really right for about three months.

So, yeah, that's my story. Oh, the beagle. Yeah, yeah, all that damage. And almost always the pet comes out unscathed in these things. Oh, yeah, he's just kind of staring at me at the bottom of the... It's like, could you get up? I need to go out.

It's the most hilarious thing. So I didn't, the dog didn't, our old dog Chelsea didn't cause me to fall, but I was going down. We used to live near the hundred steps, you know? So I'm going down and I had not realized that a thin layer of ice had formed on the stairs. So I'm at one of the, you know, I walk off one of the landings down to one stretch of stairs and literally Preston slid down my back all the way down. Okay.

And I look over and there's Chelsea right next to me, tail wagging like, that was awesome. Right? Yeah. Did you just see that? They have no percent. Did you do that for me? Mm-hmm.

According to the CDC, about 66% of falls associated with cats and 31% of falls associated with dogs are caused by falling or tripping over the pet. But cats may be more misunderstood than malevolent. However, according to that same study, there's...

There were 7.5 times as many injuries involving dogs as cats. That was the case in 2020 when 28-year-old Abby Hay was left with life-changing injuries. She tripped over her chihuahua, Rue.

while walking up a staircase and she lost her footing and fell down 18 stairs. Tearing ligaments and breaking three bones in her ankle. The injury required two brackets and four screws to heal. She said, I couldn't believe such a small animal had done that much damage. I can't believe that it happened. We're the big dumb ones walking around. Stop and think about it. I've often pointed this out. As I walk through my house,

And the cats are wildly cocky because imagine if a high-rise building started walking past you. Because that's what I am at that point, right? And they don't, fine, no problem. They won't move. Got it. Yep. Let's go to Tori. Hi there, Tori. Hello. Good morning, everyone. Hey, good morning. What's up, Tori?

So this story is for my mom, actually. She was pet sitting our dog while my husband and I were on our honeymoon. And she brought our dog to her work. And then during her lunch hour, she would take him for a walk and was locking up her door. And at the top,

outside her office, there was like six or seven steps up to the front door. So as she was locking it, our dog saw a squirrel left off the stairs, dragged her with him because she was holding onto his leash and he ended up breaking her jaw. Oh, the jaw. During her honeymoon and she felt so guilty calling us on her honeymoon that she didn't. So we came home

only to find out that she was in the hospital. And now my little sister calls him the jawbreaker. Oh, yeah. I got to tell you, there's nothing. Oh, no. Seeing, and Casey, I know you're an AF, America's Funniest Home Videos fan. Oh, yeah.

There are countless videos of pet owners being yanked by a dog running after a squirrel. Oh, yeah. The old thing is true. They bolt. And the bigger the dog, the more hilarious. There's one literally where a guy is coming, smaller guy is coming out his front door and

And they have these columns, you know, and these faux columns in front of the house. The dog goes bolting. The guy slams into the column and knocks it out. That's how fast this dog is yanking him. But it's like they just lose all control. They've got to go after the squirrel. My grandparents had a dog. It was a German shepherd. And this is when I was a kid. I was probably, I don't know.

you know, third, fourth, fifth grade, whatever. And this dog was strong. Yeah. And he didn't, they didn't let him out of his pen much. So I would take him on a walk. Right. No, he would drag me. I mean, I could lay down on the ground and like a horse, you know, dragging you behind him. I thought it was hilarious. But every now and then he did break, like I'd lose a leash. Yeah. Oh my God. And then he'd go.

Just got to sprint forever until you track them down. But, uh, fortunately I never had a leash incident where it like, you know, I got caught and tripped me or something like that. And you, it can hurt if you get like a leash burn. Yeah. Yeah. Uh,

Let me go to Laura. Hi, Laura. You're on the air. Good morning. Hi. Good morning. Sorry to bother you at work. We'll take it. What's up? I have pretty much that exact story. I have two pet ER stories, but the dog, I have a standard golden doodle. He's 80 pounds. And I was walking him and I tripped over like a root of a tree.

And then he saw a squirrel and I had the leash wrapped around my wrist, which I have learned is a big no-no. And he dragged me up this hill to chase a squirrel. And I had to go to the emergency room. My wrist, I was in a sling and a wrist brace for a while. Luckily, nothing broke.

It's like the old being dragged by the horse thing. It's exactly what it is. It's like they used to kill people that way. Yeah. I looked on the ring camera to see if there was any footage because after I was okay, I was like, that probably looked hilarious. Yeah? Was there? No. Oh, man. But a neighbor saw it and ran over to like... To laugh?

That was great! Oh, my God. And then this year, my cat sent me to the hospital for four days. What happened there? So she was a brand-new kitten, and she was, I guess, trying to get to the running water.

So she leaped. And I've never had a cat before, so I didn't realize how they could leap. But anyway, she sprung into action and her little back paw got stuck in a chair, like the rings of the chair. Okay. And like in the back.

And I tripped trying to go save her. She was dangling by her little paw and I tripped trying to go save her. And then she bit my finger and it was like this whole fiasco. And then halfway through work, I realized I can't bend my finger. So I asked my boss, I was like, um...

I can't move my finger at all. And there was like a big red line going up my arm and it turned out it was... That's an infection. Yep. Yeah. What they call cat scratch fever. It's a real thing. Oh, my God. For four days in Grandview Hospital for... A kitten bite. ...tripping onto my cat. Oh, wow. Did it make you sick at all besides that, you know, the stiffness in your hand? Yeah.

I couldn't move my hands and I was very nauseous. Yeah. Yeah. And started crapping in a box. Yeah. Yeah. Why didn't you lead with that one? The only one at work was singing Cat Scratch Fever. Yeah. Jesus. Yeah. That's a real thing, man, because you got to figure they're calling around in litter, you know. Yeah. You get cut. Yeah. Yeah.

All right. Part of the deal. So don't save your kitten, I guess. All right. Thank you, Lauren. That's the one thing. Appreciate it. You're going to do whatever you know. You're going to jump into action. You do everything you can. You don't want to hurt them. You want to have them, you know, there's such an accentuation to your life. And in so...

trying to do everything for them you end up getting hurt well yeah that's the thing that's why a lot of the injuries happen is because you don't want to hurt them you don't wake them up you want to step around them you're falling down the stairs so that they're okay um you guys remember when uh my cat did freak out and she attacked my leg like went nuts on you so the the cat scratched fever i started to get dr mike's like if it gets hard and red and you know kind of feels hot you have to immediately go on an antibiotic and sure enough it it didn't i didn't get to the point

where she was, but he was like, you know, immediately had me running all over the place to get some, you, this stuff, he had me get this soap, right, that you're supposed to wash with. It's like what they use in the hospitals. It's like medical grade soap. Like Benzadine? No,

No, I know what you're talking about. It's pink. It's a big bottle. Oh, wow. I was like, okay, so do I just take it in the shower? He was like, no! You have to dilute it. It's just one drop. And I'm like, oh, okay. All right, well, I don't know. Okay. Yeah, so I had to wash with this crazy soap that they use in hospitals and take an antibiotic and all that. Wow. Here's a text that says, last fall I was carrying my laundry basket. My cat weaved in between my feet and I couldn't see him. It tripped through my laundry basket and broke down.

Six ribs. Whoa. Six? On the corner of my desk. Oh, my God. That's a massive injury. Yeah. Yeah. My wife just had a fractured rib, and it took her out for a long time. Six ribs? Here's another one. It says, my wife works overseas. Mother-in-law lives with us. Tripped over my dog and broke both of my wrists. Mother-in-law had to wipe my bum for five weeks. No. No. No.

No. No. Nothing requires the mother. You're on your own, buddy. We're going to get divorced. Yeah, yeah. Use your pet. Have the pet wipe your ass. Uh-huh. Uh-huh.

Let me see. No way. No, that can't be real. I'm sorry. As much as you... I know if you have a baby or a kid, but at a certain point, but like, when do you tap out if you're required to wipe a child's ass? I'm just trying to get a benchmark here. Steve, I remember looking at the diaper and being like, this is like a man's

We're done. You're going on the body. You're on your own. You're on your own, buddy. Let me go to... I'm going to go to Alex. Hi, Alex. You're on the air. Good morning. Good morning. You guys rock. Thank you, sir. What's up? So about 13 years ago, I lived in Collingswood with my first wife, and we had a beagle, JJ, and it was Saturday morning, probably 6.30 in the morning. Dogs got to pee. There was a ice storm the night before, and I'm

And I'm like, all right, I should probably clean the stairs because they're icy. And the dog is freaking out. And I'm like, no, no, no. Let me just walk down the icy stairs in my slide. Sure. So, you know, take the first step, take the first step. The dog then kind of shoots off a little quicker, you know, pulls on the leash and

And then just that little jerk just sends my foot out from under me and I slide down, I don't know, 10 stairs. Yes. Yeah. To the landing because that's how high...

and steep the stairway is. There's like about a third of the way up the stairs is a landing. And so I slide all the way down the landing, broke like four of the rails on the handrail, you know, and I'm just laying there like a murder victim. And my dog's just at the bottom of the stairs like, what are you doing? Tail wagging. Yeah, we're going to do this or what? Let's go!

Yeah. That's a neat trick. I'm assessing the damage. I'm like, am I broke? Can I move? And I just kind of realized that I'm still kind of dark out. And I go, oh, my wife could be in bed until 930. Like, I could just be dead here for hours. Right, right. But it finds me.

Yeah, and the dog would start feeding on you. Yeah, absolutely. Shortly after we were divorced. All right. Thanks, Alex. Appreciate it, buddy. All right, thanks. Let me go to Annette. Hi, Annette. Good morning to you. Annette, are you there? I'm here. Sorry. No, you're on the air. Go ahead.

So just this past fall, I have three dogs, sometimes four when my daughter leaves her dog. They're large, all except for hers. Copper's 95 pounds. The other two are 60 pounds. And I live in Newtown Square right behind Gable Field. So I'll walk through the woods, and I'll be on the field, and it's pitch black. And I can't see anything. I've got four dogs on the leash, and they must have seen, I don't know, a deer or a

They took off and lifted me off of my feet and I landed on my face. Oh, man. The juice went through my lip. I looked like a monster for like two weeks. It was just blood everywhere.

Aren't you amazed at the force? I mean, you basically had a dog team yank you off your feet. That's a team. That's the word. Oh, my God. Yeah. Oh, man. I tell you what. Thank you, Annette. Chelsea was 50 pounds, about 50 pounds, but...

The dog, the structure, when she wanted to lock, I could still alpha her ass pretty good. But you're like, look at you. I mean, just pulling tight. Oh, so Reggie, I mean, he's 75 pounds and he's just pure muscle. Yeah. And he looks even bigger when...

When he needs a haircut, you know, but like when he, but that's the thing. When you shave him down and he gets his haircut, you just see how muscular he is. Do you walk him or is he? I can't. No, no, because, and listen, it's, you know, mostly if not all my fault, but he's just not good on a leash. But I actually just took him for a haircut on Saturday and thankfully the floors at PetSmart

Or they're concrete, so he can't get the traction. Yeah. Because if he could, he'd be dragging me all over that site. You know? Just excited to be in there. He's just so massive and so strong. When they get caught on ice, and like with, again, another story with Chelsea, there is, it was, I didn't realize how icy it was. We take her out for a walk, and she's like...

Yeah. And so I pick her up, and so I see that I'm slipping. But every couple of feet, I'm holding her, and I turn my body into the fall. So I'm absorbing all the hits every time we fall. Yeah. And she's looking at me like, you are a jackass. It is pretty funny because our floors downstairs, there's hardwood, and then there's tile. And when he wants to go out and he gets so excited, he books to the door, but he can't stop. So we just –

Tokyo Drift's all over the house is what he does. And I can't help it. It's funny. The footage of the German Shepherd that is having a dream and believes it's running in the dream and wakes up and runs into the wall. Yeah. Well, listen, according to the study from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, roughly 90,000 people a year...

are taken to emergency rooms just for falls. I mean, that doesn't include the other injuries that you get from your pets, but just from falls that are caused by dogs and cats, by you tripping over them or them getting in the way or yanking you on the leash or whatever it may be. So...

They're amazing, wonderful things to have in your life. But every now and then, a little bit dangerous. It might kill you. Be careful. Thank you for the calls. I apologize to those who we did not get a chance to go to on the phones, but we'll get you on another time. We do need to take a break. Stay put. We'll be right back. We'll be right back.

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We'll start in Massachusetts.

Police said a man was arrested on drug charges after getting stuck in a chimney while trying to hide from officers. Is this a picture that was making the rounds? Yeah. This poor bastard. I know. God, that is a fear of mine. That's a nightmare scenario. Being trapped in something like that. Because his shoulders were locked to his side. Police were executing a search warrant at a home Tuesday night when they said two men fled the residence via rooftop, one of whom eluded capture by jumping down onto a parked vehicle. The other male, later identified as Robert Lerner,

invoked the essence of the seasonal icon and attempted to hide inside of a chimney, according to the police department. I keep thinking of Tom Hanks in the Money Pit. Please!

Langless quickly became stuck in the chimney, required the assistance of the very detectives he was previously fleeing from. Langless was rescued and taken into custody. He was transported to a local hospital out of precaution and was medically cleared. He was arrested and charged with possession of Class A drugs, possession of Class B drugs, and a slew of charges from outstanding warrants as well.

In Utah, a man was arrested after police say he intentionally crashed a car he recently bought into the storefront of a dealership.

Michael Murray bought a car from Tim Dale Mazda on Monday morning. In videos, the car appeared to be a Subaru Outback. Hours later, he reportedly discovered what he believed were mechanical issues with the car and went back to the dealership and holds a return in the vehicle, which he called a lemon. However, Tim Dale Mazda management said they wouldn't take the car back as it was sold as is.

Murray allegedly threatened to drive through the dealership's front door if they wouldn't give him his money back. Taylor Slade, who is a manager, said, we were like, whoa, we don't need to do that. Sit down. We can figure this out. We can find a solution. Slade claims the dealership did offer Murray his money back or a different car. Well, there you go. Before he rammed into the front of the building. I saw the video. He drove a

Yes. The front. He added that Murray was told by the dealership beforehand that the car needed work before he purchased it. He told him that. He said, we're very clear about the fact this car was not retail. I wasn't listening. It's going to need more inspecting and some work.

In this situation, the customer needed the car. It fit his limited budget. And in our mind, we were doing him a favor. Wait, this car needs work. The arrest report said there were about seven salesmen near the front door. Maury drove through it, but no one was injured during the incident. And the dealership suffered an estimated $10,000 in damage. Now it needs work. Slade shared how he and other employees had to act fast before the hit. So this guy's facing some charges for that.

This is a terrible story. A Dallas woman wants answers about the horrific way she says her mother died. So Teresa Gonzalez, 66 years old, was discovered in a sewage treatment plant in Dallas days after she was last seen. Her family said she fell through a hole in a street in northwest Dallas.

And Cynthia Gonzalez said, I didn't understand why it happened. I couldn't wrap my head around it and I still can't. Cynthia Gonzalez is her attorney. Ramez Shamae said that it happened between 7 a.m. and 9 a.m. on October 22nd. Teresa was out walking when witnesses reported seeing a woman fall through a repair site into a sewage line.

Her body was discovered three days later. Listen to this. More than nine miles away at the Central Wastewater Treatment Plant in southeast Dallas. So if she didn't die in the fall, going through all that sewage for nine miles along the line, along that way, it killed her. The family wants answers how something like this could happen. They said, we believe them.

One of the main reasons is... We're going to put our drone team on this. Unreasonably dangerous conditions at the site, and that's why she fell in. Jeez. The autopsy is still pending. Could you imagine? Foul play is not suspected. Nine miles in a sewage tunnel? Yeah.

All right, and then we're going to keep this kind of short because it's already after 8 o'clock and we've got a bunch of things to get to, but we will end with this one. Okay, it was down to the final 30 seconds at the Microsoft Excel World Championships in Las Vegas, and the crowd was going wild. Canada's Michael Jarman was in the lead, his eyes fixed on the scoreboard, desperately hoping nobody would come up from behind and snatch victory from his grasp. When the clock ran out, Jarman leapt from his computer,

And threw his hands up in celebration as the spectators at HyperX Arena erupted in cheers. Jarman, who is a Toronto financial modeling director, unseated Australia's three-time winner, Andrew the Annihilator Nagy. No rematch! On December 4th to become the undisputed world champion of managing spreadsheets in Microsoft Excel. No rematch! I don't want one. Don't want one.

So they have a championship where hundreds of people come and watch these people put together spreadsheets. Oh my God. I hate spreadsheets. Jarman said it was an amazing feeling. It's definitely a great memory for me and will be for a long time. For his efforts, he took a $5,000 check and the event signature pro wrestling style championship belt that they give him as well. You can't win!

I love your spreadsheets. I love you. You would think that Jeremy works for a project finance consulting firm would be sick of spreadsheets, but as he's risen through the ranks at work, he says he rarely has the opportunity to get down and dirty in the rows and cells anymore.

but he said it placates him a little bit to do it. Ding, ding. Plus, the XL World Championship spreadsheets tend to be more exciting than the ones he sees at the office. Oh, they're riveting. Ding, ding. There were a few hundred people watching in the arena, and listen to this. Unbelievable. On the YouTube live stream, another 60,000 people were watching the spreadsheet broadcast.

Microsoft Excel Championship. I've never heard of it. You're not a spreadsheet. Oh, God, no. I've never been able to make them work right. I'm horrible at them. No, it's a complete mystery to me. Rochelle knows how to operate that stuff. God bless her. Forget it, man. All right, there you go. That's what I have in the Bizarre File for you. We'll be back in a moment. Stay with us.

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Danielle Bregoli, a.k.a. Bad Baby, has patched up her relationship with estranged father, Iowa Peskowitz. Peskowitz says he had felt his daughter was no better than a low-grade prostitute, but was happy to learn she's become a high-grade prostitute. And finally, 84-year-old Al Pacino telling the New York Times that his one-year-old son, Roman, is an inspiration. Pacino says he can't wait till he's 100 so he can teach Roman to drive. Come here. That's how it is.

All right. The doctor has been out for a while. We have not been to the Just St. Institute in a couple of weeks. And so I thought it might be worth taking a trip. The Just St. Institute, home of the Preston Elliott Christmas gift shopping rage room. I need it. No, there have been some interesting studies that were done. And this one I found really interesting. So researchers from the University College London...

Have made the world's thinnest spaghetti. We need this. This culinary accomplishment has yielded strands of starch nanofibers that are just 372 nanometers wide, which is invisible to the naked eye and is even smaller than some wavelengths of light. That's how thin it is. How do you know that you've finished? You feel full.

Yeah. When you're done. Yeah. That's how you know when you're done. How do you become a member of the clean plate? That I don't know. But, I mean, is it so microscopic that it could actually cut your esophagus and stomach and all that? You're not supposed to eat this. Okay. They're just calling it spaghetti because it's a starch. So the world's thinnest spaghetti sounds silly, but starch can actually have important applications in medicine, for instance. Oh.

Nanofiber starches could help wounds heal when they use the bandages, when used in bandages, since they'd be able to keep out bacteria while allowing moisture through. Rather than going through the energy-intensive process of refining their own plant cell starch for nanofibering, these chemists decided to store-bought, they decided store-bought was fine and made their strands directly from flour.

And their version of the nanofibers were created with a process called electrospinning, where an electric charge pulls a flour and liquid mixture through extremely small metal holes into threads that are just nanometers wide. Steve, I don't know if you watch Three Body Problem, but there is a nanofiber scene in that.

A show that is wild. So what happens? I don't want to tell. And how does the show end? All right, this is how it ends. I'm going to start there. So these nanofibers are not only invisible to the naked eye. Right. They're also incredibly strong. Right. So they're thin and they're strong, and that means you can cut things with them. So you could slice someone up with it. You could slice a bunch of things with it. Yeah, yeah. And something gets sliced up big time. A pee-pee? Yeah.

No, no. It's like, well, I'm sure a few people got sliced up in that scene too. Several of them. Oh, wow. Yeah, so that is... It's a wild scene. Casey and I were talking about it after we both saw it. Because I had seen it first. I was like, oh, I can't wait for you to see it. Yeah, it's pretty messed up. So anyhow, I guess there's a lot of applications for nanofibers and things like that. And invisible lasagna. And please, let us not forget invisible lasagna. So like...

Now the growing trend on the reels is using ramen instead of basquets to make these dishes, these Alfredo dishes or lasagnas and stuff. I don't know if you're down with that or not. I'm kind of down. I'm writing down Invisible Lasagna because that's a band name.

Wait, what were you saying, Casey? About ramens? Yeah, people are using ramen in their spaghetti dishes instead of spaghetti now. Okay. I'm down with it. Okay. Let's take it out for a spin. I love ramen. Pasta has, I think, a very cross-dish applicability. Sure. You know? And I'm not sure the difference in ingredients of, say, regular spaghetti, which is essentially it's flour and eggs. And egg, right? But I don't know what...

if there's a different component. Ramen is made from perpy dog intestine. No, but it might be made from rice flour or something like that. So I don't know. I'm going to look it up. Yeah, look that up. But Invisible Lasagna is going on the banned list name for sure.

What was something I was going to bring up about pasta? How thin... While you're thinking of that, how thin is too thin for pasta for you guys? We just made some... I just made a dish with angel hair the other day. Angel hair food. I love it. And I do like it. There are times when it doesn't quite fit the...

the gravy sauce, whatever you're using. Right. But I don't always love it, but I do like angel hair pasta. With a bolognese, like a beef bolognese, angel hair is a little too thin. Yes. All right, Steve, you're not a big seafood guy, but like... Salmon, though, is my main... Well, I know, but angel hair pasta with like a clam sauce, white wine and a clam sauce. Oh, my God, that's so freaking good. Is that good? Yeah. I love it. But you're right. I like...

If it's bolognese, I need to get a thicker pasta. Something to hold on to, man. They say that... Not clams! That...

There are some pastas that have ridges on them, like a penne or something like that. Penne. It's good for bolognese because it will catch those little pieces of meat that are in there and hold on to them. So there is a science to the shape of the pasta and what it goes well with because of how it holds whatever you're dressing it with. Yeah, you have to catch the meat. Yeah, you got to catch the meat, right, Kev? Yeah. Thank you. By the way...

Casey found that ramen noodles are commonly made of wheat flour, water, salt, and Kansui, which is an alkaline mineral. Kansui, K-N-S-U-I. Never heard of it. And the Kansui gives noodles their elasticity and chewiness. It also gives ramen its kind of more yellow color because you'll notice the color is a little darker when you make that. Man, there was still another pasta thing. I'll have to wait until another time. I can't remember what it is. SpaghettiOs.

No, nothing to do with SpaghettiOs. Do you eat ramen with a fork? Uh-oh. Okay. SpaghettiOs. SpaghettiOs. I'm sorry. Go ahead. Do you eat ramen with a fork or a spoon? A fork. Okay. For sure. But I eat cake with a spoon. You do? Absolutely. And last night, Rochelle and I were eating cake, and she brought me a fork just to piss me off. Did she really? She did it on purpose. Okay. Uh-huh. Spoons are disappearing in my house, and I think the kids are just throwing them away.

I swear to God. Do you think that spoons are no longer all the rage with the young kids? They're all the rage with me, man. Hold on. Yeah. Why would they throw it? Why would they dislike spoons? Spoons are so old. I just don't think they care. You know, I think they eat whatever they're eating. And like if it's like a cup of noodles or whatever and they just throw away the whole because they're just gone.

They don't exist anymore. So how do they do a, like, how do they eat soup without spoons? Yeah. So my son had a cup of noodles the other day, and my wife watched him instead of, there are some spoons in the house, but they're all in, like, the sink or whatever. So instead of, like, washing a new spoon, he went underneath the stove, and there were new, like, metal spoons, and he knew where those were. So he just went and grabbed those.

He's not above using a spoon. No. Okay. No, no. But he's also not a... He doesn't clean things and doesn't see the need to clean silver. I don't want to just blame it on my son. All I know is that it's not me and it's not my wife. So it's all the kids. So I think they just throw them away. I think they're not paying attention. It's kids. It's Seamus. Let's be honest.

Uh, I had... No. No. I think you're going to find spoons somewhere else in the house. I don't think your kids are taking a metal spoon and just tossing it in the trash can out of spite. What kind of spoiled bastard does that? It's not a spite thing. It's a, I just don't pay attention because I don't pay the bills or anything. Is it a tired of being kept down by the man thing?

No, I think it's they don't care. All right, here's a text. Sorry, Nick, I know you want to chat. It says, oh my God, the same thing happens at my house. The spoons just disappear. Wow, really? I think when people door dash something, the sponges gets thrown away with the container. I think it was the spoons get thrown away. All right, the spoons get thrown away with the container. Yeah. Do you eat soup with the sponge?

No. You could. You could. Two texts up. Same thing. Casey, you're not alone. Silverware disappears in our house all the time. But what about spoons specifically? Because your forks are fine. Forks are fine. Oh, and you know what else is fine? Butter knives. Man, we have so many butter knives. Yeah, too many butter knives. Yeah. Why are you not buttering things? We are. I guess maybe we just butter them so much that we need to have a thousand butter knives. A thousand butter knives.

And all you needed was a spoon. That's right. It's the opposite of irony. It is the opposite of irony. There we go.

Atlanta's worst set. I had my favorite soup spoon when I was a kid, and it was a silver soup spoon. And I don't even know if it was silver or not, but it looked like it was silver. And when my parents moved, they lost it. And it, like, haunts me. Steve, it was my go-to soup spoon. What was so good about it? Perfect depth. Who's going to tell Nick? I'm not doing it.

It was the perfect size for, you can isolate this if you want, perfect size for my mouth. Which is big or small? It was medium. Okay. I'm feeling you on this, man. Definitely not small. And not, it wasn't like a... What was the handle like? It was like perfect.

bend on that handle? Yeah, I hear you, man. I know. It was the right shape and every time, and Casey, to your earlier question, what made me think of it was when I would have ramen when I was a kid, for us in our house, it was oodles of noodles, and we would have it as soup, and I would use that soup spoon every time, get some saltines, crumble them up, put them in the soup, man. I miss it. I wish that I had it.

I can see that. Are you writing this down for Christmas gifts, Preston? What's that? Are you writing this down for Christmas gifts? Yeah, spoons for Nick. If you ever need. Cut to Christmas morning. By the way, I think we've hit a nerve here because tons of people are texting in saying that their spoons are missing from the house. Call us. 215-263-WMMR and...

May I point out that there are a whole bunch of illegal drones flying over Jersey. Is there a connection? Is there a connection to the drones? Maybe they have spoon magnets on them. That's probably it. They're building another ship. This is weird to me. I can't relate. Spoon ship. My spoons are fine. Me too. They're all there. I've got tons of spoons. I've got tons of spoons. Yeah.

What I don't have are a lot of steak knives. We don't need steak. I'll tell you what does happen with my spoons, though, is that I have a set, you know, a matching set. They're all the same. Braggart. And then all of a sudden, there'll be a spoon in there. I'm like, where did this come from? Yeah, mystery spoon. And just like the other spoons. Who brought this into this house? I just got a text from my friend, Jean. Her husband, Patrick, just said to her this morning, where are all of our spoons? They're all missing. Yeah.

Kathy, by the way, speaking of that, I remember one time somehow or another in our silverware drawer, a fork ended up, a mystery fork. And it ended up becoming Nick, my favorite fork. Oh, do you still have it? No, it's gone. But it looked, the handle was like a bamboo shaft. I get it. And I don't know where it came from. And it hung around.

A good 15 years or maybe more. And then somewhere along the line, he got away. You wonder if the life of that fork was that it's just like a vagabond. Yeah, totally. This family needs me now. And he decided at some point, I'm done here. It watched. Maybe it was out on the lawn. It watched you through the window looking a little pensive sitting there. He needs me. And then once his work was done. Yeah.

He moves on. You're good now. He's Johnny Apple. You're a better man than when I first met you. So things started to appear and then also disappear from my house. I've since figured it out, but like- Wormhole. Well, I would come home and I'd be like,

all of the bread go? Like, there's no... We had bread when I left this morning and... You're losing spoon, she's losing bread. It's gone. And then one day I came home and I was like, why do we have an extra pound of American cheese in the refrigerator? What is happening? You've got one of those cheese-making refrigerators. Like, but little things. And then...

So some of the mystery utensils, they also come from what is happening in my home when no one is there. So my mom babysits my brother's twins every single day. And when it's cold or rainy or too hot or whatever it is and they need to get out of the house, they come to my house.

And so she's making them lunch and she's either using my bread or like she brings the cheese over in case we don't have any. And she forgot it there. That's hilarious. Mystery solved. There was a great, so there was the initial run of the Twilight Zone and then there was another version that was many years later. They did a great episode where, you know, you walk out of a room and

And so you put your keys down or a spoon and you walk back and it's missing. And it posited in this episode. Oh, I remember. Right. Yeah. As you walk out, a crew comes in. They change everything around. Right, right, right. Yeah. It was just brilliant. I remember that. It helps the advancement of time. Right, right. Essentially. Right, exactly. They were not beholding to time, but they made sure everything was in its proper place. And every now and then they made a mistake. Right. I knew I put that there. Yeah, I remember that one. It was great. It was a good one. Let's see.

Let me go to, I have Rich. Hi, Rich. Good morning. Good morning. How are you? Good. We're talking spoons, Rich. What's up, man? Yeah, so I've got Entenmann's boxes. You lucky son of a bitch. And they'd leave the spoon in there, and it would fall behind the metal tray. Yeah. That's in the Entenmann's box. And they would do it with our $100 steak knife. Now, who would be, so they would be throwing it away?

Yeah, so they would finish it, not pay attention that there would be a knife, and all of a sudden the knife block was empty of sharp knives. And we realized over time that they have to be getting thrown away. They're not just disappearing. We don't use them for other things in the house. But spoons and the knives were falling. They were just leaving them in there. And it was definitely that box of Entenmann's that you guys realized that was happening in.

The coffee cakes, they come in a tin tray. Yeah, sure. The knife would stay in there throughout the week, and the knife would fall behind the tray at the end of the whole thing. I know what he's talking about. Yeah, absolutely. But, Steve, you being a pro, you would know the difference in the weight of an empty versus... There's a knife in here. That's right. It's like picking up a gun that has no bolts in it. Exactly, yeah. You would know that. Yeah. Yeah.

I mean, when you handle as much Entenmann's as I have, I know when it's loaded and when it's not. Rich, did you eventually, how did you find this out? Did you look in the trash and look in a box and there it was? So we started to notice something and my son wouldn't use the knife. He would just take the half that was left and eat it like a Neanderthal.

Yeah. No. And we know he would do it. And one day I looked into the box, and all of a sudden there's a knife in the box that he threw away and didn't even care to look. And there you go. Oh, the youth of today. And then no longer did you have missing cutlery after that? Well, it stopped. We filled the knife lock back up with new knives. Then a block of cheese appeared in your refrigerator.

Right. And we're good from there. Okay. All right. Thank you. Problem solved. Excellent. Thank you, Rich. I was trying to find steak knives the other night. We had steak for dinner and remember the Capitol Grill box that we had? Yeah. They gave us these really nice knives and it came in a display box. I was going through all the cabinets because I couldn't find the knives in the drawer and then I was looking for the box and then

I found the box. It was in the back of the corner of the cabinet. And I grabbed the box. I'm like, oh, thank God. And I opened the box and it was empty. No knives in there? Yes! This is my life! Let me go. Hang on. I'm going to go to Jamie. Hi, Jamie. Good morning. Hi. Good morning. Hey, what's up? So I have four boys. And...

It seems that the older that they get, the more things are technically missing. Now, spoons is the biggest problem that I find. I think they leave them in their bedroom and then they clean up, you know, because boys, they just, it's just...

Dirty dishes everywhere. And I think they end up accidentally throwing them out, not paying attention. You know, I think that's the biggest thing. But our spoons are, they just started going away. I would bet you're right. The migration leads to the bedroom. Right? The spoon, that's the case. Would you have to hold true in your house? Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah. Okay. Thank you, Jamie. Appreciate it. Thank you.

Here's a text that, or actually it's a post on Instagram from Bob Kelly at Fox 29. Yes. And he posted a picture of an Entenmann's pecan Danish ring.

And it says, the weird thing about having an Entenmann's cake in the house was the way the knife lived in the box for the duration. I texted Bob yesterday because this Instagram post rang true with me, and I shared it in my stories. And I currently have, Steve, you had a whole bunch of Entenmann's at camp out last week. Oh, yeah. On our kitchen counter, there's a box of Entenmann's chocolate chip Danish or something like that. And it's got the knife right in there. It's ready to go. Yeah. And that knife stays in there until you're done with that Entenmann's. And it's chilled. Yeah. The way I like my knives. Yeah. Yeah.

Hang on, I want to go to John because he wants to commiserate with Nick for a moment. Hi, John, you're on the air. Good morning, bud. Good morning, fellas. How we doing? Good. What's up, man? Well, I have a favorite spoon that I used when I was like a teenager.

I moved into my apartment. I took it with me. I still have it. I'm 53. So this is your favorite spoon. Would you be— It was perfect for, like, rice pudding and the old shredded wheat. Remember the old shredded wheat? Oh, yeah. So those are the two that you focused on, the rice pudding and the shredded wheat. That was it. And I still eat them to this day. But that spoon, like, it's even still with me. It's perfect.

It's weighted right. Like, it's just... I don't know. It's... Listen, it's why, you know, there's a particular golf club that you use for certain... Yeah. I mean, this is what you're using. I got it. I remember when... I don't know why people don't use spoons with cake either, Preston. I think that's just...

Testify, brother. I agree. You get every crumb. How are you going to get the rest of the stuff off the cake? Absolutely. I'm with you all the way. I think that people are missing out. So I'm coming halfway to you guys. I will use spoons for certain types of cake. Yeah. And I will use forks for other types. Okay. You're almost there. I'm there. There's hope. All right. Thank you, John. Appreciate it. Bye, man. We should have an event where we just have cake and spoons only. I'll host it.

My father took a... And it was precious to me for many years. He took a spoon off of a dead Nazi. Said, son, keep the spoon close to you. Let me see here. All right, let me go. This sounds interesting. We're going to go to Carl. Hey, Carl. Carl! Good to see you. What's up, Carl? Carl. Carl. I was...

When I was younger, I was like 10 years old, my grandma came to live with us. She was dying of cancer and basically a hospital situation. And all our silverware kept going missing. My parents kept like blaming me, yelling at me for throwing the silverware away. And when she

When she passed away, they found all the silverware under the mattress. She was a kleptomaniac. Oh, my God. Oh, my God. So all the silverware was under the mattress. What? It was all under the mattress. Oh. How bizarre was that, Carl?

I mean, they apologized up and down after that to me. Wow. They're blaming me for taking all the silverware. That's great. All right. Thank you, Carl. Appreciate it. You old bastard. Maybe it's your mom. Maybe she's a klepto. She still spills. All right. I got to go check her mattress when I get home. Casey, can you come down here? I've built a robot.

All right, we're going to break in a moment, but let me go to Jason here. Hi, Jason. Morning. Morning. How you doing, Presbo? Good. What's up, buddy? Well, first off, first time caller, long time listener. Welcome, welcome. WDogg on YouTube. Oh, nice. WDogg. All right. What's up, dude? So I have a seven, six, and three-year-old who loves snacks all the time.

So it's a spoon. Here's a three-year-old now. Applesauce, spoon. Cereal, spoon. Ice cream, spoon. But where I also find these spoons are in the trash, in the couch, under the couch.

Sometimes in the bathroom. Yeah. For reasons unbeknownst to me. You know, kids, they take their snacks everywhere and anywhere. It's got to be it. Yeah, kids that age I can see. I just have a hard time believing kids, teenagers that are throwing your spoons away and stuff like that. Thank you, Jason, by the way. We appreciate the call, bud. Thank you. But I don't know, man. Have you confronted anyone about this? Yeah. I mean, it's a constant confrontation. Can I talk to you? I have two things to talk to you about. Sure.

Cutlery and flying squirrels. Flying squirrels. All right, one last call, then we're going to take a break. It's Grant who is on the line. Hi, Grant, you're on the air. Morning. Oh, my God, Gadzooks. Gadzooks, my man. What's going on? All right, so a good couple years ago, I had a roommate. He was kind of a bit of a man-child, and he didn't cook for himself, so he just ordered pizza all the time. Mm-hmm.

And as you do with delivery pizza, it never comes, you know, really cut all the way. The cheese melts back together. So he'd cut it back apart with a butter knife, leave the butter knife in the pizza box, and eventually the pizza box would just get thrown away with like a quarter of a pizza in there. And the knives were just gone. So he would leave the knife in there, toss it out. Do you think he did that knowingly?

He did it completely absent-mindedly. Absent-mindedly, okay. I'll guarantee you, there's absent-mindedness, and I think sometimes at some point, I think you're a certain age, and rather than clean the silverware, you just throw it out. Chuck it. Yeah.

Well, I don't want to accuse him of that. It took a while, and then I just happened to pick up a pizza box that didn't have very much pizza in it. And it's just a couple crust banging around in there and something more solid. And I'm like, what the hell? And I open it up, and there's one of my butter knives in there. I'm like, you...

You know, it's kind of funny. It's like your silverware is on a residency. Like it's appearing in an Enterman's chocolate chip loaf box for a week. Right. All right. Thanks, Grant. Appreciate it, bud. By the way, wouldn't that be great if you were just so wealthy you would just throw your...

Just throw your silverware away. Yeah. Don't just dump it in the trash. Throw your plates in there. Let me ask you, and here's a question I know, Kathy, how you're going to answer. Would you ever allow plastic spoons and forks in your silverware drawer? Oh, no, not in the drawer. Yeah. I mean, to use them. I'm okay with that. We have them in our pantry. Okay. Yeah, yeah. You know, if we have like a lot of people over and we don't feel like doing a gazillion dishes, hey, we're eating on paper plates. What about if restaurants drop off or you have, you know, you get...

A lot of times we'll order food and they send us plastic forks and we just build them up. Keep them. Yeah, that ends up happening too. But then you end up with a ton of plastic knives. Which is what we do. My drawer has too many of them. I know we're taking a break, but how about the quote unquote paper plates that are actually made of plastic? Okay, so those ones you know what I'm talking about? Yes. Yeah.

How long, Nick? No, no, no. How long do those last? Well, Ted Alexandro, the comedian, does a really funny bit of, are we keeping the plastic knives? Are we keeping the plastic plates? And, you know, just at Thanksgiving, you use them twice tops, right? Okay.

Rinse them off and then maybe use them again for another meal. We will sometimes keep them and sometimes we'll one use throw them away. We had friends over, they were like, you don't wash these? No. They're disposable. Disposable. I see them as one time use. Yeah, but I feel bad for the planet. They're just nicer. Yeah, well you chopped out all those plastic trees. That's a little wasteful. Do you use paper plates in your house? Sometimes.

Yeah, not often, but sometimes. Those dumb commercials, I forget what the company is, where the guy puts about nine pounds of pasta on a paper plate. Yeah, yeah. It's like, moron! They're going to show, they're showing the strength of the Chinette ones. And this idiot's walking with the regular super...

You know, the sheet of paper and thin paper plate. Oh, the white, like the real thin white. Yeah, yeah, yeah. The scalloped edges around it. Oh, yeah. No, no, no. And then they put, you know, three pounds of pasta on there. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Oops. What? How did that happen? Dude. All right. Here's a total other thing along the lines of that. There is a series of commercials.

I need to go back and see this. Let's say that the product is a hose for washing your car. And they show the idiot that doesn't know how to carry this stuff from their garage out to the car. They're wrangling all this stuff. It's falling all over the place. There is a montage of

that display, that show that particular trope. It cracks me up. So they did a great SNL bit with Kristen Wiig where she's like trying to, she goes from one to the other to the other like, how does this happen? You know, where she's just bound up and we're watching a commercial now, yeah. Yeah, the hose is all tied up. I mean, you'd have to be a sub-moron. The guy's running over his hose. A little lawnmower.

And the grass isn't that deep. All right. Anyhow, sorry, I didn't mean to go off on that. We have to, let me reel it back in. Okay.

The Just Saying Institute, the University College of London, has come up with the thinnest spaghetti in the world. And there we go. That's how we got to where we are. All the way back. Yep. So I wanted to pass it along. All right. We're done at the Just Saying Institute. So can we have our outro music? Yeah, we got to wrap that up. But hopefully you gained some knowledge this morning. I think so. We've all grown. Yes. Take a break. Come back in a moment. Stay with us.

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