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All right, we're doing it, people. Good morning and welcome to you. A Friday with the President Steve Schell. Let's check the weather forecast first and foremost. As we've been telling you the past couple of days, we do have some rain on the way for today. So a mix of clouds and rain throughout the course of the day.

And the high of only 63, so it's going to feel cooler. Tomorrow for MMRQ, wonderful sunshine, high 74 degrees. Oh, my God. Gets even better after that on Saturday. I'm sorry, on Sunday, partly cloudy, 81. And then Monday, partly cloudy skies, high of about 83 degrees or so. We're going to take a look at traffic. We've got Nick handling those duties.

Nick, what's going on so far this morning? Yeah, despite the weather pressing, not too bad out there thus far this morning. There was an accident on the New Jersey Turnpike southbound, but that has been cleared. This is New Jersey Turnpike southbound. It is still slow between Exit 7 and Exit 6, so it takes some time to get through that area, but the accident has been cleared. There's also utility work that as the right lane closes is on 202 DeKalb Pike southbound.

between Allendale Road and the Mall Boulevard. The rest of the roads are looking pretty good so far, and we'll keep you updated as the morning goes along. This traffic report is brought to you by Vital Strategies. Opioid overdoses can happen at any time, but naloxone can save a life. It's easy, safe, and free. Be ready. Carry naloxone. Learn more at youcansavelives.org. And that's your traffic on 93.3 WMMR. And now, Preston and Steve's News Update with Kathy Romano.

Obviously, Kathy not here. I'll be handling the news duties. Good morning to you today. It's Friday, May 9th, and there is a new pope, and he has local ties. Pope Leo XIV, formerly known as Cardinal Robert Prevost, has a long and strong tie to the Philadelphia region. The new pope, who is 69 and originally from Chicago...

is not only the first American pope, but he also graduated from Villanova University in Delco. That is so wild, yeah. With a Bachelor of Science degree in mathematics in 1977. Prevost was twice elected prior general or top leader of the Augustinians, a 13th century religious order founded by St. Augustine. He received...

priestly ordination in June of 1982 after studying canon law. The university's president, Reverend Peter M. Donahue, said in a statement, as an Augustinian Catholic institution, we celebrate this significant day for our university community and the global church. Villanova, built on the teachings of St. Augustine, has always been grounded in advancing a deeper understanding of the fundamental relationship between faith and reason, between spirituality and wisdom.

It was a surreal moment for Father Robert P. Hagen of the province of St. Thomas of Villanova who said, it almost took your breath away. Father Joseph Genito, an assistant priest in Old City, added, we're numb. We couldn't believe that was actually our friend and we call him Bob. That's so great. Pope Bob. So we have a new pope.

A bicyclist was killed after being struck by a truck in southwest Philadelphia. It happened around 8.15 a.m. yesterday. And according to police, the driver of a white Mack truck was turning right from Baltimore Avenue onto 58th Street, also known as Cobbs Creek Parkway. The bicyclist, who was also traveling on Baltimore Avenue, was hit by the truck and became lodged underneath the vehicle. Joyce Brooks from southwest Philadelphia said it just happened so fast. And when you heard the lump, we knew what it was.

The 50-year-old man was pronounced dead at the scene. His identity has not been released, and it was a devastating incident, but I pray for the family, said Brooks. Residents in the area described the intersection as very busy and dangerous and call on local leaders to enhance safety measures to prevent more deadly crashes.

Finally, the Pennsylvania House is making history with the passing of a landmark bill that could legalize recreational marijuana. This move is unlike efforts in other states that allow cannabis use. It would be sold under a state-owned store model, similar to how Pennsylvania sells liquor. It was a very close call on this push to legalize tax and regulate recreational marijuana for adults 21 and over.

The Democrat-controlled House narrowly approved the bill in a 102 to 101 vote. I know that it's, obviously, it's medically available here in Pennsylvania. And I know that there are people who will not get a medical card because, for some reason, once you get a medical marijuana card, you are not allowed to get a gun license, right?

Exactly. A concealed carry. Yeah, I think that is definitely the case. But you are still allowed to get a bazooka license. That's weird. Well, there's that. You just can't conceal it.

But it's funny. I'm sorry, sir. Why are you walking with a stiff leg like that? It's my bazooka. It's weird, though, because I actually feel like alcohol and firearms are the things that don't go together. Make for a great party. I know. I know exactly.

So, Preston, let me ask you. You have a card, yes? I do, yes. Is that PA? It's Pennsylvania. New Jersey is recreational. So you can just go across the river here and buy all you want, no matter who you are, as long as you're 21 years old. It's so funny because I know, Casey, to your point, I know a couple of people who refuse...

indulge often. But they won't get a card. Won't get the card. Yeah, exactly. So the bill introduced by Representatives Kirk Krzyzewski of Philadelphia and Dan Frankel of Pittsburgh would also expunge and vacate certain marijuana-related convictions. Some lawmakers are concerned about numerous issues, including that marijuana remains illegal under federal law.

Pennsylvania legalized medical marijuana in 2016, but those who don't have a medical card can, like I said, drive across state lines and purchase legal pot. All right, we're going to do Nick with sports this morning. All right, the Philz came back to beat the Rays last night in Tampa Bay.

You on you. The Bills were down 5-1 in the eighth inning, but scored three runs in the top of that inning, the tying run on the top of the ninth, and then two more in the top of the tenth to get the win and complete the three-game sweep. Brandon Marsh had two hits, as did Bryson Stott and Trey Turner, and Kyle Schwarber extended his on-base streak to 43 games, which is the longest in major leagues right now. The road trip continues for the Bills this weekend with a series in Cleveland against the Guardians. Aaron Noah will get the start tonight. The first pitch is at 7-10.

The Union are at home tomorrow night. They're going to take on Columbus Crew. The match at Subaru Park will begin at 7.30. In the NHL playoffs, the Capitals beat the Carolina Hurricanes, winning 3-1 last night in Washington. Even that series at one game apiece. Game three is tomorrow night in Raleigh. In the Western Conference, the Edmonton Oilers beat the Golden Knights 5-4 in overtime in Las Vegas. The Oilers are now up two games to none in that series. Game three is tomorrow night in Canada in Edmonton. And then in the NBA...

The Timberwolves beat the Golden State Warriors 1-17-93 last night in Minnesota. That series is now tied at 1. Game 3 is tomorrow night in San Francisco. And the Eagles are still the Super Bowl champions. And that's what I have for you this morning. All right, thank you very much, Nick. All right, welcome, Fred, to a Friday morning. We got to dive right into the subject at hand, which was the big announcement that we had yesterday in the program. If you missed out on it, we had some unfortunate news.

to pass along. And today is the first day that we move forward on the Preston and Steve show without our beloved Kathy Romano. We gave some explanation as to, you know, what was going on yesterday. And we're not going to rehash all of it. It was just obviously it was...

A very emotionally exhausting day yesterday for all of us. It was really, really hard. And those of you who heard it know, you can go back and you can watch the stream on our YouTube channel from yesterday. You can go back and listen to the podcast if you want to hear all of that.

But it's a new day for us and one that we're going to move forward on as best we can. But it was very, very tough. I was telling Steve earlier this morning, Preston, that normally our YouTube channel, the views from the day before, it hovers like in the 4,000 or 5,000 view range. Yesterday's?

was 32,000 viewers. People were tuning in and it's on Preston Steve WMMR. That's our YouTube channel. So if you want to watch it, it's the top link. It's really the best way if you want to find out about everything. Everything was revealed and exchanged and it was emotional and Kathy was fantastic. And we don't take our pact with you

for granted. So we move forward and do what we're going to do. And that's, you know, that's what we've always done. By the way, if you were listening yesterday and I said we weren't sure if Kathy was going to be on with us today or not, because, you know, in this business, it's strange. You know, sometimes when people leave a position or let go or whatever happens, they generally are not let back on to talk about it. There's a fear that you might be unhinged and say things that...

that might be negative against the people who pay your bills. So

Management was going to allow Kathy to come back in today. They full-on gave the go-ahead, but it was Kathy's decision. She felt that yesterday was so, like I said, this emotionally draining and full day. We also said all the things that we wanted to say to each other. She decided that yesterday was the best way to wrap it up. We wanted to do whatever she wanted to do. We left the ball in her court and we would have loved...

Loved, loved, loved to have had one more day, but I totally understand and get it. So that's why we are moving forward with this configuration now. And we're going to work things out. We're going to figure this out. I mean, we've been together for a long, long time. And we'll try some things out. We'll see how they work. The things that don't work, we won't do. The things that work, we'll stick with. And we'll just work it out. We'll figure it out. So we're still here for you, with you.

And we love your company and we appreciate your support. And yeah, we're just moving forward from here because it's all that we can do. So with that, we do have a couple of guests that are going to be joining us. As I said in the news, we got a new pope. You heard about it, right? Yes. What time is he on? We're not having him on. We are having...

Jason Martinez from Fox 29, who is in Rome. Yes. And so he's going to give us a call from there to give us an idea of how that all felt yesterday as the news was coming down and the days leading up to it. And also, we have a local connection to the... We have a priest who's a fan of the Preston and Steve show. Father Steve Pellino.

He's been on the program before. He's super cool and super nice. I wonder if he has to go sneak off into a confessional when he calls us because people might consider it a, you know, a... Actually, he does have mass at 8 o'clock. He's like, but I'd love to do it. So, yeah. So he's got to go on with us and he's got to knock out his penance before his church begins. Apologize for talking to us. Yeah, exactly. Apologize for talking to us. So we'll talk to both Jason and...

Father Steve in the 7 o'clock hour. And we'll just get a flavor from those guys, how they feel. And besides that, we have today's last day of the presidency. 20 money. So 8 o'clock, we have your first chance at winning $1,000. We'll do it again at 10. But this is it. This is the last day for that. And we'll do the connoisseur and a few other things as well to get your Friday mode rolling. So we're going to take a quick break. We'll come back in a second. The Entertainment Report and Stupid Question are on the way. So make sure you stay with us.

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You guys hungry? 93.3 WMMR. That was awesome! Everything that rocks. Now, back with more of the Preston and Steve Show podcast. All right, we got a stupid question to ask. We're going to give away a pair of tickets as MMR rocks Whitney Cummings at the Miller Theater. It's going to be Saturday, November 26th. And here is the question that I'll pose to you. And a timely one. A person who has been canonized...

has been granted what status? And if you know the answer to that, you need to text the word ZUN to 610-660-9333.

And we'll send you today's link and you can jump in and we will see if you know the answer and win the prize. So a person who has been canonized has been granted what status? All right, get in touch with us now. Mentions and birthdays. Today being the ninth day of May. It's Candace Bergen's birthday today. How old is she? She's 79. So she's in one of my favorite movies of all time, The Wind and the Lion. And, you know, she played Murphy Brown, but she's in that movie with...

Sean Connery, who's horribly miscast as an actor, but it's a great movie. I never saw that. What was it about? Yeah, it's based on a historical event that took place when Teddy Roosevelt sent the Marines in to rescue, I believe it was the daughter of an ambassador. But, you know, it really plays on geopolitics and how everyone has to look to the world, and it's really well done. Okay, so she turned 79 today.

John Corbett, who was on Sex and the City. He's the male lead in My Big Fat Greek Wedding. And he was Chris in the Morning on Northern Exposure. I really, really loved that character. He was a DJ, right? He was the DJ. Yeah, he was great. And K-Bear. Is this K-Bear? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Oh, he's liked him. He turned 64 years old today, so happy birthday, John Corbett. The lovely Rosario Dawson turns a year older. You know, I'm going to give her one of these.

And she deserves that. She's a night nurse in Daredevil. And also... Oh, I didn't know that. In this cage, right? Yeah, yeah. She appears in a couple of different series. She's also in Star Wars Realm as well. Oh, that's right. Where's she in Star Wars? Ahsoka. She's got the snake head thingy. Oh, yeah, yeah. The red and white striped thingy thing. The thing with the thing? The head labia. Yeah, the head labia. She's got a white lightsaber.

Oh, wow. Yeah, she's pretty cool. Badass in that show. And she did a really good job. It's one of those shows that kind of floated around and it wasn't great, but it was good. I enjoyed it. There's a lot of Hayden Christensen slash Darth Vader in that series. Do you agree in that role? I think she did a great job. Oh, she's perfect for it. Yeah, it's excellent casting. Do those head things move? Like, can she control them? Do they like, you know, swirl around or anything? I think she's a Twi'lek. I think that's what it's called, her species. And there's like, it's almost like there's extrasensory...

Oh, procedurals? You never see them move. When she gets really excited, Casey, they stand straight up. She's a head boner. Like Labia. She's great in Sin City, Seven Pounds. She's in a very disturbing movie called Kids, if you've ever seen that. Seven Pounds is also... It's a heavy film. She is 46 years old today. I'm going to mess up his name. Great actor, Chris Diamantopoulos.

Oh, yes. He played Moe in the Three Stooges movie. And he was great in that. We had his wife in here. Yeah. Do you remember? And we were raving about his performance as Moe in the movie. And she called him, I think. She did, yeah. Yep.

So Silicon Valley, he's been in a bunch of TV shows and movies. I love that. That was a Farrelly Brothers movie, that Three Stooges. It was fun. It was well done. In Silicon Valley, Preston, there was a plot line where he was a billionaire and then he lost something like, I don't know, $50,000 or whatever. So he was no longer a billionaire and he just got so obsessed with getting it back over the billion dollar figure mark. I remember. He was just insane about it. It was hilarious. He was insane about it because it was the...

doors of his car. That's right. It didn't go like this. It went like that. Yeah, he's great. He's 50 today. Allie Mills, who played the mom on The Wonder Years. Oh, man. You gotta know her. Shut her. Beautiful, beautiful eyes. She turns 74 years old today.

We also have, let's see, Chris Zilka. All right. So he was and we were talking about this movie yesterday. They're potentially making sequels to 10 Things I Hate About You. Yes. He was the jerk in that movie.

And he was also a jerk in Amazing Spider-Man because he played Flash. That's right. Yeah. With the Andrew Garfield version. Right. Which was a lot of fun, I thought. Musically, it is... Let's go with this biggie right here, Chris. Okay, I got you. You cool with that? Yep. It's Billy Joel's birthday today. Oh, wow. Yep. The Piano Man turns 76 years old today. We just talked to his ex. So here's the thing about...

Talking to Christy Brinkley, and we didn't get a chance to talk about this particular story, but she said the moment that she knew that it was over for them, it was his drinking that was the issue. There was a very specific incident that happened. And it was, he came back from, it might have been after a show or something, or was at a party or whatever, and he was drunk.

and he turned belligerent, and he got really mad because he thought somebody ate his leftover pasta. That was it, yeah. And nobody had. Apparently, he had eaten it, and he was so drunk he didn't know, and he was like berating everybody for it. And it reminds me of my pickle loaf moment. That's right. I was thinking the exact same thing. When I was in the band and I was wigging out, although...

Greg did eat the last of the pickle-off. He had a half-eaten sandwich in his hand. Did he have pickle-off residue around his mouth? He was eating it as I was talking to him. I think more so, Preston, when you were pissed off at somebody stealing your sunglasses when we were in Mexico. Where's the dead man who has my glasses around my head?

Actually, I was wearing them. I don't think they were up on my head. They were on my eyes. Billy Joel is 76 today. From Depeche Mode, Dave Gahan turns a year older. I've seen that band a number of times in concert. Always a great concert.

Solid performer, great band. So he turns 63 years old today. And then the final birthday I saw is Audrina Partridge. Yes. From the Hills. And then she was on with Dancing with the Stars and stuff like that. She's considered the Judi Dench of the Hills. She turns a big 4-0 today. So happy birthday to Audrina Partridge who turns 40 years old. All right. Let's see if we can find a Zoomer who knows an answer to this question.

And we do have somebody up. It's Nicole. Hi there, Nicole. Hi, good morning. Good morning. All right, Nicole, a person who has been canonized has been granted what status? Sanehood. Sanehood. You got it.

Hang on. We're going to set you up with a pair of tickets to Zim MMR Rocks Whitney Cummings Miller Theater, Saturday, November 22nd. Tickets are on sale now via Ticketmaster. You can go to WMMR.com for more information. Do most popes end up becoming saints? Do we know? No. No? No. All right. No. As part of the canonization process, they actually receive a canon. Oh, an actual canon. Yeah. I would hope so. Monogrammed, of course. Yeah, okay.

Alright, so I got some entertainment stories. We're going to start with this one. Lea Michele addressed the long-running rumor that she can't read.

This thing's been going around forever, this rumor. Yeah, she's on a podcast and she called it crazy that people care enough that they would make up something. And to prove that, yes, she can actually read. She grabbed the host's flashcards and read them aloud. And she joked saying, Jonathan Groff isn't here to read this to me. I don't know what that means.

Michelle noted that she has a photographic memory and said, for everyone who thinks that I can't read, I was on the debate team. I would write speeches. Though she admitted the rumor that she can feel sad and frustrating, that the rumor can feel sad and frustrating. She emphasized her pride in being one of the only women in her whole family to get accepted to college. That rumor went viral in 2017, was brought on or brought to her attention by Ryan Murphy, a

Michelle also previously mocked the rumor on TikTok, joking that she had 265 days to learn to read before Barbra Streisand's memoir came out. But she proved it. Hey, she can read. Has she come out of that? There was sort of like a fog around her. Yeah, she's difficult to work with and all that stuff. You remember she was the pariah for a while. I think that's ported over to Blake Lively.

Yeah, probably. But she, I remember that, Steve, there were a couple of former co-hosts that were calling her out for shaming her regularly, shaming them regularly and so on. So, yeah, I don't know. I do have some Blake Lively stuff. All right. When it ends with us, trial begins. We will be seeing Blake on the stand. People talked to Lively's lawyer, Mike Gottlieb, yesterday and

And when he was asked if she will testify, he replied yes, adding that the ultimate moment for a plaintiff's story to be told is at trial. And we expect that to be the case here with Lively. So we would, of course, expect her to be a witness at her trial. Of course, she's going to testify. So that is going to be happening. Justin Baldani's attorney, Brian Freeman, responded to the news by saying that his client,

Would also be testifying. He said, we'll have to wait a while and see how this all plays out. But it's going to start up next March. In the realm of celebrity. I know. Can you freaking believe that? We're going to be talking about it until then. In the realm of celebrity testimonies. You know, with Johnny Depp on the stand. You had Amber Heard. One, I think, who rocked it pretty well was Gwyneth Paltrow.

Remember that guy who claimed that she had collided with him? On the scheme. Yeah, she was the most composed. Yep, so we will see how Blake does. Leonardo DiCaprio attended his first Met Gala discreetly to support girlfriend Vittoria Ceretti.

You might have missed it, though, because he decided to keep it on the down low, skipping the red carpet entirely. Inside the event, he was photographed with Ceretti while trying to shield his face in a black and white Instagram post shared by Vogue. Yes, do you serve chicken nuggets and yogurt for my girlfriend? DiCaprio wore a tuxedo while Ceretti embraced the gala's theme in pinstriped Montclair EXE.

EE72 dress. Oh, come on. With matching accessories. So much easier to say Target. The couple has been linked together since 2023. Despite keeping details private, it's already confirmed they met in Milan. She's broken the curse, though. She is older than 25. And emphasized love protects and gives confidence is what she said. Yeah, yeah, yeah. How old is she? I don't know. I think she's 27. Okay.

What? Yeah. Here's a follow-up. Jennifer Aniston's alleged stalker, Jimmy Wayne Carwile, appeared in a Los Angeles courtroom on Thursday where he's facing felony charges for stalking and vandalism after driving his car through the gates of Aniston's Bel-Air.

Look at this picture, Preston.

Uh, yeah, we're looking at a photo of the guy. I hadn't seen this yet. He is, he doesn't have a shirt on. He's in lockup and he looks psychotic. Yep. He's a large guy, very hairy face. And look at his eyes. His eyes look killer. Crazy. Yeah. Crazy eyes.

Get on crazy, Isaac. Get on crazy. All right, so Carlyle was taken into custody Monday after Aniston's security held him at gunpoint until LAPD arrived. Prosecutors say he's been harassing her since 2023 with alarming rants on Facebook where he claimed Aniston is his bride. Oh, man.

Uh, Aniston was, and, and you know what? I find that word bride as opposed to wife. Right. I find bride to be like a scarier word. It's almost possessive. Exactly. Yeah. My bride. My bride. I own this. Yes. Yeah. Yeah. Uh, so sometimes I will say that as a term of endearment, uh,

You bastard. This is my beautiful bride right here. You son of a bitch. Look at you. I think the context you're providing and the intent there, Casey, you're good. Maybe a little more endearing. However, if you'd driven through the front of your house and called her your bride, it might have been different. Where's my bride? I got all crazy eyes. I don't need no shirt.

It's like that Charles Manson, you know, that famous clip. Yeah. You can't touch my inner soul. Yeah, yeah. I'm inside you. Inside you. I'm a serpent. I understand. Dude, there was a bit that Ben Stiller did one time on the Ben Stiller show. Oh, yeah, yeah. Which is great, where he's... It was...

It was... Odin Kirk? No, no, no. No, it was... Who were we just talking about? The killer. Charles Manson, car repair. Okay. And he's like, it's me, man. I'm inside your manifold. I'm all over it. I'm in there. I'm the devil digging into your soul. But you might want to change your spark plugs while you're in it. You know, it was really funny. They did one where it was...

It was Charles Manson as Lassie. I remember that. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Manson. Yeah. Did Billy fall in the well? You can't see him. He's down there in the dark. By the way, Jennifer was home during the incident but was unharmed and did not encounter Carwell. But she's got to be terrified of this dude. You're sitting in your house and this dude drives to the front of the house? Yeah, not good. And then seeing this mugshot and everything, it's like, whoa. Crazy ass. Yeah, man.

All right, this is sad news. James Foley, director of films like Fifty Shades of Grey sequels and 1992's Glengarry Glen Ross has died. He was 71 years old. The Brooklyn-born director who worked with stars ranging from Sean Penn and Madonna to Al Pacino and Halle Berry died of brain cancer earlier this week.

Other notable projects for Foley included his first feature, 1984's musical drama Reckless and At Close Range. Yes. With Sean Penn. I liked that movie. That was a good movie. Yeah, and Christopher Walken. Christopher Walken, yeah. And the latter featured the Madonna song Live to Tell, and Foley would go on to direct...

the singer in several music videos, as well as her feature film, Who's That Girl? For television, Foley was behind an episode of the original Twin Peaks, also oversaw 12 episodes of House of Cards, and also directed episodes of For Hannibal, Billions, and Wayward Pines, too. Oh, I dug that show. Remember, that was the one that M. Night Shyamalan was producing. Yeah, that was... So that one, Preston, two seasons...

And then stopped dead in its tracks. It did? So I only watched the first season. And it was kind of a closed story. It was. And then they brought it back around and they left it open, I guess? Well, they got outside and then you realized these entities, these hybrid creatures that have started to form and evolve from man that we think are more like beasts are smarter than were assumed. And there was this whole thing that was indicating there's this

culture out there and it's like, oh, and then goodbye. End of series. Never mind. That sucks. All right, well, another story with rumors swirling that Kelly Clarkson may be considering leaving the show that bears her name. NBC is working up contingency plans on how to move forward if that should happen. And former Today Show host Hoda Kotb says,

is reportedly at the top of the list for potential replacement. I thought you retired. Yeah, but I guess so. I thought they were looking at Vin Diesel. Talking about family? Yeah, Vin Diesel's family. Learn how to pack for a vacation?

So, according to NBC, they said there's a long list of names and Hoda is a part of that list. Hoda is a source. Hoda is a signatory on Bird Bop. That is correct. NBC never wanted Hoda to leave. The question is, would Hoda want to do it? Nobody puts Hoda in a corner. Kotb ended her tenure today back in January and Kelly's contract expires next year. So, we'll see where that goes.

All right, another PR issue has bubbled up for Meghan Markle. Robin Patrick, a fan of the royal, decided to follow a bath salts recipe that Markle showed on her With Love Meghan Netflix show. Now, Patrick says that she attempted to duplicate the mixture of Epsom salt, Himalayan salt,

Arnica oil and lavender as a gift for a friend testing it out on her own bath. Well, after feeling a burning sensation, Patrick alleged she developed painful ulcers on her skin that have not healed yet. Is it chemicals involved in sulfuric acid? So she's lawyering up. Patrick is reportedly seeking a minimum of $75,000 to cover medical expenses and Ann

$10 million from Markle and Netflix and Archwell Productions for their, quote, reckless disregard for public safety and to deter similar conduct in the future. So I watched a little bit more of that from Megan with Love. Okay. And it's one of those, now I'm sort of fascinated with it. I have a little pouch. Oh, yeah. There's a paprika in it. Oh. And I put it in my closet. And when you open it up, it's an absolutely...

odor. She's trying to be Martha Stewart. She's trying to be Martha Stewart, but there's something ASMR-ish about it and so fraudulent that I love it. Oh, okay. So the woman says that she may be willing to settle out of court if a financial agreement can be reached. Be a shame if you lost that show of yours. So

So Taylor Swift's former Cape Cod home is on the market and is huge for the low, low price of $14.5 million. Before you spend the cash, be aware, and if you're a Swifty, you probably already know, the singer lived in the home only briefly back in 2012 before putting it right back on the market.

But any connection with Taylor is worth it for a fan, I would imagine. I think that was during the time she was dating Tom Hiddleston. Okay. Yeah. And it's right near the Kennedy family compound as well. Yeah, yeah. Who's over there? You get Hyannisport nearby. So speaking of people selling homes, Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez have reduced the price of their Beverly Hills mansion dramatically. Did that show up on the Zillow listing? Well, probably. It's the Zestimate Zillow.

It was originally listed at $68 million. That's sucking nuts. The payer has agreed to slash the asking price to just under $60 million. Wow. Not everyone has $60 million. That's a 12% discount, by the way. All right. So you end up saving.

The home has been on the market for over a year, so you could call them motivated sellers. Bennifer purchased the home in 2023 for just over $60 million, so this puts the price point approximately where it was when they first bought it. Let me tell you another thing. It's a good school district.

A few months ago, Steve turned me on to the Zillow app, which I watch all the time on my Apple TV Plus at home. And Steve, there was, I don't know, a weekend where I was looking at this town in California. It's called Desert Springs. It's north of Palm Springs. It's kind of in the middle of nowhere in between L.A. and Las Vegas. And it's actually, for California, kind of affordable. And now, every day, I get eight emails. This one's down $13,000 or whatever. That's one of the liabilities. And it looks really nice. And they're beautiful.

Beautiful homes, but I don't think I'm moving to Desert Springs anytime soon. I've actually seen advertised on Zillow like small towns. Yeah. They'll put up, Preston, they'll put up empty lots. They'll put up alleyways. They'll put up like this small town. Really? Yeah. So it's not just houses. Things that are of a residential nature, a little bit of commercial, but it's wild to see that stuff pop up. Yeah. Now that makes sense, I guess so. But if you're interested, check out the Zestimate website.

That's sucking nuts. Just under $60 million. Warner Brothers has confirmed that the Lord of the Rings, The Hunt for Gollum, is hitting theaters. I'm going to kill that bastard. It's not for another two years, by the way. The indie circus film, first announced back in 2023, is set to be released on December 17, 2027.

Circus will once again play Gollum and will also be directing the film. And Lord of the Rings director Peter Jackson is also producing the new movie. And the plot line of this is that no one believes he can do it, but he gets into Harvard Law School. The hunt for Gollum is expected to be set between The Hobbit and The Fellowship of the Ring. Legally Gollum. So between those two, legally Gollum.

And it's expected to show the life of Gollum and how he was pursued by various parties in Middle Earth, including Gandalf, Argon, and Aragorn and Sauron. I'm going back to Oregon, looking for Jimmy. No, no, not back home to Oregon. Did I say Oregon? Back home to Oregon. I'm going back home to Oregon, where I hope to encounter Jimmy. Jimmy! Jimmy!

We'll see if that makes its way in. I liked it when they did the flashback. I think it was in Return of the King where they go back to when Gollum was a hobbit and not the creature that he became. And you sort of saw him find the ring and the fight that he got in. And we end up killing that other guy. Yeah. It was disturbing. Yeah, yeah. I just watched a good portion. Not the director's cut, which I did watch one time. I have that, which is like 59 hours. I know. But...

I end up crying so much throughout that whole thing. It is so beautiful. I mean, it's a damn near perfect trilogy. I tried reading the book one time, and I guess it's three books within one main book, and it really was a lot. It was too much. I had to put it down.

All right, so sometimes the most unlikely things will impede the shooting schedule for a movie or series. An unusual set of circumstances has led to a slowdown in the filming of season five of Emily in Paris.

And it was the selection of the new Pope that slowed them down. A source said to Us Weekly that the Netflix series has been affected three days into filming in Rome. They said all the news helicopters covering the new Pope are causing mayhem and making so much noise.

A production had reportedly had to keep stopping while cameras were rolling near the Spanish steps. Same thing happened for the series finale of Alf Preston. Lily Collins and Philippine Leroy Bellew were said to be filming scenes but had to redo takes because of the noise and how distracting it was. So what was the estimate on how many people were in attendance waiting outside to see the smoke? Something on the order of...

200, 300,000 people. Yeah, I mean... Just in the Vatican City? Just in that... Yeah. Wow. Just waiting. That blows me away. I mean, because... I don't know. It's, um... You know, it's an elected event. Yeah, yeah. And, uh...

Does it come out right after that? Is that what they're waiting for? I think so. We have some clips if we want to play them later on. They're in Latin, but they make the declaration. Right. All right. Well, we'll get to that. All right. This was out of left field. And Marissa grabbed the audio of this, and I did not know this song. The Pointer Sisters.

experienced a massive surge in streaming after their song called Hot Together featured in the new Grand Theft Auto 6 trailer came out.

Rockstar Games recently delayed the game's release to May 26, but shared detailed updates, including a new trailer. And the trailer opens with protagonist Jason Duvall, and it includes music from Wang Chung, Zheng Lin, and Five Etwal, and Tammy Wynette. They always have great, great soundtracks. So Hot Together plays when Jason reunites with his girl Lucia.

Within two hours of the trailer's release, the streams of the track skyrocketed by 182,000% on Spotify compared to the previous week. You want me to play it? Yeah, play a little bit of this, Case. I've never heard this song before, and it's right out of, you know,

1980s you can hear in the production alone, but I don't remember this as being a Pointer Sisters hit song. No, I know this one. You do? Yeah, my mom is and was a huge Pointer Sisters fan, so anytime we would drive anywhere in the Dodge Caravan, we'd be listening to a lot of Pointer Sisters. And, yeah, I love the Pointer Sisters, probably because of that childhood experience. Here we go. He happened to be at the same

Let it, let it shine.

It's kind of nondescript. It is. But wouldn't it be wild if this sound started to make a little bit of a comeback because of things like this? So I watched the trailer. So I have a love-hate relationship with Grand Theft Auto. A lot of times I contend that the game gets in the way of the game. But this one has a romance and it has a natural born killers vibe to it. Okay. So there are these Bonnie and Clyde-ish characters.

characters that are part of it. I wonder if it's been so long since I've played a Grand Theft Auto game, I wonder if I went back and would enjoy it now. Do you know when I dropped out, when the content became... I forget how they were doing it, and correct me if anyone knows if I'm wrong, but they started to just kind of parse the game out online so that you weren't... It became really...

okay you gotta buy this now and you gotta add this you gotta do that it became sort of this um it seemed like a real money grab i remember a meme i saw one time i'm like oh my god and it was a father with like a four-year-old kid and they're sitting there with the controllers and the the uh the text over it says and if you kill that hooker you get your money back because you can oh my god what is the like how do you win the game

many people would find it hard to answer that question. There are so many missions. I found one of the things pressing, you played him.

How many times are you playing and wondering, am I playing the main mission or a side mission? Yeah, yeah. But Casey, there's a main story and you can follow it to the end. Okay. And usually some big... Yeah. You know, explosion at the end with a boss fight is how it works out. But, you know, it's organized crime is what it comes down to eventually. I just thought it was like an open sandbox, just go and kill things. It can be. It is. Yeah, it can be. Okay. And you choose when... That was one of the cool things about it is you could jump back into...

the main missions or side missions whenever you wanted to or you could roam and do whatever you wanted to. So people would talk about that, this person in the game Red Dead Redemption. Yeah. People, it became less about I'm playing a game to complete it and I'm going to go back to the old west. Right. I'm going to jump in and play cowboy. And play cowboy, yeah. Well, anyhow, this song skyrocketed

Spotify's Sulina Ong commented on the massive spike and said that Grand Theft Auto cuts through popular culture like almost nothing else. Adding that it's great to see fans both new and established connecting with an iconic track in this way. There was a super talented guy I knew, Preston. His name was Laszlo. I don't know if you remember this guy. Yeah, we met him on... Underground Hard Drive. Yeah, that's a good case. I have a brain fart. But his whole thing was...

He was in charge of the radio stations that you were listening to in Grand Theft Auto. And a very talented guy. That's how Jackie Bam Bam got on, right? Didn't Jackie... I'm so sorry if I'm speaking out of turn. No, I think you're right. Jackie was one of the DJs. Was it him or was it Cousin Ed? Well...

No, I thought it was Jackie Bam Bam. Okay. Let me see if I... Why didn't you ask me? He's still here. No, he is still here. Is he still here? I think he is. Yeah. Is he still here? All right, Marissa's going to go see if she's... He's eating his salad bowls. Believe it or not, gang, Jackie's show gets done at midnight. Yes. It's 7 o'clock in the morning. He still might be here. He's prepping for, you call it, Friday night. Yeah. Yeah.

Let me see here. It says here, Jagabim provided the voice of a caller on LCFR show Chatterbox in Grand Theft Auto Liberty City Story. That's cool. That's very cool. Yeah, yeah. Okay. All right. Marissa's running down the hall to try and find him. All right. We have movies opening this weekend. Let's talk about them. All right.

All right, we're going to talk about these movies, and then we have a special guest who's joining us. All right, so the movie Friendship opens. It's a comedy starring Paul Rudd, Tim Robinson, Kate Mara. Suburban dad Craig falls hard for his charismatic new neighbor as Craig's attempts...

to make an adult male friend threaten to ruin both of their lives. Running time, an hour and 40 minutes. Rated R. Wide theater release. Rotten Tomatoes scored 92%. That's pretty damn good. We also have Clown in a Cornfield. We were talking about this yesterday. It's a horror mystery. And it stars Katie Douglas, Aaron A...

Yeah, Aaron Abrams and Carson McCormack. Quinn and her father just moved to a quiet town of Kettle Springs hoping for a fresh start. Instead, she discovered a fractured community that has fallen on hard times after the treasured Bay Penn corn syrup factory burned down. As the locals bicker amongst themselves in tensions that

boil over a sinister gritting figure emerges from the cornfields to cleanse the town of its burdens. One bloody victim at a time. It's an hour and 36 minutes long. It's rated our wide theater release. Rotten Tomatoes score 81%. Nice. And then finally, uh, Nona's opens. It's a comedy starring Vince Vaughn, Susan Sarandon, Adam Farrar, and others. Uh,

Oh, I didn't know Adam was in it. Adam Ferrara's in it, yeah. After the loss of his mother, a man risks everything to honor her by opening an Italian restaurant with a group of local grandmothers as chefs. Hour and 51 minutes long, rated PG-13, streaming now on Netflix, Rotten Tomatoes score is 83%. And now, ladies and gentlemen, Jackie Bay. Hey!

Good morning, good afternoon. What time is it? Good morning-ish. Hey, buddy. How are you? Well, we're okay. It was a tough day yesterday. You know that. I was crying along with you. I know. All right, but listen, we had a quick question about you and Grand Theft Auto. Yeah. You were in which game?

Don't worry about it. San Antonio or how do you say it? San Andreas? Yeah, yeah, yeah. San Andreas, yeah. It was so many moons ago, though. How did that happen? My old pal, Cousin Ed Laszlo. Laszlo, yeah. Yeah, yeah. Said, we love your voice. I'm like, what? What?

Am I allowed to say it was them? YSP what? It was my old station, YSP. It was about me. They wanted me to be the DJ on the car radio about shaving my pubic hair. We've had people eat pubic hair on the show. That wasn't me. Okay.

And yeah, that was a long time ago, right? We do have some audio from him if you want to hear it. Yeah. All right. Hang on a second. Let's hit the phones. Yo. Oh, hello? Yes, hello. Your own chatterbox. What's that noise? My name's Lenny. I want to talk about shaving. Okay. What's the trouble? You had a weird rash? There's no trouble. I just can't stop. What? I love it.

Oh, God. What are you talking about? Come on, Laszlo. Don't tell me you haven't thought about it. Where do you get ideas like this? All right.

This show's going great. This is Chatterbox. What's ever on your mind? There you go. Very cool. Have you done any other VO work like that? Matter of fact, Steve, coming up, maybe I'll join you in May. So I think July, my voice is going to be used on public radio at a puppet TV. A puppet show? A puppet show, yeah. I'm a puppet. That's all I know.

So I went in some big studio and I cut some lines. So I'm just waiting for it. But I'll let you know as soon as I can. Yeah, please. We got to know. All right, buddy. Go back. Get in the coffin. The puppet is out of here. Bye. Love you, buddy. Jackie Bambam. Goodbye, puppet. It's after 7 o'clock. He is still here. Yeah, we got to move on. I know. I know. I just wouldn't have done that if I would have known. Anyway, clips. Let's play clips. Here we go.

Nona's is based on a real-life restaurant. His owner brings dad and grandma. He's talking about the story. Here we go. I have it here. All right, go ahead. You know, I do think being raised with my grandmother, I felt so fortunate to get her wisdom. So I really got moved when I read the script and the way that it was really focusing on these matriarchs of a family that did so much and loved people and that they get to continue that. Nona's premieres today on Netflix. Here's our next clip.

Omar Sy starting alongside a great cast in new action film Shadow Force. In this clip, he talks about the heart of the film. It's a movie about family. It's a movie about how you're going to protect your family. And especially Kyra, played by Carrie, is a very, very specific mom. And the way she has to protect her family is so special that I think it's very inspirational for all the marriages and also all the families.

Shadow Force opens today in theaters. All right, we do have to break because we have a couple of guests joining us. One of them is from Rome. We're going to talk about the new Pope because Jason Martinez of Fox 29 has been broadcasting from there. So we will return in just a moment with him. And Father Steve is going to give us his perspective as well as what's going on. We'll take a break. Come back in a moment. Stay with us.

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Now, back with more of the Preston and Steve Show podcast. All right, thank you very much, Nick. So, we have a new pope. We do. We've got the Delco Pope, ladies and gentlemen. And, yeah, he's Leon. Leo, not Leon. Leon! Leon. Leo XIV. Leon! Leon!

So we actually have an opportunity to go directly to Rome and the Vatican. Joining us from Fox 29, Jason Martinez. Hey, Jason. Oh, Leon I. Leon. See if you can. You're right there. See if you might like Leon. I think it flows better. Anybody like Pope Leon? Jason, when did you how long have you been in Rome? I got here Sunday, I think.

And have been and will be here until Sunday. Barely slept last night after yesterday's whirlwind. And four espressos later, I'm ready to roll. Wow. And you know what, gang? You need to see him on our YouTube channel right now because he is standing right there at the Vatican. And this is a great view he's given us. Have you ever been there before, by the way? No.

I've done no traveling in my life, so this is my first time to Europe. My first trip to Europe is to cover a new pope and a conclave. It was unbelievable. It's been really one of the highlights of my life, not just career, but life. I mean, also, listen, you know, these things historically, they've gone all over the place. Some have lasted for an incredibly long amount of time. This, relatively speaking, was a quick turnaround.

Yeah, it was like four or five votes. And you're talking about 133 new cardinals. Most had to get to know each other, had to spend the last week and a half trying to figure out who in the world they're going to vote for. And to come up with this name, Prevost, so fast. He was well known. He was well known within the church. And so that's probably the key here. But I was expecting...

I think tonight to be the white smoke moment. Right, yeah. You know, it's interesting because he did sort of come out of the blue, but you do say, and correctly so, that he was well-known. We were hearing other names. One, I think, Pizza Balla was one that everyone loved. But so...

The word on him, though, obviously there's a point of pride because of the local affiliation with Villanova. And have you talked to anybody around there? Grab an errant cardinal here or there and interview them about their take on it?

So the Cardinals just attended a mass for the new Pope, and they are just filing out to lunch, probably making themselves available to the public for the first time since the conclave. Pete Zabala is 60, so maybe we'll see him as a Pope in the future. We know Prevost is 70. So he's well-known not only at Villanova in Chicago and the pride of the states, but he did a lot of work in Peru, did a lot of work at the Vatican.

And I think that's what, what happened. He was just so well known within and respected within the Cardinals. Um, I'm really interested to see how this papacy goes. Uh, Jason, I'm curious how the, uh, the, the, the crowds around there are acting once the news came through. I mean, because, uh, this is obviously a celebratory event. You can hear the crowds cheering when they made the announcements and everything. Uh,

but it feels like a party, but we're talking about a religious spiritual thing here. Not to go tear it up. Let's get hammered tonight. Right. Right. Oh,

Are people partying kind of sort of? Yeah. Okay. It's just a different party. It's just a couple bottles of wine. Yeah. And not a kegger. You know, I get off work at 11 here since I've been here and I've been trying to, you know, grab a drink after. But the bar is shut down. So they're sweeping up when I get in there. Just what you wanted to know. The bar is shut down.

scene in Rome during a conclave. So I had to hurry up and before you, can I just get a drink before you close the bar? So that's how it's been. And I don't even really like wine. They have no tequila here. No tequila in Rome. Well, maybe you can talk to the new Pope about that. He's got some sway. Quick question. We were talking, we were hearing crowd numbers

when everything was going down as high as 150, 200,000. Did you get any final tally on what that mass was? Yeah, I think it was more than that. I think it was 200,000. So let me just kind of give you, this is the piazza that I'm standing. I'm going to spin around, do my best not to run into anybody. I mean, we are talking broad street times three, maybe. Because Rome goes all, you know, that's it.

The area. It continues as far as the eye can see. Crowds standing shoulder to shoulder. Here's the best part. There's no like, hey, get off me. This is too crowded. Everybody was like locked in arms. It was like the most, the closest thing to heaven I've experienced. Wow. This is wild, man. And then I just thought, was Harry Styles there? Yeah.

Yeah, I guess. Was he under consideration? Was he in consideration? If he was baptized a Catholic, he was eligible. Is that how that goes? If you're baptized Catholic, you're eligible to be Pope? That's correct. Any baptized Catholic can be Pope, but it didn't work out for Harry. He's still eligible next time. Jason, are you a Catholic? Are you a baptized Catholic? Yeah.

Yes, I go to Annunciation in Habertown, Annunciation BVM. What up, Father Loomis? So he was here earlier, as a matter of fact. I saw him here. My priest was here on a retreat. So that was cool. Was that by happenstance or did you guys? Totally coincidental. Wow. 200,000 people and you find your priest. No, he found me. Yeah, it's like a meet cute. It's a bizarre Hallmark romance. Uh-huh.

But so a question, when the announcement was made, the name was declared and you were were you down viewing that from below? Where were you when that happened? So I'm pretty much standing where I am. I don't know if I can zoom in here. OK, there's a there's I don't know, right in the middle of your screen, you can see like a little balcony way up there. That's where he stood. So I could barely I could barely see him. And also it's being projected with big screens and monitors way out into the huge crowd.

But the announcements in Latin. Yeah. And so it's a little bit Italian too. And I'm like, okay. And I knew they had a script to follow. And I couldn't quite understand, but I had some Italian guys next to me going, and I go, the American from Chicago. Is that who it is? And I kept saying he's an American.

He's an American. And then all the Italians, oh, congratulations. Grazie. They were congratulating me. Oh, that's cool. So there was sort of a nice familial vibe going on. All right. Yeah, because the Italians claim him too. You know, he's been here so long at the Vatican and well-known. Right. But I got one thumbs down from some guy walking by. No, no, no, no good, no good. Yeah.

Hey, a question. Have we found out if he is, since he has Philadelphia ties, is he a Bears fan or an Eagles fan? Do we know this yet? I think it's Bears and he's a Southsider, so it's White Sox. That's the word. Yeah, I think you're right. But you see the memes going around that Villanova, the only Pope to ever have a national championship and a papacy is Villanova. He's already made it clear though, Jason, that he's going to make Jay Wright a saint. So...

I just think it's cool that there's it's very, very likely that he's eaten at a Wawa. Do you know what I mean? No doubt about it. That perhaps maybe he's eaten a shorty over a trash can. Most likely not. But Casey, you know, St. Dennis, the church in Habertown, he worked at that cemetery as a groundskeeper, I'm told early in his life.

I drive past that cemetery on my way to and from work every single day of my life. You guys used to steal beer from your parents and go there and hang out and drink all day. You might have been drinking with a pope. Oh, my God. That's crazy. No doubt. It's wild how the immediate embracing of it simply by the geography is kicking in. But it is a wonderful thing. And regardless of where you stand on all of this, this is a massive project.

global event and for you to be there as it unfolds. As you said, a pivotal moment of your life. A hundred percent. And we should pray for this Pope. It's a heck of a burden to be the

the leader of 1.5 billion Catholics who are all looking to you to be their modern day savior, their faith leader. And that's why they have the room of tears after the white smoke. He goes into the room of tears and cries, cries the burden and then comes out, puts the cassock on.

And becomes our Pope. It's a heck of a burden for one man to bear. It's pretty amazing. You really don't want to cry and you go, hey, I'd be pretty, you know. Watch the postcard. Oh, okay. That'll get you crying. And Jason, congratulations to you for being chosen to go there and represent Fox 29. Because I'm sure there's... Also a burden. Well, I'm sure... A good one. No, no, it is a good burden. But, you know, I'm sure there's a ton of people over there that would love to have been in your shoes right now.

Yeah, I actually sent my boss a text saying, thank you so much for believing in me to be here and be a part of this and just experience this. I'm doing my best to try to bring people to the ground and make

Make them feel like they're here with me. Well, let's cut to the chase. How many commandments did you break to get there? Well, all of them, except the one big one. You didn't kill anybody. The one big one. That's right. The one big one. You'd be surprised how many Byrds fans and Philly people I have run into here, besides my priests, just groups of people. You know, we do know that. You know, when the Pope was here, you know, years ago, he was here.

And obviously there's a rich history with the area. I think we have a lot of motivated, energized Catholics who would make such a pilgrimage to see this. But you've not heard like an eagle's chant in the Vatican Square or anything yet, have you? Well, maybe. I may have started one. I may have started one. Could you imagine that? We're not above that.

But listen, planning a trip to go to a papal decision, a choice to choose the new pope, it's like planning to go see a rocket launch. Sure. Like they get scrubbed. You don't know when it's going to happen. Yeah. And that in itself is a leap of faith and money. Yeah.

And there was a lot, you know, there's a Villanova group that were studying abroad and their time here ended yesterday. And they missed, they missed it. Oh my God. You're kidding me. Yeah, no, you're right. The precarious nature of the timing. That's why we're so happy for you that in this small window, you got in there and got to see everything play out.

Yeah, no doubt about it. Mike and Alex are about to toss to me right now. Should I try to do two things at once? No, it's all good. We love those guys. We love trying that, but we know you got a job to keep. All right, listen, Jason, thanks for checking in from the Vatican. We appreciate it. Jason Martinez! Bye-bye! See you, man. How cool is that? Looks gorgeous there, doesn't it? That is really cool that he's there for it. You can't help it. If you're not impressed when you see that, again, you're talking about a

The historical gravitas, you know, it just gets you. Yeah. All right. So now we're going to switch gears. We have another figure who we're going to speak to. And this one from, well, case what church? Okay. He's the pastor of St. Vincent de Paul Parish in Richboro in Bucksco, mind you. We have Father Steve Polino. Yeah.

Who is joining us via Zoom. Good morning, Father Steve. Good morning. Sorry to bother you guys at work. It's all good. You're working too, right? Are you at work right now? I am, yeah. And I said to Casey, I actually have 8 o'clock mass, so I'll have to finish up here on time for mass. Well, if you want to Zoom live from the mass while you talk to us, that'd be fine. I think our people would love it, actually. So what has the, from the other people in the clergy that you've had a chance to talk to,

How much more exciting is this that the new Pope has a local tie for you guys? It's just incredible. And especially an American. I know we've heard that so many times. It was almost said it's impossible, right? There's no way an American is going to be chosen to be Pope. I know. It's unreal. And especially someone with all of these local connections. I mean, you know, I grew up in Chicago, obviously, but the Augustinians, I mean, we have so many great Augustinian priests in the area and

Villanova University and even his connection with Bonaprendi. He had visited the school back in whatever year it was, 2005 or so. There's a great picture of then, I guess he was Cardinal Prevost at the time or Father Prevost, not sure. No, I think he was father at the time with my good friend, Father Gus Esposito, who sadly passed away several years ago, who was in charge of the school. So there's a great picture out there that Bonaprendi posted from several years ago.

of him visiting as the provincial of the Augustinians in charge of the Augustinian order. And what an honor it was for them back then as just being in charge of the order. Now he's Pope. I mean, it's amazing. So listen, we had been hearing that they might have been focusing in on somebody from Africa or that they were looking at that. And I think I...

even not even being remotely as connected and dialed in as you are to this, just assume that the possibility of an American priest was really a long shot. So why do you think that was? Why was that the perception that it was not going to happen for an American figure?

Yeah, and I think Jason Martinez touched on this a little while ago. He has a nice combination, especially of the last three pontificates. So we have, I'll go back to even John Paul II, right, who I grew up with as the Pope, and so many of us in our young adult lives or adult lives saw John Paul as like the example, right? He was the Pope for so long. He had that, what we call, apostolic zeal, right? He wanted to be among the

people to get out there to go to all these countries and to try to make connections with people as he's preaching this message of hope for the world. Then you had Pope Benedict who was more of an academic type and someone who had worked in the Vatican for many, many years.

Then now we've had Pope Francis, who was very concerned about missionary work and reaching out to those who are oppressed and to those who are poor. And it seems as if just with the little we know of Cardinal Prevost, he has that sort of combination of all three. He's not afraid to go out. He's not afraid to connect with people. He has seemingly a really nice personality. Yeah.

He has that academic background. He studied at Villanova, but even besides that, has a doctorate and has studied theology for many years, but also has that missionary heart. He went to Peru. He worked with Peru. He worked with people there. Despite being from the south side of Chicago, he had that desire to connect with people. And I really believe that that's what we're going to see with him. That's what makes me personally so excited, and I think a lot of my brother priests are excited in that sense as well. I'm curious as to what...

what part of his personal lives will become interesting because of him being an American. And by that, I mean, you know, usually hear of a Pope as a fan of classical music and things like that. Maybe this guy likes Zeppelin, you know? It's conceivable. His age falls in that line to maybe be a little bit more pop culture in touch. I mean, listen, I think it's wild that Father Steve listens to our show. Yeah, exactly. Do you know what I mean? Like, yeah.

Yeah, so I've been listening since I was in high school. And Father Steve, so he's the boss. He's the head honcho. When do people like yourselves start to feel the trickle down of the orders, the change in things? Does this happen gradually or are there some sometimes are there some immediate changes that take place?

It's very gradual. Generally speaking, it's very gradual. Actually, I was just talking to someone about this yesterday. We figure probably it's going to take a few months to really get to know, like, okay, what sort of tone is Pope Leo going to set? We have some sense of it already just from his appearance on the balcony. I mean, coming out in very traditional garb, but yet speaking so beautifully, so simply to the people. And his first word, peace be with you, just...

preaching this very simple message of just peace, something that our world obviously so desperately needs. But in terms of the practical, the day-to-day things that we will experience as priests, it'll probably take a little while. Can we...

Can we ask the new Pope to make it the calm response, go back to and also with you? I knew you were going to say that. Because with your spirit, I'm still... It doesn't flow right. It doesn't flow right. I don't like it either. Yeah. Well, you should have seen us trying to learn the new prayers for the Mass. That was quite a challenge. And every so often now, I find myself tripping over some of these words myself. But that actually would not be something he would be able to directly do, at least not...

And initially, because that goes through a whole process. I know it's hard to believe, but even in the Catholic Church, there's a lot of red tape and a lot of committees. Oh, no, I believe it. Yeah. I know. Make decisions when talking about things like the mass and the responses for the mass. Are priests required to still be able to deliver a full Latin mass?

No, we're not required, although many of us would at least be familiar with how to celebrate Mass in Latin and Spanish, just from our studies at the seminary. So when I was at St. Charles Seminary here in Philadelphia, we actually learned how to celebrate Mass in both Latin and Spanish, but it's not...

You don't have to pass an exam to do that. Okay. So like a road test. Yeah, parallel park. I could do it in pig Latin. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Not the legit Latin. It's a little bit easier. It's funny. I'm trying in Esperanto, but I haven't quite gotten there yet. I have been to a mass that was entirely in Spanish. That was in Boston. My family and I were up in Boston, and we needed to go to a mass, and we didn't realize that the mass that we had chosen to go to was all in Spanish.

And then I went to a mass in Italy. Yeah. Obviously, it was entirely in Italian. And you would think, oh, yeah, I know exactly where we are. I couldn't. I could not. Casey, when you were what? When you went to the Spanish mass, was it like when you flip over to a movie? Yeah.

And you're watching some of it without any dialogue. And then all of a sudden they start speaking Spanish like, oh, man. And now you're like, we're stuck here. This guy's got a thick accent. Oh, no. Yeah, because I used to, St. Anthony, that was, you know, for years was always a full Latin mass. I was telling these guys, I used to really like the sort of, you

you know, pageantry of it as a kid. I remember it was really cool. And the thing I remember is that the priest never faced the congregants. It was, you know, he was facing the altar the whole time. Wow. To me, what was so beautiful, though, about that mass was that sense of mystique. Steve, as you're saying this, and in a beautiful way, you know, in a nice way, this sense of mystery of what's happening. And sometimes that gets a little lost when we're using our common language. At the same time, using, as we say, the vernacular, the local language, does allow people to understand

what the heck is going on. It does help. But Casey, to your point too with the Spanish Mass, I one time, I was in Toronto, Canada for World Youth Day 2002, got to see John Paul II. I didn't get to meet him personally, but I heard him, just an incredible personality, right? A beautiful homily. But we went to a local parish and the Mass was in French. I had no idea like what was being said. But

at least we knew what was happening, right? You know, because you've been to mass, right? So many of the times, you know, okay, here's when the consecration happens, right? Here's when the sign of peace is supposed to happen. Here are the readings. Here's the homily. May not understand the homily, but at least he's saying something that I'm sure is wonderful. Right. Did you yell out the occasional ooh-la-la? Oh, yeah. Just broke into the can-can, you know. Why not? Father Steve, have you been to the Vatican before? No.

I was there once on a trip. I was in Italy. We did a full, a little more than a week. We did a couple days in Rome, a couple days in Florence, a couple days in Venice. But in Rome, we got to take a tour of the, as they say, the Vatican museums. Part of that was the Sistine Chapel. It's a pretty common tour that people

can take it wasn't like you know i got some sort of special tour because of the collar but uh it was really awesome to be in that chapel and to think like here is where the cardinals meet right to elect this new pope i mean what an incredible moment to be able to stand stand there in that space do most priests make it there at some point during their career

Most do. It's not, again, not required. It's not like de facto, like you definitely have to do this now. I will say the seminary nowadays, they actually formally try to get the seminarians to go before they're ordained, which I think is obviously a great experience. Kind of visit the home office, right, so to speak, before you kind of join up here. But it really...

It's no less awesome for me than anybody else to be standing in that square, as Jason was saying. I mean, how many people can fit in that space at St. Peter's Square to be at St. Peter's Basilica? I mean, to be in the Sistine Chapel, it's no less awesome for me than anyone else. It's just incredible. I think by the Catholic Church's decree, the pecking order is local news anchors and then priests. Well, you know, you wonder sometimes. Hey, did you see the movie Conclave?

I did. I actually read the book first and then saw the movie. I'll be very honest, I was disappointed at the big plot twist at the end. For many reasons. Father Steve, me too. Listen, I loved... I liked the movie. I liked kind of a...

having a peek behind the curtain as to maybe what the conclave is like. Absolutely. But the two twists... Like we did last summer. No, no, no. There's a priest in training at my son's school, and I talked to him about it. I got...

I was like, it was just distracting. You know, and he goes... It was just... It was unbelievable. Like, that would never happen. You didn't need Han Solo. No, but you didn't need that. Like, I thought the movie was compelling without this weird twist at the end. Do you know what I mean? Exactly right. And honestly, that twist...

And I don't want to say it just in case. I haven't seen it. So yes, please. Yeah. But, but if, if let's just say in reality, it would never happen. It wouldn't, it wouldn't even happen. I mean, it to begin with, but, but I will say Casey, it was a compelling story overall and it was neat to read this. And, and it's seemingly it's authenticity. I mean, of the,

I hate to say politicking, but the conversations that take place, right, leading up to the conclave and even within the conclave itself, going back. I mean, you could imagine, even on Wednesday, right, Wednesday night, they'd...

had a ballot and they, okay, we couldn't come to a conclusion. So maybe they went back and started like, okay, well, you know, here we are. Like, let's see if we can get Prevost elected, you know, or whatever the situation was. And thankfully we'll never know. And I hope we don't. I don't want to know, you know, what happens behind the scenes exactly. But I agree with you. The story leading up to it was pretty compelling. Well, I'm glad that this one...

It took very little time, and it seems to have hit it at a good time. Everyone is responding very favorably. You didn't want to drag something like this on forever, though we've had times throughout history where it has gone on for a long time. But everyone seems in general to be quite thrilled, and obviously the local angle is what's motivating so much of the talk right now.

Absolutely. But just real quick with the timing, I had a little friendly wager among some friends of mine. There were four of us. And it wasn't so much who would get elected but when. So one guy selected the second ballot today, which would have been obviously Friday afternoon. One said, I'll take Friday morning. So I took the over. I said, it's probably going to be Saturday or after. And the poor fourth guy was left on alert. He's like, well, I guess I take the under. It has to be before Friday. And sure enough, he won. He won.

We didn't expect it to be Thursday. All right. What's the wager? What do you got to do? It was basically a beer. Do the rosary. Yeah. All right. Father Steve, thank you for your insight. We really appreciate it, man. Pleasure seeing you guys again. Take care. We'll talk to you soon. Father Steve Apolito.

He's the pastor of St. Vincent de Paul Parish in Ridgeboro in Bucks County. So cool to get some perspective on this stuff. Father Steve and I share a birthday together. So every 4th of July, we text each other a happy birthday. And he was the one who blessed the...

My lawn. Yeah, the Eagles logo. What year was that? So he actually did it twice. He blessed it the first time when we won the Super Bowl in 2018 and then the year we lost. That is one of, I think, one of the most wonderfully pure things

Philly, Delco, pictures, you with the family, blessing, you know, evil symbol in your lawn. And it's just everything to be joyous about. What's crazy, like, so that, you know, and I posted it on Instagram or whatever. And it's probably one of the most viewed things I've ever done on Instagram. But people were like, I can't believe that priest did that. You know, priest shouldn't be blessing, you know, rooting, using, you know, essentially his religious powers.

to have the Eagles win the Super Bowl. But you know what's crazy? I went back and I watched it. He never, ever prayed for the Eagles to win. He only prayed for all the players to remain safe. He's no amateur. He knows how to do this. You remember in Rocky, the priest throws down a blessing to him before the fight. I don't know what you're saying. I can't.

So it's got... What are you saying? And I'll throw you another one. In Rudy, before they take the field, they would say, Our Lady of Victory, pray for us. There's some sports and prayers and religion and blessings. You know. Rock, you know how it is. Hey, Father, have you seen Rudy?

Anyway, we do have to take a break in just a second here. If you're just tuning in and you're wondering if yesterday we revealed the news that Kathy's not with the show anymore. It was a heartbreaking, horrible day for all of us. Emotionally exhausted from that. And you can...

the video on YouTube or you can check the podcast to hear how it all went. And we had talked yesterday. I just want to reiterate this morning. Yes, I'm glad you're doing this. That Kathy, we had hoped to get one more day from her today on the show. It was...

going to be fine to do that, but Kathy felt that everything that we did yesterday was the proper way to end her tenure here. I'm paying for the reflection, she said. I said everything I needed to say the right way. Yeah, exactly. So we wish, yes, would have been

Wonderful and lovely. We love her so much to have her here once again. But it was her decision. We wanted her to do things her way. So that's how it is. It's also a testament to Kathy that the powers that be here said, yes, go ahead. We will give the additional day. And you'd set that up. And it's just so you're aware, she demurred from that. There is a chance she might be at the RBCU.

Yeah. Which we'd love to have her all the time everywhere, but that would be nice as well, so we'll see. We'll see. All right, we do need to take a break because we've got to stay on time for 20 Money. That's coming up next. Bizarre File as well, so make sure you stay with us. Get ready for an MMR exclusive event. Thank you so much for coming. Pierre presents... Let us welcome Duke Philadelphia. Mammoth WVH. Mammoth WVH.

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Brought to you by United Tire and Service. This month, stop into your local United Tire and Service and make a donation to support the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and get a special offer on four new tires. Don't drive alone. Drive united. All right, we'll start with this story. A nurse has been accused of shoving cheesy nachos down the leggings of her wife during a 3 a.m. domestic battery.

Run this by me again. She shoved cheesy nachos down the leggings of her wife during a 3 a.m. domestic battery. What kind of sick bastard does that? Investigators say that the 40-year-old victim was making nachos with nacho cheese in the kitchen when her spouse, Allison Swan, told her that she shouldn't be eating this late and made a comment about her weight. Stop looking at me, Swan!

So during the argument that ensued, Swan, who had been playing video games in the living room, walked over to her spouse, grabbed a handful of the cheesy nachos, and shoved them down the back of the victim's leggings. There! That just happened! When the victim, who is also a registered nurse, subsequently sought to change her clothes...

Swan allegedly dragged her to the floor and shoved her fingers into either side of her mouth and hooked them like a fish. Oh, my God. Allison then continued to batter her by grabbing her head and slamming it into the floor multiple times. Well, now it's getting serious. Cheesy nachos, but this is bad. During the confrontation, the victim told police Swan made several comments that she was the one in charge and that her wife was not behaving.

A friend of the victim called 911 to report hearing via an open phone line the swan striking her spouse.

When police responded, Swan denied that a physical altercation occurred. She claimed that her wife had been in a drunken rage and had thrown the plate of nachos and rolled around and covered herself in nacho cheese. Well, I know those leggings actually came with nachos. However, an examination of the victim's leggings revealed what appeared to be nacho cheese on the interior backside consistent with her story.

A substance resembling nacho cheese was found smeared on a wall. Victim had a knot on her forehead as well and a scratch on her right arm. May you never find yourself in a position where you have to explain why there are cheesy nachos in your leggings. And while Swan claimed that her spouse had thrown the nachos, cops found the ceramic plate they were prepared on was completely intact. So Swan was arrested for domestic battery. Bad Swan. They sound like a lovely couple.

Jackson Arnold, a 24-year-old former James Island, South Carolina man, has proved that he doesn't know what a good prank is. He allegedly hid in his ex-girlfriend's showers with a knife to scare her. And when she got home, he jumped out, causing her to scream and call 911.

Well, police arrested Arnold on the scene and he admitted that it was meant to be a joke and said that he was sorry. It's not funny! The woman wasn't hurt but was very shaken up. Arnold faces charges of first-degree domestic violence and burglary. He should have abducted her and put tape over her mouth and driven out to a field and threatened to kill her with a gun and then say, is this a joke? A judge denied him bail, keeping him in the jail. You say he was the ex-boyfriend? He was the ex-boyfriend in the shower with a knife.

All right, police in a small Turkish town with 25,000 people named Lice.

burned over 20 tons of seized cannabis in the town center. And in the process of disposing of it, they wound up distributing it to the community instead, sort of. The huge fire sent thick weed smoke across the area, making residents feel dizzy, nauseous, and even hallucinate for five days. Police stayed inside with windows closed to avoid getting high by accident. I've always wondered, so if you burn...

You're basically, on a large scale, smoking it, right? Absolutely. Nothing has changed, just the volume. Yep, most definitely. And that's what ended up happening. That's what ended up happening. Wow. All right, a cool, refreshing beverage is sometimes none of those things. A guy named Pablo Gonzalez, a 42-year-old businessman from Spain...

Ended up in the hospital after taking a sip of sparkling water at a restaurant. He was at a tapas place with friends and ordered a bottle of a well-known brand of sparkling water with ice and lemon. The bottle seemed sealed, but right after his first sip, he felt a burning pain in his mouth and jumped up.

Oh, boy. Why? Why?

And they're still investigating the strange incident. Like radiator fluid? Is that yellow? Oh, I don't know. But I mean, they said the bottle seemed sealed. So they got to figure out who the hell did it. Yeah. And what it is that he drank. I was thinking that scene of Harlan Williams drinking the piss. Oh, my God.

All right, we'll do one more story here. Lorna Rook, an NHS blood donation worker in the UK, won about $40,000 after a co-worker had compared her to Darth Vader. What?

During a team building activity in August 2021, her team took a Star Wars themed Myers-Briggs personality test. It was a compliment. It means you're authoritative. Well, kind of actually. So Rook stepped out for a phone call and a colleague, Amanda Harbour, filled out the quiz for her saying Rook's personality matched Darth Vader's.

And the test described Bader as a focused individual who brings teams together. That's true. But Rook... He also blows up planets. ...felt that it made her seem unpopular. The Croydon Employment Tribunal agreed with Judge Katherine Ramson, calling the comparison insulting and a workplace detriment.

meaning that it caused harm. And she won her case for harm after a protected disclosure, but lost claims for unfair dismissal and disability discrimination. So, yeah, she beat you to 40 grand because somebody compared her to Darth Vader. All right, and there you go. That is what I have in the bizarre file for you. All right, the word that you need to enter if you've missed it is share. S-H-A-R-E.

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Now, back with more of the Preston and Steve Show podcast. All right, thank you very much, Nick. I'm going to continue to address this. We were hoping to get one more day with Kathy today, but she was going to come in, but decided that yesterday was the way she wanted to wrap it up. We said a lot on our program. It was emotionally draining. I am...

I'm physically wiped out today. Like, I don't feel good today. And I'm certain that was a part of it. But we want to...

We want to follow Kathy's wishes. And she sent us a text last night. She was like, I think that it ended on the tone that things needed to end on. And so therefore, we're carrying on. And gang, bear with us. This is what we're doing. We're going to carry on. We're going to do our show. We're going to do our best to have a good time, bring you some entertainment while you're doing what you do. And we've been doing this for a long time. And we'll do our thing. We'll keep doing our thing and

you know, have a good time every day when, when we feel that we've had a chance to let all of this, um, it's going to take a bit, it's going to take a bit, take it all in. Um, we've done it for years though. Yeah. And there was something else I was going to mention too. Um,

Well, it's going to be a work in progress. What are you thinking of that? I mean, there's going to be a lot of kinks and I'm going to do a lot of things wrong and I'm going to mess stuff up. And there's a dynamic that's existed in this room that's now 20% lighter. You know, there were five people in this room at all times and then Marissa's on the other side. And so it's just going to be an adjustment.

for us and then for you as a listener and please be patient with us while that adjustment happens if you missed the whole thing yesterday you can go back and check it out you can watch it on YouTube or you can listen to it via our podcast and you know I was saying we're not replacing Kathy the position has been eliminated that's not how it goes but Marissa obviously is going to continue to be a contributor yes

Um, but, uh, we're not going to have a permanent person, uh, filling in that seat. And I'm looking at the, all the chatter and, you know, on social media and, and on our YouTube account. And they're, um, you know, trying to guess what, uh, the, the, the future of the rest of us here. And just to, just to let you know, and this has all been in, uh,

publications and when we signed our deal years ago, it was all in the newspapers and everything. We have a contract till 2030. Yeah. So we are... We're not going anywhere. We're not going anywhere. We're here. We're going to have a good time every single day. And like I said, we're going to do the best show we can possibly do and still have some fun when it warrants fun. So...

With all of that, hopefully, we're all good, folks. Our relationship remains firm with you. And we'll do things like, I don't know, the connoisseur from time to time. How about that? It's time for the main agent of the God of Kitcher Bell. Kitcher Bell. I'm sorry. I wasn't ready. All right. All right. So, all right. So, connoisseur time. And, oh, by the way, we have a sponsor. But before we do that, I need to mention this.

Let me back up a second. Our friend John from Sequoia Outback is here this morning. Oh, this is a perfect time. He is barbecuing because they're going to be at the MMRBQ tomorrow. And you can get photos with the big Sequoia chair, Minerva and Jackie Bam Bam. So stop by their tent around 3 p.m. tomorrow if you're at the MMRBQ. Cool, cool. All right. And by the way, actually, our sponsor...

The connoisseur is our friends at Acme Markets. And we have $50 Acme Market cards to give away when we start doing the movie clips. And you'll need to Zoom in for those. So you want to text the word ZOOM 610-660-9333. And we'll send you the link for today. So the first food story I'm going to start with. Had no idea that this was a thing. So the conclave, obviously we have a new pope now. But leading up today...

Part of what was under scrutiny when they are in the conclave is the food that cardinals eat. That is true, yes. There's a big story behind this. Is it good food or is it lousy food? Well, it used to be lousy food. It's brought, right? There's a very specific reason that they handle food the way that they do. The Vatican, there are so many rituals. There are so many rules that need to be followed and

Centuries.

So the Vatican's food rules for a papal conclave date back to the 13th century. Pope Gregory X first introduced food rationing to speed up the election process. So sometimes they were taking so long that they kind of starved them into making a decision. Well, that, as we were told, there was a point in time where they actually took the roof off the building to make it...

inclement for them inside and speed it along. Yeah, so cardinals were to be secluded in a closed area without individual rooms attended by no more than two servants and less ill and all food was to be supplied through a window to avoid outside contact. Dude, if you wanted to expedite that thing, black coffee, beans and bran muffins. Yeah, move it along, folks.

Oh, boy. Initially, after three days without a decision, they were allowed only one meal per day. And after eight days, only bread and water were permitted. Yeah. All right, pick someone. So it used to really drag out. And they were like, we're tired of waiting.

Yeah, stop and think about it. If you had like a really comprehensive craft services table with a great food and buffet and so on and so forth, you might just chill. In fact, they would conspire to vote in a tie just so they could keep going on, I would imagine. So no, in the 1300s, Pope...

Clement VI relaxed these rules a bit, permitting more substantial meals such as three course options consisting of soup, main dish, usually fish, meat, or eggs, and dessert, which would include cheese or fruit. Casey, that's almost your recipe of soup, app, main, and dessert. But they left out the app. So, soup, main, and a dessert, and maybe some cheese or fruit. So,

So before the papal election, cardinals often meet at restaurants and cafes around Rome to discuss their preferences for the next pope. And these secretive conversations over meals and wine are an important part of the process. And food has long been seen as a potential, listen to this too, channel for covert messages. So that you could send messages through what maybe ended up on your plate as it left the room? No.

Coming into the room? No, coming into the room. Right, right, yeah. So, for example... What is this spelled out in tater tots? A hidden message inside a stuffed chicken with a potential to sway preferences. Hi, my name is Gene Simmons. I would like to place my vote for the Pope. Or a cardinal quietly enjoying a plate of ravioli, unaware that it could be hiding a secretive note slipped in by the kitchen staff.

Or a vote update smuggled on a napkin. If I were you, I'd take a little extra time with the chocolate eclair. A wink, a wink. So over the centuries, the Vatican has imposed increasingly strict food laws ensuring that food does not become a tool of subversion. Certain foods such as pies, chickens, and even cutlery and glasses have been banned because they could be used to hide secret messages.

I wonder if they have ever had, during all of the times this has occurred, like a brawl or a physical altercation. Yeah, how heated does it get? Yeah, how heated does it get? Especially if you're serving nothing but tater tots and Meisterbrau. Dude, I'll bet you at some point, I mean, we're talking about centuries, there's had to have been fist fights. What did you say? Yeah. Hey, who ate my cheesy bread? Who ate my cheesy bread? In the most recent conclave, only safe and simple food options were allowed in.

Local nuns prepare a simple menu including lamb skewers,

spaghetti. You call those scares? And boiled vegetables. It's a sauce, not gravy. So it is yet another thing involved that's very involved with the Catholic Church when it comes to this decision. I am fascinated by the meticulous nature of all this stuff. But if you're talking about how much time over this amount of time and they keep layering on protocol after protocol. Yeah. You know. All right. Well, we have our first clip to play and this has to do with food or drink.

And let's see if you know what movie this is from. All right, let's see if you know what movie that is from. And you can text the word ZOOM 610-660-9333 for the link. And while you're doing that, we'll get another order. So I had to throw this in, man. This was my favorite thing that I read yesterday.

Prepping for the connoisseur. Pop-Tarts is about to blow your summer snack game wide open with its brand new line of

Ice cream sandwiches. Wait, what? And pints. Okay. Pop-tarts. Say that again. Hell yes. Say that again, but lick your lips while you're saying it. Ice cream sandwiches made with Pop-tarts and pints. I'm totally down with this. Yes. In fact, they went right at the front of this list as the one I would have picked as the Pop-tart to be part of the sandwich, the chocolate fudge Pop-tart.

It's extraordinarily good. Fans can now grab flavors like frosted brown sugar cinnamon, frosted strawberry, and s'mores either packed into creamy pints with pastry-style chunks or sandwiched between two toaster pastries. Wow. I used to love just regular ice cream sandwiches. And then this past summer, one of my children left an ice cream sandwich out for hours. And...

It never melted. And I was like, were you? That's weird. I'm never eating a freaking ice cream sandwich again. What were the conditions? Was it sitting on the hood of the car in the parking lot? How was it left out? It was left out on the counter in the kitchen long enough for it to just be a puddle.

Was it wrapped up or still? Yeah, it was still wrapped up. I'm just saying. I know. Yeah, the preservatives? I've had them melted before and I've picked up the wrapper and it just dissolved in my hand. So you got a weird batch, dude. Yeah. Or maybe it was that brand or whatever. It might have been that brand. Dude, I love them. And I love Pop-Tarts. Pop-Tarts are... Some of the ones that I like are so high in calories, though. The brown sugar cinnamon is one of my favorite. But, I mean...

Crazy calories. This looks excellent. I haven't seen the pictures. I just read the story. So I'm looking at the, I would do the frosted strawberry one. I could spank to this. I love this idea. I don't eat Pop-Tarts. I mean, when I was a kid, I devoured them. I absolutely loved them. I would eat hot or cold. And I do think that they're way better when they come out of the toaster. They are. There's just something a little more special about that. But a lot of times you just grab and go.

But the idea of having this with ice cream, this is a new... Apparently, it's been a trend for a little while. Do-it-yourself Pop-Tarts, ice cream sandwiches. People have been making those. I didn't know that.

But they officially created this now. Can someone, if you can look up the calorie count on some of those, I'd be curious to see. Press that place down in Cape May that I, did I take you there? Did you like that? You told me about it and I went there. Yeah, Peace Pie. And they have all these different ice cream sandwiches that they make. I was a little disappointed, Casey, in that. Um.

They were pre-made and frozen. Yeah. And I got one and I bit into it. It was rock hard. It was too much. I think the taste is there. But yeah, two things. It's hard to bite into in the beginning. And they're also really thick. Yeah. So it's almost like getting your mouth around it. Yeah.

Get your mouth around that. It can be tough, man. You got to relax. Muscle relaxants. But I was hoping, what I was hoping was, is it was

fresh made right there for you where they put the cookies and the ice cream together and they go, here you go. I would like that. Steve, to answer your question, the ice cream sandwiches, the strawberry variety, 230 calories. Not too bad. That's not bad. Well, we're looking at a mock-up here. It says 400 calories. That might be a different one than the strawberry one that I was reading. I'll take the strawberry one for 201. That says two pastries for the serving. Serving size, two pastries. Hell yes. Hell yes.

200, I can do that. That's good. No problem. That's good.

So this is the ultimate mashup of nostalgic breakfast favorites and cool, crave-worthy desserts. And those are now available. I'm not sure exactly where you get them, but... I'm going to want a sample as soon as I can. Yeah, I'm going to try that. I'm going to dig in that. All right, we're going to play this clip, see if you know what it's from, see if we can get a winner here. Okay, so you're going to have to hit it. Yes. Sorry about that. We're having... I know this is really strange, but we're having some technical problems this morning. Go figure. Here we go. Yep, go ahead. Ah, vee-oh.

A little vino would be quinoa. I want some wine. All right, we have Amanda joining us via Zoom. Good morning, Amanda.

Sorry to bother you guys at work. All right. We love it. All right, Amanda, name that movie, please. Happy Bachelor Party, the movie my father made me watch when I was in college. That is absolutely correct. You got it right. Amanda, hang on, please. We are going to give you a $50 Acme Markets gift card. Hungry and in a hurry? Well, Acme's Flash Grocery Delivery or Pickup gets you fresh groceries in 30 minutes or less. Fast, fresh, and right to your drawer. Acme Fresh Foods.

local flavors. I will cue up another clip. Sorry, Case, I keep going to this fader on the board because that's normally where I play it from, but we're doing something different. Play the clip! What food have we got left? Well, let me see. Oh, yes. Lovely. Lambus bread. Look! More lambus bread.

All right. If you know what movie that is from, text the word ZOOM, 610-660-9333. And Marissa did something. It's a theme. All the clips are in honor of the Pope. It's either wine or bread. Nice. That these clips are from. I'm pulling this out of a butt. All right. Next order up. What do I have, y'all?

Sorry. I'm digging the extended jazz fusion. I'm going to smoke some opium. Wait, I'm missing a story here. The hell? Hang on. Wait, what is that music, by the way? I don't know. Connoisseur music. It's autumn music. That might be the name of it.

I'm just curious, yeah, like who the composer is. I don't know, but we've used it for a long time. I know. Yeah. All right. Actually, yeah, I'm going to do this story. So Dico's, a popular Chinese fast food restaurant chain, has been attracting a lot of attention because of its newest menu item. They are charred looking chicken strips.

That don't have a very appetizing appearance. Do me a favor, Sam. If you wouldn't mind, if you can. I know you're getting winners. But I want you guys to see what this looks like. So Dico's is spelled D-I-C-O. Chinese fast food restaurant. They have these new charred looking chicken strips. You guys have to say this. They look like turds. Dico's. Like straight up turds. So since 2015, Dico's has been celebrating crispy day by adding...

Yeah. Yeah.

Yeah, we were looking at a dude tearing into one. We're looking at a still picture of the now. Yeah, very charred poop. Yeah, they look like black turds. They look like dog poop, actually, that has sat in your yard for about a week. Yeah, absolutely. It's been exposed to the elements. And so what we're looking at here is routinely pork, Preston?

Well, this is chicken. Oh, chicken. These are chicken strips. I like my chicken turds, please. Are they around here? No, this is in China. Oh, so that's not around here. So here's the deal. They're not necessarily burned. Okay, so although the company has clarified that the meat is covered in a special black gold coating. Made from poop. That causes it to turn black when deep fried. Most people are still not very tempted to try the new menu item. Jeez, it does look like cat poop.

Cat turds. The company had developed the special coating by combining deep sea cuttlefish ink with black rice and used a proprietary high temperature instant batter coating technology to ensure that it quickly turned black when it's deep fried. So this leads me to the question, have you ever had anything...

that you wouldn't eat simply because of the way it looks as opposed to the way it smells or the way it tastes or something like that. It just looks like, man, I can't eat that. Because some people won't even try this because they think it looks like feces. I would try it. The look, the smell is the thing that would repel me. But the look, no, I can get past most things. What is that? There's a type of cake or a type of pudding that is meant to literally look like

So Rochelle and I made this cake one time. Actually, we did it two times. It's called cat litter cake. Cat litter cake. And so essentially you make a regular cake. Yeah. I forgot what flavor it was. It wasn't chocolate, but whatever. It was a lighter flavor. And so you break the cake up and you crumble it. Okay. And so it gets just all cake crumbs. Yeah.

You buy a brand new litter box. Okay? Yeah. You put the cake in that. Oh, my God. Then you take Tootsie Rolls and you soften them up in the microwave. I don't know how you do that. That's it. Okay. Yeah. You soften them up in the microwave and you shape them like turds and you throw them in there. Now, it tastes great. Yeah. Oh, and by the way, you use a clean, new cat product.

Cat poop scooper. New. Yeah, exactly. Like the litter box is new too. Yeah. And so you use that as the serving. I think we took that to a party one time. Yeah.

Wouldn't you know nobody ate it? No, not even one. We did. We're like, see, look, it's good. You can eat it. They wouldn't eat it. They weren't eating it. Listen, we're looking at a picture of it here in the studio. I actually would not eat that. That's what I was curious about. Looking at it and those turds...

I'm sorry. Those are good turds. Those Tootsie Rolls, they look too much like poop. I don't think I could do it. I think what would throw me off more than the look of something is the texture of something. If something has a particular texture, like, for example, cottage cheese comes to mind. I don't like how that tastes. That type of bubble pudding or whatever, the boba. Boba. Boba tea, yes. I don't like the texture within those teas. I could totally get down on some kitty litter cake, Preston. That would be...

sounds delicious and I'd be like, yeah, this is fun and funny and then once you have a bite, you're good. But yeah, cottage cheese, not for me. How about like a caviar or roe? Yeah, you know why? Because I like it on sushi. Okay. You know, like fish eggs on the outside of a sushi roll. Yeah, I wouldn't share just that shape, those little bubbly things that

bothers you. It's the size of the balls, Preston. That's where the issue is. Ask any urologist. You know what Chuck hated? Everything? No, no, no. When we had him try the fruit...

It was berries because berries have seeds. Yeah. So blackberries, you definitely get seeds in there. Even strawberries. He didn't like those. Those little edible, barely there. Can't even feel them. Totally fine. Chuck was sensitive to them. He didn't like the little hairs on the raspberries. Yeah. I love raspberries. I do too. Yeah. And the seeds on the outside of the strawberries freaked him out. So raspberries and dark chocolate. Mm-mm.

Yum. Good stuff. Yeah, a lot of fruits for me. It is more, there's a reaction that my mouth has to the- Citric acid? Citric acid. Yeah. It's kind of like purses and stuff a little bit. I'm not a huge fan of that. Looks sexy, though. Is that when you purse your lips? Fruit in general? A lot of fruits. Like you had mentioned, raspberries has that. Strawberries has that. Dingleberries. Dingleberries has that.

Do you like blueberries?

They're not real citrusy. Yeah. But okay, but how about like orange? Pineapple. Totally different, yeah. Pineapple's my fave. Oh. Yeah, so. Because that has more citric acid in it. Maybe it's something else. It's got to be something else. But no, but like a less ripe pineapple has more of that like citric acid. Sounds like a novel. Yeah, I know. A less ripe pineapple. It's funny because we got a pineapple last week and cut it up. I was so excited to try it. And like the first time, I was like, it's not.

It's not done. Rib off. It's not ripe yet. Yeah. Yeah. There is a way to tell when pineapples are ripe without having to cut them open. Avocados, I have a hard time. It's a series of questions, Preston. It's a Turing test of sorts. No, I think avocados are harder for me to determine. I'm like, okay, should I cut them?

Can I cut into this one yet? Just a little bit of give. Didn't you report on a device that somebody had made that was sort of the absolute last word in the freshness or the timing of an avocado? Yeah, when it's ripe. I remember that story, but I don't remember the follow-through on it. That's such a thing. Real quick, so a DECO spokesperson about these

Chicken strips that look like turds. I told Chinese media that for the company, taste and quality are key. Adding that the chain has yet to receive any negative feedback on black gold pepper crispy pork. According to most reports, those brave enough to try the new menu item have been praising the taste and its crispy texture. Would you like to try some of our sploosh pudding? Oh, God.

All right, let's see if somebody knows what movie this clip is from. Case? What food have we got left? Well, let me see. Oh, yes. Lovely. Lambus bread. And look. More lambus bread.

I have a feeling our next guest is going to get this one right. We have Brittany, who is wearing a Lord of the Rings Two Towers shirt. Hey, Brittany, how you doing? Good morning, Gadzooks, guys. How are you? Gadzooks, too. Wonderful. Okay, so what movie is that from?

I have to say Lord of the Rings, The Two Towers. That's it. She's wearing the shirt. Nice job. Such a great movie. I love it. Oh, my God. She's adorable. All right. Hang on. We're going to give you a $50 Acme Markets gift card. Hungry in a hurry. Acme's Flash Grocery Delivery or Pickup gets you fresh groceries in 30 minutes or less. Fresh, fast, and right to your door. Acme fresh foods and local flavors. This food looks like human terror.

All right, we're going to play another clip, and let's see if we're going to get bread or wine in this one. Go for it. I don't like it. One from the great Don Ho, the godfather of Hawaiian soup. Oh, my. Oh, my.

This is actually from a guilty pleasure movie that I, believe it or not, that I love. All right, let's see if you know what it is and order up. Oh, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. It's time for Hit It Case. Your fast food roundup on the connoisseur.

A few stories from the world of fast food to share in one segment. So Burger King, this is interesting, must face a lawsuit claiming that it misleads customers with advertisements that make its Whopper sandwich and other products appear larger than they actually are. See, I would have thought they would have been dinged on not actually being part of the monarchy. Oh, yeah, because they claim to be kings. Yeah, they're kings.

So in a decision on Monday, Judge Roy Altman found it plausible that some reasonable consumers in the proposed class action could be deceived by Burger King's ads. Are you sure? Positive. 19 customers from 13 states accused Burger King of materially overstating the size of nearly all menu items in its in-store and online ads.

So they cited its alleged portrayal of burgers that overflow the buns with the Whopper appearing 35% larger than the actual burger and containing more than double the meat. So I've seen these ads forever where the burger exceeds the diameter of the bun. I would never say that I was a sucker. I didn't feel ripped off. I mean, you just assume they're always going to.

fudge a little. Even with fudge. So here's the deal. Burger King acknowledged that its photographers styled sandwiches more beautifully than workers do in restaurants but said reasonable consumers know the point of menu board photos is to make items appear as appetizing as possible. That's what I just, yeah, that's me. Yep, so Altman nonetheless found allegations that Burger King's ads go beyond mere exaggeration or puffery. Oh, you with the burger puffery.

You're a braggart. He distinguished the... Oh, he goes on and on about the size of his burger in regards to the diameter of the bun. On and on. He's a fool. He distinguished the... Why don't you tell everyone how big your burger patties are? He distinguished... He distinguished the case...

from a similar lawsuit against McDonald's and Wendy's that a Brooklyn, New York federal judge dismissed in September 2023. But Allman said Burger King allegedly overstated the size of its products to a much greater degree, including in post-2017 ads where the Whopper appeared larger than in earlier ads. Wait, so is this guy, is it one guy or is it like this is campaign as a lawyer where he's like going after these companies? Like, is this a dude who's pissed off? No, no, this is a class action suit. Okay, so this lawyer...

And the lawyer filed a similar case against McDonald's?

That was a different person, yeah. That was in 2023. There was a dude though, Nick, who made it his mission and also his, I think his obsession, his thing to go after all these places. He might have been the one that brought up that first subway footlong thing. By the way, that lawsuit against Subway is pending in the Brooklyn court right now. So a lawyer for the plaintiffs said that he was pleased with the decision. Alright, another fast food story.

Bargain burger lovers are going to want to take note because McDonald's no longer holds the crown for the cheapest fast food cheeseburger in the U.S. That title now belongs to Wendy's and Burger King, who now lead the pack with $1.99 cheeseburgers undercutting McDonald's.

$2.19 price. Listen, thank you for saying that. But McDonald's... I said under cunning. It's a very cunning thing to say. What is that on the menu? Cunning wingless. Are you still serving those? Um,

Um, the McDonald's meal deal is to hand it 11 is a great deal. I get the McDouble, which is a double cheeseburger. You get four nuggets, small fries, and a small drink for five bucks. Wait a minute. You get a double cheeseburger, four nuggets, four nuggets.

What else? A small fry and a small drink for five bucks. That's a really good deal. That's a really... So you can also get it with McChicken. I prefer the McDouble, but... And there might be another one in there, but... Like, you really can't beat it. Do you know the one part of that that just doesn't sit... I don't pair...

Chicken and burger? Yeah. I don't either. I don't. That's the part that's a little off to me, but it is a great deal for five bucks. Yeah. So my go-to usually is that. And so I usually go to the McDonald's on Westchester Pike and Brew Mall. And what I like to do is eat the nuggets as I'm driving home. That's your getting home meal. That's my getting my home meal.

meal and I'm going to get home. Well, that's good. Yeah, because you need a little time for the cheese to melt onto the burger. How many different get-home meals do you have? Because you were talking about pizza the other day as a get-home meal for that one place. Well, that's not necessarily... You're talking about Imperial Pizza. And that... For me, Imperial Pizza is a crime of opportunity. Meaning, if

If I'm in the area, if I'm in Seacane, I'm like, okay, I got to go to Imperial Pizza. It's almost like a cart shopping when you get to the register. Yes. Yeah, okay. Exactly. But the McDonald's, there's one right near my house. I go there quite a bit.

By the way, I'm looking at our YouTube feed and Mick the Stick commented saying a triple cheeseburger and a large Coke is $6.66 at McDonald's. Say it again? Triple cheeseburger and a large Coke.

I didn't know they made triple cheeseburgers. I didn't know that either. It's like a special menu item. So the double used to be way back when, when I was a kid, when I was a teenager, I would order double cheeseburgers and it was an off menu item. They would make it. I think essentially they'll, they'll the same thing with a triple, but they, it's unlike the Big Mac. Like there's no buns in between. It's just three, three stacked patties with the cheese in between. You know, it's crazy getting back to the McDouble meal deal is it's more expensive and

Because of tax? Because of the Liberty Bell. No, because of the, I think, the soda tax. Oh, man. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Sons of bitches. Preston, Marissa asked that I play the food clip again. No answers. No answers. See, okay, I had this. The beginning was turned off. Try it again. Here we go. Here we go. Here's one from the great Don Ho, the godfather of Hawaiian soup. ♪

I'll even tell you who that is, if that'll help out. That's Sean Goodman. Oh, yeah. Okay. You saw him with a hooker on his back. I did. Text ZOOM to 610-660-9333. Do you member? I member. Remember that? Yeah.

May I just quickly. Please. An observation of that driving home. So when I would go to Dunkin' and sometimes get the hot chocolate, the one that I go to is a little bit further from my house. There's one that's always crowded that I don't go to, so I go to this a little bit further. I will get a very small kid's hot chocolate for the drive back because I want to have my full hot chocolate intact. Did you understand what I'm saying? Wait, so you get two? I.

I get two. I get... No, that makes perfect sense. So I get the big one because that's going to be my at-home drink. Yes, you have a car one and a home one. And then there's the car one. But I'm not grotesque about it. Nope. It is the smallest kid's size you can get. You guys...

I believe at Dunkin' you can order kids temperature. Did you ever hear of that? No, that I have not heard of. What is the average temperature of a kid? No. They'll cool it off. So you don't burn your lips off. Is this hot chocolate? Yeah. Ask for kids temperature. Add some milk to it. Could you blow on this kid real quick? I have anthrax.

By the way, going back to the coming home, driving home food. McDonald's burgers, the regular cheeseburger or hamburger is perfect for that. And I prefer hamburger-wise like Wendy's, but that's not a driving at home thing. There's too much lettuce and tomato and onion and all that. And they're juicier. And it's a little bit bigger. But McDonald's, it's almost like, and I have a story concerning it, it's almost like an Uncrustables.

Yes. Like the whole thing like holds together. You know what I mean? In spectacular fashion. Yeah. So, all right. Anyhow, continuing on with this. With a little bit of tapping, it says you can snag some discounted nuggets. Oh, wait a second here. So, mobile apps have the deals and freebies. And with a little tapping, you can snag some discounted nuggets, two-for-one sandwiches, or even a $5 Bacon King sandwich.

But only if you're willing to let Fast Food Giant track your spending habits. So keep that in mind. If you want some better deals, they are available at all of those restaurants. So I said, I'm a big fan of the Junior Whopper, Junior Double Whopper, the Burger King. That to me is, that gets it done. Yep. Yeah. I mean, because it's, the...

Again, portability, eatability, drivability. So that's it. You can do the driving at home thing. Got it. So then one last fast food story. McDonald's has just reported that it's a largest sales decline since the pandemic. Weather conditions and frugal customers have caused same store sales at U.S. locations to shrink by 3.6%.

The lowest since the second quarter of 2020 during COVID when it fell 8.7%. The chain's customer base consists mostly of low to middle income consumers.

It's high income customers, however, don't spend enough to offset the decline. Trump's tariffs may have influenced customer spending habits as well. Per CFO Ian Borden, who in February said he expected low same store sales in the first quarter. But in response, McDonald's is looking to value meals and menu deals like Casey was talking about, like the five meal, five dollar meal deal.

which will stick around for the remainder of this year. The fan favorite Snack Wrap recently returned to menus. And to celebrate the Egg McMuffin, McDonald's launched National Egg McMuffin Day, offering the breakfast sandwich for one buck. I always see wildly expensive cars in the drive-thru at McDonald's, like, you know, Lambos and stuff. You know what, man? Listen. Mansion people. I...

I go to McDonald's more than anybody else in this room. I know you do. And it's pretty wild when I see, you know, a G-Wagon in front of me or a Range Rover or something like that. Bentley pulls up. Yeah, yeah, it does happen. Well, you remember in the first Iron Man, first thing he wanted was a Burger King cheeseburger. That's right, yeah. So the strategy has already shown signs of improving sales thanks to new crispy chicken strips, too.

All right, let's see if somebody knows what movie that clip is from. Let me play the clip one more time, Case, if you would, please. Here's one from the great Don Ho, the godfather of Hawaiian silk. Tiny bubbles that fire up in my heart. We're going to go to Michael. Hey, Michael, how you doing, bud? Gadzooks, how are you? Gadzooks, my man. We're all right. What movie is that from?

I'm sorry to say, I know the movie King Ralph. Yes. I know. I'm a fan as well. It's a guilty pleasure of mine. Mike, you got it right. And we are going to set you up with a $50 Acme Markets gift card. Hungry and in a hurry. Acme's Flash Grocery Delivery.

Or pick up Get You Fresh Groceries in 30 minutes or less. Fast, fresh, and right to your door. Agni Fresh Foods, local flavors. In fact, I'm sure we'll have another clip from King Ralph down the road because Burger King had a tie-in advertising with that. Because he goes to Burger King. I mean, he is the king, so it makes total sense. All right, next clip for you. Let's see if we can identify what movie this one's from. What are you? Mova!

What is pain? French bread. French bread? French bread? Is that what they say there? That's what it sounded like. I had no idea. All right, and I know that movie well. All right, let's see if you know what it is. So make sure that you text word ZOOM to 610-660-9333. All right, order up here, and this is our last one.

Lunchables has launched the first ever crustless, dippable, and no-thaw PB&J sandwich. There's a lot going on there. That comes with a dippable jelly for dipping. Let's see if I can say dip one more time in there. Danny Levin, Associate Director of Innovation at Lunchables, said the launch of...

Lunchables PB&J is a continuation in our mission to reinvent the refrigerated category by providing high quality, delicious, affordable, and convenient solutions for snack time and beyond. It stands for developing interesting products. I'd maybe try this one. Lunchables, I tapped out on those a long, long time ago. My kids love the pizza ones. Ew. I know. I didn't like them. No. Lunchables are more for kids. They're a little bit on the bland side.

They're a little bit on the basic side. The pizza ones were like sushi pizza. It's cold. Yeah. That's bull crap. So...

I mentioned Uncrustables. I didn't have an Uncrustables story. I meant this one. So the thing about the Uncrustable, the PB&J, that's frozen, right? Yeah. So you have to thaw it out? You have to thaw it out. I don't. I just eat it frozen. Can you eat it right? Does it achieve a full frozen solid state? Yeah. You eat it frozen? I've never frozen. Like ice cream? Yeah.

right out of the freezer yeah huh yeah i don't think i've ever eaten a peanut butter and jelly sandwich that was frozen i've certainly had cold ones give it a try yeah by the way casey gave me a tip uh that just ties in uh we had a box of candy here for a couple of weeks and there were rolos in there individual rolos and i have a love-hate relationship with rolos um sometimes i love them sometimes i hate them but casey recommended uh to put one of these rolos in the freezer i did

It makes for a nice sucking candy afterwards. Excuse me. Can you come around to the side of the counter? Do you have a good sucking candy? What are you saying, sir? I like to suck candy. Uh-huh. And it's easier to suck it. I notice you're not blinking. Right. No, because I literally just want to suck candy. Yeah. And so as you're sucking it, the chocolate starts to melt in your mouth a little bit. What are you, about 200 pounds? And then you get to that...

caramel center. It was a delight. I appreciated this suggestion. I'm looking at another post here. It's from Real Deal. It says frozen chocolate is so much better. I've never been a fan of the frozen chocolate bar. Oh, get out. I love it. Like frozen Snickers or any of that stuff. I've never liked that. I like the ice cream novelty versions of those that they've made. But the actual take a candy bar, stick in the freezer. Some people love that. You're a fan, Chris? I love...

Frozen Snickers. What is it about that? I don't know. But you know what's really funny is I am not a fan at all of Three Musketeers bars. But if you put it in the freezer, I love it. No kidding. Yeah, yeah, yeah. In fact, when I was a kid, when we would go to the pool, swim club, at the snack bar, you would take a thing of M&M's, okay? And you would smash it up, all right? And let it kind of melt a little bit and keep it in the wrapper.

and then stick it in the freezer. Okay. And then you basically have an M&M candy bar. Okay. It's really, really good. That's kind of interesting. We have enough Rolos if we want to freeze. Oh, no, no. There are frozen Rolos in the freezer right now. Colin! I can't have one. I'm fasting for a medical test that I have to do. Colin just ran down the hallway. That's all right. You guys can knock yourself out. Definitely, Steve, try it. I want to get your feedback on that.

Wait, we were just talking about the M&M stuff. Can you do the M&M trick with peanut M&M? Yeah, I'm sure. But did you ever try it? Not that I recall. Can you pop a golf ball out of your anus? Give that to Steve. We did it on Drunk Day, remember? Isn't that what we were dropping into the... We dropped so many things out of our asses over the years, Casey. They were golf balls. We were golf balls.

I was talking to Mark Summers last night. I should have asked him about it because he was here for that. All right, Steve, what do you think? The last thing I need is cracking my teeth out. No, it's a suck on the candy. Which is not a great idea while we're doing a radio show. I don't see much of a...

Improvement. Okay. You know? But I do like Rolo. I do too. Well, yeah, like I said, sometimes. I think part of the appeal is that it draws out your Rolo experience because you're taking your time because of the frozen nature of it, so you're enjoying the candy for a longer period of time. It's like tantric. It's tantric, yeah. It's tantric candy. That's right. That's a good band name. Okay, hold on.

Tantric candy. So Nick was asking me two weeks ago. How long have we had this box for? A long time. We got it right after Easter. But you were like basically saying that you were tapping out on Rolos. I said, hang on a second. Stick them in the freezer first. That might revive it for you. Can you call me later tonight?

We needed to talk. It was a thing because I didn't do it right away and then I felt bad. And then, Casey, I had forgotten that I put them in the freezer. If you're talking the preeminent freezer candy bar, you're talking Three Musketeers, Snickers. I would say Snickers first. And then also, man...

You get those gear deli or jeer deli? Gear deli. I say gear deli. Gear deli. Gear deli. Gear deli. Those little squares that have caramel in them, stick those in the freezer. Oh, yeah. I like those. Yeah. Boy, man, if you put a Butterfinger in the freezer, you would crack all of your teeth. Yeah. It's already difficult. I knew a kid who would freeze...

What would be the one candy you don't think you'd have to make any more hard and difficult? Like a Jolly Rancher or something? A Mary Jane's. Which rip your goddamn teeth out. Well, they're so sticky.

What was it? The sugar daddies or the sugar babies? Sugar mamas, sugar daddies, and sugar babies. Those are terrible for your teeth. Yeah, I definitely ripped a filling out of my mouth with the sugar baby. And then another note, the Reese's fast break bars are superior if you put them in the fridge. Not the freezer, but the refrigerator. Yeah.

Trust me when it comes. Always trust the fat kid when it comes to candy and fast food. What's the fast break? It's peanut butter. Well, it's chocolate, peanut butter, and basically like a nougat. A nougat, really? Yeah, so the peanut butter sits on a nougat bed. Okay.

A bed of nougat. A bed of nougat, if you will. I'm looking. Do you sell nougat beds? Wow, I've not had one of those. Casey, is there a Reese's bar that's also got the peanut butter in crunch form, like a peanut butter cookie? Yes. There's a fast break bar. I probably asked this a million times. What is nougat?

Is it hazelnut? No. Nougat is like a mallow mixture. Steve, we looked it up one time. I know, and I forgot. They can be of different flavors. All right, Nick found what nougat is. It's a family of confections made with sugar or honey, roasted nuts...

Almond, walnuts, pistachios, hazelnuts. It gives you all these examples. Pine nut, mcdonald's. Whipped egg whites and sometimes chopped candied fruit. Nougat. The consistency of nougat is chewy and it is used in a variety of candy bars. So I think, Steve, that at the base, you know, is like honey, sugar. Right.

and nuts, essentially, are what you're getting from... Hey, what's up, honey sugar nuts? Get over here, honey sugar nuts. Give me a kiss. That's my little honey sugar nuts.

Why did I take you in the back room and give you a what for? A what for? I almost got fired for calling somebody honey sugar nuts one time. All right. Anyhow, they're making these Lunchables, these PB&Js. Kraft Heinz, parent company of Lunchables, is also remixing the peanut butter jelly time song.

with help from little John and Twista to celebrate the launch of the new product. I love that song. Peanut butter jelly time. Peanut butter jelly time. Peanut butter jelly with a baseball bat. So there are two options of the new Lunchables PB&J, grape and strawberry. And they are showing up now on store shelves, and they're $2.49. It's peanut butter jelly time. Peanut butter jelly time. Peanut butter jelly time.

Is that Chris Rock? I don't know. I think it sounds like Chris Rock, the beginning of it. I don't think it is, but...

It's the Buckwheat Boys. Oh, it's the Buckwheat Boys. Yeah. I remember those guys. Produced by Chip Man. Yeah. All right. We need to find a winner and see if somebody knows what movie this clip is from. Case, hit it, please. Sorry. I tried to do it again. What are you? Mobile!

What is pain? I never knew they said French bread there. All right, we're going to go to Alan. Hey, Alan, good morning, bud.

What's going on, bitches? Yo, bitch. All right, name that movie, brother. Remember the Titans. Great movie. Absolutely correct. Remember the Titans. And we're going to give you a $50 Agni Markets gift card. Hungry and in a hurry. Agni's Flash grocery delivery or pickup gets you fresh groceries in 30 minutes or less. Fast, fresh, right to your door. Agni fresh foods and local flavors, by the way. And that is all the time we have for the connoisseur, friends. So we're going to wrap up this particular segment. We thank you for joining us for that.

And I looked out in the green room and I saw some movement and our friend John from Sequoia Outback is cooking up some food for us. So if you, and the reason that he's doing this is the fact that we have, they

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and get your grilling started. So how do we want to do that giveaway, Marissa? I hadn't discussed that with you, and I apologize. I'm going to turn your microphone on right now. You tell me. All right, we are going to set up a keyword page. So you're going to text... Grill. Grill. Yes. To 610...

660-9333. Thanks for the help there. It's a teamwork thing we have going on here. Marissa is setting that up now and we will give that to someone and we'll do it a couple of times before the show is up. And there's light at the end of the tunnel for the telephones from what I understand. It's probably next week. They're already working. They're testing them out in the main studio and our sister stations and we're like this close. That close.

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Yesterday, hopefully you heard about the news about Kathy not being part of the Preston and Steve show any longer. It was heartbreaking and terrible and very, very, very difficult day yesterday. And we're all emotionally exhausted. But we carry on. We had hoped that maybe we'd get Kathy for one more day in to do a show. Our management was totally cool with it. But Kathy felt that yesterday was enough for how we handled it. Like I said, it was terrible.

emotionally exhausting for us. I would encourage you to, if you've been a listener of the show for any amount of time, or you kind of consider us a bit of your family over the years, it's well worth listening to because it's also something that we felt that Kathy was owed, and it brings a lot of things into clarity for you. Yes, and so you can watch it from yesterday's stream on YouTube, or you can also download our podcast at

And listen to it there. But, yeah, we laid it all out. And we miss her already. But, nonetheless, we do have work to do. So we're going to take a quick break. We're going to come back in a moment. We do have a chance for you to win $1,000 with the 20-Money Keyword. And more coming up. More to the Wave Prize. Giving that away. We'll be back in just a moment. So stay with us, please. Looking for fun things to do this weekend? The Arrow Bears Weekend Calendar has you covered.

Shows in town, movies to see, exhibits and specials around the Delaware Valley. Just use keyword weekend calendar at WMMR.com to get the list. Now back with more of the Preston and Steve show podcast. All right. Thanks, Nick. And by the way, Sequoia Outback is here and our buddy John is cooking up some cooking up some food for us. And that is in conjunction with a giveaway they have and an awesome lunch.

for you to come by and take a look at their grills and their fire pits. They've got all kinds of great stuff to do for your outdoor area. Oh, yeah, absolutely. Especially their grills are amazing. So if you're interested in winning a $25 grocery card courtesy of Sequoia Outback,

and get your grilling started, you need to text the word grill to 610-660-9333. All right, 610-660-9333. Text the word grill. You'll be in the running for that. And, of course, if you need an upgrade for your deck, you've got to get the square out back. They've got everything you need, decking, railing, furniture, fire pits, grills, all that.

All of it. Your whole area, I'm sure, is from Sequoias. It's mine. And we have the Weber Grill, which we love from Sequoia. I am so out of it today after the whole thing yesterday and revealing information about Kathy. No longer a member of the show. Heartbreaking. Horrible.

I'm out of it. And Nick, I don't even know if you realize this. I was doing a live commercial read for Hand in Stone. And I said that you were going to Sequoia Outback, not Hand in Stone. Nick is going to Hand in Stone today. And we got done with the commercial. He's like, I know you didn't know you just said this. But at the beginning of the commercial for Hand in Stone, you said Sequoia Outback. Well, God.

I was right next to you when you said that. I didn't hear it either. See? I got no acknowledgement from you. So you're out of it too. I mean, it's two nights in a row of zero sleep. And I mean, yesterday was jarring and awful. And we had a sense that it was coming yesterday, but we didn't quite know what we were going to go through. And then it was...

heartbreaking. There were also, I want to say, a lot of heartwarming moments yesterday. I heard from so many people who were expressing love and kindness and sympathy and then saying nice things about us and obviously saying wonderful things about Kathy. I thought Kathy handled herself so well yesterday. So as someone

Stucky and as awful as yesterday was, there were really some bright spots too. Yeah, I'm glad you said that because I did want to thank people for reaching out yesterday and this morning as well. So friends and family and people that I don't even know, people reaching out. Thank you so much for that. It's funny you say that because a lot of times people say, I know you don't know me. That is a very small issue here because we do know of you. And if we haven't met...

we will meet and we savor and cherish this relationship whether we do know you by face or name or you're just somebody who supports the show and we do have a union and a bond that means the world to us. So yesterday I got home, hung out for a little bit, just sort of decompressed, shed some more tears with my wife and my daughter and then I ended up mowing my lawn and then after we do a conference call every night I just sat on the back deck and

I went through like every single text message and it was a lot. And then I got, I finally got done the last one and I texted Kathy. I was like, dude, I'm like, have you, have you done a copy and paste response yet? Because when you're responding to that, she's like, oh my God. She's like, I haven't even scratched the surface of people that have reached out to her. Yeah. We were hoping to get one more day on the air today. But, you know, like I said, yesterday was so intense.

and touching on so many levels, heartbreaking but heartwarming, like Nick, to use the phrase that Nick used. So Kathy felt that that was enough and that she would rather just have things end there. And we appreciate that and we would love to have had her back in, but it's her call to make. And what I feel confident is we said, and they were prepared, the powers that be, whatever way it worked for her here,

And she got time to think about it and made that decision. It made sense. It was the way she wanted it. Dude, Burt Kreischer posted a carousel of pictures of her and him together. I thought that was pretty awesome. He's a good man. He's a great man. And he's a real good friend.

So that was really sweet of him to do that. And his post was entirely in Spanish. I had to hit the translate button. I was like, oh, this seems like it's probably pretty nice. My Spanish is rusty. That's great. That's excellent. So we carry on.

And as I said earlier, I'll address this again because I've seen, like I said, the chatter on social media and on YouTube, our YouTube channel, that the rest of us are locked in. It's public knowledge. There were articles written about it when we signed our deal way back when, but we're going to go through

2030, so we're definitely hanging around. I hope that isn't bad news to you. We'll be here for a while and doing what we do. And again, as you said so eloquently many times, Preston, we are

We are thrilled to have, hopefully, your continued support. Yeah, absolutely. All right. In the meantime, I gots to clean out my junk drawer. How's my timing? Perfect. Thank you. Perfect. All right. Let me dig in here.

Oh, look what I found. Here's a story. Actually, it ties into earlier this morning we had Jason Martinez from Fox 29 join us live from Rome, from St. Peter's Square. Right there. At the Vatican. And then we had Father Steve Polino on to talk about the implications of the new pope and all the things that happened with that. I saw this story, and here's something I was always curious about. Cardinals wear a variety of unusual hats.

and how do those cardinals choose those hats so it's not just one there's a few different type of hat as a cardinal that you can wear so to suit the occasion to represent their homeland or sometimes to make a personal statement cardinals primarily wear one of three different types the most basic hat number one

This is the most basic hat. It's a skull cap. It's called the Zuchetto. Zuchetto. That's Pinocchio's father. No, that was Zuppetto. Zuppetto. Zuppetto.

uh so this was ken zapato used to work here that's right thank you i knew there was a petto he did like a good marionette show yes all right so it's a simple round hat it looks like a beanie or a yarmulke yeah uh next is the collapsible beretta b-i-r-e-t-t-a it's a taller square rigid cap with three peaks on top so you've seen that one

Something a little more audacious. There are certain times when it's customary to put on the Beretta, such as when entering and leaving a church for Mass, but it is often a personal preference. Cardinals wear both of these hats in red, which symbolizes how each cardinal should be willing to spill his blood for the church. Beretta in red. I was thinking...

Yeah. Yes. The Zuchetto. The Zuchetto is actually worn beneath the Beretta.

Some cardinals also wear regional variations of the hat, such as the Spanish style, which features four peaks instead of three. And on special occasions, such as when preparing to elect the next leader of the church, they may also wear a mitre, which is a tall and usually white pointed hat. So they say Pope Leo.

chose more traditional vestments. A little bit more ornate. Right. Than Pope Francis. Thank you. Who was a little more simple. He went with Bob Mackie. That's his designer. Pope Leo.

We are princess. So the mitre, as I mentioned, is the same style of cap commonly worn by the Pope. And it comes in three different styles with varying degrees of ornamentation, according to the occasion. Now, cardinals also strongly associated with the wide brimmed galero or galeri. It would be the plural of that. So that is another one, which resembles... Where's my galerozoid? It resembles a cowboy hat...

But with two long sets of tassels. How do you do, partner? You know, I've been working in the fields all day and I feel like I'm a little amorous. I can't read out, it's the boat. The Galero was once the signature hat of the Cardinal. I've been cow poking all day. The lowering of the Galero was the highlight of the investiture ceremony that inducted new Cardinals.

But the Catholic Church, like so many people, found in the 1960s a time of radical change in fashions. That's when they brought in hot pants for the Pope. These things are a little too tight to wear my butthole.

I'd like to talk to a representative from Hager Slacks. Oh, it's like LBJ. That's right, yeah. Let's see if you can't believe me about it. From where the zipper ends, around under my, back of my bum hole. The crotch down where your nuts hang is always a little too tight.

So if that's the president, I guess the Pope could occasionally have a moment like that. Sure. In 1967, Pope Paul VI began to crown cardinals by bestowing Berettas instead of Galeri and a move toward humbler headwear. And in 1969, he abolished those hats altogether. You know, when I was a kid and going, you know, obviously to Sunday school and when we got to go back and see, you know, Bermuda,

the workings, the inner workings of the church. The sacristy? The sacristy, yeah. And it was a case, I remember it was like, it really had a magical feel to it. It was something, and we had very good, the priests who were working, you know, it was St. Anthony in East North Port, Long Island.

And the priests were all very wonderful with us. And there was just something magical. To this day, it made that much of an impression on me. As an altar boy being back in the sanctuary, that was kind of a cool place to be. Yeah, agreed. I didn't see this comment until just now. But obviously, Pope Leo went to Villanova, which is a really cool local connection. And somebody texted him, maybe they can get Jay Wright back.

This is the basketball program. They're such a freaking mess. I know. Bring him back. And by the way, Casey pointed out that Delco went from poop to Pope. That's right. Within a week. Yeah, yeah. So how about that? You redeemed yourself. The diversity of Delco. So despite the papal decree, there are some who would like to keep the Galero alive, however. Yeah.

And American Cardinal Raymond Burke was spotted apparently trying to bring back the vintage hat. And cardinals may still feature it in... Stop trying to make fetch work. Their coat of arms. Pope Paul VI isn't the only one to leave his stamp on clerical fashion. Whereas other clergymen follow fairly constricting guidelines when it comes to their ceremonial garb. Cardinals wear red, bishops wear purple, and priests wear black. But popes are free to choose different colors.

and start their own trends. Few have taken advantage of this freedom, like the recently retired Pope Benedict, who was known for wearing a wide variety of headwear. For example, Benedict was known to sport a Saturno headwear,

which is a wide-brimmed hat similar to the Galero. It looks like the planet Saturn, Preston. Saturno, there you go. And he was also seen venturing out in a Camaro, which is a wonderful sports car. That is the Camaro of Trans Am we can race.

That's right, rock model Trans Am. And this is Priest had a Camaro. So, no, the Camaro looks almost exactly like a Santa hat. Camaro, Camaro, you're only a day away.

When Rock gets angry and upset in Rocky 4 after Apollo dies, what sports car is he driving then? Oh, it is... Is that a Ferrari? I think it's like a Ferrari. Is it a Ferrari? Yeah. Because he gets out and he drives really fast and that's how he's expressing his feelings. You could tell that I was upset because I was driving very fast and had a certain relaxed attitude towards the rules of the road. That was beholden to the fact that I just lost a cherished friend needlessly.

Burning heart, right? Yeah, yeah. And a little bit of burning farts because I had some cayenne pepper. Well, sometimes you touch that and then touch your... Oh, it's a tinderbox down there in my shorts. That's right. Going back to Pope Benedict.

Even when it came to the traditional mitre, Benedict generally chose hats taller than those worn by his predecessors. Who chose to keep things simple. It's tough to talk, isn't it? It is. For his sartorial efforts, the Chicago Tribune called Benedict the best-dressed pontiff ever. I wonder if the pontiffs can select the height of the pontiff.

Of their hats. I'll bet they can. Can you, and then if that is the case, which Pope had the highest standing hat? Good question. Do not know the answer. We'll have to dive into that. But I do have another story in the junk drawer. Let me see if I can find it. It has to do with hats. Oh, there it is. Is that it over there? I got it. I got it. So wearing a baseball cap backwards.

This is all about the psychology of the people who wear baseball hats backwards. So were you, was that your look at any point? Yeah, yeah, for a long time. I did hat backwards and I eventually bailed on it. But I don't like, eventually I didn't like the way it looked, but I used to really like it. I never was. I never wore the cap backwards. I didn't wear a lot of caps to begin with. Yeah. But, but yeah, I was never the backwards cap. I wear a cap every single day and I have been told.

that I am more attractive when my hat is backwards. Believe it or not. I know I'm wet. Maybe. But like, I also know that there are people out there that are just totally anti-backwards, especially for older people.

Like adult men, you know, like you look like a kid when you're wearing a backwards hat. So here are the psychological traits typically displayed by men who still rock their caps backwards. Number one, authentic self-expression. So who knew that a simple fashion choice could be such a window into someone's psychology? When a man chooses to wear backwards, what he's really doing is expressing his authentic self.

It's more than just a style statement. It's a declaration of individuality, a rejection of conformity. Famous psychologist Carl Rogers once said, the only person who is educated is the one who has learned how to learn and change. Yes. Carl!

That's his mother. This could easily be applied to the backwards cap. He isn't afraid to break the mold, to step outside the expected norms. His cap orientation speaks volumes about his desire for authenticity and personal growth. It's a nod to his willingness to learn, to change, and most importantly, to be

his true self or her true self too because we just had the comedian in here the other day Ashley Gavin she wears a backwards hat all the time so the one look I always thought was just wildly stupid was the tilted the brim tilted to the side yeah I think it's goofy looking I think it's too goofy looking yep off to the just you know like in the opening of French Pinch for Bel Air

Yeah, exactly. He wears a goofy hat like that. I just don't like it. The only time I wear my hat backwards is when the brim will be in the way forward. Like so, like I'm going like exercise at the gym. No, no, no. Like pull-ups and stuff like that. You wear a hat while you work out?

Yeah, it's a sweat cap. I've seen you, Casey, right before a really big and important arm wrestling match. You'll take your hat and you'll turn it around. Like a switch. Are you mocking me? You do wear it backwards here from time to time. I've seen videos of you many times on our Daily Rush videos of you wearing it backwards. I want to bring the respect of my son. Alright, also embracing the non-conformist.

You know, I lost it. What? And I took him in a truck drive across the country and I earned it back. That's right. He said, you got one thing left to do. Win against the guy who is literally 44 times bigger than I am. Wow. So the backwards hat wearer, not only is an arm wrestler, he is not trying to make a fashion statement. He's simply expressing his nonconformist nature.

The cap is his way of showing the world that he values his own unique path over societal conventions. Wow, they really thought this out. All right, and I'll also add a dash of rebellion. This seemingly simple style choice can be a subtle form of rebellion against societal norms and expectations. It's a quiet yet powerful statement of refusing to fit into a mold of asserting one's individuality. The famed psychologist Carl Jung once said, the most terrifying thing is to accept... Carl!

That's another Carl to accept oneself completely. I wonder how many famous psychologists were named Carl. Carl, good to see you. Wow. Carl, we assume you're going to become a...

A psychologist. Yeah. So for many men, wearing the cap backwards is a way of embracing their unique identities. Did any of this go into your decision of wearing the cap backwards? Probably. A little rebellious? Maybe a little rebellious or a little attention seeking. Right. You know, that's probably why I did it. If I've ever done it, I've been walking with the sun at my back. That's a good. For practical reasons. Yeah, for the back of the neck. All right.

The only time that I see a backwards hat...

usually, and go, no, come on. It's on a golf course. Okay. Is that accepted on a golf course? Yeah. I mean, there's no technical rule. Maybe some private clubs might say, yeah, you can't wear a hat backwards. Do you know what I see at the golf courses? Just anecdotally and through stories about the report, these insanely...

wide-rimmed, like women were. Crazy wide. Yeah, so there are some women, and this is not me being stereotypical, it's just my observation at the golf course that I live nearby. There are groups of Korean women that play golf year-round. Man, they are the most...

dedicated golfers I've ever seen in my life. And they wear very large visors. Wow. Really big. That's what I'm talking about. Almost like a bizarre duck bill. But they're very practical for being out in the sun. So it makes total sense. I understand why. But yeah, I don't like the backwards hat thing on an off course. Also, another is a symbol of youthfulness.

And then that's where you can start to go down a bad path. If you physically or just in general present older, you're going to look goofy with your hat backwards. And as psychologist Carl Samuelson once said, youth is not a time of life. It is a state of mind. Is that it? No, it's actually Samuel Ullman, but I added Carl. You can say Samuel, Carl, his middle name.

And also it says a display of humility. This might seem counterintuitive, but a backwards cap can sometimes be a sign of humility. Humiliated. Often, no, not humiliation, humility. While it's often associated with rebellion and individuality, it can also be a symbol of approachability and a down-to-earth nature. Yes, you know. These all make sense to me. I mean, they're wildly subtle, but yeah, I don't think anything is too crazy, you said. Yeah.

All right. One more. We got to wrap it up? Okay. Cool! Jesus. You do a good version of that. Thank you. I didn't know I had it in. Cool!

What's that originally from? Is that Walking Dead? Yeah. Okay, yeah. That's Andrew Lincoln, right? Yeah. Carl. Yeah. Yeah. Carl's Jr. He's ordering. All right. So... Wendy's or Carl's? Carl's! As you know, this will be used for wholesome reasons only, but researchers at Northwestern University have created a new super thin wearable device called a haptic patch.

That lets you feel touch in virtual reality and other digital settings. So, I mean, where are you going to put that? On your PS5 controlling. Yeah, the blow station. The blow station.

The patch is flexible. It sticks to your skin like a bandage and can send different feelings like vibrations, pressure, or twisting. So, do you remember the Star Trek movie where the Borg queen takes data and puts on this flesh that allowed him to feel? I think this sounds like that. Yeah, and this is right out of... First Contact. Ready Player One is loaded with haptic pressure suits and things like that. Yeah.

So I've played a lot of VR games and I enjoy them. When push comes to shove, though...

My favorite way to enjoy a game is the old school. Oh, yeah, I got you. Yeah. Looking at a monitor. Yeah, yeah. But unlike older, bulky, haptic devices, this one is soft and moves with your body, making it comfy to wear. It uses tiny electronic parts controlled by a smartphone to make precise sensations. Oh, yeah. Yeah, like feeling your virtual object's texture. Does it make you shoot? It has to, right? Yeah.

The team tested on volunteers who could tell apart different shapes and motions like a square or a poke with 96% accuracy. That's pretty amazing. I wonder where the application of this to people who may have had

burns or skin grafts. Well, I don't know about that, but it's going to make VR games more real, but also help people with disabilities feel digital signals, it says, or improve robot-assisted surgeries. Right. The researchers are now working to make it even smaller and wireless for everyday use. I mean, it's amazing when they did my stuff, you know, they did it with what they call the Da Vinci machine, an old Italian man. But, yeah,

It's amazing how precise and how minute the precision on that stuff is. Yep. All right. We got to close up the Junk Tour, gang. Thanks, Carl, for being a big part of it. That was the Junk Tour. No, wait. I'm not ready. Preston's closing up the Junk Tour. There's nothing left here in the Junk Tour. Until next time, that was the Junk Tour. Yeah!

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Brought to you by Dermatology Associates of Plymouth Meeting Research Department seeking volunteers for an alopecia areata clinical trial. Adults and kids 12 and older with 50% or more scalp hair loss are eligible. And you can learn more at PlymouthMeetingDermatology.com. So a 47-year-old man from Cape Coral, Florida. Ah! Coral!

Was injured by a bison in Yellowstone National Park on the 4th. The incident occurred in the Lake Village area of the park. I've been waiting for you. When the man approached the bison too closely and was subsequently gored. The individual sustained minor injuries and received treatment from emergency medical personnel. The incident is under investigation. No further details are available at this time. You know, you guys have been around these things. They're...

Gigantic! They're just massive, man. This marks the first reported incident of a person being injured by a bison in 2025. In previous years, there were two reported incidents in 2024 and one in 2023. The animals are aggressive. If you don't respect their space, it's your responsibility to stay more than 25 yards away from the ball. Did you just bump your chest? Respect.

away from large animals, bison, elk, bighorn sheep, deer, moose, and coyotes. And at least 100 yards away from bears and wolves. Why don't you forget the moose? Good idea. For a moment. Cool!

Carl. A married couple was arrested Sunday evening for allegedly engaging in lewd activity at a sidewalk cafe in Florida. So let me explain what they were doing because it's interestingly described in a couple of different stories I read. Ryan Cook and Kimberly Morey were at the Where's Jubes Bar in downtown St. Petersburg. Sounds great. When the disorderly conduct occurred. According to a witness, Cook said,

placed his hand up his wife's dress and used his finger to do what you do up there. The little blasting? And reportedly caused a disturbance and a breach of peace. Maury was charged for allowing her husband to place his hand up her dress and engage in sexual conduct. So because she didn't stop him. Okay, she was charged as well. Yeah. For finger blasting.

The arrest affidavits do not identify the witness who fingered the frisky couple. Come on. Cook and Morey. Now, are you the blaster or the blasty? Cook and Morey were each charged with disorderly conduct in possession of an open-air container. And which finger was it?

They had a bottle of Captain Morgan rum open with them. There you go. During a court appearance on Monday, Cook and Morey pleaded no contest to the charges. A judge found them guilty and fined each about $500, and they were subsequently freed from the county jail. I'm going to give you only nine more times to do that. Sorry. Bless you.

The skies above a small Kansas town became the stage for an astonishing and unusual spectacle as a large black ring seemed to defy explanation. This was freaky looking. The bizarre phenomenon was spotted by Bonner Springs resident Frankie Cameron on Monday afternoon while on a motorcycle ride, which was abruptly halted by the unusual anomaly.

hanging in the air on a nearby county road. So he said, I just pulled over. He said, I'm almost 50 years old. I ain't never seen nothing like that. I mean, I've seen shapes before. Carmen captured the strange occurrence on video, noting that the center of the ring was intensely dark and smoke appeared to be swirling around it. And he said in the video, can somebody tell me what the F this is?

And he said, I'm not using no app. It appears that little black stuff has fallen down the center of it. I'll tell you what I believe. It's some sort of wormhole bridging the temporal rift. Initially, Perplexi considered possible explanations, but dismissed the idea of mortars as he heard no loud noises while riding his Harley Davidson just blocks away. It is a sort of inexplicable thing. I mean, unless someone has explained it in your story.

Amidst the onlookers' amazement, one woman in Carmen's video shared her initial thoughts seeing him from afar where she thought it looked like a flock of birds. What do you think that is, Carl? The video... Carl, get over here. Carl!

The video was later reviewed where meteorologists offered a likely explanation. According to their analysis, the rare smoke ring was most likely a result of some type of explosion. Oh. They liken it to the formation of a mushroom cloud where rapidly rising air traps smoke in a ring-like formation because it's moving faster than the surrounding air.

After posting the video on his Facebook page, it quickly went viral. He said, my phone just kind of blew up. I mean, literally. And described the surge in attention from the unusual post as local news stations further amplified its spread.

I have seen those before on video before. And also, keep in mind, when we do the Camp Out for Hunger, when we have Celebration Fireworks and they do those big fire pots. Yes, you're right. Those big-ass smoke rings go up and they stay there for a while. It's pretty amazing. You know, I saw there was a picture of the phenomenon. It was basically atmospheric smoke.

situations like this. And the situation we had, it must have been from this area, those particular clouds, do you remember, that kind of look like...

Almost like a mattress top, you know, that has sort of that... Oh, yeah, ripple on it. Ripple on it. Yeah. Do you remember that night? Yeah. I walked out and I'm like, what in the hell? It was really cool. It was a repeating pattern. Yeah. It looked really cool. It was really otherworldly. Yeah. Reptile Wranglers in Florida said that they believe they set a new local record for the Miami area when they removed 98 iguana eggs from a single yard. Wow.

I mean, and they're like chicken-sized eggs. Yeah. Okay? I broke the record. So Humane Iguana Control said personnel responded to a home in the Miami suburb of Palmetto Bay on reports of iguanas burrowing in the yard. Good job. I could eat 98 iguana eggs. Michael Ronquillo said we removed 98 eggs. He's the owner of this place. Three female iguanas had nested in burrows that were all interconnected, and each had laid their own clutch.

Those eggs are clutch. Said officials believe the egg, no, they're fetch. The egg collection could be a new local record. It is pretty amazing. We're looking at it right now. It's the most eggs he said we've ever removed from a single site. We couldn't find another case that might be of that many being pulled in all at once.

But iguanas are considered to be an invasive species in Florida. I mean, at this point, with being invasive, they're kind of out of control. Between that and the burgeoning snake population. Yeah, the pythons that they have an issue with. All right, there you go. That's what we have in the Bizarre File for you this morning. So your keyword is doe, D-O-U-G-H. And you have until 25 minutes after the hour to enter that. So make sure you do it now.

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Fashion Pumpkins on 93.3 WMMR. It's everything that rocks below the butterfly wings. It is 10.23 in the Preston and Steve show. Excuse me, on a Friday morning. I'm going to mention this again. I've mentioned it throughout the program a few times today, though, but...

You know, if you missed the announcement yesterday, Kathy is no longer an employee of WMOR. It was a heartbreaking day. It was just very, very difficult, emotionally draining. You know, and we were hoping to get one more day with Kathy. Our management was totally cool with it, but Kathy felt that the way things wrapped up yesterday, that was probably the best way to just...

call it a day. We did the whole show and this segment that really is where it really got very emotional is available for you to prove. Any questions or issues or things that you may have are contained within that. I guarantee you we went about 40-45 minutes saying things that we all wanted to say to Kathy. Again, she was amazing. Completely amazing the way she handled everything and

Initially, she wanted it to be upbeat, and it ended up being that, or at least bittersweet, let's say. But she was amazing, the way she conducted herself. I was texting her this morning, and I said, Hey, remember how you always wanted people to be hysterical and crying at your funeral? I said, Well, if yesterday was an indicator, it's going to happen. I said, Your wishes will come true. And I said,

you're welcome. And she got back to me and she's like, absolutely. So I was walking her out and her mini fridge, you know, we had a hand truck that was bringing it out to help load it into her vehicle. And at that time I asked her, it had just been up on the show. I mean, she had...

thousands and thousands and thousands of emails. And, you know, as you said, Casey, the text and everything. And you know what? Keep them coming because I'm sure she would love to hear from you and she'd love to tell you how much she, and did say on air, how much you meant to her. She might go to the MMRBQ. I'm hoping. The last text, the text from yesterday said she's thinking about it. So she may come out and I'd be nice if she did. But I also understand it might be a little overwhelming. But

We'll see. But nonetheless, this show, our group, the crew, we move forward. We continue on. We're going to be here. We're not going anywhere. Like I said, we're not replacing Kathy. The position is gone. And...

Poor Marissa. I'm sorry, Marissa, but you're our gal. But nonetheless, we have business to take care of and we continue doing our job, but we just want to be fair and open and frank with you. I used to be frank, but now I'm Carl. But we'll be whatever. Carl!

Whatever name you want us to be with you. And we love and appreciate your support. So thank you, thank you, thank you. And as you said, Preston, we're all here till 2030. Yeah. And so at least hang with us for that, right? Yep, exactly. All right, lesson question time. We have a pair of tickets as MMR rocks. Theo Vaughn. Theo! The Wells Fargo Center. Wednesday, July 9th. Tickets are on sale today. The question I will ask you is this.

uh according to me what is pope leo's name leo pope leo's nickname not really i messed it up all right it was earlier this morning let's see if you're listening is around 720 uh what did i call pope leo and now his new nickname all right so if you know that you have to tell oh yeah you have to text the word zoom this might be the last day maybe

that we have to do it this way. We will continue to do Zoom, but for something like this where we need a real quick turnaround, phone call is the way to go. But right now, if you text the word ZOOM to 610-660-9333, you can get through that way if you know what my nickname for Pope Leo is. And we'll see if you win. We're going to do the trash while you are checking in. The trash business is a goldmine. 93.3 WMMR.

With Preston and Steve's Hollywood Trash. My Trash is brought to you by Rita's new cola ice. Now at Rita's you can try the twisted cola blender with cocoa lime cream. And get to Rita's quick. Cola treats are here for a limited time only. What's going on this morning, Steve? Well, Harvey Weinstein accuser Kaja Sokola testifying that Weinstein bragged to her about making stars of women he sexually assaulted.

So repulsive was this revelation that many in the courtroom were able to body surf out on a wave of vomit. Okay. Justin Baldoni's lawyer, Brian Friedman, saying he believes Blake Lively's testimony should be live streamed to Madison Square Garden. Not to be outdone, the Las Vegas Sphere has put in a bid to carry the trial of the Delco Pooper. And finally, alleged multiple murderer, Brian Korberger, Korberger.

His search history reportedly included sites on Ted Bundy and non-consensual pornography. Kornberger's attorney was quick to point out that it also included some recipes for peach cobbler. All right, we will see if we can find somebody who might know the answer to the question. According to me, what is Pope Leo's new nickname? I almost said it. We are going to check in with Gary via Zoom. Hey!

Gary, are you there? How you doing? Awesome, buddy. All right, Gary, what, according to me, is Pope Leo's new nickname? Is it Pope Leon? Leon! Well done, sir. Hold on.

We are going to give you a pair of tickets as MMR rocks. Theo Vaughn. Theo! Wells Fargo Center. Wednesday, July 9th. Tickets go on sale today via Ticketmaster. For more information, you can head to WMMR.com. Now, Preston and Steve's Music News on 93.3 WMMR. Yeah! Oh, yeah!

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From Coors Light Banquet, start your summer, start your legacy. That was Kathy, the fart thing. Play that again if you would, Steve. That was Kathy. We had introduced the concept of the blue flame, chasing the blue flame. When you light a fart and there is a blue flame and we're trying to establish that that actually does happen. Casey, you put your body to the test.

But we were waiting almost like an expected birth. He tried several times and it didn't work. You couldn't fart. And then when it eventually did happen... We were in the other, the smaller studio. And the one who didn't want it to happen... That's Kathy freaking out. That's her actually cheering a party.

So, but that's Kathy's way. Yeah. So when I use in the most glowing way, guy's girl. Yeah. You know, and some people, that is in the best way possible. That is Kathy Romano. That's why she's one of my all-time favorite people. Okay, anyway, moving on. As of yesterday, Ghost, the band.

Uh,

So the top viewed track from Skeleta is Satanized, which has been viewed by guitarists over 40,000 times. But their all-time top set of guitar tabs on the site is Mariana Cross, which has built up over 600,000 views. Unlike streaming or sales numbers, data from Ultimate Guitar shows active engagement from guitarists.

and shows what songs musicians choose to learn and play. So choosy guitarists choose ghosts. They do. They do choose ghosts. So they're loving it.

As ways to get fired by your band go, this one's bad. Chris Adler, the former drummer of Lamb of God, shared that he was fired from the band in 2018 or in 2019 via email. That sucks. Which he found devastating. I still think that that's not as bad as the Dave Mustaine getting fired from Metallica. They just handed him a bus ticket in New York and said...

You're out. And he had to take a bus all the way back to San Francisco. He believes that his dismissal was due to his diagnosis of musician's dystonia, which is a condition that causes muscle contractions and loss of fine motor control during specific musical tasks.

Adler also thinks that the band was upset about his work with other groups like Megadeth and protest that the hero, despite the shock, he moved on and now plays with Shallow Rising. Lamegon replaced him with Art Cruz and Adler says that he is at peace with the band now.

And also the upcoming Tony Hawk Pro Skater 3 and 4 video game, or 3 plus 4 I guess is what it's called, set to release on July 11th will feature a new soundtrack with bands like Mastodon, AFI, O.C.'s, and King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard. King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard. Yep. They're a jam band. Other artists include Drain, Iron Maiden, and Kitty mixing heavy metal punk and rock.

The game is a remake of the classic 2000s title with new skaters, tricks, and parks. Mastodon's Precious Stones will be featured in the third wave along with hits from AFI and Idols. I don't want to go off on a tangent here, but I guess I'm going to do it. If you were to pick a game from years ago that you played that you wish they would reissue, what would you pick?

Does any come to mind? Actually, I came up with one yesterday. I was talking about the game Manhunt. Okay. Which was not that long ago, but I wish they would reissue that because that was one of the most consumed, my every thought games I ever played. Star Wars Battlefront. Star Wars Battlefront. Yep. My boys and I, we used to play that all the time. It was a great bonding game for us. Yeah, yeah, yeah. And we had so much fun. They did update it a couple of times. Yeah.

But I'd like to see a new one. I haven't looked to see if they've made a new one. It's a great game. That had a lot of the older elements, but with better movement and stuff like that. You know, it was one of the cool parts of the last one they did, Preston, is they had a VR component to it. And if you had the PSVR, you were in a TIE fighter firing on a Death Star. Awesome. Not a Death Star. You're firing on an Imperial Cruiser. Nice. Yeah, and so you're flying around it. It's pretty amazing. That's pretty cool.

Other rockers featured on the soundtrack include Motorhead, Alice in Chains, and more. And then one last thing, Nick, you want to cover this? What did you tell me about? Yeah, so it was just kind of a surprise, and it's something we've talked about recently, but Peter Frampton, of all people, came out and played with Pearl Jam last night. Oh, wow. So Pearl Jam's doing this rather limited tour, and they were in Nashville for a couple of nights, and last night was Nashville night number two, and he came out, and everybody in the band, as is the case with most people, loves Peter Frampton. I think that they had...

had a friendship but um he came out and he said some nice things about him how the uh you know all the guys in the band grew up loving him and listening to him and then peter frampton played the song black with pearl jam oh that's cool yeah wow nice did you hear the story about the cat that was buried under a piece of sod uh uh named him uh pancake first i'll tell you backstage all right

The whole band, sort of out of respect to Peter, they were seated. Because Peter can't play standing up at this point. So everybody in Pearl Jam sat down so that they could all play together and play that song at the same time with him. I'm happy he's still playing. Yeah, for sure. I never saw him as the head of his own concert. But I saw him on the Bowie Glass Spiders tour playing. And he was playing, you know...

Bowie was very inclusive in the way he was bringing Frampton into everything he was doing on stage. But it was an amazing concert. I think one of the reasons, I know one of the reasons why Pearl Jam releases all their concerts and all their bootlegs is because of how much they love Frampton Comes Alive. And so they wanted live experiences at Pearl Jam shows to be available for people to buy and download and own. So Pearl Jam released all these bootlegs over the years because in no small part of what Peter Frampton did with...

with Ram Comes Alive. Cool. That's awesome. Excellent. All right, now it'll be the last bit of music news. We're going to take a quick break, come back in a second. When we return, we'll get you your letter of the day and we'll get the word of the week prize. Stay with us.

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Let me see. The rain so far today has been way lighter than I thought it would be. We were just off air talking about the truest golf outing, the truest championship. Because initially yesterday they were calling for thunderstorms. But this is very, very doable and they might get that full round in. We'll see about that. And of course...

We're more concerned about tomorrow and the weather for MMRBQ. And 74 degrees and sunshine is what they're calling for. So beautiful. On paper, that looks to be one of the best weather scenarios we've ever had. We were really enjoying the September realm because it was delivering us some really great weather. But I'm fine with what I'm hearing right now. Most definitely. All right. Oh, dear God. What is my turn? I thought that was all good. Get out!

I want to thank our guests. We had two guests on the show this morning, both in the same break. And, of course, a new pope was chosen yesterday.

He went to Villanova. He's got some Delco ties. And we had Jason Martinez from Fox 29 live from St. Peter's Square at the Vatican. Checked in with us this morning via Zoom. It was really cool, man. It was impressive, I have to say. He's a super nice guy, too. And he had some really cool things to say. And then we had Father Steve Paulino.

Diehard Preston and Steve fan. And he's a pastor of St. Vincent de Paul Parish in Richboro in Bucks County. And we just ask questions about, hey, what's it like for you guys? You work in this industry. It's fascinating. It really is. Regardless of whatever you believe or your level of faith, this whole thing has been around for quite a while. And it is amazing. Yeah. And I would like to not thank but congratulate...

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Pierre Robert will have more opportunities for you to win money. You said savior. I looked around. Thank you. Yes, I will have more money. One more chance at noon with me alone. Then with me and Brent at three. And then Brent has one final chance at five o'clock. And we let it rest for another couple of months until we bring it back again. Excellent. Two things I also forgot real quick, Pierre.

Number one, thank you to Jackie Bam Bam. Yes. And the seven o'clock hour. He was still here. Shocking. I know. So he popped in for a little bit. So thank you, Jackie. And then we have a last second chart out.

And this is for our good friend, Mr. Dan Colachico, who runs presidencyrock.com. He said, today is my wedding anniversary. And without Casey, I would have never met her. He got me tickets for the Phil Collins concert, which I got right in front of Phil for, where we met in 2010. Oh, wow. And we've been together since. And I wanted to shout out Kelly.

Through the good and bad, we are still here, and I love you. And to Casey, you changed my life, and I love you, too. Wow. That's a shout-out from our friend Dan Colachios. He's the best, Dan. Yeah, that was very nice. I mean, he's the best person, and he's probably one of the best Dan. He's maybe the best Dan that ever lived. I mean, he's the best, comma, Dan, and then he's the best Dan. He's certainly in the upper tier. Right. Wow.

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So what's in store for today? Well, it's going to be a big pre-MMA BBQ day. By the way, you know, we loved Kathy and I was hoping that Kathy might just show up at the MMA BBQ. She texted and she might. She's thinking about it. I could just see you guys walking on stage. She didn't even have to say anything. Just you guys walking on stage and taking a bow. I'd love to hear the reaction. It'd be great.

It would be great. We covered it. I'll reiterate it one more time. We were hoping to get another day with her here. And she was going to be able to do that. But the weight of yesterday and all the emotion that we all went through was enough to just kind of

And things there as far as the live broadcast. It was a long year yesterday. Oh, my God. Oh, my God. Oh, boy. It was. So, anyhow, but maybe we'll see you tomorrow and we'll have some drinks. We'll hang out and listen to some great music, you know, so we'll see about that. And today, I mean, it's not very pleasant outside, but tomorrow's supposed to be 70-something degrees. Oh, perfect, perfect. So, I mean, you know, if you're thinking of the last minute of going, you can go. It's very festive. It's our, you know, our...

A little love letter to our listeners and a lot of fun, a lot of music and a lot of strolling around. So it's good. So we'll have a workforce block of nothing but MMRBQ bands starting at noon. I've got one more pair of tickets at least to Jackson Brown in Atlantic City, June 28th. As I said, the money keyword at noon, 20 money. And it's also Mother's Day this weekend. So I think the bulk of our sweat set, which is about to start, will be Mother's Day.

Mother's songs. I love it. Yeah. Excellent. Mother's Little Helper. Mother May I by Mary Had a Little Lamb. Okay. That's not really a real name. Mother Pink Floyd. Yes. That's a great song. Fish's Mother.

Fish does not have a mother. I know, I'm kidding. Okay. I am now going to check in with Stephan. Am I pronouncing your name correctly, Stephan? You got it right. All right. What is our word of the week, please, sir? It is barbecue. Great. There it is.

All right, Steppen. Hang on. I'm going to set you up. We're going to give you a set. We have four VIP admissions to Pig Dog Beach Bar, Maury's Piers Amusement Rides, and Raging Waters Water Park. June 13th, plus $40 for Maury's Piers. It's a gift card valid for food and beverage. And a limited edition of the official Eagles Autism Foundation. Sonny Siegel. Sound pretty good, Steppen?

I love it. You guys rock. Thank you, buddy. We love you. Hang on. We'll get your information. We'll set you up with that. And don't forget, a commemorative Eagles Autism Foundation event poster comes along with that. We will take this moment to thank our sponsors. The President and Steve Show brought to you today by Dunkin'. The President and Steve Show runs on Dunkin'. Also brought to you by Acme Markets, fresh foods, local flavors. And thank you to Pierre's roommate, our good friend John.

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