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Housekeeping, you want towels? More towels. Need sleepy. Housekeeping, you want me to put pillow? Please go away. Let me sleep for the love of... You're listening to Preston and Steve on 93.3 WMMR with Preston Elliott. You will listen to every damn word I have to say! And Steve Morrison. Words are like bullets lost. Casey Boy. They all can't starve it. Kathy Romano. I'm going to just

Nick McElwain. I'm just not the hero type. Van Marissa Magnata. Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain. And now, Preston and Steve on 93.3 WMMR. Clock on the wall says it's time to get started. We welcome you to Thursday morning, my friend. Let's take a look at the weather forecast.

And it's going to be another beautiful day today. We do have some clouds forming later on this afternoon. It's cloudy, kind of cloudy right now, too. I have about 80 today. We change tomorrow. We do have thunderstorms that are scheduled to appear throughout the day. And the high only 65, so cooler. And then Saturday, things open up. We got MMRBQ. We got a beautiful day. Partly cloudy skies. I have about 72. Leading into Sunday, sunshine in 81 degrees. Like after that, it's going to be

Even better, full-on summer-like temperatures. We're going to take a look at traffic, see how we're shaping up this morning. Kathy, what's going on so far? We've got a closure in New Castle County, Delaware on Route 13 northbound between Duck Creek Road and Black Diamond Road. That is closed because of an accident. Another accident on 295 southbound at 561. It's in the left lane. And then a roving crew just cleared off a 95 southbound. So if you're in the backup between Cotman and Bridges,

A little bit earlier than normal. It's because the roving crew just cleared from there. Northbound on 95 at Academy, a crash cleared from the off ramp. And then on the Admiral Wilson Boulevard, just west of Federal Street, an incident cleared. This traffic report brought to you by Wawa. With Wawa's new $2.46 menu, prep the order you want with options at $2.46. Limited time only. Gotta have a Wawa. And that's your traffic on 93.3 WMMR.

Preston and Steve's News Update with Kathy Romano. All right, today is May the 8th, Thursday. Good morning, Kathy. Good morning. In the news this morning, a Philadelphia police officer was shot on Wednesday afternoon while fights were breaking out near Overbrook High School. The shots rang out at about 2.40 in the afternoon in the area of 59th Street and Columbia Avenue.

According to Police Commissioner Kevin Bethel, there were several fights outside of the school when additional officers were called in. Bethel says an adult armed with a weapon fired a shot at the ground and the bullet ricocheted and hit an officer under his vest. The officer was shot once in the stomach and taken to Penn Presbyterian Hospital. He is out of surgery and listed in critical but stable condition.

The commissioner said fights outside of schools are not uncommon, but he had strong words for the adult getting involved. You're a damn adult, Bethel said. You're supposed to know better. You're supposed to be the one who has to come in here to de-escalate, not escalate. The 30-year-old adult is now in custody. Sources say another teen was also apprehended in connection with the incident. D.A. Larry Krasner said in a statement, while this investigation remains open, I want to stress that my office will hold the suspect justly and appropriately accountable for his outrageous actions.

No officer fired their weapons during the incident and no other injuries were reported. The 26-year-old officer is new to the force, graduating from the academy just in 2024. He was assigned to the 19th district in March. The likelihood of a shot going up under the vest. Right? Yeah. According to Philadelphia police data, this is the sixth police-involved shooting this year and the second time an officer was injured in the line of duty.

New details were revealed Wednesday on a technical glitch that left air traffic controllers in the dark for up to 90 seconds as commercial flights were inbound at Newark Liberty International Airport. The FAA revealed that the blackout was likely caused by a data outage possibly between the old control center on Long Island and the new one in Philadelphia. While controllers handling Newark are based in Philadelphia, some of the equipment controlling the airspace is still physically located in Westbury, New York.

To combat widespread cancellations and delays at the airport, the FAA announced staffing increases and system upgrades, but didn't give a timeline on when those changes will take place. The FAA will add three new high-speed bandwidth telecommunication connections between STARS and ATC Digital Automated System currently based in Westbury and Philadelphia. They will also deploy a temporary backup system to Philadelphia and a U.S. Transportation Secretary, Sean Dunn,

Duffy has alluded in the past to eventually establish a stars hub in Philadelphia, which could be set up by mid-summer to work directly with Newark Tower and independently from Westbury. If need be, we can patch them into our candlestick phone behind you. We can help? That might help. We can patch into that. There we go. Hello! Hello! Yeah!

Yeah, I'm a landing flight. Do you guys need help? We got something. But listen to this. More than 156,000 passengers had their flights delayed at Newark and thousands more had flights canceled since last week's computer outage.

It's at least the sixth communication failure to happen there since December. Netflix is getting its first facelift in 12 years. On Wednesday, the streaming giant announced a major overhaul of its homepage, the first redesign since it unveiled its current homepage in November of 2013. I'm not okay with this.

Oh, really? You find comfort in that? I'm a Netflix person. That's where I watch the majority of my programming. And I know it like the back of my hand. And now they're going to change it on me. Do you like that everything sits right there? Yes. Yeah. I mean, that's really all you need. But they keep effing with that. Other streamers do. Yes. And I like that what I'm watching is right there. So if I want to continue or I can browse for something else.

Additionally, the streamer announced it will begin testing generative AI boosting search and a TikTok-like vertical video feed on mobile. Number one has to be on any of these streaming services. Continue watching. Continue watching. That has to be number one. It's got to be in that first slot of whatever they offer to you. And it's not. Not all of them are. I know. I know. I forget which one it is. It might be Apple. You have to scroll down a little bit. You would think that they would...

you know, get the feedback from people that that is what we prefer, the users. I don't care what you think I would like. Yeah. Here's what I like. Show me what I've been liking and have proven to like. Yeah.

While Netflix emphasized that these will initially be considered small tests, meaning that not all Netflix users will initially receive the tools, the global scale of the tests suggest a much larger undertaking. The streamer's sleek new TV homepage will move its main menu from the left-hand side to the middle of the page, similar to rival Apple TV. Content descriptions will appear more compact, which I already feel like they are compact. Like, I have to expand them to see what's going on. So what, is it just going to be three words? I don't understand. A guy goes...

Yeah. A man sees. And recommendations will be more personalized in real time based on browsing behavior and the viewing time of day, the company said. Signaling the streaming giant's ambitions outside of TV and film, the new menu will also emphasize more of Netflix live events and gaming offerings, especially for users who have indicated a preference for such content. In sports this morning...

Everything's screwed up here. There we go. What the f*** is that? The Phillies beat the Rays 7-0 last night in Tampa Bay.

Come on. Christopher Sanchez allowed one hit over six innings. Trey Turner, Bryson Stott, and Bryce Harper each drove in two runs, and the Phils won their second game in a row and have won eight out of their last ten games.

Sanchez allowed a single by Junior Caminero in the first and walked Danny Jensen, but didn't allow a player past first base for the rest of the night, finishing with three walks and five strikeouts. The series continues tonight, and Jesus Lozardo will get the start of the first pitch, except for 7.05. The Union beat Indy 11, winning 5-4 in a shootout. It was the Union's first U.S. Open Cup match since 2023, and the win advances them to the round of 16. Keeper Andrew Rick

made a save in the shootout to secure the win, sending the Union to the tournament's next round. The Union are at home on Saturday to take on Columbus Crew. The match at Subaru Park will begin at 7.30. In the NHL playoffs, the Maple Leafs beat the Florida Panthers 4-3 last night in Toronto and now lead the series two games to none. In the Western Conference, the Dallas Stars beat the Jets 3-2 in Game 1 of that series in Winnipeg.

In the NBA, the New York Knicks beat the Celtics 91-90 in Game 2 in Boston. The Knicks are now up two games to none as the series shifts to Manhattan on Saturday afternoon. The Thunder evened the series with the Denver Nuggets winning 149-106 in Game 2 in Oklahoma City. Game 3 is in Denver tomorrow night.

And the Eagles are still the Super Bowl champs. And that's what I have for you this morning. Thanks so much, Kath. All right, so here we are Thursday morning. And we have more money to give away. And this is the last week we're doing the 20-money keyword, by the way. So at least that's what Pierre said yesterday. I haven't been paying attention. He knows everything, Pierre. He stays up on all the data. Yeah, Marissa gave me a thumbs up. So listen for your opportunities to win that cash. We have $1,000.

today and tomorrow, five times a day, and then that is it. So we'll do it eight and ten during our show this morning. So we don't want you to miss those opportunities. Other than that, we're just hanging out today. We do have an announcement that we are going to make later on this morning around nine o'clock. It's important, and we hope that you will join us for that. We're going to take a quick break. Come back in a second. The Entertainment Report and Stupid Question are on the way. Stay with us.

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Green Day on 93.3 WMMR. It's everything that rocks. Good morning, 632. And the Preston and Steve show. Happy to have you on board, my friend. Beautiful day today, going up to like 80 degrees. Clouds and sun, a little bit of that happening. MMRBQ weather's looking good. Tomorrow's weird. Rain, thunderstorms. But Saturday, 72 and partly cloudy. Hello.

It's light jacket weather for the evening, keep in mind. It will get cool, so it's going to be beautiful, though. We're going to take a look at traffic. Kathy, what's going on this morning? An accident on 295 Southbound just south of Haddonfield, Berlin, exit 32. It's in the left lane. Other than that, everything moving along okay. We have volume building on the Schuylkill eastbound from the Blue Road into Conchahok and Montgomery to Spring Garden, westbound University to South Street. 95 southbound Jams Academy to the Betsy Ross Bridge. The Vine...

Volume Building Westbound 8th to Broad, the Ben Franklin Parkway to the Schuylkill Expressway. This traffic report brought to you by Wawa. With Wawa's new $2,4, $6 menu, craft the order you want with options at $2,4 and $6. Limited time only, gotta have a Wawa. And that's your traffic on 93.3 WMMR. All right, let's give away for the stupid question. Pair of tickets is MMR Rocks Whitney Cummings at the Miller Theater, Saturday, November 22nd. And tickets are...

are on sale now. If you think you know the answer to this text word, Zoom to 610-660-9333. Kathy, let's see if you can get this right. Oh, okay. What has tequila, triple sec, and lime juice?

Text the word ZOOM to 610-660-9333. I bet you that recipe is tattooed on your back. If I ever get a tattoo, it will be that. Although a little less triple sec. You're not big on that, right? Yeah, I don't like too sweet. All right, so tequila, triple sec, and lime juice. What has that? We're going to go through some birthdays while we await your answer. Today being the eighth day of May. Look whose birthday it is. A guy who stood us up yesterday, Stephen Amell. You went faster than

You know what? Like, I never got a message as to what the freak happened with that. Yeah, we were supposed to have him on for an interview and we were, you know, chatting. Sometimes we walk right up to the interview time and we wait for them to contact us and we just got zero contact. So we...

moved on to something else. It's what we do. But yeah, never heard what the story was. But today is his birthday. Maybe he was celebrating early. I don't know. But you know him from Arrow and what else? What was the other thing? He was the first dude I saw that, excuse my voice, by the way, that pollen apparently is killing me. Same. Yeah, yeah.

So, and I don't, I was saying, I'm like, it's a K to Kathy that every five or six years I get it. And this year apparently I'm getting it. But he, uh, he was the first guy in Mel Preston to do that. Hold on to the bar and.

Pull yourself up. It's a bar that's not attached. You can move it up to... I don't know what the exercise is called. These next racks. In fact, they have it on American Ninja Warrior. Right, exactly. And you actually sort of propel yourself upward and move it up to the next rack. I do those. Shut your mouth. She does them with her feet. I've never tried it. I would imagine that I wouldn't be able to do it, but like...

I'd like to at least try it. Just to see how difficult it is. I tried it once. I completely missed the next rung and felt like such a jackass that I stopped. You're taking a risk on that one. Because you can definitely fall. It's reminiscent of Casey, not quite the same thing, but

In the movie Vision Quest, Matthew Modine's character, near the end, does this thing that was really, really hard to do. There's essentially this pegboard that's up on the wall. And you take the pegs and you crawl up by moving the peg up one at a time. And it goes all the way to the top toward the end. But everybody was like blown away that he was able to do it. So, all right. Anyhow, Stephen Amell is 44 today. Actor Matthew Davis in the movie Lele Blonde.

He's the fiancé. He's Warren. The juicy fiancé. Yeah. He was also in Blue Crush, and he turns 47 years old today. It's Melissa Gilbert's birthday today. Little House on the Prairie. Get in here! Whoa.

Is that how it was in the real world? That's the feeling in the real world. Yeah. He's out in the goddamn field. Not the loving father that would do anything for his children's happiness. Michael Landon had one of the best cry faces, though. Oh, my sister would lose it when he would cry. He would just start to tear up and she would just be gone. He had the, you're right, Steve. He had the cry face. Yep. You know, speaking of cry faces, because

Because the chick from Midsommar, who's Black Panther's sister. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Florence Pugh. Florence Pugh. Yeah, she has a couple of faces like that in Thunderbolts. Oh, really? And I just, when I'm watching it, I was like, oh my God, that's the Midsommar cry face that Preston hated so much. They've already freezed one of those scenes and turned it into a meme. Oh, really? Yeah, yeah, yeah. I love Florence Pugh. I think she's wonderful. But she does have, when she does the sobbing face, it's almost like an emoji. It's really exaggerated. Yeah.

And, yeah, she said that one's like, oh, God, come on. But anyway, Melissa Gilbert is 61 today. Actor David Keith, who you remember originally blasted on the scene an officer and the gentleman. He really made a place for himself there. Did you know when he came on the scene, you talk about confusing actors. Ian Patrick Swayze were two people I would confuse a fair amount. No kidding? Yeah, yeah. I get him. There's another one I get him confused with. I can't even remember the name. Wallace Shawn?

Nope. No. But I can't remember. He was in U571, Daredevil as well. He plays the dad in Daredevil, the Ben Affleck movie. Firestarter 2 as well, right? Yeah, that's right. He's the dad of Charlie. He is 71 years old today.

Musician Philip Bailey turns 74 years old. He's great. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah

Happy 74th to you, Philip Bailey. We also have Enrique Iglesias. And it's a big birthday for him. Enrique turns 50 years old. Is this him? Yes. Enrique. He was one of the first guys who I remember they were able to, while he was performing, someone got a hold of an isolated vocal track and showed...

They were suggesting, it did sound pretty bad, that he was getting a lot of on-stage assist. He responded to that by going and singing in person live and helped to quell that. But that was the first time I ever heard that sort of debate go back and forth. Oh, okay. Yeah, every now and then you hear isolated vocals from the live performance. Yeah, yeah. And you're like...

So he is 50 today. Another singer, Tony Tennille. Tony Tennille! Yeah, of Captain and Tennille fame. I don't know if people realize how big they were for a time. They had their own TV show for a bit. And it was fun. I mean, it was these variety shows that all these musicians had. Hokey as hell. Yeah. But she was also a studio...

singer for Pink Floyd. Yeah, what song does she sing? Nick, can you look that up? Great King in the Sky? Is that her? No, no, no. That's a different gal. She's on the wall, I think. So she turns 85 years old today. Nick is going to look that up because I am curious. She is backing vocals on the whole record, I think, Steve, for The Wall. Wow.

It doesn't say which song specifically, but it just says on that album. So people don't realize, that Muskrat Love first appeared on the wall and then they covered it. No kidding.

Wow, that was a Pink Floyd song? It really stands out. Muskrat Love. And also, Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me by Elton John. She sings backups on that? She does, yeah. And then she also, Steve, you talk about the Wrecking Crew. She did stuff with them, Beach Boys, Art Garfunkel. So yeah, a lot of backing vocals. Oh, awesome. She's 85 today, by the way. She probably sounds like me today. Oh, and with the, yeah, and Captain had a connection to the Beach Boys as well. So he was a big...

songwriter with him, I believe. And then we have Alex Van Halen. Turning year old. He's 72 years old.

Recently read his autobiography. What did you think of it? Alex is an interesting guy. Did you appreciate him more or did it confirm what you suspected about him? I mean, he's a hard ass. And he and Eddie were great. And they knew they were great. And they didn't put up with any crap. And they did some stupid stuff. And Alex is like a guy I wouldn't get along with. Yeah. I can guarantee you that.

Great freaking drummer. Phenomenal drummer. And I'm not just talking about the Hopper teacher, which is wonderful. In fact, he did this beat on a song called I'm the One years and years and years before. It's almost identical to... Yeah, see if you can find I'm the One, Casey. Yeah, because it's almost identical to this Hopper teacher beat.

groove that he gets into. He was so outshone by Eddie that it's hard to look at the fact that Alex was as awesome drummer as he is. I want you to hear this. Hit that, Case. Let's see if you can hear the drum part. There's a big guitar intro here too. Take a second.

I'll get back to this in a moment because I forgot this part too. Here we go. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. The double bass. It's kind of like a shuffle rhythm. What's this on, Diver Down? No, this is on... It might be on the first Van Halen album. I don't know. Or no, no, no. No, it's on...

Oh, come on. It's not fair warning. Got you. So anyhow, Alex is celebrating his 72nd birthday today. All right. Then we have Sir David Attenborough.

Wow, he's 99 years old. Great naturalist. His nature documentaries are legendary. Yep. He did the history of muskrat love. Wow. Because that's an animal. Planet Earth, The Life of Birds, Blue Planet, to name a few. His brother, Richard Attenborough, was one of the stars of the Jurassic Park series as well. Yes, a legendary director in his own right. And turning 99 years old today. And speaking of directors, last birthday to mention, Michael Gondry.

Is it Michelle Gondry? Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind? Oh, one of my favorite movies. Are you a fan? I only saw it one time. It's a little moody for me. It is. But I thought it was intriguing. Do you know the overriding...

Yeah.

Exactly. Great. All right. So happy birthday to everyone today celebrating birthday. All right. Let's see if we can get an answer via Zoom to our stupid question. We got Jason that's joining us. Hey, Jason, how you doing, buddy? You guys rock. You, sir, are the man. So what has tequila triple second lime juice?

The good old margarita. Margarita! You are correct. Now don't be drinking one while you're driving. Hang on, Jason.

We're going to give you a pair of tickets as MMR rocks Whitney Cummings at the Miller Theater. They probably serve margaritas there. Saturday, November 22nd. Tickets are on sale now via Ticketmaster. You can go to WMMR.com for more information. This past summer, I did like a margarita bar, kind of, I guess you'd call it. So it was different types of margaritas. You guys know I make my margaritas fresh. I squeeze all the lemons, the limes, all that kind of stuff.

I don't use a pre-made mix. And so they could choose between like I did blueberry, watermelon, strawberry, mango, like any type. And we would throw the fresh fruit in the blender. We'd blend it up, put it in the margaritas. People were like going crazy over it. That's awesome. It did have me pretty busy, but whatever. It was okay. I was just drinking while I was doing it. What's your take on the frozen margarita?

Yeah, I mean, if it's, so I don't like it too sweet and I don't like the mixes. I don't like when it's, you know, so yeah, if it's a fresh margarita and we freeze it and throw some ice in it, I'm all in. Okay. All right. I don't like the frozen ones. You don't like them? Yeah, the blended ice. The ones you see in resorts? That's like a resort thing, is it not? The frozen margaritas? I mean, you can get them at most bars. Also, brain freeze comes with that. True. Yeah, it's like a slurping, you know? Oh, all right. Yeah.

All right, so some entertainment stories. Kylie Jenner and Timothee Chalamet made their red carpet debut as a couple Wednesday, the 70th David DiDonatello Awards in Rome. Chalamet was there to receive the David for cinematic excellence. The duo coordinated in sleek black outfits with Jennifer rocking a Schiaparelli dress.

While Chalamet showed off a velvet suit with a boutonniere. Ooh, rock star Rob would love that. He would love that. They were both wearing shirts pressed and fingers pointing that said, I'm with stupid. Oh, that's great. I love that joke. Their public appearance followed Jenner's solo Met Gala walk while Chalamet stayed at home to watch the Knicks game. Though they have attended many award shows together this season, including the Golden Globes and the Oscars, this marks their first red carpet moment. So let me ask you, Chalamet, super good looking, obviously very talented, good actor. We like him a lot.

should he lose that not quite there mustache? Oh, no, I think it kind of works on him. It works on him? I think it, well, I don't know. I think he can pull it off. Not everybody can get that look going, but I think he's all right with it.

So we all make mistakes. Tom Brady says his 2024 Netflix roast was a big one when it came to being a parent. The retired football player shared his regrets, how it affected his kids. He said it was tough on my kids for sure. Noting the jokes about his divorce from Gisele Bundchen were really hard on his three children. And he called it a stake through the heart.

When he was asked about, when they later asked him what was the point and why did you do that, it really got to him. Yeah, yeah. Despite enjoying the event in the moment, he acknowledged that there are some things as a parent that you mess up.

And Nikki Glaser, one of the roast comedians, previously revealed the roast writers intentionally avoided making jokes about his children, but they were going after the ex. So when you were a kid and the first time you saw your parents roasted. Yeah. Do you remember how that hit you? It's hard, right? It was difficult. I hadn't.

you know, grown a thick skin at that point. Ben Affleck is opening up about how he really feels about Britney Spears' rollercoaster ride with fame because obviously he's had his own. Same deal and same deal with the paparazzi. He admitted that he felt empathy for the pop icon even though he didn't personally know her during her most scrutinized years. The actor called out the cruelty of fame.

and likened Britney to a tiger being poked until it lashes out, saying, all you see is the growling anger. What the public misses, he said, is the chaos behind the scenes. He said, the people around waving the stick at the tiger. There was a documentary a while ago about the world of the paparazzi and

So he is making a valid point because they are relentless. They're at your home if you are a celebrity of a certain status, and they will not let you alone. Now, mind you, celebrities also use them to their benefit as well. So it's that kind of bizarre relationship. It's also like not just a paparazzi, but when you're at that level and then you have a team of people –

constantly telling you who you need to be. You know what I mean? Like all the time, like don't do this, do that. And like you have to be held to the standards. So even like the people in your team, I would imagine can give you anxiety. Sure. Yeah. Ben pointed out that this kind of media circus isn't normal life. He says he understands Britney struggles because of the cycle of having people harangue you and yell at you and hassle you and follow you.

These days, Ben famously tries to steer clear of the paparazzi drama altogether, which has resulted in memes about the unflattering pics of him in his everyday life. I believe that that above all else is what ended the relationship with Jennifer Lopez because she runs to that stuff and he that's not his world. Yeah. Yeah. Maybe that's not big enough of a divide. Yeah.

All right, this is messed up. I don't really... This guy looks familiar. I saw a picture of him, but I don't really know him. Dawson's Creek and Boardwalk Empire actor Michael Pitt. Oh, yeah, I know him. He was arrested and indicted on a slew of charges, including sexual assault, criminal sexual act, strangulation, and more. The actor, who has since been released from custody, pled no guilty to the crimes... Or not guilty to the crimes. Your Honor, we'd like to plead no guilty. Okay.

I would like to submit no sad bro. Officers from the New York... That's a bold move, counselor. Officers... To introduce no sad bro at this point. Officers... Oh, my God.

Officers from the New York Police Department arrested the star on Friday over four alleged incidents which involved an ex-girlfriend. She claims he introduced no sad bro before she introduced no guilty. So the documents state Pitt, quote, sexually abused the alleged victim by means of forcible compulsion. He was charged with two counts of first-degree sexual abuse, two of first- and third-degree criminal sex acts, two of second-degree assaults.

Two of attempted assault and one count for second degree strangulation. Apparently, this happened in 2020 and 2021. The New York Post, which first reported the news, detailed that Pitt allegedly forced his ex-girlfriend to engage in oral sex, struck her with a four-by-four block of wood and cinder block. The platform reports that all the alleged incidents happened at the actor's Bushwick home. He was released on a $15,000 bail following his arraignment.

His attorney, Kerry London, said that they look forward to proving his innocence. And his statement was, unfortunately, we live in a world where somebody like Mr. Pitt, an accomplished professional who would never so much as contemplate these crimes, can be arrested on the uncorroborated word of an unhinged individual. We look forward to proving his innocence through the evidence and not through the media.

Well, that's a valid point. Now, I have, I'm sure you do as well, Preston, a sex cinder block, but it's made out of styrofoam. Yeah. It's not a real... It's just for play. Yeah. Yeah, so... All right. Yeah. So anyhow, we'll follow that story and let you know what's going on with that.

So I did not know this. The last of his star, Bella Ramsey, phenomenal actor, found that they were housebound a few years back, a victim of their own fears. And the actor described dealing with, quote, this really intense fear, explaining if you feel a bit sick, if someone else feels sick or is sick, like the whole thing is absolutely terrifying. And the thing that they're talking about is the fear of vomit. Right.

So it is called Great There you go It's called emetophobia

And this was crippling for them. So it's the fear of it? Yeah. And the perceived germs and the perceived... Obviously, it's not a pleasant thing. But growing up, and I don't know if this diagnosis existed back then, but there was a kid I went to school with who had this horrific fear. I remember a kid vomiting in school and she...

Yeah, she started screaming. Right. Like it was that vile to her. So I wonder, I'm curious, I wonder if this is what my sister-in-law has. So my sister-in-law, every time she's going to vomit, she passes out before she vomits, wakes up and then vomits. I think that there may be a connection, Steve, to...

You know, this feels like you're losing part of your body. Yeah, you're expelling part of you or something like that. It might be deep like that or just, you know, obviously the sensation is completely unpleasant. Yeah, no. So, yeah, but it's like an intense unnatural fear of it that they had. Ramsey explained that they underwent ametophobia, freeze,

the Thrive program and says, I now feel that I'm not emetophobic anymore, but they still have a slightly stronger reaction to vomit than the average person and says, I'm slightly more averse or afraid of it. Have you watched this week's episode? The most recent one? Yes. No.

Okay. Steve and I were chatting about it yesterday. Bella has a performance in it, and I just am blown away by their acting, but also their ability to play the guitar, to sing. It's just moving and sweet, and just another reason why that show is terrific. Okay. Definitely have to see that, like today. Yeah. All right. When David Hasselhoff was spotted in two different airports earlier this week in a wheelchair, fans grew concerned.

But it's a not-so-bad explanation. Us Magazine reports that a rep reached out to tell them the story behind the new set of wheels. And apparently, the rep said he was seen in a wheelchair because he's having knee replacements. So, your boy, Steve.

There's a little Yoda in there. The 72-year-old actor was seen being pushed in a wheelchair on Monday in both Cancun, Mexico, and upon his return to Los Angeles. So it's a knee thing. Are there beach appropriate... Wheelchairs? Listen...

Ashley, yes, there is. I would assume because you have those carts that you use that have those oversized wheels. In fact, I saw someone on the beach that was using, they were controlling it themselves. It was a remote-controlled beach wheelchair.

So yeah. There we go. Yeah, so they do have... I'm just thinking for Baywatch or Future. Oh, right, yeah. Baywatch, Andy Capable. Would they show him in slow motion coming across the beach on a wheelchair? My father-in-law is a double amputee from Vietnam, has no legs, and so he has a heavy-duty beach wheelchair, and he actually ran over Matt Cort. Oh, really? Okay, we're looking at one. I would love to have seen that. Ask Matt about it. Yeah, I think he ran over his foot. Wow.

That's pretty funny. All right. I didn't know where to put this, so I put it in the entertainment report because it has to do with TV. Televangelist Jim Baker, who is at the heart of one of the most notorious religious scandals of the 1980s, says that he is in desperate... I know this is a shock to you. Let me guess. In desperate need of cash. Cash, of course. Oh, man. And if he doesn't get a million dollars...

He will lose everything and become homeless. He said, if everyone that watches this program will give $1,000, we'll be able to pay our bills and stay on the air. I'll tell you what, A-hole. Why don't you sell your house and then downsize? You know what I mean? Like, why are you putting this on other people? Why are you beating up on him? He's a good man. I'll expand on this a little bit more. Otherwise, we got about maybe another month.

And he said, not just the show is on the line. He said, if they foreclose on this ministry, they will take my house too. So I'll be on the street. I hope he realizes that most people are in favor of that happening. He claimed that he hasn't taken a salary himself and has no money of his own. He said, we have a big debt.

And he was saying an unnamed they has taken millions of dollars from him. No. One of the show's co-hosts indicated the financial problems began in 2020 when Baker was in trouble with a number of authorities for hawking silver solution during COVID-19. Yeah, that might be it. In one case, he reached a settlement with the Missouri Attorney General that included restitution of $156,000.

All you have to do is drink this mercury, folks, and you're going to turn right around. Just one quart of mercury a day and you'll feel better than ever. Baker at that time also used the threat of an impending bankruptcy to raise funds. He said on Tuesday that those who give him money will reap other benefits. He said, and I quote, I guarantee you that God's going to do something. And he said, God's going to bless you as you give because when you give, you're going to receive.

Oh my, and this guy's been doing this. He has been ripping people off for decades and decades. I actually, for a couple of episodes, he had a podcast and I just had to listen to it. That's like a 10 bell douchebag, as Chuck D'Amico says. There's a level of disconnect that you can't even comprehend. Yep, so he's 85 years old. We'll see where he ends up.

I'll take a time for a couple more. This is something that I absolutely want to get in here before wrapping. Oh, yeah, yeah. Steve and I were talking about this briefly. It's been rumored to be in the development for decades, but now the long road to the long walk is nearly over. The Stephen King story penned under his Richard Bachman pseudonym in 1979 has a premiere date and also a trailer.

The film adaptation starring Cooper Hoffman, David Johnson, and Mark Hamill centers on Ray Garrity, who is played by Hoffman, who competes in the Long Walk, a competition in which 50 teenage boys walk without rest. Each competitor must keep walking faster than three miles per hour continuously.

Or being eliminated. And by being eliminated, they shoot you in the head. Yeah. So The Last Boy Remaining earns a prize of his choosing, and the film hits theaters on September 12th. It's an intense story. I think the one guy, Preston, the Asian gentleman you see in the trailer, I think he is the star of The New Karate Kid. Oh, no kidding? Yeah, yeah. Okay. So yeah, the trailer's out if you want to see it. It's a pretty messed up story.

So, yeah, here, I have time for this one. The jury pool for the Diddy trial is filling out except for one guy that found a way to get out of serving. During his questioning by lawyers, the potential juror noted, I smoke marijuana personally for recreational use. And he added that it could affect his judgment. No, no, it makes you sharper. When asked if he could stop smoking during the trial, which should last eight weeks, he said yes, but...

He smokes weed every night, including last night. He was dismissed. I'd like to submit a writ of no sad, bro. Wow, this is a game changer. Yeah, you impressed him. You'll never serve jury duty again. Damn right. I had no idea. But now there's a precedent set for that. Do they allow you to spark up in court just to prove? Maybe. And I would abide.

I was supposed to have jury duty last week. I didn't have to report. I got an email the day before. Smoke up. No, I put in the questionnaire. I'm like, I don't have...

attention span to be a good juror. And I wrote, I was like, there's no way I can sit in a seat and pay attention to what people are saying for six to eight hours a day. Can't do it. I'm incapable of doing it. Your Honor, I have a question. Did you know that there are flying squirrels in the Pocono? Actually, that was more of a statement than a question. Casey's mind just went there for whatever reason. Come back to my chambers. Also, rattlesnakes. I didn't know they had rattlesnakes.

I believe he was employing hidden fists, Your Honor. Ten things I hate about you. I just saw this movie about a month ago. My youngest...

wants me to see movies that I should have seen by now until we watch them together. That's on the list? Yeah, that was on the list. I enjoyed it. You know what? Your 50-year-old also wants you to watch movies that he feels like you haven't seen before. I'm talking about me. The 10 Things I Hate About You still has a dedicated following more than a quarter century after its release. The Heath Ledger and Julia Stiles rom-com is now being reworked as a proposed sequel.

According to the original film's director. So 30 things I hate about you? Gil Younger. No, but this is interesting what they're going to do with it. Younger says that while nothing has been greenlit and no casting has begun, he knows where he wants things to go. He's begun writing for what he hopes will be three films. 10 Things I Hate About Dating, 10 Things I Hate About Marriage, and 10 Things I Hate About Kids.

Though Ledger has passed, Younger says that he would love if Stiles and other cast members would come back if it resonates with them. That'd be kind of cool. As for where things stand now, 10 Things I Hate About Dating is definitively in the works as a feature film, he said. He said that they are developing it right now. So your review, did you enjoy the movie? I did. Yeah. I thought it was nice. It is a cute movie, yeah. That's exactly it. It was cute. Yeah, it's Taming of the Shrew. Yeah.

All right. And then finally, yeah, one more. I'm so happy about this because it was a show I started watching and I'm like, are they going to do a third season or not? Apple TV Plus has announced the long-awaited third season of Foundation. And it's finally on the way. The series is based on Isaac Asimov's classic novels.

Season 3 is set 152 years after the second season. It tells the story of an intergalactic alliance between the Foundation and the Kleonic Dynasty. I'm going to say it as they say it on the show. The Kleonic Dynasty Empire.

who will face off against a warlord known as the Mule. The 10-episode season will premiere with one episode on Apple TV+, followed by new episodes weekly every Friday through September 12th. The problem with a lot of streaming shows is that, again, you know, oh, okay, are they coming back? Or they come back, but it's two years after the last season. Right. And it drives you out of your friggin' mind. Steve?

I think you would like this show. I read the original book and I didn't read the full, but I loved it. It is well done. It's very cinematic. And there are a lot of great actors in this. It's a big, big story. It looks like they're throwing a ton of money into it. Yep. All right. We can get to the clips now. I'm going to hit it up here. Okay.

What's happening? So, director Rian Johnson and actress Natasha Lyonne are back for more in a new season of Poker Face. And in this clip, they reminisce on using burner phones during casting. Here we go. Remember that burner phone we got? Yeah, the burner phone. That was for casting. Yeah. That was for casting. That was for casting. And the number is 666-6666-6666. Yes. But...

It's fun, actually. I think it was fun. It's sort of the most fun. I was saying it was kind of a combination of panicked and fun. Because we were like, we shoot Tuesday. I don't give a f***.

Season 2 of Poker Face is streaming today on Peacock. We watched several episodes, and I did like it. I just kind of... Fizzled out. Yeah, I just kind of fizzled out. Listen, if you buy into everything, I mean, there's too much to watch. You never have a life. They did have a lot of big-name guest stars. Right. Each episode was a different story, and they would always have really big-name guest stars on it. So, you know, we were supposed to have Stephen Amal on yesterday, but in Suits L.A.,

they're going to have celebrities playing themselves, seeking lawyers through this agency, which I think is pretty cool. That is. Season 2 of Burger Face is streaming today on Peacock. Here's our next clip.

So even though Ghost is a screwball comedy, it does have deeper themes. And in this clip, Rebecca Wisaki talks about how the show provokes meaningful family discussions about history. There's so many wonderful lines. Hold on, hold on, hold on. We managed to be a little provocative. That was me reactively hitting the button that you normally hit. And it was Eddie Vedder. For whatever reason...

I just had to get my fruits and vegetables and protein and get the f*** out of there. Okay. So I accidentally hit that. The third season of Foundation.

All right, now this is Rebecca Wazowski talking about how the show provokes meaningful family discussions about history. It's so enjoyable. There's so many wonderful lines and so many things to laugh at. But we managed to be a little provocative at the digs we get in at American history. The thing that we hear most often is that it provokes conversations in families that might not otherwise have happened about mortality and regret and racism and money and all of these things.

Season finale of Ghost airs tonight. You'll find that on CBS. CBS. That's where you'll find it. And there you go. That's what I have in our entertainment report for you this morning. First shot at winning $1,000 coming up at 8 o'clock. 20 money running out of time. It wraps up

So we want to make sure that you don't miss out on winning that cash. We're going to take a break. I want to remind you we do have an announcement that is coming up at 9 o'clock. It is important, and we hope that you'll join us for it. All right, we're going to take a break, and we'll be back in just a moment. Stay with us.

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Tonic on 93.3 WNMR. It's everything that rocks. Casey played that song this morning because Kathy doesn't realize it, but she sings along to it. Is that why you played it? Every single time. And wait, did I sing along? Yes, you did. Like the very second the lyrics started, I turned to Casey. I'm like, you popped this in, didn't you? He goes, yeah. Because we like to hear Kathy sing. About 17 minutes after 7 o'clock.

It's Thursday morning. Let's take a look at traffic. Kathy, what's going on, please? 422 eastbound stops between Oaks and 23. That is an accident. There's also another accident on the Walt Whitman Bridge eastbound side. It's on the upside of the bridge on the Philadelphia side. You're stopped back to 611 Broad Street.

Only one lane is open now getting by this. Another accident in Newcastle, Delaware. 95 northbound at 896. Two left lanes are blocked right now. Schuylkill Expressway delays eastbound 202 into Belmont. The boulevard to University westbound. Vara Avenue to South Street. City to Belmont. And then on the Pennsylvania Turnpike westbound, expect delays from Virginia Drive to Fort Washington.

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And I'd like you to be in attendance, especially long-time fans of the Preston and Steve show. So 9 o'clock is when that's happening. Before then, we're going to get to our contest. We do have a chance for you to win $1,000. MMR is 20 money. 8 o'clock. That'll be along shortly. But Marissa Magnata has something she wants to share. Is it breaking news? Is it breaking news? I mean, look. Yesterday, I made a little announcement at the time. Oh.

And it fell a little flat, so I wanted to... Let me help you here. And now for the most important news you're going to hear this week. Just something that'll make you smile, I hope. Every day we stream our show on YouTube. It's powered by our friends at Newman University and Newman Media. And guys, we just...

started this really new graphics program where we whipped out all of these old cool graphics that have become t-shirts in the Preston and Steve show and all these fun things. So we're featuring new graphics on the show every day. So if you go to our YouTube page and subscribe, you'll see the new graphics. And we're whipping out some old

out of the archive. So it's just really fun and we're having a good time with it. So a little surprise for you guys. I like it. Wanted to throw a little smile your way. And anyone listening, if you enjoy making graphics, send me some. Maybe we'll feature yours on our YouTube page, 16x9 YouTube Graphic.

That's it. So what you're saying is basically your thumbnails, correct? Yeah, exactly. Looking at some of these, these have made it onto our blood drive shirts. I've saved every one of our shirts. I have a collection of them at home and I went through them recently because I was throwing out some old workout shirts and stuff. I don't wear that often and I came across...

All these really great Preston and Steve shirts that we've had throughout the years. What I love is that we're both Batman in the Preston and Steve. Because no one wanted to be Robin. Yeah, there's a Batman logo one. And Steve and I are both Batman. Yeah, there's some really fun ones coming out. And if you're ever looking for something from an archive of the Preston and Steve show, it is all there on our YouTube page. You just go to the Preston and Steve WMR page, hit live. And all of our shows are there if Preston or Steve ever read an email about it.

about you or there's something you want to go reference about the show, it is all listed there. Very nice. Very nice. Back to your announcement from yesterday though. Is there anything with that? Did the phones work? There's a new program on our phone screen. Hey, all right. So I think we're getting there. Okay. All right. Does that

at any level facilitate talking to people far away? Steve. What? Yes. It comes with that little ability. Included with the software. All right. Thank you, Marissa. All right. I think it's time to do Totally Presbyterian today. Yeah. Totally Presbyterian.

Yes. Hi, Presbo. I'm actually, you know what? No, wait, hold on. I'm going to do... Not totally Presbo. Give me breaking news because I'm going to share something with you that Kathy... Breaking news. Breaking news. Breaking news. I had to realize this morning, we're sitting there, we have the TV on, Kathy and I are alone in our office as we prep for the show together. We've been, it's just, it's our little quiet moment together. That's right. And all of a sudden we hear, you know...

Special news reports. Breaking news. And we're like, uh-oh. And we look up and we see the graphic. We turn around to the TV and they go to, and I had completely forgotten, the Papal Conclave. Yes, yes, yes. And we're like, oh, okay. They got one. And they're showing the smokestack. And we're looking and we're like, is that black or white? Black. It's black. Okay. Okay.

And the big special report was there is no smoke yet. Okay. So here's the report on what's not happening. Nothing is happening. So it's the black means no. And then white means yes. Yes. Correct. Right. And they've had to actually add like some chemicals to the smoke. To make it more pronounced, right? Because apparently it was a little confusing. Yeah, yeah. Because initially it will come out and then afterwards is when you see the color. So people were kind of getting confused.

So here's what I realized about that, Kathy, this morning. I didn't share this with you. I have realized that Catholicism for ages, and we didn't even know this, they are the ones who have invented the gender reveal. Yes, seriously. With this method, it is the first of a type of gender reveal. So that's kind of, you know, blue or pink, white or black, they were the ones who started this.

So that's why we have, you know, forest fires every now and then and stuff like that. Yeah. And people blowing up things. It is a rather nondescript looking chimney, you know, to carry the weight of this decision. Kind of a weird little smoke. Yeah. But Preston, it's funny because we have a book of saints. It's kind of like a bathroom reader. It's in my downstairs bathroom. And I'm looking at the book of saints going to the bathroom one day and it

It dawned on me. How beautiful. No, it dawned on me that saints are the original Hall of Fame, right? Like, that's what that is. Oh, yeah. It's like the Hall of Fame of people. Yeah. You know? Yeah. Yeah, for the church. Yep. That's their Hall of Fame. The first trading cards. Yeah, absolutely. Yeah. Wow. Okay. So anyhow, it was just an observation I made, and I figured I'd tie it in with breaking news. All right.

Totally Presbo. Hi, Presbo. How about we segue to the kinkiest states in the United States? All right. All right. So a company called Smut Finder. Well, they seem like the people to do this. Yeah. I think they work through the Vatican. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

They have their chimney in the back. It's a site for custom erotic stories. It came up with the kink scores for each state based on five metrics. Online searches for adult content, online searches for adult stores and related terms, online searches for fetish related terms and BDSM, and numbers of only fans creators and the number of strip clubs. Okay, so these are all built on search metrics. That is correct. So it comes from a 15-month analysis program.

of data from the U.S. Census Bureau, Google Keyword Planner, and only four search, and the data is adjusted for the population of each state. But the site insists the rankings aren't about kink shaming. They're about understanding, and the goal is to get a better insight into where interest in adult content and experience is most concentrated.

So if you were to guess what state is the kinkiest, anybody want to take a wild shot? If you're talking about Sin City, might be it. Talk about Vegas? I think it's going to be... So Nevada? Nevada. Yeah, I think it's going to be Utah. I was just going to say that. Because they repress nature and they end up going online more. And you have outlets, Steve, like you do in Vegas. Sure, sure. So I would vote Utah over Nevada. Over Nevada. All right. Do you already see a case? Yeah, but...

I didn't look until I had a guess and I was right. Okay. Yeah. I was going to say the exact same thing, Nick, so I'm going with Utah. No, it's actually Nevada. Steven said that correctly. And I think because they include in here strip clubs and things like that. You're not going to find that in Utah. I think people are going to do that. They're going to be kinky in the privacy of their own home. Right. Yeah. But this is more public.

Like it was meant to be. Yeah, exactly. I'll tell you this, though. Also, you have the bordellos. You have the accessible prostitution, which is legal. And so you got to do your Google search to find it. You look at the Yelp reviews. Are they legal outside of Vegas?

That I don't know. I think that in Vegas itself, illegal. Yeah, correct. Like the Bunny Ranch has to be, and places like that have to be outside of either Clark County or the city limits or whatever. I've heard. Yeah, when you've been out there, Nick, on the top of the cabs and stuff like that, you'll see those places advertised. But you're right, they're never within Vegas proper. So second on this list is Colorado, Oregon, Texas, Florida.

Wyoming, they're not all second. This is following in order. Washington is number six. And then you have Montana, Florida, and Alaska. Now, the tamest states when it comes to kink. Who's got their kink game so comprehensive that they don't need to do any searching on it? Let me see. I was shocked at this, to be honest. All right. Then if you're saying you were shocked, then let's go with...

California. Okay. Anybody else? Or do you care? New York. All right.

uh new jersey what i know right what and i'm shocked second delaware what yeah what right it we almost got the tri-state trifecta pennsylvania is not in the top 10 you know why why blueberries jersey tax-free shopping delaware okay yes they have other issues all right uh third is uh south dakota then maryland rhode island connecticut wisconsin new mexico alabama and south carolina

So those are the least kinky states in the union. So the least searches for things that are germane to kink, as we understand it. Yes, as well as number of strip clubs and OnlyFans creators and adult stores.

and related terms as well. They got one of those PlayStation things that you were shopping for the other day? The Blow Station. The Blow Station, yeah. If you missed that conversation the other day, I told Rochelle about it. I'm like, I talked about that on here today. We went to Adult World to buy a gag gift for somebody and I saw this thing I had never seen before in my life. There were tons of things I saw in there that I had never seen. I've been in one of those places in ages.

and it is a controller. It looks like a PS5 controller, yet it's got this receptacle to put your unit in, and you have controls...

on this to make it do different things to give you different sensations. It was one of the funniest things I've ever seen. And then we found a video of it that actually goes inside of it. It looks like it will rip your junk off. And it's got a little remote holder for your phone so you can watch porn while you're using it. It is out of control. And I don't get this present. It actually has a cup holder.

Wow. Yeah. The blow station. So you'll need to do a little search to if I didn't describe it well enough for you. We should buy one and try to return it to a GameStop. All right. Is this for the Wii? Next door. Totally principal. So the photographer of the world's most viewed image wish that wish that he had gotten more cash for his work.

You would know the picture if you saw it. It's been on computers for decades or actually decades ago when you fired up your Windows XP. It's the one with Green Rolling Hill, Blue Sky, and the clouds. The picture is called Bliss. Sam, if you want to look that up, look up, you know, photograph Bliss.

And pull it up on our monitor here. Pulled it up immediately. Yeah. It was taken by photographer Chuck O'Lear, who was armed with a Mamiya RZ67 camera, a tripod, and color Fuji film. So that particular camera looks a lot like a blow station, Preston. Oh, wow. Yeah. Microsoft saw it as a stock photo and decided to purchase the rights to it from O'Lear, who had no clue how it would be used.

O'Leary isn't allowed to say what he paid for the picture, but he was reportedly in the low six figures. Looking back, he wishes that he considered how huge the picture would become and boosted that check amount significantly higher. I mean, if you're talking exposure to a picture in the computer age, as they say, this is off the charts. Yeah. And I wonder if...

It was easy to find out or if they even had to give photo credit. Since they bought it, they probably didn't have to give credit. No. Yeah, you're probably right. It's funny because I have a number of stock photo services that I use, which is when I'm putting together a video or whatever. And now the footage and stuff is so – there's just tons and tons of stuff. But somewhere, someone's getting paid. And for us, like we have Getty Images. So you got to make sure, man, if you use a photo that is –

that is registered with somebody or a photographer, they got to get paid. Yeah, I use the search engine Bing, and one of the things I love about it is each day you click on it is a different cover photo, and it's beautiful photography. They've chosen them for how stunning they look, and every day is a new one. I love it. They're animated too a lot, aren't they? Sometimes they'll be moving. No, rarely. Okay. Very rarely, and they will do things that are...

like around Christmas time, you can click a button and it'll add snow or things like that. But no, it's usually just a still photo, but it's gorgeous scenery, stark color differences, and really cool. I do appreciate a good photograph. There's a wonderful one that just popped up, Preston, in England of the Victorian blow station. Oh, wow.

So, yeah, this guy could have gotten bank big time. Yeah, yeah. But you don't know. You don't know. He probably thought that, you know, low six figures, I don't know, a couple hundred thousand dollars is like, hell yes. It's accidental. Like, there was a guy, apparently a hillbilly person, who was shooting for some food. Oh, shut up. And he...

He hit an oil well. No way. Up from the ground? It was like bubbling crude. Oh, okay. Wow. The Texas tea. Yeah, yeah. But the first thing you know, this guy. Stop it. He's a millionaire. Also, listen, if he would have raised the price, they might have said, no, we'll just go and take another picture. Exactly. I have a picture of a 50-gallon drum I'll use instead. So it was actually probably a good haul for him. All right, here we go. Jody Respo.

So I saw this article. I'm sorry, I keep interrupting Getty. Hi, Presbo. Yeah, thank you. Which, by the way, real quick, you mentioned Getty Images? Yes. So that's spelled G-E-T-T-Y Images. Getty's Instagram account is at Getty, G-E-D-D-Y Images. Oh, that's funny. He posts a lot of great pictures, so I thought that was pretty clever. All right, so according to home security experts...

This is, by the way, an article about the first place that burglars try to break into your home. The first place that they will target. That they target. Okay, I'm very curious to hear this. The entry point. So it's important. Knowing where someone is most likely to break in is important. And it turns out there's one place the bad guys tend to target first. And it is your front door. Yeah. That's where they go first.

with a third of home burglars entering that way. And the reason is simple. It's the easiest way to get in the house. Would the second be the back door? Let's see. 81% of burglars enter through the first floor. These are some of the things from the International Association of Certified Home Inspectors. They did the research.

34% go through the front door. So 81%, most of them go to the first floor. 34% go to the front door. 23% enter through a first floor window.

And then 22%, just a little behind that, Steve, go to the back door. Back door. That's what I would have thought. The back door, yeah. A little more discreet. Yeah. Not in front of whoever might be walking by or driving by. If you're going to raise attention, though, someone could be going up to the front door and they go, oh, I'm making a delivery. Right. Someone you don't know by the back door is more likely to raise concern. Suspicious, yeah. Now, I'm a security nut. I go crazy for this stuff. And I have everything illuminated and I have cameras all around me.

The truth of the matter is if someone wants to get in, they're going to get in. But yeah, I try. My mother used to be this way. So I am fastidiously locking doors, making sure windows are locked all the goddamn time. I do the same thing. So cameras all over. They wouldn't be able to enter anywhere without a camera catching them. Yes, yes. But also someone will...

could walk in through my front door. I shut the door and lock it. But I didn't grow up like that. We grew up, our doors were open. Anybody could walk in. Kath, I was going to say the same. We grew up with unlocked doors. Yeah. So I don't even know if we had a key to the house. They would have to search for a key and sometimes have a key made when we went away on vacation so they could lock up. Oh my God. Kathie, it was in my household, I think when you turn 10,

you got a key to the house, which is so funny because we never locked the door, the front door, the back door, none of it. Like, why would you, you know, it was like the rite of passage, but it meant nothing. So my, my wife, you know, growing up on Long Island and it was a farming day on Long Island. My sister, um, uh,

sister-in-law lives in the house right now and it was only until fairly recently I think where they would lock the doors cars would be unlocked it just was nothing you thought of we were living on Long Island as well in East Northport which was very crime free but my mother was completely the opposite way you lock the screen door if you're out back all the front doors are locked

Oh, right, right. Yeah. Kath, the girl that I dated in college, they left all their doors open. They left their keys in the ignition to their car. Wow. That's like... Wow. With a sign that said, all the paperwork is in the glove compartment. Enjoy. Yeah. But Kath, but now, no, I grew up like that, but...

Doors are locked all the time. All the time. And even more... We're a really safe neighborhood. But it doesn't matter. It doesn't matter anymore. And part of that is Rochelle. Rochelle's very fastidious about that. Yeah. Good luck to anybody who wants to try and enter my house with my dogs. Yeah. Especially Reggie. Ours too. Like, Reggie, he jumps...

He jumps so high and he's barking and jumping and essentially his head gets to the top of the door jam. Let me ask you though, once inside would Reggie walk over with your checkbook in his mouth? Not right away. Because sometimes the dog can be a great

noise system just folds when someone comes in the house. You have to be a few steps into the house for, I would say, at least 30 seconds before Reggie becomes your best friend. All right. Okay. So they also, 9% enter through the garage if they're going to rip you off. 4% get in through the basement and another 4% through an unlocked entrance.

2% go through a storage area and another 2% enter anywhere on the second floor. Have you had any near break-ins? Yeah, at your house, ever. Not that I'm aware of. You? No, no.

No. I had somebody pull on the car door in the middle of the night and we caught them on the camera. And the only reason I looked was because my neighbor's car got stolen. So we knew that they were in the neighborhood. And yeah, they came up to the driveway and they pulled on my door handle. Somebody threw cheese on our windshield. Son of a bitch. What was that? What the hell is happening in the world? There was a thing going through our neighborhood where the kids were taking a slice of American cheese.

and putting it on your car. Did that F up the paint? No, I think it was on the window. All right. If I remember correctly. But a lot of neighbors had it done. Yeah. Travel some neighborhood you live in. Right? Yeah. The mean streets. Yeah. The cheese streets. Grew up on those. Watch yourself. I grew up on those cheese streets. Yeah.

I think it was my sophomore year in college, Steve. I lived in a triple and we had our room broken into and the window, quote unquote, locks, it was an old dorm and the thieves took the stereo system, cash, my friend Dave's wallet was, you know, and like,

I don't even remember if we'd been drinking the night before. It doesn't matter. You wake up the next day and you see that the stuff is gone. And first of all, you can't believe it. You think you're very confused. This has to be wrong. And then it's just this feeling of violation. It just feels like

You feel naked. It's an awful, awful feeling. That's when you need a big pile of poop in the middle of the room. Yeah, well, there's a time. You know a man that's well-respected in his field that could come by and do that for you? That guy might have been in there. How the hell is poop in your house if you're trying to keep the things away? Right in the center of the room on a big

pile too yeah all right so uh research reveals that 40 about 42 percent of people leave their doors and windows unlocked when they are home but that is not uh the only home security concern to reduce your risk of burglary here are some tips yes please i'm good with this stuff avoid hiding spare keys burglars know how to look under mats and under flowerpots yeah but what if you have a rock that looks not a real rock yeah one that is bizarrely bright yeah

Move valuables away from windows. Yes. Leaving them near the first four windows makes them tempting targets for smash and grabs. Make your home look occupied and lived in. Yes. Burglars may be less likely to break in if they think someone is actually at home. And add sensors and security systems. Obviously, door sensors, window sensors, glass break sensors can all help protect your home. Do you know how I make my house look lived in, Preston? I never leave. Good idea.

My friend leaves for the summer and I'm not kidding you. She leaves her outside lights on for the entire summer. Wow. They just stay on. But like I know, you know, we know when she's gone because we're like it's the middle of the day and our lights are all on. So we have a light system. We had a guy, Dave is his name, and he's a big, big fan of the station and the show and everything. And he was advising me and he says, you know,

If you have those lights that flick on, that they're off and they turn on when there's a proximity thing, he says if the thief has already committed to get that far to activate the light, they're just going to follow through. He says the real preventative thing is to have the light on. Already on. So my lights are on, and then if someone gets closer, it raises up a bit. But otherwise, the lights are always on the perimeter of the house. All right. Here is another topic we're going to go to. Totally Press Bulls. This is...

Hi, Presbo. Thanks. Sorry, Casey. It's pretty subjective, but the question is, what country has the best looking people? Oh, all right. I'm going to guess here. Okay. I want to hear this guess because you might be right. I'm going to go with the Czech Republic. Okay. Because I've heard, I've not been, but the people in Prague are some of the most beautiful people on the planet. Okay. My cousin went to Croatia, had to go there for work for a while, and he said they were the most beautiful women he's ever seen.

Where? In Croatia. In Croatia. And he has traveled all over the place. Okay. All right. I'm going to go completely off book here. I'm going to go Poland. Poland. Okay. I'm going to recuse myself. Steve has seen this article. Okay. So many people will be biased and rule where they live as having the hottest residents. But according to Insider Monkey and Reddit users. You're a little monkey. I don't know. Yeah. Monkeys.

Colombia is reportedly home to the most beautiful women in the world. You have relatives there? I do, yes. My brother-in-law and his wife, she is Colombian from there. The site led a survey through Reddit in which users voted on which countries they think have the most stunners. And Colombian women were described as having the highest beauty ideals across the globe with healthier hair, exotic eyes, and feminine expressions.

Coming in at number two on the list, Poland. Okay. There you go. Yes. I'll tell you this, though. To your point, Nick, I've been to Prague and I've been to Budapest. We took that river cruise. Yeah. Everyone looks... Everyone, at least Preston, it was my experience that people going out during the day weren't thrown on by sweats and flip-flops. Yeah. Everyone is done up. I mean, they're good-looking people. And you get the red...

Really beautiful blonde hair, crystal blue eyes. Yeah, so Reddit described Polish women as among the most attractive women in the world because most have high cheekbones, full lips, and pale skin. You're describing me. A lighter complexion can be attractive, and a darker complexion can be attractive too. So yeah, it all depends on the makeup.

Not like what you put on your face, but how you were made. Depends on if they make themselves pretty. That too. I really look like a mess before I glob this crap on. Greek women came in third. They made the cut. Voters said that they'd rather admire the women here than the country's natural landmarks, which is saying a lot. The first girl I had a crush on in school was Michelle Martakis. This was in elementary school. Greek? Greek. Mm-hmm.

And Russia and the Czech Republic, Nick, rounded out the top five countries with the most attractive ladies. Now, who has the bottom five uggos? It doesn't say in this article. Survey participants found beauty in Russian women's unique features, such as their eye colors. And Czech women were described as having diverse looks that set them apart from the rest of the world.

Do you think that East Coast girls are hip? Well, I mean, with the styles they wear, yeah.

Preston, you've been to both Norway and Sweden. Do you think they fall into this category? Absolutely. And it was very stereotypical. Blonde, tall, blue eyes, real pretty. I saw plenty of that. Yeah, I want to get there too. Look everybody, it's a Pesbo. Where was the place that you flew and you didn't remember that you flew there? I forget the story, but like you did a small flight and you're

And you're like, oh, wait, I did make it to Finland. Or maybe I'm getting that story wrong. No, I do remember that. No, no. So we had the guy who played Chewbacca in and I thought he was from Norway, but he was actually from Finland. Right. And I had been to Finland, but just to Helsinki and not toward. And I started rattling off all these towns in Norway. And he's like, I do not know what you are talking about. Damn it.

This is the dumbest mother ever I ever talked to. But we did take a flight over the archipelago from Stockholm to near Helsinki and then back around. But Rochelle and I took a short one-night cruise to Helsinki and spent the day in Helsinki and then came back. That's cool. But yeah, a lot of beautiful people around the world, most definitely.

And a lot of Uggs, too, Steve. Well, I'm in that category. That's why I'm way down in the bottom of the pit so I can comment. A lot of beautiful people in the world just not here in the United States. Just not here where I'm standing. Case, what do you think? I have a super short one we can do. Yeah, let's do it. Real quick. Last one. Hi, Presbyterian. Good to be Presbyterian.

So there's a downside to the backyard poultry movement, meaning you have chickens at home. The CDC is announcing a multi-state outbreak of salmonella involving backyard poultry in six states. I have the chicks in my garage right now, the eggs. You do? Yeah, they're hatching this weekend. Oh, through that farm? Yeah, through Quiver Farms. So you liked it so much you went back and you're doing it again. Now these are going to be eaten.

right? Well, no, listen, Jace loved it. And he asked me, he was like, hey, can we do that again? I have four nieces and nephews. They're all young. And so they've named the eggs. We're going to watch them hatch together. Everybody's involved in rotating them and keeping them healthy before they hatch. I love the ducks way more. That was like the coolest thing. They hatched and then you put them in the bathtub and they immediately started swimming

And then they drowned because you realized there were chickens. Man. I did the, Case, I did the chicks again because I know you said that. We did do the ducks before, but I liked the chicks better and only because after they hatch, you can put them in the yard and they follow you like you're their mother. That's adorable. I love that. The ducks kind of scattered and were a little like skittish. The chicks think that you're mom and they come with you. The other day, Rochelle and I were in the car and we were talking about something very serious and it was, you know, we were deep into the conversation and

As we were approaching whatever intersection, there was two geese and a group of babies. So we're in the middle of this really heavy conversation. I go, oh, look at the baby geese. And she's like, aww. Which is adorable. I just don't think we connect anymore. And I want to talk to the geese.

So cute. So anyhow, seven people have reportedly gotten sick from contact with infected ducks or chickens. CDC health experts are offering tips for reducing risks of salmonella, saying wash your hands for 20 seconds after touching birds, their supplies, or collecting eggs.

They also recommend using a pair of dedicated boots or shoes for your chicken coop and take them off before you enter your house. I mean, it's pretty messy in there. Coop shoes? Yeah. Where you are right now, they grab them. Oh, no, no. No, not yet because they haven't even hatched yet. But no, like in the chicken coops, they get terribly nasty and they smell awful. Steve, coop shoes? Coop shoes. I like that term. I don't know.

I like it. Salmonella symptoms include fever, diarrhea, and stomach cramps. I have that right now. Six hours to six days after being exposed. So you do have to be careful if you have animals around. And those are one that you have to be aware of. All right. That's all for Presbyterian. Bye, Presbyterian. All right. Totally Presbyterian.

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What was that? He's going to be a soccer player. All right, let's get a look at traffic. Kathy, what's going on? In Newark, 95 northbound. Stopped traffic from the Maryland state line to 896. It's an accident.

That's blocking two left lanes that's causing this backup this morning. Out of the northeast on 95 southbound, that's jammed from Cotman all the way into the Vine Expressway. The Vine westbound jams the length. Blue Northbound having 95 to the media bypass. And then on the southbound side, slowing up from the mid-county tolls to the Schuylkill media bypass to Baltimore Pike.

Schuylkill Expressway, westbound, jams passing up to South Street, City to Gladwin, and then again at the Blue Road eastbound side, slowing 202 into Belmont, heavy the boulevard into University. Pennsylvania Turnpike westbound slows from Route 1 to Willow Grove. That's because of an accident off to the shoulder. A 30 bypass eastbound, backing up 340 to 113. And then in New Jersey, 42 north, slows Blackwood-Clementon Road to 295. 55 northbound, backing up Deptford to 42. This traffic report brought to you by...

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Real quick, a couple of shartouts and better plug. This one is, I'm a little late on this. It says, this is from Mom Brolsky. Mom Brolsky. Eileen is her name. Brolsky is her last name, but she signed it Mom Brolsky. She said, I made faith. Can you wish my son a belated birthday? Shart. Shart.

Uh, his birthday is the 4th of May. Uh, my family have been listening since Y100 and Michael will be 43. Wow. So since he is a little, uh, so since he was a little shark fan, uh, thank you, mom, pop, Tana and stash. And it's just that you look so nice today, bitches. That's what she says. So here's the shark. And sorry for my tardiness on that. Uh,

Here is one for tomorrow. I'm going to do it now. Let's get it out of the way and make sure I don't miss it. This is from Heather. Says, my boyfriend, John Davenport, celebrates the big 5-0 Friday, May 9th. He'll be delighted to receive a shout out as he's a fairly new listener.

And we've been dating for five years. And I turned him on to you guys. He enjoys the fill a trunk, the camp out for hunger, and clear water broadcast in person. And not just on the radio. He's got a heart of gold. Always sees the good in others. And has the patience of a saint. Love him so much. And he deserves the world and a juicy shout out, of course. So thank you guys. You guys rock. There's a shout out. And then...

This butt plug I want to pass along is very serious. Our friends at Philabundance, they sent out an important funding update yesterday. And this is not good news for these guys. And you know how much Philabundance means to us. Yeah, everything. So some of the funding updates, and I just wanted to put the emphasis on they need help. Local food purchase assistance, the LFPA funding has been eliminated.

And this change results in the loss of $1.5 million used to purchase food from local PA farmers and distribute to the neighbors in need, equating about 1.1 million fewer meals distributed in the coming year. And this reduces their food purchase budget by 18%. That's a huge hit. And also, the Emergency Food Assistance Program, TFAP,

It's a federal nutrition program in which USDA purchases food from U.S. farmers and makes these foods available to food banks to distribute to our neighbors in need. Last month, they learned that a portion of their TFAP had been canceled for the rest of the fiscal year, a loss of $525,000 worth of food and equivalent to about 200,000 less meals for our neighbors.

And they said the need today is higher than at any point during the pandemic. Over 600,000 people in the area do not have enough to eat, including one in six children, one in three children in Philadelphia alone. And food prices in our region are 25% higher than they were in 2020. That's a lot, gang, a quarter higher. The cost of food, coupled with fewer resources and rising need, is putting a strain on their ability to help more of our neighbors. And with impacts looming around tariffs and proposed cuts to SNAP, which are food stamps,

and school meals, the resources may be stretched even further. So they're in a critical spot. Camp Out for Hunger is a long way away. It sure is. We will lend our biggest support when we get to that time, but they need your help now. They need financial support. They need you to lend your voice and join their advocacy network as well.

So if you can make a donation, it'll go directly to helping replace meals that were lost due to cuts and increase their ability to provide support for those in need. So you can volunteer as well. Marissa is a board member at Philabundance, and you can check them out at philabundance.org. But it's important. So I just wanted to stress that and give them a big butt plug about that. Yeah, Marissa. Yeah, if you're interested, as you said, Preston, volunteerism is so important. We have our big 40th gala. There's just a couple tickets available.

available left. It's Wednesday and also on June 22nd it is fans feeding family night at the Phillies game. So if you want to come out you can bring a donation to the game and a portion of your tickets will go towards Philabundance. There are so many ways to incorporate your life and help out Philabundance.

This is sort of a clarion call to other businesses that may, they have the, perhaps the ability to have an event where a percentage of the proceeds could go to fill abundance. Hearing this, they might be incited to do so. So, wanted to give that a butt plug, friend. So, we've done that very thing. In case you're going to, thank you. All right, now we have the B-file. Now, WMMR presents Kristen and Steve's Bizarre Files.

Brought to you by Adam Home Services. Get a $59 AC tune-up guaranteed to keep your system running or your money back. You can call the pros. Call Adam. AdamHomeServices.com You may have seen this. It got sent in a hundred times yesterday. But it seems that Rocket Raccoon's fallen on hard times because instead of saving the Marvel Universe, he's smoking meth in Ohio. Or at least a raccoon that looks a lot like him. It sure does.

Body cam footage from Springfield Township, Ohio, Monday evening has gone viral after an officer pulled a woman over and told her she had a warrant out for her arrest. And after putting her in cuffs, he goes back to the car, finds a raccoon sitting in the front seat with its hands wrapped around a meth pipe. And the officer is saying, that's a meth pipe. And he's giggling while watching the raccoon playing with him.

A person standing nearby tries to take it from the little creature. She doesn't want him to have it, she says, but the cop grabs her arm and says it's evidence while he tries to coax it away from the critter. He takes away one pipe, raccoon, who cops say is named Chewy, grabs another and puts it in his lips like he plans on smoking it.

And of course, the officer dies laughing after. This is what happens when raccoons fall in with a bad crowd. According to the cops, they then searched the vehicle and claimed to have allegedly found a bulk amount of methamphetamine, crack cocaine, and three used glass meth pipes. When you have enough to give to raccoons, you know you're producing a lot.

Cops arrested 55-year-old Victoria Vidal has been charged with possession of drugs and possession of drug paraphernalia. For anybody worried about Chewy, he's unharmed. Cops are reaching out to the proper authorities to determine if Victoria had the right paperwork to keep him as a pet or not. Yes. That's the least of her worries, right? A little rock.

All right, a seven-year-old boy in Utah took his mom's SUV and drove his five-year-old sister nine miles to get McDonald's breakfast on April 27th. He's a good brother. He is. He's a felon, but he's a good brother. Police in Ogden got a call about a reckless driver around 8 a.m. but didn't chase the vehicle when they heard the driver was a kid. The boy, who had cash for Happy Meals, hit a parking strip and stopped the car.

Cops found both kids safe and they took them to the police station. Their mom, Whitney Bush, was shocked when police told her two of her four kids were missing. She said her son, who wants to be a truck driver, quote, is grounded for life. Mm-hmm.

This is a terrible story. An alligator attacked and killed a woman while she was canoeing with her husband in Florida's Lake Kissimmee State Park on Tuesday afternoon. Oh, man. The woman's husband tried to fight off the gator but was unsuccessful. It's unclear if the woman was in the same canoe as her husband or in a separate canoe when the alligator attacked.

I didn't see the story. Did the attacking gator knock the canoe over? How did that happen?

You know what? I don't know, Steve. So the alligator, though, they do have more on that, is suspected of, in March, attacking another woman in the same location while she paddled in the Tiger Creek Canal. Yeah. Are they hungry? Like, what is happening? Yeah, that woman was bitten on her elbow and was airlifted to a nearby hospital for treatment. So a nuisance alligator trapper has been sent to the location to catch and remove the offending alligator. I did a kayak in, like, a river, some body of water down in Florida. And, I mean, we saw the alligators. You saw them. It just... But, like...

to hear this. Yeah, it's horrifying. I'm not going to do that again. There was a witness present, but it was unfortunately a meth-smoking record. Oh, wow.

Alligator attacks, by the way, on humans are relatively rare and deaths are more infrequent. Tuesday's attack raised the number to 491 of reported alligator attacks and the 28th fatality in Florida since 1948. Yeah. It's not pleasant, but it's not chronic. Yeah, 28 people have died since 1948. The ones we know about, right? Yeah, exactly.

The search continues for 28-year-old Cedric Stevenson, who escaped custody at SCA Airport on Sunday as contracted agents...

were attempting to take him to Kentucky. It was around 11 a.m. at the United ticket counter when agents apparently lost control of the inmate. A spokesperson, Perry Cooper, said as they were waiting for check-in, there was someone ahead of them at the United ticket counter. They were waiting to check in and this person decided to bolt, started running, and people chased after him. Cooper said the fugitive made his getaway by going down an escalator. It's okay, I'm a limo driver. Then through the garage and all the way to the light rail station. A surveillance image shows Stevenson with his jacket covering his handcuffs

just before taking the light rail to the Capitol Hill station where he was last seen. Stevenson was set to be transferred to Bowling Green, Kentucky, where he's wanted on multiple warrants from a 2020 case where police say they caught him passing counterfeit bills and found drugs and a gun in his car.

At that time, police say Stevenson was already a convicted felon who previously managed to escape custody. Did you think you'd be keeping a better eye on him this time? Prisoner Transport Services out of Nashville, Tennessee was contracted to transfer Stevenson. So they're still looking for this guy. Do you remember the footage of the guy who bolted in handcuffs? This was a local story running at a full clip with the handcuffs behind him. Do you remember this? Yeah, vaguely I do remember that. Yeah.

All right, two Connecticut residents were placed in custody following a prostitution transaction at...

The state police barracks early Tuesday morning. Whoops. It was around 1230 p.m. Troopers... What says in the morning? It was 1230 a.m. Troopers tried to pull into the parking lot of the Troop H Hartford parking lot when they saw a sports car blocking the gated entryway. Since the entrance was blocked, the trooper went up, parked vehicle, saw both occupants were undressed and had engaged in lewd activities. They were both asked to compose themselves and step out of the car. As troopers spoke to the operator...

They noticed signs of impairment and asked him to perform standardized field sobriety tests, which he failed. I was driving my sister to McDonald's. When police spoke to the passenger, she did not admit to a transaction made of any kind at first. But troopers saw three $10 bills that were found at the top of her purse. She then admitted to police that she engages in sex work. 30 bucks? Yeah. It was also revealed that the passenger of the vehicle was also in possession of suspected narcotics.

Officers identified the driver as 34-year-old Willie Farrell and the passenger was 48-year-old Deandra Lisk.

And Pharrell was placed into custody and Lisk was also arrested. But they decided that the state trooper barracks would be the best place to park. Was a place for a trick. All right. And there you go. That's what I have in the bizarre file. If I'm not mistaken, Preston, you just came in to $26. So if you're looking to spend nearly $30. Nearly. Right. Pretty amazing. I got four bucks. Yeah. All right. By the way, speaking of money, we have $1,000. Your chance to win. It is Preston Steve's 20 money.

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We are the Preston and Steve Show. Today is a Thursday morning, and we're glad you're with us today. I have about 80 degrees. Clouds, it's going to kind of be a mix of sun and clouds today. No rain in the forecast. That comes tomorrow. Thunderstorms, in fact, with a high 65 and partly cloudy on Saturday for MMRBQ. It's beautiful. High 72 degrees, just enough on that cool edge.

to be a comfortable day to be outside. And then Sunday and Monday, we're back up into the 80s with sunny skies. We're going to take a look at traffic. Kat, what's going on this morning? So we have stopped traffic on 95 in Delaware, northbound from the Maryland state line to 896. It's an accident that's blocking the two left lanes. A closure in Radnor on Lancaster Avenue at Aberdeen Avenue. This is because of a serious fire, two-alarm structure fire taking place

So there are closures through or in Radnor because of it. On the Schuylkill Expressway eastbound, you're backing up from 202 into Belmont. It's then heavy the boulevard to University. Westbound side jams from Bear Avenue to the Vine. City to Gladwin. 95 southbound. Heavy Cotman into the Vine. And then again at the...

From Ridley Park to the Blue Root, that's another accident to watch out for. On the Pennsylvania Turnpike westbound, you're stopping to go from Willow Grove to Fort Washington. 422 eastbound, flowing Oaks to First Avenue. And actually, there is an accident west on the Turnpike at Willow Grove. Watch for that one. It's off to the shoulder. This traffic report brought to you by Erie Insurance. Celebrating 100 years of protecting your family's most priceless moments. Then, now, always. Erie Insurance. Erieinsurance.com. That's Erieinsurance.com.

And that's your traffic on 93.3 WMMR. All right, thanks, Kat. Just a reminder, we have an important announcement that's coming up at 9 o'clock. And just want to make sure that you are aware of that and that you join us. We do have some other things to get to before that, though. I want to dive into the city beat because there's a bunch of stuff going on. All right. Scooby-Doo-wow-wow. He's the meat behind the beat. Oh, he's pounding the street.

Feels so good, don't it? It do. Whip it out. No, not right now. Actually, I'm going to start with something that I don't have here in my packet, but Nick went to the Truist Championship yesterday. They had the Pro-Am and the Creators Cup and all that stuff, which is a lead-in to the big event, which starts today.

It could not have been a better weather day. I got a decent amount of sun yesterday being outside. I went with three of my closest friends, which was fantastic. I really love going to golf tournaments. I'd never been to a Pro-Am before. And it's just a little more relaxed. There's fewer people there. But man, was it a great day. It's a gorgeous course. We've been lucky enough to go there a few times over the years. Preston, I know you were just there recently for Devereaux. And we've done the Cora outing there as well. But I got to walk a lot of the course yesterday. I'm really interested to see

how many people show up in the next few days because it just, it looks fantastic and I think it's something that Philadelphia should be proud of to have all of these world-class athletes there. You're going to watch some of it on TV now that you've been there to see how the layout is? Yeah, because you see little nuances that you don't pick up when you're watching on TV and you can, you know, pay attention a little bit more and I'm not, um,

obviously nearly the golfer that you are, but I love it and I really do like watching it on TV and this is just a good reason to do so. So you told me you saw Justin Rose. Yeah. You saw Ricky Fowler. Yeah, so some of the big names. But one that we were curious about is not a big name

in the PGA per se, but a big name in the world of golf, Paige Sporanek, who is a golf content creator and has a huge following. And not that long ago, named the most beautiful woman in the world. Yes, by Maxim Maxim. And I think that that is accurate. She's a stunner on Instagram. She's a stunner in person. There were a bunch of YouTube people there yesterday as a part of the pro-am. And then just to bring some attention to the tournament, they were filming a lot of it. So there were full-on camera crews there.

There's this guy, Tyler from Dude Perfect. I really only know Dude Perfect from my son. I watch it sometimes with him. I'm not, I don't dislike it or anything like that. I'm just not a big fan. So I don't know a ton of it, but he was there. He was in the same group as Paige Sporanek. And yeah, you can stand on the fairway, watch them go and then, you know, watch them at particular greens to putt and stuff like that. It's a fun way to interact with them. And,

man, were they interacting with fans. They were stopping by and high-fiving. It's that type of a vibe. Everybody's outside there and people are having a few drinks and enjoying themselves. So the Dude Perfect guys were running around giving high-fives and Paige was coming over and signing autographs. There were some young girls there that had signs for Paige to come over and autograph and

I saw Paige make time for this little girl. She was probably eight or nine years old, which is super sweet. And then this girl, Chloe, that Marissa let us know about, another knockout, another gorgeous golfer. Chloe did the same thing that Paige was doing. So it really was a cool environment. I was glad I got to be there. I love these...

these golf content creators because they're opening up the sport even more. You watch the pros doing what they do. They're kind of untouchable. They're amazing. They do things that most people can't do. But the content creators are great golfers as well. But sometimes they make mistakes. That's what I like about watching those because they're a little bit more closer to me. They have great tips and great suggestions and you get to see golf courses you may not ever get a chance to visit but

They do make mistakes that you and I and regular hackers make. So I enjoy that. And they own it right away. Yeah. You know, they don't shy away from it. I saw our buddy John Clark was there. He said to say hi to you guys. And Pat Gallen from CBS3 was there as well. So a lot of local coverage. And I'm sure there's going to be a ton throughout the weekend. So you said you'd been there, obviously. And you're blown away by the infrastructure that they put in for this. Oh, yeah. I mean, because I'm looking at stuff. We've been there. I've never seen this stuff. Right.

Oh, yeah. They built these essentially villages around there for this event specifically. And, you know, hospitality tents and merch tents and grandstands and TV towers and all this stuff has been put in. Nick, big

Because it wasn't an actual tournament play, the crowd was smaller. So parking, you could just park right there? No, actually, Case. And I think that this is how it runs all weekend. So we parked in an office park over in Fort Washington, and they got a shuttle. And the shuttle's running back and forth. So they dropped us off on the far side of the course, not where we normally park for

the Cora Golf Outing, and I guess Preston, it's on the other side of Militia Hill. Yep. That course, yeah. So they dropped us off there. But I liked that because it allowed us to walk through that part of the course. Yeah. And again, it was just an absolutely gorgeous day yesterday. So it was a good day to be out there. Yeah, I live in the area and they're sending out constant alerts about traffic and closures and detours and all of that. Shout out to the cricket club staff. They're good people I've always experienced. The caddies and now the pros bring their own caddies, but the caddy staff and the golf pros and Chef Mike.

Jeff Price. He's a big, big fan of the President Steve show. He's a good guy. So I want to throw some love to those guys. Makes a mean chicken sandwich. Yeah. All right. So just wanted to mention that. I do have something else that I thought was kind of cool. Steve sent this over to me. This is a follow-up. We were conversing. It was either yesterday or the day before about reports suggesting online that the Wildwood Boardwalk is replacing the towing tram cars. I've seen tram cars.

With hybrid trucks, and apparently that is not actually accurate. Oh. Really? To some extent. So they are not replacing them, but they are going to test one this summer. Okay. And see how they do it. And I have some information about those trucks.

Tram cars. And I was happy to see that this is the case. I mean, we all kind of had a reaction that there is something sweet and nostalgic about that actual pole vehicle that they use now. And this seemed a little behind-tinted Windows-y, although the thing is, you know, the truck is painted yellow and inappropriate colors. It just seemed a little bit removed. A little too modern for...

the tram car. So on Sunday, the Wildwood Boardwalk Facebook page, which is not affiliated with the organizations in charge of the boardwalk, posted a video of what it said was a new tram car truck, a yellow Ford Maverick pickup truck painted like one of the lead towing tram cars.

The voiceover in the video attributed to a man named Timmy Smith said the truck would be taking over towing duty for the tram cars this summer. But then the next day, the Wildwood Video Archive website wrote about the truck and called it a major transformation for the tram car, suggesting an overhaul of the system. Some of the tram cars' loyal fans were upset that the idea of the change would happen and the erasure of the boardwalk's nostalgic charm.

But a gentleman by the name of Patrick Rosinello, the executive director of the Boardwalk Special Improvement District, said those posts and articles went a little too far. He said we haven't made any decision to change out the tram cars. He said that the Boardwalk has used this particular one Ford truck before.

primarily as a service vehicle. So that's why it's painted like that. All right. And it was not ordered specifically to replace tram cars. The boardwalk does intend to test it out this summer as a towing vehicle, but there are no firm plans beyond that.

And he said, don't always believe what you read on social media. Also, the fact that if you're walking down the boardwalk and you turn around and see a truck heading towards you, a pickup truck, there's nothing on the front of this. I mean, it's obviously painted and it's meant to stand out and look different. But I think it's a little, it would be a little off-putting. It's a lot bigger than the tram cars. So a little bit about the tram cars. And this article was from Philadelphia Magazine.

They originally debuted at the World's Fair in 1939 before they were purchased and then repurposed for Wildwood a decade later. And ever since, the sightseer tram cars have transported passengers up and down that two-mile stretch.

Rosanello said that the tram cars still have technology and parts that date back to 1939. That's pretty wild. Making them impossible to replace today. So when you were a kid and you'd go to a park that had tram cars that would take you from the parking lot into the actual amusement park...

I remember as a kid thinking, this is awesome. Like, that was a ride. Like, when you park at Disney? Yeah, yeah. Oh, my God. Like, Disney, you know, they got the monorails. They got boats. They got, you know, but, like, they do have little trams that run in the parking lot. Those things are badass. And kind of fun. Yeah, yeah. And if I remember Disney, either they play some music or they make some fun announcements, but it's like...

a little ride before you get into the park. You're so giddy. I know. So, this is what's interesting. Last year, BSID priced what it would cost to build replacement towing cars from scratch in

How much do you think it would cost? I know you saw the article. I see it, yeah. To build from scratch new ones. The original? Yeah. If they were to start over and actually machine those parts. No, no, the whole damn thing. I'm going to say $100,000. Okay. Oh, no, I was going to say a million. I was going to say a million. Wow, no, okay. $200,000. I was going to say Columbia. Okay.

No, that's where the sexiest went. Oh, I'm sorry. Most beautiful. We're past that. Those battery powered vehicles also wouldn't be able to hold a charge long enough to seamlessly fit within the current operation schedule for the tram cars, he said. He said it was economically and practically infeasible.

So in playing for the future, the boardwalk will begin testing towing the cars with the Ford truck. I mean, at some point, those things are going to crap out and they're not going to work anymore. At some point, I would say design a vehicle a little bit more reminiscent, high British, maybe between the pickup truck so that you don't feel like you're being hauled to the dump. Yeah. How many are there?

That's a good question. Like how many sets? That's a good question. There's always three or four of them running. Yeah. It's like two in each direction usually is kind of what I think. Yeah, man, that's a really, really good question. There's, like in the off season, there's basically right next to one of the Maurice Piers is kind of like where they station them. Oh, okay. That's when they use the Swayze announcement case. Your mom is a whore. And even she knows.

to watch the tram car. So according to nj.com, there are eight tram cars on the fleet, within the fleet. Okay. But it's like, you don't have to wait long. If you want to get a ride, you're just walking along. One's going to be coming by pretty soon. I have never ridden one. It's fine. I mean, I've been there and I've seen it. I think they're adorable and I love that they're running. But I think you could just take a ride back and forth and just drink it all in. It's worth doing the whole stretch. Yeah, yeah, yeah. If you just want to spend some time...

You know, people watching. It's fun. I never wrote it as an adult. I wrote it a ton when we were kids, but never as an adult. And maybe if they're going away in that iteration, should I hop on? You better. Might want to do it. And the woman that voiced it, we talked about it last year. She's still alive, still lives in Wildwood. So maybe they could get her to record something for the trucks if

Although, you know I'd love to. Wasn't there a little, wasn't she a little unhappy about something? I think she said they sort of just like, they had like a microphone and a recorder and they were like, here, record this. And I think, I believe she wasn't paid for it. Yeah, I think she wants to get maybe a little. She's like the guy with the picture that they used for the Microsoft, you know, who felt like he might have gotten ripped off. Alright, got another story for you here. Steve sent me this one as well and

uh, it is about a book called clown in a cornfield. Uh, it is a young adult novel and there's a movie adaptation coming to theaters in May. And the author is from Philadelphia. His name is Adam Caesar and it's a bestselling young adult horror novel. And at, at the heart of it, clown in a cornfield is a slasher story in which a Philly kid moves to a small town in Missouri just in time to join her classmates. Uh,

in running for their lives. I watched, I think Shudder produced it, you know, the channel, Shudder, they fund a lot of movies and they're really great. They're a horror-only channel. But yeah, the...

You know, you find different ways to do the clown spin. What I was impressed with, Preston, is that this guy caught the attention of one of the legends of horror writing, Clive Barker. No kidding. Yeah, who wrote the blurb on the book that says this guy knows how to scare people. Steve, I thought the blurb was a movie. The blurb. The blurb. It's the sequel to The Block. Yeah, the blurb. The blurb. He's a cousin and he's pissed.

What the hell did you do to my cousin? Who's your cousin? The blob. And your name? The blurb. He wrote the blurb. Okay, so... So, the titular clown, the town's mascot is...

Frendo the Clown. And it's the center of the chaos. Why, Casey? It's just that Frendo, that's what that guy says. No country for old men. Oh, really? Yeah, that's what he calls people. What the freak is that guy's name?

Javier Bardem. Javier Bardem. So, Caesar was born in Long Island, but he is a Philly resident. Kind of like me. For more than a decade. Probably Kathy. Was a teacher before his novelist career took off, and he has more than a dozen scary books to his credit, but he really struck gold with Friendo, apparently. And the blurb.

Three Cornfield books are on the shelves with a fourth one in the works. It's pretty cool, man, especially to get the kind of attention he's getting. He's a big Stephen King fan. Mm-hmm. And, well, and there's comparisons to... Yes, Pennywise. Well, and Children of the Corn. Children of the Corn. To put these two together. So...

But the movie adaptation is taking things to the next level. Caesar has been on a whirlwind tour promoting the movie, often joining the cast, and director Eli Craig, who made the horror comedy Tucker and Dale vs. Evil. It's a fun movie. For interviews and at festivals and red carpet. So hopefully we'll get a chance to meet up with him sometime. I would love to, man. Yeah. In the near future. But I am intrigued. I am curious as to what this is all about and would like to check it out. All right. I got another one. See you.

We're going to step outside of the city for a moment, but this is within our state. And I did not know this, but if you spot purple paint on an early morning hike, it may be best to turn around and find another route because you might be trespassing. Many U.S. states abide by what is called the purple paint law.

which allows land and property owners to use purple paint marks on trees and fences to deter people from trespassing. And you're supposed to know this, by the way. I automatically assumed I was in proximity to a Prince fan. Right. No, I would just think it's like an offshoot of the trail.

Okay, right. Yeah. So using the paint is akin to posting a no trespassing sign, though not everyone knows what it means. It's interesting. I don't know why they expect all of us to just know this stuff. But Nick, you and I have hiked or climbed, I don't want to call it climbing, but Mount Misery in Valley Forge. And there is one little trail that kind of goes off to the left where I've

feel like you end up in somebody's backyard. Yes, I know exactly what you're talking about. There's also an offshoot of that trail, the Mount Misery Trail, to link up with the Horseshoe Trail. And the Horseshoe Trail, I think, ends up connecting at some point, if I'm not mistaken, with the Appalachian Trail, which obviously runs up and down the East Coast. And Casey, people...

you can camp on the Horseshoe Trail. You can overnight camp or whatever. So people will take their camping gear, leave the Mount Misery Trail, think that they're getting on the Horseshoe Trail to go camping, and they wander in those people's backyard all the time. So Preston, I don't know if they have, I've never seen purple paint there, but there are like no trespassing signs, but it's in the middle of the woods. And like, especially in the wintertime, you miss...

you know, trail signs or whatever, it's easy to wander into somebody's yard. So, Nick, on the Cresham Trail, and I have hiked this many times, as you go down the Cresham Trail, there's a point, and it occurred to me, and I actually stopped going in this way because I realized what I was doing, but there would be no way to know. I was literally hiking through

through people's backyards. Sure. I was kidding. Yeah, if you go to the right, you're going to go through people's backyards, but it's very lush, and there's nothing that screams to it, but I'm trying to think, did I see any sort of purple markings, and I don't recall any. So far, more than 20 states have a purple paint law in place.

Officials chose the color purple because it stands out in a natural setting. It's not used in the forestry industry, and it's a hue that people who are colorblind can actually identify. So purple paint, and this is why I was like, well, why not put up signs? Purple paint is also a preferred option over signs because property owners often struggle with keeping signs up due to wind, rain, or even vandals.

So, you know, a vandal can take the sign down, but the purple paint would be super hard to remove. The big concern, too, is this is the only way Nell could mark her property because she doesn't speak or write. Oh, yeah, you're right. She's illiterate. She couldn't write it. Right. Concon. No one knows what concon means. Right, exactly. Exactly.

So while purple is used in most U.S. states, some states with similar laws designate different colors such as orange, blue, silver, yellow, and red.

But red is one of those, that's a colorblind. Exactly. So it's not going to serve the purpose. It would look green, maybe. I find it rather, as you said, Keith, it's kind of fascinating that they would just naturally assume the bulk of the general public is going to know this. Yeah. For example, the paint used in Maryland is blue since the state's law was passed in 1989. So they use a different color. So according to AL.com, who wrote the story, the U.S. states...

With laws identifying purple paint or designated colors for no trespassing include Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Missouri, Montana.

New Hampshire, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia. So Delaware and New Jersey are not a part of this. So I was hiking in Delaware once and I came across, I guess they have it there for visitors where you can walk into this house and go into this kitchen and eat this food that's there. Right. And I watched the TV and then... I think you were trespassing. Anybody say anything? Yeah. You know, you might be right. Yeah. Yeah.

I bet you were wondering why that woman was freaking out. She was screaming a lot, but she was just excited to see another hiker. Hi. You're another hiker. I know. It's exciting that there's this house here. I love when you pass somebody on the trail and you just... When you say hi, I got this nod and you kind of like purse your lips. You know what I'm talking about? It's like a...

Casey is pursing his lips and nodding, right? I forget who does the bit, or maybe it's a video I saw, where it was a content provider. I forget who it was, but he talks about the way the different... An African-American, a Caucasian, an Asian as they're passing each other. And having done a fair amount of hiking, it's kind of true, but everyone has their version of the nod. I always say, hey, how are you? I was, you know, and I...

Because I think I'm not what you want to see coming at you in the end. Yeah. So I try to be as nice as possible. Some people do the, there are a couple different nods. There's the chin up nod. Yeah. Which I do that for the right occasion. I will do that. But I usually, I kind of do a smile and dip my head a little bit. The chin up is a...

Like a formal m'lady. Yeah. The chin up is like, sup, dude? Yeah, like it's like someone you know, you're kind of joking around, hey, but chin down is anybody and you're polite. If you're passing a woman, though, I like to say, nah, I'm not going to sexually assault you. Do not worry. Enjoy your hike.

The laws have some restrictions depending on the state. For example, in Pennsylvania, the statute is effective in all but Philadelphia and Allegheny counties. So the purple paint thing does not work in Philadelphia. There are a fair amount of markings and things that I see out when I'm hiking various trails that I have no idea what they mean.

So, you know, there should be a glossary of terms at the beginning of the hike. Consequences of violating the purple paint law vary depending on the state, but they include charges, fines, and possibly jail time, by the way. There is a sign now, Preston, that is a raccoon smoking a meth pipe. What does that mean? That means raccoons ahead smoking meth. Ah, all right.

What does it say, Nick? It's just they're agreeing with what Casey was talking about. You know, you can try to put the purple squares up. Sometimes it helps. Sometimes it doesn't. Okay. All right. That's it for City Beat. We are going to wrap that particular portion up. But thank you for lending us your ears for that segment. We're going to take a break. We're going to come back in a minute.

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And the Preston and Steve show. We're just going to, let's get right into traffic and then we'll start talking here in a minute. Kathy, anything going on? Yeah, we've got an accident. 95 northbound at 896. You're stopped back to the Maryland state line. Two lanes are blocked. New Jersey Turnpike eastbound at Route 130. A vehicle fire. Right lane is closed. And then on the Schuylkill eastbound, it's jammed from the boulevard to South Street.

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And we're going to reveal this information. I'm going to cry during this. I apologize.

I've made some statements lately that things have been difficult, and that's not just my personal life. That is my personal life, but it also has to do with my professional life, and not just me. Every single one of us have been going through some difficult things lately, and it's led to this announcement. Okay.

uh we've been together as a show for 20 years over 20 years and um there's a big change that's happening um and i'm just going to get right to it and we're very very profoundly sad to announce that um uh kathy is no longer going to be uh an employee at wmmr uh it's really hard man um to make this announcement um

We've been a family. We are a family. We'll always be a family. This group of people here, President Steve, Casey, Kathy, Nick, and Marissa, it rolls off the tongue. But things are coming to a close. And it's a very... It's a complicated situation, and we have to keep things kind of simple in addressing it. And so this is the last week that Kathy will be working for WMMR. As you can tell, we're very...

profoundly sad about this. All of us, Kathy included. May I jump in, Preston? Yeah. So, Kathy, you made it clear about how you wanted this to go. You said you didn't want things to be horribly sad.

So how are we doing? So much for that. But that is really, and Preston is just, what is expressing what everyone feels? Because you are, you are, been a part of this for many, many years. And, you know, it is, it is a profoundly sad thing. And with that too, you were saying you wanted there to be an expression of

The joy that we've had over the many years. I just want to say personally, the way that you have handled what is happening has been some of the most professional, some of the most amazing.

mature displays of how this goes that I've ever seen. It would be the same set of things that we saw in you at the beginning when we were looking for that perfect match, which proved to be so goddamn difficult. And we went through so many people. And then you proved to be the absolute best.

fit. And it was a last minute thing. And we'll tell this story forever because you will never not be a part of the show. And it was John Ritter. Yep. And, you know, as the story goes, and there was a case where we hadn't really seen you come out the way you have come out on the show and developed into a top flight radio personality and television as well. And so it is something that is...

It is sad, and we are going to express that, you know, because it does mean a lot. And I know to the people who have supported the show so many years and given us all wonderful lives and livelihoods and friends and so many things that will go on and on for years and generations to come, you are an inextricable part of that. And we cannot undersell or overstate the importance of you. So, in general, let me start off by saying thank

I love you so much. I know. Yeah. Thank you.

How about being happy? Yeah, so much for that. Yeah, I'm devastated, obviously. And I'm going to try to get through the next however many minutes we have. This was not my decision. And as you can hear, it wasn't Preston and Steve's either. It really wasn't anyone at WMMR's. If you've ever been broken up with and you didn't want the relationship to end,

That's how I feel. I'm heartbroken. There's a little anger in there, but heartbroken, I think, is the best word to describe how I feel. It's obviously extremely emotional for me and for everybody. So like I said, I hope I can get through this. But mainly what I want to do is I just have some things that I want to say, and I want to say thank you. Before you do, I want to point out something that...

There's going to be no replacement. I wrote this down. There are three things that you don't do. You don't talk about Fight Club. You don't put baby in a corner. And you don't replace Romano. No, no. The seat is going to remain vacant.

So we don't, you know what I'm going to do? What? Put a succulent on that chair. All right. And a margarita. And a margarita. And I'll always be here. So I just want to say to Preston and Steve, thank you for taking a chance on me 22 years ago.

For giving me this job that I love and for allowing me to laugh every day for over two decades. We talk about this all the time. That doesn't happen to people. I mean, we laugh every single day. That's crazy to think about.

And, you know, you talk about the chemistry. We built that and that's why we have the listenership that we have. That's why we have so many amazing listeners because we connect. We have that chemistry and we can provide something to them that they know is genuine.

So thank you both for leading by example. Your dedication and hard work has guided me through this entire radio career. The more popular this show became, the harder you guys worked. And that allowed me to be part of history, allowed me to be part of a show that stayed together, a radio show that stayed together this long and not just stayed together, but

loved each other genuinely in the studio and outside of the studio. We aren't just coworkers, we are family members and that's what makes this so incredibly difficult. Preston, I want to thank you for guiding this incredible team that we have because that's what you do every day. And thank you for giving me the opportunity to be a part of it. I began my broadcasting career in television and when I was doing that, I loved it and it was a great experience

starting point for me. But I always said I wanted to show more of my personality. And when I got on this show, that's exactly what I was able to do. You and Rochelle invited me into the delivery room for your third child, which was absolutely incredible. And you don't invite just any co-worker in, right? You gotta be family to be invited to that. Well, just so you know, Gary Lara passed on that day. I know, they asked him first. So I feel like that created a special bond for me and your family. So I have this

I don't know, this sense that they're almost a little bit part of me and I'm a part of them. And because of that, I'll always feel connected to you. And just, I do want to get a little bit personal with you. Watching the father that you have become and not when your kids were born in recent years has taught me a lot about how I parent my own child.

And especially our conversation at dinner in Clearwater. If you remember, it reassured me that I'm doing the right thing with Jace and I'm teaching him the right things about life. So thank you for that.

What I'll miss most about you is our eye contact. I was going to say the same thing. Okay? Yes. When somebody says something and maybe you're looking at your papers, I'm looking at my computer and both of our heads pop up and we look. And when I say someone, I mostly mean Casey. Yes. And we just know, okay, we prep each other like, I wonder what's coming next. Yeah. We have a nonverbal communication. Nonverbal communication. Yes. And I think the best feeling that for me is if I say something funny and you laugh. Oh, no.

It's great when everybody else laughs, but for whatever reason, when you laugh, that's like, I'm like, okay, oh, that was funny. People liked that. So, yes. So, thank you, obviously. Steve, watching you do the show, the

The time you spend prepping, brainstorming, everything in between has taught me that good things come if you put in hard work. And we did amazing things here together, all of us. What I'm going to miss most about you and what I'm most, honestly, most scared about in this next life is the laughing and not laughing every day. I can't begin to imagine what my life will be like not sitting here and having that moment

laughter. I've been through a lot of things in my life, as has everyone, and coming here every day has got me through that, got me through all of that. And being able to come here and almost forget about the outside and laugh at whatever joke you told got me through a lot. And I don't know

It just scares me. I don't know. What if I don't have that in my life? What if there's not laughter every day? And I mean, I honestly think that there have been studies that have been done that say that laughter can extend your life. So thank you. You probably extended my life 10 years. And I hope someday that we can go camping together at a place.

at a fair amount of hotel you count on that yeah so that's that's been the hardest thing when when i come back to i think about what is going on and uh i accept it and then you know i have a wave of like i can't believe this is real and and that's what i think about the most is um that joy and uh you know if i have a hard time well i'm having a hard time now but um

I know there's people in my life that'll get me through it, but you...

have helped me a lot during difficult times, just with the jokes on air, off air, on the conference call, anywhere. You can't imagine what a joy it's been to make you laugh. It does, because you, yeah, I mean, we'll talk some more, but you have given as much as you say I've given to you, and then some. Oh, thank you. Casey? Casey?

You're like the third brother that I never really actually wanted, right? But I got it anyway. You know I'm kidding when I say that. And I'd like to set the record straight. Casey and I have had a lot of battles on the air over the years. And some people actually think we dislike each other. And I'd like to set this record straight. We actually love each other. Thank you for your lighthearted...

off the air, mostly for me. I love what you do on the air, but off the air is what makes me laugh. You're the kindest, most genuine person. Thank you for not using the second automatic door in the vestibule in the lobby when we walk in together.

what i'll miss most about you are the off-air things so when you hide behind the corner and you jump out and you scare me and i spill coffee everywhere um when you walk into an elevator and you don't turn around to face the door you face the people inside the elevator um and thank you for dancing through the hallways and bringing a ray of sunshine to a place that has become dark and desolate sometimes um i i know you don't know this but

I cried on the way to work over spring break. Casey and I worked two days together. And I got here and I thought, oh, I'm going to talk to Casey about this. He's good support. And I got here and...

You had a dance routine that you needed me to learn. And so we didn't talk about it. And it's okay because that dance routine cheered me up like you would not believe. And we didn't do it the first day. It was really because I wanted to be like in the right mind to do a dance to some Sally song. And it was awesome. So thank you. Thank you for that. And I think also what I'm going to miss where I hope that wherever I end up that

there's somebody like you there because um you know steve gives me all those on-air laughs but the stuff that you do off-air like even just walking across the parking lot and all of a sudden he'll end up in a conversation with somebody in the parking lot i'm like oh who is that and he's like i don't know it's just um i hope that i hope i have somebody like you in my life in my next life wherever i go after here i um sorry um i'm really sorry for all the like

not nice things that I've ever said to you. You know, like, uh, I just, um, wish that I would have embraced all those times that we spent together more. Um, not realizing that this day was, um, gonna come. And, uh, and then I just have nothing but regret. Oh my gosh, stop. For all the things that I haven't done right in our relationship, and I do love you so much. Um, and our, uh,

Our last night that you and Preston and I spent together on Clearwater was special. Yeah. And I love you and I love your honesty and I love that you can be honest with me, you know. Yeah.

That's all? Yeah, I think that, and we didn't know that was, you know, the last night in Clearwater. I think we all thought we'd all be there again next year. I won't be there. So yeah, that night that we spent together, the three of us, was really special for me too. Nick? Nick?

You're my therapist, my spell check, my thesaurus, my chat DBT, and my best friend. I definitely, I know we've had conversations and I know that you know that I appreciate it, but I don't think you know exactly how helpful the conversations were for me. And some of

our talks, I mean, I describe them as conversations. You would probably describe them more as me talking, you saying three words and then me start talking again. So I apologize for that. But yeah,

Yeah, whether we talk here or on the phone or at an event or wherever we are, you really are. I don't see a therapist. And I've mentioned this before on the show. I've never found anybody that's been a fit for me. And so I don't go to a therapist. I'd love to. I just really haven't found anybody I liked. And Nick truly is like a therapist to me. So thank you for always being there for me and listening to me talk when I needed it.

Yeah, you're welcome. And what I'll miss most about you is the way that you challenge my brain. Every day I sit here right next to you and I work harder and harder every day to figure out

why your mouth still makes that noise even when you're chewing with your lips closed um it's so big and you can fit so much food in there and i don't even think medical experts know the reason so thank you look you're gonna have a bunch of free time in the next few days and you could do a deep dive into mouth studies um i have a million things that i want to say uh i love you and um i'm um i i uh

Just want to say one thing and I'll keep the rest for now to myself because this is not at all about me. Don't curse. I'm really going to miss sitting next to you every day. If I'm having a bad day, it's better because you're next to me. And I agree with everything that you said about the rest of the show. I feel the same way that you do. And it's nice to hear those things. But man, it's going to suck coming to work and not have you.

not have you here with me. So I'm just going to miss you a lot. Yeah, same, same. Marissa?

is the person that I'm going to give an apology to. We've talked about this over the years, but Marissa's a huge Phillies fan. And in 2008, she missed the World Series parade because I wanted to have another Corona life. So, Marissa, I officially apologize for that. And when the Phillies get to the World Series again, I'm going to save a spot on Broad Street for you so that you can watch it from beginning to end.

And I also want to say, if it wasn't for Marissa over these last two weeks, I found out about two weeks ago, I probably would have been sitting in a production studio alone crying. After I learned that this was my fate, Marissa stepped up tremendously. So thank you for being there for me. Thank you for the last two weeks. Thanks for everything.

everything you did for me you know what you did for me thank you so much um and not just the past two weeks but over these 20 years every time i've come to you i need this can you do this please do this how do we do this um thank you for for everything that you've done oh my god i wasn't gonna mention the phillies parade you're about to get out of it with no problem we did have two super bowls in between yeah i know i know but phillies um i i

I haven't thought about this moment, Kathy, because I didn't think it was real. I didn't think it was really going to come. I still, to this day, remember the first day I met you and you walked in and the 2005 knitted calfgain you were wearing. And since then, you've just been, you're like a big sister and a mentor and our lives have crossed in so many ways.

So many different ways over the years and gone in different directions, but we can still always have an airport wine. Yes. If you guys don't know, we always have an airport wine while you guys are waiting at the gate for us, no matter where we're at. I usually get there first because she's home packing. I order the wine and then she comes and we drink together. Oh my God. One question. What's a caftan? I'll tell you later. Okay. Yes.

right? Oh, Kathy, you are, you are just, you're the best. You're, you're, this is family. This right here is family. Well, yeah, and that's why it makes it so hard. It's not somebody getting laid off. It's not somebody leaving a job. It's,

With somebody leaving a family. So can I explain a little bit about our relationship here? And I too will continue to get choked up during this. But I've said this several times. This group of six people, we experience something that nobody else understands within our relationship.

My wife can't understand. I couldn't be able to explain the closeness that we have. To my own wife, who's the closest person to me? To you. This is a unique experience that we share every day. It's fun. It's therapy. It's our personalized. It's sharing this. It's bringing other people in. But within this circle of six, nobody else is allowed in.

It's that tight. And we don't do that. It's not that way because we don't want people in. It's just because this connection is so strong. This tissue that holds us together is so strong that it doesn't allow anybody else into this intimate world that we have that is unique to us. We're always going to have that, which is wonderful. It's one of the greatest gifts I've ever had.

So that's why you're hearing this much emotion on the air right now, because it's hard to pull that apart. I mean, Kathy will always be a part of that nucleus that we are. So we will always have that, which is wonderful. Like I said, there's going to be no replacement, so we don't have to worry about trying to have the new person in that will never, ever be a part of what we built. Yeah.

Absolutely. And to your points about family, this as a family will continue. It transcends anything. It transcends walls. It transcends radio stations. This is all of us as the collective. If I may take a few seconds, Kathy, to say there are a few moments that I wanted to – I apologize for having pollen voice on the data –

But a couple of moments occurred to me. And when I saw, there was a time when your brother was going through some physical issues or medical issues. Yeah, he had secular cancer. Yeah, and it was an event at Kildare's. And I saw the family pulled together and we went over. And, you know, I saw you with your family and I saw you working hard to do something, you know, for a family member. And I mean, you do get that. But I'm like, wow, she's really, you know, she's really...

It caught me at that moment. I said, okay, this is who she is. And then in 2014 when I was diagnosed with cancer and you, prostate cancer, and when I told you, you were more concerned than I was. Steve, I was in here when that happened. And I've never seen, I mean, Kathy...

Just I mean, she just fell on you. Yeah. She just embraced you so hard. I will never, ever forget that. And then the thing is, is that no one, you know, my wife, Claire, obviously, you know, that's the connection you talk about, Rochelle. But you are my holiday buddy.

and I'll be goddamned if I'm going to not be touching base with you on all that because you get it I mean and I there are very few people I can talk about my investment and all that without feeling like a jackass but you get it so you expect to be pestered throughout every holiday season so well thank you so much um

Can I go on? Yes. Okay. So I want to thank our listeners, obviously, right? We cannot go anywhere without saying thank you. You welcomed me into your cars, homes, your computers, your podcast, whatever it is. You welcomed me into your lives every morning. You shared your stories, joined in on whatever the heck we were doing here. You supported our causes and you made this job the greatest privilege anyone could ask for.

Some of you have grown up with us, started families, changed careers, and kept us as a constant in your lives through it all. That kind of loyalty means more to me than I could ever express.

Thank you.

20 years here at MMR and 22 with the Preston and Steve show all together.

has all been because we had listeners like you. And you mentioned the activities and stuff, Steve. I just want to let everybody know that I won't go radio silent. I'm going to continue to post on social media, showing all the activities, the workshops, fun places to visit. And when I decide what my next career looks like, I will be sure to update everyone there. I use all forms of social media. Instagram is really where I am most and you can DM me there.

I just have a few other people here at the station that I want to thank. Rodney, obviously everyone knows what Rodney does for us, so I don't need to say that. But I do need to say thank you to Rodney for being a friend since the first day we met him. Eric Simon, for all the hard work that you put into making us look good and making us look better at events and on the air.

Chuck D'Amico, for all the behind-the-scenes work, he always has our back. Thank you for supporting me in every way possible and for allowing me to expand my personal brand beyond the Preston and Steve show. Pierre has been a mentor for me for the past 20 years and more recently. And watching a legend...

And being able to say that I worked with Pierre Robert for 20 years has been an honor. Jackie Bam Bam, I will never kiss you. But I love you so much. Please, please don't stop texting me ever. Brent, I see you as my little boy. Keep doing your thing. If you don't know, I gave Brent's tape to Bill Weston years ago, and that's how he got a job here. So I always look at him. I'm like, oh, I had a little something to do with that. Oh.

Matt Cord, who was my first friend in radio. I started working with Preston and Steve, and I really became friends with Matt before I was friends with the Preston and Steve show. So, Matt, thank you for your friendship over these years. Jackson, who's no longer here, but I can't not mention him. We worked together for 18 years. Kevin Gunn, also still not here. Kevin, you made me a better on-air personality. Anyone who has ever, at any time, worked in our IT department, thank you. Cut.

Thank you to the, and I don't want to miss anybody, but just thank you to the entire MMR staff, people who aren't here anymore, but had an instrumental part in my life for 20 years, Bill Weston, John Fulham, Peter Smythe. Thank you for believing in Preston and Steve when they said that they would come to MMR, but not without me.

Jim Antez and the sales staff, we have a great sales staff, but I want to give a special mention to that original MMR sales staff that we had when we got here. We weren't just coworkers, we were friends. I mean, we would have events and promotions where the whole sales staff would be there and would only be one person's account, but we were friends. We were a group that bonded. One of my...

my favorite promotions of all time was when Corona Light was on tap. It was the first tap that they were putting in at Chickies and Pete's in South Philly and they put the tap in a briefcase and they handcuffed the briefcase to me. Jim Antes, Bill Burns and I rode in a limousine to Chickies and Pete's. We got out. They were my bodyguards, my secret service. They had like a red carpet laid out. People had to

stand beyond the red carpet. And I walked from the limo up to the bar and they put the tap in and we drank Corona light all night. That was, I mean, it was so incredible. There's an awesome video of that. Yes. It was just phenomenal. Yeah, yeah. I love it. And my favorite like big...

promotion was the mystery trip. I mean, we still go back and talk about that. It was just incredible. I don't even remember whose idea it was, but it just was so much fun. Yeah, Cheap Caribbean was who we did that to. We did a couple of them. We did Apple Vacations, and then we did Cheap Caribbean, then we went on a special trip with Cheap Caribbean. All of it was amazing. The clients and advertisers that I've built relationship with over the years, my agent, Steve Mountain, who has also been an amazing mentor to me, my

extremely supportive family. I cannot thank you enough for being there for

from the day we heard about this and my girlfriends who have all been by my side since I told them the news. Thank you for 22 extraordinary years of laughter, music and connection. Although this is goodbye to this life, the next chapter is somewhere out there for me. Preston and Steve, you didn't give me a job. You gave me a second home and a second family and I will forever be grateful for that.

Thank you, Kathy. Thank you, guys. And I love you, too. I just... I know this for sure. Kathy's going to land on her feet. You're going to hear sometime soon, I would imagine, something that is going to be a logical place. I don't know what that is. I don't know. But I know you, and I know how talented you are, and I know...

you know what what a an asset you are to whatever endeavor you decide to follow and i know that you're gonna you're gonna land on your feet and it's gonna everything's gonna be great and to that point whatever we're always there you know whatever we can do you know that's gonna be the case well you're my on-air reference yeah and people have been asking you know uh um you know uh

about the things you've been mentioning about feeling down and so on and so forth. The show and the way we do the show, we value our relationship with you listening. There have been many times where hard times have been happening. Kathy made reference in the background and you were unaware of it. And we continue that because you are also going through things in your life and you are also dealing with horrible things. And

we appreciate the job one for us is to be there and to, to put on the show that you, um, you come here for. And, uh, and I just personally want to thank you for your indulgence, um, for, you know, this, this passage of time right now, uh, because, uh, it's important that, um, you know, we allow Kathy to, uh, to say what you want to say and for us to say what we want to say to you. And, uh, and so that, that means a lot to us. Yeah. And it's just, I mean, it's just, thank you. It was,

22 years of, like I said, laughter. I mean, it just, it was wonderful. I don't regret any part of being with you guys for this long. It was an amazing experience. Moving forward, what we're hoping to do tomorrow is spend some time in having Kathy here. I don't know how things are going to play out, guys. I'll be honest with you. We don't know. We don't know. This industry has...

can sometimes not allow you to do something like that. It's just the way it is. I've seen it. I've been in radio for, you know, 35 years and I've seen a lot of times where we don't get an opportunity like this.

We would like to tomorrow be able to spend time with Kathy and maybe taking some of our favorite moments of the past 20 some odd years and playing back some old segments and maybe talking about some stuff about those moments. And so it might happen tomorrow. I'm not really sure. But I just want you to be aware of that's what the case is. And we're working on how what what Kathy's role is going to be filled by the rest of us here. Like I said, no

Nobody's coming in to replace. We're moving forward. The show continues with this group. And that's just where we are. That's just the scenario.

Okay, and we have the rest of the show to do. I know. What are we going to do, guys? I think we should probably, knowing what we know about you, you probably want to spend a lot of time talking about the band Phish. I thought it was going to be a lot of fart stuff. I was thinking six jars of farts from mixed martial arts. I mean, she keeps begging. By the way, if you think the farts were copious prior to this...

With Kathy gone, our overseer, it's going to be disgusting. We're going to get sick of it. We're going to get bloody, Raj. We're going to be such a mess. Oh, my God. Okay. We should probably take a break. So we'll do that very thing. We'll come back in a moment. We still have things to do. It's our file. The money content is present. We have 20 money.

So thank you for being here. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. And we love you, Kathy. All right, we'll take a break and we'll be right back. Stay with us.

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9.46 a.m., we just made a big announcement, a big emotional announcement. And we'll reiterate it. I mean, we did the bulk of what we were going to say just a little while ago. But let's take a final look at traffic. Kathy, what's going on? 95 northbound stop traffic between the Maryland state line and 896. It's an accident in the two left lanes. A vehicle fire has the New Jersey Turnpike closed eastbound at Route 130. It stopped back to the connector bridge. The right lane is closed.

So you can pass by it, but just the right lane closed there. Lancaster Avenue, we've got a serious fire in Radnor and Aberdeen Avenue closed. Schuylkill eastbound, heavy from the boulevard into the Vine. Westbound, Bear Avenue to South Street City to Gladwin. At South Street, there's an accident in the left lane. 95 northbound, slowing from the Betsy Ross Bridge to Cotman. Southbound from Cotman into the Vine. The Vine jams westbound the length, eastbound from the Schuylkill to Broad and on the Pennsylvania Turnpike westbound. That's slowing Virginia Drive southbound.

to Fort Washington. This traffic report brought to you by Share a Ride Ride Match Program. Reward yourself when you leave your car at home with the free Share a Ride Ride Match Program. You can find a carpool, transit choices, and other travel options then. Record your trips and earn points towards fun items. Learn more at pacarpool.org. And that's your traffic on 93.3 WMMR. Thank you, Kathy, for just tuning in. We made the unfortunate announcement that Kathy will be departing WMMR tomorrow.

or the entire company, most likely tomorrow. And if you would like to hear the extended conversation that we had to kick that off, you're going to have to check our podcast or you can go to our stream at YouTube and get all of the information there. But we announced that.

I do want to follow that up with we here, me, Steve, Casey, Nick, Marissa, we'll need your continued support as listeners. And I just want to stress that we're all still listening.

a big group as far as we're concerned with you being a part of that as well. And we will need your continued support. And we hope that, uh, obviously you will continue to give that support because we have plenty of things to do and plenty of things to talk about. Uh, and we'll continue to do that every single day. Um, you know, we've done it for years. We'll continue to do it. Kathy has always been a big supporter of that. And, and, and Kathy, if we do get questions, we direct them to you, right? That's fine. All right. Okay. We'll do that. And Kathy, uh,

as a little parting gift. I got you something. I want you to have this. That's beautiful, man. It's a picture of you. It looks just like you, Preston. It'll look nice in my house. Thank you. You should put that probably on your ceiling. I was thinking front door. Right in the foyer. If you want to make sure you never have sex again. Oh,

I'm just going to hang that right so everyone, as soon as they walk in my house, they can see the picture of Preston. Marissa? All right. I didn't think we were going to do this, but Kathy, I got you something too. All right. Thank you. Do you want me to open it now? Please. All right. Okay. Oh, okay. Make it quick. I was joking. I want to keep that picture. I don't want to keep this. Oh, okay. Oh, my God. I'm going to kill her. What is this? You just did this right now. I think I know what it is.

I knew it. Uh-oh. So for a long time, Marissa and I passed back and forth. Has it been 15 years? Probably. Have passed back and forth. I mean, it ended up on car windshields. It was on computers. It was in desk drawers. But it was this. Oh, my God. That got passed back and forth. It's a dolphin dildo. Yeah. Well, now it's yours forever. Now I cannot...

Get rid of it. This is downline. Yes, forever. Just talk about that. No givebacks. Maybe you'll finally use it. Sure. I love you. Do you see how she covered her ass, Kathy? She said the final no givebacks. No givebacks, yeah. Though that, only in here, but in the outside world. I'm waving with it. It was like that picture you and I used to pass back and forth, Casey, of the girl giving oral. Yeah, I think that it's in your possession. Yeah, I think it's my turn. You're next. I tried to do something that years ago with a king cobra. Oh, yeah.

Nobody wanted to play? Well, the first guy never sent it back. Hang on, Kathy, because I got you something, too. Oh, man. No, I know what it is. A photo of Rob, Rockstar Rob, from his prom that's been taped underneath my desk for at least a decade. Same thing. We tried giving this back and forth. Oh, my God.

We actually, I didn't know that because I have a good luck photo. I've never seen that. Oh, yeah, dude. It's under. You had to have been sitting like back in the corner there and just happened to peek underneath Nick's area. Rob looks like Whitney Cummings in this picture. You know what's funny? That picture might actually be from my cousin's wedding. Really? Your cousin married rock star Rob? No.

But he was friends with my cousin's ex-wife. I feel like it did come in... Steve, you are not giving me that. You have to keep that. It's a good luck charm. Keep it. Okay. I'm sorry. I would give it to you. I'll take a picture of it. That's how much. It is a picture that stayed with us ever since we got here. Yeah, it's a photo when we got here. The show before us were the Philly guys. Marissa was working for them. And it was a picture...

This old, really wizened-looking man. Shirtless. Shirtless, painting a WMMR banner or thing. And Steve has kept that. I've kept it. Day one. Because it was in the office. It was in the office. And I said, this is the good luck charm. So...

You know what's funny or interesting or whatever when awful announcements like this happen or something bad happens? You find out how many people are listening, how many people care, and... Ah, crap. I'm going to start crying again. But it's like... Here, look at this shirtless old guy. If anybody...

If anybody has to contact me today, it might be difficult for me to get back to you because it's like you get... I mean, I can't even imagine what your phone's doing right now, okay? Because mine was blowing up during that whole announcement and emails and texts and direct messages and the whole nine. And you know what makes me cry is when people are nice. Like when they're genuinely nice about the situation. I mean, it just... I don't know. For whatever reason, I get choked up about it. Well, you're seeing...

The thing that connects us all, the best of it. And, you know, you go through life and you get hardened to certain things. And then those moments when you see people, a genuine, sincere expression and, you know, a manifestation of what we hope we've put out into the area. Because we know people always say, oh, you were there, you know, they were driving to something bad and they were listening to us. So you can't any, you cannot even imagine. I'm sure you echo this.

and everything you've given to us, what it's meant to us for you to participate and listen to the show. And it's not just, you know, casting that off casually. It really has a profound effect. Yeah. Like I said, we want to try to have another program tomorrow with Kathy on it. May or may not happen. It's just the way the industry works sometimes.

It's unfortunate I have to explain that to you, but that's the way it is. But we're hoping to play some old clips and relive some great moments. On the off chance that that is not the case, I did have Marissa put this together for you, Kathy. No, this is great. Oh, it's up there, Case. I'm sorry. Man, this has been going on for years. But some people are so impressed by Kathy's traffic skills.

Seasoned actors. I mean, A-list famous people as well. So I don't know who all is on this, but I have Marissa put together a montage of people complimenting your traffic. Oh, my gosh. Do you ready, Case? Yep. Oh, you want me to? Yeah, if you don't mind. Here we go. Tony Hale. Yeah. Thank you.

Kathy, your traffic report was really impressive. It makes me want to go on the road just because of what you said. Well, thank you. That was really impressive. You know, Kevin Costner had the opposite. He said it sounded like a war out there that he wanted to open. I like to put a positive side on it. Kathy, you just sound like you're describing a war.

I expected you to end it with, we got these guys surrounded. Some days it is. That's essentially what's happening every morning. Rob McElhenney, who is on this morning. Before we jump into it, I have a question for you because I heard Kathy as I was listening to the traffic report.

And it was reminding me that, of course, there are some downsides to COVID winding down, and that is people sitting in traffic all over the country once again. Did I hear that the Schuylkill Expressway is down to one lane? Oh, my God. Both directions? Yeah, it's down to one lane between Pashyunk and Broad Street. Okay, not to get bogged down in the specific details of the

my beloved home city and it's traffic but i think this is something that affects everybody that's listening to this right now we have been in our homes for a full year to their credit they actually shut the schuylkill down they would alternate between east and westbound so they did do that during the pandemic they were doing some construction where they but they were completely shutting the roadway down wow well let's look at it positively the way that kathy did i really appreciate yes mr michael ian black yeah i'm

I am blown away by the traffic report. Just watching you do it live to me is unbelievable. Just a string of words just blazing out of your mouth. Just words, words, words, words, words. You say them with such confidence.

Even though you're reading it, you're clearly reading it from a screen. You have all the information in front of you. I don't know how you do that. Well, thank you. Do you want to try it? Do you want to go over to her seat? Yes. You're just going from here to where? All the way down? Did you read all of that? She picks out. Yeah, like I'll pick out. I don't do everything. How do you know which to pick? How do you even prioritize? Pennsylvania Turnpike, WB? What does that mean? Westbound. I can't do it? He's gone. He's out. I'm just...

staring at it. Over on the Vine Street Expressway, I-676, westbound. We did have a two-minute delay, so you might want to watch out. I don't know. The amount of panic I felt in that moment. It's pretty good. The stress of that. Kevin Smith is right here.

I was just thinking of like growing up, listening to the radio, listening to like the traffic report. That stuff gets embedded in your head. Like you are somebody's childhood right now. You don't know it. You sit there rattling off the traffic and whatnot. But like somewhere, some kid is just like, I live for that traffic report. Yeah.

And when they hear your voice, they'll be like, that is the sound of a happy childhood. It's really kind of amazing. All right. And that's just a sliver of some of the celebs that have come through here. I usually get myself ready, Kath, for when I introduce a celebrity who is here in studio.

And then I'll say their name and I'm like, all right, here comes the comment on Kathy's traffic. I think Richard Gere even. Did Richard Gere make a mention? Probably. I don't know. And that for you. Name after name after name. And Marissa did the very difficult task of going back into the archives and trying to find him because I don't remember. I haven't written him down who's to accommodate. Didn't Tom...

Dennis Quaid hang out behind you? That was a live read, I think. He came in and basically did a live read with me. Oh, really? Yeah. I don't even remember what. It might have been Westchester University. It was probably Sunrocket. Sunrocket, definitely. Yeah, absolutely. You were like killed in the post. The...

the bulk of how many years, how many times are we all, somebody will say, oh yeah, when he was over here and I go, what, what? We talked to that? We interviewed this person? Over 20 plus years, 27 collectively for the show. I mean, it's crazy, you know, how many people, and they come through and you forget it, Ben, here.

But I'd say a vast portion of them were impressed by your traffic, Kathy. Who's my guy that I'll always remember? David Faustino. It's okay if you're going to forget somebody. Bud Bundy is probably okay to forget. I literally said, no, I never met him. And then you guys pulled up the picture and I'm standing next to him in the picture. I wasn't even on the end of the picture that time. I was next to him. And a lot of what you as a listener do not get to experience or see...

is when we do these live commercial endorsements, which we do during the commercial breaks, is what's going on right beforehand or during. And there's a lot of activity that takes place. And some people don't even realize that we're actually doing those live on the air. But there are, you know, the music will start. None of us were paying attention. We're like, who's supposed to be up? You know, lights on, up. Ah, F, Kathy, get over here. You're up. All right, three, two, one.

And then they go into it. And so there's a lot of pointing and a lot of, hey, get over here. You got 10 seconds. You know, they're down the hall. I'm running down the hall to get back in place for all this stuff. Many is the time. Yeah. And so that's why sometimes it may sound out of breath or we're not saying the words exactly properly. Wait, you were too. Sorry. You were taking stairs, guys.

I don't know if you still do it when you come up here. And I was like, you know what? I'm going to do that too. And so I started taking the stairs and I was late one day for traffic. Do you guys remember this? Oh yeah. I couldn't breathe. You sounded like you were having an aneurysm. I took four flights of stairs and came right into the studio to do traffic. How stupid. I should have just been like, not going to make it. I couldn't breathe. And we got off. Steve goes, were you a little out of breath? I basically couldn't get

Traffic is good. You'd be surprised that even like a 10-yard trot, like, oh my God, I got to zip over here real quick. And then you have to read and breathe properly. It's harder than it sounds. And then it gets in your head and you're like, stop breathing so heavy. I'm breathing heavy. Oh my God, I got to get this together.

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Yeah. You know, from time to time. I've had that. Occupational hazards. All right. So a new and concerning trend is gaining traction on TikTok, and it's led to the evacuations of some schools across Connecticut. Students are recording themselves sticking items like pencils and springs into the charging points, ports of their Chromebooks that ends up setting them on fire. Oh.

Newington High School was evacuated last week. That's insane. I know. So the superintendent, Maureen Brumette, said on Thursday, I was alerted by both my director and security and high school principal that we had a Chromebook that was smoking. We were able to do an investigation. It became clear that the damage was done intentionally, that it wasn't a malfunctioning Chromebook, but rather a student had intentionally done things to it that caused it to smoke and eventually melt.

Brumette said that she doesn't know why students are participating in this trend, but that it's destructive, expensive, and dangerous. Let me ask you, do you think I could get the stunt of wood chipper diving to catch on? I don't know. Why don't you do it first? Yeah, I'll try it. We'll see what happens.

Smoke filled the classroom and firefighters rushed to the scene. Similar incidents happened on Monday at both Derby High School and Cromwell High School. The fire chief of the area said the hallways were filling with smoke. We arrived there. The school was already being evacuated. And we went in and ended up finding a laptop in the classroom pretty much out but on fire at one point. So investigators are now underway. Investigations are underway across the district. And these are the Chromebooks that they get issued, right? Yeah. It's going to cost them a bunch of money, too.

All right, the FBI.

says every single field office, this is a messed up story, every single field office has opened investigations related to a network of predators who coerce teen victims online into self-harm, child pornography, and animal abuse. And I want you to be aware of this, gang. Those are just some of the crimes attributed to what's called the members of 764. Yeah. A loose association of violent criminals who apparently enjoy tormenting others for status and amusement.

There are related cases connected to the group in countries around the world, and the FBI says that there could be thousands of victims.

The name of the group is attributed to the first three digits of the zip code for Stephenville, Texas, the hometown of group founder Bradley Cadenhead, currently serving an 80-year sentence for child pornography. How demented is that? So that's not only a bizarre file story. It's a warning. It's a warning. So just be aware. 764. Keep an eye out.

Let's see what else we need. It needs to be a little bit lighter after that. How about this? In another batch of declassified CIA documents, there are reports of three alien bases that were supposedly located through remote locations.

You guys familiar with remote viewing? Yeah, I know. Where you're outside your body and you can see things. Yeah, so it's like a psychic power that some people... Nick, it's like that candlestick telephone over there. Oh, I got you. They claim to have. So in 1986, a remote viewer claimed to have seen one called the Titan Base...

Let's take a picture to last longer. Two male technician types seated at a control panel while being supervised by an attractive female with brown shoulder length hair wearing a pale green lab coat. That's what one saw.

Another was a second base where apparently remotely viewed at Alaska's Mount Haze, where two entities were found, but contact was unable to be made while they were accomplishing some sort of routine task. And then the third base was located in either Africa or South America, where there were once again two entities, one with a very large round-shaped head and a slender neck, and the other almost human-like, apparently that second alien was aware of the remote viewer's presence, but was friendly.

Yes, I'm seeing a secretary with large breasts sitting on a chair and the top buttons are undone and she's got these stockings on that are so very lickable. I'm a little concerned about the first guy who's like, you know, he's describing this. He's using his, he's putting that in this bang bang. None of the information was ever conclusive. Oh, she's getting up now. She's walking across. Oh, she's got a great ass on her. It was never. What about the aliens? Oh, I forgot.

Conclusively proven and the project was eventually shut down in 1995. Please don't. After it was determined it wasn't going to be useful for intelligence operations. It'd be wild. Well, it was wild they put that much stock in it initially. Yeah, yeah.

Coming soon to a car salesperson near you, less person. Chinese carmaker, Cherry Automotive, is rolling out Mornin, a blonde humanoid robot to sell cars in showrooms. Here we go. It was developed with AI MOGA. Mornin was... MOGA, sell them for less. Oh.

Did they say Al Blasimano? No. It's Doss. I'll play Doss. Mournene was shown off at Shanghai Auto Show at a big event in Wuhu, China.

These robots, which cost about the same as a car, can walk, talk, and answer questions about car models using deep-seek AI. They wear sunglasses and have long hair, but some find their look a bit creepy. Cherry's president, Zhang Guibing, says that robots like Mornin are the future, with a bigger market than cars. The company plans to sell 220 Mornins to dealers worldwide this year, with

with one already working in Malaysia. Steve, it's iRobot. I mean, nothing has gone off the rails yet, but I mean, the more and more...

AI and now putting them into humanoid form is going to be... It's a step in that direction. For me here, Preston, I think one of the things... Because this thing is wearing a visor, you don't see the eyes. And I think we as humans connect to eyes. And we have to see something that at least approximates eyes. But I wonder if...

the uncanny valley falls within the eyes. When you see that and they're not real, that it might be even more creepy than the visor. I don't know. Agreed. You're already trading it in with the way the mouth moves and everything. It's close enough to be uncanny valley. Wow. I don't know why they have to make her sexy, though. Sex robots are on the way. I've been saying this for 25 years. They are on the way. We would like to introduce our line of very ugly robots.

Look at this pig. No, but they gave... I'm even going to call it a her...

It's a robot. It doesn't have a gender, but they gave it a great body. They gave it a women's form. No, they gave it a women's physique, for sure. So they know what they're playing to and the way we respond. But yeah, it's interesting, though. Did you watch the movie Companion yet? Not yet, no. Okay, take a spin on that. I gotta get to it. Well, I need the blow station. The blow station. Yeah, exactly. That sex toy you were talking about the other day.

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Now, back with more of the Preston and Steve Show podcast. A beautiful song, 93.3 WNM on Mr. Pete Townsend. I've got information coming up in a little bit within music news.

How about the Who coming to town? Yeah, an announcement. Very, very cool thing. Speaking of announcements, we made a very sad, profoundly sad announcement earlier this morning, and we cried heavily over it. But if you're just tuning in and you haven't heard yet, Kathy is moving on from WNMR. And if you would like to hear the extended announcement and our comments on that announcement,

You can go to, you can check out our YouTube stream. We did it at 9 o'clock this morning. And you can also check our podcast out. And it was not easy. No. But it's a reality that we had to share and find a way to do it with you, our very close friend who's here every single day. And we appreciate you. And you'll hear the sentiments. We can go over them again and again. But I think it's pretty.

It's pretty clearly spelled out. I don't know if you've heard, but the papal conclave paused. They did pause once the news got to the back of the entrance. That's the reason for the black smoke. That's right. Whatever your favorite color is, that's the smoke will come out. We're hoping for a little bit more tomorrow, but...

We'll do business as usual for now. So lesson question. We are going to give away a pair of tickets as MMR rocks Theo Vaughn at the Wells Fargo Center. And that is Wednesday, July 9th. I got to go. Let me see. I got to go with this question. What's the sequel to The Blob?

If you heard that earlier this morning. God, I have to quit eating cashews. You haven't learned that? Right before you go on air. Right before we go on air. You would think... I got choked up earlier for a different reason. Now I'm just choking. It's the cashews. You would think the greats like Paul Harvey always had a mouthful of cashews when they started broadcasting. And that's the rest of the story. All right. Anyway, what is the sequel to The Blob? Now, if you know...

If you know the answer to that, you need to text the word ZOOM to 610-660-9333 as that is how we are taking the answers. Not on the phone, via ZOOM please. And we'll see if you know the answer to that and we'll see if we can get a winner. While we are waiting for you to do that, we're going to do this. The trash business is a goal.

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What's going on this morning, Steve? Well, Politico reporting that a number of cardinals at the Vatican watched the movie Conclave, I just mentioned it, in preparation for the actual event going on now. In addition, many of the cardinals also watched Encino Man. Okay. All right. Bye.

I just wouldn't figure that. OnlyFans adult model MILF Elena St. James has become the oldest person to ever have her vagina replicated for a fleshlight. The 50-year-old St. James says her fleshlight ends up being a tupper as it can double as a hammock. Oh, my God.

And finally, Rob Pattinson was noticeably absent for the Met Gala on Monday, providing what many saw as a suspicious excuse. Pattinson claims that he had to stay home to feed gummy bears to his diabetic macaque. Let's go to the Zoomer and see if we can get an answer. We've got Matt that's going to join us. Hey, Matt, how you doing, man? What's up, guys? Yo, bud. All right. So the question is, what is the sequel to The Blob?

The blurb. The blurb. Yes. Nice work, Matt. Hang on. We're going to get your info. We're going to set you up. You got yourself a pair of tickets to Zim MMR Rocks Theo Vaughn at the Wells Fargo Center Wednesday, July 9th. And tickets go on sale Friday, tomorrow. Be a ticket master. For more information, you can head to WMMR.com. So hang on, bud. We'll do this. Preston and Steve's Music News.

On 93.3 WMMR. I brought you this morning by Coors Light. You can join the President Steve Show live from Kenan's in North Wildwood. Friday, May 23rd, the official opening of the Jersey Shore from Coors Banquet. You can start your summer, start your legacy. So an announcement took place just a little while ago and...

The Who, the song is over, North American farewell tour will be coming through Philadelphia for two area shows. So that's very cool, but let me ask you something. Am I misremembering that The Who already had a form of a farewell tour? In the 1980s, Steve.

If I remember correctly. So that one did not take. I believe so. I believe they had a farewell tour. I remember it. You'd have to check on when that was. But yeah, two area shows. So they're going to be performing August 21st at the Wells Fargo Center or whatever it will be named by then. August 21st. The Kathy Romano Arena. Oh, my God. We got to pull for that.

Dude. And then Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City on August 23rd. The pre-sale will begin on Tuesday, May 13th. And then the general on sale next Friday, May 16th. I had the pleasure of seeing the Who Live once and it was a phenomenal show. It was excellent. So what a...

They have a great band that backs them up, you know, obviously with a couple of members gone. Who opened on that tour? Oh, I don't remember. So, I told you. It was at... I saw them at Madison Square Garden. Oh, wow. And it was... Steve, it was... It was the...

Maybe early 2000s. No, it was late 90s. We had just started doing mornings. It was then. I remember you making a point. You kept saying, I want to see this band. I want to see this band. You went and did it. Mine was Shea Stadium with the Clash opening. Oh, wow. Yeah. I've been lucky enough to see them a few times. I think the last time I saw them was when they came through town. They did the ballpark and they had the backing orchestra, which is really cool. And they sounded fantastic. It was awesome. The only show I've ever seen at Boardwalk Hall.

was The Who. Really? It's cool that they're coming back there. What was the date for Boardwalk Hall, Preston? That is August 23rd. Nice. Guys, I'm going to hot take here. This is their best song. I love this song. You know, I don't necessarily feel like... I mean, it's probably your personal fave, right? Yeah. It's one of my personal faves, and it's a pretty just straight-ahead tune. It doesn't do anything crazy, but it's kind of hypnotic in its rhythm and its tone. Is this what you were listening to when you got your first kiss in the treehouse? No.

No. Wait, that was me. I was the one who had the first kiss. Okay, all right. All right, but anyhow. Casey was there as your cuck. Oh, yeah. Your kiss cuck. Forgot about that. Kiss cuck. That's a good band name. Kiss cuck. I like that.

All right, so a few other things. And this is a sad story to share. It's not the kind of update you want to hear. But Brad Arnold, lead singer of the band Three Doors Down, shared yesterday he's been diagnosed with clear cell renal carcinoma. It's a type of kidney cancer. Oh, my God. And it has spread to his lungs. So once it does something like that, that's considered stage four. In an emotional video on social media, Arnold told fans that he'd been sick a few weeks earlier and got checked out at the hospital where doctors found the cancer.

Staying positive, he says his faith in God keeps him fearless and he is ready to fight. Because of his health, Three Doors Down had to cancel their upcoming summer tour, including shows with Creed's Summer of 99 tour. And I believe we had that video posted at WMMR.com. The full story is there. And yeah, there's the home video that he made of that. The music news actually, Nick, and you pointed out that the site, one of the things that is...

Solid is the music news that breaks. Yeah. We usually report first. This is how I found out about this story. It was on WMR.com, yeah. Yep.

Soundgarden. After the death of Chris Cornell, fans feared that they might never get more music from the musicians again. However, according to lead guitarist Kim Thayil, the plan is to still release their final album with Chris Cornell because the vocals have been recorded. The beloved vocalist and rhythm guitarist was 52 years old at the time of his death. He said, our objective and goal was always to complete that album.

I probably have OCD enough to not want to leave something unfinished or incomplete like that. So I think that the more we can attend to our body of work and catalog, I think everyone in the band feels that way. And I don't just attend to my work, but the collective work. And in this case, specifically the work of Chris. He said, I have pride for what I did and I want to see that come out.

It doesn't exist in the vacuum. It exists as a collaboration with Matt and Ben and Chris.

But it takes on an entirely different weight when you think about what it is that you're honoring and the work that you're paying tribute to. It is us collectively. We want to do it proud. And that part of us is certainly one of the most intimate components of what Soundgarden has been since 1984. So I think it'd be, so they have the vocals recorded. Obviously the songs are written. There have been cases where they've sort of Frankensteined things together and it doesn't

seem right but this all the elements are there he said it would be a great gift to the fans and i don't think about this and i don't know how strange this sounds but i feel like it's a gift to chris too and then one last thing marissa sent this over to me this is uh this is pretty cool it's a unique thing um it's a dj dj presents prog rock night at kung fu necktie

Uh, it's free. There's no cover and it is tonight. Uh, I don't know the time of the event, uh, but the release says it's a new event encompassing all things progressive rock from rush to pink Floyd from iron maiden to dream theater. If you're a fan of the genre, this unusual theme will create a one of a kind experience. So he's going to be spinning music from these bands. And I looked at the full list. So it's everything. It's like, yes, King Crimson, Jethro Tull sticks, deep purple, the moody blues. Uh,

Frank Zappa, ELP, Genesis, Queensryche, ELO, Asia, Tool, Coheed and Camera. And a couple of bands in there might sound surprising, but Styx had progressive elements to their music. Absolutely. And ELO as well.

Some bands that you may not think of have that. Like Mr. Roboto? In their repertoire, it very much was. The whole album is a concept album. Yeah, it's a concept album. And that was a robot as well, Preston. That was a robot. We're almost there. All right, so in order for it to be a concept album, do all the songs need to weave together? Usually, they have some sort of connection. There are ones that are, if you take like Animals, Pink Floyd, that was their wheelhouse concept.

But if there's just a couple of songs that weave together, that doesn't... Well, it can. So Rush, one of the great prog rock bands, like 2112, that concept is just on one side. Back when albums had sides? Yes. That was one side. Same thing with Hemispheres. However...

Clockwork Angels, the entire album, threaded together a story. So there's some that can be, you know, if three or four songs are part of a suite of sorts. President D. Snyder's Van Helsing's Curse. Yeah. It can be considered a progressive, I mean, conceptual as well. So that's tonight. Kung Fu Necktie. Thought I would mention that for the prog rock fans.

All right, we're going to take a break. We're going to come back. We're going to wrap up our program. Letter of the Day for the Word of the Week Prize, and that's what we'll do. We'll be right back. Hey, want to hang out with your favorite MMR DJs? Check out the events and appearances page at WMMR.com. Come say hello. Plus, you might even win some cool prizes when you snuck out of the building. WMMR.com's got all the news.

the where, whens, and what they're giving away. Hey, welcome to the Preston and Steve podcast, which is brought to you by Acme Markets. Hungry and in a hurry? Acme's flash grocery delivery or pickup gets you fresh groceries in 30 minutes or less. Acme, fresh foods, local flavors, and the official grocery partner of the Preston and Steve show. Thanks for listening to our podcast, and thanks to Steven Singer for being the official jeweler of the Preston and Steve show. Now, back with more of the Preston and Steve show podcast.

93.3 WMMR. Pride in the name of love, of course. From you too. It's 1042. Pressing the Steve show. Weather's beautiful today. Going up to 80 degrees and a mix of sun and clouds. Tomorrow, thunderstorms.

Yeah, that's the lousy day. I have about 65, so it's a good thing that the MMRBQ is on Saturday because it will be partly cloudy and 72 degrees, like a beautiful spring day. Maybe even, I'm going to tell you, light jacket for the evening. Make sure you do that. Listen, it does get a little chilly in the evening when temperatures are only high, 72 in the day. I have a taffeta dress I've been dying to wear. Ooh. Yeah? Yeah. Sex sells, man.

All right. Anyway, no guests on the program today for a good reason. We made an announcement. It was a sad, very sad, profoundly sad announcement. You can go back and listen to it on our podcast. You can check out the stream on YouTube. But we had to announce that Kathy will no longer be a part of the Preston and Steve show or WMMR.

Or, because I know you also worked with Ben FM as well. And so that's unfortunate. And this may be the last time that we're on the air together right now. We would love to be able to do one more show tomorrow. But sometimes those things don't work out and we're going to have to find out whether or not that's the case. We don't make the call. So we had a very open and frank discussion about our time together and about this special group of people.

and that's what WMMR is. It's a group of people. I know it's a radio station on your dial, in your car, wherever you happen to listen, or on your device, but what it is at its core is a group of people, a familial group of people, and we on the Preston and Steve show are the family within the family. Yes. And, you know, I'm not going to rehash everything that we did earlier, but, you know, we all obviously professed our love for each other, which is very deep and very significant, and

And we'll just see where life takes us from here. Like I said, Kath is going to end up on her feet. That's not even a question. I mean, the OnlyFans account alone. Well, the Delco chick stole my thunder. She's got an OnlyFans account. She was going to move into crapping on cars.

Now she needs a new angle. You know what you got to do to get some press, right? Oh, my God. Like a crap on a car. No, no, I'm not going to do that. I'm going to do something a little classier than that. Crap in a urinal? No, no. Let me just say thank you again to everybody and to our listeners. The last 20 years of my life wouldn't have been possible without the listeners. So thank you. And we hope...

And we're kind of counting on your continued support. We love you as well. And we want to continue to spend this time together. We're going to have fun. We will. It's what we do. We've been doing it for that long. We'll continue to do that.

We'll do it every morning. And, you know, so we're... Yeah, I just want to leave it at that. That's it. Pierre is here. You know, it's... You've said it several times in several ways. But first of all, that was one of the most moving ways of telling the story. So I'm sitting there, you know, crying my eyes out listening. And it was just so beautiful. And what it was...

was real. You know, what this type of radio was born... Our birthday was 57 on the 29th. It has survived this entity. This kind of FM radio was a style of not doing the top 40 thing of having this act, but it's a style of talking to people, whether it be presenting music or conversation, but it's not taking a listener for granted or, you know, saying...

You know, that they're out there, it's talking one-on-one, two people.

And that's how it's always been. And it's always been these various families. But you're absolutely right that you were a family within the family. Our listeners are part of that family, by the way. But when these things happen, traumas happen to families. Change happens, happen to families. And you attempt to absorb it. And, you know, in a way, there's a couple of grief cycles you might go through.

And then you sort of come to an acceptance and you move forward. However, you have never lost that family element. And the way you spoke of it was just so beautiful. But you are one of the most classy people I have ever had the pleasure of encountering.

I remember the first day I came in on the air. He looked up at me and said, you look really old. Did not stop it. Did not. I believe that you did. That's class. You never say that. Class. And then I think I made some... Can someone get a gurney for this man? I'm not good at insult humor. So I tried to come up with some snarky comment about...

breast size or something like that, I think, or plastic surgery, none of which were accurate or true, but I didn't expect that. But of course, I just think you're the best. And I have founded my patterns of being on time based on your fantastic traffic reports. One of my favorite parts is when you finish the actual traffic. And I don't know if you switch screens or do something, but there's a second pause. That's your traffic.

Brought to you by Jim Stakes or whoever it might be. And I always wait for that little dramatic pause. It's one of the little things that we look for. But the listeners are lighting up the phone lines. The text lines are lighting up with people extending their love. And that's all we can do as families change and grow. We just can never thank you enough and wish you nothing but the best. I'm not saying it eloquently enough. You are. You are.

That was such a powerful hour. But that's what this station, that's what real radio is about. It's being real. They're not affectations. They're not trying to be a character. Each of you, and it speaks to the teamwork too. There have been not only on the air, but the wonderful people that have worked behind the scenes here over the years, over so many years, so many characters here.

have come and been a part of the foundation. None of us could do it on our own, on the air, off the air, all this fanfare.

of humanity. I remember one time Casey used to drive a, what was that motorized thing through the hallway? Oh, the hoverboard. You would wrap up and you'd leave the thing and you'd go drop papers off on the effing hoverboard. And I watched it one day with Marvel and I go, what an amazing place that this guy can hop on a hoverboard and drive through the hallways and drop off papers where he has to drop off papers at and then hover back.

And every morning I'd look at it every day with more marvel. Those little things, those little moments of humanity, of quirkiness, of connection, you know, and to our audience, God, my God, you've been with us through all these evolutions. And, you know, we've been blessed with two powerhouse morning shows over the years. Almost no station claimed that debate.

DiBella in the 80s and 90s and zeros and you guys from you know for the last 20 years you've been here with us and the seven years before it Y100 so it's it's a magical thing and it doesn't end it continues it grows it changes it evolves but none of us could do what we do without each other's support you guys said it so beautifully about each other but all I can do is thank you thank you and thank you

Thank you for everything. You really were. I hope you heard what I said earlier. You were a mentor. I think she could have said a few more things. She crossed out he looks old.

It has been an honor to work with you all these years. Thank you. You're the best. Letter of the Day. Yes, let's do that. Here we go. Preston and Steve on 93.3 WMMR. Now, The Daily Letter. All right, The Preston and Steve Show is brought to you today by The Letter. B as in breast. There you go. You got it in, didn't you? I don't know. What the hell? All right. By the way.

This could be a frozen thing for a vocal thing, but when you're eating the cashews, you say, I got nut in my throat. I know. Oh, my God. If they freeze that and bring that back to Tokyo. I deserve it. What's that noise?

I mean, it could be part of your greatest gift. All right. By the way, we're going to give away tomorrow four VIP admissions to Pig Dog Beach Bar, Maury Spears Amusement Park Rides, and Raging Waters Water Park. June 13th, plus $40 Maury Spears gift card valid for food and beverage and a limited edition of the Eagles, the official Eagles Autism Foundation Sunny Seagull, along with a commemorative Eagles Autism Foundation event poster. So we will give that away on the program. Sponsors? Oh, yeah.

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Okay, thank you. So we're going to wrap up now. I don't know what tomorrow brings. So this may be the last time that we share on the airways together. I just want, in case it is, I don't want this moment to get away from us. So, you know, I think what has been said has said it all. Yep.

So, Kathy, we love you. I love you. We love you. Yeah. And until next time. Yeah. Yeah. And we are looking forward to that day. Absolutely. Thank you for everything. You got it. All right. That's it. We're done. Rage on. Have a great day. And we'll see you tomorrow, friend. Preston and Steve on 93 WMMR.