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Totally Presbo. Totally Presbo. Hi, Presbo. Oh, thank you. Was that Geddy Lee? That was Geddy Lee. One more time, Casey. Hit it. Hi, Presbo. Yeah, I figured it fits because the Totally Presbo stinger is... Totally Presbo. Play it again. Hi, Presbo. There you go. All right, so...

Pennsylvania lawmakers have advanced a bill that would make Hershey's Kisses the state's official candy. So I assume we don't have an official state candy right now? You know what? I thought that there was, Steve. That's a good question. So state representatives Thomas Happy...

And Patty Kim renewed a bill after years of attempts saying last year that the kiss is recognizable worldwide and strengthen the region's economy in unparalleled ways. I mean, it's an obvious. You're talking about a candidate that's associated with PA just by the fact that it's Hershey. Yeah. Right. I think so. I don't need them, though. The Hershey's kisses.

Unless they have like, if they've got almonds in them, I'll do those ones. Oh, they're awesome. Just the regular ones. That's my preferred. But if somebody's got, you know, on their desk a little dish full of Hershey's Kids, I might grab one, just pop one real quick. I'll even go to their drawers just to see what they have. See if they have anything like that. But I do prefer, yeah, the ones with almonds. But I don't...

Well, you go with the white chocolate and they'll sometimes for the holidays. Those are okay. Yeah, yeah. And they have dark chocolate ones and they have, they've got a variety. Some of them have like a soft, you know, squishy center. I like squishy. As well. I like to squish. I mean, honestly, I can, in my mind, I can really only think of one other state where if I think of the state, I go, oh yeah, I think of that particular chocolate and that would be C's.

in California. Sees chocolates. Never heard of that. S-E-E-S? No.

Yeah, if you're in LAX or whatever, there's, you know, C's candy shops and stuff like that. But I can't think of, like, you know, you think of another state. Is there another state where you go, oh, yeah. I wasn't even aware of C's. Actually, you know, when I think of California, Casey, I think of Ghirardelli. Okay, yeah. They have that place in San Francisco, yes. Okay. But I'm trying to think of your question. I can't think of any other place. No. So the idea of making Hershey's Kisses the official state candy began as a Bucks County students project.

that was brought to lawmakers. And similar legislation had never made it far enough to face a full vote in the House of Senate. On Tuesday, last Tuesday, it passed the House 130 to 71 with bipartisan support. Thank you. What?

Mitch, what are you doing here? I just put it on my desk and I ran right out to the podium to start speaking. So...

Me happy. Thomas may have he said the students never thought that Hershey's kiss of the Hershey's kiss being the state candy would be so confrontational. They said ahead of the vote was opposing the chocolate kiss. Believe it or not, there were some people. So with their own with their own candy ideas, state representative Christian Marcel said, let's give these students to the recognition they deserve and support their sweet initiative for Pennsylvania. But not all members of the House felt as sweet towards the bill.

State Representative Paul Schemmel voted against the bill and highlighted an extensive history of candy in Pennsylvania, such as peanut chews and peeps. Which is true, but they're not as well known as Hershey and the state and the world. It literally has transcended the state. So I think if were you to go outside of the area, they would not know Hershey.

They might not know of Zittner's, right? Yeah, well, Zittner's, Asher's. Asher's. Like they had mentioned, Goldberg's, Pinochew's. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I get all that, and they're all great, fine chocolates. But the gravitas that is the Hershey's Kiss. Yes.

Uh, so the Senator Schemmel, uh, said today we're being asked to put our thumb on the scale, uh, as a state government and select just one, one company to get the honor of being the state candy, one candy of being the state candy in Pennsylvania. That is not fair or appropriate that one private enterprise being honored in this way when all of the others are disrespected, uh,

uh, glory B to all candies in Pennsylvania. He said state representative Russ diamond also voted against the bill saying that it was unfair to other companies while highlighting headlines that poorly reflected the Hershey company. Uh, and, uh,

Brad Rose said, Mr. Speaker, it is ridiculous that we are favoring a frickin' piece of candy. Frickin' candy. I'll tell you this. Whether or not they acknowledge it or not, people who don't like it aren't going to automatically start eating it. Right. If you like it or you don't. Right. Exactly. You know? I think it'd be nice to designate that. Hershey's Kisses were first made by the Hershey Chocolate Company in 1907.

If you go to stay at Hershey, you'll find out the whole history. Yeah. While the exact origin of the treat's name is not certain, this is interesting. Hershey says one story is that the machine that makes kisses makes a sound like a kiss. And a kiss was also a common confectionary term for a small piece of candy.

No, it's not a kiss. It's not a kiss. Hershey's sharts. That's an ass kiss. Hershey's sharts. Sharts. Wouldn't that be great? I mean, the squirts, right? Yeah. The Hershey's squirts. Well, it's true. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Why have they never promoted that? I can't imagine the reason why. Come on, man. I don't know why. Remember when we were trying to do just simple contests using their product line? Yeah. When we do the... Oh. And they got all...

They were so panicky. At Hershey Park, we were just doing a taste test. Yeah. And we were trying to see if you could determine what you were eating. We put a couple of different Hershey's products in there. And they were having seizures. And they weren't really down with it. No. Come on, man. We're not beating up on the product. In fact, we're talking about how much we love the product. Yeah. We're embracing it. Would you guys eat a candy bar if it was called poop? Yeah.

It tasted good. It tasted good, sure. All right, we should do that. So the company... By the way, the company makes 70 million kisses a day. 70 million a day? What? That's an obscene amount, right? Yeah, that's ridiculous. 70 million of them a day. Though watching that machine make them... It's hypnotic. It is hypnotic. It's crazy. It just...

Yeah. That's like a couple of videos on Pornhub. Yep, exactly. So anyhow, the bill has advanced to make the Hersheykish the state's official candy. So we'll see if that ends up happening or not. All right, here we go. Hi, Presbo. All right, so let's see.

Let's talk about bidets for a moment. I have one. From the Hershey squirts to bidets. The bathroom washer business experienced a huge boom during the pandemic when shoppers were battling over, remember the toilet paper shortages of COVID? Remember that? Yeah. Well, this had caused a boom.

in people purchasing bidets. But while some products or industries saw a boom during COVID that later came back down to earth, bidets made a big splash and have managed to maintain their sales growth.

So I was ahead of the game on this. Yes, you were. And you can get a really affordable little bidet attachment through Amazon. It's like $40, $45, easy to install. I love it. You can get the heated one, but it's fine. I have a little bidet history that I'll get to in a moment, too. Bidets and their product cousins are...

washlets or bum guns... Bum guns. ...and other water-based alternatives to toilet paper are universal in most parts of the world. Bidet enthusiasts tout how the devices are more sustainable, clean, and less abrasive.

But Americans just can't seem to let go of the Sherman Bear. It took a toilet paper shortage for some to come around to the 18th century invention. By the way, when I use the bidet, I still use a bit of toilet paper. Sure, you would have to. You've got to dry everything out. I would imagine it doesn't get each and every bit. No. And then also, you've got a wet...

ass. Yeah. That's not fun. So you dry out your ass with a dry paper. However, yeah, it's been a godsend. Have you ever used a blow dryer to dry your ass? Absolutely. How does that? Absolutely. I don't know if I have used it. Well, I guess a handheld hair dryer. I've used that before.

That's nice. I saw a guy using one. I mean, it was the community hairdryer at the gym. Oh, that's right. I remember this. Come on, dude. That's like removing dingleberries with a toothbrush. Don't lay your bare ass down on the bench, right? If you have to sit down to put your socks and whatever on, put a towel down first. Is this Bill? It's not Bill. It feels so good. It's like the warm Savannah winds across my testicles.

I make all the wind, Mariah. Yeah. Bill's blowing his pubes all over the gym. It's like a snowstorm.

That's why I don't like locker rooms at all. I just don't want to see. So during the pandemic, every single bidet sold out at bidetking.com and the business grew exponentially. The site faced a massive supply crunch and had to

Air freight, costly containers to meet demands. Do you remember the first time you saw a bidet and didn't know what the hell it was? Yeah. I said, in Europe. First time, I'm like, what? We're washing your backside, right? Yeah. That's what I learned. Hey, it's for washing your backside. Yeah, we were in Italy, and they had them, and I'm like, okay. I wasn't quite sure what that was for, but yeah.

I thought it was just for girls. Yeah, that's what I thought too. A cooter cleaner. Oh my God. So I just got a text from my friend. She said, I used a hotel hair dryer to heat up fried chicken once. What? Yeah.

You could. I guess you could. I used the hotel hair dryer as like a dryer for my clothes. I was out in the rain and my shirt got soaked and I still had to wear it. And it took a really long time. But you got it done. I got it done. When we stayed in Venice, my sister and I were vacationing and they didn't have any air conditioners. It was summertime. So many people die. It gets really hot there. And so we had the windows open and I'm like...

let's turn on all the water on cold, you know, the shower, the bidet, the sink, all of it, and maybe that'll create some cool air. Not really, but we left the water running all night long. Jesus God. And, dude, we must have run up. It was a totally wasteful thing to do. But we had the bidet, like a little fountain, going the whole time as well.

So by some estimates, the entire bidet market grew two to three times during 2020. Tushy, which makes a trendy bidet seat attachment. Maybe that's what you have, Steve. It probably is, yeah. Pulled in a revenue of $40 million in 2020 versus $8 million in 2019. Huge. So going back to hair dryers and hotel rooms.

Press, what you could have done, I feel like this would work, because not all... I mean, hair dryers do have the setting where you turn it on, but with no heat, where it's just blowing air. What if you filled up an ice bucket, and then you took the hair dryer and put that in, and then you blew the air into the ice bucket that would cool the air? So they're essentially what, like, campers have something that's similar. Yeah. That uses the ice from a cooler with a fan that blows out of the side. And I've seen those things. Yeah. Yeah, we tried to do that when we were in...

Okay. So they didn't have air conditioning there. Yeah. Because it's Norway. Right. Yeah. And we were there in the summertime. Sure. Well, it does get hot there as well, but they just don't have air conditioning. And so we went and got a bucket of ice. Yeah. And we had a little fan and we put it on that and tried. It didn't really. Oh, man. You know.

You try. Yeah, the hacks never quite work. By the way, Americans are still intrigued by the bidet. Sales have grown a minimum of 20% each year since the pandemic. Am I the only one of you guys? No, we have one. Oh, you do? Yeah. Do you use it? Yeah, although it's not in the bathroom that I use most of the time. All right. So sometimes as a little treat on a weekend. Guess who's going to go wash their butthole? Yeah, I'll walk into that. He's a good guy.

2023 was closer to 30% as well. So it's still growing. By the way, this is interesting. A common reason why bidets aren't used in the U.S. is that during World War II, American soldiers saw brothels used

utilizing bidets. And when they came back to the United States, they shunned the bidet because of the connotations. Also, the construction boom that took place in the post-war years built plumbing systems without bidets. Japanese washlets and other devices, however, connect to existing toilets and

And don't require separate plumbing like French-style bidets because they came with their own plumbing. So that's what I did. It's an easy hookup. And again, the attachment goes right on the toilet. A couple of controls and you're good to go. Hang on. I'm going to go to Frank on the phone. Hi, Frank. Good morning. Get Zooks. Get Zooks. What's up, bud?

So, to go with the bidet and going, like, ultra green, on Amazon and Etsy, they actually have cloth, like, toilet paper that you can buy. Yeah, they're called curtains. All right, so you wipe your ass with this cloth, and then I guess you toss it in, you know, like a trash bag or something like that, and then you wash it later? Yeah.

No. No, no, no. Nah, that's okay. Like the old reusable diapers. It's a nice idea. I appreciate it. I see where you're going with it, but do you want a bag of... That's my toilet paper bag. Dude, yeah, the idea of...

It's like a snot rag. Oh, no way. But, I mean, you've got to figure you're bidetting your hiney first, so the matter on instead. There's still ba-poop in it. I know, but it's a little ba-poop. Was he talking about in addition to? Yeah, he has a bidet, and then he also uses reusable toilet paper, so you're getting most of the matter off. Yeah, that wouldn't be so bad. By the way, on this screen here in the studio, the one all the way to the luck,

Yes, where the arrow is pointing. That's the one that I have on my toilet. I recommend it highly. $38. Can't be. That's not bad. $38? Yeah. Okay. Not bad at all. All right. We're moving on to something else. Hi, Presbo. Holy Presbo. Let's talk about parking in Philadelphia. It's awesome. Officials want to crack down on parking on sidewalks.

And curb ramps. Yeah, man. Philadelphia, there are so many interesting ways that people park. Like, you know, double park, triple park, quadruple park. Center. I know the center thing. I've seen that quite a bit, but I haven't seen cars actually on sidewalks. There's a guy near me over in Mount Airy who parks his car...

So it's, there's a tiny tract of land right in front of his house and he pulls his car up onto that. It's completely not meant for that part. The two wheels of the car are still in the road. And I'm like, well, how do you, how do you, how does no one, how do you get away with that? So is it, is it his property? It's his property, but he's blocking the sidewalk as well. Blocking the sidewalk. Oh,

Because they get bigger fish to fry in the city. You know what I mean? Well, the PPA, though, is coming down. They're launching a new campaign, and they're going to focus on vehicles blocking the path of sidewalks and curb ramps. The agency is getting the word out from those sharing personal experiences, asking everyone to keep them in mind before parking illegally. So there's one, Sheila Hess, saying,

Is that, yeah, we know Sheila. Sheila has spina bifida and she was assistant to the mayor. Yeah. We know Sheila. She'd come by here many times. She says in the PPA video, I was born with spina bifida. I have to use crutches. I wear leg braces and at times use a wheelchair to get around. If you park illegally on a sidewalk, it's a big problem.

with mobility, for people like me with mobility difficulties, and it basically stops me in my tracks. I think working for the PPA has got to be a really tough job. Because everyone loves you. That's exactly what I was thinking, Steve. Nobody likes you. It's not something you brag about when you're out at a bar. I'm a child molester. Oh, well, at least it doesn't work for the PPA. Yeah, yeah, okay. I thought you were going to say you're the PPA for a second.

The informational video also shows how parking on sidewalks and blocking curb ramps makes it more difficult for a number of people. The PPA will hire 30 new parking enforcement officers to focus on ticketing vehicles, blocking sidewalks and curb ramps. An estimated 17% of Philadelphia residents have some form of disability, which comes out to about 250,000 people.

An advocate say for people with certain disabilities, it could be impossible to go around a car and onto the road. Lamani Green said, I was born with cerebral palsy. Everywhere I go, I use a wheelchair or I get carried around. I don't think it's fair for people to park illegally because it makes my life more difficult. Well, it's also like, you know, people are just looking for a legit spot to go park in and it is kind of cheating. You know, well, it is.

And, yeah, it pisses me off, especially if you've – listen, there's some areas where our coworker, Tim Graham, where he was living formerly, he would talk about if he didn't time it out right, you were looking at 20, 25 minutes of driving around looking for a spot. Yeah, he was down near Italian Market, man. Crazy. Forget it.

I have some friends, I know a few people who live in South Philly, and man, I could not deal with that. Now, there are some people who do have private parking that live in those areas, but if you're forced to street parking, that's just another chore. I mean, you have to add that onto every day. Yeah. They're going to start issuing warnings during May. After that, fines are going to be $76 in Center City and $51 in other neighborhoods. So you have been warned. All right, let's go.

Totally Presbo. Hi, Presbo. Thank you, Kenny. He's so nice sounding. A slew of Marilyn Monroe and Hugh Hefner collectibles sold at auction over the weekend, including a pink poochie dress worn by the actress and a smoking jacket and slippers worn by the Playboy founder.

A long-sleeved silk jersey poochie dress went for $325,000. What's a poochie dress, Kevin? And that set the record for a poochie dress. Sold at auction. I assume that's a designer. How are you spelling it? P-U-C-C-I. Like Gucci, but with a P.

Also sold were the One Space Mausoleum Crypt at Pierce Brothers Westwood Village Memorial Park and Mortuary in Los Angeles, located near the final side-by-side resting places of Hugh Hefner and Marilyn Monroe. That sold for $195,000. Also, a grave marker from her crypt was...

Went for $88,000 and they had to change it because it was worn out. People were touching it so much. Yeah, yeah. Hefner's burgundy smoking jacket, slippers, pajamas, and tobacco pipe ensemble, $13,000. Wouldn't mind having that. Could you imagine the skin marks on that? That'd be pretty cool. And a circular mansion bed custom made for Hefner as a backup to his primary bed at the original Playboy Mansion in Chicago.

And Chicago went for $13,000. Yeah, you forget that he had that place in Chicago that was, you know. That's where it started, right? That's where it all started, yeah. So the crypt, bed, and other items were sold to a guy named Anthony Jabin, who is a tech investor from Beverly Hills. And he said, I've always dreamt of being next to Marilyn Monroe for the rest of my life. He's going to be buried there. Oh, my God. Yeah. He said, and I bought Hugh Hefner's

round bed in Marilyn Monroe's bathing suit at Julian's this weekend. You know, after Marilyn Monroe died, Joe DiMaggio made sure that every day flowers were delivered, fresh flowers were delivered there, you know, for her. Yeah. Every day. Yeah. Also sold was a dress that Monroe wore for the seven-year itch, described as a Mae West-inspired black and cellophane effect evening gown designed by costume designer William Trevilla.

The dress was worn by Monroe in the classic 1955 film's dream sequence scene, which was later cut from the movie. Did you see that movie, Seven Year Edge? Yeah, many times. Is it good?

It's good. It's funny. I mean, you know, it's a classic, you know, the guy's wife is away and there's the neighbor's Marilyn Monroe and it's sexy and he's fighting the seven-year-age. And it has the classic standing over the subway grate. The seven-year-age is the urge to have an affair, right? Okay. All right. So, yeah, I know the sewer, I mean, not the sewer, but the subway grate.

They do it in the smoke. Blows up. And that was where we learned the story from Casey that she had to wear two pairs of panties. Huge push. Because you could see through. Yeah, it looked like she was smuggling a monkey. Yeah.

But like, instead of shaving it, they're like, no, just put on extra. I don't think shaving was a big thing. Do you know, though, that that scene, the filming of that scene, apparently caused her divorce from Arthur Miller. Or Joe DiMaggio. It might have been Joe DiMaggio. I could see Joe DiMaggio. He apparently was jealous. I didn't know he had a monkey down there. Wow. I never saw that thing until I saw a seven-year-old. Couldn't find a goddamn banana in the house.

The dream sequence that this dress was in was later cut from the movie, so it never actually appeared in the film. It's a funny movie. It is of a time. Not that long ago, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes was on, and I watched a little bit of that.

And yeah, it's definitely of a time. And she really did play a ditz in that movie. And she was not. And she wasn't. Yeah, it felt kind of bad for her because they really played her up like that. Right. Though, you know, like when she did the movie Some Like It Hot, that was so... She had ditzy in that too. She had to be convinced. She was like, I don't want to do any more of that. And it was a huge movie for her. It was. So yeah. She was only 36 when she died. Yeah. I know. That's terrible.

So anyhow, those things sold in case you were curious. We got one more time for one more, maybe? One more totally Presbo. Hi, Presbo. Let's go. You know what? This is before we went on vacation. I saw this and I didn't get a chance to get to it. But I want to mention this because I'm totally behind this. Local businesses, including Insomnia Cookies, Philly Marketing Labs and Metropolitan Acoustics,

are confident that they can get all their work done in four days and give some time back to the employees. They've gone to the four-day work week. Listen, you know, obviously you assume a company's not going to do something, you know, in general that's detrimental to their productivity. So if they're doing the research and they're saying they can do it, take it out for a spin because...

That would be awesome. Oh, my God. Yeah. Software engineer Julian Plotnick made a pitch to his company CEO last year, which was let me work one less day per week, 32 hours total without a cut in pay. And the answer was yes. And after six months of Plotnick testing it out,

consulting firm Metropolitan Acoustics is working on transitioning its entire 12-person staff to a four-day work week. So insomnia cookies, I'm not familiar. Do they... If they maybe... You need a reminder?

I love insomnia cookies. Steve, I love the concept of happier workers being more productive. And so if you incentivize your workers to work fewer hours but be better and more productive during those hours and thereby working for that company longer, being more loyal, and not wanting to leave that job at some point, to me, that's a great way to retain employees and boost productivity.

It has to be done the right way. Absolutely. Right. And some jobs, it's not conducive for it. I understand if you're an hourly employee or, you know, there are jobs where that does not make sense. But where the jobs do make sense, I support it completely. Did you notice that every employee of CJ Watson Electrical is looking at the owner right now? Oh, my God.

I hear in the studio going, hey, I think he's got something here. But there are certain industries where I'm like, you can't take a day off. Exactly. Not every business is conducive to this. Yeah, yeah, yeah. There's a pizza place that I like and I went to go there a couple of Mondays ago and they were closed on Mondays. I was like, man.

I forget what they were showing, but it was one of these places where they provided every amenity in the book and they had a smoothie bar and all this stuff and the workers. And what it turned out was, Nick, to the other...

The converse point is that the employees were just using all the amenities and not working. So it's like, yeah. But yeah, so you can it's how you balance it out, I think. Well, in January, Insomnia Cookies started giving Fridays off to all 100 full time corporate employees, citing mental health and work life balance benefits.

I would work seven days a week if I got a free cookie every day. The chief marketing officer, Tom, uh, Arizona, uh, told the inquirer in February that feedback from employees has been positive and productivity is doing great since the

the change. Philly Marketing Labs, which designs digital campaigns for consumer brands like Chloroseptic and Summer's Eve. The douche. Yes. Switched to a four-day week in 2021 and never looked back. The 12-person company had been a fully remote workplace since its founding in 2009, a deliberate choice meant to attract and retain talent. Okay, so if you had your choice and you were going to have a four-day work week, would you take off

On Mondays, Fridays, or Wednesdays. And I know Wednesday sounds weird, but... No, I actually had a job for a brief period where the day off was Wednesday. Really? Yeah. And it was pretty cool. I wouldn't want it in the middle of the week. I'd want it either... I think Fridays... Would you take Friday or Monday? Friday. Definitely Friday for part of the year and then Monday for the other part of the year. I'd do Friday. I think Friday's...

I hate Sundays so much, though, because I have to come to work Monday. It does suck. If you have off Monday, it does kind of help. Sunday is just every... And listen, we're blessed. We love our jobs. But Sunday is like dead man walking. Yeah, it just feels different. Sundays smell different. You know what I mean? They smell like bacon.

It kind of does. Yeah, it does. Yeah. No, I know what you're saying. Are you happy peppy throughout all of Sunday? No. Yeah. In the summer. Does Sunday really smell different? Everything about it just feels different. It's just got a whole different vibe to it.

In the United Kingdom, 61 organizations took part in a four-day workweek pilot beginning in 2022. A recent report said that 89% of participants were still operating that way after a year and that the majority of them had decided to make the change permanent. I mean, so if the business, they're running the numbers and they're seeing it...

It's working for them productivity-wise. And you're going to get loyalty out of your employees. There are some businesses it won't work for. Yeah. Perhaps like electrical companies. Yeah. I don't know. I don't know about that. All right. Anyhow, I think it's worth exploring if your business is capable of doing that. All right. And there you go. That's it. We're wrapping it up. Holy Preds Ball. Yep.

We need to get a, a, a buy Presbo. We need a buy Presbo. Maybe we can talk to somebody and get out. We can AI that. Hook up with a Getty and do buy Presbo. Yeah. Yeah. Bye. Bye. Hi Presbo. All right. Uh, we are going to take a break. We're going to come back in a moment. We'll get to the bizarre files. So stay put. Got an Alexa device. Tell her Alexa play 93, three WMMR to stream us live.

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IHatesStevenSinger.com, but hurry. These will not be restocked and supplies limited. That's IHatesStevenSinger.com. Next guest is in the studio to promote his show tonight at City Winery. And his tour is a mix of music and comedy. Love it. You might imagine. And you, of course, know him from The Office. Please welcome Creed Bratt to our show. Jay Creed. Hey. Applauding himself wildly. Yes, yes. Nice to see you. Thanks for being here. Nice to see you guys. I actually played earlier at the train station.

Yeah? Oh, did you? I didn't announce myself. Okay. I just jumped out there and put my guitar case out. There you go. Nobody paid any attention. Have you ever bust in your lifetime? I've bust in 64 and 65 in Europe and Middle East and stuff. Yeah.

Just to make ends meet? Oh, yeah. Just to make you stay alive. Wow. There's something romantic about it as well for musicians. My cousin, who is a successful lawyer in the city, it was always his dream to go and busk in Paris. And so eventually he went and did it. He didn't do it because he needed money, but he just loved it.

love the idea of it. So how, I mean, aside from you needing money, like how was the experience for you? Well, I, I'd left college. I was a drama major. So I, I was studying German in Munich and I met these two guys were heading down to Africa. And I, so I, I didn't have a guitar with me. So I went and I said, this is what I'm going to do.

So I bought a guitar and an anorak and a backpack and stuff. And I showed up with it one day and said, and I'd already played with them, you know, since I showed them what I could do. And we took off. And for two years, we hitchhiked all over there. Wow. All across North Africa. Some of your stuff is amazing. Like you played like for oil camps in the Sahara. Sahara Desert. 500 miles out in the Sahara Desert. Tiny little plane. Yeah.

Yeah, we played for the oil camp people. It's an amazing, because a list of your stuff here, like you formed a band in Germany, played gigs for oil camps in the Sahara. You were hung out with Kirk Douglas in Israel. Yes. I mean, these are, and how old are you at this time? I'm, shoot, let's see, 18, 19.

23. So you always a wandering spirit? Yes. Yeah, absolutely. Well, the thing was, that was cast a giant shadow. We met Michael Douglas. I met Michael Douglas body surfing.

And he got us on this movie, Cast Attacks. I remember that movie, yeah. John Wayne, Ewell Brenner. Yeah. I was sitting there one day leaning against a squib board where these squibs were going to go off, explosives. Right. Fake gunshots in the movie. Fake gunshots and stuff in the movie. And Frank Sinatra's in the film, too. And he comes over and he goes, hey, kid, you know, this is going to explode pretty soon. So he escorted me over. So old blue eyes probably saved me from some big damage. That's what I'm thinking. Yeah.

I became aware of you, obviously, because of the office creed. And then we've been friendly with Kate Flannery for a long time because she's from the area as well. Horrible person. Just horrible. Just a potty mouth and a disgusting human being, really. Sorry that you know her. Yeah, but...

After The Office ended and then it's had this resurgence over the last five, six years or whatever, especially because of the pandemic, I did a deep dive on you. And I became a little obsessed. Like your life is fascinating. The stuff you've done over the years. Was The Office kind of just another gig for you at that point? Like how did you get involved with it in the first place? And did you just look at it as a job? I don't even think about it anymore. You know, I just let it go behind me. I've forgotten it.

Yeah? No impact? No impact. Yeah, it's that one and done. I would think you kind of built your character a bit. A lot of what you are and sort of the mystery of your character

I mean, you have so many things that just seem improbable. And that's, Nick and I were talking earlier, that's what makes Creed such a character and you at the same time. If there was anyone who in that cast had done something horrible, it was Creed. It was going to be me. Yeah. And they would get me out. NBC, apparently I kill people and NBC just kind of covered it over. Yeah.

There's this dark history. And the character's name is Creed Bratton. Your name is Creed Bratton. And like every now and then, there's hints that you were a serial killer. Yeah, yeah. There was bodies in my... Sir, there's been a murder committed. I'll be right back.

I'm out of there in the car. You always ran. Whenever there was any authority coming into the building, you would run. And yet the funny thing was, Creed, is that it had something I think we can all, people would be going, yeah, but he's our serial killer. Like, you know, like Be True to Your School, that old song. That was the Dexter. Yeah, yeah, exactly. We love our guy, you know.

Did you – so you said you had obviously started – you were interested in drama and so on and so forth earlier on, and then you're with a group of very adroit improvisational actors. Did you savor that opportunity? Was there a bit of trepidation?

Well, when I got the script for Halloween, which was when I had to make my bones, they said, here it is, a six-and-a-half-page scene with Steve Carell. And I just got a genius. Yeah. Yes, comic genius. And, of course, sphincter pucker, right? And I'm just a flop sweat. But somehow I got it all. I had the names backwards, and the lines completely.

committed to memory, forwards and backwards. And then on the day, they said, we've made a few changes to the script again. But somehow I had enough that with Steve, I was able to play hardball and it was just a whirl. It was in this vortex, like in the center of the storm. And we're going, I'm playing hardball. And they just walk out of the place.

The next thing I know, oh, it's over. And then they came up and said, oh, there you go. You got it. I got it, yeah. Your delivery is – and in fact, it's funny because with a show like The Office or some other seminal TV comedies, what now has become the thing is for years and years and years, the blooper reel would be shown to the people in the cast like I guess at the end of the year and so on and so forth. But these things now are very prominent on YouTube.

And the office is neck and neck with the office bloopers and the outtakes. And you have so many moments in those that are free lines where you are just cracking the cast up. And it's just out of left field. Yeah. Carnival. Exactly. Carnival is one. That kills me. We've been in that office, that business area so long. We were all so tired, I think. Yeah.

I was exhausted. That line just came out of frustration. I mean, because you're on a set that is supposed to be a boring office. So you're going to, no matter how much it is pretend, you're still in a boring office. And our camera guys are rambling around with the cameras. So you had to be, I'm sure as Kate told you many

time yeah yeah you always had to be on and ready for them to flip around at you anytime right yes yes yes uh i have a question about the later years of the office because i think sometimes they get um dismissed a little bit because carell was gone uh but james spader is unbelievably hilarious his dry humor kind of matches yours a little bit it's it's this um underhanded delivery that's i i think kind of genius what were your experiences like towards the end of the series um

Well, I want to say one thing. We're walking to the set with James, you know, and I've learned my lines the night before. He said, hey, we're talking about music and stuff like that. He is a very erudite gentleman, very smart cat. But one thing that's frustrating is he just glances down at the sheet and he has a photographic memory. Oh, my God. He does. Seriously. And I went, what? He said, oh, I've got a photographic memory. I can just glance at it and I see a picture and I remember the picture. Man, f***. Yeah.

Can you say that? You can't say that. I can't say that. Oh, I can't say that. He had to hit the flannery. By the way, I hit the... We literally... Literally, Kate... Creed, you'll have to come and take a look on the board here. I didn't know. It's labeled the flannery switch because Kate...

Has cursed more times on the show than anyone who's in the history of our 20-some-odd, 25 years together. Well, there's a goal for me to be. There you go. She just texted me and said, tell Creed I said hi. Oh, you sweetheart. Love you, sweetie.

Obviously, there's all that. But again, we've been fascinated by your musical career and with the grassroots. And we talked last time we had you on the Zoom, working with the people in the famous, the Wrecking Crew and other musicians. John Densmore, a friend of yours. Best man at my wedding. Best man at your wedding. No kidding. Yeah, I mean, this is... You are...

Well fixed in this part of musical and pop culture history. When people find out about that, are they as amazed as are we? I mean, is this, you know, because you have this whole thing that you offer and it was the first part of your life and it's been, I don't want to say it's been eclipsed, but certainly The Office has been a formidable thing in your life. You have these two completely different parts. Yeah.

A lot of people think that that was it. Yeah. That the grassroots and then the office. But a lot of people don't know that after the office, I got my doctorate degree.

And I perform a surgery, you know, for homeless people in my van. That's wild. Is that even sanctioned? Yeah. No, but you don't get charged on it. I just want to give back. You were talking last time about Slightly Altered, which is an album that you called Folk Adjacent.

Did I say that? Yeah, Folk and Chase. Is that your sweet spot for music? Yeah, I think it's just a lot of the albums I will sit there and I'll just play my guitar and sing. And then we'll pat around and stuff like that.

And then during the COVID, I would go in and would do that. But then we would pull it apart and start, you know, building it a little bit differently. You know, I prefer to go in and sing it just voicing guitar or sing voicing guitar with the band.

And then I'll go and I'll have to do a scratch vocal and guitar and then go back and do it again. As far as creativity goes, and we've had a lot of times, you'll find that, and you'd be a perfect example, a lot of people who are musically inclined and musicians

are also pretty good at comedy can step up and do that as well. I think it's the timing. It has to be, right? It has to be the timing, yeah. Because it seems to be something that just figures like Preston's a drummer. All that stuff sort of goes into knowing when and when not to jump in. Can you imagine Jim Morrison as a stand-up guy? I just flew in from Vegas. Boy, am I almost tired. And on the way, I effed my mom.

my mother. Being friends with John Densmore, if you don't mind, I want to explore that just a tiny bit. Well, I haven't seen John in years, but back in the day we were. You were close in the height of The Doors fame? Yeah. Wow. We toured with him a lot. No kidding. Grassroots Sid? Yeah. Okay. We toured with the Beach Boys. Can I ask a question? Because I love The Doors movie. Yeah.

How close was that to what it was really like back then? I wouldn't know. Oh, really? I know John. I hung in the studio a little bit when they were doing L.A. Woman. Okay. Went to a few parties. But, you know, they're very... It's amazing. Everybody else, when they're out on the road, they're off with their families. Right. Okay. But I just... You know, when I came off tour, I was in a closet with a...

cold compress on my forehead. It took its toll. Tried to get my head back. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Creed, we were chatting a little bit in the green room and I want to pay a little respect to one of my favorite newer bands, Mount Joy. You've played with them as well. I have at the Greek. And they're from this area. Matt Quinn lives in Philadelphia most of the time. Sam Cooper's. We all went to the same high school. I'm much older than they are, but we all went to Conestoga High School. How did you get connected with the guys in Mount Joy? And they are fans of you and you're

Yeah, we're a mutual admiration society. I can't remember. I should have talked to Sam about this. They either called me and see if I was interested in doing a video for them, which I did.

Or else, they said they were fans, and I went down and played. Oh, I know. Mark Evans, who was my tour manager, is now their tour manager. Okay. So he mentioned they were in town, and he said, would you like to get up and play? I said, absolutely. So I learned one of their songs on lead guitar. Then we liked each other. We hit it off. Then they did the video, and then next time I came through, we did the wait. Okay.

Oh. A tribute to Robbie Roberts. Yeah, yeah. At the Greek. Did you know Robbie? No. Okay, yeah. But that's, talk about wheelhouse. That's the music I love. Oh, yeah. I mean, that was amazing. I just, again, for the 3,000th time watched The Last Waltz, you know, Scorsese. That's probably the best concert film ever made. Yeah, and none of it they're singing or playing is, none of it they're singing, it was done at the show. It's all overdubs, you know.

Oh, really? Yeah. Wow, wow. But they're such nice guys and such great musicians. Oh, my God. And it's really cool to see them growing and finding fans in you and all across the country. Mount Joy. Mount Joy, yeah. They work so hard. And I love Sam and Matt and the whole band. Yeah. The whole band is great. We get in there and we just click together. And Sam and I are talking about writing a song together. That's so cool. Because we hang and get our pancakes at Hugo's. Yeah. Shout out to Hugo.

Marissa, get on those pancakes. So folksy, kind of roots rock, is that your zone? That's so...

It's difficult to articulate exactly because music, you have to hear it, right? Yeah, yeah. Correct. Like in a painting. Explain that painting to me. Well, you have to see it. Yeah, yeah. I started playing rock and roll at a young age by ear. I played trumpet for years. And that was my first instrument. And then my grandfather played guitar and he showed me some chords and I think...

He showed me a bunch of country stuff, and I learned some pop stuff. Then in Europe, I was playing folk music. I played jazz in college a little bit.

Were you studying music in college then? No, no. I always learned by ear. Okay. I knew how to read with trumpet, but I didn't know how to read with guitar. I'm learning now how to read on piano. Okay. I'm learning my songs on piano now. Nice. Which isn't just because I was bored during COVID. You spent the time initially in Germany, and it's weird because Germany has this sort of –

of embracing, like, you know, David Hasselhoff became huge and they have a very eclectic appreciation of music. What was your takeaway from the Germans and the way they approach music? Well, they treated me the same as David. You know, they wanted me to take my shirt off and stuff. They saw you as David Hasselhoff. Basically, yeah. That's what they did, yeah. Yeah.

So you're at that rare Hasselhoff level. Yeah, at the Hoff level. The Hoffbrauhaus. When you were talking about the Beach Boys, did you in fact get a chance to encounter Brian Wilson? Was that someone you... I'd see Brian at the Glenn Center where I lived up in Moho for years. But, you know, God bless him, you know. He'd say hi and stuff, but he wasn't...

Right, yeah. There was a lot going on in his life, which has been well documented. Yeah, so I probably don't want to touch on that. Yeah, yeah. I'm fascinated with that time, that late 60s. Steve, I know, loves the movie Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, the Quentin Tarantino film. It really captures that time frame very well. And it seems like it was an interesting period to be a young man.

And partying your ass off probably. Do you remember it? Not much. I do, of course. Yeah. I was kind of a guy who's actually a reluctant rock star. No kidding. Yeah, I didn't. Everybody, I signed on for it to be a party guy and do all the stuff. But we were pretty tough. I mean, Led Zeppelin were pussies. To the grassroots. To the grassroots. Oh, my God. We were wild. Yeah.

I remember one night we were in Chicago and doing some lines and one of the guys says, hey, throw this TV out the window. And I went...

But I did it, but my heart wasn't in it. You just were not tearing up hotel rooms. I'd wake up in the morning and go, oh, God, I got to do drugs again. But now I'd rather be watching PBS and making chamomile tea. Making waffles. Making waffles. You had a reputation to uphold. I got it. The show must go on. I was...

I was a kid, you know, maybe I was third grade. We lived out there for about a year. And I'm driving through Laurel Canyon, you know, and now seeing the documentaries Dylan's son, Bob Dylan's son did it. Yeah, Echo in the Canyon, Laurel Canyon. It's just an amazing, when you think time for...

All of those, Crosby, Stills, Nash, Young, and the Mamas and the Puppets, all of them in that general area. If you were to distill that entire experience, I'm going to give you a Herculean task here to one moment that stands out to you that defines that time. What would it be? One experience.

Walking out and smelling the night-blooming jasmine in Laurel Canyon and then hearing a folk guitar over here and a band over here echoing in the sounds in the canyon and the band's rehearsing would bounce around. So there's this...

uh overlap of sound so it kind of creates a new you sometimes you hear the songs and the tones going together and one song would kind of merge into another song wow that is wild you know drugs and drugs and drugs but you were committed because i was i had to do it you were committed to it yeah i one one thing i remember uh it was kind of like at that time the grassroots we were playing the miami pop festival and spanking we're spanking our gang and spanky was getting married

And Richie Havens came in. Oh, wow. And we were all sitting around and having drinks during the show and stuff. Or after the show or before or something. He sat down right from here to Kathy, where Kathy is. And he pulls out his teeth, puts them on his guitar case, takes this old D40 Guild, and he starts playing Freedom with his thumb over like that. Oh, wow. Then he's just, he's going for it. He's holding back. And I'm just going...

My God, am I lucky to be alive at this time in life. And this was right before that Woodstock, that legendary Woodstock performance. Monterey Pop Festival was before that, wasn't it? If I remember correctly. This was the Miami Pop Festival. Oh, I thought you said Monterey. Okay, Miami Pop Festival. We played the Mount Tamalpais where Joplin came up on the back of the...

Harley Davidson, and everyone was on that show, the audience, the performers and stuff. Mount Tam just north of San Francisco, right? Yeah, that was a great time. And you know, guys and gals, we did not have monitors back in those days. Just speakers behind us and good luck for your harmonies. Trying to figure out what key you're in and all that. And yet, you hear it in the documentaries and the playback. It was awesome. It's terrific. We were just faking it.

It's like the Beatles playing in Shea. They couldn't hear each other, but their harmonies were impeccable. You're talking about a level of musicianship or maybe just the ability to read each other properly. I think it's just redundancy. Over and over and over again. If you're just tuning in, it's Creed Bratton who's going to be at City Winery tonight playing music, talking, telling stories. I was looking at your...

Wikipedia page that says you have a birthday coming up February 8th. And I cannot believe this, that you will be 81 years old. Sir, you do not look anywhere in the neighborhood of 80 years old. Those drugs worked wonders. I think it's mostly the ginseng suppository.

Oh, ginseng suppository. During the 60s, I was given some. In the beginning, my little snapper didn't like them. But now it kind of looks forward to it. Wow. In fact, it opens up like a hippo waiting. Welcome. Welcome, Creed. That should be the name of your next record, The Little Snapper. The Little Snapper.

That'd be great. It'll be an inside joke. And then you'll throw suppositories out to the audience. It could be a band, too. Little Snapper and the Pancakes. Oh, my gosh. The gluten-free snappers. So, The Office has a very rabid fan base, and, you know...

I assume you are, are you recognized as often as I would assume you're recognized? Because you're you, you're you on the show, you're you in person, your voice, everything. Are you recognized often or are you just unassuming and how does it work for you? Well, if I wasn't here, I'd be on the street, I'd be wearing my Walter Matthau prosthetic nose. You have a Walter Matthau prosthetic nose? Wow. So then some people don't know. No, they don't. I hide. Yeah. I hide a lot. Yeah, it's wild. Wow.

Wow. We have a guitar next to you there. Oh. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Feel like playing anything?

You don't have to. Oh, no. Okay. You got to play tonight. Would you like some drugs? Pancakes. We only have chocolate chip cookies. We don't have pancakes. I'm sorry. I didn't bring any pancake mix with me. Who are your friends in the acting world? I think Bo Bridges was a friend of yours. Bo Bridges? Yeah. I still consider Bo a friend. Yeah. He worked for his stand-in for years.

And when he would direct films back in the day, I would work on those films and stuff. Did a couple of plays with him. Okay. In fact, I did a play with him, and I just saw a picture that I sent to Jenny Sullivan, with Jenny Sullivan. She was married to Jim Messina. Ah. The picture is myself and Jeff Bridges and Jenny and Jim. And that was at the Odyssey Theater, and I got John Crosby, this agent, who was like the agent in town, saw me in that, and I worked for like a year on that.

doing Quincy and all these TV shows. Did you enjoy it? I did. I still love it. I love acting. Were you a regular on Quincy or just like a one-off? No, no, no. Just a guest star. Okay, I was going to say. Just a guest. Not even a guest. A big star.

Bit player. Okay. Bit player scene. But I worked quite a while and studied for years before the office. Yeah. All right. So where did that – how did you juggle the two, music and – The grassroots. Yeah. And also in acting. When you weren't touring, you'd do some acting gigs and vice versa? No. During the grassroots days, that's all I did. Yeah. It was full time. And then once that was over, I went in and studied the Meisner Method.

The Meisner method? Meisner. Meisner. Sanford Meisner. It's an acting technique where you learn your lines verbatim. Let's say, Steve, if we had a scene, I would memorize the lines, but I wouldn't go, I'm going to cry here, I'm going to laugh here, I'm going to react this way. I have no idea.

And I wait for you to give the line and then I react to you. Oh. It's like working without a tightrope. Did he coin the acting as reacting? Is that where that comes from? Exactly. Yeah, yeah. That's it, yeah. Huh. Or I might have said that myself.

He was quoting you. Yeah, I think so, yes. I think the ginseng's kicking in. The Meisner method. Is it fun becoming someone else in the world of acting? I mean, totally turning yourself into a different person, which is what acting is supposed to be. Yeah, yeah, because artists like myself who have had traumatic experiences

childhood and stuff like that when that's what you get into it to escape and to be another person so did you have to have to look to develop the ability to tap into that emoji I mean Preston talked about it did you attend an acting class or something were you I was in my very brief college career I took a semester of acting yes and that was it it was the classic you're broccoli now and all that stuff yeah yeah you know stuff like that actually the very the very first day of the acting class which I found interesting is

is we spent the entire class touching each other because the, the teachers, uh, um, was saying, look, you're going to have to be, you're going to have to put yourself in uncomfortable situations. This is what actors do. You know, touching physically a stranger and things like that are things you're going to have to become desensitized to. Yeah. Uh, so that,

That's a hot tub party in L.A. in front of me. So my daughters – actually, both my daughters are currently doing the theater at their school. And my oldest is a senior. You just talked to her. I FaceTimed her because she's a huge fan of yours. But just this idea of her going into the arts because that's what she's going to do next year in college. I have to sit down and talk to her about the reality of –

The craft and because we went and saw a show at the University of Michigan and it was guys and dolls and it was awesome. I mean, Michigan Music Theater is the best in the country and these people are so talented. I said, but you know that guy that was playing the grandfather? I said, when he graduates, he's not going to be playing grandfathers anymore because he's

Then you're out in the general population, you know what I mean? So he's going to play a grandfather when he's actually of that age. You know what I mean? And so the roles kind of get a little bit tighter and all that sort of stuff. So I don't know if you have any...

Words of advice for any of the young people out there that are pursuing this career. You say, don't do it. Have thick skin. And a willing sphincter. I knew from a young age I could make people laugh. That was a given. So I had that always in the back of my mind that I could do that. I think sometimes people try to work with their strength and they try to emulate...

that they've seen that they admire and that can be good. But I think if you can find... Like I showed all my warts and dark spots when I did my audition tape for The Office. Really? Yeah. I went to places that were uncomfortable and self-deprecating. And so I tell people, don't work just with your strength, work with your weaknesses too and show all that. Show it all. I can't believe you have any... Be that honest. I can't believe you have any weaknesses. No.

Oh, Nick. You're adorable. He's so sweet. No, that is a key thing. But I think if you... They always talk about... I love hearing, you know, actors on actors. And there's a couple of...

I think GQ does one where they'll sit down and discuss the craft of directors. It's just the whole art of what you do. As with The Office, it was a very intimate feel to it. And I remember listening to, I forget who it was, a top comedian, top comedic actor. But anyway, they were saying basically that the notion of the intimacy of a TV camera or a film camera is,

And if you've come from the stage, you're acting big and large and you really have to work at bringing it in. And The Office to me was so much of being quiet and just sort of with a facial gesture. Yeah, just a look in the back of your eyes. Not even selling it with the eyes.

Thinking it just behind the eyes, that's enough for the camera. When you're directed for that, are you just cut loose and you get what you get? Or do they... How is someone directed to do that? I mean, because you have top-level directors. They're not going to tell you to do that. Yeah, yeah. That's your thing. That's your job. You're bringing to the table already. Yeah, Christopher Nolan was talking about how he works with his actors. And he says, I...

You're an actor. I expect you to show up and do what you're going to do, and I'm going to let you do what you do. Yeah. Yeah. And so it may be a suggestion here or there, but that's how it works. If I get a script now, most of them are going to want me to play the Creed character. Yeah. I mean, I talk to myself in the third person because he's very confusing. It's so weird. Whether he'll show up for the show, I don't know. You never know. But, yeah. Yeah.

Yeah, you have to be ready. It's so schizophrenic. It's very subtle. Yeah. It's a very subtle thing. You as you is one of the great meta concepts. So have you ever been offered a role that you thought that you'd really like to go after, but it was not you? I mean, what would you like to try? I did a Call of Duty a while ago.

You did the video game. Yeah, but it was really a bad guy. Oh, really? So I can play bad guys. Which one did you do? Do you remember the number? Call of Duty? Why do you ask that, Steve? I'll look it up. Because I have them all. No, I don't remember. Call of Duty, Black Ops, Cold War. Black Ops. Wow. Cold War. And he played Emerson Black. Emerson Black. Yeah. Yeah.

But I can do drama, for sure. I think that you'll find that most comedic actors can. Like Robin Williams, for sure. And sometimes you just... The idea that you have to be funny rather than you just let the script be funny. And I just think of Andre Brouwer, for instance, and his...

His role in Brooklyn Nine-Nine, like he played the straight guy. But man, did he have some of the funniest moments in that show. I don't know if you watched any of Brooklyn Nine-Nine or not. But, you know, you let Andy Samberg be Andy Samberg. And so, yeah, I think if the writing itself is crisp and funny.

uh, smart and funny, then it's gotta be on the page, right? Yeah. It does have to be on the page. Yeah. People, and I will answer the question that's going to come in. Did we improv on the show? And Kate's already told you, we didn't. Yeah. 90 and over 90%. It was right there. Right there on the, our writers are so good. I love the outtakes of that. And it ends up on my Instagram timeline all the time. The latest one that just showed up was, uh,

I forget the guy's first name. Was it Andy? Is it Andy Did It? He goes, I don't know his last name. Andy Did It did it. Do you know the scene that I'm talking about? No. I don't watch the show. It's in the past. It really means nothing to you. May I digress a lot here? Because I want to read these little data sheets.

It says here you caught a 160-pound tarpon while finishing fishing in May. Are you a big fisherman? I think the record stands for itself. I have been fishing for – I started fishing for bass, trout and bass at a young age. Okay. And then I was doing TV. I met a guy, Joe Moore.

who'd go to Montana. And so his dad, Irving Moore, who was a famous TV director, took a liking to me and they took me along. And I was drifting down the Madison River with some nymphs and I caught these beautiful browns. And it's all, you know, barbless hooks so it doesn't tear their mouth. Right. You wet your hands and you pick them up and you set them down. Thank you.

See you next year. But I just fell in love with trout fishing. Fly fishing? Yeah. It's a Zen thing. That's it. Everyone I know, and a good friend of mine does the fly fishing, and it is as contemplative and as relaxing a thing as you can imagine. It's not a brutal, you know, it's not a yank them out. Right, right, right. This is just respect.

respect for these creatures. Have you entered tournaments? And then you hurt them. And then you apologize. And you save their lives. Have you ever entered a tournament? No, I don't.

But my son and I will go. We went to Alaska, and we were fishing with the bears. Wow. We'll go up to Redding, California, and fish the Sacramento, the Lower Sac, which is one of the best fisheries in the United States, actually. I love the fact that you used this photo of the 160-pound tarpon for a promotion of your tour last year. It's just a picture of a fish. And by the way, I have dates in Chicago and Indianapolis. I don't think a lot.

I normally don't do it. Like Terrence over here, my tour manager or my agent back will help me get the stuff together. But I won't do it myself unless I'm forced to do it. Right. And who knows you amongst the tarpon crowd, you could be making a big inroad there. But I was sore. I was my body was exhausted. Yeah. Sure. That's a human being. You're pulling. Yeah.

Well, Creed is going to be at City Winery tonight. Great venue. And playing music and chatting with the audience. I do need to mention we have a new sponsor, and I want to thank them for sponsoring this segment. The Creed interview is brought to you by Jensing Suppositories. Make your snapper happy.

But, no, tonight you will be on stage. Hey, he's picking up the guitar. What are we doing here? Is this a new song? No, it's the ginseng repository. The jingle. Jingle, which he's going to write right now. I can't believe it. Exactly, exactly. Okay. Hang on. While he's getting set up. Are you going to perform Freedom? I think we just tuned this guitar. Okay.

My little snapper didn't like it. But I showed him a pill. He says, if that goes in there, I'll send you a bill. When I started feeling younger, I'd get my balls in a rubber.

Oh, ginseng suppository. Give me a thrill. Yeah! Wow! And an empire is born. What a moment. What a moment. Take that, Elon Musk. Brilliant. Absolutely brilliant. All right. Creed, thank you so much for stopping by. Thanks for having me, everybody. I appreciate it. We appreciate it. Creed Bratton, everyone!

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just opened up on the 12th yesterday. Why am I crazy excited for this place? Well, you know what? To find out what all the hype is about. Yeah, because there's a ton of hype. That's why I'm excited about it. And after reading the description, I get it, okay? I understand why it's probably really good. So...

It's open at 3925 Walnut in University City. It's the old Bobby's Burger Palace. Okay, yeah, we talked about this briefly. So 14 are scheduled for Pennsylvania and three for New Jersey. So they're really, they're diving right in. I like that they keep the menu simple too. Sales this year are projected at $3 billion from what will be about...

700 units. The company was founded in 1996 in Baton Rouge by entrepreneur Todd Graves and an early partner. And they call it their adherence Caniacs. So if you like it, you're a Caniac. So they only sell... Here's why I think it'll be good. It's never frozen, hand-breaded, cooked-to-order chicken fingers. That's the thing. Almost every chicken fried product you get

is frozen, they throw it in, they fry it up, they give it to you. You're exactly right. And it'll be fine. But for something really good, fresh, that's where you get the taste. So if you want to get it on a sesame seeded bun, that's how they make the sandwich. They have crinkle cut fries, Texas toast, coleslaw, cane sauce, and fountain drinks. No burgers, no tacos, no salads, no shakes, no fish, no grilled items, not even a spicy option. The menu has not varied at all. This is an article from the

This is an article from Michael Klein, by the way. Todd Graves, here's a quick back story. He was a freshman telecommunications major at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge when he signed on as a kitchen steward at his frat house, and that was his entree into the food world. In the early 90s, boneless chicken was popping up on menus. In his senior year, he and classmate Craig Silvey set out to open a chicken finger restaurant at LSU that would be a late night hangout.

And so they tried to get backing. They couldn't find people. Eventually, they stumbled across somebody who would give them money. But they tried really, really hard and couldn't get anybody to back them. And they finally did. It does have a big buzz. You know what I love? I'm a sucker for it. Every time we go to an event at the Wells Fargo, they're the chicken fingers. You know, with their dipping sauce, the honey mustard. Yeah, they have great honey mustard. So speaking of sauces, Kane's Sauce is...

It's made daily on-premises. It turns up on best of list. So Michael had asked, you know, what's in it?

It's not traditional Russian or Thousand Island dressing. It's also not a Cajun spice bomb, which is, you know, you would think with Louisiana that would be. The company won't list the ingredients, but on the website, speculators point out a combo of mayo, ketchup, ground pepper, garlic powder, salt, and Worcestershire sauce. I'm okay with that. Sounds good. Sounds really good, actually. So I like the Worcestershire in there. So...

All right, so Cane's is open, and there's a lot of hype behind it, but I would like to try it. As would I. All right, what else do I have here for you? Let's stick with sauce for a minute. Actually, this would be more like a dressing, I guess. So Hellman's mayonnaise. That guy's making some mayo right there. Hellman's now has new spicy mayonnaise dressing.

It's flavored with a sriracha pepper blend. I like sriracha. And made with real chili peppers. And it's said to have a mild to medium spice. So this is Hellman's own salad dressing line? It doesn't say salad dressing. It just says dressing. Because sometimes dressing can be not just for salads. You know what my...

I think I'm talking about this around Thanksgiving that my mom would, instead of stuffing, we called it dressing. Yes. Oh, yeah. Same, same. Yeah. Because we wouldn't stuff it in the bird. Right. Yeah. We would cook it outside of that. Okay. And so therefore, it was dressing. Bird. Bird. Did you like your bird? Yeah.

It looks like it's more of a sauce because they have a picture of it here. Marissa found it and it's on a chicken sandwich. So I think everybody has jumped, ever since Popeyes started going after Chick-fil-A with their chicken sandwich and they did a great job of it, everybody is creating these sauces to put on chicken sandwiches. And

And so this would be one of them. So that's what they have now. I'm a fan of dipping sauces, but my wife will make like chicken, essentially chicken cutlet platters, but cuts them up so they're more like fingers. And then has a variety of dipping sauces. There's one that she has that I love. It might be Lee's. It is really, really good. But Chick-fil-A now, you can buy them in the supermarket and get the Chick-fil-A sauce.

Man, I love it. Chick-fil-A sauce is fantastic. Yeah. Oh, people freak out. I'm a sucker for that. Remember they ran out of sauce for a while? Yes. Yeah, they had like a... People were freaking out. Yep. They were rationing that. Yeah. All right. Here's something. I guess it's weekly now. We'll throw in a little TikTok creation because people will kind of Frankenstein food on TikTok and sometimes it takes off. People on the app are replacing avocado toast with...

They're replacing the toast part of it with a crunchy hash brown patty. And have dubbed it hash brown avocado toast. They're making it not healthy. They're making it not healthy. So they're removing the avocado? No, they're removing the toast. So you get hash brown, you know, fried potatoes with avocado on top of it. I think that sounds great. I love you so much, hash brown. So hash brown avocado toast is what they're calling it.

And it seems to the trend may have first begun, excuse me, in 2020, but only recently has it taken off. Food content creator Kelsey Lynch says she prefers to make her toast with hash browns from Trader Joe's, which she tops with fresh avocado slices, a fried egg, a chili onion crunch sauce.

and optional goat cheese crumbles. That all sounds pretty good, I have to say. It sounds really good, yeah. And moving back into being able to accept avocados. Avocados, you go back and forth. Recently, videos hashtagged with hash brown avocado toast received more than 5.2 million views on TikTok.

And the similar hashtag, Avocado Hash Brown, has more than 3.1 million views. Lynch says that she described the dish as a salty, crunchy base with creamy avocado on top. Preston, I'm going to ask you this question. I think you know the answer. What's my favorite new trendy toast? Favorite new trendy toast? I mention it constantly. Have you? Yes. Oh, hang on. Wait, do you guys know? No. Hang on a second. Yeah, I know. You know, Casey? It's at the landing, Casey. What?

The Landing? The Landing Kitchen. Can I try? Is it raclette? No. It's not raclette. That sounds pretty good, though. Borde. It's not a borde. Is it borde toast? Salmon toast. You know, I was going to say that, but I didn't think salmon toast was a thing. It is a thing, and it's my thing. Dude, my son loves salmon so much. I don't like smoked fish, but for some reason, this is sensational. Is it smoked? No.

Yeah, I believe it is. Okay. Yeah, so he was making salmon the other day. It's something that he can actually make, and he was reading the package. What did it say? It said, essentially, free-range. What's free-range salmon?

uh salmon for oh for to run around the fields well what's the term instead of free range it would be and so he's a river wild caught wild caught and so he's like what does that mean wild caught i go well there's salmon farms yeah and he thought i was joking no i was like that's why you get to see huge fish farms yeah yeah i'm like so hatcheries they call them yeah but my uh

Well, I guess I could call my friend. The guy who was a tour guide for us when we were in the Grand Canyon, he was a boat runner. Yeah. That's what he does from like May to October. Farm salmon? No, no, no. He runs the river in the Grand Canyon for those months. And then he has a salmon boat that he runs with his cousin out –

outside of Alaska. And that's what he does. And it's like the salmon season is only short. It's really, really short. And there's a ton of regulations. So that way, you can't have these giant corporations coming in and owning a ton of boats. Overfishing. Whoever owns the boat has to be on the boat. So here's an interesting thing, Casey. And Preston, you'll know this. Salmon and high-quality tuna, dishes you might use to...

get at a restaurant that you went to that included salmon before that was like, okay, you notice the price going up and up and up. And some of the tuna, remember we had that guy. Fresh cut tuna. Oh my God. If you guys go for sushi and you get blue fin tuna, it's insanely expensive. Do you remember that tuna that I brought here? I remember you raving about it. It was outstanding. But they'll actually go and like auction off. Yeah. Like they'll have people bidding on a tuna because it's, it's,

So lucrative. Yeah, Steve, you can get like three pieces of sashimi about that big. I'm holding up, there's like two inches long or something like that. And it's going to be like $35. It's amazing. And that's it. But it's really high quality. But yeah, that's why those fish, they'll bid on those things. It's a lot of money. Most definitely. All right, something else. Let's go a little cheaper. Let's talk about ramen.

I love ramen. Ramen noodles. I love ramen. I do. I realize. I just wanted to meet since I want to go to Japan. Do you guys ever, even with the instant ones, the... Well, I'm not done asking my question. You not just eat them, but do you kick them up a bit? Do you add to them? Do you create more out of them? There's no need. Isn't it so flavorful?

Already? Especially the instant ones. Yeah, but what you can do is you can throw some steamed vegetables in there and things like that. You can add some protein and make it more of a meal. I would do that because I will get the ramens that have the freeze-dried vegetables in it, and I toss those out. I can't stand those vegetables that come in them. Yeah, I love cooking. I'll leave some of those packets of the ramen things because for a dollar you get those noodles, and then I'll add bok choy,

or some greens or something like that. Okay, well, there's something that they recommend in this particular article that I read because normally it's noodles, broth, sauce, and some oil.

But, and it says here, ramen connoisseurs mostly agree there are key elements that should not go missing from the perfect bowl of ramen noodles, even a bowl of instant ramen noodles. Whether you're a ramen-inspired quest to find the best ramen bowl in America or have been trying to perfect your instant ramen at home, there's one simple ingredient you should consider including the next time that you do. Yeah. Can I guess? Yes. Is it an egg? Egg.

No, and I thought that too, because Carter adds an egg to his ramen. He always says no, but you should add some butter to it. Oh. So it describes in this article, think of butter as a carrier for the spices and other flavors blended into your bowl of steaming noodles. Not only does including a fat or oil help keep ramen ingredients hot.

But butter also helps to balance out extra spiciness. As Eating Well explains, the Cassian in dairy products like milk, sour cream, and butter provides a counter to the Capsaicin found in chilies, including chili flakes and oil. On top of this, butter also introduces a different flavor profile into your bowl of instant ramen noodles, one you likely never considered before. Even the Institute of Culinary Education agrees that butter is a tangy texture that can't

be beat. And what it does is it adds a little bit of sweetness to your ramen. So it's my understanding that when you go to Japan when ramen is huge, that there are all, like you'll go down the street, there'll be like 12 ramen places each with their signature ramen taste. Right.

I love this idea. I cannot introduce this idea to my son because he loves butter so much he would eat it like a stick, like a dude. Like it's a candy bar. But I will do this on my own and I will test that out. When you do your ramen...

How much water do you leave in after? That was my question. Because mine's more like a soup. Yeah, that's how I always... I didn't realize that people even ate it not like a soup. I don't eat it like a soup. I prefer it to be more on the noodley intensive. I drain most of it. I leave a little bit of it in there. So I'm not necessarily...

eating it like a soup. Because this, you know, this way, if I were to do it with the butter, I would probably get rid of all of the water, then add the butter and then the spices and everything. But like, when you talk about adding things, I will treat it like a soup and I'll put like saltines in it or I'll crumble up some goldfish and

and do that with it. That's what I do. Well, yeah, because you have all that liquid in there. I still really can't eat ramen noodles because I ate so much in college. It's like the vodka and orange juice. I can't drink that at all. It has a bad association? Don't come near me with that. I don't despise the ramen noodles like I do vodka and orange juice, but it

it's still like good like it smells good and then I'll take a bite and I'm like oh no college every single day you know what noodle dish I've not had in a long time and I love it is the Vietnamese it's spelled P-H-O but it's pronounced it's not pho it's pho thank you yeah

So good. Love pho. I've not had that in a long time. It was a great place on Arch, right by where the Trocadero used to be. That's another one that's got to be easy. You got to go to that new place, Spider-Man Pho from Home. It's really excellent. Yeah, with some udon noodles and then all the veggies inside. Pho 75 on a...

Washington is really good. And they throw stuff like lime and basil and mint and things like that. Really cool. Let me go to Michael here real quick. Hey, Michael, good morning. Hey, everybody. It's exactly good to have a do-da-do-da-do-da-ba-ba-da. Not even close, but thank you for trying. What's up, man? Hi. I just wanted to share a recipe. It's very simple, but it's very low sodium. Okay. If you boil ramen, say, for about 20 minutes...

When you're done with the ramen, add some grated parm and some Mrs. Dash on it. It adds a whole new flavor to it. Okay, Mrs. Dash. All right. Why would you boil it for 20 minutes, though? Oh, no. I meant the whole process takes 20 minutes. I'm sorry. All right. I got you. Put it in a crock pot for seven hours. Thanks, Michael. Look at all these ramen recipes we got here. Hey, Chris, good morning. Snarf, snarf. Snarf, snarf. What's up, buddy? Hey.

So what's the secret there?

Sesame oil. Okay. Oh, that sounds excellent.

It will, it will, it's a showstopper for them. No, I think you're right, Chris. I love that sesame taste. All right. All right. Rice wine, vinegar, soy, sesame, and an egg and some chives. I like that. I'm telling you, it nails the taste like you're in Japan. And my kids love it. All right. And my kids love salmon, too. So I feel your pain on that. All right. All right. Thanks, Chris. Appreciate it, man.

Hang on. We'll go next to Nicole. Hey, Nicole. Hey, bitches. Hey, what? What's up, Nicole? Hey, I was just letting you know my kids have devised this crazy way to make their ramen. And now everybody who tries it loves it, like all their friends. They, first of all, boil all the water out when they're cooking it. So there's very little liquid left. Cool. And they put lemon juice in and garlic powder.

Okay. And it seems to be, I don't know, I mean, I tried it myself and I was like, I can't believe this is not disgusting, but it's really good. No, no. Hey, listen, lemon and garlic are a standard pairing. So that was smarter than those. Those tastes go well together. I think they were. I would assume they'd be combative, but they work well.

Oh, yeah. Yeah. Think about like if you have like garlic, I mean, lemon chicken or something like that. There's usually some garlic on that. And a lot of like pre-done spices are lemon and garlic. Yeah. Yeah. No, that's a good one. All right, Nicole. That's not as crazy as you think. I like it. Thank you. Thanks. Put the kids back in the will. Let me go to Justin. Hey, Justin. Good morning. Hey, Gadzooks. Gadzooks, buddy. What's up?

So after I cook my ramen, I throw it in a frying pan with butter. And then cut up hot dogs. I throw it in there, too. Oh, my God. When I'm done, I top it with the corn cheese. Oh, you're gourmet. Dude, that is very inventive. I kind of would think I want to try that. Casey, you're not liking this? Well, listen, I love hot dogs. It's just that to me, it's twisting my melons. Yeah. Sometimes you need to take that big jump. The number one.

I haven't had hot dogs in a while either. The not straining it is actually normal. If you read the directions, it tells you the precise amount of water to put in there so it cooks without having to strain it. Meaning you cook the water out? Yeah. Oh, okay. Like Kraft Mac and Cheese. Or for the most part. Yeah, for the most part. It's

It has a precise measurement. But who the hell reads the directions? No, I just throw water in there and boil it. Because I end up draining it. I'm just using the water simply to soften the noodles. The mac and cheese says to drain it, though. Like a cheap slut. Does it? Okay. The mac and cheese what? Says to drain it, though. Because I do read the ingredients on a boxed mac and cheese. And I know that. I know.

I stopped doing it years ago. A friend of mine is like, you actually read those directions? I'm like, yeah, you're right. I put as much butter in here as I want. I'm not, well, I'm not as bad, but I would sometimes get the measuring cup out and measure the eight cups of water for the mac and cheese. Oh, okay. Oh, yeah. You don't have to do that. Listen, cooking...

That's your thing, man. I know. All right, so that's ramen. Let me get to another thing or two real quick before we break. Connoisseur. Isn't that Kathy's show? Well, that sucks. Well, that sucks. That sucks. Everything I cook, Emma.

We'll talk about a place we like, and that's Panera. They're welcoming back the Toasted Frontera Chicken Sandwich. That was my wife's go-to for a long time. It features smoked pulled chicken, mozzarella cheese, tomatoes, red onions, fresh basil, and is topped with chipotle sauce and black pepper focaccia.

The sandwich was removed from the menu earlier this year and a rep for Panera says they've seen a 300% increase in mentions of the sandwich across social channels and more than 500 fans have shared their strong feelings about the sandwich and disappointment of it being removed from the menu. That's all it takes is 500 people to get something back on a menu? This is staggering! A place that serves millions throughout the country? Yeah, um,

I would say this, that a lot of times, as with the Taco Bell, Taco Pizza that you mentioned, they'll purposely take something off a menu.

to get people so they can do a campaign like this. 500 people, Preston, probably walk in and out of Panera's every day confused about where they're walking into. So there's no, you know, but it's still, I think it's a solid sandwich. They have a new chicken sandwich. I tried that. And it's clear. See through? No, no, I didn't mean it's clear. It's understandable that they, that

That they're also jumping on the chicken sandwich bandwagon a la Popeyes. And it's good. It's hard to do a fried. It tastes similar to the McDonald's version of their knocked up chicken. Not knocked up, not pregnant. Oh my God. What did you just put in me? A knocked up chicken sandwich. What's the secret sauce? Only pregnant eggs. I'm done. I'm officially done.

Is that semen on that chicken sandwich? Yeah. That's how we get you knocked up. Pregnant eggs. That's a good bad name, dude. Pregnant eggs. Pregnant eggs. I like that. There's a bump on my egg. Oh, it's pregnant. Okay. Hang on a second. Does that mean hens are pretty much always pregnant because they're laying eggs every day?

No, I thought about that too. I said that. No, because I learned this when I had the chicks. They have to be fertilized. Fertilized, I know. So no, because they're not all going to become a baby. They're rotating. One hen...

How often can a hen deliver eggs? Like one a day. Like one a day. I've heard from people who raise chickens. But here's a question. Do you need a rooster in order to get a hen to lay eggs? Yes, I believe. You do? No, not to lay eggs. To fertilize it for it to turn into a chicken someday. Well, another hen with a strap on. I know somebody who knows a lot about chickens. And maybe we could call him to be on the show. Yo, Simmons. Yo, Simmons. Yeah.

But no, that is a good question. Willie Hen.

Do you want the info? That's it. Cock-a-doodle-doo. Cock-a-doodle-doo. Start it again, please. Chicken. Chicken.

I'm sorry. How many chickens were killed that however long? Five million. It was five million because I'm surprised. I thought you were still going to be doing your In Memoriam. No, no, no.

Lonnie. Oh, that's right. He was reading off the name of every single chicken that died in that fire. Torquemada. All right, Kathy. Hens will lay eggs with or without a rooster. Without a rooster, your hen's eggs are infertile, so they won't develop into chicks. If you do have a rooster, eggs need to be collected daily and kept in a cool place before being used so that they won't develop into chicks. Okay. It's a fascinating thing.

you know, the way they do it. And it's a lot of work, though. Yeah, yeah. I'm going to laugh all weekend about that. That is good.

That's his new song. Oh, my God. Oh, wow. We should. I mean, just in honor of all those dead chickens, we should check in with Gene. Every now and then. He's going to be doing it for five years.

Oh, Lordy Lord. Okay. We're done. Okay. That's all we have time for at the Connoisseur. We've got to wrap, but thank you very much for being part of this particular segment. We're going to take a break. We'll be back in a moment. Stay with us. We'll be right back.

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Fast, fresh, and right to your door. Acme, fresh foods, local flavors. I have an update on a story from last week. You saw this. A guy who went to see fish at the Sphere in Las Vegas had posted a video of himself doing a bong hit. He snuck a bong into the Sphere, which we don't know how the hell he did that. Yes. It was a good size. It was like a foot and a half long, something like that. Yeah.

And, you know, and he tags the Sphere and Madison Square Garden in his video. And they therefore had banned him from every single property that Madison Square Gardens owns. And there are several well-known properties that they own. And they were pretty bold in the way that they had put out the statement. It was like, you will never be allowed to these locations for the rest of your life. We do not allow blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. Right. They were setting a precedent. Now.

They have since rescinded that, and I didn't see a full story as to exactly why. I don't know if it was outrage if people were rallying behind this guy, which I'm sure they were, but they have rescinded the ban now, and he can go. I'm thinking it had to be blowback. Now, so is there going to be any punitive action?

I don't know. I didn't see anything like that, but they still said, no, you're not allowed to do that. Yeah, don't be a good boy. So, I don't know. There was something, I think when you had this story initially, I was caught up in that

He was having a good time. It was against, I'm sure, the fire code. I got it. But he added both in the Madison Square Garden. So it was like he's just, if anything, dumb and thought, hey. Listen, you don't need to be doing bong hits in this sphere. You do not. In fact, you can't. I'm sure you're a well-seasoned.

pot smoker you could have picked up some edibles or something like that it's against the rules don't do it I think his approach was so probably it came across to a lot of people as being so dumb like good naturedly dumb I thought he was being brazen that's the way I see it do you guys remember my band

You're banned? Where were you banned from? Oh, Risque. No. I was too touchy-feely. Was it a high-end store? She keeps touching the customer's balls. You can't do that. No, remember I was banned from UPS, the UPS store?

I remember you having an issue. Yeah, this was years ago. I was banned from there. The owner told me never to step foot in the UPS store. So it was so annoying because I had to drive so far to UPS. Um, and maybe about probably like a year or so ago, two years ago, maybe, um, I was like, let me just like, I want to just try, like see if he's in there. Hey, you get out of here. Uh,

And I went in and he was not there. The guy was like... You could pick him out of a crowd of a million people. He was very different looking. And so he was not there. And so I've gone back. So it sort of dissolved. I think the guy...

doesn't own it anymore. It's all new employees. It's young people that work there. So whoever... Do you think if the guy was there after all this time and you walked in, he would throw your ass out? I think you would recognize him. Really? Wow. Yeah, it was a big deal. He was rude to an elderly woman who was having trouble. She was returning shoes to Zappos. I remember the whole thing. And he was so rude to her. She...

You know, she clearly didn't do this all the time. Someone like me who knows how returns work. And so she gave the box, whatever, and she stood there and she goes, is that all I need to do? And he goes, yeah, that's it. And she said, she goes, well, do I get a receipt or whatever? And he threw the receipt at her. And I was like, oh, no. She was an elderly woman. Yeah, I was like, oh, no. So I ended up saying something to him and then he told me to get out and that I was banned from the store and never to come back. So I took my package and, yeah. Hang on, question. Was he the manager or... I think he was...

I don't know how UPS stores work, but he was either the manager or more of an owner. What a dick. Do UPS stores have owners? Are they franchises? Well, I don't know, but I know that you can buy roots of stuff, like FedEx roots, but I don't know how that works for UPS and UPS stores. Kathy, you're...

You're kind of a hero. You know what I mean? That is a good ban. You stepped up. That is a good ban. Very good ban. For an old woman. So the UPS store is a locally owned franchise. I didn't know that. I was banned from two places in Kathy. I wish I was the hero, but I was not. I was a total a-hole. You were yelling at an old woman. Well, no. No. You know, I definitely had a phase in my high school years where I was a...

smart ass to adults and there was a lady who worked at the KFC that was next to Carnaval High School man and I loved their parfait there at the KFC and I was mouthing off to this lady listen I thought I was being funny I was just being rude and I was being disrespectful and she asked me to never come back again

So she asked you? Was she yelling? She told me to never allow back there again. F around and find out. And I found out. And I found out the hard way. And then there was another one. There was a 24-hour convenience store down the street from my college that I got caught stealing a Slim Jim. And I got banned from that store by the mayor.

late the night manager. Did they take your picture? No, but I mean, she knew what I looked like, but there was a guy named Andy that used to work there as well. And Andy, we used to let come party with us at school. And so I would walk past the window, right? And Andy would see my face and the lady was working. He'd be like,

He would shake his head now. I'm like, all right, I guess I'm not going in. I would hand my money to my friends, tell them what they get me. All right. Banned from two places. We haven't had this conversation in a while. So where were you banned from and why? 215-263-WMMR. Now, on a different note, I have Jenna on the line, and she is a glass artist and knows this guy.

who smoked at the Sphere, so let me go to her. Hi, Jenna, good morning. Gadzooks, guys, how are you doing? Gadzooks, we are awesome. All right, so you know the dude? I do. I am good friends with him. We go out all the time. We have sessions at my studio. He's bought some of my pieces, and he's snuck his pieces into a lot of different shows all around Philly, New York, Jersey, everywhere.

And so it's kind of his thing? It is, yes. Okay. And was this one of your pieces he was smoking at the Sphere? No, that was not one of mine. Okay. Have you talked to him since this took place? I just messaged him. I said, dude, they're talking about you on MMR. And he's like, dude, that's great. Yeah, can we talk to him? I can see if he can call in, absolutely. Yeah, text him. Yeah, would love to hear from him. What's his name, by the way?

He goes by Terpy. Terpy. His Instagram is under the glacier. Okay, Terpy. Oh, so he's not... Who's Acid Farts then? I have no idea who that is. Okay. Instagram was the... The Instagram handle that we saw it posted on was originally Acid Farts. Oh, it was? Yeah. You sure this is the same guy, Jen? It might be a different guy who posted it, but he is the actual one. He's the actual one who was smoking. The Acid Farts may simply have been in proximity and posted.

Yes. Okay. How did he feel about the band and everything? So I didn't talk to him about that. Not yet. I had no idea. My weekend has kind of been kind of crazy with the events that I was at, so I didn't get a chance to reach out to him yet. Okay. All right. So you make pipes and bongs and stuff like that? I do. I actually talked to you guys, and you posted my video of me making a pendant. Oh, yeah. You're very talented. Oh, my gosh. Yeah. That was really cool stuff.

That's awesome. Well, congratulations on your budding career. It's a pod reference. Excellent. Well, listen, tell him to give us a buzz if he gets a minute. That would be great to get it firsthand from him. Absolutely. Awesome. Thanks for the call, Jenna. Not a problem. All right. See you. I don't know if it's the same guy. Okay.

Well, we can ask him. Yeah, because I mean, I'm looking at his, at that guy's Instagram and I don't. Are we on acid farts? No, what she told me. Under the glacier. Under the glacier. Oh, I'm on acid farts over here, which is a sentence I've never said. And this is the guy, at least on this account, Casey's where it was posted about him getting banned. But perhaps there's two accounts. Yeah.

Or maybe this person, maybe Acid Farts is just posting about it, not saying it's him. We've got to get to the bottom of Acid Farts. So Acid Farts is probably his business. Correct. You want to keep them separate. By the way, representatives for the Sphere said on Saturday that the ban was an error due to a breakdown in our process. Statement reads that there was a breakdown in our process due to a change in personnel, which resulted in the letter being sent out inadvertently.

This customer is not banned from our properties. However, it is still against our policies, which are in accordance with local laws to smoke, bring glassware into our venues, and disrupt other fans' enjoyment of the event. How would a letter like that, banning someone from all of their properties, do they just always have that in the queue ready to go and it accidentally went out? I don't know. Yeah. But they said that the lawyer's letter was a mistake.

that they sent out. Okay. Always hire a lawyer who wears a cowboy hat. Yep. If we haven't learned anything, we didn't need to remind ourselves of that. All right. Hang on. Let me go to... I have Mike who's been banned from somewhere before. Hi, Mike. Good morning.

Good morning. Hey, what's up, buddy? How's it going, guys? It's all right, man. What's up? How much? I was banned from the right-hand urgent care over there in Ardmore. My wife had come home from work, and she had said she was having shortness of breath and a bit of a panic attack. And we went to that urgent care. They just opened, and we walked in, and I don't know if the lady wanted to close earlier or what, but she's like, oh, no, no, no, we don't do that here. So I off the cuff turned around and said, you know,

All right, honey, let's get out of here if I burn this place to the ground. And she'll call it Lower Merion. I'm trying to go through this and figure out where the issue might have occurred. It's the burn the place down.

That probably... Do you see now in retrospect that that was probably not the thing to say? Absolutely not. And then it was a pain because we had to switch where we got our prescriptions.

And it was just, my wife was none. Honestly, if you had to go through all that, I'd go back and burn it down. That's a different story, Mike.

Yeah. Well, you guys enjoy your day. All right. Thank you, Mike. I don't know if you got any legal trouble, but they definitely banned him. Yeah. It's not like Kathy. Kathy, did you threaten to burn down the UPS store? I did not. Okay. But he told me I could never come back, and I told him, no problem. I will never come back here. Here's a text that says, I know the guy that banned Kathy from UPS. He was an ass. Ah, see? Yeah. Yelling at old women. Yeah.

And here you are where you're in mid-20s. I know. I was so young because it was a couple years ago. Man, I can't stand people who are the manager or more specifically like an owner saying,

and they know it and they're rude and they don't, you know. Yeah, they don't care. They're rude to people. They don't care. They can do it if they want to, technically. They can be that way. I mean, of course, it's the law of diminishing returns. You keep throwing bad energy out there, eventually your business is going to go under. It'll be gone. You know how you get back at them. Burn their place to the ground. Burn it to the ground.

Let's get out of here before I burn this place to the ground. Come on, honey. I'll be back later to burn it to the ground. That's my man. Christine is online. She got banned from somewhere. Hi, Christine. Good morning. Hi, good morning. How are you? Good. What's up, Christine?

Well, my ex-husband and I, a few years ago, we were flying to Las Vegas on Spirit Airlines, and we were having a couple drinks. It was right after COVID. It was a time that you had to keep your mask on unless you were drinking or eating. And when we got home from our trip, like three months later, we got letters in the mail from FedEx saying,

And we're opening it up, and it said that we were banned for life from Spirit Airlines, and we could call in two years to see if they would lift the ban. Oh, my God. And we're like, what? What is this? Well, either you're banned for life or you're banned for two years. So wait a minute. So for having your mask off and drinking, which you were allowed to do, nobody ever said anything to you about it, and you just received a letter in the mail?

Correct. That's insane. You should bring that place down. The stewardess and the steward were like, um, giving us a hard time. My ex-husband is super obnoxious. So he was arguing. Okay. Well, there you go. So, and then you, you divorced him. Uh,

But now, did you rectify your deal with Spirit? I tried to. Yeah, I tried to. I tried to call them actually about six months ago because I was flying out to Arizona. And they said that I had to call the airline, which I did. And then the airline said, you have to call from the airport you were banned from. And I'm like, well, which one? So I called Philly. They said, you have to call the other one. When I called Las Vegas, it was a big old mess. I ended up getting on a different airline anyway.

Yeah. Well, it's now see in that the issue, of course, is that your ex-husband apparently said was kind of a dick. He he flanned a fan, the flames. So I guess I can sort of see it on one level. Yeah. Yeah. All right. So you should go to UPS. So but how has the two years passed?

The tears have passed, which is why I tried to call to see if I can get back on them. But it was a big old hassle. And I was like, I'm better off flying a different airline. Yeah, at this point. Yeah. Thanks, Christine. Appreciate it. Have you ever been banned from anything, Preston? No. No. I've never had the you're not allowed back here again, you know, official speech. I'm so pleasant. They always ask me to keep coming back more. Can you just hang out for a while? That'd be great. Do you want to get banned from somewhere? Yeah.

No. No. I'm good not having that one. Let's see. I will go to Jim. Hi, Jim. You're on the air. Good morning. Hey, how are you guys doing today? Good, man. All right. Where were you banned from and why? Well, I was banned from the YMCA, and I had just gotten back from a few years vacation. Okay. You had just gotten back from a few. Did the state sponsor this vacation? Yes.

Well, actually, the federal government. The federal government. Wow. Of course. My social skills may have been a little rough. Sure. All right. Yeah, that makes sense. I was working out with some older gentlemen, and they were talking about the fishing trip that they just had right next to where I was working out. And I was really nice to them. I really was. I just asked them, could you gentlemen please...

go down the way and talk about trying to concentrate here. And they did. And I walked into the locker room, took my shower. When I got out of the shower, I walk, you know, I'm at my locker and I hear these guys on the other side of the locker saying, did you hear that a-hole telling us that we couldn't talk next to where he was working out? So I walk around the locker. Now, mind you, I just got back from vacation. So walking around naked in front of men was okay. So I walk

around the locker stark naked and I said that a-hole has a name and his name is Jim. Okay. So nothing happened. I walked out and the lady called me to the desk and she said, sir, I'm going to have to ask you to not come back. And I said, what's going on? What's the problem? She said, well, there's some older gentlemen that feel threatened with your presence. So she gave me my money back and she told me I wasn't allowed to come back for the Y. Wow. I was thinking when you say, you know, it's going to be more of a confrontation. That was just simply a mild exchange of words and they banned you?

Well, you know, I've got a few tattoos, and like I said, after vacation, I was kind of big from working out. Maybe they just felt threatened, I guess. I don't know, but they're the kind of guys that are there every morning. I'd like to say, like Norm at the bar. So I guess, you know, if they feel threatened, then, and honest to God, I didn't. There was no hostility at all, but maybe I just looked a little like I did. Well, when you say tattoos, none of them would have been all the rage in 1935 Berlin. Would they have...

No, no. Okay, all right. All right, so, okay, I got it. But Jim, maybe they knew you had just gotten back from vacation, too. I mean, maybe, you know, they could, I don't know, maybe they could smell the testosterone. I didn't have it tattooed on my forehead. All right, Jim, but you've not gone on any more of these vacations, have you?

No, sir, I have not. All right, good. Good for you. Look, I just want to share with you, when I got out, I built a company and I just sold my company and I'm retired. Good for you. Good for you. Yes. So there is a life after vacation. There is. Happy to hear it, buddy. Good for you. All right, thanks, Jim. Take care, man. Have a good day now.

Federal government. I don't know what I would do if somebody asked me to not have a conversation at the gym. It's the difference between having a loud conversation and just talking to somebody. If you're standing adjacent to people who are working out in close proximity, that to me is kind of rude. For talking to somebody?

If you're standing right next to someone who's trying to maintain a level of focus, like right next to them, that could be a problem. But if you're at your own station, it's a public place and people are talking. Put in your earbuds or develop better focus. Right, right. All right, let me go to Sean. Hi, Sean, you're on the air. Good morning.

Hey, good morning. Sorry to bother your work. No, it's all right, man. We're talking about people getting banned from certain locations. How about you? I was banned from the Sprint store in Deptford, New Jersey. Okay. The Sprint store in Deptford, New Jersey. What occurred? They had given me three straight defective phones, and I got a phone. It was broken. It was a Friday. I was headed to the shore. I got my new phone.

I opened it up and it was broken. And I immediately went to the Sprint store and I said, we got to fix this today. Like, you don't understand. I'm going away. I need this fixed. And they said, you're not eligible for an upgrade. There's nothing we can do. And I said, well, that's not acceptable. And they said, you can actually call.

Sprint customer support through one of the phones that's tethered to the display case. So they're going to have you, because you don't have your own phone, use one of the tethered phones to call for tech support or assistance. Correct. Okay. What happened? And so I'm calling, and they kept transferring me around like a hot potato. Oh, okay.

And about 35, this is 35 minutes in, by the way, and I'm already at peak rage. I'm way hot angry. And I said, I swear to God, if you transfer me one more time, I will throw out every phone in this display case and I will riot. And people around me started getting scared. As you could well understand.

Understandably. Yeah. And at that point, somebody came out from the back and walked up to me and said, here's a new phone. Please leave and never come back. Wow. Now, let me ask you, did the phone work? That phone worked. All right. So you're saying if you really want customer service, you need to riot. Yeah.

That's right. You know what? I think the cons of the world might be on to something. That's funny. Wow. And Sean, did you ever have need to or try to venture back into that Sprint store? No, because I switched to Verizon. Thank you, Sean. It's a great story. Appreciate it. All right. Let me see. I'm going to go to, let's go to Alan here. Alan, good morning to you. Good morning, bitches. Hey, what's up, bitch?

Hey, so I was actually invited to a soft opening. So this place wasn't even open to the public yet. Okay. A soft opening to a nightclub and it was invite only. So a friend, you know, I was lucky enough, a friend invited me and it was open bar. So, you know, obviously I'm like, hell yeah. You know, I'm, you know, I'm 22, 23. I forgot how, you know, I was pretty young, you know, legally drinking. And, uh,

an hour or two of drinking so much, I threw up behind one of the couches. I thought I was slick and got caught. And then the person that invited me told the bouncer, hey, no, no, he's okay. He's not going to do it again. He goes, okay, if he does it again, he's out of here. As soon as he turns around, he hears me go, and he goes, I

I'll tell you, that was the first time I've ever seen a kitchen at a nightclub. Take this guy through the back. Oh, my God. So, Alan, how long was the bar or restaurant around for very long after that? No, I think it was open for like a good five, six years. Yeah. But they're like, yeah, don't come back here. Don't come back here.

My friend would say, yeah, they don't want you there anymore. I would be like, fair enough. Yeah, no, at least you understood it. That's funny. On the business side, you know, they talk about how if you actually lay down the law and say we don't want you in here because they used to, at least in department stores, would take your picture. Yeah.

And kind of, at least as a gesture to show they were serious or put it in the security office. Does that even exist anymore? I don't know. I remember you had mentioned jokingly to Kathy about a strip club being banned from there. But when we were regulars at, you know, a few different clubs, Club Ruskay. Yeah. If you go back into the office, there were pictures. Oh, yeah. With notes on them said, do not.

allow this person back in. They had photos of people. A lot of them were dancers. They did not want back. That's right. That happened at swim clubs. You bring a guest in and they would misbehave. They would put your picture right up there. They were strippers too. Let me go to Trey. He's got a good one. Hi, Trey. Morning, bud.

Hey, how's it going? Good, man. We were talking about getting banned from a location, and you? Yeah. This is one that I like to share every once in a while with my friends. Looking at it about 16, 17 years ago, it's about 19, 20 years ago.

Three friends, we were out in Atlantic City just for the weekend from college. Couldn't get alcohol readily, we were just trying to entertain ourselves for a bit. So we were walking around the Tropicana in Atlantic City. We first went to the spy store there and we bought fake mustaches, there wasn't one lady in the group. And we were just walking around with sunglasses and mustaches, very 60s, 70s, sci-fi thriller. Uh-huh.

And then we decided to take the elevator all the way to the top of the Tropicana. And we're like, cool. So we got up, but there were still 10 more floors. So we walked the rest. And then we found a hatch with a ladder up to the roof. Oh, my God. And we weren't inebriated. We were just like, oh, yeah, this is what you do. And so we climbed to the roof and took some great pictures at sunset. Wow. Just looked around. Just looked at all the amazing Atlantic City skyline. Right. Yeah.

And then we come back down the ladder and we're just all yapping and having a good time. And then we turn around and there's this whole group of gigantic men in like alligator skin suits staring at us. And we're just looking at them with our sunglasses and fake mustaches. And they just stared at it. And all they say is like, take that, you know, crap off your face.

And of course, my friend Whitney, she didn't. Because she's like, what are you talking about? And then we had to... So Whitney had a fake mustache on as well? Oh, yes. And she didn't take it off when they said, like, take the crap off. She was like, what are you talking about? And we then had to proceed to ride, like, you know, the employee mechanic, like, serial killer elevator. Yeah, yeah. All the way down in complete silence, you know, like 60-something floors or whatever it is.

And then they walked us blocks away in silence. And we were nervous, but it was very funny, but we didn't want to like, we kind of dug into the situation. I don't know. But it was complete silence. And we walked blocks from the Tropicana with these men surrounding us.

And they eventually said they decided we were far enough from the Tropicana. They said, never come back to this place again. Wow. I mean, you guys weren't worth them really doing some damage to you, but you felt that it could have gone one way or another. Yeah. We've all seen casino. Yeah. Yeah. Well, like looking back on it, you're like, we,

We snuck to the top. We got on the roof of a casino, like Ocean's Eleven. Yeah. We've been casing the joint. Yeah. It seems like it could have gotten real bad. Think about it, though. If you were to go back without your fake mustaches, they wouldn't recognize you. I just put on the glasses with the big nose. Yeah. Did you ever try to go back to the Tropicana?

No, we flirted with, I think it's like the hard rock is downstairs. We like popped in for a drink, but we didn't want to test the water. Not worth it. We look very different. All right. Thanks, Trey. Appreciate it, man. The spy store had fake mustaches? No, but yeah, man, casinos are, you don't want to mess with casinos. No, no, no. Just don't want to end up there. Let me go to...

Excuse me. Did that come out? Yeah, it came out. Oh, okay. Sorry. Let me go to... Speaking of casinos, I have another call here. I'm going to go to Ed. Yo, Ed, good morning. What's up, you dumb bitches? Hey, dumb bitch. What you got, brother? I got a lifetime ban from Valley Forge Casino. Okay.

Went there with my buddies. This was probably 10 plus years ago. And having a good time playing blackjack. I'm up like 300. Well, that all went to crap. I ended up losing the 300 plus another 500. We were drinking, went to the bathroom, came out, I was upset. Put my fist through one of their brand new like touchscreen slot machines. Dude, come on. Dude. I'd even hit it that hard. So we run out of there. Um,

Hop in the car. Get home within, I'd say, three hours. The state police are at my house. Oh, my God. Yeah. So they're like, all right, the casino isn't going to press charges, but they want you within 24 hours to pay for the screen. I'm like, all right.

How much is the screen? They busted out the receipt right there. It was $1,600. So I go back down to the casino with the $1,600. They take me into the back here. I didn't know this. They have regular closed state police officers on the floors, two of them at all times. Didn't know that. No, neither did I. Well, they almost caught me before I got to the car. So either way, I go down there. They take me in the back room, and I say, kidding around.

You know, is this where you guys break my wrist? God's like, nah. So those days are done, but we are taking a picture of you and you're permanently banned here. Wow. Permanently banned. All right. Wow. How long ago was this, Ed? I'd say probably about 12 years ago. Wow. Well, here I was using my card, my rewards card. So that's how they were able to get me. Right. Do you think 12 years later? Yeah. Yeah.

That you could wander in there and nobody would know the difference. They did take a picture and they said, um, if I, if I'm there, um, it's trespassing, I will be arrested. Well, listen, the likelihood of them being able to enforce things like this now is, is actually more, um, um,

a possibility because of facial recognition software, the simple picture hanging up on the wall, you're asking a lot to happen for some, an employee to remember that. However, if the security cameras have that software installed, they're going to red flag you when you walk through the door. Exactly. I've thought about it, but it's not worth it. Not worth it. All right. Thanks, Ed. Appreciate it, man. All right. We'll see you, bud. Our good friend, Meredith says,

who always brings by comedians. Yes. We've known Meredith for 18 years, is on the line. She's on our Xfinity mobile guest line. Hey, Meredith. Hi, guys. How are you? Wonderful. So did you get banned from somewhere? Yeah.

I did. I hope my friend Jody from high school is listening to this because many, many, many years ago in high school, I got banned from West Coast Video. Meredith got banned from West Coast Video. What'd you do? I don't.

Well, I think the guy was being very rude to me. And I think I said to him, you know, you're being very rude and you're rude to everybody. Everyone thinks you're rude. And he said, well, you think I'm rude? You're banned and your whole family's banned. Whoa. He banned your whole family. Yes. And my mom and dad, like they were banned. I don't.

think he banned Jody because she was with me. I can't remember that, but we were banned. So like, I remember like a few years later, we went back in. I went with my mom and there was a different person there and they said, oh, he's fine. He hasn't been here for a while. He banned a lot of people. We will unban you. Okay.

I wonder how you ban someone's whole family. You'd have to then ask, what are the various members of your family so I know to put them on the banned list? Well, I guess because he had them connected to me. Oh, because you all had accounts. Yeah. Okay. Wow. That's funny. You hell yeah. My poor parents are banned. But Meredith, no, Meredith was a good ban, like Kathy. Yes, yes. She was standing up for somebody who's being rude. Yeah. And no, I appreciate that. All right. Thank you, Meredith. Thank you.

Thank you, guys. I will see you later. I wonder if Meredith is trying to sneak out with a copy of Lady Chatterley's Love. And that's the real story behind that. Wow. Well, this guy that was banned at the sphere apparently is no longer banned. They said they sent out a prematurely sent out a letter.

that said he was banned from all of their facilities and they've walked it back. They said it was an accident, but maybe it's a PR thing. I don't know. They modified it. He's now banned from Suncoast Video. Okay, well, no more lady chatter. Thank you for the calls. We do appreciate that very much. We are going to take a quick break. Come back in just a moment or two with more of the President Steve Show. So stay with us.

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Fast, fresh, and right to your door. Acme, fresh foods, local flavors. Podcast. I told you guys I got some stories for you this morning. We'll start with one I meant to get you yesterday, but saved it for today. In Florida, surprisingly enough, a man and a woman who deputies are calling Mr. Clean and Miss Dookie are on the run after a messy burglary at a family dollar store. According to the sheriff's office,

A man and a woman walked into the Family Dollar store and they played very different roles in a $500 retail heist. Deputies say the man walked around the store gathering nearly $500 worth of items like Gain, Tide, and Clorox products, all cleaning products. While he was gathering those supplies, deputies say that a woman distracted employees by taking a dump on the floor. Can you imagine how much fun that would be?

And it was a distraction, so deputies noted an employee had to clean up the mess that she made. Oh, that's battle pay. The couple left the store in a white van. In a post on social media, the sheriff's office stated, if you recognize Mr. Clean or Miss Dookie or have information regarding this investigation, report.

Please contact. So do they have any indication as to whether or not this is an M.O. they've executed on other occasions? No. Okay. But it certainly is brilliant. It's effective. Yes. I think. Yes. All right. Here's another Florida story. A man was arrested after cops allege he made sexual contact with a horse.

And tried to put his penis in its nose. All right. He tried to nose hump it? Yes. Okay. Oh, my God. Donald Calloway, 53-year-old man, was arrested December 26 in Lake Wales, Florida. Police say that they received a call about alleged sexual activities involving an animal. Cops say... Having sex with a horse.

horse. An unnamed witness told them she saw a man pleasuring himself next to the head of a 28-year-old horse named Raven. Let me tell you something. The chompers on a horse are huge. If your dong is out in front of a horse's mouth, you're at a big risk. Yeah, it looks like a baby carrot. This witness... Baby?

This witness also alleged the man was tapping his member against the horse's nose and claimed that he attempted to, you know, put a dirty horse, put it in there. Cops also say this witness claims this man continued to pleasure himself while touching the horse.

Cops say they received a video from the witness which shows exactly what she described to them. Calloway touching himself while next to the horse before tapping the horse with his penis. So I'm not trying to contextualize this insanity, but...

There seems to be easier targets on a horse. Mm-hmm. Right? Yeah. I don't know why. Officers say the video doesn't actually show Calloway inserting, but they added his actions and movements made it seem like he certainly was trying to. Look at the nostrils on that horse. Police then confronted Calloway, and they say that Calloway called the decision dumb...

And he added, I haven't had any sex in probably two months, and maybe it was just a sexually frustrated moment. Listen, we've all had that moment where we've looked at a horse's nose and said, I need me some of that. Calloway was then arrested and booked on one count of sexual contact with animals. And according to online records, he is still in jail.

A rhinestone-covered jockstrap belonging to Elvis Presley is now up for auction. Man, where's my jockstrap? Pull over the rhinestones, Stella. Paul Fraser Collectibles in the UK has the item up for grabs. Look at that. It makes my balls look like the Vegas Strip. The bedazzled junk protector even has the King of Rock and Roll's initials. It says EP spelled out in the stones.

The underwear was once housed in the Elvis Presley Museum collection in Memphis, and it reportedly was given to him by a fan. You know what? That would be a piece of memorabilia that I think would be fun to have. According to the auction house, the jockstrap is housed in an attractive display frame. It's not clear if Elvis actually wore it.

the jock strap. I think that would, I mean, or not. I think that would be uncomfortable, wouldn't it? The rhinestones don't pierce to the other side. No, they're on the outside. Yeah. Probably glued on. Sure. So it may not be uncomfortable at all. I'm not really sure. Oh,

All right, so we were talking about this earlier this morning. Footage of a dramatic citizen's arrest that unfolded this past Thursday afternoon in Woodland Hills, California, was shown up as locals detained a man they say was trying to spark a new blaze in an already wild-fired, ravaged area. The incident occurred near the Kenneth Fire, which ignited north of the Palisades Fire. The suspect, described as a man in his mid-20s, was allegedly armed with a blowtorch and propane tank.

And according to witness accounts, the individual attempted to light something on fire behind a van before neighbors took action to stop him. Law enforcement soon arrived, but only after citizens had secured him with rope and zip ties. The suspect reportedly claimed that he was using the device to, quote, smoke marijuana because he couldn't afford a lighter. Sure. So he's using a blowtorch. Sure. You can afford a blowtorch, but not a lighter. So they actually arrested him for that. Wow.

All right. A wannabe burglar, we'll wrap with this one, was caught brown-footed after police discovered his shoe print covered in dog poop at the scene of an attempted theft. Uh,

This is in England. Brian Harold targeted residential areas in a spree of crimes under the cover of darkness alongside an older accomplice. His dog poop covered print left on a windowsill led to police matching the shoes worn by Harold on the night he committed his crimes. And at magistrate's court, he pleaded guilty to the attempted burglary of a family home. A couple of...

Had awoken to find their shed door was open. The husband and wife also noticed a garden chair situated underneath the windowsill. Prosecutor Gerard Rogerson said that she also noticed that there was an amount of dog feces around the exterior of the property. On the windowsill, there was still a footprint that the dog feces, which police subsequently examined and found it to be a match to the footwear worn by Mr. Harold.

Harold and his accomplice had hit other locations on the same night. They stole tools from a van and were involved in the theft of a wooden wishing well, which was found dumped in another residential road. Have you ever had the joy of, you know, you're sitting up, say, in a room in your house or on the couch and you're...

And you realize you have it on your shoe and you've been tracking it through the house. Yep. As his punishment, Harold must complete 150 hours of community service, rehabilitation work, and a building choices course. What the hell is that? Oh, a building choices course. It means like a make the right decision course.

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I'm not coming home. That's what he's doing. I'm living through him again because I remember it at Westchester. It was so great. I was asking him about it yesterday. I'm like, so what is it like? Because this is his first full year at Westchester. I said, what's the town like now? Because he's working at Lorenzo's. He's right in the middle of it. There you go! What is the town like now that

school's out of session. He's like, it's a little quieter. Oh, right. Yeah, yeah. So it's definitely, he's like, evenings are not as, you know, as full of people walking around as, and I'm like, yeah. Still a great town. Oh my gosh. Westchester, yeah. Steve, Melissa,

Ben's mom and I had a meeting at the school yesterday, and it went really well, but it was really funny to see the vacant look in the kids' eyes because they are just done. There's technically a few days left in the school year. They checked out at least a week ago, if not sooner. I took my son on a college tour yesterday, and we were walking around the campus, and it was...

It's a ghost town. Which is weird. But for me, I love it. I'm like, this is so great. But for him, I want him to see and experience the kids being on campus. Yeah, it's a different complexity for sure. I mean, we went to Westchester and I'd never really been around when Carter was moving in and it was

There was a football game and we drove through town, went down where the, Kathy, where the sororities and fraternities were. Oh yeah. And it was crazy. It was nuts. I was like, man, I haven't seen this in a long time. I'm like, this is really cool. Did you see that statue of Kathy holding her shoes, walking back to her? No, but I did tell you, I think I told you guys this. There was a car in front of us that pulled up and stopped and the trunk opens up and two people got out of the trunk. Yes, of course. Two people got out of the trunk of the car.

I saw this interesting phenomenon. I never really thought about this before. As college comes to an end and students that are away at school come back home,

Is it time to, is it best friend rotating season? Meaning you switch from your college best friend to your home best friend. Yeah, of course it is. Okay. And what that dynamic is like. Yeah, well, they usually hate each other. And that was a question that I saw written. Do your high school best friend, is your high school best friend jealous of your college best friend? Yes, 100%. So, well, at least with

at least with me and mine's very territorial. Like I'm hers. Yeah. A queen bee. Yes. Yeah. Yeah. Uh, so for, it took her, uh, so my college best friend, it took her years to accept her. Uh, and they finally do. They, they, they like each other. They get along. It's great. As your friend from college, you know, it's all about positive traction. Wait, but then hold on. Then there was, uh, after college, best friend, like, like Concha Hawken, best friend. And, uh,

that's still a work in progress. Oh, my God. Wow. To me, that seems very logical and likely a dynamic where there's this friction or jealousy because now someone's just... In life in general, oh, I guess that's your new friend. But this is something that is actually forced by your...

change of routine. I get caught up in that. My lifelong best friends and so on, and I see them have a really tight relationship with somebody else, and I'm like, hmm. I guess I'm sitting six rows back from the home plate. But I would love to hear if there are any good stories of jealousy amongst away best friends and home best friends, and that could be high school or college, whatever it is, 215-263-WNMR, because you, as the friend...

Would, of course, like for those two people to be friends. Hey, you guys will love each other. Nah, not always. And it doesn't happen. Do you think this happens more with women than it does men? I'm sure. Yes, I would say more. I would say it's something that is...

absolutely will happen with guys but it won't happen i i don't think with the degree of frequency it will with women yeah i mean because my women have more tend to have more friends i think in general my my like best friend from home uh i have two best friends and they're good friends as well but uh he used to visit me at college all the time so like he you know he became friends with my college friends you know what i mean it wasn't just uh you know during the summer where these people would see each other that

was part of it though like elisa would come to college you know visit me and it would be like who's that what's her name what's her deal oh you like her why um what is she playing does she play in a jug band yeah but uh so my my other friend my other best friend megan uh she made a joke one time and she said it's okay tell elisa i know i'm plan b and that was it elisa was like i love megan

She's subservient to Lisa at this point, so it's now acceptable. Kathy, I have two sets of girl high school friends, and occasionally I'll see...

The one group that I'm closer with get jealous of the other group when I end up spending time with them. And we're just like, we're just friends. We're just going out to dinner. These are friend groups. So, Nick, you – so, again, and everyone has talked about sort of being the centerpiece of the two warring factions. Have you ever been a warring faction member?

over another friend i'm like casey you know like my high school friends would come and visit me in college i would go and visit them in college i honestly casey i think you're 100 right like i think guys just sort of meld in and and then they when they end up being friends and like are hanging out without you that's a great feeling but when it came to the girl group steve there was always these weird little uh you know um mean girls type stuff like my my wife has um

People love her. I married her. I bought the company. No, but she has different groups of friends. Not that they hate each other, but they're just on a different vibe. And so she is the centerpiece that kind of travels to all these different friend groups, and they adore her, and she gets the dynamic. So she's like, oh, I get it. Okay, this will be for these friends, and this will be for these friends, and...

Because you can't cross streams. Yes, and it's a vibe thing for sure. Yeah, it's a vibe thing. I used to get really jealous over, and this is like before high school, but I had my grade school friends and then I had a neighborhood friend. And I'll never forget going to my grade school friend's house, you know, to go hang out. And my neighborhood friend was already over there. And I'm like, what the F are you doing? Oh, I see. Hey, whore. You.

you know, no, you need to roll me. Yeah. But I, but you know, and I don't ever want to be that kid again. You know what I mean? And, and ever, I find myself falling into those, those patterns. I'm like, okay, you got to fill the F out. The other thing that happened to me when I was a kid, uh, especially in middle school was, um, camp friends versus school friends. And so I went to that camp that Marissa and I have talked about it many times called Camp Taqua. And you would make friends cause you'd be there. It was overnight camp. Talk to the Voorhees boy.

No, no, no. Like you're there for weeks on end. So you naturally and automatically develop friendships with these people that you're spending a lot of time with. And then when you would try to seek them out outside of camp, that was a violation with any of your middle school or high school friends. Oh, wow. Yeah. I had pool friends. That was a little pool. Yeah. So when the summer came, I basically, you know, the only friends that I had outside of the summer were my neighbors. And those are the only ones that I hung out with, hung out with. But no, it was pool friends.

From all different schools and stuff. All right. I had band friends. Okay. And then I had my other, you know,

pot smoking friends. So I'll tell you this. My school friends and were also neighborhood friends. So it was pretty homogenous for most of it. I didn't have these different factions. Everyone knew everyone. So it was never that. I didn't have a dynamic like, okay, here's pool, here's camp, here's this. I went to a commuter school. So unless I were to make friends on the way driving into school, it was no...

So on our Xfinity mobile guest line, we have the queen bee. Okay. Let's go to her. Kathy's best friend, Alisa, is joining us. Hey, Alisa. Good morning. Good morning. Did that dynamic work the way Kathy said that once Kathy's other bestie...

took the second position. I told them when Megan referred to herself as Plan B, and you were like, okay, I like Megan now. Well, exactly. As long as her other friends understand the hierarchy, like, that I am always going to be at the top of the chain, and I have to, like, approve, and you have to get vetted by me first, then I'm down with them. Then we're good.

Let me ask you, have you ever been, so besides that, have you ever been in the center where Warring, well, not Warring. Where Kathy would be jealous. Kathy might be jealous of a friend you were close to.

I mean, Kathy basically hates everyone I'm friends with, with the exception of maybe like three people. Yeah, Diana and Elena are your good friends. The other people are just fake people. They are. Don't come at me, man. I think you and Elisa have a special bond. She'll invite me somewhere and I'm like, well, who's going to be there? Totally. Where do the fake bitches live?

Well, they live everywhere. You know how she is. But again, we are each other's planet. She's always my first invite, but she always has to get approval if others are coming also. Okay, so you're immediately on the list, but if you're going to bring a plus one or plus two, you have to run it by Alisa. Oh, yeah. Oh, my God. Absolutely. Yes. 100%. Yes.

I think don't best friends operate this way. Isn't that normal? No, I don't know. I think it does. Do you sometimes at least say, no, that's not happening? Yeah. Okay. And Kathy, you abide by that?

Well, because if not, she'll make it. It won't be fun. It won't be fun. All right, let me ask you this. Without saying names, do you have one friend of Kathy's in particular that is an absolutely non-starter? Oh, God, don't answer that. Yes, without saying names. It's just like, oh, she's going to be there? No, thanks. She's nice. It's just she's that signature annoying person. Kathy, do you believe you know who she's talking about? I don't know because I'm not.

Well, maybe. Yeah, maybe. I totally hear how this... We're college friends. I hear how this conversation... Oh, wait. Hold on. Go ahead. Go ahead. Wait. College friend? Who...

Text me right now. If you can, Elisa, text her right now. I want to see this reaction because I'm always curious as to whether or not as good as you guys are friends and you're obviously lifelong friends, dear friends, how well you know. It's almost like the newlywed game, what they're going to say. Oh, God. Elisa, yes. Well, she's just annoying to everyone. Oh, she just got the text? Yeah, I got it.

I can totally see this conversation going this way. You know, Kathy's saying to Elisa, well, so-and-so is going to be there. And Elisa goes, well, do you want me to be there? Oh, yeah. Yeah. Absolutely. Then you know what to do. I mean, that was, and you know what, too, like Elisa and I have been friends since we were 15. And so our, you know, our relationship started in that high school years, the cattiness and all that. So sometimes you revert back to that. So let me ask you this dynamic because this pops up occasionally.

So you know you're different groups, Lisa, and you're obviously the A group. And so Kathy does something where she knows she's going to have a couple of those friends you don't jibe with well. So she just doesn't invite you or mention this event that's going on. Were you to hear about it, would you be insulted by not being asked?

100%. I might drive to her house and flesh her tires. Wow. So you want to be asked so that you can turn it down, but just you want to be considered. Yeah. Well, the thing is, there's nobody that she spends it that I actually dislike.

You know, I don't hate anybody or anything. I really have a good time with all of her friends. I love the good girls, like all her little neighborhood friends. They're so fun and so nice. But, you know, maybe there might be some other peripheral friends that I'm like, huh. Like the college friends. Yeah, yeah. I love some of her college friends, too. There's just one in particular that might be, like, on the annoying side. All right. What are your feelings on Kathy's coworkers? I just love them. Yeah.

Why wouldn't you? Let's pretend we're all fair. What's the answer then? There's a loud eater in the group. Yeah, well, that's true. There's several. All right, Elisa, thank you for the call. All right, you guys. I'll talk to you. Bye. Bye. Bye-bye. All right.

The Queen Bee. We do have some calls coming in, so I want to go to them. People who have to rotate their best friends. Their college best friends. Like rotisserie. And then their home best friends or high school best friends. Or maybe just best friends in general that you have in different circles and it's not working out. Yeah. You know, however that goes. Let me go to Alex. Hi, Alex. Good morning. Hey. Hey, how's it going? Good morning. Good morning, buddy. We're good. What's up with you, Ben? Man, not Ben. So, I...

Ben is another way of saying Alex. Sorry? No, go ahead. Yeah, so I just graduated from Montclair State University this year, and it's been a very weird transition because, you know, love my hometown friends, also love my college friends, but the kind of phenomena that I've been experiencing across the four years, like even now into graduation and now, like, I'm commuting to work and stuff and work a nine-to-five, so I'm not necessarily seeing anybody at all.

was you kind of have your found friends from college that you get to choose, and then you're given friends. I grew up with, I'm from a small town in Ocean County. Right, yep. You know, it's...

all people that were placed in my life at t-ball practice and rec soccer that became lifelong friends what's your what's your way of prioritizing or working this system what how you know when when you're going when something's happening who do you default to first when you're going to have a uh some sort of trip or something or something you want to do with your friends

I think I default to my college friends now. College friends. Because I spent so much time with them. Like, they were my roommates. Like, I feel like they were the first people that I got to, like, choose and be friendly with. And we actually talk about, like, new things. Like, I love my high school friends, my lifelong friends. But it does default to those conversations being about the past.

Yeah, you just mentioned, Alex, you just mentioned a dynamic that I think is true to a lot of this. You're sort of feeling an adult when you're in college. You have a lot of times your way or whatever. You have your autonomy. And so those bonds are a lot stronger. That's why like, you know, for frats and frat brothers and sorority sisters, it transcends many years. Would you agree with that? Yeah. I think that's that dynamic. I think whoever you revert back to is like,

is the true friend. I have many friends from college and beyond, but it always reverts back to Elisa. If something's wrong or I'm excited about something or whatever, she's the one to go to. She's in your bones, to use a term that might put it in a deep level. She bones you. Thank you, Alex. There's a term that we use amongst our closest friends, which is, you ever heard chosen family?

No. So we're like the Chapmans there. We call each other our chosen family. And the Leesics are our chosen family. Right. Because there are some... The Lowers. We don't really get along. Everybody in our actual family...

family tree. So we consider them to be a family that we feel this close enough to you that we are family with each other and we call it the chosen family. You know, another phenomenon that's happened, especially over the last five years and especially with younger people, but it happens on our show, is like virtual family.

There's a YouTube community for the Preston and Steve show, and I was watching them interact yesterday. I'm watching them interact now. People that you've made friends with on Instagram, you might not even have ever met them in real life, but they're these communities that exist, and you look forward to the interactions with them. And I think that that's obviously a relatively newer phenomenon. One last story about Elisa. You know who can put her in her place? Jace.

He calls her Francesca's mom. And she's like, Jace, we've known each other for 12 years now. You can't call me by my name. And so now he doesn't. He's like, Francesca's mom. I wonder where he gets that. Where does he get that from? Jace can cut, man. I've seen him do it. Let me go to Paul. Hey, Paul, good morning. Hey, you guys rock. Thank you, Paul. What's up, my man? Good.

So I kind of agree with Nick when he's saying you guys have like different friend groups, like as guys have different friend groups, but we're like okay with it. Yes. But I have one buddy of mine that's like we're kind of best friends since grade school and every time I'm like, oh, what are you doing this weekend? And he says, I'm hanging out with my friends. And I'm like, you have friends? Exactly. And I always try to give him like a hard time, so now he just calls them acquaintances. Acquaintances. Acquaintances.

That's great, man. I love that. Thank you, Paul. Appreciate it, bud. Yeah, Case. How tough is it when you introduce two people and you are the connection? You are the cream center to the Oreo cookie. Yeah. And then they go and get each other's numbers and then hang out with each other without you. So let me ask you. Yep. I've had it happen. Can I ask you a dynamic? Yep. You are –

Chuck is your bestie? One of your besties? He's his at-work best friend, right? I have two at-work co-best friends. Right. He's looking at Preston. But I remember there was a little... Not that there was any...

dislike amongst... Oh, Chuck hated my guts before we ever met. Right, but I'm saying I remember there an element of jealousy, at least. Oh, I will admit something right now. Go ahead. Right now. Oh, I love it. This was at MMRBQ and Casey posted a video on Instagram with the song People Let Me Tell You About My Best Friend. And it was a montage of him and Chuck. Oh, wow. It cut me.

Did it? It cut me a little bit. Really? It did. Wow. That was a pretty bold. All right. They went Instagram official. Oh, right. How long ago was this? Now, Lisa, your best friend. Yeah, he's my longest best friend. That's a laugh. That's a different. That's a laugh. Jeff is Casey's best friend. Yeah, but I'll hear. When you talk about doing things, Casey's like, oh, you guys are golfing? I know. Oh, were you going to dinner? Mm-hmm. Oh.

He's got another best friend that takes him to Phillies games at $500 tickets. I can't compete with that, Steve. I can't compete with that. He's not a co-worker. You could have gotten him a Shake Shack burger, though. So he's on the way home from this thing yesterday that his buddy took him on. And I was like, hey, I have a free round of golf for you at this Waynesboro Country Club. He goes, yeah, and I want to play. I was like, oh. Do you want to hear why I responded that way? Yeah. Yeah, we do.

Because when I was at your daughter's graduation party, and I asked you to go with me to this game that I went to yesterday, do you know what you said to me? I don't want to go. I don't want to go. And as it turns out... And that's why I wrote to you yesterday, I don't want to go. Wow. So are you taking it back? There. Do you want to go? Taking it back? No, I can't. Why did you not want to go? You couldn't go because you were doing the Scranton. That was before he knew he had to do that. Wait, do you regret saying you didn't want to go?

No. You knew those were the seats? I knew those were the seats, but I also knew it was 4 o'clock on a Wednesday and I was tired. I knew on Saturday that I was going to be tired on Wednesday. And instead, I had to drive four hours. But instead of, oh man, that's really cool, thank you, but I'm going to be too uptight. I don't want to go. Oh.

Oh, man. I thought you would appreciate the honesty in the... Oh, all right. Honesty. We got the line now. Casey probably felt pretty good to get the invite in the first place, though, right? Yeah, yeah. Well, you know, me and Jim, we go way back. Same.

Here we go. Here we go. You know, Jim. You went on Monday. No, I'm like, it's just, you know, like for a big Phillies fan, like to, you know, that must have felt good for you. Did you invite Jim to the Phillies game or Kevin Costner to the Phillies game? I did invite Kevin Costner. You didn't invite Jim. You got to invite Jim in order to get that. Nick is like, sit here and watch this. Back and forth. I'm alive too. If.

If there is a licensed therapist listening right now... We need your help. We need a sesh. Wait, no, I have a serious question. Do I not exist?

Who am I? Casey, has the dynamic... You don't have to answer this if you don't want to, but has the dynamic at all changed between you and Chuck since he became our boss? Wow. I feel like he's being meaner to me. I will tell you this. He's being a total dick to me just to be a dick. I'm like, why are you doing this? No, I've noticed that. Here's something that I knew immediately. Chuck is made of good stuff. Of course. The second he became...

I knew I didn't even have to ask if things are said in confidence and that he was he he was taking the serious commitment to all of us and respecting all of our all of our roles and everything. So that would not be an issue. And I never even had to ask. So. So, yeah, but I could see it's a dynamic that could cause.

Sure. I'm going to use a movie as an analogy, and the movie Bend It Like Beckham, the star of the movie, she and the coach have feelings for each other. And remember, he yells at her in the locker room, and she's like, why did you do this? He's like, I have to be harder on you. I have to do this. Because they might know I've fallen for you. That can't happen with Chuck. That's what he's doing. Chuck, why did you take... Because they'll know I've fallen for you. No, no, no, no, no.

I think we'll have that musical moment any second now. And then you see me licking socks.

hairy-ass belly. Silhouetted. It looks like an otter. We do have to respect Chuck as our new boss, but when he gives me a hard time about something, I just go, okay, Bill. I'm sure he loves that. The dynamic with Bill was very different. It was, yeah. I think Chuck takes relationships and friendships first, whereas Bill was just like, nah, I'm going to be the boss. And I'll...

I understood why Bill felt that way and acted that way. By the way, my buddy Jim, who took me to the baseball game yesterday, just texted me. He said, love this conversation. I've never been the hot chick before. Oh, my God. He's so hot. And he's so smart and talented. I mean, generous. All right. Can we go back to the friends conversation? I got to find this best friend video that I made that made you so mad. I'm going to go to...

Let's do the back to your best friends clashing with each other. I'm going to go to Jim. Hi, Jim. Been on hold for a while. Good morning, buddy.

Oh, yes, I'm totally the hot chick. What's up, man? Hey, what's going on? I moved from a high school. I moved from a town right next to each other. And I don't know if you know Spring City, Phoenixville. They're so close together, but yet they're so worlds apart. So I had my friends that were all in the mechanics and everything and getting dirty. Actually, at that time, playing was like

like toys where I went to a place where it was like girls dressing nice looking classy and everything like that. Okay, looking down the boardwalk. Yeah. Just a different culture of sorts. Sure. Yeah.

Yeah, and... It's like Shelbyville and Springfield. Yeah. Exactly. So it's like, so when I first had my big party and everything, both groups came together, and my old friends were like, I don't think we're ever going to see you again. Wow. It was really weird. It felt awkward, and it was just, it changed my life, actually. I used to be James, now I'm Jim, so...

So that's, that's so interesting. Did, did any of this ever play out over the years, Jim, where it settled down and you were able to keep friends with on both sides?

Yeah, when we got older, yeah. It came out to the part where it's just like, yeah, just talking on Facebook and here and there with the older friends. But yeah, I stuck with the local ones. It's rare, Jim, that you have basically like a Laverne and Shirley moment where like, you know, we don't have your fancy, you know, cars or whatever. You know, there was always that sort of class thing. But to have it play out that way is that...

That clearly was wild. Yeah, all right. Thank you, Jim. Appreciate it. I will go to Lisa. Hi, Lisa. Good morning. Good morning. Hey, what's up, Lisa? How are you? Good, and you? How much can you bench?

How much do I bet? What do you want to talk about, Lisa? My best friend. So, you know, we're allowed to have separate friends. She's allowed to hang out with them, but, like, she's never allowed to claim them as her best friend. One time on Facebook, someone said her, like, put, like, a big thing, like, that's my best friend. I was like, who is this? I'm like...

No, you're not. Even her own husband, like, no, sorry, you're not her best friend. So you veer from using best friend at all to describe, even if a friend is maybe more prominent, you would not describe them as a best friend? Absolutely not. No, my God, she's my ride or die. She would bury a body with me. Absolutely not. Okay, all right, yeah. But your best friend never claimed anyone else as another best friend. That would end it, probably.

No, when ended, it would just be like, why does she think she's your best friend? Does she not know that's me? Right. It's funny how, yeah. It's kind of like Kathy's best bud. All right. Thank you, Lisa. The way the drama plays out. Yeah, we have the agreement of, you know, burying a body or whatever. Sure. Whatever it might be. Yeah. Let me go to Joe. This is interesting. Hi, Joe. Good morning, sir. Hey, Gadzooks. Gadzooks, buddy. All right. You wanted to explain something to us.

Alright, so I have like three group of friends. I have like my neighborhood guys that I hang out with every day because their kids play. Then I have like family. Like my best friend is technically, like my kids call him uncle, but he's the guy you gotta warn people about when you introduce him to them. Like you gotta go, hey, he's a little off the wall, so it's over sarcastic. But he usually pisses people off on a daily basis.

So then I got, like, you know, then I got my bar friends. People all hit up if I actually get a night out. Three kids, it's hard to even get out, you know? Yeah. So...

So basically, if I got my best friend with me, some of my bar friends, I got to make sure they're not there because they'll end up either in competition or smacking each other throughout the night and getting pissed off. No, you're talking about that exact dynamic. And it sort of happens with people who get along with many different groups. Clearly, you do. You kind of have to border collie them away from each other.

Yeah, so I mean, it's basically like, even like, if I have a big thing in my house, and I'm inviting basically all of them, there's some people I gotta be like, alright, let me make it show they're working that night or something so I can easily not tell them not to come.

You know, just because one person and a half at the side, who's going versus who else is going. And so it's usually like they'll try to play cool, but then they end up getting into something. I know it's going to happen. But none of the three separate groups can mix with each other. It's like they don't. So I just kind of like just maneuver through them throughout, like, you know, different things. So, Joe, you really have to take it to that level where like you're that protective of one another that you do your best to keep them separated?

Yeah, it's kind of what it's always been with certain people. Like, I've always been good at reading people. So, like, I know when somebody gets a certain way, I'm like, all right, let me interact and, you know, smooth it over. You're very applicable to different groups of people. It's the way my wife is. And so people like that who can interact with many different people on many different levels, they end up having to do this kind of juggling.

Yeah, I mean, it's crazy. It can turn into a headache sometimes, but you want everybody there. And sometimes you just go, it's better off just not having certain people there because you just know something's going to happen. Well, that's what I was going to say. It ends up being more work if you have to merge all of these groups of friends. Kathy, we'd love you to come to the party, but you're going to have an inexplicable house fire that night. All right, Joe. Thanks.

Marissa wants to jump in here. Marissa? Preston, do you remember hanging out with me and some of my friends and we were having a social media free night because we didn't want one person to know

Yes. Yes, yes, I do. Social media has brought, no, no names ever. I'm not going to say. Just write it down and hold it up to the camera. But I remember. No, just don't even write it down. Don't even, don't even let it. No, they have to know. Wait, why didn't you want this person? Well, because that person just wasn't invited. And no, please don't press in, press in. I'm not going to hold it up. No, don't even show it to the group. Please don't. I'm just saying. Please don't. We'll see you later. I won't, I won't. I'll throw it away.

No, but social media has just changed the dynamic of this whole friendship group rivalry completely. Because if you post a story, even if you just bump into somebody on the street or at an event or at a concert or something like that, it changes it all too. Yeah, Marissa, I've seen that a lot with kids, with high school kids, because...

And 40-year-olds. You're right. But it's interesting because it's a dynamic that did not exist 15 years ago and it exists all the time now. But especially with high school kids, they feel left out if they see people being invited to parties or people hanging out at events or whatever. And people are so ready and readily post-pandemic.

stuff that it just, it becomes hurtful. You know, it's happened though, Nick and to the, and I agree, you're exactly a hundred percent right. What's also happened is that there has been focused laser focus because of the, a couple of years that had to be spent informative high school students lives.

where they couldn't socialize at all. All they did was communicate over phones and social media. That became the metric by how you were doing as a human. We have to take a break in a second, but this is an interesting text that came and said, all relationships are based on need. Once that need is gone, it's up to the individual to decide whether to continue the friendship or not. And now you have to, quote, work, and

at keeping the friendship and not drift apart. So, for example, like us, we need to come to work. So we are seeing each other and we are friends because we are together all the time. Now, when someday we're not working together anymore, we will have to work to keep that relationship alive if we want to. And that's when Chuck clearly becomes Casey's best friend. That's it. This is true. Not if he continues to be an a-hole to me for no reason. Exactly.

That is so true, though. I had a friend from college and being friends with her was a lot of work. And guess what? I'm not friends with her anymore. To be honest, what happens is proximity is a great decider of your friend base. It's very rare. I have a few friends from stand-up comedy that I see maybe once every 10 years. It's crazy amounts of time will lapse. We can pick right up. Are we friend friends the way

You are Casey with your best friend, Chuck. You know what I'm saying? It's not the same. So I'm less of a... Because of the amount of moving around I've done in my life, I have not had...

You know, battalions of friends, the way you guys all have a, you know... You say battalions, but, like, honestly... Nah, I've got, like, three. I've got, like, you know, outside of, you know... Four. I've got, like, two. Okay. You know what I mean? Like, Jeff and Mike are the guys that I probably hang out with the most of... You know what I mean? Like, but I do... I don't know. I...

You say battalions, and then I'm like, I don't have battalions. And then I'm like, oh, what about – Most people have only two or three really close friends. We've talked about this before, depending on your age. Right, right. So it's all an interesting dynamic. I love you, Luscious S. Grant. But I thought that this was an interesting concept that I had never really batted around. Best friend rotating season with the end of college. Maybe if you return home and then you go back to your –

home best friend and leave your college best friend. What about if you were in prison for a long time like Shawshank, right? I'm sure you make some buddies in there. Yeah. Make plans to reunite with your friend on a beach. Interesting conversation. All right. We do need to take a break and be right back. So stay with us.

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We were discussing a story in the Entertainment Report just a little while ago about Giselle Bunchen getting pulled over and somebody was filming and you can see her as she gets a ticket from the cop, I assume it's a ticket, and she was crying, she was a little upset over the whole thing.

And I don't know if she was just overwhelmed by it all. I can't imagine she was turning on the waterworks to get out of a traffic ticket because she's got pretty much, you know,

She's got disposable money. She's got a few bucks. Yeah, but it depends on what it was. So my situation was I would have had got like points on my license and all of that, which can affect your insurance. Well, I guess whatever it all boils down to money. But yeah, so I ended up getting just a speeding ticket, not one that would come with points or me having to go to court or anything like that. Right. So I don't know. But people do, you know.

Ladies, in particular, may, from time to time, turn on the waterworks in that scenario to try and get out of it. Time to time. Like, I would say most times. That was my question as I was reading the article. I'm like...

So that would be the common thing would be you'd hear, oh, you know, cry to get out of a ticket. And I'm like, is that still a thing? Is it employed now and then? Totally. And how effective is it? Yes. Yes. Right? Yes. Like any... So, oh, I also cried. We were on spring break. We were in South Padre. And we...

got some amazing deal on some hotel through this company, but it was like a spring break type company. So we got there and the hotel was, quote, not ready for us. So they put us up in another hotel, which was like the center of spring break. It was a party at the pool. It was within walking distance of all the bars we wanted to go to. Well, two days in, they say, okay, your hotel is ready.

When we get to the hotel, it was disgusting. It was like in the middle of nowhere. We took a picture, like a cockroach in the tub. Oh, I know that place. You know that place? You went there too, yeah. So we were like, no way. We went back to the original place and they were like, we're booked. Like we have nothing. And so I started crying and saying, you can't make me stay at this other hotel and the whole thing. And sure enough, the lady found a room for us. Oh my goodness. What a miracle. It worked. All right.

And Casey shared a story of him faking crying to try and get out of, well, he got busted in the girl's dorm. Yeah. And trying to get out of that. It didn't work.

Oh, man, did I try. I think it didn't work because your roommate laughed. I think it would have worked. No, at that point, it was already done. You know what I mean? Like, I was just being escorted home by the security guard. I had already gotten written up. Like, I was already in trouble. So, I mean, I and Kathy, this was like, it was like a three-part play. I mean, it started in the girl's dorm. It continued in the...

In the security's vehicle. What traumatic experience were you drawing on to rip up these tears? I don't even know, Russ. I don't even know. But I was digging deep, man. I was digging real, real deep. 215-263-WMMR. I'd like to hear about it, especially if you've faked it.

or tried to fake crying to get out of something and either it worked or it went bad. Love to hear about that. Yeah, what did you get out of from crying? And how effective is it? Now, I assume, and this is probably a wrong thing to assume, but if you're a woman, you know, and you are...

attractive and you're crying a la Gisele Bundchen. That is a confluence of things that can be very effective. But Steve, I wonder if it's a split second decision. You're sitting there going, okay, sexy or crying? Right. Sexy or crying? Which one am I going to use here?

As he walks up. So you amped it up or you were legitimately crying, but did you sell it? The hotel situation, I amped it up. Getting pulled over, I was not at all having a good day. Okay, so you actually broke down crying. I was crying before he got to the car. So he came over and he was like, is everything okay? And I just was like, I kind of just threw my hands up and I was like...

it's not a good day but you know what else i would like to kind of hear from like the cops too because they're the ones who are going okay you're crying i'm not going to give you points on your license right here's a ticket that you just need to pay the fine i know that and i speak from a from a personal point of view and i don't know if i'm sure other guys can commiserate with this but when you have a uh hysterically crying woman whether you know them or not it can be like

I don't know what to do. For you, the type of person you are, if it was me, I'd be like, what's wrong? Can I help you? Do you need something? This would be my body language and I know this is radio. Let's say it's Casey. I'd be like, yeah. I want to touch them but I also don't. Because you know it's a violation? No.

If I were a cop person, I'd go, here, here's my gun. Hey, I didn't tell you guys this the other day, and this was obviously serious, but I go upstairs to go to the bathroom, and so I go through the stairwell, and I walked into the stairwell, and there was a woman on the phone who was sobbing.

Oh, my God. I know. And I just, I quickly... What's so funny? What's so funny? No, I just, I felt horrible. I don't know if she was talking, she found out somebody died or something like that, but it was, I was just like, oh, my God. And you want to, as a human, you want to...

You know, where's the bathroom? You want to give a hug or something. But it's also none of your business. It is. So, you know, you kind of walk that line. We're going to go to some calls here. I have Samantha on the phone. Hi, Samantha. Good morning. Good morning. How are you? Good. What's up, Samantha?

So I had a friend, she was a waitress with me, and she told me one time she got pulled over speeding and the cop came over and she was bouncing up and down in her seat and squirming. And she told the cop that she was speeding because she had a urinary tract infection. So that's a bait and switch. That's like saying you have diarrhea. But was she crying when she did that? That's what we're trying to meet, the effectiveness of good old-fashioned crying.

She did a pretty good acting job. Okay. She showed me what she was doing and she got away with it. Yes. We've heard like diarrhea. I got an alert from my home security system. I'm trying to get home. Okay. Okay. So you're being duplicitous. But I'm wondering on that level that you're talking about, Preston, on an emotional display, how effective that is. Thank you, Samantha. Maybe if you had UTI and crying. Oh, it's a home run. Yeah. You got it. All right. We'll go to Heather. Hi, Heather. Good morning.

Morning. Hey, what's up, Heather? Hi. So I'm much older now. Me and my friend were driving on 95 and I was driving. She was next to me. She was completely trashed at the time, too. And I was sober. Don't worry. Okay. Okay.

I got clock speeding going 127 miles an hour. Excuse me? My God. 127 miles an hour? Yeah, I don't speed like that anymore. Wow. You're like qualifying for NASCAR.

That's not safe. So as the cop was coming up, I turned my phone off. He came up. I started crying. I was like, I was supposed to be home an hour ago. I got lost. My phone died. My parents are going to be super worried. My parents, like, I didn't even live with my parents at the time. Like, they didn't even know where I was. Oh, you. It was a made-up story. Shame on you.

So I ended up not giving me a ticket. He told me I was really bad at driving fast. I needed to slow down. No. And he probably saved your life because that's I mean, that's wildly dangerous. But you so so you you worked you did the waterworks and I got to get home for my parents. You can come to this whole story. And it worked.

Yeah. Yeah. Wow. Thank God, because, like, you could lose your license. Yeah. 127? Yeah. Were you guys laughing after that? Um, yeah. Yeah. I'm having a little trouble believing that a cop is going to let somebody go for crying if they're driving 127 miles an hour. I mean, especially because I just got this text from my wife who said she was nine months pregnant.

She gets pulled over in somebody else's car. Like she was driving her friend's car. The cop pulls her over. She's like, I just lost my job. That's why I'm in this car because I had a company car. I'm clearly nine months pregnant. The cop's like, I don't care. It depends on the person. It's a person. It's a human being. This guy that Heather came across felt, you know, I don't know. Heather, let me ask you. Would you consider yourself attractive?

Okay. Okay. Right.

I'll tell you this. I think there's something innate. Thanks, Heather. The way you described it, Preston, and if someone's crying, I don't care what. It's like, oh, my God. I think it's just natural in us. And for the police who see it probably quite often, I don't know how you. I guess you got to work at building a blister to stop you from constantly caving when someone's getting emotional from getting a ticket. Hang on. Let me go to Jared. Hi, Jared. Good morning.

Back off, War Child. Back off, War Child. Back off, War Child. Seriously. I didn't think Heather's story would be beat. Listen to Jared here. Go ahead. Tell your story, man.

All right, so I was on my way to work in the morning going down 422 on my motorcycle. I was passing the outlet. There was a cop sitting there. I would pass him at 155 miles an hour. He had two cops sitting down at Oaks at Egypt Road, and they pulled me over.

And they gave me this huge spiel, made me get off the bike, sit down on the side of the road. So I just broke out in tears, telling them I'm going to be late for work. I'm going to get fired. I just had a baby. I felt like Dick Harper from Fun with Dick and Jane. Right, right. Was any of that true? Well, my girlfriend was pregnant. She didn't have the baby. And...

I could have been late to work if I wanted to. I just knew I was going to get my license taken away. By the way, you're by the outlets and they don't get you till Oaks. That is a long ass way, dude. Yeah. Oh, yeah. I was boogieing. Wow. I'd be going 150. Yeah. By the way. 37 seconds and you make it. Didn't the cops say you just had a baby and you're driving like an a-hole like that?

Well, that's what I'm saying. They were screaming at me. I mean, they were giving me a bunch of crap. I told them, I was like, this is the only income I have. I just had a baby a week ago. And they made me sit there for about 15 minutes, you know, ran me, you know, gave me a bunch of rights and told me to knock the heck off and get to work. Do they let you go? Your life could have caved in on you at 155 miles an hour. But so crying worked.

Yeah, I had tears. I had tears running down both of my cheeks and they felt so bad for me. Well, that speaks to the humanity of the police officers. How were you able to can can you cry on command? Yeah, I'm pretty good at it. I don't know why, but I can't think of a sad thought. And boom. All right. And then I have to ask, how many years ago is this?

Well, my daughter is 11, so about 11 and a half years ago. All right, it's been a while. Yeah. Have you gone 155 miles an hour since then? Yesterday on my way home. Dude, stop it, man. No. Are you serious? Yeah, I got a really nice worked out GX-14. It's the biggest garage rocket they made. You can't do it. You got a daughter now. How do you not get pulled over all the time?

Well, you got to know where the cops are on 422. Listen, you were given a great gift before. Drive a little safer because you want to be around for your daughter. Jared, stop being a dick, dude. Don't do 150 miles an hour. Also, now you just announced it. Every cop on 422 is going to be looking for you later. Rude. Thanks, Jared. Appreciate it. Do you...

I think you could cry on command, Preston. No. To summon actual tears? Yeah. I mean, where you see them? No. I can think about things that will get me tearing up, but in a situation like this, on air, in a room, no. It would take concentration. I'd have to really dwell on something super sad. Kathy, how long do you think it would take for you to cook up some tears for us? No, I wouldn't. Would you guys?

You got no way. In this environment, it would be virtually impossible. Were you to go and just kind of sit with yourself for a while? Yes, that may be it. And think about things. There are things I can definitely call upon that would make me cry. Are you more likely to cry from joy or duress? Oh, no, duress. Okay. For sure.

Wow, that's a good question. When I see heartbreaking things, that makes me... Like in scenarios in movies or real life stories. Or... No, no, the joyous things get me going too. I've been on an algorithm that's little kids getting the puppy or cat... Oh my God, I can't. Right? Right! I love it. Because they take a look at it, they immediately fall in love, and then they cry. They can't believe it. Yes. They can't believe it. Yeah, and then...

They don't walk the dog. They don't clean up after the dog. Of course they don't. Casey, why don't you? Can you cry on command? Yeah. Are you going to do it now? No, I can't. No. You have to give me a second. Hang on. I want to go to David here real quick. Hi, David. Good morning. Hey, good morning. How are you? Good. Am I on the radio? You are.

Sweet. Sweet. All right, David says here you were a cop for 24 years. Yeah, yeah. I was, yeah, I used to, I'm not going to say where, because, you know, I'm not going to do that. Yeah, don't do that. Yeah. But what's up, Cod? So what I had was, when I was a cop,

Whenever you had, like, whenever I had, like, you know, a girl that was pretty, like, I was like, you know, oh, man, she's flirting with me. Well, one day, oh, I have several stories like this, but I'll give you one real quick one. I pull over a girl, and I walk up to the car, and she's a total smoke show. Like, gorgeous. You know, she didn't go the crying route, but what she, with the route she went was the more...

David! David!

Come on. Hey, listen, I was a young guy. Of course. Yeah, it's natural. Now, not so much, but whatever. So I get all her information. I'm thinking, oh, this girl is so hot. She's going to be so into me. I'm going to get her number, this and that. So when I walked away from her car to go back to my car,

I kind of sit there for a second. I'm like, oh man, I didn't grab a certain piece of information. So I went to turn around and I could see her laughing, high-fiving her friend. And then the girl in the passenger seat goes, you know, she says, got him, we got him. And I'm like, what the, you're totally playing me. Yes. Yes. Yes. You don't think I'm, you don't think I'm hot at all. So you planted some drugs in the backseat of her car, right? No, it was so bad. It was so bad that when I got back to my police car, I actually looked in the rear view mirror and was like,

I still got it. Like, why don't these girls think I'm... So I sat there for a second and I said, all right, whatever. So I walked back to the car and they're like, you know, laughing and giggling, you know, because I know they're not into me. So I walk up and I'm like, hey, listen, you know, just watch what you're doing, this and that. Here's three tickets for you and here's...

And here's a ticket for you for not having your seatbelt on. Yes. Boom. So I gave the passenger, I gave the passenger and the driver tickets. And then she was like, she kind of gave me a look. And I was like, and I said, yeah, you have a nice day. And then she starts cursing at me and I'm just like, yeah, whatever. But here's the caveat to that. Okay. Not caveat. If I ever had like, like a girl that was not attractive and,

and didn't flirt but was like genuinely crying I was a total wuss I was like oh okay I'm sorry I pulled you over for doing the wrong thing I was just like and like I wasn't like I wasn't like a nice like I was a big I'm a bigger guy so I'm like imposing and I'm like

turning into this soft little... David, to be honest, I don't... I can completely hear that. I think I see someone who really seems to be upset or sad, and it gets to me quickly. So, you know, I think it's honest to just admit it. You see someone who's really been... How many times do you think you've been... So, statistically, how many times do you think you were played by that maneuver? Maybe since, like, before that, when I was a young cop,

Maybe a lot. I was a total sucker. Like, oh, that girl thinks I'm cute. Oh, yeah. But in actuality, I'm like, dude, you're a cop. Like, she probably dates millionaires. Yeah. Well, but here's the other thing. Kathy, are you there? Yeah.

you would never get a ticket. Oh, thanks, David. Oh, my God. David. You wouldn't have to flirt with a guy like me. I would just be like, yeah, whatever you want. Oh, my God. There you go. David, thank you for admitting all this. This is a great phone call. You guys are great. I love you guys. Take care. We love you, too. See you, bud. Oh, my God. I had a feeling. That's funny. Yeah. Do you see line eight, Ron? Yeah, I'm going to go. He's who I'm going to next. Ron is a retired police officer. We're going to go to him. Hey, Ron. Good morning, bud.

Good morning. Sorry to bother your work. No, we want to hear about this. So you said you were actually, you were taught how to handle people who turn on the waterworks. Yes. So just real quick background. I'm a retired police officer from South Jersey. I will not name the department, but I also taught the police academy for 15 years and my specialty was teaching traffic. And one of the things that we used to do

was as the class went on, we would do actual practical scenarios. So the recruits would have to come out at night during the day. We would perform car stops. We would bring in actors that would volunteer and we would make sure that we had some very beautiful ladies and some very good looking guys. And, and,

just see how the recruits responded. And then we would take it back to the classroom and explain to them that, you know, this is exactly what people do in order to get out of tickets. Um, and then the message really is, you know, you're trying to prevent a really a fatal or life threatening accident. Um, and sometimes, you know, as much as they turn

turn on the waterworks, I mean, you have to ignore that in order to basically push a message that, look, this is unacceptable. Right. Yeah. So the point of it all. Yeah. I mean, like earlier we had a caller. She said she was going 127 miles an hour. Steve, I find that hard to believe that the cop did not give her a ticket. There is a certain line that if you cross that, there's no coming back from it.

Right, right. There's no coming back. It's just way too dangerous. Absolutely. Way too dangerous. And, you know, Preston, my wife turned me on to you guys a number of years ago. She listens. And when she's at work, she listens to the replay every single day. I didn't know if you could give her a shout out because she would love that. Yeah.

So my wife's name is Michelle, and she would love a shard out. I mean, if you could do that. Here we go right now. This is for Michelle. There you go. There you go, hon. But yeah, listen, seriously, everybody, I mean, everybody...

Everybody that's listening, it's better to be five minutes late than five minutes early to your funeral. Yeah. I like that little accent. That's cool. For example, don't drive 150 miles an hour on 422. Yeah. He's going to stop that. Broadcasting the radio. Call a radio station. Especially if you have a daughter. You want to be around for your kids. All right, Ron. Thanks for the heads up. We appreciate it, bud. All right. Have a good day. All right. See you later. Oh, my God. Yeah. I mean, the point of it is to...

Now, I know that police can assess at the moment and go, okay, we're going to give you this one. Right. Remember, next time you're in trouble. And sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't. Listen, any time I've ever had an accommodation like that, I've taken it to heart and tried to, you know...

Not that I've committed any crimes or anything of that nature, but I would see that as a second chance. And you take advantage of it. I didn't. I told you guys this story, but it was an inspection, an expired inspection, and the cop pulls me over.

And he let me go. This was early in my radio career. This was in Jefferson City, Missouri. And so I went on the radio and I said, I want to thank the police officer for letting me go. You know, because I said, I'm going to get this taken care of. Well, the police...

was flooded with complaint calls. Oh, man. I didn't know that. Yeah, yeah. And the next day, I'm driving my exact same route. Dude pulled me over. He dinged me this time. And he's like, heard about what you said on the radio. And I'm like, yeah. Oh, man.

God, you idiot. So, yeah. Well, then I might as well tell you about the dead hooker. Yeah. Uh, I, when we were younger, we used to throw snowballs at cars and, uh, there was a little park that we would go to. It was, it was a great little spot because it was like a one way road. So we only threw snowballs at cars going in one direction cause they couldn't come and get us. So anyway, long story short, uh,

One dude comes and sneaks up on us after we threw snowballs at his car, and he's got my buddy Matt. And Matt, fake like he was having a heart attack. He starts hyperventilating. He's like... So Matt is an actor, all right? So, you know, went to school for acting and all that. The dude was, like, freaking out that he was going to kill this kid, and he just ran away. He just left. He frightened him away. He frightened him away. All right, well, what if you're not a good actor? Yeah.

Yeah, police, I would imagine, have to deal with that all the time, too. People faking a panic attack or a heart attack. But you have to take that seriously. Sure. Because then the off chance that person is really dying and you don't do anything about it, then it's worse. I wonder what they do in that situation. I assume they would escort you.

To a hospital? To a hospital or something. Or call EMS. Yeah. Yeah, we also pretended that I was a passenger and that I was sick. And the cop escorted us to where we were going. Shut up. I've never heard you tell this story before. We were driving into Avalon. I had a house in Avalon. And when, you know, you can't speed anywhere down the shore. We were coming over the bridge. 25. And into Avalon. And a guy pulled us over. I can't believe I never told this story. A guy pulled us over. It feels so good. Hey.

So that's what my friend said. She was driving. She was like, she's so sick. I'm just trying to get her to the house. So we get to the house. I ran in and pretended like I was sick. And I started to like walk out to be like, oh, I'm okay now. And my friend was like, wave me back in. She's like, no, get inside. So I stayed inside. She comes upstairs and I was like, did he give you a ticket? And she was like, no. She goes, but I'm going on a date with him. Oh my God.

And now they're married with kids? No, no. She banged him. Dude, it's a whole other world. He was a weirdo. Did she offer that up to get out of the whole thing? I think so. Oh my God. I think it might have been that. She took one for the team. I think she took one for the team. She didn't bang him that night. No, no. She's a good girl. My goodness. All right. I'm jealous. All right. Right? Did you have to do that? What the hell? What a...

If I were to offer that, even in my heyday, I would be laughed out of the course. Are you kidding? Hey, mister, want to go on a date? I want to go to... Hey, mister. I'm going to go to Joe here. Hi, Joe. Good morning.

Good morning. This is not one of my proudest stories. Yeah, I see what you're going to tell here. And I was hesitant to even go to your call. But do you see there's a couple of calls with the same thing? He's not the only one. I didn't see that. Okay. Oh, thank God. It makes me feel a little bit better. But I got a phone call from my daughter. This happened about 12 years ago. I got a phone call from my daughter's daycare saying that she was sick. So I wanted to go pick her up and, you know, drive it home. Completely blow a yield sign.

Completely blow it. Just one right throw. A cop pulls me over. I panic and I pinch my daughter to wake her up. She starts crying. Cop pulls me over. Do the whole sobbing. She's sick, crying, trying to get her home. Takes my information, goes back to the car, comes back about 10 minutes later.

And just gives me a ticket for electricity. He still gives me a ticket, but not as bad as I found out it was going to be. Here, I found out a couple of days later that he actually called the school to see if I was lying, to see if she was sick. And...

He let me go. He gave me a lesser ticket, but the ticket that I would have gotten would have been five points on my license. Five points for going to a yield sign? I went right through it. I didn't even stop. I can't believe he called the school. Yeah, I found out when I dropped her off the Monday after that that the director was like, hey, how was your traffic stop the other day? I looked at her confused. She's like, yeah, we got a

I've never heard of that. I guess they can do that. It's part of their investigation. Kathy, did you get a follow-up call? Yeah, of course. That's the whole reason. Yeah.

Yeah. It was, uh, when I found out that the tickets, I have friends that are cops and they said, yeah, that's a, a five points on your license or $500, uh, ticket for me. He wrote it for a lesser. I think it might've been not coming to a complete stop. Yeah. Terrorism. I blew that thing. Like it was no joke. And I, wow. Yeah. I felt bad, but all right. Well, you got, you got to pinch your daughter. How thanks Joe. It's a winning day. Uh,

Uh, here's a text. Where was the other one? Uh, Nick, it said, uh, it was, uh, Hey, this is, um, Oh, thanks for the shard out. This is, uh, Michelle officer Ron's wife. Uh, she said, uh, love you guys to be watching on YouTube soon. And she writes, uh, officers around with wife. I can tell you he was a hard ass on the job, but at home, if I cry or one of the kids do, he's a big thought. There you go. That's what she says.

All right. Do we have we have to wrap up now, Case? Yeah. All right. Unfortunately, we got to we got to take a break. But fortunately, it's for a good reason, because we have a thousand dollars to give away courtesy of MMR's Good Morning Hit. But thank you for the calls. And I apologize to those who would like to apologize to those who I did not get a chance to go to on the phone. There are a lot of really, really good stories. Yes. Of using tears to get out or attempting to get out.

of a ticket or some scenario, but we kicked it off with this story about Giselle Bunch and how she was crying after getting pulled over. We're going to take a break. Make sure you stay with us.

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Well, what started as a routine traffic stop in Florida ended with a shocking twist. A police officer accidentally shot the driver in the leg with that driver's own gun. Let me see that. The situation seemed straightforward when Jason Arrington was pulled over for running a red light in Jacksonville. Goose!

Body cam footage shows him calmly informing officer Sean Lowry that he was carrying a firearm as permitted under Florida law. Lowry thanked him for his honesty and asked him to step out of the vehicle, prioritizing safety for both parties. But things spiral quickly as officers Austin Wiper and

And Mindy Cardwell worked to secure the firearm from Arrington's holster, and that's when disaster struck. Struggling to remove the gun, Officer Cardwell accidentally placed her finger inside the trigger guard, and then it discharged and got him in the leg. All right, get out of the car. We're going to shoot you in the leg. Arrington survived, but says the injury has deeply affected his ability to work. So I don't know how they're going to make that up for him.

History.

Kiss boy. The bottle was analyzed by University of Lincoln student Zara Yates, who used a scanner usually used at crime scenes. And Ms. Yates said the builders initially thought that it was a bottle of rum and they were planning to drink it. Oh, my God. So we should do this topic sometime on the show because contractors and people I've been talking to recently, when they're doing demos of parts of houses or houses in general, they'll find things...

that the workers or other people put in the walls or like even stuff around the house because they figure nobody's going to find out about this for years and they find some crazy stuff. Sure, absolutely. We have some stuff in the walls here when they were building our studio. Yeah, yeah. We wanted to put some things in the walls.

So she said, thankfully, the project manager was on site and recognized the significance of the object. This is historical piss. But we have discovered that it actually is urine, not alcohol. So Ms. Yates told the BBC she used a combination of techniques to decipher the bottle's aging contents. She said the shape of the bottle was introduced in 1790, and its unevenness suggests it was hand-blown, adding that as molds to make it look like a bottle.

To make bottles were only introduced in 1840. It must have been made before that date. Let me take a swig of that. A multispectral imager, which throws different wavelengths of light on the object to reveal the contents were bodily fluids, the main one being urine. The university has suggested it is a so-called witch's bottle buried to keep evil away from the house. Another theory is that it was placed there by a sailor to ensure a safe journey. So they all think they're superstitious. Some sort of superstitious attached to that. Yep. Mm-hmm.

Why don't you forget the moose?

He can't. He's going to die. They didn't. The moose fell through the ice at around 11 a.m. Thursday, about 200 feet from the shore. There's no training manual for getting the moose out of the ice, according to Officer Robert Higgins. Higgins was dispatched to the lake thanks to a passerby who saw the moose break through the ice and called him in.

So he was quickly joined by forest rangers. And New York moose are sometimes poached by humans and a handful die every year due to being hit by cars. For this moose, the humans came to help. And they can die from hypothermia. Yeah. They can't easily get out of water like that. So first they put on dry suits. If they fell in, they'd be safe. And they used a long metal spud bar. That's what it's called, a spud bar, to test the thickness of the ice.

which varied from about one to four inches. They brought safety ropes so that no one fell in. Others could pull them out if they did. They navigated a path across the lake following the thickest paths of the moose without breaking through, and they knelt on sleds to distribute their weight. Listen, guys, I really appreciate this. They used a chainsaw to cut away sections of the ice connecting the area where the moose broke through a thicker section of ice while Higgins pushed the ice blocks underneath the channel to get them out of the way.

And the hope was for the bull to swim down the channel and climb out. But they can weigh about 1,000 pounds, so there wasn't much of a chance of them being able to pull him out safely. The moose did not swim toward the thick ice, so they tried to herd it down the channel they had cut. It wasn't intimidated, but officials...

by officials or the big metal sticks that was intimidated by their sleds. For whatever reason, he said they were scared of those. So once we got behind it, we were able to direct it. And the giant moose quickly crawled onto the ice, but he laid there for a while because he was freezing cold. Yes, yeah. And it took about 15 minutes, eventually found his footing, got up, and then walked off into the woods. That's amazing. The moose made it, but it was a laboratory.

laborious effort to get them out of there. They're very improbable creatures because if you look at their legs, they seem too small to hold that huge thing. Agreed. Agreed. That's all the time we have for In the B-File. We're going to take a quick break. Stay put. We won't be gone long.

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What's up this morning, Steve? Well, Miami Beach joining a number of other cities revoking their key to the city award to Diddy amid his ongoing legal problems. City officials said it was particularly painful for them to do that because Miami is currently listed as the unofficial baby oil capital of the world. Well, it worked. Judge Greg Mathis has successfully wooed back his estranged wife, Linda, and she's agreed to move back in with him. Judge Mathis says what finally worked was some...

old-fashioned holding a gun on her mother. And finally, Ariana Grande is apparently using her real name in the final credits for the movie Wicked. Grande is officially listed as Ariana Beulah Dump McSquirtfart. What? No.

And that's your heart of trash. That's a bit of a stretch for him. Our next guest is joining us via Zoom, and he looks just like he does on television. I will have to impart this to him because that means so much when someone looks like themselves. We would like to welcome, ladies and gentlemen, Mr. Seth Meyers! Yes!

It actually means even more to me that you're saying it before hair and makeup. No, no, the bright eyes. That's really what it's about. So there you go. Have you ever attempted to do makeup on your own, Seth, or do you leave that to the professionals? I had to. You know when I had to do it was during the pandemic when I was doing the show from my attic. And that was...

They didn't give me much to do, but there was a little powder. I was supposed to powder my forehead to avoid a glare. It's funny because you start – it almost looked like that moment in the original Batman with Michael Keaton when the newscasters were falling apart because they were all doing their own makeup. And it was – they were just falling to pieces. I wanted to quickly ask you, Seth, because we have for years –

I used to do a thing called drunk day and you do day drinking. It is great. And you, you'll take a, you know, a celebrity and you'll go to the bar during the day as implied by the title and you do it. So videos running, uh,

And it's a problem that we had. It's like we almost had to do this sort of, you know, sort of blood oath that anything that was too volatile wouldn't escape out. How do you, what are your, what are your level of safety nets that, that keep that stuff locked up in case something becomes too incendiary?

We haven't really had anything too incendiary, but if we did, I mean, we have so many people who are stopgaps for something like that, mostly just our director. And we have writers on that piece who, you know, obviously there's not a lot of writing, but there are different segments and they're sort of marking what they think will play for a laugh.

And in general, though, I remember every night we do it, I wake up, I just sit bolt upright the way you used to when you would drink too much during the day. It'd be like, oh, my God, what did I say? And so I have such dread until I see the final cut of what a day drinking is because I just have, you know, it's immediately like the memory of a dream I had a week ago. Yes. Well, you were with recently Dua Lipa and who is great.

And I, and I'm, and, and there was a little bit of flirtation going on and you're a happily married man with a family. It's like, yeah, I'm sure there was, you were mightily working to keep everything in check. Well, I will say to be a 50 year old man who has this sort of state sanctioned flirtation allowed once a month. Yeah.

You know, like that I can state it. My wife is like got a little flirty, but do it. I'm like, yeah, for work. Real quick before your question, Nick, I just want to mention that because I failed to mention at the top. Seth is going to be playing at the Miller Theater Saturday.

It's two shows, 7 and 9.30, ensembleartsphilly.org to get the tickets. So sorry, Nick, go ahead. No, I just was going to say, Seth, I've been a fan for a long time, but it's funny you mentioned the pandemic because I really started watching you religiously during the pandemic on YouTube, and we work early mornings, so I don't get to stay up and watch it live or live to tape, but I watch on YouTube every day. And I have to say that my favorite segment has become Corrections, which you do at the end of every week. And I know you guys are proud of it. I'm curious as to what...

What you think the audience thinks about Corrections because you're not doing it to a live audience. Everybody has left. But I find it fascinating and hilarious and very self-deprecating. What are your thoughts on Corrections and sort of what it's become?

Thank you for asking about one of my favorite things on the show. I have no intention or plan as to where Correction was going to go. It just, you know, during the pandemic, I started reading YouTube comments because I'm, you know, such an ego monster. And without a live audience, I was desperate to know what people thought. You realize how many small mistakes you make that certain people...

If you make a small mistake about sewing, someone who is an expert in sewing culture is going to drag you over the cold. And so the fun was we would just I started addressing them in this thing we would record after the audience left on Thursday. And the other fun part about it, it reminded me of that year we were doing the show where only the crew was the audience. And it was so fun to just make the crew laugh.

And so it sort of brings back that. And the other part that's really fun is sometimes I'll just do an impression of a cameraman and the 20 crew members will laugh really hard. And I think there's this fun thing for the people who watch it. And again, it's not as many people as watch a closer look, but you know, we have like two, 300,000 people watch it every week. Yeah.

They know it's an inside joke that's good, and they have none of the context, but I still think they're going to enjoy it. Yes, I have no idea what you're referencing or what you're talking about, and I still find myself literally laughing out loud at this inside joke where I don't know what the context is.

it shouldn't work at all. And the fact that it works a little bit is a real triumph. Well, it also appeals to the, to the peak behind the curtain, the voyeur, you know, once, even if you don't understand it, you don't want, you want to be part of the collective too. And, and that's, you know, that's inherently funny. I want to talk about, um, I'm a big fan of documentary now, and we're going to be all over the place. I love it. We are, you guys keep finding deeper cuts. Yeah. I have to though, because it's one of my absolute favorite shows. Cause I'm,

big documentary fan. And I, I somehow had missed the, the, the Fitzcarraldo, the burden of dreams, you know, cause I'm a massive fan of Werner Herzog. I have to ask you, did, has Herzog seen it? Is he aware of it? Or cause he seems to have a, a pretty good sense of humor. I'm still glad you asked this question. So,

It is. Yeah. Werner Herzog was on our show. We had shot that episode. It hadn't aired yet, but I had all these stills from the set. And, you know, again, there are these sort of recreations of, you know, Aguirre, Ratagod, Ficciaraldo. Which is an insane movie. It is Klaus Kinski. The legendary stories of him pulling a gun on Werner Herzog and freaking out. But it's a masterpiece. But go ahead.

So I'm showing, I showed Werner Herzog. And again, I knew going into it, this is the weirdest thing to try to explain. And I'm like, hey, I work on the show called Documentary Now, and we make parody versions of documentary. And we did one that's based, we try to recreate Aguirre, and I'm showing him the pictures. And he just is looking at them. And he looks at me and goes, no one will ever be able to recreate that. He didn't get it.

He didn't get that it was sad because he seems to have a sense of humor. I know, but I will say, I've explained it this way. It would be if someone came in to me and said, hey, my friends and I recreated your wedding and just showed pictures, but different people that weren't in my wedding. Right. It was a big ass. Sure. No, I guess I get that. I guess I get that.

Seth, I just went to Chicago last week with my adult son. We went to Second City, my first time ever experiencing that before. And we were just howling with laughter. It was one of the most enjoyable events I've ever been to with him. But I couldn't help but thinking, because I'm looking at the group on stage, and obviously they're the best at what they do. And they're just great.

killing it and the audience is loving it. But I was wondering what it was like when they get done because you did improv as well. You worked with a variety of groups, Boomtown Chicago, or was it Boom Chicago? I've forgotten the name. And I wonder what it was like when they got done, if they thought it was a good show. Are they having as much fun as the audience or is it just, ah, it's another show. We knocked that one out. We did a good job, everybody, because...

I'm just curious what it's like for the group. When you do a good improv show, I think it carries you through the rest of the night. And it actually, the problem of being...

in a good improv troupe is you have too many good shows and you just party too hard. And you're just celebrating. You're just celebrating every night. And hence our earlier conversation about day drinking. Yeah. You know, it's interesting you said you brought your son. My parents, you know, I went to Northwestern in Chicago. And when they drove me, when they brought me out to go, my friends,

freshman year, they brought me to see a second city show right before I started college. And I think it was one of the most formative nights of my life because I was just watching those guys thinking, Oh, okay. So this, this forever. Yeah. It's funny because there, and I, I forget who was talking about it, but the dissection of standup and improv and, and,

They can nurture each other. I did stand-up years ago, and I was in an improv group, and I tended to gravitate more towards the skit. And the big secret of a lot of improv stuff is that audiences will tend to kind of call out the same things, and you end up with sort of stock things. But you have your stand-up, and obviously you're a head writer for SNL and are familiar with the skit aspect of it as well.

Of the two, do you find that it has that sort of symbiotic nature? Does the ability to do one feed the other or are they two different sciences?

You know, the knock on me as an improviser and friends of mine who would improvise with me said, you are still a writer every time you're on stage. And when you set something up and we don't say exactly what you wanted us to say, it's palpable how this brings it. I do like the control of writing probably more. Right. But, you know, for me, what was so great about...

being an improviser is it was a perfect young person's game and you just it was a really good way to percolate with other funny people both on stage and off and those friends that I met doing those you know those improv shows those are some of the best friends to this very day how difficult is it because you know when you you were saying that that was a formative show that you went to right before you started college but like I

I also feel like when I see people that are that good and that talented, it's like inspiring is like the opposite of what it does to me. What it really does is it crushes my dreams because I could never, ever do what they do. Does that make any sense to you? I recently just wrote a forward to a book about Northwestern's improv troupe just turned 50 and

They asked me to write the foreword. And I will say, I saw the Northwestern Improv Troupe my freshman year.

Oh, my God, I'm going to do that every year. Auditioned, didn't get in until my senior year. So I was constantly getting my dreams crushed. But I also took it seriously and was going into Chicago, was taking improv classes with professionals because I so wanted to do my college improv trip. But I will say I saw Steve Carell and Steve Colbert on stage together. Oh, boy. Yeah.

That first show I went to. Oh, that first Second City show you went to? Was those guys? Oh, my God. And then there was, I mean, a very brief, let's say, four-year period where they, you know, it was before they started on The Daily Show. And I was like, God, I really had high hopes for those guys. I was very happy that

They ended up matching the trajectory I had in my head for them. Speaking of other funny people, Seth, and this might be an unfair question, but I really enjoyed Strike Force 5. Mike Birbiglia said that you were the funniest of the hosts, and I don't know if that's how you feel about it or not, but which of the other hosts just automatically makes you laugh the most? Is there one? Yeah, but I mean all in different ways. I will say that

You know, like John Oliver and I do stand up together once a month at the Beacon Theater here in New York. And he's a dear friend. And just his...

with language. I've never seen a comedian who is even not just on stage, but I feel like the way he uses vocabulary to be funny is beyond me. And Kimmel is like every best friend you've ever had, whether you've met him or not. You just immediately have this affability with him. And Colbert is like, he's like dad jokes if dads were funny. Yeah.

And then, but I will say, you know, Fallon, Jimmy and I worked together at SNL for a couple of years. You know, obviously we work in the same building. We don't see each other that often. But Fallon really made me laugh the most in Strike Force 5 because he is so fast and, you know, obviously no secret that he's a really gifted impressionist. But he also really fell into the role of...

the guy who didn't know what was going on. Yes. Strike Force 5 only worked if we were able to bust each other's balls. And the fact that I feel like the first balls we decided to bust were Fallon's because of what a bad job he did in the episode he hosted. Yeah.

And the fact that he celebrated and leaned into how bad it went was the turning point, I believe, in making it a worthwhile podcast to listen to. So I wanted to ask you about – it's funny because SNL, you referenced that.

It's such a pop culture juggernaut and has been for decades and rightfully so. And, you know, Second City has many of the players came from there. And you are at the nexus sort of tangentially to, I think, a moment that has now become that lives on itself, which is Bill Hader, Stefan, sitting there doing the character, reacting to John Mulaney, um,

that are placed in the script. What was it like to sit adjacent to that and see it happen in real time as he was completely caught off guard by what Mulaney was sabotaging him with? Well, it's such a delight because I didn't appreciate it at the time. Bill's been really honest about the fact that he had a lot of anxiety through his years at SNL. And you just never would have guessed. He's the most in-the-pocket performer I've ever watched. And so to be able to sit next to him, I

I always felt because I did not have a lot of heavy lifting other than to say Stefan. And so I didn't have to be in my character head. I just always felt like it was somebody said, Hey, do you want to come sit on stage right next to Bruce Springsteen? Like literally you can sit right next to him while he plays. Right. And,

The other amazing thing about Stefan is when right before a guest rolls out on Weekend Update, there's about 10 to 15 people in the audience. You can see them just beyond...

Off stage, right? And those nights that Stefan was about to come out, people gasped. They couldn't believe they were lucky enough to be at SNL during a Stefan scene. And that happens, you know, less than you think working at that show. But it was such a joy. And in general, those are my favorite times at the show was just getting to be straight man to not just Bill, but, you know, a real it was a real murderer's row of people. Yeah. Yeah.

Seth, for better or worse, for good or bad, if you have a sitting president on your program, it's going to make news. And I'm really curious as to what your thoughts were post ice cream with you and Biden, you know, licking ice cream and then him talking about the potential ceasefire and then all of the weird blowback that happened afterwards. And you're just sitting there in the background licking an ice cream cone.

We obviously, you know, when you have a sitting president on the show, you put a little bit more prep into it than you would otherwise. I think in general, when we have guests on the show, the longer I've done it, the more I kind of think,

you know what, let's be loose. Let's find something. Whereas, you know, there's a different set of rules when you have somebody like that. You want to come off as intelligent. You want to use your time to ask the questions you think the audience wants to hear the answers to. And so when the interview ended, I really was so proud of everybody on the staff for the work they'd done getting ready for it. And then immediately it all came undone when I went downstairs and got ice cream. And I'm like, as I'm licking it, I'm like, well, this is now going to be the story. Yeah.

But it was a real trip. And I will say, you know, it is funny every once in a while because obviously we're not trying to be the story. Like the fact that I'm pretty sure all my colleagues mentioned it on their show. They all texted. They're like, hey, we're going to do ice cream. I'm like, yeah, yeah, yeah. That's all.

What – so obviously we know there is an incredible gauntlet of security that has to be put in place. What are we not seeing that they're doing prior to a presidential visit? What you're not seeing is my five-year-old Axel. My kids came to the show to meet the president afterwards. I feel like very few opportunities in life for that to happen, right? So –

My son, Axel, who's the wild card, ran down the hallway having guys with machine guns. What father doesn't want to see that? Well, you can tell the guys with machine guns are like, I don't know, but I feel like he's not leaving unless he gets his high fives. That's good. Good.

High fives de-escalate. Yeah. Sure. Oh, my God. With your stand-up, obviously, your Netflix special Lobby Baby, a lot of people may perceive you as a ton of politics, but your stand-up tends to be more organic and more kind of a nice blend of all things. So when you're putting together your stand-up, I mean, is it you're just letting life happen? I mean, obviously, you're an accomplished writer, or how do you approach it?

I mean, I think, you know, when we have them, you know, one of the reasons it's not, you know, 60 minutes politics is obviously that's a good deal. What our show is here. And I feel like when I walk into late night every day, it's like, what did the world, what cards did the world deal us today that we can make comedy out of? Whereas with standup, I sort of think what did my life, you know, what happened within the, that only happened to me as opposed to, I think so much what we talk about on the show is this is happening to all of us. We're all going through this together. And so, you know, it's nice to have a different bucket for, for different things that happen. And, uh,

Yeah, it's just been a delight. Although my kids are getting older now and I realize, oh, this is because I'm going to do another special. And I'm like, this might be the one they talk about in therapy. You got to get one of those. What fun is it if you can't send them to therapy? Your brother, Josh, you were doing a podcast with him and it's family trips with the Myers brothers, correct?

Right. And I love this notion because and I was actually unaware of it before doing the research for this. And I love the concept. You're you're basically diving into past family trips and the trauma that they caused. Correct.

Most people weren't famous when they were young, and most family trips have a real connective tissue to them that the ones that go the worst are the ones you remember the longest. And if your family loves one another, you can laugh at them. And if you are still upset about them, you probably shouldn't come on our podcast. And Busch Gardens in particular. Now, I had a wonderful Busch Gardens experience, but you were traumatized by it. Am I correct? No.

I had a wonderful time. My brother was traumatized because when we got on the trams to go back to our car during a hurricane, we forgot him. Wait, how old was he?

I mean eight, but we got him now. I think 17. We found him when he was 17. We sort of want to be a lost soul. But it's been really cool. You know who we just interviewed? Julie Andrews and her daughter. Oh, that's awesome.

Which was a real trip. Yeah, you had had and I was reading Zach Woods and he mentioned what he called the Brigadoon of Pennsylvania. And what what was he referencing? Do you remember? I, you know, I can't remember his hometown, but he said it was one of these like sort of frozen in time little towns that was incredibly quaint. Okay. Yeah.

And that was that you just felt like you were going back in time. Let me see. Where was that from? It's not Centralia, obviously, because that's the town that's perpetually burning. Yeah, it's been on fire for 50 years. What's that?

I don't know where he's from. All right. All right. We'll have to go back and dig in ourselves and find out. Well, listen, we do have to break Seth, but I just want to remind everybody, uh, the Miller theater is where the, uh, the shows are this Saturday, seven and nine 30. There are two shows that you can check with Seth. So, uh, ensemble arts, Philly.org. You will have a great tonight. Of course, don't forget about late night, uh, weeknights at 1230 AM on NBC here locally.

Great to talk to you, man. Hope you enjoy your time here in Philly this weekend. That was truly a delight. Thanks to all of you. I really enjoyed speaking with you. Seth Meyers, guys! Take care, bud. We should take a break and come back. I know for sure the Bizarre File is coming up. Don't stray. We will return shortly.

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